The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-28
FITLY SAID.
GREAT MEN OF THE SOUTH
Their Names are Worthy,
NORTH CAROLINA NOT BEHIND.
Sews & Observer May Doth ]

Montgomery, Ala, III SlHulcdCion vi
the South from aspersions cast by
the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Mr.. Oglesby takes the following
paragraph as his text:
'Since the Revolution days the few
| thinkers of America born south of Mason
and Dixon's line are outnumbered by
| those belonging to the single State Of
that mainly by their connection with the
North, the CarolInas has been saved
| from sinking to the level of Mexico or
| the Antilles. .''-Encyclopedia Britannica.
Mr.. Oglesby's vindication is am>
pie. He has grouped together the
| remarkable deeds of Southern men
in way that is truly admirable. We
could wish that a copy were IN the
hands of every Southern family and
that every boy in the Southland
would read it and find within it's
pages an incentive to emulate the
example of some native of the South
who has contributed to the happi.
ness OF advancement of mankind,
rhe price Is fifty cents.
We choose, however, to consider
the statement made concerning the
Carolinas for ourselves. Its grava.
men is that since the Revolution the
Carolinas have retrogladed, and
have been rescued from declining
into the condition of Mexico and OF
the Antilles only by the sustaining
power of connection of the North.
re suppose that the period ofsug-
gested decline has been fixed subSe-
quent to the Revolution for the lea-
son that prior to that war the
Carollnas were Provinces of the
Crown of England. Since the Revo-
luton the population of the Caro-
linas has changed less by the admlX-
ture of foreign blood than that OF
other States; we have received no
accesslons from abroad, and the
bulk of the people in North Carolina
are still of pure AngIo-Saxon In
cage.
The temperature is about the same
as that Of England; the seasons sim
liar, with the notable difference,
however, that our atmosphere Is
clearer and more invigoratlng, for
that of England is laden with moist
ure and heavy with dampness.
The developement of the race in
these parts has indeed been affected
Uy our residence 10 the wilderness,
under brighter skies and with a
sharper air, to the extent that we
are more nervous than the English.
man, quicker in cur perceptions,
with a tougher fibre and a finer
brain. We are a harder race, less
eneryated, more rugged, aud have
lost none of the brave and manly
attributes of our ancestors while
encountering the difficulties of life
in the forest. The victors at
Waterloo may we'll claim kindred
with the ylctors DIT New Orleans
or the followers of the peerless Lee
Oh the most famous fields of modern
tines.
In whatever contributes to robust
manhood CaroIlnlans excel, and
they will suffer naught in measur
ing in such respects with the peo'
pie of any other State or nation
There has been no decline in tht
race in their Southern home.
But it has been our connection
with the North that has saved u
from deterloration! How? Wha
influences has the North exerte(
upon the people Of the Carollnas
Early III this century John Adam
and his friends proposed that New
York should JON New England anl
| form a new confederacy TO flee tn,
Mort ihern States from Southern in
tluences, which dominated th
Union: and we have read in all tn
books that the South dominated tn
Union until the election of Lincoln
Webster was elected to Congress
in opposition to the war of ISL:
bat Was silent in the presence {
! the Southern Henry Clay. An
? towa1us the close of his life, Il
+ made his Capon Springs speecl
asserting to the Southern doctrln'
and yielding TO Southern lnf1ueDc
f to such an extent that he was de
nouncei by his own people for b
= trucking spirit.
y We have heard of Southern inf
e ence dominating the Union; b'
4 never of Northern ideas contrOlliI
: the South. SO much for politl
>, and stat9manshIp.