The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-08-25

iiloOld VIII tilOSS Wiz SllOulCu
at Yorktown hundred years befor
And are we not proud of the o.
North State because she has opened a
asylum for her unfortunate an
manned in battle, where they ma
rest in security, and, when the fin
summons comes, may depart frol
earth in peace and be buried as heroe
! should?
And thus have we cause to
proud of the good name of our OF
North State, from the birth of Vii
ginia Dare, all through the centuries
whittier in the quiet reign of peace, G
in the strife and turmoil of war.
And no less are we proud OF he
present than her past. We are prou,
OF our connection with that long lis
of worthy sires whose names have beel
perpetuated, many of which are born
to-day by the sons and grandsons of
noble race.
Proud Of her present?
Why, yes.
We are proud of her statesmen
proud of jurlsts and lawgivers; prout
of her manufacturers and financiers
proud of ner institutions of learning
and Of charity; proud of her preachers
and proud Of her journalists.
Her statesmen? The list is SO Ions
the roll-call would be tedious; but the
Old North State to-day, as she takes
her place in the great sisterhood oi
States, in point of eminence in the
craftsmanship of her sons, is not a
whit behind the foremost, nor will she
ever be as long as her great men stand
ready upon whom may fall the mantle
of VANCE and of his able compeers
in political warfare.
Her jurists? From yon temple Of
justice where liberty holds the scales,
the rights of every man are fully vim
dlcated and even-handed justice is
meted out to all, and the people say,
DWELL DONE
Her flnanCiers and manufacturers
Would you see how the waste place
has been made to flourish and the
wilderness to blossom as the rose?
Behold her cities and towns and in
dependent rural districts. Behold the
wonder that has been wrought within
her borders since the day our homes
were blighted and ruined by the
besom of war that swept them down but
a quarter of century ago. See her
growing industries; hear the wild hum
of machinery in almost every town
and township within her borders; fol-
low the track of the iron horse over
the rugged mountains, along winding
river and through fertile valleys; con-
her almost magic cities that
have sprung up and live by the indus
try of a great and growing people;
behold beautiful, bustling, happy,
lueenly Charlotte, rising on the his
toric ground of grand old Mecklen-
burg, whose name, despite the sings
and insinuations that her Independ-
ence Declaration is a myth, carries
he sweet aroma of liberty to the ut
ermost parts of the world; contem-
plate all these and more, and you
shall know that the Old North State,
las present prosperity and widen
ng development in the power of her
and fnanciers, of which
We may we'll be proud at home and
abroad.
Her noble institutions? Do you
wish to sit at the feet of the scholar
md drink in the knowledge of the
languages and sciences of the age?
Then hunt up the men the rudiments
If whose broad and liberal wisdom
we're acquired at the various seats Of
earning within our borders. Noble
they, from which have
,one scholars not a few.
Do the orphans yearn for love and
he hungry cry for bread? See them
ed and clothed and fondled and nur-
ured as if on fathers knee and a
bosom in those blessed insti-
utions of charity at Oxford, States
lille, Thomasville and here in Char
otte.
And her noble ministry of God2 Is
here spot in all this country that
las truly and fully caught the spirit of
hat Divine Commission of love which
he lowly Nazarine gave unto his dis
iples when he said, $50 ye into all
he world and preach the Gospel to
very creature;;' surely it is found in
his pious Old North State. For with
he army of her consecrated ministry
It home, she has sent out some of the
.blest missionaries OF the age; and
While the glad tidings of great joy
lave been told by her sons even to the
ar-off isles Of the sea, the number
If our missionaries to foreign lands is
Increasing all the time.
Of her journalists, modesty forbids
ne much to speak. Are they able and
worthy the name? The pages and
columns Of their papers answer we'll.
Do they give the news? Listen to the
and phones for night, and
hen read their papers in the morn
ng. Do they love the State of their
birth. or their adoption? Witness
heir unselfish devotion to her every
interest and their self-sacrihce on the
ltar of public good, from the largest
nd brightest city daily to the smallest
nd humblest country weekly. For
hem dare not now say more; for
myself, am proud of the press Of the
Did North State. And to my breth-
en- in their high and ennobled and
field of labor, l would say,
re may well be proud of our records
ven to this very hour; for we know