The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28

hand at once as strong as 1t WAS tel-
der and fashioned into visible form,
or, what might be better, If the spirit
of each wear could thus be made dls-
cot.nibIe. people would. looking upon
such creation long and deeply, turn
away, saying. THE Master mas hade
us TO see the Heroic.
About such a creation there would
he no trace OF consciousness of the
Heroic. and somewhere within the Inn
iTs of this fact would come the poetic
play of pathos -,
PerhaDs this is enough to say. The
South does not ask that her struggles
he told OF. Here and there the battle
Of peace has been glimpsed by the
fash Of some sonnet or song from the
south or what some Grady has said at
this time or that call men were not
far from saying, were longing to say
Thus. at such moments, a certain sigh
has swept through the souls of those
who knew to be so true all that was
sung or said.
But the South has not asked to have
its endeavors ciassed among heroic en-
deayors. Where others see herOism, it
has been SO natural that the actor,
least Of ALL has been conscious OF 1T.
IF the South be asked the question,
..N-bat have YOU done?" it will face It's
tuestioner without any sort Of Vaunt.
without even claim for euiogy, say
inr. Thirty years ago | gathered my
own about me, tried to calm myself
after a great convulsiye shock, looked
over the wreck, buried my dead and
monrned them. built up the broken
wall. went into the fields, filled each
day with work. [ have not faltered,
because | have been too busy going
forward, | have not despaired, because
I have been too busy with hope; /
have not stood idle, because / have
been too much pre-occupied with la
Dor"
IT the epic nature of this seIf-help
during the last thirty years be ever by
some master, given unity in the midst
of it's complexity, let it be understood
here and now that all effort has been
without consciousness of lis dramatic
effect or without that maudIin hint OF
melodrama that looks sckly upon the
face Of great things.
No: the whole matter may be sum-
med up BIZ saving that it has been
day-to-day. matter-of-fact fight OF
brave man on his back from fain5ness,
first. 10 uplft himself. then to main
tain himself, hen 10 pat BY of his
earnings fol a rainy day.
Thus our activity has been going on
In the South up 70 this Thanksgiving
Bav. in the year OF our Lord 1883.
And. behold. Turning our eyes this
way and that. from Texas to the Old
Dominion, zve pause III the midst Of the
forward march 10 say, 1T is We'll.
The News and Observer, almost with
in ear-shot of the Industrial carnival
at Atlanta. listens to the chorus Of
North Cardinals sisters. In their
name. as we'll as in the name of North
Carolina. we give thanks for all the
blessings Of the years, the bounty Of
the year Just gone being beyond them
all.
Nor is this a matter between man
and man, between this creed AMI that
creed. this political party and that.
The thanks here are a matter between
the men and women of this State and
the Great Giver of all good. who hath
answered their faith, their prayers and
their labor with food and wear and
shelter. with love for one another.
If all were staunch hearted thirty
years ago. in the trough OF the tempest
Industrial swell of wave that is
pIumed with peace. If women then
we're brave, when the sword was the
sickle and their sons and husbands
and brothers were the harvest, women
and men may fervently thank God now
for the harvest of homes that are hap
py and in comfort.
We greet the people of this great
Wit
good cheer.
I'm the midst of all the darkness Of
the years the cotton-pod has twinkled
white on your hills, and your golden
grain and tobacco has been full Of the
promise of the morning
North Carolina, with the rest OF the
South, has accepted without murmur
the problem of the slave set free, and
has given OF her increase towards his
enlightenment. If, on account Of the
intellectual advancement OF the negro.
the problem may grow more complex
by reason Of taking on social trouble
unknown now, it is Sufficient to put
the treatment Of that phase off TO its
proper time. and do the right thing
now.
If there have been times Of financial
stress, it is well TO know that the liqui-
dation over the country has, perhaps,
brought into play habits of economy
that will be valuable toward taking
advantage Of the prosperity that is al
ready felt to be returning.
If there have been discomfort among
many touching the question Of labor
and its reward, we have not felt the
scourge of combines tumuituous with
anarchy There has been much in the
storm that has swept over the country
that has not been visible or harmful
here. We have. as it were. been in the
inlet, out of the way of wreck. The
Commissioner Of Agriculture says the
farmers of the State have never been
so prosperous as now.
Thus. putting aside the abundance
of her raw material, the crop OF cotton
apindles has been great one. too.
There are now in the State $4,000
spindles, and North Carolina stands
nearly ready to announce TO the world
that next year she will spin all her cot
ton Y,rpducf and ppcGibly more The