The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-01-28


on 10 deal with the management oi
towns and cities. There should b=
No attempt To avoid the necessity ui
projecting the IAN PAYERS ui these nu
rule iy property ie-, and Ilnprant ele-
meEts. We wtn. Al, TImm lny H IA
governments in \ prtn Ctroilni.
IMMIGRATION SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED
There is reason 10 hope the indus
trIous and thrifty people Of other
States and OF Europe may bcaitraCted
10 US. Let US labor 20 show them a
State with school system Ike those
of New England and lhe North West.
and a code o! just and equal laws -
administered as to make life an! per
son and property secure and peace
and order as prevalent as in the
States whose ruling elements point
with pride to the institutions, the
manners, the achievements, the moral
ity, the religion and the slotles of the
Puritan
MORE PENSIONS FOR THE VETERANS.
May we do lllte more in the way
of homes and pensions for the destitute
survivors of the civil ConlllcI? North
Carolina had her soldiers IN both
armies. The national government cares
for tlose who fought for It's flag. AS
we advance in material wealth we
should increase our expenditures for
the destitute and disabled veterans of
the armies of the 'sstorm Graded ma
ton that fell
FOSTER THE UNIVERSITY.
Among the most important objects
Of our care is the State University. 1t
is to be regretted that there is among
some Of the best people OF the State
a sentiment that does not sustain the
existing law which gives an annual
Appropriation 10 this institutional
sum which should be increased but for
the fact that the condition of the
State treasury may not justify it. If
there be anything in the State laws or
in the management OF the University
which gives, with Stale money, free
tuition to persons who are peCunia-
rly able to pay and thus takes from
the denominatlonal colleges, students
who W 'uld voluntarily help to sustain
them, then such laws and politics should
be abandoned. But if this free tuition
is confined to those who cannot pay,
where is the harm to the dtnomina-
tlonal colleges? The limited number
of these free students does not add
appreciably to the expense Of main
tanning the University. 1t is about
that much pure gain to merltorlous
young men without eDtailing taxation
on anybody. Neither does this State
aid subtract materially from the eff
cheney Of the public: schools. If given
to them it would extend only one
day and fraction of day eacI
year. In this University we have plan'
that represents about $500, 900. We
cannot afford to throw away this isprop
erty. The constitution iorblds ii. The
memories, the traditions and the pride
Of our people revolt at the thought
The shadows and SOIL of Chapel Hll
are sacred in thousand, II North Car
ollna homes Whatever il may have
been under political and SOCIAL con
ditlons that are .fy and perna.
nen,ly passing Yay, It IS now an in
stltution tina, IS 'pular in the hlshes
sense of the W Id 1t serves no class
Its benefits and bles ing are not con
fined to any sect, but are open ~ all
1t is no more competitive to the re
| llgious and sectarian colleges than are
public schools to the private acade
mics. Complaints from denomna
lional colleges should be heard witt
the Difference due to their authors
who should be made TO feel that We
rejoice in their growing prosperity
But the University Is part OF the
State and must be preserved.
North Carolina has broken the Solid
| South; has come back to the Union II
fact as we'll as in form We are proud
of the great Republic and love its flag
We are thankful for the decree Of the
American people that from our Ma
tional capitol Ambassadors to apol
gize for our domestic policies 20 for
eign monarChs, and emlssarles to olnel
lands, with orders 10 pull down our
flag, shall g. no more. With our Fed
eral Constitution amended 50 tina,
such territory as We may hereafter &C
Quire shall be Excluded from State
hood except by the general Cohsensu:
of the States, why should we not ex
tend our National domain wherever
on this hemisphere the invitation ma )
be-? Why seek to check our advance
70 that world power which IS our des
tiny? Westward the star of empire
has taken It's way; from Persia lC
Greece, from Greece 10 Italy, from
Italy to Spain, from Spain to England
It's resting place Is here between the
Lakes and Gulf, and the shores Of the
two great oceans-the gem Of the
North Temperate Zone, the land tha,
by lis fertility and climate Is best ii
all the world for the development Of
the highest human qualities: for The
frntlon Of mans noblest aspirations
With the expiring century looking &
back upon the errors and the glores
Of the past, let Us realize that:
I'VE are living, We are dwelling,
In grand and awful time,
In an age on ages telling
To be living is sublime
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