The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-29

couGscHted their property tas has been
done 10 our day by Mexico and other
Latin countriczp ard rcdisirihatef their
accanalatiors Ii might have aaIrf
that Nhea tho new commercial memo
polies under his daughter Elizabeth otar
'atr y take tho place o. the suppressed
ecclcsiastical foundations in rerreattae
inequality. thc Commons called 81 he-
70 pause ard that naughty. unbcusinc
sovereign had the common sense 10 saxe
her throne ~ yielding
NJ Webster also utilized ,Ae occasion
70 Point 10 the fac, that In France ~
tho exemption o, property q mobiles aaI
priests from taxation. property hal
erarltatrl into their hands tlll the pld
orgy of revolution had rct-ausfrr~cd il
10 the people auI h. proqhcsict that
the new Law in that count-y which b.
restricting the rish, to will property hal
prevented its accumulation into a f,~
hands would Inevitably destroy the rc-
stored monarchy AMI rcbai}l tho -cgal-
lie. His prophecy has como true
Tho great cNpounder o. Tho Cons;lta-
tion Nas right. poNcr gcv~ with those
who own the property az Tie coautry.
When property il widely Distributed nni
i fair share or the comforts or life are
equally in the reach OF all. a country
will remain 4 republic. when property
by whatever agency. becomes concsu-
tratod in a Few hands. a change Il im-
pending Either the few holders Viii
bring in. n he stated. an army that all
change the government 10 a monarchy.
or revolution viii force q redistribution
as in England and France. That has
been the lesson Of history.
In this day. OF wider Intelligence AMI
general education. let us hope and be-
lieve that there is a third way. hitherto
unknown IN practice, AMI that ~ tho
operation OF tust ana wiser laws On
acted by the sovereignty Of tho people.
a more Just and equal distribution OF
wealth viii follow and the enjoyment o.
material well being Viii lie more g.ucr-
ally difused among the masses. All
power is derived from AMI belongs to
the people and should be used solely for
their good. This Il the fundamental
teaching Of the institutions which begin
their record from the landing OF the
Angl0-SaXon race on these shores. a
landing which was first made At this
spot.
Had I the ability of Mr.. Webster.
could ! speak with his authority. | might
point out as he did tho great danger of
the accumulation OF wealth in a few
hands, and might forescc ana ~forctcll
the remedies which a great. Il wise and
an all-powcrful people will apply. But
| shall not follow in the path which he
has trod, baud passibus cquis.
Let US not forget on this occasion
that to this island belongs the dis
~tinguished honor OF being the birth
place of the first American girl. 1t is
the Eden from which she sprung. She
had no predecessor and remains with
out a model and without a rival. In that
first Eden man was the first arrival aud
the garden was a failure. Hero the girl
was the first arrival and the boys have
followed her ever since. Appropriately
she bore the name OF Dare. and daring.
delightful her successors have been ever
since. We do we'll. were We to come
here solely to do honor to the memory
of the first American girl, this finished,
superlative product OF her sex and or
these later ages.
When the first expedition landed here
there were, it is estimated, in the bounds
Of the present State Of North Carolina.
10000 Indians, earning a precarious living
by fishing and hunting ana spending
their miserable lives in Staying and tor
turing one another. Today We have
near 100000 of the foremost race Of ali
the world, living in peace and order.
Could !. like Mr.. Webster in his Ply
mouth Rock Grafton, prophcsy as TO the
future 100 years hence, / should predict
a still greater change. ] should say that
with the same rate Of increase North
Carolina Will then have 5000, 600 Of pco-
pie and that cities OF 100, 900 inhabitants
Will be numbered by the score; that
every village Will be connected with it's
by electric roads, for steam
viii have ceased TO be a motive power:
that education viii he universal and
poverty unknown; that every swamp viii
have been drained to become the scat Of
happy homes; that every river viii le
deepened and straightcncd that public
works operated for the benefit or the
people and not for the enrichment Of Il
few, will bring comforts and conycn-
fences, now unknown, to the most distant
fireside; that the hours Of labor viii be
shortened; that the toll Of agriculture
Will be done by machinery and that
irrigation Will have banishcd droughts:
the advance Of medicine. already
the most progressive science among us.
will have practically abolished all dig
eases save that of old age; that simpler
and an elevated and alI-poWoruf
public opinion viii have minimizcd
crime and reduced the volume Of litiga-
that religion less scctarian and
Inspirations about crccds and forms will
be a practical exemplifcation or that
to follow mon which was typihcd
by its divine founder; that every tollcr
with brain or with hand Will prosper
and that under iuster laws the only in
equality in wealth or condition will be
that due TO the difference in the energy.
Efforts and natural gifts Of each
9ossessor.
This is but the first Of many success
olYc celebrations Of the landing here and
Il these feeble. fugitive words shall be
to that distant day the speaker
VINO snail read them TO a vast audience
here will either justify the
5rophcsy or ut least he will say in
he interest Of the happiness Of the hu-
nan race, they ought to have become
Tho cv.nin, roe