The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-16

Eiment, unsurpassed in It's beauty
GOVERNOR AYCOCK.
Governor Aycock's address of vel
come on the part Of the state:
Ladies and Gentlemen
The committee in charge Of this ce!--
bratiOu has hOnOred me with the !
duty Of extending to You d welcome 10
old home. If l could but hnd
fitting w,rds in which to set before
you the breadth and depth Of the glad
ness which stirs the heart Of North
Carolina today the duty would be
transformed for me into he highest
pleasure. We are glad TO have you
with US once more. YOu come to US
not as Younger SOnS who have wasted
your portions in riotOus living but
as sons who left us with our blessing
to seek the favOrs Of fortune else
where and having Won your places IN
other states, have come nome AT last
to renew your acquaintance with OLD
friends and rejoice again amid the
scenes Of your youth. We shall, there
fore, Kill no fidtted calves tor you,
no robes viii be brought out and again
no rings placed upon yOuT fingers. You
are at home again to share with US
all the things which we have. Inc
North Carolina look IS IN your eyes;
Fer speech is on your liDs: her ideals
live in your hearts. We rejoice in
gour nraSeuCe: take delight III your
prosperity: praise you for the things
which you have done and hope the
utmost Of your future. We wish you
70 feel tfat his is now again your
state. We would awake the mem
a0ries Of your early youth and stir
afreSh the old time affection. And this
state Of your nativity is worthy of
your love. Her history IS such as TO
&ustifv your pride in her. Her achieve
<nents compare with those Of any 9TH
cr state and make her sons, wherever
Shey BE-, proud to be known as North
Caroliniaus. You can sing with us:
Carolina, Carolina. Heavens bless
ings attend her,
While we live, we viii cherish, protect
and defend her.
Though NJ may sheer at and
WRITINGS defamD her,
Our hearts swell with gladness when
ever We name her
She was the first Of the colonies to
be settled. and although hat settle
rrent wa not successful. it is a source
<f qualification that it was under the
patronage Of the soldier, navigator,
scholar. statesman and martyr, Sir
walter Raleigh. On her soil the first
white child born of English parent
=Ige came to bless the western world.
Here liberty had its birth and here
It ~rejOices in its fullest beauty. North
Carolina WAS settled by men who
found the liberty Of other colonies
and states short of their desires. En-
zSlIsh. Nfrginians. French. New En-
CHAMBERS. Swiss. Germans. H~uguenOts.
scotch Irish. Of whatever nationality
the might be. they sought this land
dn order that they might fOund n state
which would be Il tit home for the
TreeSt Of the free" They were i'm
bued with a passion for liberty says
Bancroft. and in their earliest days
- --l--
Knitted to us both liberty of con-
science and of conduct" with alb
sOIute freedom of conscience benevo-
Tent reason WAS the simple rule of
Their conduct They were end
and open" gentle to the weak, and
fierce only against tyranny They
were led to the choice of their resi-
sIance from the hatred of restraint and
lost themselves in the woods in search
of Independence" Are there any who
ETOubt mans CaDaCity for s~elf-gOvern-
rnent?" says Bancroft. let them study
che history of North Carolina. Its
inhabitants were restless and turbu-
lent IT their imperfect submission to
z government imposed on them from
abroad. The administration Of the
colony was firm. humane and tranquil.
when they were left to talk care OF
themselves. Any government but one
OF their own Institution was orpres-
Sive-" Living far removed from con-
ract with the government which
sought to rule them. freed from the
establishments of power. disciplined
- frugaIity ana patient of toll" it Is
TGo wonder that our North Carolina
ancestors resisted to the utmost the
tyranny OF provincial and colonial
-lIle- They wee In constant warfare
Nth their governors and repeatedly
FOrned them out of the province.
<svhen the struggle with Great Brit
ain came. North Carolina was in the
Front.
let me briefly give YOU two short
cages OF history. The first shall be
from Bancroft On the 10Th day OF
December. 1913. the men of Boston
assembled in the Old South Church.
They remained in session until after
lark. TIL church in which they met
was dimly lighted. At quarter before
six. ROtch aDneared ana satisfied the
people by relating that the governor
Rad refused him Il pass because his
ship was not properly cleared. As
soon as ha mad finished his report.
Samuel Adams rose and gave the
word. This meeting can do nothing
more to save the country" On the
instant Il shout WAS heard on the
porch. The warhoOp r~eSOuuded. y
body of men. forty or tifty in num-
Der. disguised as Indians. passed by
she door. repaired to GritfiU's wharf.
posted guards to prevent the intrus-
ION Of spies. took possession Of the
Ehree tea ships ana in about three
lOurs all the tea was empti"d into the
ErIy." This is world famous Daniel
Webster n his reply to Havue. think
1us II This greet transactions among
others ~--, I shall pronounce no
t=uIOgiUu ON Massachusetts. She needs
none. There she stands: behold her
lnE Judge for Yourselves
Now le- rs look ut tn, Other page.
taken f~r-- r speech If Honorable
George Davis. ON the 9Th day Of
ElruJry. 1856. the sI""- ot WAY Dill
&ruce arrived i'm the Cane Fear. bring
ing the ~tamn<- She font~ ilv M
me rive with sails al set and the
cross - -. Geor@e Haunting apeak.
Eer cannon frowr uo'0 the rebelIious
Elttle town Of Brunswick ~ she yawS
70 her anchor. In his DIl1c" ut VII
]EniuEtou sits the rovIl governor # the
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