The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-09

o. IL III the pubic addresses, notes OF
| statisticians, and newspaper and maya
zine contributions. 1t l. densely ignorant,
tremendously and scandalously behind the
great North, but partially civilized and
| has not yet learned either how To read
and spell or how to work with profit. 1t
| Is a dreadful old State TO be born in,
and if so unfortunate TO lie so born
then get away so soon as possible. and
forget your beg innings" where you were
| born. and who were your forhears. BE
| ashamed OF the old State as unworthy
| of your birth, your fayors or your faith
| When old Tar Heel" who II unfort-
| unatey native here and TO the manner
/ born glances at the speeches, and scans
| the statistics, and then sees the tire
| mendous giorlfication of education and
money gettIng-the now one test of per
sonal worth, usefulness and character he
| hangs his head, and exclaims why did
| he not too leave his native North Caroline;
end go to Massa chusetts or Iowa or New
| York, and take to Northern ways and
| ideas and manners and prejudiccs and
| lngralned dlshkes OF the South? When
| one Is assured over and over again how
| poor, ignorant, unworthy, destitute be
hind -the-times a State this old State is. and
how great and prosperous and highly ciw
Iowa. he must wonder how it Is that any
one who can get away prefers to remain
IN such a blasted, poverty smittcn. ignor-
ant, uncivihzcd old thing of a State as
our own, and why any man with hoe
and a grain OF sense does not make
| for Iowa. There is seemingly nothing In
North Carolina to commend it to men
| IN the North, and nothing worthy and
sufficient to prevent all North Carolinians
from emlgrating at once even if they have
to walk, and to carry their hoes on
their shoulders. North Carolina is a hard
old State to dwell in That is clearly
the proper deduction to be drawn from
educational enthusiasts, and the manipu-
lators of figures. But is the dear old
mother really so seedy, so contempt
bic, unworthy? Are her sons and
daughters really so very inferior to the
sons and daughters of boastful Massachu-
i, setts and far-away Iowa?
| [ see no statistics as to religion and
crime when the spoutcrs spout their
tervid denunclations, and North Carolina
| IS put to the rack. | have not the sta
tlstlcs at hand, but my impression IS that
| North Carolina can show low a record
e crime among its whites as Massa
cnusetts or Iowa can show My farther
impression is that there are more mem
bers of Christian churches in North Caro-
lima than there in Massachusetts or
Iowa IN proportion to white population.
If in error | would be pleased to have
it corrected. smaller number of Grim
inals, educated and others, and a larger
number of processing Christians should be
a good offset to the illiterate statistics.
and the superior profits OF the man with
the hoe in Iowa. Moral, character, a
| = H.
Bible as the inerrant Word of Jehovah
and fixed belief in the Christian Religion
: in Jesus Christ the Son of God, go
; very far In edeemng a people from swift
and scornful criticism and injustice. The
truth is, I am proud of my dear old native
, State in spite of all her faults, shortcom-
; ings Of omission and tard in
many tnings. Before 1860, she was not
behind IN education Otner Southern
States, and not behind some in the North.
She has borne a superb record for honor,
conservatism, patriotism, love OF liberty,
he chastity of her women, self-sacrficc
and devotion to sound principles of gov
ernment. Look at her record in the
greatest of all modern Voting
112 500 whites and sending to the armies
of the Confederacy 126,000 fighters, losing
over Al ,O0O in the mighty conflict. How
1
the ''wltlings'' proclaim her TO be when
she bore herself so grandly IN the first
l conflict In 1771; at Mccklenburg May 20tn,
1915; in the first war for independence
with England; in. the last for inde
} pendence with the North-1861- 1S65-a nd
since? 1t would seem that a State which
produced General Davidson, General W.
R. Davie. General Nash, General James
Graham, in the Revolution, and others OF
| merit; that gave to the country such
2 able upright, noble men Judge 4. D.
; Murphey, Judge William Castor, Judge
| and Secretary of Navy and l. S. Senator
George E. Badger, Governor Secretary OF
NAVY and L. s. Senator William A. Ora
5 ham, Senator Willie p. Mangum, Senator
| w. H. Haywood, Governor and L. s.
| Senator Thomas Bragg, Governor and I.
G S Senator Y. 3. Vance, I. 5. Senator
, Thomas Hart Benton, President Andre"
o johnson. and James K. Polk, Generals w.
: d. Pender, General Lconidas Polk Gen
! eral Braxton Bragg, General j. Johnston
Pettigrew, General Ramseur, General Bob
Johnston, General Junius Daniel, and
n.any Others of splendid courage and
merit; Chief Justice Henderson, Archibald
Henderson, Judges Nash, Battle, j.
Davis and others, and Chief Justices
Smith and Merrimon Hon. George DAVIS
of President Davis's Cabinet; Secretary
. Of Navy J. c. DoBbin, Judge Robert B
Gillian, Hon John H. Bryan, Governor
, james Iredcl, Louis D. Henry, Governor
: Charles Manly. President D. L. Swan
Rev DR.. Francis l.. Hawks, Bishops Dayi-
Payne Fitzgerald. Rev. Dr.. LovlcF
. Pierce Rev. Hezekiah G. Leigh, Rev John
: Kerr. Rev. DR.. Manly, and others car
u rot be so inferior in its race of men. AL
know of the beauty, grace. refinement
intelligence and purity Of It's women
Truly l am Sc much Of IN odd fogy =
e so antiquated. seedy and ignorant that
0 love the dear old State, and would sIne
e her praises to the end. In the sen'lltS
: and decrepitude of old age. | still cry on
n lustily-God bless the dear old Mother anc
: may 'Heaven's blessings attend her.
am indeed glad in my soul that | was