The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-10-13

III 161t IL ~ hAN 1890 C]H- ~O
3,4OO. North Carolina has contributed
LARGELY to the growth and progress OF
States in both of the great sections. The
numbers are variously stated, but there
are probably more than goo. 600 in other
States, while it has received not more
than a fifth OF this large number from
other States. This State has sent out
through the decades many men Of dis
tinguishcd gifts who achieved marked
success. 1 recall that at one time-some
fortv-fve OF fifty years ago-there were
actually in the United States Senate
seven members who were born
in North Carolina. The News and OBJ
server two Sundays ago published lour
pages and more devoted to the approach
sing Reunion OF the Sons Of North Caro-
lima who live in other sections of our vast
and rapidly growing country. Like its
other enterprises of the kind it was most
successful, commendable, e~nterprising. ]
had written an article on the gifted men
abroad of North Carolina nativity, but
it is not necessary now to use but a part.
1t was said long ago Of Virginia that it
was a very good State to be born in if
you left homo early. That saw is not
true for Virginia has always taken care
of her greatest sons while contributing
vastly Of its intellectual and practical
men to the upbuilding of other States.
This saying, however, thet was never APP
piled to North Carolina, even III d~erision,
will apply to her in part, for she has been
neglectful Of her sons ana careless often
in recognizing their gifts and value. If
this had not been so, such eminent ment
as Andrew Jackson, Thomas II. Benton,
An5rpU JnbnsbD lance X p01k and tho
long roll of successful and prominent sons
who dwell in other States would have re
manned at home and nave helped to build
up and make great their native State.
But if they had remained the probability
is that their fame and success would have
been much less than they became. Would
her three Presidents she gave to Tea
nessee ever have been so honored if they
had stayed by the old mother? Very
doubtful. Possibly some of the most sue
cessfui might have become a Squire, an
NJ. c., or possibly a circuit Judge. This,
however, is the view Of the offce-seeking
chances. Those who stood by their old
mother had a chance, and some succeeded
in getting good, fat Offices. the chief aim
and hope Of so many ambitious men, the
very acme of hope and the crowning grace
of the average American. Get office what
ever else you may do. No people love
Official pap and place, and are more
greedy for their attainment than the av-
erage american citizen
There are three gifted, able sons now
filling high educational positions in other
States. Dr.. E. A. Alderman, a native
Wilmingtonian; Rev. DR.. W. w. Moore.
born at Charlotte, and DR.. Barringer, re-
Cpeotiya1v r of tho hood of TI,lapo Uni
versity, New Orleans; Union Theological
Seminary, Richmond, Va, and University
of Virginia Faculty as chairman. Among
later honors borne, DR.. Hannis Taylor
was Minister to Spain and Hon. Hoke
Smith, Secretary of the Interior under
Cleveland. There IS some ground for be
lieving that Abe Lincoln was a bastard
son of North Carolina. Our noble old
State has been ably represented and often
in the United States Congress. Macon.
Badger, Bragg, Haywood, Graham. Vance,
and Ransom were truly leading. strong
men and they were in the United States
Senate. In the House the natives were
vigorous, watchful and often influential.
CASTOR, Stanly, Rayner, Saunders, w.
N. H. Smith. Kerr, Outlaw, Shepard,
Scales, Steele, Boyden, Reade, and q
dozen or twenty others, well equipped
and represented admirably and faithfully
the old State in the two Houses. and
brought character and distinction to the
State.
In the past among North Carolina's
dispersed abroad were in the Senate and
House men Of distinguished parts. Ten
nessee sent several natives of our State
to the Congress-: Georgia shared in the
and among her prominent men were
Henry w. billiard, Judge Turner, DR.
Lovick Pierce, Hon. Hoke Smith and
others. That very gifted and rapidly
distinguished orator and writer, Henry
w. Grady, was the son of a North Caro-,
lima father and mother. But the subject
:. too full for my present purpose
Bishops Polk, Davis, Hawks and Beck
with, of the Episcopal Church
and Bishops Paine and Fitzger
aid, Of the Southern Methodist Church
were natives also. Two of the most emin
ent and gifted of Episcopal preachers
were also natives. I refer to Rev. DR.
Francis L. Hawks, of New. York, anC
Bishop John Beckwith, of Georgia. The
last was born at Raleigh.
~'Once a Tar Heel, always a Tar Heel
mat is true with most or North caro-
lina's honorable and worthy sons. Tbs
love OF the dear old State is a passion
deep and wide, with me. think I under
stand, and 1 consequently admire, tn,
North Carolina people-North Carolin;
simplicity, hospitality, fidelity, conserva
tism, love of liberty and patriotism. LIE
me say here that l regret to believ,
that the noble State is something back
ward in a proper State pride, and doe
not appreciate always its best, it's safest
it. most trustworthy, and noble men, an,
not its ablest by a great deal. Self-seek
ers and ~demagogues nave far too oftel
caught. the ear of the fond Old Mothe
and played her unworthy tricks. TIL
modest, merItoriou., conscientious, faith
full, honest and honorable men have bee
often ignored, and the noisy, ambitious
hungry. undeserving demagogues an
tricksters have been favored. But as
whole. We believe that the better part {
the population is equal in all of the higf
est elements of manhood and citizenshi
to the population of any one of the Unite