The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-10-22

North CarOlin1anS at Gree eenSborO last |
week one Of the leading addresses was |
delivered by Governor Aycock, OF !
North Carolina The address was able
and characteristic, and is given in
part:
GOV. AYCOCK'S ADDRESS.
Ladies and Gentlemen: The COM
mittee in charge of this celebration
have honored me with the high duty
of extending to you a welcome to your
old home. II / could but find fitting
words in which to set before you the
breadth and depth of the gladness
which stirs the heart Of North Caro-
lima today the duty would be trans
formed for me into the highest pleas
ure 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 elsewhere, and
having won your places in other
States, have come home at last to
renew your acquaintance with old
friends and rejoice again amid the
scenes Of your youth. " e shall, there
fore, kill no fatted calves for you, no
robes will be brought out, and no
rings placed upon fingers. You are
at home again to share with us all the
things which we have. The North
Carolina look is in your eye; her
speech is on your lips; her ideals live
in your hearts. We rejoice in your
presence; take delight in your pros
perity; praise you for the things which
you have done, and hope the utmost
of your future We wish you to feel
that this is now again your state. we
would awaken the memories or 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 justify your
pride in her. Her achievements com
pare with those Of any other State
| and make her sons, wherever they be,
| proud to be known as North Caro-
! linians. You can sing with us:
Carolina, Carolina, Heavens bless
| ings attend her,
While we live we will chelsh, protect
and defend her,
Though scOrners may sneer at ana
witlings defame her,
Our hearts swell gladness whenever
we name her
"She was the first of the colonies to
be settled, and although that settle
ment was not successful, it is source
| of qualification that it was made un-
| der the patronage of the soldier, navl-
| gator, scholar, statesman and martyr,
Sir Walter Raleigh. On her soil the
first white child born of English par
entage came to bless the Western
World Here liberty had it's birth,
and here it rejoices in it's fullest
beauty. North Carolina was settled by
men who found the liberty OF other
colonies and States short of their de'
sires. English, Virginians, French
New Englanders, Swiss, Germans
Huguenots, Scotch, Irish, OF whatever
nationality they might be, they sough,
this land in order that they mlgh,
found a State which should be a NJ
home for the freest OF the free. Inc!
were imbued with passion for noer
ty, says Bancroft, and in their earliest
days they secured for themselves anc
transmitted to us both liberty Of con
science and of conduct With abso
lutte freedom of conscience benevolen
reason was the simple rule Of thei1
conduct They were tender ant
only against tyranny. They were LEI
to the choice Of their residence IRON
the hatred Of restraint and lost them
selves in the woods in search OF lnde
pendence.' Are there any who dOub
mans capacity for government
Saws Bancroft: Let them study tn
history of North Carolina. Its lnhaD
tants were restless and turbulent i
| their imperfect submission to a gov
ernment imposed on them rrol
abroad. The administration OF the co
only was firm, humane, and tranqul
when they were left to take care c
themselves, Any government out OH
of their own institution was oppre:
J sive.' Living far removed from COZ
tact with the government Whlc
sought to rule them, freed from tn
Establishments of power, discipline
, in frugality and patient OF toll
is no wonder that our North Carolln
ancestors resisted to- the utmost IN
tyranny of provincial and coloni
- rule. They were in constant WarIai
. with their governors, and repeate
turned them cut of the proVlnc
n When the struggle with Great Brlta
|. came. North Carolina was in the iron
Let me briefly give you two sho
pages of history. The first shall be q
" voted to Massachusetts, and is take
: from BANCROFT:
l. "On the16th day of December, ~
the men of Boston assembled IN u
e Old South Church. They remained
G. session until after dark. The chur
in which they met was dimly lighte
1T At a quarter before 6, Rotch appear
le and satisfied the people by relatl
Sc | that the Governor had refused MIN
te mass because his ship was not prop'
iv cleared. AS soon as he had finish
his report. Samuel Adams rose
III gave the word, This meeting can
u nothing more to save the countr
III On the instant a shout was heard
tho porch. The warwhOOp resounu'
of A body of men, forty or fifty IN nu
ct her. disguised as Indians, passed
the door. repaired to Griffin's VIVA
nosted guards to prevent the intrusi
-. of spies. took possession OF the thi
oA tea ships, and in about three hours
the tea was emptied into the "a
RS This is the account Of the great
of ton Tea Party. 1t is world 1amo
or Daniel Webster in his reply TO hay
i'll thinking of this great TRANSACT
among others, says, SHAH pronoul
re no eulogium on Massachusetts. :
in needs none. There she stands; pen
her and Judge for yourself.
an "Now let US look at the other pa
cd taken from a speech OF Honora
George Davis: On the 9Th day OF }
uary, 1766. the sloop OF war Dlngel