The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-01-19
CIV. GIenn's Inaugural Address
North Caroliua's New Executive Rings Clear
on Public Questions.


Following is tie full text of Gov.
Glenn's inaugural address delivered
OH the 11th:
Gentlemen of the General Assembly.
FrIrnis and Fellow Citizens:
-Four Years G ,. ;it the close of an
administration that enypntler..I bit
t+rIle>S betweeii the rac-s and pro-
NOTED riot insie;,d Of peace, the pres
rnt retiring administration .com-
'nenc-d it's arluouS lihors, under al,
amendment to our organic law, far
reaching i'll its provisions, and un-
tried hs To it's RESULTS. Eupmips of the
uirasure predicted hat dire Calamity V
would follow its enactment and e,,-
f"rrinent. that race prejudice would
te lerpentd, and llwle>sileSs and dis
order prevail; while its friends claimed
| that by rurtailiny the n..grD's power
ut the ballot box, AMI eliminating
ignornl't and irrrspon -ihle blacks
from participating in State and
county government, order would l,p
brought out Of chaos, and peace and
safety assured.
The IF. cts of the amendment have
trrri most beneficial. There is now
no friction IrtweeI the races. and
our State, after bitter turmoil, stands
renewed and strengthened in all
matters involving it's material, e,lu-
rational and moral welfare. Today
no one Silvet he vicious, who desire to
to Use the Iegru'S vote for corrupt
purposes, would bp willing to >ep the
i,mrnlment repealed, and "A great
mai jurity of our people, if tl,, Co,,st-
tuition of the United States shall
riyhtfully demand If, would rather
1--WE upa part of our representation
in Congress than return to cOnditi .llS
that confronted us prior to its enact
u"nt.
Fur " 'arS of Prosperity.
Looking backward, we see Il four
wear era uf State prnsperity;f for while
We have heard OF wars in the far
r.Stilpncp and famine have come wit h
uin and death into ct her lands. none
,f iheSp evils have troubled us, hut
,ur people, happy and contented,
nave been thankful for mercieS re-
s.ived, and rejoice in their intelligent
,rugrpSS
Our farm products have usually
brought fair prices, enabling our
arlners to pay their debts, and i'm
prove their lands. Business gen-
rally has been good, with only Il
NV failures, willie great enterprises,
furnishing new markets and paying
rood wages, have been established in
uaEy localities.
| E,lu-atiOn has received Il new iItl-
pet us; law and order have been main
tainpd and mob law scarcely heard
H. Our people are living sober. i'll
IustriouS lives. with work for all
willing hands, so the incoming nd-
ministration will have little to do
nut push forward along lines that
n,ve added SO greatly to our wealth
md imyrovenlrnt.
The State at large can truly say to
the retiring administration: well
lone. thou good and faithful SER
wants.
Death only, in its natural course,
has east it's shadows over It's, for dur
my these wears we mourn some Ol
our nobest and best, N.cupying all
conditions and .aillings of life, and
notably among them, one OF North
Cnrolill's y most gifted SONS, Matthew
". Ransom. Truly we can sorrow
over "this old man great" who rs
soldier, orator, statesmen and citizen
in war and in peace, ever stool FOL
the defense, upbuil,ling and glory o
he Stat.. ht' loved so we'll.
Looking to the future we will moi
attempt in detail to map out any
tixpd, policy for this administration
preferrinw to meet emergencies a.
they come, "suttiripnt unto the day il
the evil thereof. only suggesting Ger
tain measures that may aid in Ou
development.
Immigration
In the past. us a State, we hav
d. been too mulpstand shown too littl
g ,plf-nssertion, thus detracting from
:, our dignity aud worth, and leavin;
he world little acquainted with tn
resources of onr land, the worth c
- our people or the history of the Com
mOnwealth.
For example. every patriotic Mort
Carolininn glOrieS in the Merklenhur
\ Declaration of Independence made o
the both of May. 1775, vet not ha,
/ ing given, until recently. proper pull
LEFTY of it's authenticity, outsider
know. the valiant part taken by OF
State in the. Civil War; in defense
the Southland. and it's great pri1
riples. vet for wears our true pOSitiU
remained in darkness. and it hecan
the patriot duty of our present di
tiuguiShed Chief Justice with h
corps 0f capable writer's, to prove t
the listening world that VIZ not on
! furnished more troops than an
other State. according to population
but were also first at Bethel, last 1
AppOmattOX, and farthrst to I'll
front at Gettysburg. In the san
hurtfnl, negligent manner We ha,
failed to make known our great 4
sources and hidden wealth, thus q
lDNillg our State to remain cOmpar
lively unknown, unsOught. and und
veloped.
The great railroads OF the West
order to induce immigration alm
their lines xhibit among her thin:
4 maps. setting forth the luration. a
tractivele>s and wealth of their T
sppctiye territories. but on tl,e
maps the South is displayed in blar
indicating the home of the npgr
where rs,.p troubles abound, a con
try utterly unfit for good and hapI
homes.
- As one of our leading newspape
\ so we'll said, North Carolina nees
more folks; folks with money, foil
with brains, folks with mus.le. al,
4 those who think; all sorts Of foil
who can develop the resources OF tn