The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-01-30

MS OUT MS silly nonsense and pre-
tending as if h were the devoted
lover, yet With a heart too full for ut
teiance. ] hope this Will throw some
light on the subject. il it does not sat.
isfactorily answer the lady's questions.
| am sure that every reader Of The
News and Observer enjoyed Dir. Kings
bury's article, of two Sundays ago. i'm
which he 50 trUthfuIly. and bcauti-
fully, portrayed the greatness of Gen.
Robert +. Lee. the evcr-to-be-remcm-
bered and rcyered nero Of the old
South. | think, as q matter Of duty
to the children of the South. parents
and teachers should them
to read such articles, and try to in
still into their minds and hearts the
principles which constitute real great
ness. and to inspire them with such
ambitions as Will lead them to roblor
and more patriotic cndeavors, than
simply making. getting and boarding
the WealtnO OF this world.
We have a great country. down here
in Dixie, and we are going to be 4 rich
people: and, the tide Of immigration.
turning in this direction, Will ere
long make the South ~popuIous as well
as rich: but. We don't want the child
Ten-the children of those patriots Of
the sixties, ror their grand children
L - StC lfldt tie 'll ~o1ltl. n1I pa
trlots and statesmen, whose high
moral courage and wise counscls had
much to do in securing the indcpend-
ence of the American ~oIOnies and lay
ing the foundations Of this great re-
public: that during 80 of the II
years. from the foundation of the
government until The civil war. South
ern men occupied the Presidential
Chair; that George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson. James Madison.
James Monroe, Andrcw jackson, John
Taylor, James *. Polk, and Zachary
Taylor. We're all Of the Old South.
Nor should they forget that the great
principles of government which were
Incorporated into the body polite.
making u young nation so robust
and g0rous, II able to achieve such
grcat things, were the inspirations,
most y, Of the great men Of the Old
South. 1t was in the South. at James
town, the seed of American liberty WAS
llrSt planted 1t was III the Old South
tia the first declaration Of i~ndepend-
ence was made which led to revolt and
lInallN to American independence. 1t
was the Old South that furnished the
Commander-in-Chicf of the American
armies. and it VAS the Old South that
gave to the world that immortal doc
ument, The Declaration Of Independ-
ence, which secured to the world a
refuge from oppression.
Yes, the old South had its GREAT men
and its chivalrous ome and it gIo-
RED III the fact that it was a homcge-
NOUS peoplc-bravc, true, sincere
honest-a people that loved the right
ana mated the wrong, that sought to
i've the golden rule, while leaving 9th
efS and their affairs alone. 1t was
lildeed the home Of a true nobility of
character which cannot be mistaken
nor counterfeited Let the children be
taHSh to revere the memory Of the
old south and to delight in tho great
ness Of those men who stood for il
when its death struggle was going on
aye. stood by it until it was dead.
Yes. the Old South is dead. When. on
mat April morning, in 1865, Robert
+. Lee, nc greatest general of his
times, rode dow the line Of stacked
guns at APPROXIMATION, the Old South
lay a bleeding corpse. The last gun had
been fired by that great army which
had won 81 Worldwide fame, and the
gloom OF death was upon every sold
ler'S face as, OH his White horse the
great Lee passel along saying: IS
ali over! But never mind men; q
have done your best. Go to your
MONIES ana be as brave and true as
you have been with me-
Nothing can be prettier or swcctcr
than this immorteI which Or. Ham
iiiil bi'NIo Gpoh tic pier OIL the oil
South:
In the great day of national assize.
When empire, kingdom. and republic
OF earth shall DC gathered to judg-
mcnt, and the Muse Of history shall
unroll the record of their good and
evil, the Old South. the ''uncrOwned
queen Of the centuries. Viii be i'll
their midst, her white vestments
stained by the blood Of her sons. her
eyes dlmmed by sorrow and suffering.
No chaplet of laurel shall emcircle
her brow, and no noisy trump OF fame
shall hail her coming; but round nor
fair, proud head. as Of yorc, shall shine
q halo of love. and Fame shall hang
her head rebuked, and Che trumpet
fall from her ncrveless hand. as the
spirit Of the Old South is passing by"
Yes, let Us teach the children to
revere the memory of the Old South.
and TO love the traditions which tell
them through what privatfons, hard
ships. perilS = suferings their great
S~randfathcfS had to fght their way
from q wilderness of poverty to the
canaan of prosperity which they now
enjoy.
Bishop HOSES story Of the fellow
over in east Tennessee suggests the