The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-03-06

ana south tae lucmarr ~ the GaIEau
men AU3 fought tacU a- me Ma a..
- -e. the fIEht. iI tine strife b'l" @
the states Their bravery ih@iF teko-
ton 20 f4ty as tHey SH 4 = the CON-
mon heritage OF the American peooIe
and SO this flag TO-DAY speaks not -
war or hostility or hatred but bear. 2
message Of peace on earth and g.-es
viii to man. As such ] bring ~ to .ss
from those Who long ago in HI.
hearts ceased To- be your enemies, frag.
those who. ii Rhode Island as You
North Carolina. cherish the emo
Of the evolutionary ancestors Who
founded this government. and Wa"~
descendants shall be ranked together
in this Empire or states uniil lie
beHeficcnt mission of this great nation.
L. the nations OF the earth shall b
fulfilled.
Following chief Justice Dau9lass.
Chief Justice Clark. Of North Caro-
lima. spoke in acceptance a. follows
Reply Of Chief Justice Clark.
Mr.. Chief Justice.
If at any future time proof shall
be needed that at this noun al linger-
ing hostility between North dnd South
has been forever buried. history Will
bear on IT'S deaIhleSs pages the record
that the Chief Justice OF Ehod Island
himself Il gallant veteran OF h Cniou
on LlliS taN tdtilt - -N'A III la t.ttI
from his distant home. n his judi
cial labors, 10 restore 70 the surviV-
ors Of q brave command its Confed-
crate colors lost in battle.
When the great struggle Of 1861
began among the first to rush to arms
was a cOmp any Of gallant Boys from
the count Of C2rteret. later known
10 fame rs Company II. 10th North
Carolina Regiment. They We're be
sieged i'm For. Macon and after a
long and gallant defence surrendered
on the 26th April. 1862. to the land
ard naval forces Of the United states.
in which Rhode Island was SO largely
represented. and in which YOU Your
self bore 50 honorable a part. They
were paroled by the terms Of the sur.
render. and were soon exchanged and
served With honor ana credit 10 the
close of the war. Cut Off, with some
other companies. by the retreat and
surrender OF Joseph +. Johnston. they
made a separate treaty and were
parolcd 25th April. 1S65-tWo weeks
| after the army Of Robert +. Lee had
| passed into history at AppomattoX.
Several of the survivors Of his brave
command with their ranking surviN-
ing officer. First Lieutenant ]. w.
Sanders. are with Us today.
The flag which Rhode Island took
| from them and which its veterans
have so handsomely returned to US
this dav they received from the fair
hands of four young maidens, three
OF whom still survive, and who are
represented here today by the laugh
ters of two of them. With US. Sir as
with you. the valor OF our men has
always been moro h "a surpassed by
the patriotism and devotion OF our
women.
We are glad to welcome YOU and
! your friends to our State and to
hearts. We are glad to recall that
our two States have had much in COM
mon. The same sturdy spirit OF indie
p~endence has peculiarly marked the
people of the W. States. For q while
| our two States were alone out of the
Union, North Carolina staying out two
| years and Rhode Island three years
after the adoption of the Federal Con-
stitution. Neither of the States par
~ticipatcd in the first election of a
President, and eleven States then
composed the Union.
If for four years Rhode Island and
North Carolina were divided, We can
| not forget that Cor more tina two
hundred years we have stood together.
In 1740 troops from Rhode Island and
from North Carolina sailed together
on that memorable expedition to
South America and the dead from the
two States lay side by side in the dead
- - 60 80 E~SCAAaS ~ 'A@S
eTn summer sea.
In the brave days of old in the
| times that tried mems souls, the peO-
| pie of the two States were as one. In
the friendly contest which las since
sprung up as to what State moved
FIRST in the great cause OF liberty.
while North Carolina proudly boasts
Of the first blood shed at Aldmance in
Nay. 1771. of the first Declaration Of
Independence of the British CrOWn at
Necklenburg iii MAY. 1T15, and Of the
Grst instruction given by any Safe
tApril II. 1-T6), to its delegates in the
Continental Congress 70 declare Tor
i Independence. we cannot forget hat
the capture and burning of the British
SiOOp of war. GaSpee, by the men of
Rhode Island. led by Brown. Whipple
II others, in June, 1712. more than
four years before the Declaration III
Independence, for sheer audaCity en-
titles Rhode Island % refuse more
thar equality-of honots to any Of her
sister States. If NOuT State WAS in the
first great battle of Bunker Hill. North
Carolina can proudly claim, that alone
and unaided, her sons won the first
victory for the patriot cause at Moore
Greek in February, 1915.
North Carolina has not forgotten
the great debt that She owes Nour
State. When the northern laurels''
Of General Gates had "Wilted into
southern willows on the fatal field
OF Camden. Genera Washington sent
To US that great son of your State. who
was second only to himself as a sol
der to rally and cad again to victory
our Southern columns. He was equal
to his task and won our confidence
and our love. We have placed his
name in eternal keeping hy giving his
great name t. one of oar faireSt coun-
ties, and the good town of Creenyille.
in the East. and Greensboro, the grow
ing, busting gate city" Of the West
stand guardians of the grateful re-
~4temhrancc Of II people of Rhode
stands greatest SOL - Nathaniel
Greene. Our people have feW statues
but hey nave long memories.
For seventy years Rhode Island and
North Carolina were together in the
Union into which IN two States had
been SO slow to enter. Then the great
ch@Sm slowly opened between US.
Y hich. like that other chasm in the
Roman forum. could only be clnsed
when to its p~rofoUndcSt depths it was
tliled with the best and bravest-of
| either side. In thar Stf,oola both