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

| Winston. Who accepted the asg on the
pant Of the state. and said
Lf.-Governor Winston speech
Mr.. chief Justice and Gentlemen
/ Acting for the Governor. whose en-
I forced absence ne regrets N tee Haine
Of al the people Of our Gaitl"tlc ST.
bid YOU q hearty welcome 10 NoFlh
i Carolina.
No doubt your trip into the state
and even this short daE. have gwen
you a feeling Of at-Home-ness
II takes mighty hl,le time for a good
citizen Of nod Island 10 become 4
| ua~turaIized North Carolj1laH.
We have recently welcomed 70 "AF
feast Of wonderful business activity 4
citizen Of your state, who comes
among us Ia bring to- realization ul@
| dreams OF cur fathers. and 10 carry e"
completion the great transportation
| schemes that other have hoped for
Re j. with us today but this occasion
| does not permit a discussion Of the era
| If material development in which ne
Is SO important a factor. We thank
| Rhode Island for the loan Of him.
Today we live in sentiment. w
welcome you. Sir, with the ollYe
branch You bear. Il with candor
and with truth ! declare that warm
hearts prompt outstretched hands 10
| receive IL. | cannot recall with you
| and them those scenes Of tragic strug-
| gle that have made American man
| hood immortal. | knew the Confed-
eracy in its weakness. not i'm its
strength: / knew it entwincd with cyp-
| ress. not with laurel. / knew It's new
| made graves. its mourning homes. ITS
| sightIcss eyes. lis armlesS sleeves !
| have seen the Confederate soldier
weary and wounded and worn begin
| life's fight anew. and conquer for his
| family a home. for his child a school
house. for himself the good opinion Of
the world.
In memoir see but yesterday the
thin gray line of the C-onfederacy fade
away in defeat at Appomattox. Today
/ see it in blue under the
Stars n Stripes. fighting for Cuban
independence led by Joe Wheeler.
thank God we are indeed q re-
united nation. There IS no garland
| hat loving hands might weave. that
would not fit the brow of any immor-
tai of either army.
80 with equal splendor,
The morning sun rays fall.
With a touch impartially tender
ON the blossoms blooming for all,
Under the sod and the dew
Waiting the judgment day
Broidered with gold the blue
MellOWed with gold the gray"
This scene tells more than words can
portray the sincerity and bravery Of
those who hereicaIly bore this flag
and of those who SO bravely took it.
The coward never forgives. The
hypocrit is never generous. In the
| dawn of the twentieth century North
and South are generous and forgive.
North Ca~rOlinians n Rhode Island
erS are the same people. They speak
the same language. They profess the
same religion. They have the same
standard of virtue. of law, of family.
The honest North Carolinian stays
honest when he goes to Providence
plantations and the honest Rhode
Islander makes North Cardinals most
ardent son and at one becomes a Tar
Heel.
If in the past we nave misjudged,
or m~iscOnceived each other. it was be-
cause when we looked from Raleigh to
Providence We did not first wipe the
glass and steady the eye Our stan
dards of character are the same.
When each of US wishes a Chief
Justice, learned in the law, incorrupti-
bic in character to hold the scales Of
| right in equal pofse. each turns to the
fast thinning ranks and calls to that
high post of duty. a soldier. Each
State knows the crucible in which to
find the metal Of true worth.
But | trespass on time that belongs
to the IGNORED actors in that great
| struggle.
Again 1 extend to you and yours a
ofdlal greeting and glad welcome to
| North Carolina.
Following Governor Winston. the
Chief Justice of EhOde Island came
| to the front n presented the flag on
| behalf of the organization which had
l Gldprpd II lnt1Jpnl TI1n Tt,5Af J,,ntia1
is a yOungjsh looking man. consid-
erlng his position in tho judiciary. and
the fact of his record as q veteran.
He is tall, large-bOned, of hard brOnZed
skin and open features. His speech
is short, crisp. direct. Like most
NOrtherners, he has determined what
to say and says it. Despite this, his
manner was of such a sort as to catch
lis audience. The sincerity of the
words that he spoke was manifest.
lie had that grace which comes best
from frankness-a likable, manly man
whose ability was Il pCtentiality to he
possibly inferred but not norated by
his personality.
in presenting the f1aG he said:
Speech OF Chief Justice Douglass.
On the 10Th of April. 1862, after a
gallant defense. Fort Macon was sur
rendered 10 the Federal forces. Among
the bGSleSlng troops were the Fifth
Rhode Island Volunteers. then q bat-
Gallon of five companies, and the lias
which / bring back to North Carolina
today fell into the hands Of Company
Il of the Fifth. BY them it was sent
20 Capt. Arthur T. Dexter. of Provl-
nee, who had been in Of
the instruction amp during the for-
nation of the battalion. Captaiu
Dexter retained the flag during his
nfe, and after his death. which oc-
Cured some years ago. his Widow Ire-
served it until recently. and finally
sent it to me dis a representative of the
old regiment. / tool it to the meeting
OF the veteran Association, Which
Drought toSethCr most of The SuTviy-
ing members of the organization last
summer, n By their unanimous vote
was authorized to return it to the
FORMER owners. since that time |