The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-28
North CaroIinians Always
Master of Situation.
SANCTITY OF HOME
\ Native North CaroIinisn Residing
In Canada Nrlte~ a Letter Tuurh-
ing the CHARACTERISTICS OF
North Caruinisns-

true North Caroinians at home ani
abroad.
bennington ont. May Il. '07
Hon Wm II. Russ, chairman Worth
Bagley Monument Committee. Raj
eigh. North Carolina.
My Dear Sir-It IS with the mos;
sincere regret that / write - express
70 you my inability 70 be present ia
the flesh IN the occasion uf the Bag
ley monument unNeiIing. but pay heart
and soul w4il be with you and Il Is
with an abundance Of patriotic prid,
that l can see the people OF my native
state erecting All iuperishabIe shat,
70 the everlasting memory ~ the Hero
IF Cardcnas.
Magnificent old state. whose sons
have. FOR three hundred years gone
BY. made luminous the pages OF hts
tory.
y.rs car sm ;, o19 North Gain. ne
in "a strange land. a. / think OF hoy
hoods happy DAYS in my sunny south
ern home ana recall the brilliant
achievements OF her soldiers. sailors.
statesmen and citizens. from the earl
lest colonial times down to the Very
dawn Of today. 1t Nas tho North
Carolina Presbyterians who nrst re-
belled against the tyranny or George
the Third, il was North Carolinlaus
who first drafted the Declaration Of
Independence. il was on North Caro-
lima soil in Mecklenburg where this
Declaration was first proclaimed. all
the way, from Lexington to Yorktown.
North Carolina blood flowed as free
as the water from a mountain spring
and Watered the roots Of the tree or
a constitutional government. when tho
British yoke had been thrown of. ii
vas the intellectual giants or North
Carolina h made it possible that
the autonomy OF the states and their
sovereignty should be the guiding star
of the young nation instead OF "a
strong centralized government" which
would have perpetuatcd the mon
archical ideas of Harlilton and his ad-
mirers.
First at Bethel, farthes at Get
tysburg. last at Appomattox. ana
thirty-three years later we find the
younger generation. First at C~arderas.
laying upon the altar as a sacrifice t.
human progress the very ~life-bIood
Of that chivalrous. heroic and gallant
young lieutenant. Ragley. who trod the
road to death as merry as if to a ban
quet hall ana commenced a warfare
which. thank God, resulted in forever
b~anishing the crushing tyranny Of
that tOOthleSs old Spanish wolf from
this Western Hemisphere and paved
the way for responsible government
in her hitherto misruled Atlantic Is
land possessions. North Carolina sol
diers have a record that Will appeal
to every soul who has love for liberty.
appreciation for LOYALTY and devotion
to duty and admiration for valorous
deeds.
First in the baptism of fire at
Bethel. farthest up the historical
heights of Gettysburg. actually over
the stone fence and further into Yam
keedOm than was ever trod by the foot
of any other southern soldier. in this
same battle the 26th y. G. regiment
had Sc men killed and 502 wounded.
being the heaviest loss sustained by
any regiment in either army, in ans
battle Of the war and here Pickett'S
entire division only had PA men
killed. At Williamsburg the 18th y. G..
had u casualty list Of 1877 out OF d
total of 2A0 in line, at Seven Pines the
4th y. G. went in with % officers ana
$40 men and lost a officers and 452
men, at S~harpsburg the 3rd y. G. lost
$50 out Of $40 men in one hour ana
thirty minutes. here also Co. &C" OF
the 14th regiment lost every man Of
10, and at Characteristic the same
company carried in AZ men, all %
whom We're either killed or wounded
except one and a Yankee bullet lodged
in his haVerSaCk; co. +. Of the 26til
y. c., lost every man of 81 at GettyS-
burg except one and he was knocked
down by a shell. At last at Appomat-
tox, outnumbeTed ten to one. OVerpow-
cred but not conquered. North caro-
lima soldiers under command Of that
chivalrous Southern leader and sol
deir-statesman. General VIM. r. Cox,
fired the last shot, the echo Of which
reverberated around the world and
t0lled the funeral note for the Stars
and Bars. but yet they carried from
that field more honor and glory than
has before or since been n portion
or
during the late Spanish-American
war. North carolina answered Presi-
dent MckInIey's call with ten times as
many men as Wer@ needed or asked
for and from Manila - santiago the
fought with the same spirit that had
imnortaliZed their fathers many years
before.
Every where and always North
Carolinians have been in the forefront
Of the fray and when the smoke Or
battle has cleared away il has eyer
been a Self-evldent fact tina: her blood
has flowed freely in support Of what
ever cause she upheld.
LAS obedient as the P~halanxes II
Cyrus. With al the dash OF the tenth