The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-03-02

other sections in the North. Al en-
lightened public sentiment as to the
South is not common up there You
will find brOad-minded. enlightened
people who understand the history OF
our country in its variety and ~Veracity,
and have just. proper views of the
Southern people. bu this is the cx-
ceptiOnal view.
It is gratifying to know tina there
are people in the North who under
stand correctly the historical facts as
developed in the contests between The
two sections from the second adnainis-
tration OF George Washington until
the great and deadly confli1r. They
are fair towards the South and 10 not
perVert the facts to justify wrong, dc
ing and intense prejudice. 1t WAS
really very gratifying 20 :nad some
eight years ago tn. really very sound
and judiciOus views If a gifted son OF
New England, d grandson OF John
Quincy Adams. President Of h
United States in the past and great
grandson Of another and former Pres
ident. John Adams. both of MaSSachu-
sets. The. address was remarkable
indeed. coming from such a source.
Singular to say the address was not
delivered in Boston. but in Charles
ton: S. G. and before the New England
Society in that decided Southern city.
The address was widely read at the
time of its delivery and Nariously esti-
mated according to opinions and
prejudices and a~ntagonisms Of people.
Many praised and endorsed what was
said, while others Sneered and
growled in contempt and anger. The
ddres was none the less most re
ma'.s"bIe, coming from a New Eng
land leader and of such
lineage. The address was elaborate
and clear-cut and replete with con-
vincing statements and facts. Mr.
Adams was bold, divided in his opin-
ions as set forth so luminously AM
49, ~ y> bel %hlf
the great war between the States was
an actual necessity from the very na-
ture OF the Constitution Of the United
States. 1t may be mentioned with
due appreciation and even gratitude
that the speaker had been broad ana
generous and appTeciative of the facts
involved before he spoke at Charles
ton. In a previous address delivered
some time before in Chicago he had
shown intelligence and genuine ON
prehension Of the conditions existing
as to the war. IN his Chicago adj
dress he paid . very striking and elo-
uuent tribute to the greatest son OF
the South. and / may we'll add, the
greatest of all Anlericans-Robert E.
Lee. TO whom. he said. the nation
owes q debt of gratitude for his de-
cision not to DrOiOng the strife
through a guerrilla warfare. He stated
that his oN.a Investigations and study
of the serious questions that were in
volved in the Civil War convinced him
that everybody was right: nobody
was wrong" "oS far as l an ascer-
tain" said Mr.. Adams. every State OF
the federation became a member OF
the Union with mental reservations.
The one thing our ancestry united ~
most experimenting was a centralized
From New Hampshire
to Georgia such a government was
associated with the idea Of a foreign
regime. The people chung to the 10
cal autonomy-the sovereignty Of the
State. The Civil War was. in Mr..
ADAM. ~s.pinioi, an irresponsible. Inc
vitablc conflict over the question Of
sovereignty, and. in his view. when it
came to be decided either side could
offer good ground. historical and losi-
cal. for any attitude taken IL regard
to it"
One oninion he gave is worth CON
s.dering even at this late day. He
thought the South was finally defeated
rot because Of h disparity IN mum,
uers. but from another cause. He held
that If the South had withdrawn from
the Union before 1851 they would
never have failed Of success They
were conquered. In his opinion, not pS
military skill, Or wealth, or courage,
but by steam and electricity. Before
1861" he observed. steam and cleo
tricity, neither on land nor water. had
been rendered SO subserVienf TO man
as 20 make him equal to the prodl-
giCue. the unprecedented task then
Undertaken and finally accomplished.
There have beer, other and more re-
e1.t OniniOns kind to the South and
~e<oecially towards its great ade
aneral Lee. Lately | published IN
mis- paper some Northern views OF
him from Northern soldiers. THESE
were highly pleasing and satisfactory.
In thesdeath Of Mrs. James II. Hor-
ner. of Oxford. recently announced.
the family OF thisVriter were genuine,
" bereaved. for size was a true FRIEND
of US all. I had known her tl1nate
since the SIMMER of 1851. and under
stood we'll her fine qualities as a Wo-
man of superior intelligence and man!
virtues. She was indeed a lady 20
highly esteem because Of her tine. az