The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-02

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pupils in the South was but 570,6O6.
Now they count by millions. The
abolitioniSts nave about
disappeared altogether. 1t is no longer
aiIected with public incendiaries.
Ihere is but little if any intolerance
IN n South now as to public opinion
on measures, however absurd and
wrong they are really. The people
who are the main sufferers bear the
great iniquity of tariff robbery with
out actual violence or united resist
ence. They bear and suffer. The
people do not fancy or aDprove Of
boilers who are purely selfish and go
for personal gain, and kick out all
proper consideration of or regard for
honesty in principles. a man now
may desert his old political friends
and be recognized by his former
friends n tolerated while quietly
cenSured.
The American people read the news
papers, but they are not students of
history. AS a matter of fact theyare not
we'll Informed as to their own country
in the past. They are not really we'll
posted as to political events hat mark
the ttoIUS Oh political parties anu
give significance and interest to the
contentious and attitude Of parties
now. That most readers Ignorance
is bliss [ am often reminded Of the
absolute ignorance that prevails
among the masses Of Americans as to
political records as we'll as to import
ant historical facts and vents. AS I
asked not long since how many voters
in the hundred ever read the constitu-
ton of the United States. How many
voters ever read d line of the history
Of the convention that framed the
Constitution of their own country, or
nave any knowledge whatever of
occurred, or of the fifty-six members
of the body that framed that most i'm
portant instrument? How many liv-
ing North Carolina voters ever read or
studied the Constitution Of their own
State? What occurred Immediately
preceding the great, DISASTROUS, viii
famous war, and even what followed
in the first ten years Immediately C
ceeding is a sealed book to most living
Americans today. AS to what happen
ed after the United States Government
began business and what are the real
causes and fruits of sectionalism. and
what was the conduct of New England
is indeed a sealed record. If you think
his is unjust or untrue r ad what you
can obtain bearing on the causes that
DfOuSnI on the NdT, anu Tic COLuuCt
Of the North since it closed. Learn
something of the records of history
and wonder as you read. | have been
studying, carefully reading recently a
forty page pamphlet by a most compe-
tent North Caro1inian that is abSolu-
tely Illuminating and informing. 1t
is entitled, "~Sectionalism and Some Of
It's Events My advice is to procure
the pamphlet at once n give it a
nattopf Sf,16y and learn much YOU do
not now know. 1t is by a richly quail
flied inquirer and student Of American
political history and a most industr1-
Gus and painstaking investigator. 1t
is by Hon. Benjamin f. Grady. OF
Sampson county, already we'll known as
a richly endowed student of political
history and particularly Of what init.
matelv concerns North Carolina and
the South. He published two works
to which I directed attention when
they first appeared, entitled The
Lease of the South Again the North
and 1.-The South's Burden They are
replete with information n very sig
nifcant in their treatment of historic
facts and evidences in the past. Mr..
Grady was Professor Of Mathematics
and Natural Sciences in Austin Col
lege at Huntsville, Texas, up to the
beginning of the war. He also served
in the 25th Texas Cavalry from 1862
To 1865. and served in the united
states from North Carolina
fonr years after the war, in 1S91-95.
IIa vas an able. efficient member.