The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-08

Senator Ransom then took up the
! charge that the people Of the South
are represented as hostile. cherishing
bitter, deadly, low hate to Northern
people He regretted that more
Northern people had not settled in the
South, saying: Il will say thai the
present unhappy condition OF the
South might have been very different
if the good Northern people had come
in place Of many who only am to
curse us and he added:
The condition of the South might
have been far different. / can imagine
q large umbe Of intelligent, y~irtuous.
patriotic citizens from the North. ami
mated by love Of enterprise and at
tracted by our beautiful climate and
soil, coming to the South 10 make their
homes with us. ] can see them bring
ing with them the thrifty industries
OF Northern habits. l can see in them
a firm adherence to their own Opin-
ions. tempered with a just tolerance
for u convictions. [ can see them
bringing their pure and happy fam
lies. the beloved pledges of their at
t~achnlent. to their new homes. l car
see them benevolently striving to miti-
gate the caiarnitieS that surround their
Southern neighborS. l can see them
laboring to restore and establish
friendship and kindness between the
white and black races. | can see them
p~ersuading our people to adopt their
improved system Of common schools,
and teaching us by the example Of
their success to divide our large es-
tateS into small and furnishing farms.
l can see them leading us to utilize
all the grand Of our foresL,
our mines, our rivers, u Water-pOW-
erS, and all the unequaled produc-
ions and fruits Of our generous soil.
l can see them building beautiful VII
lagos, erecting comfortable homes,
raising stately churches and opening
up new n of N all over
the South. And l can see the ardent,
frank. brave, generous SOutherner talk
ing these honorable, useful corners by
the hand. welcoming them to the land
Of his birth. and to the Inequalities
Of his heart. 1 can see s%pringing up
by heir common efforts q. cordial,
sympathetic, indissoluble union Of in
terest n sentiment, and the growth
Of a progressive, happy, honorable
community. I can see there a true
and perfect forgetfulness and oblivion
Of all the bitter memories Of past con
flicts, and a united love and a~ffectio
for a Government founded by their
fathers and illustrated by q commo
glory. On such a scene my eyes
would delight TO rest, my heart rejoice
to repose. Descendants Of those who
landed at Plymouth and Manhattan.
and Of those Who settled on the James
and the Cape Fear, again meeting, af-
ter years of terrible conflict, to en-
JOY peace and to live under a free
Government Of equal laws.
But, unfortunately, the South pres
sents a very different scene. The class
Of Northern citizens whom T have de-
scribed did not come in large
to the South. Among those who came
after the war were many honorable
and worthy men, who have remained
with US and today. without exceDtion
enjoy the confidence and respect If
the Southern people.
Sir. We nave been asked In this
deoate TO naEae the Northern man who
mad been honored by the South wifi,
hlsh position, and the question was
put with an air of triumph. indicating
that 1t could not be answered. Sir let
me tell the Senators what
SUPPOSED was Obliged to be
SHOWN to all the world. that
the noble Commonwealth IF ~