The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-12

aavti,nc without disguise. by threats
Of violence, compelled the command
or Of the sloop Of war "Diligence. TO
promise not to land the stamps winch
he brought from England. ihes
seized the vessel, hoisted the mast
and the flag. mounted it upon q cart
and marched in riumph to winning
ton, where the town was Illuminated
in their honor. When the governor
refused to deliver the stamp master
ND to them. those Cape Fear patriots
OF North Carolina set about to bufn
the house above the governors mead,
and IN the presence of II people the
stamp master was compelled To take
a solemn oath never to execute the
duties Of his office. It was men OF
his type in old North Carolina who
gave you your broad domain and
helped YOU to found here q mighty
State. and your State. as We'll as my
own, is peopled by men of this herit-
age. Time forbids hat L should at
tempt to tell OF their glorious deeds.
L shall pronounce no culOgy on North
Carolina: she needs none. There
she stands, behold her and judge for
yourselves"
Let US tonight, Tennesseeans. North
CarolinianS, and representatives from
all the States that are touched by the
Appalachian Mountains reccnsecrate
ourselves to his spirit Of resistance
~ lIAe Ill 5oSS 49,
posed by wealthy ~monoDOlies. as oD-
pressive and destructive as the inn
posed government without the consent
Of the governed, against which our
fathers braveiy and successfully re-
sisted. The generous and dem
ocratic commonwealth. for which
[ have the honor Of speaking
tonight, has always kept the rudder
true. and looks to its daughter State
70 stand with it in resistance against
the evils OF central bank and money
monopoly. with the courage Of old
Hickory when he defied Nicholas Bid
die and the money monopoly Of his
day. Let us stand together for the
same sort of national expansion of
homogeneous people that glorilied
the adm nistration Of James X. Polk,
Of whom VIM. l.. Wilson said: Polk
was N Of the most accomplished
statesmen who has filled the eXecu-
tive office; his State papers ranking
second only to those Of Jefferson and
Adams" The expansion that James
K. Polk secured for our republic had
in it no element OF Imperialism, but
it WAS the same sort Of service to
the republic that North Carolina and
Virginia rendered When they gave the
magnificent territory. out Of which
strong and rich States We're carved.
Then let us, with the same resolution
with which Andrew Johnson opposed
Il the oppressive TeSCOiSCI1irIlDn meas
ures, stand for the integrity and large
development of our Southern
and the upbuilding of our Southern
manhood upon the patriotic spirit il
Illustrated in the careers of three Presi-
dents born n North Carolina and ele-
waited to the highest office in the
world. as citizens of Tennessee. These
three Presidents mark the way for
this generation and make possible the
large industrial and commercial ex-
pansion which this gather ng seeks to
advance by an object lesson that shall
attract the attention of the whole
world to the wonderful resources OF
the Appalachian section of America.
Charles Egbert Craddock has made
known to the world the beautiful
scenery that attracts visitors to your
mountains, and has, with the license
Of q novelist, painted a picture Of the
hi man in his cove. endowed
Spartan courage. making him worthy
Of the Andrew Jackson type.
1t is for rs to show to the world that
this mountain Anglo-Saxon civiliza-
ton. the purest brand Of American
ism, IS endowed with the quality OF
making two blades Of grass grow
where one grew before, and Develop
ing these great resources so that these
comnonWealths shall be as rich from
the odu Of mine, factory and field.
as these men have enriched the world
by deeds Of courage in wal and pa-
triotlsIn in peace. You gentlemen, are
the promoters Of the Appalachian Elk
position, which is to not only show to
the hundreds of thousands OF visitors
VINO VIII be attracted to your city, the
material progress attained. 1t will also
create a sentiment, too strong ever for
ohcie Joe Cannon to resist, for the
preservation OF the Appalachian for
ests and the development OF the re-
sources OF this favored region Of
America say YOU gentlemen who
are dong his work, are entitled to
the cooperation and communication
OF all Of your brothers in these States.
and YOU shall have it in fullest meas
ure.
We hear much, but not enough Of