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

ZEN thA
arnraDt often trembled in me pai-
ance. and many times II Seenied Tic
the light would go out and NOUNS
but darkness and diS1naY oe iei' -.
the face Of our country. II was -
due 10 the General Government tnat
me southern states did not succufnc
in this crisis, for n authority oi ~
Government was arrayed on the sue
Of those who were destroying inc
South @It was not due to II recon,
struction acts, for they proScrlDeu anu
disa bled the best men OF the SCUM. II
was not due to the Republican parry:
for it supported and sustained the
~Gespoilers OF u substance anu ~
critics.
Mr.. President, what is the temper
and spirit of The southern people AT
this time? You would doubtless IKE
to learn it exactly from one VINO mas
the opportunity Of It, VINO
has the authority to represent ~
and who can also speak it from ms
own bosom. l Know no better way
of describing it than by saying thar
there are two iliustrious charactefs IN
Roman history Who for two thouSanu
Years have divided the admiration OF
mankind, and whose names have De
come the synonyms OF patflOtlc Sdcii-
flee. The first is QuintuS Curtlus,
mounted on his brave horse and IN
the presence OF the Roman people
riding calmly into the yaWnlng guif
in the forum to save his country.
the second is Marcus Brutus.
in the capitol with the dagger with
which he stabbed Caesar and with
which he was ready to stab himself
both among the greatest examples OF
devotion to COUNTRY Mr.. President,
were I to express the patriotic senti-
| meflt Of the South at this hour, l
| would simply say that there are thou
sands in the South who would follow
the example Of Curtlus n willingly
walk into the threatening uIf, II the
| sacrifice will close its deepening abyss
and give peace and liberty to the
country, and there is not one who is
mad enough to play the role of
| Brutus. We have lost none of our
love Of liberty, none Of u indie
| pendent spirit, non OF our attachment
to our country, none of our admiral
ton for the sublime virtue of the
last Of the Romans but we consider
| that peace is q necessity with us, and
We hope that a returning sense Of
justice at the North will unite with
us in preserving liberty. law, and con.
stitutional government.
I'VE lave not yet ~despaircd Of the
Influences Of reason. truth, equity,
rig ut, and interest in the opinion Of
the great but often mistaken North.
We have learned that patriots have
a 6 duty to perform than to fol-
low the example OF Cato at Utica. It
is sometimes nobler to live and suf-
| fer for your country than it is to
die for it. The patriotism of Curtius
saved the seven-hilled city; the pa:
triotism of Brutus p~recipitated the
downfall OF Roman liberty. Preserving
then the fires Of liberty in our hearts
as sacredly and devotedly as the yes
tai virgins kept them burning on their
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the ultimate patriotism Of the North,
we are resolved with heroic patience
TO stand around and guard the temples
of the nations peace and to manifest
IN It's defense and preservation, if
possible. q higher and holier and
flrmer devotion and fortitude than our
brave men displayed on the battle
field. We are now in the lines, in
the Entertainments, in the ~bulwarks Of
the peace, harmony, prosperity. and
union Of this great people and coun-
Try; n fanaticisn. sectional hatred.
unjust animosities and p~rejudices and
passions cannot prevail against us.
NO, sir, We shall be successful. Al
ready | see the SHOWS OF the grea,
North dissolEing and soon to flow in
warm and genial streams to th<
bosom of the South; already [ see it's
great systems of industry awakening
ana beholdlng in the ruin Of the
South the certain destruction Of their
oWn prosperity; already I discern its
great heart beginning to warm unde,
the influence Of gentle light from
the South and to open it's deepest and
DroadeSt s~ympathies for our SUFFERING.
ana our wrongs Already from the
clear upper sky where the serena
spirits OF the great founders of Amer
icah liberty and government shine
CChs pouring Gown upon US streams
pi iervent and radiant light, re-
klndllng in our hearts the fires of ma
trlotlsm and duty and mutual for.
oearance that animated their great
souls. eieat
FROM The summit OF Bunker H;1
the voice Of American history and
pa.l1o,lsrn spoke to the heart OF Mr..
pat1on. and commanded him ia "a
nuen,ner the devotion and sacrifices