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

| Walker, q Northern mah os 80
| education, a Union man durinS &c o+ato
rrar and not 4 resident of the state
| of Virginia until it's conclusion. 10Y
| ernor Walker is my answer. my e. a.
ample. and my illustration. u nun -
* feeble praise to say that ne - q
gentleman without reproach, a Pa'rlot
| Withou fear. a statesman Wltnou, Sec-
tionaI prejudice, and an Americau ci'i-
| zen with a warm, honest heart. Ihese
Qualities gave him the confidence or
| that illustrious people. He deserved
II: and now he is to represent the
| capital district Of that grand STATE III
the next Congress OF the Unlted
States, and there is no more honOreu
or loved name among that intelligent
and patriotic people. Virginia makes
the son Of New York, the citizen OF
Illinois. who fought against her on her
own sacred soil. her governor and her
Representative in Congress. This IS
the reply to the unjust charge that
the South is unfair in any sense TO
men Of worth, come from What state
they may.
But unfortunately many who came
to the South were not like Governor
Walker. Another and a widely Giffes-
ent class fiOcked to our borders as the
great armies dissolved and the work
OF restoration began. They were not
of the Adarnses, the Hancocks, the
Websters of Massachusetts. They were
not of the HamiItons, the C1intons, the
Wrights Of New York. They were not
Of the patriot statesmen of Pennsyl-
vania. They were not of the ~steadfaSt.
vigorous character OF Ohio. They
were not of the bold, honest freemen
of the West. They were not Of the
intrepid, generous pioneers Of the Pa
cifc slope. Without character or po-
sition in the States that gave them
birth. with no ties of property or as
ISOLATION there, WithOu respect for
themselves and with no regard for the
rights or feelings of others, they saw
in the PROSTATE South a field for en-
terprise congenial to their natures
and pursuits. They came as the vul-
lures come. They entered the de-
spoiled AID wasted garden OF the
South only to plant in it q curse Oar
ker and deadlier than the ruins Of
war. There they planted no cheerful
fruits, thee they cultivated no gentle
flowers, but there they soWed with a
profuse hand the thorns and thistles
of hate and bitter passion. They spared
no sacred relic of Tins they respect
ed no cherished custom of our faith
eiS. To the demon passion of a grow
cling aEar1ce they sacrificed every SEN.
timent Of justice and humanity. and
to hat base idolatry they were alone
faithful. Finding the unhappy col
VI GU L JISt w SllS lIoii slavery.
they used him as the ladder to pOliti-
preferment. and proStituted the po-
sition 50 acquired to the viIest venal-
ity and peculation. Whatever vas
necessary to the accomplishment Of
their rHIracious purposes was accom-
pliShed bodily and without remorse.
by no conscience, recognize
the white people Of the South as
the victims of conquest, and the col
ored race as the convenient instru-
ments OF their oppression. they sac
rificed both to their personal aggran-
diZement. To unite the negro race
against the white people. and thus Sc !
cure the possession Of power, they de-
alienated the blacks from
the whites, and wrought them into a
compact, u~nbroken, and inflamed
desperately opposed to anything ,
the whites could propose for their
common benefit. They exasperated
this antagonis1n of race to the highest
and last pitch of intensity. They ar
rayed the blacks against the whites
in almost deadly division.
mot content with his fearful ex-