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

wealth nrosperous and wealthy, tue
| spirit OF North Carolina has always
been God bless YOU. my chl1d.
This contribution by the Old North
, State to the development OF the young
Rennblic was surpassed in generosity
only by its sister, Virginia, when,
without condition, gave the naShlli-
cent domain out OF which the great
! states of the Middle West were cary
ed. These gifts, Laid upon the altar
Of national patriotism, were not made
without a feeling thai these Old com
m~onwealths had given up OF It's pest
beloved for the glory OF the new he
public. The old patriots IN the Aibe-
marie and Cape Fear countries WI
prophetic vision saw these maJestlc
mountains teenling With minerals, the
center of q Surglng population OF
! sturdy Americans. and it was with q
rang OF regret North Carolina sdid 10
the daughter, Tennessee, Il give you
my blessing as YOU go forth 70 set up
housekeeping for yourself. Ihe
spirit of the III North state then was
! exactly that Of the loving mother,
who presses upon her daughter among
the best things she has. as she goes
out from the old home into tf1at olo
world. which is the new. during all
the years that haze passed, while now
| and then there has been q feeling that
power and dominion and strength had
! gone out Of North Carolina IN the
generous gift OF this state to It's own
children. this has been more than
compensated by the pride which the
mother feels in the splendid career
of your state. was a witty ZEN
nesseean, who. being reminded thaS
North Carolina had given every foot
of land and every sparkling river n
every corTuScating panoramic we"
that delighted the beholder OF your
mountains. replied to the North Car
Gilman. "That's Just the way with the
Old Mort. State: it always gives away
the best it has.
Not content with endoNing your
young commonwealth with the laV-
ishness of glorious scenery, fert1ic
soils and broad rivers, and sending
among its hardest and best to deEel-
CD these wonderful with
which Tennessee is blessed, the State
of North Carolina has been the nurse
ry in which was reared three OF the
loren ost presidents III the American
Union who were chosen from your
state to guide the destiny Of the
American States. Andrew Jackson,
James X. Polk and Andrew johnson
are the trinity of North CGroiina-born
statesmen. who, in the generations fol
lowing Sewer, have brought greatest
fame and glory to your
wealth. Long ago we contracted the
habit Of raising presidents for Tennes-
see to offer to the nation, and II you
have not yet reached the point where
you can raise them for yourself, we
have plenty OF big men back IN the
old State that we can lend for You to
put in the Presidents chair. who
will be worthy successors OF
the three native born North
Carolinians, who, leaving then
mother State. were 50 honored by
the daughter as to be coveted by the
nation.
From the day your State was ere
ated, when its infant feet were tod
ding and it's infant lips were learn
ing to speak. the old mother gave
YOU lessons ia love Of liberty thai
have burgeoned forth in your dem
ocratic life into the flower Of perfec-
ton. I can truly say Of your people
what Edwin A. Alderman, president
Of the University Of Virginia, said OF
North Carolinians III Il recent address
that they are "A brave. self-Tellant
modest and progressive people, whose
virtues are such as to guarantee that
a democracy such as theirs, will be
the final form Of government and !
believe the same spirit pervades the
people Of your State today as per
vaded the people Of your mother
State ia all its past-the spirit OF
which Bancroft said, 'They were the
freest Of the free" still abides In
mother and daughter. Our ancestors
were iu1bued with a passion for lib
; erty. and in their earlier days they
secured for themselves and transmit
ted to us both liberty OF conscience
and Of conduct" With absolute free
dom OF conscience. benevolent reason
was the simple rule of their d
They were tende and open, gentle
to the weak, and fierce only agains,
: tyranny. They were led TO the
| choice of their residence from the
+, hatred Of restraint, and lost them
! selves in the woods in search OF indie.
pendence.' Are there any who
! doubt mans capacity for self gov
/. ernment?" asks Bancroft, who thus
his own question:: Let them
: study the history of North Carolina
: It's Inhabitants were restless and turb-
ulent in their imperfect submission tC
f a government imposed on them from
abroad. The administration of tn