The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-07

@- her people the first
battle of American Revolution was
fought; and by her noble sons the
first actual Declaration OF American
I~ndependence was made.
The First Ilglisll Settlement
ON the sandy banks Of Is
land. between PaInlico and
Sounds the English flag was first IN
furIed to the breeze OF the new Worlu'
It was on this island the first expedi-
ton of Sir Walter Raleigh landed on
July 4th. 1884. 'The fragrance OF the
flowers as they drew near the island,
says Armidas in his report to Ralelsh:
was as If they were in h m1dSt or
some delicate garden redolent with all
manner Of odoriferouS flowers me
}~oveliness Of the scenery and the mild
ness of the climate was e .cetied py
the gentleness of the native lnhap-
Observation-Disclosures welcomed the
with all Of the Southern hos
pitality which ven at this day IS
characteristic Of the "Old North
state The wife of the Indian Chief.
G~ranganimeo, offered the
planked shad, a strange roasted Nege-
table and scuppernong grapes. Gran
gaDimeo, then passed the pipe instead
OF cigars and the Englishmen enjoyed
his first smoke. In his same report
Armidas calls Raleigh's attention to
the celebrated scuppernong grape,
which then as now, graSps the noble
oak with its tendrilS and yields album
dant crops under the influence OF
se~mi-tropical eastern North Carolina,
After feasting with Granganimeo, the
English made enquiry concerning the
esculent tubers which they had eaten
and now forms a part Of the bill-of-
fare for almost all nations. They were
shown where they We're grown and
afterward learned it was a member
of tho nioht cha6a family the Soda
mum tuberosnum-Irish potato-and
in 1886 it is said Sir Walter Raleigh,
on returning from his second expedi-
ton to Roanoke ISLAND, carried a
cargo Of this new and strange Vege-
table to England and brought them
10 notice of Queen Elizabeth.
The Colony of North Carolina was
peopled by Cavalier emigrants from
the Continent and the British Isles
Scotch, Irish, English, Swiss and
French Hugenot.. They were a prac-
teal people and emigrated to Amer
lea, not as refugees from civil, meta
physical, philosophical, or religious in
tolerance Incident to that bitter con-
troversical age but to challenge new
opportunities in fresh and undevel-
oped fields. and in search of fertile
lands, that they might cultivate and
reap the fruits thereof with the
aVoWed urpos Of building a new
vat apoh d hC" tciLAilCitA. il0S-
dom, entire freedom was enjoyed with
out anxiety by the settlers who scat
tered among the forests, hermits with
wives and children resting upon the
bosom of nature in perfect harmony
with the wilderness of their gentle
cline.
This colony was the most rec and
independent country ever organized
by man. Freedom of conscience. ex-
eJ11DtlOn from taxation pYcpDt hy their
own consent; gratuitie s in land to ever
immigrant and other equitable consid-
STATIONS claimed the prompt leeisla-
tive action of the Colonists. Their
simple laws suited a people who were
as Tree as the air of their country
who when oppressed were as rough
as the pillows of the ocean. They
submitted to no unjust laws, nol
bowed their knees to no earthly mon,
arch.
The Colony of North Carolina. b,
grant from Charles IT, dated 1865
TO the Lords Proprietors, EXTENDED
from 29. to SO. so north latitude or
the Atlantic side, and westward from
ocean to ocean,, including the who'll
region from the present northern
line Of North Carolina t
the st. Johns river in Florida,
at the request of the Lords Proprie
tors, the celebrated author of tn,
Human Understanding John Lock
lsee works OF Locke, 8th edition vol
~, page 1850 was employed to draf
and . a constitution for the gov
of the Province of Carolina
IN. c. Rev. and State Records, Vol.
Page 1870. He prepared an elaborat
scheme-"The Fundamental Constitu
hon" which provided for three order
OF nobility and -four houses Of Parlia
ment,' but the scheme was never pu
into successful operation because tn
tolonists demanded a more free form
OF government.
Royal Governor Spotswood. of tn