The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-25

e~piScOpdcS IN virginia from q time
whereof the memory of man run
meth not TO the contrary. We have
! spoken Of Governor MOrehead. Ole
men who remembered his canvass
with Judge Saunders in 1910 have
told us that his management at that
time was Incompatible. The State
!, had never before been SO stirred with
all the speakings. hard cider and
miniature log cabins were everywhere
In evidence; but Morehead directed
the thoughts Of the people to the fun
oamentals of their government and in
olcted the Van Buren, administration
as consistently false to all these. The
oWartmout thievery of public money
occupied more place in his speech
than the battle of T~ippecanoe. In his
second race against Lewis d. Henry.
VINO mad killed his man." the late
Danlel w. Courts told us that Mrs.
Morehead was greatly disturbed in
mind lest MISUNDERSTANDING on the
stump might lead to fatal results FOR
ner husband. But the Governor quiet
eo her fears very early in the canvass
ny MS OemeanOr. AS an effective pOn-
uiar speaker, Mr.. Courts was of the
OPINION thai Governor Morehead had
put n equal in the States history.
one Vance. When one
considers the immense inertia to he
overcome in securing the private stock
VI Inc North Carolina railroad in the
cary 5Os. a work largely accom-
pilsned oy this man. Mr.. Courts opin-
IN ma wen De accepted as true.
ouilus caesar, in his writing OF
Haul, remarked the curiosity Of tho
trloes to way-lay every treyeiinp NOD.
uIef Tor news. Because our fathers
w1le Iate in establishing common
;noois IL would be a gross error to
tinnr mem ignorant Of public aues-
a~a Inc stage stands in each VIII
aSs lac crossroads were centers Of
tsr" me discussion of public mat
eGas On the stump was frequent. often
upon occasion profound and ,
tneSe our fathers attended, o,a !
ano WIN eager minds. The late "
I1~1fls. OF Cabarrus, one OF the
n,est OF n county's contributions .
occe ems otate, told us that upon the ,
in Columbia in defense ~ ot01 -; !
os.e action on some question. man
AL the way from the border co,,r1 !
sAos OF our State to hear him Harr;. j.,
0einE of the number. A"'tN !
NOT until n Civil War broke unon I
our much-surprised State was IN !
- 1cter OF North CAROLINA known "a {
his+ors we had shown in all our
e = claims, the heroes ~ }
Mountain scorned to 90 an y :
sSvOiut1onAry pension roll. wa haS :
q niue or nothing at tho ha nds +
inc FEDERAL sgovern1pen and the {
~ continued to print the pic +
,eeIoes in the background as ;,1uso y
rative OF tho States INDUSTRY So :.
e We steadily refused to io.vn !.
Cn1on I'll all choice in the matt.c =
'nS ;x HIused. the jibes were ~freouert =
th.' Srst mat were cast; but 0
ront. a place we kept TIL thA c, ese "
y Appomattox, when elsewhere rvh =
- their eyes at tho record w. ~
ne much-talked-of charge at Ra,aI Il
a was round to be in deadlnea ~ =,
So 1s1, .nIerior to the charge Of the t.
v.h,,ry SKIN north Carolina at Get \
,eours, men said we didn't kncw, - -,
rs IN the old State to do such ~ - n:
- M reIraln from Dragging about - W
~ may be safely said that wha -
u 1auitS we are MOI boaatar, ~
III own powers That is generate -
% the bully, never Of Tho ~
~ farm population is more c,oe. -
'laoe or more frugal in ~exnanso ~
.ah the average Tar Hea, Heomnse az
yet when his country caIIed ~
roSuoa nttteo to the tenth Of eli his 49,
"a Delns taken. he submitted tn to
i"pfessment Of favored stao GO
the army payment to be- h.a o 80 Sv
nme poor money Of a tottering gov. H.,
uineht. put he did not whine So lv
' be- w whl I'M So we may safely Claim n, or OF
Id when 'n one main GAIN a patriotic people oil
=, ,art,oeat which mustered and nns pa
"a .n,s great exhibition of daunaa mt
t IT, the finger of history VIII TO 10
Vance 'ne war Governor, zebulon "a
why can't such men as ha live - -:
ona as Moses with v nm Oh.
'4 ths and natural force unabate e12 en- en-;
St obta am OF the survival of the fit. or m'
should have these teanher morals uni
Tor more than one brief gen. n ni
t,ata IT is a worthy task to ner- hb pr
d the as lar as We can their labors Of
On ~ Innuence exerted by thu A.
On the State. How well vanc.' mem An
s 5 im nne of our subsequent history IN me M
,timapt . : upon he thought ana Tho