The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-14

came TO answer whether she should
night with South Carolina and Viz
ginia or against them, North Caro-
lima did not hesitate to say to her
neighbor states: Whittier tnou goes.
l viii go and where thou diest | will
die and be buried" North Carolina
would never ave nullified, but once
in the struggle it was given the name
Tar Heel" to denot how il stuck 10
a cause it embraced.
Geographical Position.
Doctor Alderman once declared
that North Carolina was a Valley Of
Humility between two Of
cOnceit. Just before sailing for Rome,
where he does honor TO American di-
pioHacy. Thomas Nelson Page, who
has had 40 rival in depicting the be-
fore-the-war home life Of the South,
told at q luncheon he gave 10 a North
Carolina judge. a good story at the ex-
pense of his own State and OF South
Carolina, which he said he told be-
cause he knew it would make me
happy. once upon a time" began
the Ambassador to the Court of the
Caesars-(aHd all real good stories
begin that way)-"a North carclin-
ian went on a visit to New York. In
that city he was introduced to a Nir-
ginian, who thought to have some fun
at the expense Of his ~ncighbOr. "W here
are you rom" asked the Virginian
OF the North Carolinian. From
North Carolina was the proud an
swer. North Carolina? North Car
olina?" repeated the Virginian. II
never heard OF it Is it a county or q
town." This staggered the North
Carolinian for a moment. for U
German and Scotch blood does not
make US as quick at repartee as some
people, but he soon recovered him
self and answered.: Il am not sur
prised that you do not know the loca-
ton Of my State, I will tell you its
geography. Virginia lies to the north
of it, and South Carolina lies to the
south Of it, and both lie so much
that yOu rarely hear OF that truth
loving State" How much the coun-
try owes to Virginia and South Caro-
lima. In the first century OF our ex-
istence no two States contributed SO
many renowned men to the republic.
In hat respect, they surpassed our
own commonwealth. North Carolina
can never pay the debt she owes tC
, the Old Dominion. Most Of the
northern and eastern part Of this State
were settled by men who trekked from
; Virginia to find new land and larger
room to expand, and not even Virgin
. ians have followed h giant leader.
; from the Old Dominion as Loyalty a.
!, have the North Carolinians, for thi!
= IotdIc cluScO " I lIc
, ton upon the advice Of Thomas JEFF
: ferson who was the patron politica
saint of North Carolina Probably IL
, man ever lived who so clearly under
= stood the sovereign differences Of tn
people Of the various States n Ter
~ritories as Jefferson. After he ha'
retired from the presidency, he wa
requested by a people OF a State abou
O. to come into the Union, to write
!. constitution for their State. He de
!. was impossible for any man to expires
clined, giving as his reason that
in a constitution the articles tina
v would fit any people unless he live
e in the State to be governed unde
q that constitution. He held that
v constitution must be the growth Q
. the life and aims Of "a people an
could not be imposed or imported
It must spring out Of the needs an
= ideals OF the people Of the particula
State, and no outside draft. howevel
wisely framed, could suit h citizen
who were to live under it.
" Difference in the Soul
To be sure there is no sharp divii
+ ing line diferentiating the people
le one State from another. Paric,
= larly in the cities and large town
n the people OF all the States DIRE.
alike, look alike and in man wa,
IS think alike. 1t is not in the outwal
Of appearance. You never get at the re
xe man from his clothes. You do n
st detect it from his bearing, from h
70 education from his employment
es his sports. These are so uniform
10 to wipe out State inc You fir
Ia where you find the o o OF all thinl
that concerns man-in the spirit,
the warp and woof Of his being, in Il
te soul. These are never worn on Il
n. sleeve. The deep things are no
he the surface. but are found like Il
rarest pearfs-hidden in the deepe
We recesses. / came on the train Ia
re night with men from a score
or States. There was no apparent ma
to distinguish the mar from N
yn York. the man from ChaElQtte, D
he there were springs which could ha
he been touched in the heart Of each tn
n would have exposed the diverSe
Of views
he Every man loves his State bet
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