The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-25
THE NORTH CAROLINA CHARACTER
Distinctive Traits Owed to Commanding Influence of
Certain Public Men
Pv All A - . II

upon Us the very distinctive align
ment of our citizenship from neigh
boring cornmonwealths North an
South.
The common reason adduced 70
the fact is the remarkable homogen
eity or our people, our State hayins
the lowest percentage of foreign-borI
population Of all the sisterhood: but
this does not seem to satisfy a deer
INQUIRY as TO causes, remembering
A one must, the common bond Of
interest in the slave system held with
me southern States, and the further
Tact OF the population of the newer
born of that group having been large
ly children of our loins.
with difidence il is suggested that
We owe n distinctive traits. which
marx US on from the other States
10 the commanding influence exerted
ny certain public men, who arose at
one time or another in our history
,arlsie taught the theory Of one man
inhuehce as all powerful and reduced
history To the doings and savings
"f certain selected heroes. On a par
uai view, this theory is captivating.
siinple and satisfying; but it proves
100 much and is based on an in
auction too narrow to have met Lord
Bacohs requirements. His own
rrehcn revolution c~ontradicted the
ane.ry. Upon whom would he have
conferred primacy Of power in that
great moral uplift? Mirabeau? He
dieo too soon and was traitor to the
cause ne so nObly launched. The sea-
green Macmillan? The blood Of his
nooier compeer Danton choked him
a. q memoe of h convention. which
pue n,.n outside m law, at the time
.onIsS'eo IT, 1t was a m~any-headed
scVernment from first to last. and
days. WY
80 while proceeding to No extreme
s@'eIhent nor wrapped in any fanc;-
". III tneory or cause and effect. it NAV
We tnink. be safely affirmed that W.
~ 70 the commanding influence ana
rp" 1o-Ake virtue OF Nathaniel Ma
Toh the long opposition Of the old
Democratic party to ali nuhiic u "a
at the hands Of the sta1a
In TX manner it may with trnth =:
saad that to Governor MorehaaI 80
ms influence with the old Whies ~
breaking OF these shsekles
NV inc ontrance Of the State uDon =
~. Ssteer' % all tho States public
men IN our earlier history. Mr. kacnn
seoms TO have most i-nnpreasad h;w1
,ea. 1pon the public opinion OF tha
coeoery . this Of necessity ra.ct~s
Upon opinion at homo. He il nn- 49,
HeriDuoo to the speakershin cS
.ne National House, hs e. the an.
.,s Ia or us: who rendered a cabfnet
T.. Oe ~ : II; he. was dubbed ;
,ne primitive dress of the Revol,,tioc.
'ut ms vision was backward. nn4 fnr
.aIo. n he reared a schGo, -
VINO held us back in the J
" ot n States Thus it vas tia
ion n S1r the antiQuAted Constinu.
a.te Tor sixty years I'm which .
80 VI me extreme eastern sec
r% OK the State was predominsnt !
mo paralytic of all genera nro~rssn
=. mere was good as well a ~, :. :
condition. Property and tie r,.h4. I
:Tc deeply grated in the
ran. strict construction of every :
eS"so % power by the people was !
! nuh,;n' taosnt extreme economy :
limit and far beyond tha ,;, 70 q
? We now see it. So late as 2 4 I'M 5
No, "s,ve and judicial department. e
ost but $4,000 as We M n"1,S 0
,,,rs ures. All power was in a Iec;sA {
he GisGted annually with VILLAGES a
panE sooro. Salisbury, Edentoc :.
rncr MI sehoing members; the Gov, =,
las a mere figurehead. chossn y
ON the large land holding class aes o
.nscte1 to be a hospitable MT n
1 me, than a power in the Stat. "os' p
me result of this Macon inHvo II
:. . uunns Wen enough alone rendered. !t
!. work OF men like Archibald ~ ~ In
!. ana Bartlett Yancey comnara ei
.S valueless in their day. To "a OF
only at a far ,ater 70
"eh a"o oy a generation diferentIv al
tSa Cur population stood stiH ~
s"e periods between 1880 and ,san M
carriages of our eastern ean 49,: st
= 10 the Virginia springs 5et n'tS pe
wv t tba Of our own STATE ~ ~ 3.
Oh .me press of Richmond not pa 1
81 81 vas most read, and the wss1 Ia Dc
ri OF the State was a terra ;noerrn di
20 the east. Hillsboro was nnH1s, If
: west, Raleigh west. Yat Ia,ied te'
siMA took the "nIe W.
yn oune money of this section ana lie;
a influence commercjsiiva lar er
o.A.Iy operated on the west ano Pc
: trade and cattle trade fo,1nnos an
= Course OF the rivers ana tho up
'ar nan trails and sought market ora n Gu
n later in Columhis .n ev
nusn; s. G The establishmsn n Hi
. oaiem-Fayetteville n1ann OF Sci