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

AS RSk HAYS y1e1In l
to define but easy to recognize in orr
past. "
What Sets Us Apart?
AS 1 thought of coming back home
tooAy and bringing my thanks to this
institution for its intellectual moth
eElnS IN n short period IF my stay
mere. the question that was upper |
0 In my mind was to try to ex- |
p.a1n what IT is about our North Car |
oiiha Iolks which, in a way, sets us !
apart from the people Of other Amer |
lcan commonwe2lths. l will not pause |
10 debate whether the product Of this |
state Is different from the men who |
are SNAPPED by sister commonwealth
1t seems to be SO we'll established that |
1t ID not necessary to prove it. II
any differ, let us agree 70 disagree
and wait for debate at a more CON
venient season. My purpose teday,
starting with the proposition that
North C~arolinians are a people Of
marked individuality, resembling in
their chief characteristicA no other
folk, is to inquire wherein we are
Is something OF which to be proud,
and what effect it has had upon us
as a state and pon North CAROLYN
iaDs as Individuals.
There is SO much in common be-
tween the people of every section OF
America, that, upon first reflection,
we are apt to say of the native stock
which peopled the thirteen colonies,
n attempt to asCribe differences is
artificial and rests upon 10 sound
foundation. Some one has said that
the world Of man is divided into just
two clasaes-gentlemen and those
who are not gentlemen. While this
tepigrammatic definition is not Who'll
~ to be rejected, your gentleman in
I pnCt0~ roD~O% Ia rof4 - h> HI o~,-
gentleman of North Carolina, though
both are animated by the same noble
instincts. They are the sum totals
OF widely distinct environments, the
virtues of one Towering into the ma
jestic rose in the northern city, and in
the south blOssoming In the sweet
ness Of the Clinging yellow jessamine.
II you travel in the rural districts OF
Maine or Oregon, let Us say, and stop
and talk with the people who live
! near to nature and draw their living
; out Of the soil, you will find such
similarity in thought and mode Of liv-
, ing. you will say to yourself they are
And yet, after longer acquaintance,
= you will detect a note here and a
spirit there, or a habit of thought yon-
der, which cOnvinceS O that they
3 are like in difference" In some
g things you will be ready to say Of the
Q New E~nglander that he has a.Quality
Of restraint you could wish were
3 shared by the more breezy and less
: contained Westerner or the enthusiast.
e tic and more friendly man Of Caro-
lima.
a People Have State Flavor.
e We are told in the Scripture how
God made man, and that all men were
s created in h image OF Q Jef1er
son assures us that all men are Great
ed free and equal. We recognize tn
n truth expressed In Holy Writ and D!
i the Sage OF Monticello. But we re
e fleet that Gods greatest proof to ma
/ Of His creative power is that He per
e mits no similarity among the son
d and daughters of men. He has no
Ie made any two of His people alik
h since He spake breath into the frs
l. man. Just as there never were wv
~ brothers alike-mfracle OF miracle
Il. that the Maker of nkin had n
Re single pattern!-so no two peopi
IN were made i'm like similitude. 1nde
a Unable as the fact is, it is neverthe
less a fact that people OF separat
a. states have a flavor all their owl
e. This cannot better be seen than in tn
,e three sister states OF Virginia, Mort
t; Carolina and South Carolina. W
pc cannot claim that we Tar Heels az
n better or wiser than the Virginians {
South Carolinians. Indeed. Doth nav
In graces and gifts l covet TOT our oW
n people. But, though loved by tn
a same ocean and inspired by tn
Of heights Of the same majestic mouI
Of tains, who would say the people
Id these three states are alike: III
u bulk Of the population of all TIRE
come from the same stock; Tor gel
erations they hay pursued the sam
ry v~ocations: they hold eeheraiiy u
r.. same political and religious view
he they have in~termarried and are In
ut together by a thousand tender tie
rft While they are full Of good nature
an railery about G. others Claims
70. and the faults, they arc a trinity
lovers. ready to stand together again
* any and all others ms VIZ nc
demonstrated so perfectly az III is
ar when North Carolina joined q
Southern Confederacy TO share q
fortunes Of these beloved sister state
ic- The majority OF the people OF u
nd lnS