The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-04
JuSEPHCS DANIELS.
Democratic National Committeeman
EonOFed at State DeInOtrcy Ban
Quet Last Night.

bat IL reflect the North Carolina spirit.
winch - the same to-day as 1t WdS in
tho early days when Bancroft said OF
a.riy North Caroiinians: They were
the frt-cSt Of the free. nbued with q
passion for liberty-lberty OF con
science: with absolute freedom OF
conduct. Benevolent reason was the
simple ruic OF their conduct. : they
Tciv tender and open. gentle to the
Hehl5 and fierce only against tyranny.
They were led TO the choice OF their
residence from the hatred Of restraint
and lost themselves in the woods in
search Of Independence. The inhabi-
taht5 OF North Carolina were restless
ana turbulent in their Imperfect sub
1.it:a,toc 10 a over rU1ent imposed on
tnci1 from abroad 6 . any govern
merit but one OF their own was oppres-
stTc.'
The last third OF a: c%entury-the
period which c"Ners my work Is a
newspaper e~ditor-has Witnessed great
changes and beer marked by more
than n revolution iii our good State.
Up to 1885 there had been little re-
CovSfy from war and reconstruction.
Sat, though poverty and G of cre1-
1t made big industries Impossible. the
constructive administration of Cover
~ oSA , Az. = ut TSJO!Cc, ID SILL
With us IL the glorious youth of old
age) ser the pace far thu educational
and industrial awakening that has al
most revoiutio1iZeu conditions in
North carolina. The men Of that
period, In the ashes CT . and
s'narting under the oppression Of
reconstruction. even conSid-
cred the least abatement OF their
devotion to principle. They display
ID a I1Se~ "a an3 fnp$fyHA fhn &c
the pride of those who nave come
after them. I shudder to think
OF the bankruptcy of character and
the wreck OF ideals. and the blasting
OF a glorious civilization that would
have fallen as a lasting blight upor
US, Il the men who formed the Con
SerV&tive-EeInOcratic party had me-
the prospective measures Of Recon.
struction in the spirit OF the few whe
counsclled the acceptance Of the term:
Of those who asked the mex of NORTH
) Carolina to sell their birthIight TO,
a mess OF pottase. The; leaders o
that period whose inflc.ible patriot
! ism Was in~carnate In Graham. Vance
Ransom, Jarvis, Josiah Turner. John
l Kerr, and Scales-and Others as il
T lustriOus-truly lived above the 70,
: in public duty and in private think
ing" The all night ride of Ransom
TO Elizabeth City to induce Judg
Brooks to give the writ Of habea
{ corpus, thereby opening Jail doors t
E patriots and making his na me inimoY
I tai; the m~atchless campaign o
I Vance, when he was so poor that h
had to borrow money to pay his wa
to RutherfOrdton to speak, povert
] that existed only becanse he woul
not take a fee to defend q public of
: cial he thought had failed in his dlt
: to the state; the deeds OF chivalr
Q and courage by Bill Sd unders al
s Fred StrudWick u Alphonso Aver
par Mobile fr3truIn-Were but 81
Amples of the heroisln and reSclV,
e found alike in cabins Of the poor an
a in the homes Of the great, TO preserv
e here in North Carolina the ancieI
landmarks which the, fathers had sc
e The North Carolina men, who,
n that testing period. accepted gold {
1t Office TO side with the men who d,
= spised our civilization. and spat upo
TO cherished traditions. were condemnt
le by their fellow North Carolinians.
re their day they were made to feel II
sting of the saying that It would
.. more tolerable for Sodom and Como