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

the achievements of Americans from
ocean TO oCean. But I am rot asharr-
ed TO say that I love North Carolina
best OF all and hat my love for her
and my admiration for the character
OF her people IS strengthened and con
frn,ed by the privilege Of owl the
worth and character or men and ~o-
men in all portions OF our republm
We North Caroluians are not bet
ter. nor richer. nor wiser than .ther
folks and We have much 10 learn from
the peop!e OF every State. but there n
IN ~frcernable something about the
Norm Carolina character that IS apart
to itself. II would DO vain To conn
pare Il with the Gulf stream and claim
mat All others looked 20 IL for warmth
ana comfort. but in its difference. and
It's individuality there IL a QUALITY
a rare navor-possess~d by North
Where else IL Is not hat this rare
Carolinians that Is not duplicated any
quality Is a pearl OF greater pr,ce
than fs found in other chimes or thar
this difference is always 10 our credit
IL gives no cause for thinking Of our
selves more highly than we ought L.
think. Rather il ia for us To exam
inc and measure and weigh the North
Carolina spirit than we may assess II
AT It's true value, and then to inquire
whether il Is caused by the accident
or environment or is our very blood
and bone.
The North Carolina Spiris.
do not hope to define the North
Carolina spirit because il IL as difficult
to define as it il IL tell what ~eIectri-
city iSL We know that that subtle
element may be lured from the Storm
clouds or cOaxed from the waters OF
r2cing rivers and made To run along
wires and to become a useful servant
to in the way of a wireless
, telegraph instrument which Ais an
3 O.. ;. message from i sinking t.
tanic, or. in the guise OF light thai
!, brightens not only homes. out great
!, cities. or in the shape of a telephon.
which brings us u message Of love
from kith or kin: or in the form of
trolley car which transports W
, through Crowde city streets. and in
scores of other ways. We cannot de-
r fine the electric spark. or current, or
. fluid, or whatever 1t is, but we know
D it exists because Of its marvellous
results
Q One of the many evidences to me
n OF a Divine hand in creaticn is the
r diversity in flowers and fruits of the
: same family. The roses are of diverse
8 colors. yet they are all sisters- The
8 flavor of the scuppernong is different
s from that of the Malaga or the Con
cord, yet they are all grapes So the
: nectar of the North Carolina spirit, of
u WHICH liz Y ~ I'll GIN L kI&ClN
o of the Old North State sip, has a fla
vor all its own. We cannot describe
&c 1t any more than We can put in elu-
sive words the difference between the
d all Concede that IL has produced a
Is taste of Catawbas and NiagaraS. YET
1T breed of strong men and golrious
a women, whose personality, blending
together in past and present, in peace
IS and war, in prosperity and adversely
it in youth and age, has given our good
1t State an individuality as distinct from
d the other States Of the Union as that
er which exists in the faces Of individ
a uals.
- We Believe in God.
Ambassador Walter Page once de.
I'd clared that the distinguished charac.
ar ~teristiC OF North Carolina was super
stition. using that term IN the sam'
ms sense nat it was employed by Pan
when he said to the Athenians: :"
perceive that in all things yoa are too
superstitious" Religion is the sole
rocks upon which our civilization i
Of builded. This does not imply tina
North Carolina folks are all pious
but we believe in God and hero w.
is' accept and practice the truth that
Us And simple faith han Norman blood
I'd Kind hearts are more than coronet
Iot Many Of the early settlers came (
lis North Carolina in pursuit OF religion
or liberty and found here the freedom
as to worship Cod which had been de
it MED them in their former places q
IgS abode. 1t is natural. therefore. t
in ind North Carolina State whose pee
he pie are not unlike those described I
he The Cotters Saturday Night" II
on deed, particularly in our Scotch settle
he ment, among the plOus Macs. ths
est scene Is familiar To this day. Let III
2st paraphrase the lines OF Burns.
Of
4rk "From scenes-likc this old Carolina
grandeur springs
)ut That makes her loved at home. TO,
I'VE cred abroad.
1At
ent Compared with this, how poor Teli:
ions pride.
ter In all the pomp OF method. and Of AT
Md " mere men dtSplaS 70 cCnCrcSdlio