The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-16

ever TfGlnE the Wrt OF EateaS corpus
This same spirit would have mani
tested itself In some equally striking
way If the writ Of habeas corpus had
been refused the present able Seer.
tary Of the Navy. Hon. JosephuS
Daniels. then in custody Of Il United
States Marshal. for exercising his
rights and voiCinG the sentiments OF
his people in criticising an over
bearing Federal Judge.
Devotion To Liberty.
Steadfact devotion to liberty is the
first great factor in the North Caro-
lima spirit.
But side by side with love Of liberty
has gone the common sense that
knows what liberty *. that diStin-
gulSheS between the substance and the
shadow, betveen temporary exredi
ents and eternal principles. 1t is this
common sense. this hard horse sense
mat has ever marked the Saxon race.
and especially the Tar Heel branch
of the Saxon race. North CarolinianS
are careful, cautious and conservative
and slow to change. The tar on their
heels enables them to stand firm and
not slip back. 1t keeps them from
falling You nave often asked What
IS a Tar Heel ?' The first description
Of a Tai Heel is given by Homer in
the Had and 0dessy. The great
tragedy there described was caused
by his celebrated hero not having tar
on his heel. We find the first record
Of d Tar Heel in the life of Achilles.
When a baby his mother Thetis took
nm by the heels and dipped him in
n river StyX to make him invulner-
able and immortal. Styx is the
Greek word for tar. 1t is an open
secret that our Tar River in North
Carolina is the ancient river Styx
Thet1s forgot to stick the heels OF
Achilles in the water. so he was
mortal in the heels and the well aim
ed arrow of Paris struck him in the
shins and aid him low. If his moth
er had let go his heels and dropped
him in he could never have been kill.
ed. He is the only hero Of a~ntiouit,
famous for not being a Tar Heel. @
course he got killed as he deserved
Achilles was not a Tar Heel, but hi:
story gives US a satisfactory definition
Of a Tar Heel. A Tar Heel is tn,
sort of a heel the other fellow hasn'
got. A negative definition is bette
than none.
Common Sense.
This cautious, carefuI cOnServativ
, common sense of North Carolina, thi
, horse sense, this tar heel stick fas
+ sense, has been justified many times
. 1t was justified when the clever
\ amendments to the Federal Constitu
llOH, WHICH she mao ~OeI11d nOeG, Wef
adopted, for the guarantees of fire
religion, free speech, free meetin
n and free politics, free militia, free fire
. arms, freedom from soldiers, and III
II just Imprisonment and unfair tTia
and excessive bail and cruel and VI
S usual punishment, with guarantees ,
e life, liberty and property, all main
tanned by jury trials according to tn
rules of the m law; and final
| no roSprV2flOn to tho States u nd I
h people of all rights not specific
ally granted to the Federal Govern
ment. Without these guarantee
e North Carolina would have RENAME
e out Of the Union. This wisdom {
e North Carolina was justified whe
n she refused to leave the Union unit
It forced to do SO by actual war. Ha
a her counsels been followed a millio
ie lives would have been saved and
4 million hearts would have been VI
Ie broken. North Carolina caution
o now justified in her slOwneSs to adol
f. panaceas for every social. ndustr
IS and political i'll of life. She NOV,
w forward at all times, but her han
ot horse sense will not surrender f
d destruction by any officers, or by al
l. body of men, or by even the Peep
Is themselves, the great fundament
Sc rights of liberty, property, security al
l. justice which she demanded befol
le entering the Union With US liber'
"a has begot patriotism. "PatriotiSm
t a principle, not a mere sentiment. \
al man can be a true patriot who do
Ia not feel himself shot through ar
lg through with a depth of ardOr f.
to what his country stands for, what i
A eXietenCe means, what is purpose
declared to be in its history and i
m policy. There are just as vital thin:
stirring now that concern the eXiS
10 enCe of the nation as were stirring
IN the time Of the revolution, and eve
G. man in this presence should exami
We himself and see whether he has II
sc full conception Of what it means tn
Sc America shall live her own life
fy North Carolina Lawyer.
~ In this North Carolina spirit, Il
III North Carolina lawyer lives. II
te clientele is homogeneous, but he is
many-Sided man. There are few leg
specialists among Us. The avera;
n practitioner in our State has a vari'
ny practice, covering the entire range
is human and property rights and
In every form Of litigation He ST