The farmer and mechanic., 1915-05-25

society OIL America at HeQ springs,
~ c., May Is, 1859
Fellow Members, Young Ladies of |
College, Ladies and Gentlemen:
"Breathes there A man with soul SO |
dead,
"Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land"
This remark by the great wizard
Of the North, is equally applicable to
the Scotchman here in his adopted
home in the Sand Hills of the Cape
Fear country, which was first settled
by colony from New England, about
the period of the Restoration-1660.
on the West bank of the river, at old
Town Creek. These settlers neglect
ed to secure the good will of the In
dians, and soon fell into the greatest
ditress. Massachusetts heard the cry
of her children in the wilderness,
listened to their prayer for relief and
ministered to their wants, by a gen
eral contribution through her settle
ments." One hundred and ten years
afterwards, when the Boston Port
Bill had spread a pail of gloom and
distress. Massachusetts heard the cry
noble people of the Cape Fear re-
membered the generous succor of
Massachusetts, With one voice, they
declared The cause Of Boston was
the cause of ALL
Then by the Great Charter Of 1868,
King Charles III granted to the Lords
proprietors all of the country from
the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, be-
tween parallels of 81 and SO degrees
of latitude. Truly magnificent do
main! They Immediately devised
measures for encourag ging immigra-
ton. The civil wars in England and
Ireland had broken down many an
cient families, and ruined their
estates Numbers of these came to
ovid IN, 1,o Of 1ntt
ing their fortunes. They spread
everywhere the most glowing ac-
counts of the SplendOrS of their new
domain. They offered large bounties
of land, at trifling quit rents They
procured the celebrated John Locke
to devise a scheme of government
which they deemed the perfection OF
human wisdom. With high sounding
titles of honor, and it's far more pre-
Cious guaranty of religious liberty. i
Captivated the imaginations of men
In 1866 there was published b.
Robert Horne, in London, with thu
approval, if not by the instigation g
the Proprietors, "a Brief Description
of Carolina" Wherein is set fOrtl
1.-The healthfulness of the climate, tn
fertility of the EARTH the plentiful
ness of its waters, and the grea
pleasure and profit that will accru
to those who shall go there to enjo
the same" after displaying in tn
most attractive colors the riches o
the new Canaan, it appeals thus to tn
youth Of both sexes. us there, there
fore, any younger brother, who
born Of gentle blood and whose Spiri
is elevated above the common sor
and yet the hard usage of our cOun
try hath not allowed suitable fortune
he will not surely be afraid to leav
his native soil to advance his fortune
equal to his blood and spirit
"If any maid single woman, hay
"a desire to go over, they will thin
themselves in the Golden Age, whe
men paid a dowry for their wives
for if they be but civil, and under 5
years of age, some honest man
other will purchase them for wives
To these appeals the people Of .tf
British Government, including HI
colonies, as we'll as Scotland, RESPOND
ed in great numbers. The emigratio
from Barbados was SO great that tt
Legislature there found it necessal
to pass an act to forbid the spiritir
of people off the Island.
Coming of the Clansmcn.
The immigration to North Caroli1
was accelerated, not only by II
glowing accounts sent back to II
Highlands of Scotland by the fir
settlers, but particularly under II
patronage of Gabriel Johnstone, go
ernOr Of the province from 1884 un
his death in 1852. He was very pa
tial to the people of his native cou
try, and sought to better their conc
ton, by inducing them to emigrate
North Carolina, especially during t
frightful persecution which immel
ately followed the battle of Collode
Left without chief. or protectt
clanship broken up, homes destroye
kindred murdered, dispirited outla
ed, insulted, without hope OF pall1
tion or redress, the only ray OF llg
pointed across the Atlantic, Whe
peace and rest were to be found
the unbroken forests Of North Cal
lima. And the Legislature encouras
their coming by the following, tow
Resolved, that as an encouraging
for Protestants to remove from E
rope into this province, to settle the
selves in bodies or townships that
such as shall remove into this pl