The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-26

ton II tire public lands in every ~.,f.
- tEe purpose II educating the negro
and III = very .iew vars vuu would tina
tins race a blessing - the country.
found IN the South at my last visit
tfat education wa~ retreatIng aud tina,
the oLd African Supers wer.
coming back all because there had
been no proper p4in>tsk. II to instruct
= j. c., of Narrenton, has
e~xcoria ed, as few Ike V. ]. O."
can, old Simon Cameron for his l>lng
charge that Vale Hampton seized !
gun At the battle Of Manassas, ana ly
Ito rately sho TO death Colonel james
Cameron, a wounded prisoner. This
lie, like that other lie that the Confed-
crates kidnapped the negro ambul.nc.
drivers, and sold them into slavery.
leaving the wounded men il the ychl-
cles 10 bleed todeath. has been sravelA
asserted in more than one Yankee
History Of the war" DouotI,~.
they are honestly credited ~ many
millions Of people for no lie abou,
the Sou-h is too hideous for homes,
credence by minds prrjudiced for
years. as i SO generally tie case at tue
North. Fortunately. there were =
good many soldiers in the Union
army who really believed the war Vas
being fought to restore the Union, (as
had been repeatedly alleged by tie
War S~hrieker7), and these men. seeing
how they were made tools OF by the
fanatics, and South-Haters, are ready
TO do justice to u people, and cor
rect these lies before il be altogether
too late. Thus, there are dozens OF
brave Northern soldiers, members OF
CamerOns regiment, who now come
forward and deny the whole story
from their own knowledge of the
facts. In consequence of these ex-
posures, the crafty old Head of tho
House of Harrisburg. allows himself
to be interviewed by the Philadelphia
Times as follows
General Cameron was glad
TO correct the vers re-
port recently published of achat H.
$500 w. S1N 'AAJA''' Ill
General Hampton with killing my
bro her, but | did FIR a long tim.
have some unpleasant impressions OF
the subject. When | returned from
the Russion Mission my attention IVES
called TO a note IN II of the historic.
of the war, Lss-ing's. think. Stain,
that &. neral Hampton had, when il
battle at Bull Run, taken q muskc
from one of his soldiers. deliberately
AIMED d. my brother, who was leadinl
: his regim ut IN action and shot him.
had never before CT since heard tina
my brother was murdered while
? prisoner, and [ knew that he bad nc
ben captured a all The story tina
Hampton had killed my brother in
? manner that would Rave been unsol
dierly, If true. was published in som
of the Southern pap.rS about the clos
OF the war. when pass on ran high an
: war stories were greatly exaggerated
$ Ihad no evidence to make me beIiev,
the statement, but, as / have said. j
/ very naturally made me feel uncOm
: Portable toward Hampton IN 1916
l went to Macon. GeOrgla, with a mum.
l. Der OF other Northern men, to aftent
5 a State fair, and when there | fount
D that there was no flag to be seen. an
9 that General Hampton was TO be tn,
. orator of the day. | said to d frien,
e that | would not remain, and ave a
S my rea on the unpleasant memories il
/ regard to Hampton and my deaC
5 brother. Ny remark Vas communica
! ted to Hampton, and the answer va
4 brought back to me that the stor,
! was entirely untrue. That Is tn
whole history Of the matter. | havr
5 no lnforma ion to warrant me in dis.
believing General Hamp.on's denial o
G h charge, and | d V never espresso
: myself as holding him individual,
responsible for M brother Death
! There is nothing manly in thi
! ! statement. 1t is a paitry excus /
+ shirk public censure for giving breath
to a lie. He knew well enough from
the first that the story was untrue
and certainly, after General Hampton
+ assurance that it was false, he had n
t excuse for pottering over the story
Z and giving others TO suppose he still
g believed it 1t was. however, only
: specimen lie of hundreds from sam
T sources. >.
: a meeting Of the Southern senator