The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-16
The State Printing. and Other
Matters.

As usual. Just before the assembling
( of the Legislature, there l. a friendly
contest going on for the public printing.
Mr.. II ale, the present incumbent, want,
il, aud his services aud devotion to the
party have been great. The Oj>.rrtr
wants it and mode>tly urges it, great
devotion To aud work for the party IL !
ciaiui. Shotge.l, OF the FIrmcr pa,i II
chuuic. Is not seeking it that we are
aware of. but some of his friends are
urging his clallas-ior they Justly say,
in our opinion, that he has been a~ ie-
voted To his party aud people, and ha>
suffered more and been treated WITH
greater i%ndigniIy BY the radicals iaan
any man In North Carolina. As our
readers know, the Radicals, merely for
the SAKE OF political capital, ant with
out a shadow OF evidence, arrested.
Capt. Shotwcil and sent him To the
penitentiary at Albany, New York, to-
two years, for being, a> they sad, Il
kuklux. After he had been there about
a year, they offered him a free pardon
ami $40, 900, II he would imuhcat.
prominent men III our party. tI~ reply
wa. more pointed han elegant. Suffice
it TO say be Indignantly refused 10 galu
his liberty 10y betrayInc his friends
Our party would not err II they were
to bestow some OF their gifts upon ,uea
d true man. But We have mo- idea.
however, that Capt. ShttWeii viii get
the public printing. Tor hc Is too fond OF
calling things by their proper name u
please some of the would be leaders
Warrenton Ga-ette.
Our friend is correct. We are not
a candidate for the printing, and
with him We have little idea We
could get 1t If We should seek
it. Certainly not without making
direct and personal appeals to members,
and influential. friends, which i a thing
we shall hardly "knuckle down 10"
yrASt get! Ii Is pretty sell Auowl. We toe
heve, hat we might have obtained the
Authorship by making a caav,, tor il
whereas We not only uId not canvass.
nor intrigue for 1t nor combine VITA auv
other aSpIrant, nor solicit 4 sluglc IrIebu
to vote Tor Us, nor ask any friend to
speak III convention for Us (Which added
to u gratitude to those who generous
ly did SO OF their own notion, nor were F
we visible IN the haunts of the polItl-.
cans, nor the hotel visitors, during
convention week. Tins paooINlty, IOin-
ed with vlrulent activity ami intrigued
TN which, however. Gen. Roberts, or
other asplrants, SO far as we know, had
no part)-threW the honor from Us.
Our only regret III the matter i, that
We allowed our name to be brought be
fore the convention, at all. Not 10
have done SO would saved ourself some
annoyance and the party from some
possible regret at having refused a
petty 81, 800 office to a capable member,
who had devoted Is years Of his life +
(shoulderlng a musket when under It,
years Of age to It's service. 9
As for our repeate r~efusal5 to pun !
chase freedom at the price of dishonor, !
we see no merit IN that; but 1t may be I
well to set straight a misapprehension !
into which our Warrenton friend (and 3.
very many others) has fallen. Wewcre +
not offered $40, 600 III a direct manner, i
though at one time offered release, a =
comfortable office at WashiugtJt, and :
our expenses while 'otulnpIng' the =
Northern States. Again, these offers
were NOT only made ''after we had been ,
a year" In convict garb, but also within n
a week after we put on that garb, and a
a week before we put In on. The 7
ILL IdNlo IL appear II oul 9NCACIICE' 4
to say here, that on the day fol :
Jeffrey's Bonds shameful sen +
tence of six years at hard labor, aud a =
fine of s., 900, We were waited upon -
by two w~ell-known Republicans bring /
ing a message from Gov. Caldwell who J.
day had dined with Bond at DR.. -
M~ennlngers) advising us that it would n
be easy to escape the fearful future =
VnrhannInr ~ Ey. - iaYU attAaEIt-
day or two later, the party Of eight :,
were hand cuifed in pairs, aud marched =
through the streets OF Raleigh, guarded -
by Yankee ~bayonets, and surrounded by :.
4 h%ooting mob. At Portsmouth, Gin :
ton l.. Cobb, then Republican member OF =
Congress, boarded the boat, and, by :,
authority, as he IntInatcd, made a great =,
offers and promises saying that :,
t should once enter the penitentiary =.
here would be no human hope Tor me. :
IS Grant was a man Of iron viii, and | :
lad too many Radical enemies to cxpect :
any relcnting; that SIX years cut out OF my ;,
youth, following the war, would be ruin, =
mentally and physically; and further that =
he sacrifice would not be appreciated '
nat no one would 90 my bail IN Raleigh, a,
not true, and that no one came to bId ;,
~ atASui NANCpC III IAluE>DuIyj anu II
me or two young men, etc, etc :
The gang arrived al Albany, In u chii :,
md rainy November morning which IN y
hat latitude is collier dian J"anuaIyat ,,
Raleigh, 50 that AFTER beng stripped, II
,ud StrtpeI teytn our understanding De ~
ng taken) and our heads shaved. sever
u OF us fell into d severe chllI that Tor =
time was serious. At this juucture.
ne Federal officer, commanding our es-
;Ort, became 50 sympathetic, he rcsOly- n
ii to 20 to Washington to see Grant. ~
en- days later, | was called from the n
workshops TO hnQ Capt. McENen,
hose greeting Was-WelI CAPTAIN. \
We come 10 bring, you a release - a
Mas 1t was, as usual, subject tO-aIi- n
and things 1t was d dangerous =
for a ten days trial OF lite \
a Albany P~cnltentIary III company with ga
he o~f1scourlng O. every nation on earth. a.
tandlng at Il bench from daylight ii rh
Iusk, with dOWucasI eyes, and yOIce.e., "a
Fps, and heart ailre, had suticed 10 80
how me why 50 many OF the ~cOuvicts -
re tranferred to the Mad-liouse every h
cal.
Well, after this, at interval, IF ~
w months, different proposals were ed
lade. Gerrlt Smith, the famous Abp- 10
tIOlIot, made " trips to see Us, and
re nave his letters Oh the subject. A. I'M
mother tme came Col. Whitley, then c.
'CIlet OF the Secret Service, or buv- j,
rnlnent Spies, VINO promised bpery il Ill