The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-07

the Presidents death.
The event will figure in history as
marking an epoch III Southern affairs.
Whether Garfield live or die, Che yet
survives at this writlng) the general
effect of the assault must be favorable
to the South. lst, Because it will dis
tract the Republican elders, and cause
them to expend their time and talents,
morey and malice, upon the opposing
faction Of their own party, instead OF
upon the detenceless South. End, Be
cause it will prove to the better class OF
the North, even among Republicans,
that they have grossly mis- conceived
and mis-repre>ented the Southern peo-
pie for twenty years past. No honest
man can pretend to think hencetOrth
that our people are lacking 10 patriotic
impulses or in 10y atty to the Union
since by far the greatest evidences OF
Indignation at the ass asSlnatlOn come
from the South; although God knows
neither Garfield, nor any of his cabinet,
nor any Of his followers, nor any man
connected with the Federal government,
has done anything to deserve the sym
patty or the patriotic aspirations OF our
people!
We have been kicked, cutfed, abused,
spit upon, trampled upon, robbed,
cheated, slandered, falsely accused,
falsely painted. lied about, harassed by
hireling soldiery, narrowed by corrupt
courts, Inundated by degrading ard un-
constitutional enforcement acts, and
in ten thousand ways treated uniaW-
fully. mj"stly, ungenero"siy, iadecentiy,-
by the Republican Party of the North,
acting through the perverted machinery
ofthe so-called NATIONAL government.
ct, tor sixteen weary years, the South
ern People, seeing that there Was no
hope of escape from the Union, have
sought to disarm the malice of their SO
called brethren by meekly bowling,
under the perpetual storm of lies,
taunts, and %inhumanity, bowling the
neck to the very dust, though never
ceasing to re affirm their peacefulness.
patriotism, and honest devotion to the
Union
We have often said that our people
were acting 'the whipped spaniel
(Which turns on its back and cringes and
whines when whipped) Ill this matter;
still very many of our wlSest leaders
have urged a continuance OF the atti
tude of bringing and kissing the rod
and now at length, after sixteen years
in the dust, let us hope the Deceit por-
ton of the Republican party will grow
ashamed Of its nasty Bloody Shirt"
and admit that it has been lying upon
the South for the sake of a few off
ces, which, after all, only the rogues
succeeded In getting.
THE ASSASSINATION.
President Garfield had been invited
to spend the hot months with some con
gressional cronies in New England. On
Saturday morning he repaired to the
Baltimore depot to take the 9 O'Clock
train. His trip had been announced
in the New York papers several days
previous; SO that there was quite a
crowd TO see him leave. He was pass
ing through the main saloon, walking
arm In arm with Secretary Blaine when
a small, dark skinned, singular looking
man, opened fire on him with a revol
yer. The first shot passed through the
right arm, neal the shoulder. The
second ball cut in between the tenth and
eleventh rib. and lodged under the kid
neys, near the back bone. Blaine ran
at the first shot, but claims to have run
to catch the shootist. He, however,
quickly returned, and helped catch the
President, who was falling. Mrs. White.
a depot-s-rvant, held his head while he
spat blood copiously. He was very pale,
but maintained much self command.
Meantime, the greatest uproar pre-
vailed, as there were fifty ladies in the
shed when the firing began. The ticket
agent sprang through the window and
seized the assassin, who made no resist
ance. To a policeman he said-"Yes.
| did the shooting. And now Arthur
will be President! That's why [ did
itr' He vas hurried off to jail; and
all access to him was shut off. This
was an error. Had he been allowed to
talk freely amid the excitement, he
would have revealed the true secret of
the deed.
Garfield was soon conveyed to his
bed, and a battalion of soldiers drawn
around the White House to keen out
the immense multitude, of all ~colors,
that surged around the gates. A tele-
gram was sent to Mrs. Garfield, at Long
Branch, in the Presidents name, calling
upon her to come at once. She has
been very Ill. and became frantic at the
news; but was confronted by a despatch,
Gen. Grant had received, and viii :, he
instantly sent to her, stating that the
wound would not be fatal. By nightfall,
she and her children had reached the
President bedside, where she remained
all night; showing great calmness and
endurance, notwithstanding her terror
Thousands of kilograms began to
pour in. expressing sorrow and indigna-
ton. Grant, Hancock, Arthur, Queen
Victoria, the Canadian government, and
leading ~personages in all parts of the
world sent condolences.
Business was partially suspended in
nearly all the great cities, aud vast
crowds surrounded the Off
ces, which received kilograms every
half hour. At sunset it was penerally
believed the President must die; and
large meetings were held in the South
ern cities, denouDclng the crime.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
The cheerful manner OF the President
throughout the morning and the early
hours of the afternoon excited the
strongest hopes on the part Of his sur
geons and friends hat the ball had not
touched any vital part. and that when
the wounded man had gained sufficient
strength and composure an effort might
be made to Gnd the ball; but when 3
2. m. arrived it Was found that the
President was not in condition to under
go the operation, and from this time he