The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-31
{. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 81. 1888

erS. male ana leilll!e. or tlaQ any SIN
rle individual. Old Hickory Jackson
called him "a magnauimouS rascal.
The magnauimous was the Southern
half of MIN. and the rascal. as Jackson
meant it. the Northern half. Ii my
memory is not wrong tand if il is. |
beg Mr.. Editor to correct me- Ken
tuckv. over which he exerted power
full control, petitioned the Lincoln gov
ernment to be allowed TO remain neu-
trail in the fight between North and
South: and his sous sided with the
North, when this petition was refused
Mason LEV Gems. the author OF some OF
the best books | ever read. notably
Life of Washington. Life Of Marion, aud
Drunkard's Looking Giass. uttered Il
GOOD thing when he said national pre-
iudices should be secuted from the face
of the earth" If | know my owu
he lrt. | would not withhold one iota oi
praise from any Northern man on ac-
count of his place OF birth or residence.
One of my brothers and myself had IN
our employment before the war, a.
teachers. seven men from tie North.
Five of them. Putnam. Little. Adams,
Marsh. and Bliss. would have lost moth
ing by a comparison with any five men
taken promiScuOusly from the best
Southern families. Marsh. II modest.
unambitious man. | considered one of
the wisest and best have ever known
| Two of them shed tears plentifully when
! they took leave Of us to return to the
| North. One of them. A. Is. Little. on
getting Lack to New Hampshire. wrote
and had published in Concord paper
several articles in which he described
/ slavery as he ad seen it. In these he
represented the condition of the slaves
| to be preferable to that of thousands OF
| Northern whites John T. Hale. find
ING that these articles were making con-
siderable impression on Northern minds.
attacked Little from the stump. Little,
although utterly uuaccuStomed to pub
/ lie speaking. faced him like a true man.
as he was. and told the people that he
| had told nothing but what he had seen
with his own eyes. Another of them.
Warren Putnam Adams. when he took
leave with tears in his eyes. said to me-
.'if you ever 90 North. enquire for men
named Barstow. his mothers name.
and any man with that name. to whom
you may give your name. will render to
you everS service in his power" / DID
not see Union soldier during the ,cor !;
although many of them were at my
nearest neighbors. and on my own plan
tation in sight of my dwelling amongst
nv tenants. and some Of them in search
Of milk. butter. fowls. fresh meat. and
liquors. so much craved BY men long
confined to camp fare, were advised to
70 to my house. where they were told
they would be sue to find such things.
| lost nothing by their pillage but one
/ gallon of brandy which was in a barrel
with more belonging to a tenant eight
miles from my home. They U mean
the Union soldiers) gave to one Of my
daughters. then married and at a home
Of her own. a handsome young horse.
saddle and bride. (she had often made
music for the teachers aforenamed J
1'o the little children of the brother al
luded to before. they gave gold dollars.
and ut the same time all Of my sous
were in the Confederate army-two o.
hem from the beginning Cf the war. !
can only account for this unusual for
tune bv believing that petition to
some Union officers was made by some
of the teachers aforenamed that my
property should lie spared. Ard |
would GLADLY know rom which OF them
this kindness proceeded With such an
experience | should be worse than a
heathon were to Indulge in any whole
ern men. w. O. GREGORY.