The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-12
The Turn-Coat Order.

The Raleigh Officers of the State
Guard couldn't stand the pressure. and
have ordered the Cincinnati Red,
White and Blue" We hope they will at
least retain their Confederate Grey" to
wear on Memorial Day.
Mr.. Goslin's Winston Republican
make a great ado over the widespread
opposition to the 'Turn-Coat" order
and denounces it as a token of ''disloyal-
ty." This is absurd. But it shows the
truth of what we claim, namely that there
is no reason for discardiug the "Confeder-
ate Grey" in favor Of Yankee Blue, y
excepting as a piece Of Gmsh, tending to
help the RepuJlcan party.
Gen. jones ian avowed Liberal"
in the last election, though appointed
by a Democratic Governor); General
Bob Hancock "a Federal office holder,
Lie atenant Walter p. Williamson Ia
Federal office-holder), Capt. Upchurch
"a Republican office-holder) and a dozen
others we could name. who are prom
inent in the Guard are smart enough
to see that if this action by the State"
under Democratic auspices. in thus
formally discarding the t~ime-honored,
battle honored, consecrated Grey to
don the colors typical Of our overthrow
and desolatiun, be not repudiated then
there are thousands and tens of thousands
of old soldiers -(stiW on Parole of Hoaor
to stand by the memory of their dead com.
rades) who will conclude that we might
as we'll live under a Yankeeized Republi-
can administration, out and out.
(Since this was set in type, came a let
ter from a gallant soldier and member OF
the Legislature, saying the same in all
most the same words.
There is no good reason for adopting
the Blue" 1t is neither serviceable in
war, nor handsome in peace. Army after
army, the world over, has laid it aside. 1t
has become a typical Yankee and negro
uniform. If the dead C~onfederates could
rise they would never look for friends
dressed in any such color.
The mere s'color' has nothing te
do with the question. Many Confeder
ate soldiers wore blue, of a kind. Thu
writer's own brother, Lieut.. Hamilton
!, Shotwell, to whom Gen. W. D. Pende
|. took off his hat on the captured heights
at Gaines Mill, was slain while wear1n!
! a blue uniform, though carrying tn
! Southern flag. Our police wear blue
!. and SO do many railroad men, but the.
f do not wear the ''Blue'' of the Yanke
uniform aad they did not lay asid
Confederate Grey to don the ''Rec
{ White, and Blue" of the Conqueror {
the South.
: The North does not wish Southern
: soldiers to discard the ''Grey.' w
have hundreds Of subscribers who wor
i the "Blue,' and are loyal to the Mort
in all things. But they prove their ga
: lantry by having more respect for tn
t Grey than for a ''Galvanized Yankee,
as they themselves used to call ever
Southerner who put on the Blue. Whe
q we first saw the Federal officers at Fol
Delaware kicking and knocking abou
q their men like dogs, we expresse
n -"Oh, them's only galvanized Var
KEGS; you're fellows that's turned loya
q n put on our uniform"
1t is claimed that the new Cincin
nati-made "State-uniform" is not Van
E kee; whereas it ever surpasses the yam
kee in Loyalty" The cloth is 'Blue,
the trimmings Red" and the helmet
: "White, '-making a combination 9
Red, White, and Blue,'-to suit tn
t Yankee colors.
DURHAM 1TEMS.-From the RecOr
] der We learn that a prominent gen
tleman from DaVie county Sneaks n