The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-07-26

letters from men anxious TO help North
Carolina make up n supposed dcieirrg~
in her quota of men. The lie was begin
| ming To bear fruit. Il have not heard
from San Francisco yet" General Cuul.s
added rs he contemplated his inade4uat.
| wa>te-basket. but il IS only b~rca..-
the letters have not yet had time 70.
reach me. They are certainly ON tUa
way and will ne here tomorrow Ut
| next day"
! 1t was truly a pitiful proof of how the
SANDER had been broadca~trd h.
| showed that in every nook ana curut.
Of the country men are reading aud b.
lieving that North Carolina. whose sous
have been content to fight the country
battles and leave others 10 do tu.
Dragging, is unable 10 raise IN3 men g..
| tight in defence Of the flag. Ii has
| caused the hot Indignation Of North Car
| olinianS everywhere who knew the faets
| and has slammed those who did hot know
what a base misrepresentation it WAS.
North CarolinianS in other States are
writing General CowlcS To tender their
| services to wipe ont the supposed stain
mon the good name Of the State. The
fact seems TO have been forgotten that
over half the muSketS surrendered at
AppomattoX were laid down Ky North
| Y dItIitisii~. IL III tI~h ~ tAN~t-4t'4
here North Carolina would raise troops
enough 10 take Havana. would do it bc-
fore the end Of the year and there
would be no blowing about il afttrward.
As showing how others see us in the
light of the widely circulated false
hood n sample Of the letters received
by General Cowles IS given. Here is
one from Il colonel Of Il colored rvgi
ment in Cincinnati:
Cincinnati, July %, 1898,
Adjutant General OF North Carolina
Raleigh. y. {.
Sir: Observing in the morning press
4 list Of untitled State quotas for troop
among others. il correctly quoted. is
your State. Would YOU accept n regi-
ment of colored troops. composed of as
fine Il physical body of men as can
he found in any States quota? or part
| Of said body of men. Will You commits
sion its officers i. e., those of the one or
more battalion?
Respectfully,
]. w. LAKE.
Colonel Commanding
Letters were received from Milwaukee,.
Baltimore. New Orleans, Memphis and
other places.
Assistant Attorney General Boyd at
once sent the following letter of in
quiry:
Washington. u. c., July 81. 1898.
General \. ID. Cowles. Raleigh. y. G.
Dear Sir: / see Il statement going
around i'll the papers which | know
IS an Internal lie. but before | say So
publicly. | want your authority. The
statement is that on the second call
for troops North Carolina was required
to raise 1873 soldiers and that she has
| pn1r ,ne,,a,IaI ~, #tl,;. xaiI ,-;,j, - mo,
| know that North Carolina will not fail
to respond to whatever call is made upon
her for men to defend the honor of this
nation or the integrity Of the flag. |
want YOU. therefore,. to give me the
facts about the calls made upon North
Carolina for troops. how many were re
quired under the first call and how
many are required under the second call
and what has been lone about them.
My understanding was that the two
white regiments. the First and Second.
filled the first call and that the colored
battalion or regiment which is about
completed at Fort Macon was in re
Spouse to the second call. How is this?
Tell me all about it. because | see |
have got to take the stump in defense
Of the North Carolinians. They have
always been the butt Of ridicule auI
falsehood and AT the same time they have
always done more fighting and lost more
men than any other State in the I'niou.
Write me quick. because | am pretty
darned mad.
Your friend,
JAS. T.. BOYD.
General Cowlns telegraphed Col. BOYD
at once, giving the facts as already pub
liShed in these columns and closed 10y
saying: Il can raise twenty regiments
Of new troops in Il week if necessary and
with an unlimited quota we can furnish
100000 men in thirty days. w. have
been awfnlly and persistently lied on
and. helinNn SEnlinnSlr and nnilninnNIr