The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-28
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The executive ability and the unWeary-
ING Industry in attending ito the details
If hu>iueSS he exhibited, after he be
came GOVERNOR, We're n surprise ito those
VIII, had been forward i'm forcing his
..asrnt to stand for the office. and i'm
securing his election. The remembrance
If what he accomplished amid the count
l4S~ and various demands upon his time.
Ills me with amraZement even moW. The
legislative sessions We're frequent and
long. and ito it Ihe had to send messages
81 matters OF public Importance. and
confer with ITS members and committees:
The eastern section was Within the fed
e.u! lines and some of the western
|cuntirS were subject to incurSions by
l~peradoS, and others, from East Ten
ua>>ee, and laWlessness from buffaloes in
-h, Fast and deSertelS i'm some of the
Western and Central counties, and their
srmpathiZelS demanded constant yigi-
lance from him and the Home Guards
under his command. These had no be
filtered, fed and equipped; salt must be
provided - cure meat for the support Of
citizens and slaves at home and soldiers
In the field: the supply of clothing was
nearly exhausted aml the machinery for
home->pun cloth nearly worn out; to
avoid prfration and suffering new sup
plies must be had; the COMMON schools,
for the education of poo children, must
not be cloSed; the railroads and other
modes Of transportation, in which the
State was interested, We're to be kept in
order for our eOple and to transport
Confederate troops; cunts must be kept
oen, ana special terms, for punishment
and prevention of crime provided for:
deSeItetS had ito be arrested and sent
back = their command. All these things
We're upon him. The execution of the
Confederate consGript law raised numer-
Gus issues, which required the interven-
ton II the governor, who must see that
those subject to ut did not eyade and
these kemp from ut We're mot sent TO
the 'front.': unLa wful exactions from am
~p0ttshed farmers had to be prevented;
and q hundred other troublesome Ques-
ms had to be mel and solved. His cor
rt>pondence was immense. and he was
without ~tenographtrS or typeWlQterS.
Two aides. Colonies d. y. Barnes and
George Little. and Private Secretary and
Executive clerk were kept constantly
busy, while Important letters to the
President. secretary of war and others
We're Wriaten by his Gn hands. He clearly
SAW tlat States Il rights We're the corner
Stone Of the Confederate Government,
and his reverence for the law and deter
mln2tjpn to see that it was observed.
made him az tEn in preventing unlawful
elcru@thmentS from the authorities ft
RIeA'nmd. or Confederate officers with
ont authority, as he was to see that the
laws of the State inSuring justice be
tween man and man We're Obeyed, and
that crime was repressed; while no FAIR
minded man. however ardent Il Confeder.
ate. could deny that. through him Glnu
otherwise. this State was DONG ltS ful
duty - the common cause.
WhHt he did fur the relief and comfort
Of oar people and the soldiers from the
State will appear from he following
l5JJryS derived from the State Quarter
A~la~t"r'S Department.. BY the use OF
b"nkade running steamers, notably the
Advance (cIlled for him by a play upon
4S ~tEf'n"l; running to Nassau and thence
10 Liverpool, and carrying out cotton sln'
I~lA and Infringing in supplies MOST
.'etoi, he provided besides quantity o.
heayy machinery. 10000 pairs of hant
lt'tt* ranls, 10000 scythes, o pound:
al blue Stone for wheat growers, 5000
l1.rS of shoes and leather ITO make them
nU'F"} blue blankets. GRAY cloth to make
Z}5,UOO suits of uniform, 10000 owes.
coats, 1000 Enfield rifles with lOt
rounds Of ammunition for each, lOO,OW
pounds of bacon. 800 casks Of coffee fol
hospital use. $4,000 worth Tin gold o
MeE!l..neS, etc, etc. The shoes ans
G.'thing We're NOT only sufficient for TIL
\''1h Carolina troops, but he turned
over a large quantity to the Confedea'af'
' t'li OLilSI biI 49, "
"'l'le ~ Chicamauga, Whe LOngstreet
,..IS We're nearly i'm rags, he sent then
I-'Wo SllbtS of uniform. At the Surrell
der, though the "Advance' had beel
f41p}1rt~i and the blockade rendered 81
'"r"IFe aS to prevent further lmpol
.o:-'t. he had On hand NEARLY loo;OO'
S'llN and large quantities of blanket
and shoes. Part of these invaluable sarti
y.eS -Ali been purchased on the clednt %
1AN and the States good name, but n
u@1 procured to redeem lt and ha'
3,5rfj over 10000 bales Of cotton an
I'o.'to barrels OF rosin. That THE cot
o'I and roSm were party destroyed am.
E1I len INTO the hands of Federal O1
"'fS, at the collapse of the Confedel
%'l' was one Of the fortunes of W1la
40 winch he was not held responsible
" OUR creditors across the waters. lhe.
VI tlelr next of kin still have u Stat
T3"iN as souvenirs of the war between
l4' treaty of peace between the Unlte'
gates and the Confederate States o
America"
fhut more than for these material bene
-, provided for the people of Mort
"."Lild, Their great debt to him was III
4W'iHlelance of the civil authority AM
smg supremacy of law amid the CLASH Q
ms ms protection of the humblest cltl
.G'l against illegal arrest. Alone, of va
t' states of the United States and Q
,Ie 'ohiederate States. with one possibl
y ION IN North Carolina, during thOs
b,t I'h2 dark years of war, the writ O
W'1"> cprpuS was never SuSpendet
nel' ana with pardonable pride, mlgh
MI say lii an address in January, 1SII
~ TAtn for the third time, by the electio
w. me people, he was inaugurated Coz
'I'r: 1t was in North Carolina. an
th"eltTe only in North Carolina that
~ hlldst Of the greatest civil war {
modern times. when 100000 peop