The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-03
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region on the face of the earth, OF the
same extent. until the breaking out of
The late war was SO free from outrage
and crime. To it we might have pointed
as realizing Moore's beautiful lyric where
in he represents lady fair, In the olden
time adorned in rich and rare gems, trav-
ersing alone and in safety, his own ma
live Isle, protected by the honor and vir-
tue of its sons--for throughout the whole
state, whether amid the secluded valleys
Of her mountains, or by the lonely borders
CT her swamps, in the night time no more
than in the day time did the safety of
man or woman require either bolts or
bars.
The nurse of every domestic virtue, no
higher eulogy can be passed on her daugh-
tors than that they inspired and are
worthy of that couplct Of one Of her own
cherished sons, which for expressivene SIS
with brevity is not to be surpassed in the
English language. A. people marked by so
many virtues, so hospitable that the
STRANGER and the wayfarer never APP
piled for food or shelter in vain-so un-
selfish that natives of other chimes have
filled their highest executive and judicial
stations-could not exist without public
evidences of their private worth We
iinl them in every department-peers
among the foremost. North Carolina gave
10 the nation a Macon. whose integrity
wisdom and far-seeing craftsmanship
have become proverbial. The learning of
her Haywood, Rufiin and their ccntempcr-
aries on the bench, are known and re-
speeted throughout the Union, ard the elo-
quencc Of her Yancevs, her Murphys, her
Hendersons. her Stanleyss her Gastons.
and her Badgers, might have graeed
Westminster Hall-although unreported
and lost to the world it aided in forming
the character of her people and will live
among her posterity. In the feld as IN
tho forum she has shone CONSPICUOUS
her Andersons, her Daniels, her Branches
and her -Penders are among the few. the
immortal names that were not born TO
debut greater still; her host OF un-
named heroes who
While The moss of the valley grew RED
with their blood
Stirred not. but conquered and died,
sanctiiied their cause by their lives, and
whose bones lie Wondering in the TN
known graves OF a hundred battlehelds
Nor has the sacrifice beensin vain Surely
so long as virtue finds a place in the
world. viii the memory of those days OF
sorrow and struggle animate our poster
ity TO great and noble deedsfs
Gov. Holders witnesses were los in
number and q motley crew they seem
TO have been-men and women, Whlte
and black. and OF such character as to
cause the Wilmington Journal to de-
clare the Governor had summoned to
his aid the very scum of soclery-the in
mates of jails and brothels." The Raj
eigh Sentinel adds that among these
witnesses we're Polly Gappins." Joseph
Harvey, Red Eye" Albright, Jim Boyd
and Hog Thief John" Long.
Mir. McCorkle conducted the. examina-
ton of defendants witnesses, aided by
MIR. Boyden who would now and then
asked in regard to the Ku- klux, did
the disguised men have horns?" Judge
Merrimon conducted the cross-eXaml.
nation.
There were three especially sensation
al features of the Holden evidence.
One was the appearance in the Sen
ate chamber, on March 10th, OF one of
the self confessed Ku-Klux III the
ghostly apparel in which the members
of the Gland went en- raids, another was
the testimony of James f. Boyd, VINO
betrayed the Ku-Klux. The third was
when Josiah Turner editor of the Sen
tinel, Went upon the stand
Mr. Turner was asked what We're his
feelings towards Gov. Holden He re-
piled: such as should exist between
q good man and bad man."
This so Infatuated Gov. Holden, who
sat directly in front Of and near the
witness, that he arose and, shaking his
fist in a threatening manner, declared
that he ought to be protected from in
suits. Meanwhile Mr.. Boyden, one of
his counsel, was pulling at the Cover
nor's coat tail and begging him to keep
quiet. But His Fixcellency de clined
TO do so, and continued denounc-
ing Turner Finally Senator Edwards
arose and said:
MIR. Chief Justice, the respondent
must he made behave himself; he for
gets he is in court
Holden declared again that he would
not submit 10 insults from Turner, then
bowling to Senator Edwards. added:
II suppose it will be in order for me
to leave the hall?"
Certainly" biandly replied the Sena-
tor. and, as the diplomats say. 1.-THE in
cident was closed"
But the greatest sensation OF the trial
was the testimony of James L. Boyd.
He was Holdens star witness, and his
testimony was a betrayal of the Sc
crets of the Ku-KluX Khan of which
ne had been member. A corresponds
ent thus wrote to his paper under date
OF March 9Th, 1871, touching Boyd's tes-
timony:
James f. Boyd, now Federal judge
in this State, was Governor Holdens
star witness. A correspondent thus
writes under date of March s. 1871. OF
his testimony:
Yesterday was decidedly the most in
teresting and exciting day since the de-
Eence was opened The galleries and lob
bIes were densely crowded to hear the
testimony OF James E. Boyd, who was up
Con the witness stand for more than -four
hours. and even then the court adjourned
before the examination had terminated
For more than two hours he was subject
cd to the severest and most searching
cross examination ever witnessed in a
court in this State The defence had re-
lied upon him as their principal witness
as one who could make such startling
revelations: but the result is quite the
reverse. When he was asked as to the
bride OF $3.50 given him by Holden last
summer, Mr.. Borden objected TO The