The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-08

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that aIl The Presidents ned u~-8 tem
That may &c true replied ia, Mig
but thu TINE has come when e1ttasA
gance. even n the Whue Hou- should
CEASE. and 20 public sentiment sy,aruac1
10 the iog cabin Ike bces 10 j hl>c.
The great campaign eliminated. III
North Carolina N one q the most re-
narkable anu most enthusiastic gather
lngs here, III Raleigh, ever seen. before
or since Representative, and delegations
from every county N the state. came
here ~ scores and hundreds, and ,.ch
county delegation brought = lcs ,atin
built upon wheels and each cah.n had a
stuck aad DIRT chimney. on winch Was
stretched q coon skin. While near thu
door oi each cabin hung i bread tray. /
wooden spoon and a string u red pepper.
On the day OF the grand rally. the pro-
ceS~Ion OF log cabins reached from Tho
Governors palace (now The Centennial
Graded SCHOOL,. TO ST. Mary~. aui 10
the mind OF the boy, II then seen, thgrc
could not have been les than five hun
dred people 10 every log cabin. Two
counties sent miniature ~nlps. rugged up. |
instead OF log cabins, which to $50 boys, /,
were very great sights. as there were
sailors aloft speaking through trump,t-.
as they passed, telling OF the good times
dHCdu NAtl the party oil tAIllAdEdLCt
had been turned out ana the poor mans
party should come INTO power The
late Governor Holden made himself very
conspicuous as he rode on one oi the
cabins. Only a short while thereafter ne
changed his poHtcs. and. purchasing the
Standard from Thomas Lorlng, began his
career as editor OF a Democratic paper.
Governor Graham jocularly remarked that
Iiolden's transition from the Wings u
the Democrats was 80 sudden. after lis
ride on the top OF a log cabin, that his
brooches were still smcarcd With the Ios
cabin rosln. when he lcapcl INTO the
Democratic party. Two or three incidents
during the parade OF the log cabins on
The streets furnished amusement: one
WAS the breaking down OF 4 wagon ON
which was the printing press OF the Raj
eigh Register with old stephen" work
ing OF an edition. while a printer stood
"a his case setting type. a wheel ran
Oft and down came Stephen, press. typo.
tyres and all IN a heap. The Democrats
ilocked to the scene Of disaster and hur
rahcd for Van Buren,, regarding the
breakdown as a sure prophecy 81 the de-
feat of the Wing party. Washington VII
hams. a young man who was raised CIght
miles south of Raleigh, and gloried in tho
fact that he was q Democrat, put HIM
Stll III tlc Itdu VI a ltN yOuilS ~ II
rode up and down the line of the process
sion and made all the NOSE they could
shouting for Van Buren,. 1t was all good
natured and nobody seemed to care.
During the campaign the Wings of
Raleigh built q log cabin on a vacant
lot about where fuckers store Is. 1t
was called the WlgWam, and III 1t many
a rousing meeting was held and many a
barrel Of hard cider drank BY the ardent
admirers of old Tippecauoc," In the
centre of this Wigwam, suspended from
the joists was, what the Wings claimed
to be a Democratic scalp. 1t was i
handful Of HAIR which DR.. William G..
Hill pulled from the head of a Demo
cratic candidate for the Legislature. IL
z a little affair.
The Democrats tried to break the force
or the log cabin and hard cider cnthus
iasm by saying that Harrison was 10
fighter; that, at the battle OF Tlppccanoc
he fled from the field in a red pcttico&t.
! and hid in a hollow log. 4 great many
believed the story. and it was WorNcd for
) all it WAS worth; and 50, 1T WAS 10 un-
common thing to see a red pcttiCoat hang
!, ing over q log cabin, IN the morning,
2 which mischleyous boys placed there at
night As the Cumberland county log
cabin was being brought TO Raleigh, the
delegation which accompanied It Was
very much infuriated on finding, at
! BaIclaysyillc, tWenty-four miles south OF
this city, a red petticoat Suspended over
the road under which the cabin was to
e pass. Reports SAID they hauled it down
and tore it into shreds, to the great
i amusement Of the Democratic ladies who
/ felt they had contributed something, at
k least, to the campaign fun.
! Of c0IIrSa oVarvbOdv knows that the
log cabin and hard cider campaign won
t that Harrison was inaugqrated-that he
lived only a month and was succeeded
by John Tyler, who served as President
three years and eleven months, during
which time the Wings hal plenty OF time
2 to lament over the mistake they had
h made IN making Tyler Vlcc-President. a
new cabinet had to be appointed. and
prominent Wings insisted that Mr.. Web
e stcr, who was a member Of Harrlson's
: cabinet, should be a member OF Tylcr's
n cabinet. They said that he could afford
g to do it, as his fame was already made.
G Fame" replied Mr.. Webster. Why,
ii said he, q was up in New England re
$ Gently, near my old home, and conversed
. with one Of my fathers old ncIghbors
He SAID he knew my father and mother
t and the children, calling over their
g names, but did not call mine. Thinking
r he had overlooked me unintentIonally, /
n ycnturcd to ask, Didn't Mr.. Webster
r have a boy they called Daniel i believe
n there was a boy they called Daniel he
z said, but | don't know whats become
/ of him. He went down to Boston. l be
Z; licve, and I've never heard OF hlm. /
n don't guess he's ever come to much. But
h the old mans other children all turned
cut we'll Fame indeed, =" snccrcd Mr.
4 Webster, when l am not known by the
people among whom l vas raised"
d a Fourth of July, sixty-shree years ago
II was a big event here in Raleigh, Tor II
d brought to the city the farmers, their
s wives and their children. In the Capitol
e Square or IN some grove a stand Was
:. erected and seats were iInprovi,ed to &C
n commodate all who came. The DECLARE
= tons of Independence were read and a
Y thrilling Grafton delivered. and. often
d times, a big barbecue prepared to feed
" tho nu1fffuda Ar NIGHT hero would nc