The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-14
The Raleigh Sentinel.
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public confidence in those who aspire
TO control the masses, make slow
progress, and the record of public VIZ
tue is as if written upon the sand
Yet it must be remembered. that al
no time does the public service de-
mand more than in such a case, the
watchful sentinel, to guard the citadel
and give the alarm.
We admit the prospect looks gloomy
to keep the sentinel at his post midst
so much to discourage. but the wants
of hungry mouths and demands of
the times call for it. and hence at their
bidding, we mount guard. Figures
aside, the public so far as we can read
their wishes, desire q vehicle OF
thought at the metropolis for the
masses-not simply for those who fol-
low in the same wake or utter the
shibboleth Of a class, but q medium
of INSTRUMENTATION, with sufficient
verge and space for the liberal, con-
sentative, loyal sentiment of the State
of all shades to find vent. 1t is not
a time when men lie stiff and Still
upon platforms. The war and it's sur
roundings have so long pent up and
made sore the people. they desire
space for an airing: and as exercise
and fresh air are good for health, we
invite them to the green lawns and
pleasant fields of free, sober, whole
some thought.
Our Provisional Governor, after
much hard labor. will in a few days
direct the holding of an election. that
all loyal North Carolinians may Sc
lect delegates for a convention of the
people, to bring back the State to her
first love. The proceedings of that
convention will be intensely interest
ing to the people. We design furnish,
ing our readers with full and truth
full reports of the doings of that body.
Then must succeed the election for
members of the Legislature, members
of Congress and officers of State gen.
orally. In all these matters every
citizen of the State is deeply concern
ed. To be Indifferent. callous to the
progress of events. is blameworthy, if
not criminal. Every one has privi-
lege and responsibility in these
matters. which he must neither slight
ly esteem nor shun. Our children
have a patrimony iii them which must
not be ignored or Squandered by US.
We therefore abjure every citizen of
the State to keep well posted, and
neglect none of his franchise. nor
shirk any of his responsibilities.
The Sentinel is purely a private en-
terpriSe. 1t has no hackers but the
broad shoulders of the proprietor. 1t
will therefore be controlled by neither
party nor click, nor can it be bought
up to the interests of any man. If
we shall need help. we shall ask it
of our friends just as every man does
who builds n mill or embarks in mer-
chahdise beyond his present ability
to pay.
The Sentinel will be loyal and in
genous to both the Federal and State
government. 1t will sustain the mill.
tary authorities in the preservation of
quiet and order and in enforcing the
orders of the government. Not a dis
loyal or unkind word against the gov
eminent of the Union Of these States
shall pass our lips but it will be true
without sycophancy. honest without
fiattery, nor will it lie to shield its
own throat.
1t shall advocate sound principles
and support good men. It's motto is
not principles, not men," but prin-
ciples and men. A bad man can find
no quarter with the Sentinel; a good
man, i. e., man of truth. of high
toned Integrity gentleman in the
true sense, honest and capable, if we
are not deceived, can alone claim our
support
This paper is not such one as the
proprietor designs according to his
prospectus to publish when mail
facilities are restored to the State. In
style and character it will be such as
his facilities will enable him to get
up. Hence he receives no subscrip-
ton at present for this paper beyonl
the 1st of January next. If with the
foregoing exposition of our purpose,
the public sustain us, we shall do our
best to merit it.
VIM. e. PELL.
on November Goth, 1868, having
crII 70 cin1, ",
then the leading exponent of the anti
Radical party, and retired from the
Sentinel. He was, perhaps, chiefly in
duced to do this because failing health
admonished him that incessant work
on a daily told too heavily upon him.
Upon his retirement from the Senti-
mel. Mr.. Pell wrote the following an
nouncement:
Announcement.
With the present number of The
Sentinel the undersigned terminates
his connection with it, both as pro-
prietor and editor. His purpose to
Withdraw from all connection with
politics was formed more than eigh-
teen months ago, when he perceived
that the labor was undermining his
health. and the political arena assum-
ed bitter partiZan and personal
phase. circumstances, which he could
not control, have prevented an earlier
contamination of his purposes.
He now retires, with no regrets Tor
the course he has pursued and with
his convictions strengthened as to the
correctness of the policy and the nrin-
ciples of the party with which he has
acted. If duty were to require that
ne should travel over the same ground
he would adhere to the same policy
and the same principles. Success is
no proof that the cause of the prin-
ciples involved are right Truth is
often vanquished. if not for time
crushed out, on the field of conflict,
bat truth nevertheless, is eternal.
The undersigned desires to express
to the friends and supporters of The
Sentinel his gratitude for the unex-
pected success which has crowned his
efforts This has been due to the gen.
erous confidence and support of the
people of North Carolina, and to the
valuable service of his beloved asso-
ciate, Mai. Seaton Gales.
TO his contemporaries of the press
he sends his kindly greetings and the
assurance of his warm remembrance
of the courtesies they have shown
him. May their arduous labors be