The news & observer., 1905-10-19

ed Indispensable that North Carolina
soldiers should be commanded by Vir-
ginians I should regret to se.>.the old
Dominion retain all her gentlemen for
ner own use and furnish us only her
black guards"
In a letter to President Davis, in
eral law suspending the writ of habeas
corpus, after reciting the injustice
which all along had been perpetrated
on our people, he gave what he
thought We're the reasons for the un-
Just discrimination by the Confeder-
ate Government against North Caro-
lima and her people: The truth is,
as I've often said before, that the
great body of our people have been
suspected by their government, per-
haps because of the reluctance with
which they gave up the old Union
and / know you will pardon me for
saying that this consciousness of their
being suspected has been greatly
strengthened by what seemed to be a
studied exclusion of the anti-seces-
sionist from all the more important
officers of the government, even from
those promotions in the army which
many of them had won with theil
blood. # Discussion, it is true
has been unlimited and bitter, an6
unrelenting criticism upon your ad.
niniStra ton has been INDUCED in but
when and where have our people fail
ed you in the battle, or withheld eth
er then blood or their vast resources
To what exactions have they not sub
mitted, what draft uDOn their patriot
ism have they yet dishOnored? Con.
scription, ruthless and unrelenting
has only been exceeded in the severi-
" Df hN is01D pcCJ nj
of property, frequently entrusted t.
men unprincipled, dishonest and fille0
to overlooking with all the petty
meanneSS of small minds dressed in
little brief authority. The files of my
office are filed with the unavailing
complaints of outraged citizens to
whom redress is impossible, yet they
have submitted, and so far perform
ed with honor their duty to their
country though the voice of these
very natural murmureS is set down
to disloyalty. l do not hold you re-
spons bic for all the petty anoyances,
''insolence of office" under which
our people lost heart and patience;
earn If | did, cannot forget that it
is my country that | am serving. not
the rulers of that country. / make
no threats. [ desire only with single
ness of purpose and sincerity of heart
" SPEAK I1lOSe WOr0S OF SODef0eSS anu
truth which may, with the blessing of
God, best subserve the cause of my
country"
This great man was charged by
many Of them whose habits of life and
thought were tyranical and despotic
With being untrue to the Confederacy
and an obstructionist. Yet, until near
the close of the struggle he secured by
a systematic blockade running the I'M
portation into the State of very large
Quantities of not only military furnish
ngS-armS, munitions, clothing,
also large quantities of
household articles for the families at
nome. Whelp> the war closed there
was at Greensboro, in store, nearly q
hundred thousand suits of military
clothes. put there through his efforts. |
md enough rations gathered together
rom one State, and at our supply |
points, to last $4,000 men five months. |
1t is true that our soldiers were then |
'agged and hungry, but the fault was |
lue to the poor distribution of those |
torres, owing to the Wretchedly in /
management of the quart |
4rmaster and commissary depart !
nents. BY means of this blockade
ystem the Governor vas also enabled |