The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-04-23
VALUABLE WORK ON early HISTORY
by M RI EINC>ruRY

Have you eve seen n copy Of ..Thn
EIirjh Of the Republic? 2" 1t is q duod.-
timO Of 100 pages, II was published
b. 1888 1t IS of genuine value. 1t is
/; compilation in the main from NJ
i puII and Colonial Histories ana HIS
torscal Collections, and from t-le
/ mcrican Archives and from Memoirs.
|: ud also lrofn the Journals and Pro-
f-edings of The British Parliament
.pu see ut once ii well and faithfully
that it must be of real interest
/ ad usefulness. It contains the i;cso-
} IONS, Declarations ana Addresses
:Gprt"d by the Continental Congress,
ue Provincial Congress. Conventions
bud Assemblies Of the County and
I ."n Meetings, and the Committees Of
Slfrly of ali the Colonies from the
Etar 1865 to 1916. 1t gives also the
Articles OF Confederation, a history OF
Tire Formation ana Adoption of the
constitution. the election of President
Gorge Washington, his inauguration
nd address, and u copy OF the Consti-
hutton as first adopted and then
! mrrded. Who prepared this really
important, useful work? It was By q
North CarOlinian, Daniel X. Goodtoe,
native OF Franklin county, n. g., but
resident in Washington City. IT
h u- The careful compilation of his old
a&". ana he was Il ~painStaking coIlcC-
editor and writer. There is Il
! a. likeness of him in the %volunnn,
h hon he was perhaps nearly or quite
/. Iul.y years old. lie lived 10 he
s3uneWherc near Sc years, ana was Il
gentleman of many virtues and ad-
qualities. lie vas my own in
/ mat" acquaintance for more than
lulf Il century. | knew him first ii
buv childhood, about 1888, Whe ne
b sided at oxford. He had excellent
.IFliTiG= WJS - nnci nnrioht hnnaS,
aud honorable man, decided in oiGn-
and faithful to his well adopted
Convictions. lie was Il Republican in
1olitics; but not of the vicious an
laundering type. He vas prior to the
/ ar The Washington correspondent 81
be New york Daily Times, and al
time n OF it's regular edito-
d al contributors. His boo is full OF
d truction. Among other things it has
some illuminating pages upon th>
F~IttguIaton War" in North Carolina,
thai is imperfectly understood and its
Importance u~nder-vdlued. Here most
North Carolinians can get important
.ud neede Information concerning it.
D viii not go into its history now, but
i'll only mention the results. Ihe
Regulators of Granville, Orange, and
some other C0untieS were defeated by
Gov. Tryon, the Governor of the Eng
Dish Crown. They We're mainly poor
2 go nv = Gnu - SiNttI 'tl'A ga
'rhcN We're undiScipllncd ana with no
officer higher than Captain. TrYon
some eleven hundred soldiers dis
cipliued. mainly. and Well commanded
by the leading officers. The abb
of the Regulators numbered 1000.
poorly armed and nearly destitute of
ammunition On May 10Th, 1771, the
fight occurred. The Government lost
Killed and Si|ty wounded, while
thc oppressed farmers lost twenty
.Rilled and some wounded. Seven of
.them We're hanged by the tyrant Try
ana six others We're tried by Il
and executed. Mr.. 90 con-
scIudcs his ccoun as follows: Thus
stndcd the War of tho Regulation. 1t
= Genuine struggle for liberty, and
observes To have q place among the
seVcnts in the history IF British rule in
"a mcrica, which led to n Revolution
Bread the book and learn many things
of which you are not informed as yet.
Granville was the frs Ountv TO move
against the violent, offensive acts Of
the British officials. There is eytant
now the first article hat was eVer
printed in protest of the vile indefen-
Sible actions of these officials. 1t was
signed "Nutbush" n appeared in
1866. A great many Of the "Regula-
tors were Presbyterians and RaD-
lists. The publishers of Mr.. Goodies
work are BELOW, CLARKE & Co. Cni-
caGO and New York.