The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-05

1t likes me nos - mourn over d'
9 9agti"s III d as men ! re Of ie9 5ha5 I h nave
lived, since ! have SO lived that ! may
rust ] was not born in vain. ana i
Iepart out of life as out Of a temporary
uuging, not as out Of my home. For
nature has given il TO as Is an inn 70
larry at by The way, not as q place 10
abide in. . glorious day when /
snail set out to join that blessed com
ptny and az cmbly Of dis~elnbodied
spirits and quit this GROVE and rabbi"
Of life. g. " And if ! err i'm this-in
that I believe the spirits Of men t"
be immortal err Willingly; nor
would | have his mistaken belief Of
mine uprCoted 80 long as | shall live
Then he gives q fGrceful blow 10 Ger
tain srcptiCs of his time. But if, af-
ter | am dead, / shall have no con-
~sciousness, as some curious phfloso-
piers assert, then / am not afraid OF
dead philosophers laughing at my mis-
take" Born 10G years before Christ it
is indeed wonderful to read sueh
words from him.
"A long-felt want" in North Caro-
ina has been a reliable history of the
state from the first settlement until
The end OF the last century. No history
written without the authors knoWl-
,dge Of the more than twenty large
--l-.--,, e tAr "COlcnial Records,
AN possiDig "hIl me Dill' of expect
ancy or necessity. 1t must be newt
ably filled with errors and unnin
over with Sins of OMISSION" owing to
the facts and conditions involved q
large one-volune history of North
Carolina in the great war is a positive
necessity. SO / regard a one-Volume
history of the Reconstruction Era Is
both a boon, = demand, and a tribute
To truth. That gruesome time OF
= $50 90 e., M i r-1s.D it To- AnI y do
= fun presentation, and nothing
short OF IL carefully prepared volume
can ever bring out in fulneSS the facts,
ana do justice to the blasting black
period in the history of the State OF
North Carolina. 1t is certainly crafty
ing to me to know that capt. Samuel
y. Ashe, of Raleigh, 50 we'll equipped
for the important work, mas near y
completed the first volume of his con
templated History of North Caro-
lima 1t is TO be in two volumes, ana
not in four as was lately stated in the
The first volume brings
the history up to the Adoption Of the
State Constitution in December, 1916.
The second volume Will bring the
events down to 4 later periodic the
close possibly of the Nineteenth Cen
fury. or into the last quarter. l feel
that it is no eXaggeration to say, that
Capt. AShe is capable, careful, b
rious, well qualified for his particular,
chosen work, and q writer of
ability, luCidity and thorough ompre
henSiOn of the field he undertakes to
explore and cultivate. In fact, q read
ing of some of his admirable biOgra-
phical sketches in n Biographical
History Of North Carolina,' he is now
contributing to SO largely and editing
with such painstaking fidelity and sue
cess, forces me TO the conclusion that
he is amply furnished for the demands
resting upon him as an historian of
North Carolina. He should be gener-
ally. amply sustained in his efforts to
write the long needed, desired work,
ent and the last generation, should
give it attentive study. North Carolina
has indeed q glorious record, and a
history that is as romantic and faSci-
mating as that of any OF the States
when properly presented. Let US ali
know u own States history.
l was standing when a lad in the
ook store of Turner & Hughes, at
Raleigh, in 1915, when Henry w. Mil
Ter entered. and goa after picking up
an octave living on the counter, said,
to Mr.. Coolies. the manager, Here is
a work that should be generally
read" After he left the store. | asked
Mr.. Cooley what book it was thus COM
mended by the able, accomplished
lawyer. He handed it to me. when |
saw it was "SulliVan's Men of the
Revolutions | paid 50 for it, and soon
after had read ii. l some how lost
tho $500. .4