The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-07

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leave a mouth ull Of achi,~ ana
After the election OF Gpne~.1 ~,
IN 1872, IN response TO an a}n,n.-
Versaf request Capt. Shotven >"
given an unconditional Dardon IS
PRESIDENT. The late DR.. ]. NJ. Sna,r
hour. then editor OF the Ienoir Pen
in an appreciation of Capt. Shar2II,
after his death, gives this eranL3,
brief story Of his return to Morn , %.u
DINA after he was ~pardoneG. "
happened in Raleigh on H.,
morning when Shotwell a,rf,.[s
from Albany. We saw Oh the -
borough House register, .Randolnh
ShotWell, late of Albany Penitentjarr,
and in the rear of the hall - -
thin, p~aie-faced man with . -,r,l,,
of sternness in his features starF
ing in the midst Of Raleigh hse+
citizens, receiving their congrat,le
tons and shaking by the hands tho
crowd OF hero-worshippers who h}e5
past him to give him an ovation 'rhis
was a slight but incomplete connen
sation for all his sufferings in prison
Now after that who can Won
der that Randolph ShotweIl was hit.
ter and that he could never be recon
structed? For one, we did not OK.
pect it Of him and we honored hi,
for not bending the s%upphant knee"
The welcome back to North Caro-
lima cheered and warmed the heart
Of the sensitive and chivalrous young
man and he said Of his State: Her
people shall be my people. Here
will / die and be buried Shortly
after his pardon-the had declined
any release that was not an uncondi-
tional pardon)-Capt. Shotwen be-
came associated with Gen. d. H. Hill
in the editorial management OF the
Southern Home at Charlotte, and Is
soon as his party obtained control Of
affairs, the Democrats of MeckIenburg
county honored themselves by elect
ing Capt. Shotwell to the House Of
Representatives. In January, 1878,
having formed a partnership with Mr..
John W. Dowd, who was to look after
the business Of the paper, Capt. Shot
well moved to Raleigh to become edi-
tor of the Farmer and Mechanic, a
paper that had previously been pub
lished in the interest of the Patrons
of Husbandry, and later he became
sole owner. He gave the paper a
flavor unlike that Of any other jour
nal. He was h most piquant para
graphist Of his day II could con-
dense all the news Of q week into less
space than any man OF his PROBES
sion. The paper every week con-
tanned every thing of interest tina had
happened in the world, condensed in
the smallest compass, without omit
ting an important detail, He mad
genius in that work that called for
industry and patience Of the highest
order. He gave q personal touch to
every page Of his paper and made II
live and crisp and fresh. It was
charged with his individuality. If he
approved a man. he gave hin warm
praise. Public men who were deemed
by him to be either unwise or un-
worthy were scored without mercy.
His friends swore by him and those
who received his severest criticism
felt that 1t hurt them with thousands
Of readers. zone of the best parts Of
my education" said the late Dr.
Charles D. McIver. was read
ing the Farmer and Nechanl,
every week. No editor could
say more with fewer words, and
there was a sincerity about what he
wrote that Convinced men and gave
them courage to fight for what they
believed to be right" He wrote the
story OF the war and reconstruction
for his paper. but his editorials were
brlef, pointed. lie SPOKE M
mind without counting the costs, Tor
he did not know the meaning o1 teaf.
He made and unmade some pubic
men, and W was so much hImself
or SO able and powerful as when con
demning men who, having been u
their number, betrayed the ku-kI1%
Khan. To him that was the unpardoh-
able sin, and If he had reason 10 sup.
pose any mar had been guilty OF thai
treachery he pursued him in his paper
without mercy.
Handsome as Apollo, graceful ana
in manner, a delightful con
verSationalist who was warmly WEI
coined into yer home whose Hospital
ity he accepted, Capt. ShotUell was a.
most a recluse in his last years in RAJ
eigh. He worked day and night H.
was forced to do the work Of W.
men, SO heavy were the demands upoh
him and so meagr the income from