The farmer and mechanic., 1909-12-07
SHOTWELL: HERO, PATRIOT,
MARTYR
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klan. was not responsible for
his reserve and desire To be alonee
The experience. when he walked as
il barefoot on the hot sands that
scorched his feet. was enough TO nave
embittered him and u have caused
him TO court solitude and IA bor
Those friends who came close TO him
had 10 break down the barrier of his
love of solitude. but those who en-
tered into his retreat found aim ge nial.
companionable, and came 10 love
him with a surprising love.
The hravest are the ,enderest;
The loving are the daring
The late Col r. h. Creecy. the
venerable editor OF the Elizabeth
City Economist. who, when Capt
Shotwell was slandered, studied his
life and wrote q defense. said Of him
'ShOtwen was 4 patriot. martyr,
and hero, and would not betray his
friends, though subjected To tortures
and punis hment. and carried through
the Northern cities chained and
made a spectacle to crafty the hate
Of Northern fanatics He bore il all,
said never word, and he deserves a
monument to preserve his memory as
one of the great martyrs of history"
The late Governor Scales. who
shared with Capt. Shotwell the feel
ing that giving testimony upon a fell
~
sin, in May, 1885, appointed Capt.
Shotwen state librarian. He knew that
the income from his paper caused en-
forced economy and he wished to show
his appreciation of Capt. ShotWell and
at the same time enable him TO sup
plement his income by the salary of
the position. In July of that year,
Capt. Shotwen effected consolidation
of the Farmer and Mechanic with the
State Chronicle, and the combined cir
culation and advertising of both pa
pers were believed to give him
newspaper property that would be
paying as well as enable him to be
more largely useful. He had for
sometime wished this consolidation
and when he was able to effect it
he was happy and cheerful and felt
| that his best and most useful career
! was before him. He entered upon
| his editorial work with great zeal, and
| it was while in this cheerful and hope
! full mood that he was suddenly
| stricken down, dying on the 31st of
July, 1885. His sudden death sad
dened the State and carried grief to
many friends who had never seen him
as we'll as to those who knew him in
| timately. He had scores of friends
who knew him only IN his paper and
| by correspondence, and they were
| both men and women. With his own
| hand he carried on an extensive cor
respondence with patriotic men and
| women and they knew him better
even than those who saw him fire.
quently for he poured out his heart
| in his letters to chosen few more
| fully than he ever did to those who
talked or walked with him.
Before he was buried q move
ment was started that was carried to
success TO erect monument to his
memory The money came easily for
/ the simple shaft that marks his grave
/ in Raleigh-2 grave near that of
/ Burgwyn, Of the famous TWenty-SiXth
North Carolina and the scores of his
| less famous comrades whose graves
| the Daughters Of the Confederacy re-
| member in love upon every recurring
! Memorial Day. Never does that day
pass that loving hands fail u place
/ flowers on the turf over his grave,
| and many of the mothers of the South
/ have over his tomb. told their sons
/ of the story Of his life, as they read
the fitting inscription chiseled upon
| the marble. j. ~.