The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-05

Abolition considered this matter and
made report to the Legislature In
1885, earnestly protesting against
SUCH outside interference, declaring 1t
both dangerous and unlawful.
The matter s came a troublesome
one in Congress. Nearly every Sen
ator and Representative from North
Carolina who spoke at all participant
ed in these debates.
The better side Of slavery is not
shown in the records. AS a rule the
and the slaves were not only kind but
affectionate. In the old family let
ters of that period the slaves are men
toned by name and the1r health and
family concerns are spoken Of as hay
ing a personal interest.
The slave-trader vas held in loath-
ing and contempt, and there was So
cial ostracism for men known to be
cruel to their slaves. These are mat
ters of mmOn tradition. The sub
lime loyalty Of the slaves during the
war and the warm affection by old
negroes towards the families Of their
former owners, which yet SubSlSts.
prove more strongly than records that
however hard the system may have
been, in North Carolina at least, It's
operations were neither harsh nor
oppressive.
Militia
The people of North Carolina were
never free from the apprehension OF
slave Instruction. and the malnten-
ance of the militia was regarded as
important. The Report Of Adjutant-
General Bev. Daniel shows an organ
ization embracing 9 Major-Generals
and 10 Brigadiers.
The Militia was composed Of In
fantry 66.279, Riflemen 1,162. Cavalry
1913, Artillery PA, Total, 68,38S. The
State had seven 4
FOUNDER and six 6-pounders. There
were various military companies n
two ArSenalS-One at Raleigh and one
at Fayetteville.
In 1910, Robert W. Haywood had
become Acknowledgement. All free
white men and white apprentices
citizens Of this State, or of the Unit
ed States residing in this State, be-
tween the ages of eighteen and forty
five, were required to be enrolled in
the militia, and to arm themselves.
The Capitol.
The old Capitol was burned June
q, 1891. A more serious loss was the
destruction of Canova'S great Statue
of Washington which was in the ro-
und Of the building. Duncan Came
ron. w. S. Mhoon and Henry SeaWell
were appointed commissioners to re-
bAilid IhS >StEtSo ihSSS oNiA>
and their successors did the State a
service by steadily adher-
ing to the purpose Of having the new
building conform to the best architec-
tural forms. From a statement furn-
by Mr.. Patton, the supervising
architect, We extract the following:
THE column and entablature are Gre
clan Doric. and copied from the tenn
pie Of Minerva, commonly called the
Parthenon, which was erected in
Athens about 500 years before Christ.
An OctagOn tower surrounds the rO-
tunda. which is ornamented with Gre
clan cOrnice. &c, and its dome is dec
Grated at top with a similar ornament
to that Of the Charagis Monument Of
commonly called the Ian
thorn of DemoStheneS. The yes
tibules are decorated with OfumnS
and antae. similar to that Of the Ionic
Temple on h Ilissus near the Aero
polls of Athens. The remainder is
with stone and brick. spring
ing from columns and pilasters Of
Roman DOric. = < The Hobbies and
Of Representatives AVE their col
umns and antae of the OctagOn Tower
at Andronicus Cyrrhestes, and the
plan of the hall is of the formation
Of the Greek theatre-and the col
and antae in the Senatorial
chamber and rotunda are Of the tenn
pie of Erectheus. Minerva, Polias and
Pandrosus in the AcrOpoliS of Athens.
near the a~bove-nafned P~arthenon."
The Legislative halls were prepared for
in 1888. and the commissioners
their final report in 1910. AS
constituted the commission con
of DR.. John Beckwith, Rev.
VIM. McPheeters and Mr.. w. R.
Gales. All commissioners had served
compensation. They say of
building in their final report: "In
Capitol just erected the State pos
Sesses a building which. for solidity
beauty Of material. uniform faith
illness Of execution and for architec-
tural design, is not surpassed, if, in
Iced, equa1led by any building in the
Union. Upon it the eye of every
stranger rests with delight and admi-
'atiOn, and his tongue breaks forth
n spontaneous expressions of ap-
olause; and to North Carolinians it
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