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Argument in the impeachment trial of W.W. Holden, governor of North Carolina, February 23, 1871
Returning to the evidence we propose to offer, it will, we believe, satisfy the minds of the court, that there existed secret associations in the counties of Alamance and Caswell, having a common purpose and design to subvert the laws by threats,…
Tags: Government, North Carolina, W.W. Holden
"Lawlessness in North Carolina-Its Democratic Apologists," June 10, 1870
The murders and outrages which have called forth the proclamation of the Governor of North Carolina, are made by the World a pretext for arraigning the policy of reconstruction. Its censure is directed, not against the cowardly ruffians who are the…
Tags: Democrats, Governor, North Carolina, Violence, W.W. Holden
"The Legislature, April 7, 1871"
The General Assembly of the State adjourned on yesterday until the first Monday in November next. The merits of Legislative bodies are to be measured, as much by what they may have undone and omitted to do, as by what they many have done. Gauged by…
Tags: Democrats, Governor, Newspapers, postwar, Republican, W.W. Holden
"The North Carolina Troubles," August 20, 1870
Therehas been in certain quarters, noto-rious for sympathy with the late rebels and re-bellion, such a vehement denunciation of Gov-ernorHolden, of North Carolina, as a pecul-iarly malignant “satrap,” who was wagingfiendish war upon…
Letter from William Woods Holden to Honor. R.M. Pearson, July 26, 1870
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Raleigh, July 26, 1870.
To the HON. R. M. PEARSON,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of N. C.:
"SIR: - I have had the hour to receive, by the hands of the Marshal of the Supreme Court, a copy of your opinion in the…
Tags: Ku Klux Klan, North Carolina, W.W. Holden
"A Proclamation by His Excellency, the Governor of North Carolina," October 12, 1868
"The flag of the United States waves for the protection of all. Every star upon it shines down with vital fire into every spot, howsoever remote or solitary, to consume those who may resist the authority of the government, or who oppress the…
"Slaves and Free Persons of Color," December 7, 1859
Slaves and Free Persons of Color.
At a time like this every thing which concerns domestic slavery is interesting and important.
We have observed for years in this community and in this State, the prevalence and the increasing prevalence of the…
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Excerpt from the Memoirs of W.W. Holden, June 12, 1865
And in my first proclamation to the people of the State I used the following language in regard to the colored people: -
To the colored people of the State I would say, you are now free. Providence has willed that the very means adopted to render…
Tags: Freedpeople, North Carolina, W.W. Holden
"Secret Circular," July 13, 1864
The Weekly Conservative RALEIGH, N. C., JULY 13, 1864. JOHN D. HYMAN, EDITOR. FOR GOVERNOR : Z. B. VANCE OF BUNCOMBE The Conservative Ticket for Wake County ! FOR THE SENATE : Hon. SION H. ROGERS. FOR THE HOUSE OF COMMONS : WILLIAM LAWS,…
"What Could Holden Do For Peace?," June 8, 1864
THE DAILY CONSERVATIVE RALEIGH, N. C., JUNE 8, 1864 JOHN D. HYMAN, EDITOR. FOR GOVERNOR Z. B. VANCE, OF BUNCOMBE The Conservative Ticket for Wake County! FOR THE SENATE Hon. SION H. ROGERS. FOR THE HOUSE OF COMMONS WILLIAM LAWS, THOMAS J.…
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David Blight, Race and Reunion (2001)
In his award-winning book, Race and Reunion, David Blight, a historian at Yale University, examines how Americans remembered the Civil War from the…