Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-10-15
from the same
NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT.

The last Raleigh Register contains a long
editorial on the late disturbances in the n. G.
| Regiment in Mexico. 1t is entirely apn!oeet-
! &c Tot Col. Paine; and in order to screen him
from the consequences of his acts, throws all
the blame AMI censure on the Regiment This
Ger ainiy IS most IN ust to our brave VoIun-
! teers, who have sacrificed the comforts of
! home, o: their own free will, for the cause of
their country. We hardly ever knew a con
troversy or quarrel, where all the wrong was
OH one side; yet, according to the Raleigh
Register, Col Paine is innocent and the whole
j Regiment, officers and prvates wrong This
is the treatment our Volunteers get from the
! Wing press. They have had hard and cru
! ell treatment from their Colonel which has
produced some disorderlv and diSgraceful
cenes,mostly by Volunteers from other States
yet the North Carolina Regiment is held re-
sponsible for all, AMI male the scape goat for
the sins of others, maltreated by their Colonel
in Mexico, and illuminated by the whg press
! at home.
They voIunteered-Col Paine did not
! Nay, more, he did his utmost to discourage
volunteering, by voting that the war was IN
Just; yet for party purposes, he was selected
by partlZan Governor to command the Regi-
ment, passing by the preferences of the VOL
unteers, the preferences of the public voice
and the merit of men who had volunteered
and who had largely contributed to raise the
Regiment-men whose consciences were not
trammeIled by scruples, about the Justice OF
the cause they were fighting for Under such
circumstances the appointment was conferred
t and accepted, and it is not strange that the
Register should be his apoIogiSt for any con
ducthc might pursue.
1t appears that the North Carolina Regi
ment were disobe !ient, mutinous and guilty oil
all manner of disrespect to the Colonel If so
there must be some cause for it, An officer
despsed AMI condemned by his men, ought to
quit He can be of little service to them, anC
confers no credit on himself. Under such aus
plces we look for but little honor and glory tc
the North Carolina Regiment A Wing LIE
glslature and Governor discouraged their vol
un'eerlng, by placing before their eyes the un
holy cause they were engaged in and ther
crippled their energies by the appointment o
ofhcers. No regiment ever was so unfortunat,
} or went forth IN the glorious cause of tbei
country, with such cloud ov their desti
MES.
: The long statement in the Register, we un
derStand, was furnished by Col. Paine himself
NO wonter then that no evidence appears a
ganst him. If he is to be the only witness i,
his own case, no further investigation is ne
cessary. But we have seen the unbiased &C
counts of others, disnterested witness S. We
have seen numerous letters from the officers
ana privates OF our own regiment and the Viz
gina regiment also. We place reliance OF
these accounts because we know the men
, each one of them as reliable as Col Pain
: himself; and further they all agree in deear
ing the same events and transactions. SureI1
whole regiment is not to be discredited TO
one man. And all these accounts renresent
| Col Paine as the greatest tyrant in the Who'll
army, that his punshments were not onIv So
; we're but cruel and degrading, that he is utter
: ~ regardless of the feelings of his men, tina
they have no conf lence in him, that this stat
OF feeling had engeniered pretty warfare he
! tween them
Inc adjoining regiment, who have witness
J ed Col. Primes conduct, have acquired tn
D same dislike to him; and not being under hi
authority and subject to his cruel punishments
u they have been insulting Col Paine. and bro
about disturbances, the consequences Of which
have all fallen on the North Carolina Regi
: ment Col. Paines wooden horse seems a
o pregnant of mischief and calamity, as the ia
: Ious wooden horse Of Troy, and was the in