The North-Carolina standard., 1847-02-03
Ize Mecklen5urg Volupteers.


The MecElenburg Nolunteers. ~
The Editor OF the Raleigh Register says he
IS would IKE to see the man" who objects 10 Gov
Graham's appointment Of Field Officers, and that
public sentiment so far as It has been embodied
and reeehoed BY the press, and individual approV-
al" is in favor of these appointments. Will that
Editor read and publish the following2 Or will
he take the ground that the Mecklenburg men are
s' Loco toe0 Volunteers Or that be is blind,
and cannot see" Or that "public sentiment"
has its Fiss solely among the slavish parasites of
Gov Graham and the Federal leaders, We shall
6: see ...s. s.s:s t.5f,-f :
The Mecklenburg Jefsrsenian of the 22d ulti-
mo, contains the following: '#t9 .s@
."La.t Thursday was a proud day for the sons
OF old MecklenbuTg On that day, Capt. CALD-
WELL, of our volunteers, addressed his company
relative to the action of the Legislature in voting
ten thousand dollars to the Regiment, and the ap-
poiutment Of Field Officers by Gov. Graham. He
said he did not address them as wings or demo-
Gratis, but as independent freemen of Mscklenburg,
who had volunteered in q glorious aud patriotic
cause. Although among the officers Of The com
pany there ,0ere to De found The blood-relGtions
Of Cor. g. he felt well assured that all would free
lily join in expression of indignation the treat
ment our volunteers has received al the hands of
The Legislature and Governor. He concluded by
offering the following Resolutions. achich, Gy dc-
ciamdtion, trere adapted unanimously. So. that
if Coils. Paine and Fagg want men TO command,
they will have 10 get them elsewhere than IN
Mecklenburg. Such men can never command the
sons of Mecklenburg the field of battle.
'But here are the Resolutions: W
"Resolred, That we view the action Of the Lee
gisature The passage of the law granting 600
10 the North Caroline Regiment Of Volunteers, as
4 gross insult to the Volunteers-requirinS them,
as il does, to endorse lie upon their Dn gop-
ernment, and stigma Of disgrace upon the cause
in which they are about to peril their lives should
they receive the money.
"Resoloed That we disdain to receive cent
of said appropriation any such terms; but hurl
it back, to- be dicided pro rata among the isera-
bic Parfisans acho helped to pass the Lolo. to be
dirided according to grade, that grade to be re-
gulated by The agency each man had in passing
the lGD. t.'
"Resolred, That we regard ourselves as free
men, capable of appreciating the service ia which
we have Volunteered, and also of approaching the
qualifications Of suitable Field Officers, and shat
rather than march under commanders thrust upon
Us against oor will, we now instruct our Captain TO
tender our Company to the President in the Regu-
lar service, as Company Of Dragons, for and
during the war"
The Mecklenburg men, it will be seen, not only
hurl back the States money, offered under that
Infamous Mexican Preamble, but they recommend
that it be divided pro TatG among the miserable
partizans who helped to pass the law. to be divi-
Ged according to grade, that grade to be regulated
by the agency each man had in passing the law" !"
This is severe language, but it is just and the
Federalists deserve it. -.-.
And now people of North Carolina, open your
eyes, and behold the depths of disgrace TO which
faction, and Mexican whiggery, and opposition
to the Administration in the midst of foreign
War, would sink our beloved Statel The Neck
lenburg Volunteers-as brave men as God ever
made, and as MISUNDERSTANDING to march The
Rowan Company disbanded The Yancy Com
pany at the latest advices not heard from, and most
probably returned home And aIl-aHthe blame,
all the crnsure, all the Indignation for all this,
rests properly and justly on "whig" shoulders.
We have not sought this controversy-i has been
forced upon u.s. Day after day did our Demo
cratic friends in the two Houses warn the Federal
leaders of what the results Of their action must be
in regard to that Preamble and the election of the
Field Officers by the rank and file of the Regi-
ment and day after day were they asked, in n
spirit of kindness and of patriotism, to withdraw
the Preamble, and also TO allow the men TO elect
their own Field Officers; and how were they an
swcred2 Win jeers and insults as TO the PreGm-
6le and ,0iM Caucus as 10 The Field Officers :!
Under all these circumstances our own course
is clear. In the noble language of the Editor of
the Union " we shall continue 10 denounce the
enemies Of the Republic with whatever power we
possess whether they be found in the character of
Mexican soldicry, or in the less manly garb of
persons aciM The enemy at heart, but falsely pro-
Tossing to be American patriots, occupying the
position of conductors of the public press or Of
Senators and Representatives in the" Legislature
Of the State We shall continue to "cry aloud
and spare not until the people themselves shall
take their own cause into their own hands, and
hurl utterly and forever from all authority and
all seats Of power, those who have so deeply
wronged and injured them and the character of
the State.
p. S. Since the above was written we have re-
ceived the Meckicnburg Jcffersoninn of The 28th
ultimo, which contains the proceedings Of n Pub
lie Meeting held in Charlotte on the 26th, cor
daily approving and endorsing the course of Capt
Hon. William Davidson IA leading Wig, if we
mistake not,) presided at the Meeting; and Reso-
lutions condemning in the strongest terms the
course Of the Governor and the Legislature in re-
gard TO the Preamble and Field Officers, were
and supportedin an animated speech by
William F. Davidson, Esq and adopted by accla-
nation, only three voices sounding negative"
The proceedings OF this meeting shall appear
in our next issue. The Raleigh Register is also
requested by Resolution to publish these proceed
ings Will it comply with the rcquest7
WING OUT OF IT!
Last week we denounced The Raleigh Register
for the insult it had offered to the brave North
Carolina Volunteers, by branding those of them
who are democrats as Z" LocofocO Volunteers y
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