Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-06-25


Laying and damaging our people on this side Of
them. The facts which have come to us do not
warrant the belief that this policy has been pur-
sued in all cases.
Attacks on the Peoples Candidate.
The Raleigh Register and Charlotte Democrat
have already commenced their bitter attacks on the
peoples candidate for Governor. The Democrat |
says:
"Mr. Vance has allowed himself to be used as
tool by the enemies of the State and Confederate |
administrations and the Standard manufactured |
big tale of his exploits at Newbern for party pur-
poses."
COL Vance is stool" in the hands of others,
because he has thought proper to allow his to
be used for Governor. This is the language which
a no-party paper uses towards gallant soldier:
The hounds of party to be let loose on him. and
he is to be torn down, simply because he was not
an original secessionist The Democrat slandered
Col. Vance by saying he was mot in the fight at
Newbern." That paper afterwards made sort of
apology for the slander, and took it back to Ger
tain extent; but it did so reluctantly and it has not
yet admitted the fact that Col. Vance fought near
New5ern one hour and half after its political Gen.
eral, Branch, had left the field and burnt the
bridge.
But the Democrat says we manufactured big !
tale of the exploits" of Col. Vance at Newberp,
"for party purposes" There is not word Of Truth
Immediately after it occurred which yds highly
creditable to COL Vance; but it turned out that he
not on horseback in the battle, as we represent
ed him, but on foot Whether he used the exact
expression, by way of encouraging his men, which
our informant attributed to him, we do not know;
but We do know that he encouraged his men, both
by voice and example, and that his regiment was
the last to leave the field. We had no party pur-
pose in view in describing the battle, but we did
justice to all who were engaged in it The Dmo-
crat doubt fretted when it learned that Col.
Vance had borne himself gallantly in the fight and
it feared inasmuch as COL Vance was not an origi-
nal secessionst that the Stafederates would be in
jured, in some way or other, by the reputation
which Col. Vance made on the OCCASION
The "exploits" Of the Democrats candidate for
Governor, Colonel Johnston, are confined to mar
row circle He won his title among the pork and
beans of the Commissary Department.
The Register of Wednesday last acting as the
decency organ of the office-holders and Stalled
crates, calls upon Col Vance to say whether he is
or is not candidate" That is toerably cool. Col.
Vance will. of course make polite bow, and an
swer Mr.. Syme at once Being enemy of Col.
Vance, he is entitled to respectful and immediate
answer.
The Register inslnuates, and in its next issue will
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his AMBITION" is disposed to leave his soldiers
"to the privatons of the camp and dangers of the
battlefield" in order to secure "a snug civil office
/ for himself" Col. Vance has never shrunk from
either the privations Of camp life or the dangers of
battle. If the soldiers are ready to part with him
at the call Of the people, and to vote for him for
/ Governor, as nine-tenths of them will do, what is
| that to Mr.. Syme? The people are determined to
promote COL Vance to the Office of Captain General
Civilians have been placed IN high military Offices,
and others have been promoted, not on their merits,
but because they were original secessionists; but
there is no promotion for Conservatives like Col.
Vance, no matter how great their merits may be,
unless the people take them up and award it to them
Col Vance, as Governor of the State may be called
upon to lead our forces in the field, as Gov Harris,
of Tennessee, and Gov. Johnston, of Kentucky,
have done. All feel that he would do this in mas.
terly and gallant manner; and every friend of his
knows, that as Captain. General and Commander-in.
Chief he would be just and kind to the army and
would do equal and exact JUSTICE without regard to
party, in promotions and appointments in the army.
You would never find him placing Captain over
worthy Major, to promote party ends, or to graft
fy certain cliques and families.
Bat Col. Van:e would prove himself equal to the
crisis, whether in war or in peace. He is not only
a hero, but he is statesman. We know it will be
charged that he is a young man; but so was Ham
ilton when he stood by and counseled Washington
and SO was Napoleon when he swept over Europe
at the head of the French armies, and made France
the most powerful and most respected OF European
nations. The "atrocious crime Of being young
man" was charged upon the elder Pitt by office
holding Walpole, but it was not long before th
same young man was guiding, with master hand
the government Of England Col. Vance was OF
enough to go to the Legislature-he was old enough
to 20 to Congress-he was old enough to voluntee
and come down here, foot from Buncombe, tt
fight for his country-he was old enough to com
mand regiment at Newbern, and fight right on TO
nearly two hours after his General had left him
and he is old enough to be Governor, as he will b
in the month of September next The people hav
called for him, and they intend to elect him b.
about TWENTY THOUSAND majority.
PARr1zAN MENDAcITY.--The Register and othe
partzan papers are eudeavoring to inure the pros
poets of Col. Vance, by falsely alleging that he
the "Holden candidate" They seem determines
to make great man Of US in spite of all we can do
Of course, the design is SO transparent the peopl
will readily detect the object But as usual they
us injustice We desire not to wear laurels we hav
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