Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-07-30
The Register and Col. Vince

regiment took in the battle of Newbern provided h.
Will publish the report as he promises to do in h.
next issue. The report speaks for itself IL. a.
readers OF the Register, when they see the report
In tnat paper, compare 1t with the article in the ;s
sue IN which it is promised, and judge for tbsru
selves whether the Editor has not garbled ,bo =.
port in advance, SO as to prejudice them against r.,
vance and his gallant regiment. If the Editor -
tended to publish the report at all, why did he rot
90 1t IN the number containing his structures on :,
The reason is plain. He wanted to forest,u ~.
readers and prejudice them against Col Vance
We shall not dwell on the Registers assor,;o-
that Col Vance and his regiment were only .te.r
mieatty" and not really in the fight: md th..
though the regiment itself was in the batt,o 81
Vance himself was not where the actual 6cb.;-
was carried on" We leave these falsehoods to bo A.
posed of by the report, and by hundreds Of riv,n.
witnesses who were in that battle.
But the Register charges that the "!Stan5ou,
cocted the account of the exploits of yancos W.:
ment in the battle of the LIST july below Rich
mona; ana that' In our notice of the part which
Col Vances regiment took in that conflict no Ia
injustice to the other regiments COMPOSING tho b..
ade. These charges are utterly untrue. W. hsa
good authority for every word in the article rof.,
to- we had heard from only one regiment Of tbo
brigade, and we, therefore, referred lartieyl,,J :.
only one; but the following extract from our ,r,,,o
will show that we expressly referred to the cbarga
made BY the brigade. We said
We have seen no account of the killed md
wounded OF his regiment il that battle but We p,rn
tnat tne brigade to which Col Vance is attached
charged for one mile and quarter under the Gro =.
81 pieces of artillery, with shells WEIGHING am
pounds falling on the field from the enemySs rnn
boats. Colonel Vance's regiment behaved pobT
They never ialtered, but went forward sboutng so-
"old NorthCarolna" and 1" old Zeb." The Coionoi
was in front Four of his gallant dead were fonnd
next morning within 40 feet of the lannon's mouth
ahead OF every other Southern regiment. for no
other dead were found so near the guns. Can't
Jonn Jones, OF Caldwell, getting separated from his
regiment in the darkness and confusion nressad
straight on towards the flashing of the guns until
stopped and turned back to the right by Gen. Ran.
som. 1t was glorious affair for our arms and
among the bravest of the brave on the occasion were
Vance and his regiment"
AH the regiments and all the brigades did well
on that occasion. Gen. Ransom's brioade CHARGED
the batteries, Col Vance's regiment being part of
that brigade. 1t is fact that four of Col Vapces
dead were found nearest to the guns and we stated
that fact Was there any thing wrong in that IT,
surely not The brave men who compose the brig
ade instead of complaining of it, no doubt Join with
US In compllmentng the company or the regiment
whose fortune 1t was thus to leave portion Of their
dead nearest to the enemy. But the Editor of the
Register it, because he thinks it nav re-
fleet credit Col Vanpn 10 hac
y no generosity, sense of justice towards poll
tlcal opponent If he thought by SO doing he could
defeat Col. Vance for Governor he would strive to
prove him coward, and would tear from him and
from his regiment every laurel which they have so
dearly won in battle. This is our estimate of the
Editor Of the Register and we now tell the army
that this is the estimate placed upon him by large
majority of our people at home. This estimate; is
founded on the conduct of the Editor, not on mere
assumption. He dislikes every soldier, as well as
every citizen, who does not agree with him polIti-
cally and who will not bow down and worship, as
he does the corrupt faction of officials in Raleigh,
who have so mismanaged the war, and who have
made the State government as far as they could, a
party machine. He stands by and sees Col Yance's
'o'0' o'oN'h W ~ niei III Po"er, "iIuout worn
OF remonstrance; indeed, it is more than probable
that he laughs in his sleeve over such conduct, be-
cause it is intended to dIsappoint and injure COL
Vance; and yet he talks about "high-minded"
men, and affects to be disposed to do Col Vance
justice! As friend of Col. Vance, we court the
opposition of the Register and defy his malice. To
be opposed and denounced by that Editor is the best
proof that the person thus opposed and denounced
is brave, loyal and honest His opposition is
passport to popularity, and his friendship and sup
port would materially njure the prospects and char
acter of any one.