Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-07-09

Holden and Vance are cunning men, and have
been used to political wire-puling need
watching Charlotte Democrat.
There is no evidence that "Holden and Vance,
are "wire-pullers." Our course as public man
has always been independent and above.board; and
so far as COL Vance is concerned, he is known in
the mountains among his own neighbors, as a
model of candor, frankness, and Independence
Some people do pull the wires, however, and some
people dance as automatons. Among the latter we
class our cotemporary Of the Democrat. Just now
he is at the end of two wircs-one running from
Raleigh, and the other from the Office of COL John
ston, in Coluu bia, South Carolina. Every time the
wire is pulled amiable contemporary jumps.
Whenever summersault is required. he executes
it with the alacrity of Stalled and the nmbleness
of a limberjack-just for example, as he did at
Baltimore as lobby member of the Convention
He went there Union man. and came back eating
great streaks of fire.
But scarlike friend, speaking for its soarlike
friend Colonel Johnston, says Col. Vance "needs
watching" He "heeds watching" because he is
pulling wires does he? We will tell you what he
is pulling, good reader. He is pulling down the
fire of the enemy upon himself and his brave reg-
ment, near Richmond; or he is pulling for the
enemy, with the determination to drive the last
Yankee from our soil, while Shady Yates and Shady
Johnston are resting quietly in the chimney corner
He "needs watching"-does he? Well, then,
there he is; look at him, and him as thorough
ly as you please. He is just where duty calls him,
fighting for your rights as we'll as for the rights of
others and vet call the peoDla d,rin
his absence in such cause, to watch" him as an
object of suspicion and distrust! Shame! Shame!
And yet the Democrat is a no-parly paper and is
deeply greved at the idea that party spirit is abroad
in the land. Why, its own party feelings are so
bitter that it assas brave soldier in the field
because he does not happen to think in all respects
as it does and because his friends are supporting
him for Governor.
The Charlotte and Hilsborough Military Institutes
have contributed largely of their bravest and best
to the Southern cause in this war. Daniel H. Hill,
Principal of the Charlotte Institute, entered the
service as Colonel, and is now a Major General.
Providence has thus far shielded him in battle.
Three gallant officers, Professors in this Institute,
have been slain, to-wt: Maj. George M. Edgar, COL
Robert NJ. Mckinney, and Col Charles G. Lee;
sand Col. John II. Lane Of the same Institute has
had one of his arms shattered. Col. Lightfoot, of
the Hillsborough Institute, is wounded and pris-
oner; and Col. Tew, the principal, IS in command
of the I'd State Troops. In addition to these many
of the Cadets of these schools in service, and
some of them have fallen victims to disease and
battle A detachment of fifteen of the Charlotte
Cadets took part in the Bethel fight
The Charlotte Democrat says the Raleigh Stan
dard is trying to manufacture public sentIment by
publishing extracts from letters" and that 1.-THE let
ters, like the Vance political meetings. arc gotten
up for party purposes" The Democrat was never
more mistaken. We receive more than one hum
derd letters per week. and nearly every one of them
contains cheering Vance news. All our extracts are
genuine; and they are made from letters written,
for the most part by farmers and business men.
The Democrat is disposed to sneer at the Vance
meetings. These meetings were generally well at
tended, and were the result of the spontaneous
ton of the people; but so far as COL Johnston is
concerned but two meetings have.declared for him
one in his own town, which he attended himself,
and one in CASTOR County, where he has an influ-
entail brother. We will go further and say, that
it would be dangerous experiment for the friends
of COL Johnston to call meeting of the people, in
any County, on the subject Of the GovernorshiP;
for the people, if called upon to decide between him
and Col Vance, would certainly announce the latter
as their choice. Let the Johnstonites, who pretend
to be no party men, practice what they preach; let
them call meetings of the people, or join with Col
Vances friends in calling such meetings, and if in
nine cases out of ten, the people do not vote Co..
Johnston down and Col Vance up, then We will
agree to abandon our support of the latter. 1t is
our opinion, and We make the prediction that COL
Johnston will not carry more than fiye Counties,
from the Warren and Sampson line, west to the
Tennessee line Ft1
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