Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-06-21
Attaoks on the peopls,s candidate.

Attacks on tpe 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 a
big tale Of his exploits at Newbern for party pur
poses"
Col. Vance is "tool" in the hands of others,
because he has thought proper to allow his name to
be used for Governor. This is the language which
a nopdrty paper uses towards gallant soldier.
The hounds of party to be let loose on him. and
he is to DO 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 SANDER, 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
NewSern 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 Newborn,
"for party purposes" There is not word Of truth
in the assertion. We gave incident of the battle,
Immediately after it occurred, which was highly
creditable to COL Vance; but it turned out that he
was not 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 Demo-
cratw doubt fretted when it learned that Col.
Vance had borne himself calamity in the fight and
it feared, inasmuch as Col Vance was not an orgi-
nal secessonist 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 ofice-holders and Stalled
crates, calls upon Col Vance to say whether he is
or is not candidate" That is toleraby cool. Col.
Vance will, of course, make polite bow, and ans
swer Mr. Syme at once. Being an enemy of Col.
Vance, he is entitled to respectful and immediate
answer.
The Register inslnuates, and in its next issue will
no doubt charge, that Col Vance, for purposes of
his own ambition" is disposed to leave his soldiers
Il" 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 privaons of camp life or the dangers of
battle. If the soldiers ready to part with him
at the call of the people, and to vote for him for
Governor, as nine 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 high military offices,
and others have been promoted, not their merits,
but because they were original seccssionists; 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
III tue ARMY.
You would never find him placing Captain over
a worthy Major, to promote party ends, to graft
fly certain cliques and families.
BHt Col. Van:e would prove himself equal to the
crisis, whether in or in peace. He is not only
hero, but he is statesman. We know it will be
charged that he is young man but so was Ham,
ilton when he stood by and counseled Washington,
and 50 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 this
same young man was guiding, with master hand,
the government of England. Col. Vance was old
enough to go to the Legislature-he was old enough
to 90 to Congress-he was old enough to volunteer
and come down here, on foot from Buncombe, to
fight for his country-he was old enough to COM
mand a regiment at Newbern, and fight right on for
nearly two hours after his General had left him;
and he is old enough to be Governor, he will be
in the month of September next The people have
called for HIM, and they intend to elect him by
about TWENTY THOUSAND majority.
The CONSUMPTION.
1t will be seen by Maj Mallett's advertisement
that the enrolment under the conservation act is