Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-09-17
Our Unhappy Neighbor.

1t was our purpose, after the triumphant election
Of Governor Vance, to preserve entire silence in re-
gard to what the destructive press and party might
say, if they confined themselves within the ordna.
ry rules of truth and proprety But the Register
in its issue of the 9Th inst, has so far violated both
that our silence may be construed into a seeming
admission at least Of the correctness Of its false and
malicious statements. A baser, more impudent and
false attack upon the friends and supporters of Gov
Vance, could not have been conceived than will be
found in the following extract:
lndlscreet friends of Mr. Vance, without his knowledge
and we are sure without bis appreciation represented him
during the canvass the nveerae opponent of the Con.
ederate anxious procure speedy peace
on terms OF compromise with the Yankee foe and as bit
erly hostile to the conscrpt law, cruel oppressive
and enactment With these representa-
ons was coupled the declaration that the bare election of
Mr.. Vance would secure immediate peace and the
un OIL hoIn Carolina soldiers to their homes and bus
mess. Wm!e this mode of eleconeerng for Mr. Vance,
in conversation between and man, was being carried
on in many sections of the State the newspapers which
favored his election abounded in denunciaons of Seces.
sionists and laudations of those termed "old Union
men, 1t IS not surprising, then, when remember that
from the beginning of this revolution the North has had
stronger hopes of Turing back North Carolina the Union
than of her sisters Of the Confederacy that Mr. Vance
election should be regarded strong indication that
her stand by the old flag This is the evil the great evil
which hns out of the unscrupuous and mschevous
mode OF electloneerng carried by the friends OF Mr.
Vance for their own selfish purposes, aud without
believe his knowledge and appreciation and it is this evil
that he has in his power to repair by repeating official
y in his address Monday the language which is
ported to have used in his speech at Asheville"
The allegation that any friend of Gov. Vance,
"indiscreet" or otherwise, represented him dur
ing the canvass as the inveterate opponent of the
Confederate government" is fgment of the brains
of the Register and its vile coadjutors. No friend
of Col. Vance ever said or dreamed any thing akin
to it. Equally false is the assertion that any friend
of his ever ayerred that he in favor of or "anx
lous to procure speedy peace on terms of compro-
mise with the Yankee foe" The whole of it. as
we'll as other similar falsehoods in the above article,
must have been manufactured out Of the whole cloth
by the Register or some Of its coadjutors. Every
friend of Gov. Vance will most unhesitatingy pro-
nounce the entire statement fabrication.
| If our Northern enemies have derived any com.
fort from the election of Gov Vance, repeat what
we have already affirmed, and what no sane, honest
mind can deny, that they are indebted for that COM
fort entirely to the Register and the enemies of Gov
Vance, The continued repetition of their vile
sanders against the friends of Gov Vance, will meet
the scorn and contempt Of all honorable men. The
hypocrisy of those presses which have kept up their
abuse and falsehood against the supporters Of Gov.
Vance, but who now pretend to be gratifed at the
positions taken by him, is too transparent to de-
ceiye any one. Their pretended friendship-their
praises, and profered support bestowed upon him,
would prove to be corroding deadenng leprosy,
from which he and his real friends may hope to be
delivered There is no place Of repentance for such
sinners as the Register and others, who have will
fully and malicously slandered Gov. Vance and his
supporters. To have been charged by such crea-
lures as traitors to our cause-as untrue to North
Carolina and the South, is a crime which can find
no forgiveness, until they prore themselves to have
been washed seven times in Jordan and to have
been cleansed from their ilthiness.
And the last Register could not publish the In
augural of Gov Vance, which gave such universal
satisfaction to the large audience that heard it, with
out going out of its way to assail the StanddrG-
That paper intimates that We have spoken of the
conscript law in such manner as to produce mis-
chief" among the people. The following, from the
Standard Of the 3oth July, will show the injustice
which the Register has done us in this respect
Before the election, when there was nothing to be
made by such course, we used the following Ian
guage:
Ths war must be fought out and the independence of
the South must be established at all hazards The only
hone of the country to effect this is organized reg
ments and in the conscrpts to fill up those
We that troops have not only done well out
rosy vet much remains to be done. We must not only
have the organized regiments intact but the conscrpts to
complete them 1t is well known that favored the vol
unteerng system and opposed the conscrp act but the
litter is now the law Of the land and every good citizen
should Weld obedience it. Our opinion about the act or
measure unchanged but the aO upon u.s. and to re-
sst it. or eyade the present condition of the count
would be to parayze strength and deliver up Rich
mond to the Lincoln hordes. Stand to your post boys-
You have borne much and you deserve immortal nonor
for your orude patience and your valor but the
crisis of our fate upon and must do now or die
the subjects of arbitrary power The eyes of millions OF
Psnd bv the sg Faow It still, for 1t already
in the dawn of independence. One pitched battle
and your leaders will only let you loose on me foe & anu
Independence will then be placed beyond peradventure
You will return to homes hang your bruised
for monuments and under the mild sway OF blessed
thanks and gratitude of the millions delivered by you'
, valor from rapacity and oppression
Now read what Gov. Vance says in his Inaugural
on the conscrpt law and see if there is any differ
epce between him and the Standard on this subject
E We call upon the public to bear witness that the
Register is the first to break the general harmony
consequent on the election and inauguration of Gov
: Vance. by its vindictive partizan assaults.
DEFENcEs OF WnMINGToN-Gen. Clingman We
o observe, is now in command of the Cape Fear Dis
trict around Wilmington. He calls for one-fifth
the able.bodied male slave force of the Counties o
New Haven, Sampson, Duplin, Brunswick, Blader
" and Columbus, to complete the defences of that re
gion This is an important and necessary call, which
we hope will be needed in good tme
!, The war steamer Florida. Capt. Maffitt, Of th
Confederate Navy, arrived at Mobile on the 4th inst
d having fought her way in through the blockaders
Three hundred and sixty Union men from Pier
points dominons joined General Loring few day
n since.
v 1t is stated that Gen. Pillow has at length beel
G restored to his command by the President.
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