The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-10-20

the people OF nFcklehourS at the CoufI ito"70 -
this place, and announced himself candidate fol
Congress in opposition to the Hon. VIM. Lander
DIR. Ramsay spoke for about one hour and a half
and we confident that represent the speech
! correctly when say thatit was PRONUNCIATION
of identically the same views and arguments enun-
ciated by the Raleigh Standard during the last
six months. We have read the Standard regularly
and we heard the whole of DIR. Ramsays speech last
week, and we justified in saying that the Doc
tors arguments and views and those of the Raleigh
Standard are identically the same. He found fault
with the Confederate Administration and with every
prominent Act of Congress, such the conscript
law the tithing law, the funding law, &C., and while
advising acquiescence in those measures inasmuch
as they were the laws of the land, his speech was
well calculated to produce opposition to the Admin
| istration of President Davis, and as natural con-
sequence, to the Confederate Government The
Doctor berated original secessionists, and made
few ticks at the old democratic party, saying that
the democrats had tried to lay off the Congressional
Districts to send ten democrats to Congress.
THESE illusions showed that he had not got clear
of his old party feeng.1
We regret exceedingly that DIR. Ramsay should feel
called upon to make such speech at this time, when
harmony and concord is SO essential to our success
DIR. Ramsay as q heightened gentleman, but what
ever may be his good Intentions certain that
such speeches as he made here will do no good for
the cause in which all deeply interested It
may be that the Doctor thought he was making a
very fair and proper speech. but if so, he was GER
tanly mistaken and unfortunate in his language
and course of argument.
After the Doctor had concluded his remarks, Gen.
John A. Young and said that inasmuch as
Mr. Lander not present (he not knowing that
DR.. Ramsay had intended Addressing the people
of Mecklenburg) he would say few words in
reply. He said he sorry to hear DR.. Ramsay
finding fault with the measures of the Government
without, at least, proposing better ones He
thought the Administration deserved great deal of
credit for doing much 1t had. The South at
the commencement of the had but few arms, no
army, no navy, and no treasury; but see what
had been accompshed-we had the finest armies
in the world, composed of the bravest men the
ever shone upon, well equipped and well governed
and in of hard fought battles we had defeated
enemies and frustrated their schemes for
subjugaton; vessels the ocean had
stricken terror into commercial circles at the North
and were every day lessening the number of yankee
craft the high Did not the administration
of President Davis asked Gen. YouDg) deserve
some credit for all this; did it not merit praise in
stead of the which DR.. Ramsay dis
posed to heap upon it! He thought it did, and he
thought all of ought to try to hold up and
strengthen the hands of our authorities and not
weaken them by promiscuOus grumbling and fault
finding.
Gen. Young administered gentle rebuke to Dr.
Ramsay for his uncalled for illusions and insinua
tons against democrats. The General said that he
could testify that old party feeling had died out in
this county; that he himself before the war had
always been whig but the people of Mecklenburg
last year elected him to the Senate, although large
majority of the voters of the county had been demo-
Gratis. He declared that he and Mr. Lander
opposed to reviving old party feeling or dividing
the people of the State into new parties. This
no time to produce dissentions--we should all be
united in party for the purpose of defeating
malignant enemies. In regard to DR.. Ramsay's
talk about peace the General remarked that all
wanted peace, but it could never be secured by
holding factous meetings and denouncing the Con-
federate authorites-such meetings stimulated the
enemy to make renewed exertions for subjuga-
ton, and helped to prolong the war. The whole
matter should be left in the hands of authorities,
where the Constitution had placed it.
In concluding, Gen. Young remarked that he and
Dr. Ramsay were both members of the State Senate,
and that he could say of his knowledge that
Dr. Ramsay and the Raleigh Standard co-operated
together in managing the business before that body
by party caucusses and in opposing important
measures suggested by Gov. Vance, such the
bill to punish aders and abettors of deserton, the
bill to raise five thousand troops for home defence,
&c. The latter bill drawn up at the suggestion
of Gov. Vance, but DR.. Ramsay and the Standard
opposed it and went for the famous ''ten regiment
BILL which, if passed. woald have produced con-
fict between the State government and the Confed
crate government. The General stated that he al
luded to these things merely for the purpose of
showing that DR.. Ramsay and the Standard
operated.
DR.. Ramsay made short reply and Gen. Young
reioined, when the discussion closed.
DR.. Ramsay made statement, in speaking of peace
propositions, to which desire to call his attention
MIR Conkling of Illinois, that if propositions for
peace compromise from the Confederate army or
those who control it, they should be rejected. The
Doctor is entirely mistaken in regard the wording of
Lincoln's letter Lincoln did say that peace pro-
positions should not be rejected but he said that if
any such proposition shall hereafter come, it shall not
be rejected and kept secret from you That is. he would
reject such proposition without letting the people
of the North know it. That Lincoln has always
ected propositions make peace on basis of sepa
ration is we'll known to the people both North and