Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-11-03
rCorrespondencs of the New York Herald.I

NEwBERN n. c., Oct 20, 1868.
The publication of the Rileigh Standard was re-
sumed on the I'd instant The Editor, w. W: Hol-
der still maintains his opposition to the rebel ad-
mnistratiOn.
A prominent citizen recently arrived from Raleigh
states that at recent consultation of Southern Gov
ernors and other rebel statesmen at Richmond, Gov.
Vance ofNorth- Carolina offered the next Presi-
dency of the Southern Confederacy, provided he
would wheel the old North State into line and keep
her in the traces; and Gov Vance had returned to
Raleigh fierce war man, and would hereafter do
his utmost to prevent the State from returning to
the Union
Our opposition to the administration at Rich
mond consists OF ly in criticisms its policy, con-
demning it when it does wrong and approving its
action when it does right To the government we
nrtoa7eged esnhhaHa eaesffehe" out t has been
badly worked The men who were instrumental in
destroying the old government have shown them
selves incompetent to administer the new govern
ment as it should be administered They are po-
tent to pull down, but unable to build up in such
way to meet the expectations Of the people They
are therefore, Destructi0es. Would it were other
wise.
The statement in relation to Gov. Vance will be
ness to that gentleman. We have no idea that the
succession to Mr.. Davis was even mentioned to Gov
Vance while in Richmond, much less that bargain
made by which he is to be the next President
of the Southern Confederacy. Gov. Vance went to
Richmond as strong as he was when he
returned He visited that place at the request of
the President to confer with him as to the best
means for promoting the Confederate cause, and
especially as to the proper policy to be pursued by
the administration at Richmond towards the people
of North Carolina, who had just been insulted by
the appointment of a resident of another State as
Chief Tthingman. Gov. Vance did us the honor
to confer with US before he made this visit to Rich,
mond, and we can bear witness that he returned
with the same sentiments and feelings with which
he went there. There was no necessity for "wheel.
ing the old North State into line" for she was there
already, with more troops in proportion to her pop.
u!arion than any other State; and she will remain
there long there is any hope for achieving the
independence Of the Confederate States proper.
Gov. Vance is not candidate for the succession
to Mr.. Davis. His thoughts are mainly turned on
the best means for defending his State and extrcat
ing his country from its present unhappy condition
But il, in the future, Gov Vance should aspire to
the or i bis fsnds 5 s. shSUId desire il for
OF any man, provided he should adhere unflinct;-.
ly to the Conservative principles on which he was
elected Governor Of this State Those principIes
we are satisfied are destined to prevail and to shape
the character ofthe Confederacy if it should be so
fortunate as to succeed in this conflict and establish
itself on firm foundation. Any other principles
than those held by Gov. Vance IN common with
large majority of the people of this State would be
productive of the most calamitous consequences to
the new government and to the cause of liberty it.
self