Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-01-16
Mr.. stowe. Bin of Complaints.

Mr. Jasper Stowe of Castor, is out in an elaborate
Gard in the Charlotte Bulletin, on the subject of
the recent order of Gov. Vance to arrest and send
to camp all white males between the ages Of eighteen
and forty, employed in the factories of Stowe Co.,
Lineberger & Co., and T. R. Tate, for the reason
that these factories had sold their goods at price
much beyond the seventy iyeper cent profit allowed
by act OF Congress.
Mr.. Stowe says the Secretary Of War alone has
the right to do what Gov. Vance has done. In this
be is mistaken. Gov. Vance is enforcing the con-
scription law in this State and standing thus in
the shoes of the Secretary of War; it was his duty
to issue the order referred to- 1t was "imperial"
edict as Mr.. Stowe declares but plain business
order, which it is evident Mr.. Stowe feels.
Mr.. Stowe Tugs in the case of the Rev. R. j.
Graves, and says that Gov. Vance showed such zeal
in his case as to place himself in direct conflict
with the Confederate government" Mistaken again,
Mr.. Stowe. The Legislature demanded Mr. Graves,
and the Governor simply acted the representative
of that body in enforcing the demand. There was
no conflict whatever, for the Secretary of War ad-
mitted that the Legislature was right and delivered
up Mr.. Graves as soon as the demand was made.
Mr. Stowe complains that the Governors order
would deprive him of "only tsco operativesl" In
this he does not include himself that is, provided
he is a conscript One of Mr. Stoves chief objec-
tons to the election of Gov. Vance was, that he
feared he would not promptly enforce the conscript
law. What does he think now? The Governor,
in the plain performance Of his duty in enforcing
that law, is so tight, and necessarily so, on Mr..
StOwe himself, that that gentleman cries out Mr..
Stowe was most ardent original secessionist. He
preferred disunion, and he appeared to be'ready
for all the consequences that mil ht follow. But,
like thousands of others who entertained the same
views, he has remained quietly at home, exerting
all his energies to fortune and has not seen,
much less fired the first gun at Yankee: In all
this Mr.. Stowe is quite consistent for, like the
others referred to, be said he was for "peaceaJle
| secession" He is as good as his word.
We learn that Messrs. Lineberger & Co., and Mr.
| Tate have complied with the act of Congress the
subject and will of course retain their operatives.
| Has Mr.. Stowe done so? AS soon as we hear that
he has, will do him the justice to state the fact
1t seems to us that any reasonable man who is de-
voted to the of Southern independence, ought
to be satisfied with a clear profit Of seventy five per
cent Gov. Vance, instead OF being censured for
the course he has pursued in this matter deserves
the thanks of the people, and especially of our
soldiers and their families for his efforts restrict
the manufacturers of cotton and wooden goods to
this profit 1t is his duty to enforce the law, and
TO consult the greatest good of the greatest number
and if few persons are thereby deprived of i'm
mense profits articles of prime necessity, it is
their misfortune, and not his fault. We have but
little patience with any man who seems to be more
intent amassng fortune than he is in aiding to
provide for the wants of our people and in repelling
the foe No one in the present crisis, can serve his
pocket and his country at the same time.