Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-08-02
nLo Hnte of the Army,

dsnherste opinion, formed alter hearing
" ..o,s DOints, that not many more than one
HOu, o Nor,h Carolina soldiers voted at the late
hr n.,ion All the Vance men voted, and no doubt
''', '"r xbo we're opposed to him were induced In
maD! .,s to cast their bsllotS for him; but the
.;n,isr comprising alarge majority OF the srmy'
,,ad FIR Holden against influences never be
s"n'' ,,b, to bear on elections in this country,
's =, 1' Uot vote all. The army is beyond all ques
w. o,,is,t Isnce, bet unfortunately it was not
"% ,,,oaer of the soldiers so to declare by their
~, We give the following extracts showing the
WV, s...,.o that were brought to bear. A soldier
"'a. IS- 40 know to be q gentleman Of undoubted
r..,cr writes as follows to the + iitor OF the
PrNgrS'; ~.
e tro c3moanies of certain Battalion were
hTn n,S NJ by its commanding officer, and told that
.S"r mist either vo:e for Coy. Vance or not vote al
.T' .T: that to vote for Holden vas to vote Tor
,,,.or and tory, andif they voted Tor nim (d0i,
d.aI they would be sent to the hottest oattleneld
n Virginia or the West. On the next day; tney
we're Sarangued BY speech OF near TWO houFs
r,n,tb hv certain officer Commanding CERTAIN
s Tisv were then told that Holden was
Ynrr traitor. Yankee spy, and various otser
n.r,sc too hard to be called, and if they voted
S. b,m they should he branded as traitors to their
.,,ntrv and their names should De handed DOWN
n nosterity with iniamy and reproach. And ih.t
sueb men as supported Holden for Governor snou
ba uatchrd and maIk set upon them AND ur
lbsrmore the poll holders were charged to hnm
her every ticket 30 that each mans vote might Oe
LnoWn In consequence of this, out of near two
hundred votes that would have been polled, only
,bout seventy were polled; and Vance got AZ OF
these aud RolIea 22-egery Vance man voted, but
Holden uen We're ufraId to do so, except lew as
above stated Now, sir, this is the way soldiers
are treated, noe allowed to vote for their choice,
only because they are not disposed to vote as
few officers wish. These men no doubt are as true
to their country ns any soldiers in the Confederate
army and not wishing themselves called traitors,
snd seeeve the abuse Of their officers, they refused
70 vote at al" =
A soldier writes US as follows from Wilmington:
"The election around Wilmington was as unfair
as it could be- They allowed sll the seventeen
year old Soys who were in favor of Vance to vote.
Inc officers told the men in Maj. Youngs battalion
that they voted for you they would send them to
Gen. Lees army Men who were known to be for
you we're sent off on guard to prevent them'from
TNRg. In my company the vote was Vance 20,
Holden Is, but if the men had been let alOneyou
You'd have got two thirds"
We shall not cucumber our columns with the
returns which are paraded in the Destructive pa
FecS With the view of affecting the election. These
papers are publishing the same vote tUice in the
Ane tables, as to swell the fictitious majority Of
G0V. Vance. For example, the Confederate of this
Gy, which claims IA. QUO majority for Gov. Vance
IN the army publishes the votes of several brig
sdSSsround Petersburg, and also publishes in the
sane table, "Tote at Petersburg, four brigades to
hear from, 1000 majority for Vance! In addition
"thiS it publishes Ransom's brig sde tWiee in the
sane table. 1t also publishes the Kinston vote and
he vote Of Dixon's battery, which is known to be
" KinstOn, thus giving the vote of the battery
'a'cs in the same table. Again, the Confederate
and yOaSsrratios Of Monday last, not content with
publishing the same votes twice, have picked out
and published those brigades that have given the
largest mljorities. for Vance, but they have sup
pressed the votes of Kirklands and Cooks Drigades
"aeo have giVea very small majorities for him.
IN nVe Of the nine regiments of these brigades
'ance'S majority in each does not exceed E7, while
~ one Of them it is but 35, and in another but So
The largest majority in aay one of these regiments
being l85. t-,.-7 -.
We now say to our readers that we have no idea
~''GOH Vances majority in the army is as large
" One.haf as it is claimed to be by his organs.
'ne Onlcal vote, counted but once, will cut td dawn
,''y materially, and the real army vote will soon
I'p into the County vote as returned by the
SHS'ln S and will be controlled by the County vote
" home. Let every true Conservative at home but
" nls duty on Thursday next and brilliant
'eoFy will be the result.