Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-06-22

Rssolved, That We believe searching inyestga-
ton into the administration Of State gorernment
s necessary and called for by existing abuses The
same fayoritism and the same stallfedsrats system
Of allowing shade officers to purchase thdr house
bold supplies at government prices stu exists;
The last pound Of bacon and the last dust OF meal
promised by Gov. Vance to the families Of the col
oilers, sra being consumed BY shade officers under
Gov Vance at low prices, and this too while under
Confederate law, battle SCARED Colonels Captains
and Lieutenants in the regular service are required
to draw their ratons with the soldiers Gov. Vance
was elected under pledge to reform these abuses;
he has not done go, but on the contrary they have
Increased under his administration. s.-.,-<
The above is one of the resolutions adopted BY
the mass meeting recently held in Raleigh, which
nominated the Conversative ticket for the Legisa-
ture in Wake County. This resolution is based on
strict truth. The Conservatives Of Wake knew the
facts to be as they have stated them, and they
thought it due to the people that they should be
brought out The Adutant General, speaking for
Gov. Vance, has admitted, ip reply to resolution
Of inquiry on the subject introduced in tho House
by Mr. Rogers, Of Wake County, that this Stalled.
crate system does exist and that shade officers are
allowed to purchase supplies for themselves and
their white families at government prices, apd also
Communication for forage, room rent, DC. A shade
Colonel for example purchases and receiver month
y, ct very low prices, bacon, maal. Hour, sugar,
rice. candles, &C., which smount in value during
the year to some eight or ten thousand dollszs be-
sides Communication for forage. fuel, and room rent
and ais regular salary. These things are purchased
from the State.at cost And this while thousands of
poor, and thousands of families of our brave SOL
ders are actually suffering for bread, and for cloth
ing to cover their nakedness! Is this to be endur
ed. And when in addition to all this, shade COL
onel has the privilege from Gov. Vance Of sending
out his cotton on the State Steamers and getting in
exchange for it the luxuries of the English and
Yankee markets, we may well imagine that he lives
like prince in these times of scarcity and suffer-
ing.
Gov. Vance was solemnly pledged through his
friends to discontinue these abuses which he found
in existence when he came into Office. He main.
tanned The pledge IS long As be acted with the Con.
sentative party, but IS soon as hs joiued the De-
structive party he gave . free rein to these and
other abuses. We opposed them under Governors
Ellis and CLARK, and We oppose them under Gov.
Vance. Some Of these shade officers who are en-
oying these special privileges are men of wealth,
and better able to buy their supplies At market
prices than thousands Of our people They have
superabundant wealth to devote to establishing
Vance newspapers, and to bribery and corruption
to carry the elections.
Down with this stallfederate system! Every
vote for Vance will be vote to take the bread from
the mouths Of the hungry poor for the benefit of
the shade officers who surround him. Many of these
poor more upright and deserving than some ofthese
parasites who thussubsist on the State, would be
glad to get in meat and bread, what these pamper-
ed minions consume in sugar aud rice drawn from
the State, and in fine wines, sardnes and English
cheese imported on the State steamers