Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-07-08


Vance counties they will take advantage of our
merous candidates and slip in "Pharisee" for
the Legislature by plurality vote Let All men
who desire to avoid civil war and bloolshed in our
State beware of this, and look we'll to the Legisla-
ture as we'll as the Governor Conservative.
The "strong Vance Counties" above referred to
are original secession or Destructive Counties for
it is notorious that Gov. Vance has but little
strength in the Conservative Counties. The Con-
'erSGt'Us is, therefore, appealing to the people to
elect Destructives to the Legislature The cloven
foot will show itself in spite of every effort to con-
ceAl it.
We deny that our friends are working secretly.
In many instances it is true prudence enjoins that
they should be less outspoken than the pets and
favorites of Gov Vance and President Davis, for it
is well known that both these functionaries and
their dependents are constantly and systematically
prosecuting and depressing the true Conservatives.
We have proof that enrolling officers and County
Boards for making details have been governed in
many instances by political feeling, aud have ia.
Vored the friends Of Gov. Vance and the admins
tration at Richmond while they have been harsh
and hard towards the true Conservatives, and have
put them in service merely ON account of their
opinions. This fact is known and can be proved in
every neighborhood in the State. In addition to
this government detectives are sticking their vile
faces into every hole and corner, eavesdropping,
marking the true Conservatives as disloyal, and re-
porting them IS such to the authorities at Rich.
mond and Raleigh. 1t is, therefore, natural that
friends should be prudent and cautious, but they
have 20 secrets which they desire to conceal They
are prudent and cautious because detectives are
after them, and because their liberties as freebo
American citizens have been to great extent cut
off They are calm because they are confident
They know the tale which the ballot-bo will tell
on the 4th OF next month and they will be there
IRON nine o'clock until sunset voting and working,
and making one last earnest and determined effort
for peace and liberty. The Desh uctIves and Stall.
federates, with Gov. Vance at their head, may har.
angue and print 5ut the minds of the people will
not be changed. They will neither be persuaded nor
driven from their principles. If they threaten
ed with punishment for voting as they please, they
know that threats generally proceed from cowards-
that barking dogs never bite, and will still vote
as they please If force should be used to prevent
them from voting as they please they will meet
force with force. Iinsulted publicly by the charge
that they are not true to their country, though
they are peaceabe and law-abiding men, and averse
to personal difficulties, yet they will be apt to chas-
tise on the spot any nsoent Destructive or detec-
tive who may make the charge. Three fourths of
the fighting men in Virginia rom this State
Conservatives. Their fathers and brothers at home
will not submit to insult They are truer to the
country than the swarms of officials who are ty
ranizng over the people and eating out their sub
stance-truer than those cowardly secessonists and
their associates, the Vance Destructives, who are
avoiding military service by pressing themselves
into every shade Office they can hear of; and truer
than those speculating, noisy, and grasping De-
structives who avail themselves Of details and ex-
emptions granted on political grounds, to remain at
home and grow rich at the expense Of their neigh
bors. 1t is enough that these characters, in con-
junction with the Northern abolitionists, have in
volved US in this awful war. They cannot be per-
mitted, after having done that to add insult to ruin
by telling Conservatives to their faces that they
not true to their country.
But it seems if Gov. Vance is not re elected we
are to have civil war and bloodshedt" The Con-
seruGtir6 says so in the above extract II Gov.
Vance wins in this race all right; but if he loses
the people are threatened with "war and blood
she'd" The people, then, are not free. They must
vote for Vance or involve themselves in another
war. That is the argument Now who will cause
this warP Not the Conservatives, for they expect
quietly to elect their candidate, and quietly to in
augurate him as Governor; and they expect to
elect majority of the Legislature in the same way.
They will shed no blood except in self-defence-
they are peace men. What then Who is to bring
on this war among our own people? We know
that Mr.. Davis, in his letter OF January 8, 1864,
promised troops to Gov. Vance to shoot down our
people account Of their political opinions ifsuch
shooting down should. in the opinion of Gov Vance,
become necessary; and we know that Gov. Vance,
in not replying to that letter. substantially accepted
this offer of troops. But that was a Confederate,
and this is State business. Who is to begin this
in n1idstf-sOho is to require TIE blood Of
our people to be shed if they Should not see proper
to 70 elect Coz. Vance?
But there is no danger of bloodshed. These
threats are as desperate as they empty Let the
people vote as they please and le've consequences
to Providence. If their decision should be against
the Destructves, have no doubt it will, there
will at once be great calm-the DestructEes will
submit and retire. for those Of them who will not
fight the Yankees will not fight our own people
and we shall have more honest administration of
public affairs more liberty, and better prospects of
peace.
The Hendersonville Times in its repor. of Gov.
Vance's speech at that place, says the Governor
said "the report that he had ordered all children
under IL years of age to be killed, was "inta-
lie" was the report that he was in favor of
feeding them on grass, and working the women in
the cornfeld; that Holden wanted to be Governor,
and renrted ta these low measures to ride In unnn