Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-07-06

two to one over Gov Vance. Let the readers Of the
A VOTER. :
Gov. Vance's Army Speeches.
We are not in the habit Of making assertions
without evidence to prove our positions, and as the
friends OF Gov. Vance are attempting to deny that
he used the vulgar and profane language in his army
speeches, which has been attributed tesAR4We
shall proceed to give some of the evidence ID our
possession. .5s,,,.
A gentleman belonging to the 4stb, now at home,
writes letter to the Confederate in which he says
Having very recently arrived at home from the army
and seeing statements in of the papers OF tns
city of remarks made by Gov Vance to the sOders last
winter in his speech to Cookies brigade and laosO:ng and
being able if is necessary to prove that they ore ase
these statements is that Gov Vance said he was in favor
of fighting the Yankees until hell freezes over until
it so full of dead Yankees that their feet would stick
Governor when he made that speech, and listened aen-
lively to him, aud l perfectly sure that he mace no
such remark and am equally az sure that the man who
says he heard him make It, is conscious that he is making
false statement when he says
understand that some wounded soldier from the 4Sth
N. G. regiment in the hospital in Raleigh, says he
heard the remark that amy other man., will
out his name and say So will bring the
proof that he has misrepressnted the matter. am
member Of the 4sth regiment myself heard the Govern
or when he spoke Rsnseurs brigade and ase to Cooke
Another insis E VIII 81 the opponents of Gov. Vance
that if tue boys would whip Grant this spring. be would
give them each bottle of wlskey and they to make
capital against him out of that by saving it was on cleo
might hive sounded if he had finished the sentence
there but he went further and said in the very next
breath that If they ddnt whip Grant he dov Vance,
banded would thrash the last mothers son Of them him
self" . - o. +
If we are not mistaken as to the paternity Of the
above it comes from gentleman for whom we en-
terrain the highest respect and one that we could
not suspect Of injustice to any one; but as other
soldiers OF character and integrity declare they
heard the language which has been charged on the
Governor, there is possibility that the writer of
the above might have been mistaken.
The " wounded soldier" to whom the writer al
ludes-f he refers to the one mentioned in this pa
per-is not now in Raleigh, but with his regiment
if not killed. His name is Egbert Hauser, ffom
Forsyth county, and is said to be man of veracty
and integrity. He stated in our Office, voluntarily
in the presence of several gentlemen that he heard
Gov. Vance useAll the profane expressions attribu
ted to him by the papers, and that be would face
him in the matter If desired. We know nothing Of
Egbert Hauser, personally, and hope some friendin
Forsyth will post US as to his standing at home
But if let alone wet think Gov. Vances own friends
will convict him Of ell we have charged, for. this
writer admits that he did promise each one Of them
bottle Of sohiskey. If the picture is relieved or
improved by the threat that "f they didn't whip
Grant he would come back there with wagon whip
and, single handed, would thrash the last mothers
son of them himself" Gov. V. and his friends are
welcome to il: All the editions of the Elementary
Spelling Book and FIRST Reader now being published
should have these elegant sentences of our model
Governor" incorporated, for the town clerk of Ephe
sus that smart fellow,V never said anything like
unto them.
Governor Vance made several speeches in the ar
= my and though some persons may not have heard
him the profane expressions charged to him, We
know others did. And we can prove too, that q
gentleman Of high standing in this community has
said that some Of the friends of the Governor, who
accompanied him to the army, admitted in his pres
ence that he said ali that we have ever charged
Let the people remember, however, that this writer
for the Confederate, political friend of the Gov
ernor, admits that nc heard him promise the boys
each bottle of whisksy when the starch should be
taken out of Grant
We have additional and stronger evidence, how
ever, which We present. and expect to follow it up
as we know of the existence of number of letters
in this county, all making the same statements.
. Extract from letter from soldier to friend at
home, dated:
oRAxa. c. Il. VA,
"Governor Vance has been out here for some time
king speeches about the but doat do much good He
wants us soldiers to hold stiff upper lip ~
aud fight till hsl freezes ever, and then don't
and if we cant whip By fall he win give us his
his glass lakes his drink and says fight fellow tar heel
bay till fall and ,en if don't the end of the
can have his head for soap gourd"
The letter from which the above is taken is in our
possession, the writer gives his regiment and COM
pany, but don't say where he heard the Governor
speak. The letter bears date 9th April, and of
had s6ok
ever be made of it. Now in the name of all that
is reasonable and just, what could have induced the
writer of this letter to have charged the Governor
with this language if he did not use itg That he
could have manufactured it is perfectly ridiculous
Extract of letter from = private soldier to his
brother, in Johnston county, dated. So -
. CAMP NsAR ORAxGE G. H., VAL
al forgot to tell you that Gov. Vance came and made
lis speech, aud don't like him. for he said he wanted
ustO fight till he'll fr'esed over: have got fol-
The writer Of this letter is represented to us BY
prominent gentlemen in Johnston county Is q
, deacon in the Baptist Church and a most reliable
: and worthy man. He was writing in confidence
: and with candor to brother and never supposed
that the letter would be used In all probability
these have both fallen in the late engagements
around Petersburg snd Richmond, but the letters
from which these extracts are taken are in our DOS
session and may be seen by any one desiring to sec
| them. @r+.-s,
We have seen another letter written to young
lady in this county BY her uncle man whom W
know and know to be reliable, which states in sub
staoce the same thing as the above The party
holding it has PROMISED to send it to us with twt
more army letters making the same charge against
Gorernes Vance, from the same neighborhood. =
We.see persons almost every day that either have
or have seenletters fthe same pnrport and dozet
Or more have been promised, all Of which we hon,
to have in few days.
Willing to rest our cause here, for the present
the jury can take the case and retire we think ",