Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-07-13

Col Duncsn K. McRae Commissioner to proceeo
to Europe with Mr.. Geo. n Sanders, to inspect GER
tain goods be purchased for the State by the lat
ter, and to verify certain State bonds You CONTRACT
ed with Mr.. Sanders to exchange naval stores ior
these goods, and he was to have q certain pront
for attending to this business, but you broke the
contract with him after he had arrived in Europe,
and gave the business to Col. McRae. Did you not
know when you appointed Col McRae, that you
large expense of Col. McRae's mission would be
unnecessarily incurred? Col McRae transacted
the business returned ran for Congress, was beat
en- came to Raleigh, and after time became Editor
of the Confederate and advocated your reelection
as Governor. He stated on the stump that he
would be a conscript as soon as he settled his
accounts as your Agent; but his accounts are not
settled, and meanwhile he became Editor, and
was detailed for tho latter business Col. McRae
admits, in his paper of the 2sth Of last May, that
you and he selected Kemp P. Battle and Sion H.
Rogers, Esquires, special private committee to
settle his accounts This committee awarded him
fee thousand dollars in gold for his services, but
Col McRae states in his paper of the 2sth May that
" Con. Vance thought his claim entirely reason
abl." Did you not know, Sir, that there was law
of the State requiring all State Agents and all per.
sons having accounts against the State, to settle
with the State Auditorf What authority, then,
did you have to appoint this special prirate COM
mittees And how much, in gold, has Col McRae
heai no ali all oI
he claims? You stood by as Governor and saw
thousands dfshonest poor men sent off as con-
scripts; why did you not require this man to set
tie his accounts so that he might have gone also
as private to fight for his country2 Is he any
better than the honest poor men referred to-? And
why do you not noW require Col. McRae to settle
bis accounts with the State Auditor2 Are you
port you for Governor?
Col. McRae has attempted to answer these ques-
tons for you, but he has failed to do so. We do
not impeach the Coloners personal honesty. But
he has very large eyes when he fixes them on the
treasury. 1t requires eleuen thousand dollars in
gold to fill them, end hssays gov consider his claim
reasonable" Is that so, GOVERNOR Do you
think he actually earned that amount or the fourth
Of it? If the money in the treasury were yours,
we would not complain if you gave it all to your
favories for it would be none of our business; but
the people, Governor-the property of the absent
soldier, and the property Of thousands who can
barely live, as we'll as that of the rich-must be
taxed to pay these heavy Claims. Do you ever
think of thats Wehave read Col. McRae's defence,
and with every disposition to do him JUSTICE we
think he has not improved his case. Come, Cover
nor, let US have settlement of the accounts. We
again cali your attention to tho lao on the subject.
you should require the Colonel to settle, and he
should turn against you on account Of it, the day
of election is at hand that he could not de.
priye you of many votes.