Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-07-27

.,,,,d;nt;no or epadino the action Of the Legsla-
ture on the subject Is the wH Of the people through
their representatives to be thus th&J6tedl
The Governor ought without moments delay,
to make publ his claim tosbe same officats elaaeo
by the Legislature. AAoA'
Gov yance,s speech at sale,n..Mo Proof OF
his Blasphemy..Pilinsi 1T On
The evidence of Gov Vance's profanity in MS
army speeches is already sufficient to convict MIN
before any intelligent unprejudiced Tribunal, out
we have more to offer; and we appeal to the peo-
nile to bear in mind that the testimony all comes
frnm soldiers-men who have right to speak, and
men who have as much regard for veracity as dov'
Vance or any of his supporters or admirers.
We publish the following account Of the Gov,
ernor's speech at Salem, from the Peoples Press,
from which it will be seen that he denied the use
of the language imputed to him in his army
speeches there as he has elsewhere but the Editor
Of tho "Press" in the notice Of the speech, says
"Several furloughed soldiers from this vicinity
short time since, who heard the Governors az
dress, corroborate the charge" 'Several furough:
ed soldiers" mind you, "corroborate the CHARGE,
and the Governors denial in his Salem speech
leaves the question of veracity between him and
the ''several furloughed soldiers" aforesaid
From the Salem Press
Gov. Vance at Salem-According to spoint-
ment, the Governor addressed . large assembly OF
people in the public square in this place, on Thurs
day last We believe majority present were Ia
dies Having taken no notes. we shall not attempt
a report of the address, but merely give some OF
the points. -
In the outset the Governor alluded to his address
in this place ID 1860, under different circumstances
than now surround him. He said he had been a
Union man up to Lincoln's proclamation, which
called on North Carolina for troops to fight her
Southern brethren, when he entered the army and
remained until, unsolicited, he was called to the
Gubernatoral Chair of his native State, by the
largest majority Of votes ever given to any man IN
North Carolina for that Office. He said be had
committed himself to no particular pocy-had
made no promises to gain votes. He was elected,
and sworn officer to support the State and Con-
tederate Constitutions, he had endeavored to dis
charge his duty faithfully and impartally.
he referred to his correspondence with the Con
federate authorities (recently published) to prove
that he endeavored have certain evils complain
ed of by the people, remedled or mltigated; said
that he had and would continue to protect, when
in his power, the civil law against the encroach,
ments of TIE military authorizes. He was Il, favor
of an honorable peace, based upon nothing short
of an acknowledgement of our independence; be
was opposed to the recent Convention movement,
because he saw no use for Convention now, be-
lieving the movement to be ill-timed and might
prove destructive Il its tendency. The Governor
INDUCED in illustrations in order to snow the dan
gerous tendency Of State action, which would re
suit in anarchy, the horrors of which were almost
bevond conception, but took very good care not
to give an illustration of tue condition in which
we would probably find ourselves involved, should
this war continue several years longer.
portion OF the Governors time was consumed
in denouncng his competitor Mr.. Holden (who was
not presently and the Standard and Progress news
papers. He denied that he said, in speech to the
soldiers Of the Virginia army, that" We IN ust fight
the Yankees till hell freezes over, and then fight
them on the ice and fill hell so full of them that
their legs would stick out Of the window" We
know nothing in substanation of the above charge,
except seeing the certificates of soldiers that the
Governor did make use Of the above expression.
Several furloughed soldiers from this vicinity, a
short time since, who heard the Governors ad
dress, corrooorate the charge We merely make
the statement, without wishing to PREJUDICE the
reader, whom we leave to draw his own conclusion.
The Governor remarked that he had endeavore.l
to put stop to illegal impressments. He had
issued orders in effect that if the impressments
we're legally made not to interfere but if illegal,
to resist them. lie advised the people to resist
all illegal proceedings on their premises by sum-
said, or, have them arrested according to civil pro-
cess, if you prefer it. II every other means to
arrest the offenders had failed, then only could
the Governor call out the militia to enlo, CO the
laws
The Governor had but little, if anything. to say
against the suspension of the writ o. habeas corpus
the tithng law or the impressment law which
takes property at onet third its value Nothing was
said against the bad policy of placing the whole in
dustrial population, at home, under military con
troll nor against the unlawful of citizens by
the military powers These omissions must have
been an oversight in the Governor, but his non al
fusion to these matters, in three hours speech
struck the audience forcbly.
Apart from not being very complimentary to the
Governors Salem speech, the above notice from
the Press gives US the testimony of "several fur
Laughed soldiers" that Gov. Vance did tell the bows
in his army speeches that they ''must fight till hel
froze over"
But We have not DONE We have before US tw.
letters from yourg man of high character IN which
I the same language is imputed to Gov. Vance Th'
writer of these letters IS from Wake County ant
can establish as good character as any man in tn
State Though fighting soldier in the army h
is also soldier of the Cross, being a minister 0
the Gospel. We quote from hisetters: -
NEAR ORANGE G. H, Va,
April 9Th 1864 s.
Gov Vance was out here last week and spoke il
our brigade but think there are a good many tina
will vote against him. He said we must fight i
needs be till hell frozo over and then cross over OF
, the ice and fight them. l think that very i'm
proper expression.
We have another letter from the same gentleman
written two month later. We quote:
GAINES MILLS, June 9Th, 1864
How does Mr. W. W. Holden get on for Govern
orr would like to hear, and what does Vanc
say nowl have heard him make talk since wa
at home and he said that we must fight the Var
; KEGS until hell freze over and then fight them O
the ice just so long as we keep such men in ofic
so long shall we have to fight, but think he h:
killed himself J..
We do not give the writer's full name because
is in the army, if not killed in some of the recer
fights, and such publication might tend to max
his lot worse than it is but the letters are in on
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