Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1865-02-22
..1EIGH: FRIDAY. FEB. II. 1865.
%. lack space to-day for the proclamation Of
Vance, dated February 14th, 1885, but 1t shall

-. ,.ck suace to-day for the proclamation Of
-" y" Vance, dated February 14th, 1885, but itshah
'pp' .,ons the Governor could not make this 6aai.
~, uitbout going out Of his way to strike con-
.h,e norton Of the people ofthe State. He says:
a,,,nr however, of our people, who advocated
MANY, snon such vague and ill-defned terms As to
'cs douhts of their good faith and loyalty, con
aused sd s.dulously to disseminate the opinion that
anueu o.n government alone WAS to blame for the
oul ,""anee of the war, going SO far in some in.
noss As to threaten revolutionary measures for
aas,;nc the treaty making power from its hands.
wa nseotiatng with the enemy ourselves, alleg
snu th.s We could certainly get such terms the
s S.s.os would act in their sovereign capacity, as
.onT secure our property and slaves, by recon-
sruction." =
Admit for arguments sake, that the above is
,,Oe and what them Beyond all question If Gov.
Vance had gone with the Editor Of this paper in
August 1868, when he began to advocate peace on
,he basis of the Independence and sovereignty Of
the States, "our property and slaves" could have
been saved, either by temporary separation orhy
restoration Of the old government; and Ot only
oould our slaves have been saved, but hundreds Of
thousands Of precious lives would have been pre-.
,srved. But the Governor hardened his heart and
,tfsned his neck, and urged s'ar as the only means
for saving slavery, and now behold the RESULT 1t
!, true. when be was before the people for re-elee-
ton. and when he wanted votes, he was peace
man. In February, 1854, he approved Mr. Bogles
resolutions in favor of Convention, which looked
to the yery sovereign action Of the State which be
denounces in this proclamation. In his Fayetteville
,Deech be declared that the State would be justified
in seeding in the event Of any great disaster to the
Confederate cause. And in all his speeches, made
to get votes, so much was he devoted to peace
measures that he gave 1t as his opinion that before
the leaves then green should fall peace would smile
upon the country.
So far as good faith and loyalty" are concerned,
We have been as true to North Carolina as it was
possible to: be- We have preferred her prosperity,
her glory, and honor above every thing else; and
We are proud Of the fact that We have at any
time, countenancsd the idea that she should, fol
any cause Or in any event, be coerced and dragoon
ed BY her own agent the Confederate government
Gov Vance cannot say that. He has been trusr t.
the cotton States and truer to the Richmond gov
.rument than he has been to his evp State. He il
Welcome to all the credit he has gained by suct
"good faith and loyalty"
The antipathy of Gov. Vance towards consider
bic portion of eur people appears to be mortal
He can never forgive them for voting against him
In this respect, though the head Of the State AM
therefore bound to treat all our people with courte
sy and Justice, he has exhibited less Hberality an
less magnanimity than is shown by the Confederate
the organ of ths Original secessionists.