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Canal The principal channel Of supply for his
| army.
General Ire says that to march out of Rich.
mond and attempt to fight in open field the
combinations brought against him by Grant
1oould b wholesale murder.
| From al We can learn, VIC full; believe
| that Lee will very soon accept he btsf terms he
can obtain from Gen. Grant.
NORTH CAROLINA UNION
| lists.
Who They Are and What rhey Arc.
| 9osTEzUaA, Iowa, March 81, 1855,
Editors Chicago Tribune:
see published in your paper of the 9oth
| uH., what pn1ports to be "a list Of Senators
and Representatives and other public men
throughout the South, who are in favor OF
reconstruction on the basis Of the Union and
the Constitution" in which several mistakes
occur as to the list from North Carolina.
which, by your permission, propose to cor
rect, and upon which indulge in some explain
atory remarks.
Tho List as published, recites the following
names and in the following order: Vim, 4.
Graham, Senator; Robert r. Badger. N.
C., which ahonld be Assistant CLERK
Of the Senate Of State Legislature !:
James n. Leach; Jos. Turner. Il. c.
y. q; Qnlnsey, ": B: Dortch, Senator; J. T.
G11mer, n. G.; Coy. Vance, and n. u. uoi. d.
den, editor Of the North Carolina Standard,
Ex-Governor ". A. Graham, as / supnose
every reading man, ut least in the United
States, knows, WAS an ultra Whig under the
old political classification, and always yio-
lent opPoser q secession up to the time when
II became absolutely necessary for North Caro-
lima to take decided stand for or against the
Government. After she had seeded it was
very difficult to get public opinion from him
up to the time when It became a fixed fact
that emancipation was to be ono Of the OBJ
eminent, in connection with the suppression
Of the rebellion. Then It became evil
dent 1hat Mr. G:8ham was getting more
in harmony with the Confederate Govern
ment-so apparent was th:s-that the North
Carolina Legislature, then as now, composed
Of majority Of outspoken secessionis,s, and
luRewarm conservative, elected him to
seat in the Confederate States Senate. Since
which time, prompted By his unyieldfng pride
OF opinion and innate arfstocratic sentiments
and more stcessionist until, when your cor
respondent left Raleigh, N. G., In December
last, he was considered By his Old political
friends as having FULLY surrendered himself up
to the Davis faction head and heart, boot and
epur, except in-so far as freeing the negroes
Was concerned.
Mr. Badger is young man Of come pro.
nise, sen Of Hon. Geo. E. Badger, OF Ra-
leigh, N. c., former q. 8. Senator from that
State. Young Badger volunteered In the SER
vice early In the struggle, and WAS acting as
a1 officer IN General Lees army with rank
OF major, when he was elected assistant clerk
OF tht Moth carolina Senate at late or
! ganization. BE is correctly represented in
| the list eferred to. 8. :,
JAS. NJ. Leach Was member Of the old
Congress, and Notwithstanding he, With the
rest OF the North Carolina delegation, seeded
firm that body in 1861, and. | believe, went
INTO the army short time as captain, Is nev-
erthtltss good and true man, and has al
ways been cordial hater Of accession and
| eccession,sts.
Josiah Turner Is prominent lawyer Of
| Orange county, and Is a new nt mber, having
been ELECT, q at the last term. The last i
knew Of bis war sentiments, he was for
fighting to absolute subjusation" sooner
than submit to the hated Government" #
| be is "tor peace On the basis Of the Constitu-
ton, laws and Unien,'' as they now exist, he
! has undergone a. a.very,1adlcal change since his
| speech in Raleigh year ag,..
". D. Doftch 10 q secessfonist of the
| of seceders. Goldsboro. Wavne
| county, Nc,th Co. olIna, where he actuallV
d:sErsced his position BY stump1ng the coun-
| ty 10 defsat the election Of ]. i. Everett,
ESD, a respectable lawer Of The olace. who
was polling 10, seat In the House Of Com
mons In the State Legislature. aud succeeded
by a small m3inri,y b. fntinidat tinr h;s henr.
ers IN hts public harangues with threats OF
military arrests and political bastinage III. the
.wnuId consider hitnxe1f eniIessir disrracas -
II were generally belfeyed.that hf 1Fas a sn.,.
m,ssIonjst.- " 49, = s1'
Dr.J 4. Leach is one of tha drmest nrivatc
citizens in the Confsderhey. Fl. makes m
pretentions ia sunf,ior stsfesmanshin h,t
far sound j,1drment and exalted nafrintism
he has fcw snne,,ors and fnr upwarar,n-
f]delitv to pI1ncIple aud iustiee none" #
was for these yirtuee the prople selectcd hin,
in pftf,ncc TO the celebrat.d d boot.liclx and
political eambler. Duncan K. McEne' fis nr.
Mnent. ,honinF he rnIoht IL ahSe
IN some wav tn assnape ire anrs,fop Iii.
Iowa at Richmond md t6nz esve III 4 nth
frnm inundstinn and endless min He lahnr.+i
.harG and faithfully as The iIu1nais Of Con.
oress viii show hnf alas al,s he ~ . nowar.
~ - ,cmnsh yaf n saod s ne Tas
/. devils bav,nr fncrf,ed fTom the sT,ne that
We're ctolcj IN fhc 81 ana cntcreS inIn I.T
and liza sarel]ies m noper eartl,iy r,n'3 sava
the s;nk,nfr sl,fn'' f9"S& 's@@' so'>.'~ t'@''
Mr- Leach has two or three hunffrea ncoroea
Smth3rld I 1 !, y tbe ConTt ponse Ho hart wnten nn
,inmht made - rooS t1etr esene tn cen a1S Shes' no
man,s i;nrs tTe tits Int thcfe IL m man ~
I'm 9,nnTadcrocr xs}n r;1f nnra c,.arr,I.-
render M that amount Of wealth provided i
viii rrsfi,re neace and nr,fct to III i;strocfed
count,y : anu STOP tie ewfal fiuTr Of b..sasn
gore tban WIN Hon + n. Leach.
re, Fuller is Young mar Of yery decided
promise. He has INIT recentIv auraarra In
public life, but bids faIr 10 be quite promi.
Il, nj and usefhl mnn. and. / believe. Is truly
reprcstpted In the publication referred to.
John 4. Gllmer Is Whig Of tte Old school,
pTess. have no Doubt that Mr. Gilmer las
Often serely rspented for his course In 1861,
und has ysiuly wished himself and colIeaeuc5
hack in the limited States Conrress. Rut
that sin. like all others. mar bs 1epcrted If
and pe1alyeniuye forgiven. but the blot will
still rtmufn 10 mar and d. face 1hc beauty Of
his political escutchron for nn time to come.
Il Mr. G. Is for submitting to the Federal
Government (which 1 do not betleye,. his
mind has undergone a considerable change
since he canrasstd his district for the posft1on
he now holds,
GOV. Vance comes uext, In the order Of the
list, and q more rabid war man did not exist
eouth of Mason aud Dtxon's line" In
December last SO extreme was be, that It
was actually surmIsed he had been sleeping
with JEFF. DAVIS. he, also, Is seeding
member of the old Congress, having been
elected BY tie old Wing party to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the promotion Of T.
L. Cl1Dgman to the Scnatorship. Gov. Y. is
ent and by dint Of energy has attained to
some considerable degree Of general informa-
ton, but il very deficient in literary attain.
meut and thoee finer Embellishments OF men
tai cuiture-elegance and reftemeut-ThIch
characterize truly great man. He is a
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