The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-31
LEADER.
WEDNEsDAT. NAY 81. 1885.
The Rival Candidates for Governor OF
North Carolina. gfaF
fRaItigh 00rFsspOndenOe Of the n. 7. HerAid-I

rRaI,igh Correspondence OF the n. 7. Herald
Another delegation will probably start
to-day to have an interview with the Pres
ident It is rival to that headed by W.
w. Holden.
With the prospect of an election for
Cover or within the next few months, the
politicians are already discussing the mer-
It's and dement's of various candidates.
Three persons are already named, and, as
it may be interesting to you to know what
is said of them by friends aud enemies, I
shall enumerste them, with their respective
claims and disqualifcssions. F.
THE most prominent, and at present Ger
a1nly the most popular candidate for the
nomination, is W. W. Holden, editor of the
Raleigh Standard, paper which has been
recognized as the uncompromising foe OF
secession, and rival candidate to Vance in
the last election. He is man of the peo-
| pie, from whose midst he rose to various
legislative honors, and to the editorship of
journal whose influence in North Caro-
| lima politics has always been felt. While
thus popular with tie many, there are not
q few Unionists, and staunch ones at that,
who Wsge 8 war of direct hostility against
him. They say that man who deliberate
" signed the ordinance of secession cannot
by any change of sehtIment or by any re-
pentanee, however sincere, tit himself for
the Office of Governor under Union suspi-
ces. Some who are aware Of his sntece-
dents are reviewing his treatment of Pro-
fessor Hedrick, an Instructor at Chapel Hill
University, who declared In 1856, when
Fremont was q candidate for the Presi-
dency, that he would vote for him If an
electoral ticket was formed in North Car
olina. Holden, in the columns of his pa.
per, took the Professor TO account for this
statement, and aroused such a storm Of in
dignstion' among the Shareholders, that
Hedrick was forced to lesve the State, in
company with, IS neAr as Can ascertain,
or At le st at the came tims with II. h.
Helper, abrother of the @Impending Criais'
man
Holden's enemies also accuse him ofIpo-
iticAl inconsistency. First an old line
Wing, he went over to the Democrats
next, a seeessionist-Es bis signature to the
secession ordnance proves he abandoned |
that party not long after the war COM
menced, or IS soon as his natural shtewd-
ness told him that with the immense pew |
er Of the North the Union cause must pre-
vail, and under the guise of hostility to the |
Davis Administration, masked his efforts |
to aid the Fed raj Government.
The person named most prominently in
opposition TO him is Bartholomew for |
"Bst," as he is fsmilisrly known r. Moore
q member of the legal profession, and one 4
OF the most, if not the most eminent jurist |
of the State. His record of Unionism is /
clear as crystsl-a fact which his worst |
enemy will not deny, His acts and voice
throughout have been for the Federal Gov |
ernment, and, like John Minor Bolts, of /
Virginia, when he found it impossible to |
stem the current of secession he withdrew |
to the retirscy Of private life. However /
few have been bis contributions to the sup
port of the Davis government, they were
forced from him by thst terrible reign Of /
terror which iDtimidAted alike both friend /
and foe TO the performances Of acts repug-
nsnt to both their interests and patriotism.
His enemies, however, GlLerG parte, say
thst he is thoroughly pro slavery man,
and that, if possible, he will oppose ensn-
eipstion to the last. It is also intimsted
that his visit to Washington is for the pnr-
pose of arguing policy Of gradual eman-
Another name mentioned is that Of Gov
ernor Stanley, whose brief administration
under General Burnside will be remem-
bered. As he is not very prominent, and
has but few advocates, l have heard no dis
cussion of his merits.
The return of Mr.. Holden is looked for
about the first Of June, when we shall no
doubt be informed of the Executive views
on political affairs here in general. r~r
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