The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-19
North Carolina ELECTIONS,
From the Rheish Progress

From the Rsieieh Progress.
The contest is over, but the smoke has
not sufficiently cleared away 10 enable Us 10
get a satisfactory view Of the field.
In this county W. D. Jones is elected to
the Senste. X. Rayner, r X. Terrell, and
A. +. Page TO the Commons; T. II. Ray
sberiff;J. Terrell County Court erk, and j.
y. Bunting Superior Court Clerk. This is a
''straight-sect" triumph, as all the gentle
men elected were the partisans and supp IT.
ers Of Gov. Holden. The vote on the rstif-
cation Of the ordinances Of the Convention.
declaring slavery abolished, and the ordi-
nance Of secession Of 1861 null and void.
was small, tbOuph a number Of persons vot-
ed against both How they reconcile this
with the oath of amnesty, IN which they
swore % abide by ] the proclsnations OF
the President relating 10 the emancipation
OF slaves, we cant see; it is only the fact
that we shaTe 10 deal with. ID will only
prove to those who administer and control
The Government what We have time an /
again charged, that there are many among
Us who carry the amnesty oath on their lips
and trsa on ia their hearts. We do not be-
lieve that ID viii be long, if matters are al
lowed to progress as al. present, before we
shall hear OF serious propositions 10 re-en-
slave the blacks, or 10 tax the people 10 pay
the owners for them. We shall look 10 An :
drew johnson, however, and 10 a Republic
can Congress, TO protect the loyal people Of
the South against the scheming intrigue, Of
disaheetion and treason.
Good men have been elected in this conn
ty, and good men have been beaten. B. +.
Moore, ESQ, one CT the ablest men IN tbs
state, and a member Of the State Conven-
ton, was a candidate for the House Of Com
4 Lee. e. n mi
in connection with the fact that the Editor
Of this paper only received $40 votes for the
Convention, satisfies us that talent and moral
worth are not always sure Of the endorse
ment Of the masses
Col. Russ leads his competitors for Con-
gress largely in this county, but nos enough
has been heard from the district 10 DETER
mine the result. The contest, il is thought,
however, viii be close one.
From other Congressional districts we
have heard but little, we are Of the impress
sion, hoWeve-, that not a single man has
been elected who can take the oath. Ia the
%, clark, from the returas received, has no
| doubt beaten Lehman by large majority.
Lehman can take the oaIh, Clark cannot
But few returns have been received from
distant counties, and the Governors cleo
on is in doubt. Mr. Worth leads Governor
Holden in the railroad towns with which we
can communicate by wire, but IS most 81
these were known to be strongly secesh, no
other result was expected. The rural dis
tricts, it is thought, especially in the West,
will go largely T T Gov. Holden, and II so.
be viii be elected. The Vance and Davis
leaders fused and marshalled their forces
against Governor Holden, as they would
aSainst any other man who had denounced
the war and the Confederate leaders, snd
heuee the large vote against him II Gov.
Holden is beaten, the same men who have
done IL would yo'e for jefferson Davis OF
Zebulon b. Vance against Andrea John on.
There must be a great change Of heart n
North Carolina before Andrew johnson, as
a candidate for the Presidency, can carry
il ag inst any prominent leader in the re-
bel ion who may oppose him. We feel con-
ident that it is but too true that q majority
prefer to vote for a rebel hero 20 an ultra,
unconditional Union man. tn Sc things
are unpleasant to those ofus who want civil
law and p ace in tho Cnior, but as they
are true we owe il to oursef to state them
The who.e people were very Loyalty dis
posed. apparently. in May and June, when
the bris ling bsyonets of macy hattalions
gave them gentle and constant reminders OF
the the necessity Of good behavior bat aa
the pressure was withdraR the disaneeted
became more and mole ins0lent, until nov
men, women aad children, on Bonded knees
are imp oriug Andrew johnson to restore TO
them their darling pet Jefferson Davis.
These iniatuations may be swSe. and pleas
urabie now, but if we mistake not they viii
became terribly bitter before the March
winds shall have ceased their requiems
We regret to speak thus, bat Widespread
and increasing dIsafieetion compels as 10
do it. The supporters OF Wade Hampton
and Mr.. Worth are the enemies Of Andrew
johnson, and VIII be as long as he is the
enemy Of treason and Toe 10 traitors and
when the time comes whom they can strike
him q blow they will do il.