Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-01-11
a Scene In the North Caroline Leg.


A Scene In the North Caroline Leg
lslature.
1t appears from late Raleigh IN. o. pa
pers, which We have received, that Mr..
Holden of the Raleigh. STANDARD, Mr.. Leach
of the rebel Congress, Mr.. Vance, the Gov
ernor, and the myriad deserters in the
mountains, are not the only "conserVa-
lives" in North Carolina. A rebel paper
called the Raleigh Confederate says that
the "Vance men" are reviVing the agitation
and excitement which existed previous to
Governor Vance's reelection and names
as among the "most prominent producers
Of party excitement and animosities in the
House of. Commons Mr.. Fowle, Mr.. Car
ter, Mr.. Phillipsj Mr.. Stipe," &c. 1t then
reviews speech made by Mr.. Carter in
the following language e:-.r
1t is our duty to-day to- notice the part
borne,by Mr.. Garter in this deleterious leg
islation. In order to have fuel for the
Rames, resolutions have been introduced
Of opposition to the suspension of the H1beas
corpus, TO oiimpresSment to 'conscription, to
the surrender of Statetoficers, and in sup.
port of State negotiations for peace.
Mr. Garter confined himself to the sus-
pension of the ha6eGs corpus. Serious aud
tragic as was the tone of his address, there
was something irresistibIy comic in one
part of it, or -m0re;-it was the manner of
his approach towards the ''straightest sect"
Mr.. Carter has been very. alcrooked"-
perhaps the most "crooked" conservative
in the State-and from him slight hopes of
repentance could reasonably be entertained;
and Mr.. Holden had regarded Mr.. Carter
With those painful emotions which a
parent feels, for q favorite son, irrecovera-
bly, lost.
Mr.. Holden was present when Mr.. Car.
ter spoke. He sat very near to Mr. Garter,
and was an eager listener. His attitude
hopeful. We saw his eye klndle at the
first sentence of Mr.. Oarter's speech,
wherein he declared that the t'suspensiOn
of the hGbeGs corpus would be the destfuc
ton of the last vestige of freedom" From
that moment Mr.. Hol den began to ''croOk"
towards Mr.. Carter, and Mr.Oarter began
to. "straighten" towards Mr.. Holden, and
when the speaker came to the positive as
aurance that the estate would not submit
to it again." it is difficult to say whether,
in the relative change of attitude, Mr..
Holden had become most crooked, or Mc.
Carter had become most straight. One
thing is certain-Mr. Holden went home
mentally exclaiming, ''I revive again. l
am stronger man, by odds, than l was
three weeks ago. l am again power in
the land. Let them go, or rather come on,
aud one of these days l will make them re-
member the summer of 1864"
But, seriously, in all the Vagaries of
madcap politicians, we have not seen a
more dangerous display than that of Mr..
Carter. The leading idea with him was
that his own government was a despotism,
and he sought so to convince others.
We said above that Mr.. Carter gave as
surance that the State will not submit
again to the suspension of the hd6eGS cor
pls. And he went further, and slgnifed
inindispntable language how this want of
submission should be. manifested. Said
Mr. Cartet:-"If gentlemen enough were
not on that floor, or on the AOor Of Con-
gress, to protest against another illegal
Esuspension Of this privilege, the time kOd
come s0hen by The EaVs Of nature ,Os mould b
justified n starti1g q nsp revolution" Ia
other words, Nj. Carter proposes that, il