The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-02-07
Virginia Mr.. Botts-Gos. Pierpont.

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Virginia Mr.. Bolts Cor. Pierpont.
A Richmond correspondent of the New
York Herald, under date January 10th, says:
q movement is on foot and win probably
be brought up in the Senate tomorrow, de
clar;no The election of Messrs. Underwood
and Sesar to the United States Senate illegal,
and ordering a new election to fill the va
cancies. Several gentleman are spoken of in
connection with the Office, among whom are
Hon. Jno M. Bolts and Gov. F. H. Pierpoint
tits said that Gov. Pierpoint is opposed to
the use of his name, for the reason that he
signed the election certificates of Messrs. I'm
derwood and Segar, and believes their cleo
ton legal. Mr. Bolts is about the only man
in this portion Of Virginia who could con
scientiously take the test oath, and his friends
are working hard for his election. a Another
rumor is, that the friends of Mr.. Bolts are
circulating paper among the members of
the Legislature, pledging them to vote for
Mr.. Bolts, and if enough names are obtained
to secure his election Judge Underwood will
resign and MIR. Bolts be elected in his place.
The probability is, however, that two men
of the ultra secession stripe will be selected.
if the Legislature decide the election of
Mcssrs. Underwood and Segar illegal. haN
A strong pressure is being brought to bear
upon Governor F. H. Pierpont to induce him
to resign his position as Governor of the
State Of Virginia. The friends of Governor
Pierpont desire him to do so, hoping the
President would appoint amilitary or Pro-
visional Governor in his place, who would be
more Objectionable to the people, if possible,
than Governor Pierpont. His enemies desire
it in order that they may elect in his place
General Robert E. Lee, or some prominent
man who has been identified with the rebell-
ion. As the thing now stands, Francis II.
Pierpont is Governor only in name. Not
single one of the State officers recommended
by him was elected by the Legislature. and
he is surrounded by men with whom he dare
not and cannot harmonize He has not, ac-
cording to the laws of Virginia. the veto
power, and about the only voice he has in
q State affairs is as member of the Board of
Public Works. ~ .ll-s 80 3Hf $50,
A statement appeared in the Washington
columns of the Tribune on Saturday that the
President telegraphed Governor Pierpont to
veto the Vagrant law passed by the Legisla-'
ture, and because Governor Pierpont did not
do so General Terry issued his order annul-
ing the law. The whole statement is false
from beginning to end In the first place,
President johnson knew very well that Gov
ernor Pierpont had not the vetoing power,
and l doubt very much whether the atten-
ton of the President had been called to the
"act- until General Terrv's order appeared
annuling it. The press of the city are pitch
ing into the Governor right and left, and he
feels that he is deserted by those upon whom
he has conferred the most fayors. The very
men who now denounce him as a usurper are
the very ones who fawned about him in the
early part of the summer, obtaining his re-
commentator for pardons, and using him
in every way to accomplish their ends. He
thus lost the confidence and friendship of the
straight-out Union men, and is now thrown
overheard by the rebels" ~ -
1t seems to be understood that Gov. Pier
pont, of Virginia, by his kindness to leading
rebels in that State, has lost the support to a
great extent of the Union men, while the for
mer have shown themselves his implacable
enemies They were humble, conciliatory,
deferential, until they procured their pardons
and had their lands and houses restored to
them; but they are now naughty, defiant,
disloyal, and affect to regard Gov. Pierpont
as an intruder and usurper. There is not a
newspaper in Petersburg or Richmond, with
the exception of the Republic, which is dis
posed to give him hearing or to do him JUS
tice; and to show the state of public senti
ment, we may state that several of the papers
referred to are almost mammoth sheets, well
filled with advertisements, while the appear
ance of the Republic indicates that it is re-
ceiving but meager support II hi ,,-..o
John Minor Bolts " is the noblest Roman
of them all" His great experience and Liabilities
eminently qualify him for the public service,
and the confidence which the great body of
the Northern people have in him as nation
al man, would enable him to serve Virginia
with signal success in Congress- This, how
ever, is none of our business as citizens of
North Carolina; yet we may be allowed to
express our views about the affairs of our
sister States sahi ao-f 's.-
Il There is one thing much to the credit of
the Virginia people and the Virginia politi-i
clans, and that is, though Mr.. Bolts was an
outspoken and fearless Union man during the
entire rebellion, yet he was never even threat
ened with personal violence This cannot be
said Of North Carolina. Union men in this
State were prosecuted, mobbed, and hunted
down like beasts of the forest. The names
of many of our leading public men were en-
tered on the black book at Richmond for in
generation in the Bastile; and they would
have been incarcerated by Mr.. Davis, but
for the fear he entertained that the peo-
! pile of the State would rise in their dcspera-
ton and resist his, authority ss5aiq a3-liiw 3
We learn that our sister State on the south,
(South-C arolina,) is entirely in the hands of.
the ultra secessiohists so far as its legislative
department is concerned Gov Orr has some
little claim to be considered Union man man,
but the Legislature is thoroughly of the ultra
secession stamp That sterling and distin-
gguished patriot, W. W. Boyce, finding no
public employment in his State, but on the
other hand the strongest repugnance to his
Unionism has removed to Washington City,
where he is practicing his profession in the
Supreme Court and the Court of Claims "