The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-29

ting devoted Unianists-szT huss this chosen
David, to whom had been entrusted the
sling and pebble to smite the Goliath of Sc
cession, betrayed his Old friends, and desert
ed to the enemy, where he became the leader
of those silk stocking blood drinkers, the
latter-day- war-saints, who had tasted of hu-
man gore and gone crazY.--------------.
The following is the resolution referred to
as being prepared by Gov. Vance, and adop-
ted by q Convention of true Unionists at
Hendersonville, N. c., Aug. 18th, 1868,
which assembled to nominate candidate
for the Confederate Congress. That sterling
Unionist, General George W. Logan, was
nominated. The following were the more
conspicuous Unionlsts present Oh the oc-
casion, who will lie recognised at once
as open and avowed reconstructionists:
Hon. Alexander H. Jones, of Henderson,
now member elect to the o. S. Con-
gress; Col. G. L. Harris and J. B.4Carpenter,
of Rutherford Col. J. NJ. Hamilton, of Polk;
and S. o. Deavcr, of Madison. That was
the company in which z. B. Vance was then
found The following is the resolution:
"Resolped, That we desire to hold our
selves guiltless of shedding one drop of
blood beyond that which is necessary to Sc
curing an honorable peace with our enemies;
and to that end, we desire to make known
to the fair minded men of the North, who
have recently on various occasions expressed
willingness for amicable conference, that
we, the people of Western North Carolina,
aoiU cheertully respond to their qcishes and re-
ciprocate their sentiments, believing it our duty
as Christians and patriOts, to neglect no means
Of negotiations sohich may effect u settlenaentG
our difficulties and stay the shedding Of blood"
Six months afterwards Gov. Vance said to
the soldiers, boys, fight till hell freezes over,
and then fight on the ice, y" fight until you
fill hell so full of yankees, that their feet will
stick out of the windows dc.
Two months before that he wrote as fol-
lows to President Swain, at Chapel Hill:
"RALEIGH Jan. 2, 1864.
My DEAR SIR: The final plunge which I
have been dreading and avoiding-that is
to separate me from large number of my
political friends, is about to be made. 1t is
now a fixed policy of Mr.. Holden and others
~ Cdil d CulFClltlou Ill idy w lahC Nollu
Carolina back to the United States, and the
agitation has already begun. Resolutions
advocating this course were prepared few
days ago in the Standard office, and sent to
Johnson County to be passed at q public
meeting next week and series of meetings
| are to be held all over the State"
These resolutions were not prepared in the
Standard office. They were written by Hon.
J. T. Leach, and submitted to Cor. Vance, ao1o
approred them. We have DR.. Leach's word
for it, publicly given in the STANDARD, and
also in his "Appendix to the life of D. K.
McRac"l
For any cause now existing, or likely to
exist, | can never consent to this course.
Never But if it should be inevitable, and
be unable to prevent it, as l have no right
to suppose l could, believing that it would
be ruinous alike to the State and the Confed-
eracv producing war and devastation at
home, and that it would steep the name of
North Carolina in infamy. and make her
memory a reproach among the nations, it is
my determination quietly to retire to the
army and find a death which will enable my
children to say that their father was not
sound IL little wild and romantic-to use no
stronger expresslon-but it is for your eye
only"
The Governor did not redeem this wild
and romantic" pledge-but is still in the en-
ioyment of robust health
''AlI mankind is one of these two towards;
Either to wish to die, when he should live.
Or live when he should die ,,-------~----------s