Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-06-16

What are you doing liz RE Vance
4 an here for debt Yo1 see, said
IN, lat the beginning Of the war Hoi
den said lie w.nld get in the last ditch,
'ar 10 whip the Yankees. l went hls
security, and ia he won't pay, they
have taken me with a ca. SO. and here
/ am" Mrs. Vance having fallen very
ill, Governor Holden. at the solicita
ton of Gov .rnor Vance's friends, and
in tardy recognition of the protection
extended to him when the raid was
made by Confederate troops On bis
printing office in Raleigh, wrote to
President Johnson in his behalf, and
he was permitted to return home on
parole, and was finally released.
Towards tue close of the year Gov
ernor Vance removed TO Charlotte and
resumed the practice of the law.
OF course, during the war OF recon-
struction, as it may we'll be termed, it
was impossible for Zebulon B. Vance
to be an idle spectator. Although a
banned man, he took, We believe,
an active part in every stage OF the
struggle; ever maintaining and up
holding the rights of the people of
North Carolina. In every section of
the State was his voice heard,
exhorting the people to courage, and
to patience. and to hope, and that. too,
doubtless, at a great sacrifice of his
private interests.
Finally, in 1870, when honest men
once moro controlled the Legislature,
it WAS thought the time had come to
| issue an adequate reward to such long
anG faithful service in field, in camp,
and in council chamber. Accordingly,
on November Goth, 1870, he was
elected by the Legislature to be United
States Senator, to succeed Gen. Alb
bolt. The Federal Senate, after delu-
sive hopes held out by its members, res
fused to remove his disabilities, and
on the ID of January, 1872, bis resig-
nation was sent in to the Senate OF
North Carolina. Thereupon Genera
Matthew W. Ransom was elected IL
his place, and was enabled, by persona
appeals to Senators, to secare the pas
sage of a bill rem owing his disabilities
During the campaign that followed
Governor Vance took all active anC
distinguished part. canvasslng boil
the Eastern and Western portions o
the State. Everywhere he went h.
was received with the most cordisl ant
enthusiastic welcome. The people .
Wilmington still remember the regre
and disappointment they felt wheI
they learned that heavy fall of rail
at Whiteville, i'll Columbus county
had compelled postponement of hl
speech there to all hour that woul'
prevent his speaking here.
The recollection OF the regent Sena
.orial contest in which Governor Vauc
was defeated. is fresh in the memor
of us all. Everybody knows ths
Governor Vance was the regular nom
inee of the Conservative party, an
! that he was defeated by the refusal {
certain gentlemen to be bound by tn
action of the party caucus. Every
body regrets that division and disser
; sions should have occurred in on
! ranks. and the people everywher
sympathised with him i'll his dPfea
and have ever given to him the NEE
of praise due to one who has been,
peace and i'll war, true to party, tru
to honor and true to North CnrOlini
And again he is brought to the for,
= front of the bnttie-the most impo:
! taht political battle that has ever bee
fought in North Carolina. Tie abo,
telegram announcrs that he is I'll
choice of he Democratic party ft
e Governor of North Carolina to-da,
8 "a choice declared through All unusr
/, ally large Convention with singuli
! II, animity and with unbounded onthl
\ siam.