The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-28

friends Of. or related to. desorters or
hiding conScripts, and his object was to
win their waning allegiance hack t. State
and Confederacy by arguments addressed
TO their sense Of prudence as We'll as
patriotism. and by gentle reminders Of
what WAS his duty us well as theirs III
the crisis, then upon them: while 1T Fay
etteyille his hearers were ardent Con-
federateS. who needed only encourage
ment and stimulus to renewed hopeful
ness. The color OF one side OF the shield
was shown at one place and that Of the
other side at the other. As st. Paul at
Caesarea complimented the vicious King
.Agrippa upon his experiences III the Gus
toms of the Jews, so Vance at Wilkes
boro praised the faIthfulnesS OF some
who heard him TO relatives or friends in
hiding. and appealed to that as an in
tfuence to redeem their friends from
crime and bring them hack to paths of
honor. The effect OIL these speeches and
4 few others at leading points was mark
ed. His speech in this city from Il stand
between the southeast corner Of the
courthouse and the Gales Offices, was.
| think. al things considered. the most
effective speech | have ever heard. Here
the Stainly and Dahl Progress, which
nearly echoed its sentiments, were pub
lished. and in this city and county Mr..
Holden had many friends and adherents
While some extreme COnfelerateS III
view of his maintenance Of habeas cor
puS against Il legal conScri ptlon, etc,
would not yet forget that Vance WAS
once 4 Union man. He spoke to vindl-
cate law and order, to denOunce unfaith-
fulneSs tending toward treason, to dispel
the clouds Of dependency and clear the
air of suspicion, to strengthen the weak,
to give courage to the timid. establish
the waverin@ and enthuse the brave. lie
ACCOMPLISHED all he undertook to do.
Men and boys filled the streets in the
area about the courthouse, while ladies
filled the balcony. the doors and the Win
dows of the hotel opposite and the por-
tico of the Cape Fear bank below Ry
lucid statement Of conditions environlng
us. arguments as to duties Of citizens in
cident to such conditions, by wit, by il
luStration, by pathos. by playful irony,
by scathin@ denunciation. and 10y lofty
appeal to patriotism. he held the crowd
as under hypnotic influence, enlighten-
ing. amusing, arOuSing, inspiring. alter
nately exciting them to tears and lndlg-
nation. and convincing them that in
veal or in woe they could safely trust
them as their and the States fiend |
give an instance of his aptneSS in dis
posing Of an adversary by an original
turn. After discussing the editor of tie
'Standard' and the hurtful influence Of
that paper he Maid his respects to the
Raleigh Progress 1t was generally
understood that its manager had begun
his business life selling lemonade in q
: travelling circus. Without preliminary
comment, the speaker introduced him t
his audience by throwing his head back
and body forward. with hands extended
as if holding 4 platter filled with glasses
and saving in monotone at the top of his
; voice: 20 yez. ladies and gentlemen
! here is Your ice cold lemonade at sc. (;
!. glass" While he never underyalued any
!. honest employment. he relied unon his
hearers agreeing with him that Sellln-
!, red or water-colorcd circus lemonade wa
!, hardly a proper trainin" for Il puhli,
: educator. Certainly half an hours de
! nunciation would hardly have 50 elfectu
ally disposed OF this editor: and h dis
missed him with a few more, words
When he concluded. amid enthusiast,
cheers. personal friends and retainers q
: Mr.. holden. intending 4 near connection
: who had experienced personal favor,
:, from him., We're heard to say they coult
! not withhold their votes from Governor
!, Vance after that speech. He was again
triumphantly elected. by fair vote ant
omen count. and ED his office unit i
7 was vacated by the surrender OF the
: Southern armies.
: He surrendered himself to the Fedora
! general in command at Greensboo. il
: May. 1865, and being paroled. joined his
!. family at Statesville. l give his OWL
| account of his arrest in a spicy letter pro
voked by 4 false report of it by 4 famous
United States general Of cavalry. Yol
= will command it for the plucA it displays
Il even if Won doubt its prudence. lie beins
+, then under political disabilities. w
! will agree that it was deserved. ant
) eminentlv characteristic of the writer.
Charlotte, Oct. Is. 1868.
To the Editor OF the New York Herald
[ see by the public prints that Genera
Fitzpatrick has decorated me with hi:
: disapprobation before the people o
PENNSYLVANIA. He informs them, sub
stantially. that he tanned me by captur
: ing ne and riding 200 miles on a bare
back mule. l will do him the honor to
, say that he knew that was a lie wheI
boro. n. c.. on the ID of May. 1868, tC
! General Schofield. who told me to %
! to my home and remain there, saying i
! he got any orders to arrest me he Woui,
: send there for me.
n Accordingly / went home and there re
manned until | was arrested on the 13ti
!. Of May by 4 detachment of 300 cavalry
under Major Porter. of Harrisburg. from
whom | received nothing but kindness
/ and courtesy. | came in a buggy t
: Salisbury. where we took the cars.
saw no mule on the trip. yet | though
saw an ass at the generals headquar
ters: this impression has since been con
firmed.
r Respectfully yon RS VANCE.
r He was brought through this city. and
t +. with other friends. was allowed tic
v see him. 1t was generally feared thai
n be. with President Jefferson Davis ant
Il Il few others of prominence. whose Spe
t cial arrest had been ordered from Wash
d ington. was to be tried and condemned
u to death for treason. Well do | remem
\. Der with what courage and dignity ht
e bore himself, while beneath the cas-!