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TRIUMPHANT!
Trom the Soulthern Home.
no. io whom: sojboiv
that night, which forced the withdrawal
I of hu
i name ai?o.
home by the firaV
I prepared to return
train which was at 7
P. H.-jSunday. This threw matters into
Bomc conf ueion, and a resolution was pass
Charlotte, N.'Cj Ja4- 8 th. 1873.
B. f J)iTOR Circumstances make it
necessary that I should givt a statement
in regard to the late Senatorial election;,
in vindication of :mr,6wn conduct and of
the party, whose chosen representative t
bad the honor to be. During that contest I votes of the party should be
and since, $ was and j have! breu fiercely prevent an election. The
aseailed, and a great injury! if not entire
ruin, nan Deen aone to tbe iparty, whose
principles we profess to love. Somebody I voted for Merrimon, ho
is to blame for it, and the people want to
Know wiio. In order to jgive them as
much light as I can,i I propose to recife
briefly the history of that transaction. anH
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ttitn review the excuses giyen by onlyb j they were sure it could all be fixed., and
portion of the minority for kheir conduct, asked me not to go home. Shortly aftnr
Democratic majority of 24 in tlie Igis)at
ture no longertxists." Similar fpeech'-
es were made by Settle, Seymour,
Abbott, Tim Lee and other, the band
playing, Crtory, glory, haUdujdht Dr.
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ea,iua( wnusi selecting another candidate, lve, likewise reepouds to a call and
HAilhA. Rl H : 1 1J I t ? r . 1 t m
ubi.i.t luciiiiunii n iiiiujc iiur uiiuc euuuiu
be voted for in the Legislature: but the
scattered to
reader will
please note this. During the day I was
approached by several gentlemen who had
glories in the election of a mau who
would "not be odious to the administration
ynr a att .1.1 i .
vj urrunij Ana mus me work was
done.
Without one word of comment, and
without a sentence characterizing the con-
said they felt duct of these men. this statement in nK-
thatjthe opposition tome had gone too mitted to the jodment of all who love
far, jthatjthey were anxious to have my honor, truth, and fair dealing. !
name reinstated, thnt thpv haA iwn Afr .... i
ftmon and wanted me to see him. and A bnef not.ee of ,he statements and
dude : .
which b tran eel y enough, takes the shane.
of cliarces aerainat mvBelf. I I
For many weeks preceding the meeting
of the Legislature, various rumors came to
me through the newspapers and private
i i a
l saw judge Mernmon in my own room,
and he also insisted I should not co home.
So 1 1 remainedj over until Monday, but
distinctinctly told all these gentlemen that
my name was
I am happy to know that only two of
the ntteeu could be induced to sin that
reckless, untruthful and diijointfd produc
tion. It is significant. These tied beein
withdrawn in eood faith, their statement by an allegation that the
letters, that there Was treason in the camp, and could only be reinstated by Merri- members were pledged to me before the
uiai me nuntiio were euinjuiiiig 10 ueieai inniue, cnuugu ui lueiu 10 eieci me. 1 giiurc uici , in.i, uiany were nomina
the will of the Democracy and avoid the j On Monday, the proposed pacification ted by packed conventions, or forced to
contesting ot tne btate elections, and in- I madei no progress, in the caucus, after declare tor me on the stump. This is not
augurate fends in our ranks by combining manyjballotings, when the votes began to only wholly untrue, but is a gross insult Tndo Morrii
With such friends as Judcre Merrimon concentrate and it became evident that a both to the people and their renresenta- tk:., i.;
-.,1.1 t.: L' 1 o i I -...U u i j xr ..: 6 w ",lut
vuuiu ksiit nitu uiuj. iu luqu uiui ocua,' I iren vnuuiuore nuuiu buuu uc bciccicu. t o. iiut a oiiikiv 11 lm cecum uve was
tor. J Some of these rumors came to me J Mr. Bryson, of Swain, again put my name I pledg-d to me personally, either before or
as originating with intimate friends and I in nomination, which was promptly for-I after the meeting of the Legislature, on-
relatives ot the Judge; and the proof J bidden by Mr. Jones, of Caldwell, and I less a voluntary expression of preference
pointed to was, the great r f:hange which I other friends, and the announcement again be a pledge. If this be not true, let the
come over the Radical press! toward Judge I distinctly made that my name could not pledged men be named. In some counties,
luerrimon aimosi simunanepusiy, alter tne again, come ueiore inai ooay except at tuo
August election, from the vjlest slander to instance of enough of the Merrimon men
the highest praise ; their recommendation to elect me, combined with my own friends.
of htm for the Senate,! their evident policy I -Lbe rerfder will please uote this also
for doing so. and the final abandonment I Monday night, just as I was stepping
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cauumaiea vomniaruy aeciared tor me
and others were called out by the people.
Tf .L. I- -J l-t . . I .
li lue peopin ana canaiaaics naa not a
right to do this, without consulting these
two persons, it would be indeed strange.
,
ns as rtr-inge. Withont ft word ever
said to or by me on the subject. Geii. Han
som procured the passage of a resolution
in in senate, directing tho payment to
him of the salary due to the Senator from
N. C. for the year 1871. This was done
as he says, expressly for my benefit,' and
with the approbation of all the Domocra-
tic Senators. The firt intimation J had
of all this, was in June after his return
from Washington, when he tendered me
the money the whole of it. I refused
to take any. He explained how and why
he got it, and declared he would return it
to the Treasury if I did not accept it or
part of it. On consultation with friends,
I agreed to take one-half, which about
repaid me for time and money expended
get my seat. Now to these
gentlemen it no doubt seems strange, that
ivausom should offer me this money
when nothing but honor and decency pre
vented his keeping it ; as also strange,
that I didn't take it all when it was offer
ed to me. But they must know that there
are refined and geuerous instincts still
existing among men, though they may
feel them not. Their favorite candidate.
mon, when I explained this
said, candidly and without
hesitation, that it was perfectly right and
proper, and that he bad intended, if he
had been elected instead of Ransom to do
the very same thing ! As to why Gen.
Ransom did not also divide with Graham
and Manly, the answer is, he drew not no
monoy for their terms, and was not sue-
cessor. 1 his question they should ask of
their new friends and co-workers against
the Democracy, Tool and Abbott;
Another piece of evidence of the coalition
of tho gubernatorial contest, coupled with into the omnibus to start home, my arm And if these men had the right to pledge tbev find itf lhe rcmoT8j 0f my disabilities.
the titter silence of the gentleman under
all these rumors so damaging to his loyal
ty. My previous high regard for Judge
r o- .
and many gentlemen whq read this will
call to mind that I Wrote! them to this
tffdet. However, when I arrived in Ral
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was seized by Mr. Bryson, of Swain, who I themselves against m, surely my friends
vehemently urged me not to go, declaring could pledge themselves for me, and
the thing could all be fixed, that he had the idea that because men were pledg-
Merrimorv induced me to refuse credence the required nnmber of bolters pledged to ed to or instructed by their constituents,
to these warnings of distrustful friends, I undo their mischief, &c. I told him 1 before they left home, therefore the integ
was going home, and got in the omnibus, nty ot the caucus was distroyed and pre
He got in also and rode with me to the juaged, is so absured and silly that no
depot, and continued with great imnortu-1 man except he was in a corner and hard
eigh on the 20th Nov., I found too truly nity to urge my remaining ; and mention- pressed for an excuse, would ever think
that i had been more than ijtfst to my lite-I ea tue names oi ive, ins room-mate, i -a. complaint against men ior re
long friend, and that the! work of disor-l Bryson, of Jackson, Anderson, of Clay, I specting the wisher of their constituents
eanization was seriously iliecrun. I Was Dickey. Whitmire, Cowles, Marler, A vera may, however, well be made by these
. - -!'-!.a- .ll . : 1 . . . " . .1 ..I.. . . w . m am
informed that a number ofjhis friends had and others, who, ne said, would now vote men, since tuey spt tueir s utterly at deb
already declared their intention not to to I for me if my name could be reinstated. I ance in this whol matter.
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into Caucns. VllCr Canvassing my Own I ub nam uiureu uu in iuq luiust oi uio I u vuaigs kiiat i pi ivaicijr uiudc Bcnvui
eager harangue. Air. Jones, ot Ualdwell, I ana unjust cuargesarains Judge Alernmon
heard most of this, and will vouch for it. I iu "divtra conjiuenhal letters, is not true ;
I told him what I had told the others, and a ennous pubic might well want to
and came on home. know how my conidential letters are thus
By my friends, ! am told that the can publicly paraded. To the best ofjray re-
They admit that it was "eminently right
and proper' to have them removed, but
say it ought not to have been done with
out also removing those of everybody else
at me same time: Ana mey as a. tiimpn-
antly, "Why'tbis partiality t He (Vance)
had received $1,500. Why other favors
even
would j
prospects for forty-eight hours, I became
satisfied that I could secure the nomina
tion, and by the advice df Mr. Speaker
aioniiead, which accordeq witn tny own
intflinations, I went to bc Judge Merri
mon in bis office, and to tejl him candidly, cub adjourned on Monday evenin
in a spirit of kindness, wlat t thought! of
our mutual prospects! audi advise him not
to oppose me. I had a lopg and friendly
ednversa'.ion with him, in the course of
which, and before I had come to that part
of my business, he himself told me that I
had the majority pledged pgainst him and
his name should not go before the caucus.
1 replied that I thought Ij I could beat him,
and had come in to,advis(j him as a friend
not to oppose me. lie replied - that his
tiame would be presented
ture and that lie had hlteen or twenty
fi lends who would stand by him. I ask
ed it he expected ttadical support, lie
said not that he would not have an office
at the hands of that party (using a very
offensive expression,!) and that he did hot
ir at ttio
request of the, Merrimon men, who wanted
time to arrange for reconciling parties to
me. j On Tuesday morning, when it met,
Dr. Love was in the Chair. . A motion
was made by Mr. Cowles to rescined the
resolution adopted on Saturday night for
bidding the use of my name and Mcrri
mon's, and expressing his wish and opin
ion that I should be elected. While the
discussion was going on upon this motion,
Dr. Love called Capt. Waring to the
be presented to the Legisla- Chair, took the floor and favored the mo-
uon, saying suosiantiauy as ne is report
ed, that he had opposed Gov. Vance be
cause he had believed that there was a
collection, I wrote not more than one such
letter containing any allegation! at all
against Judge M , and that I should be
happy to see him deny. I dismiss this as
altogether contemptible. I am not a deal
er iu confidential letters and conversations
and the public can buy none at my shop.
But thev say there was a "coalition"
betweeu Gen. Ransom and myself to
divide the empire "like Anthony and
Octavius of other days." Some: weeks
ago I denounced this charge through the
papers, as au infamous lie ; these gentle
men now change their tactics. ; Judge
Merrimon and Mr Lnvs having both pro
fessed to accept my denial as true, tbey
them an anno totary and f living U a was gtvra. ! as I 14 mJk!f;S, m
house which was 'jleir gift of drawing rfy erased trlmf. 1 ow lUrmtA
their bills ia the Lnritlatar W Lett by th toj trigdc as I luul lm rJrnrd, ftt
people were to be pUndrred of cnpU tin j the rWveuth ad Thlfiywvmth M
city with the notorious Kirk, and the Lke. Um ri?ht f the roJ, a4 U lhtrMtk
euty-etfbih em lh left, tU rijkt
Lven by tome of bU own party. h was
accused as the partner of Mr. Phillips, of
sharing the fees of ihat ofSce'foc proeeca
ting oor people under the 'Revenue and
Koklnx acts, and thus picketing the
andT
of tU KixhteMlk rrtthjx t! vad.
while the TLlrty-tLird, cadcr C4aol
Avery, was throw furward as iklmlrsh
era. lite woods la front a! aar riht caw
price of our people's, blood ; of correspond- sis ted of large oaks with bat little aader
ing with the enemy, during'the war; and growth i ia tba rear of oar Hgkl was a
as being enraged in or privy to, a plot pine thicket, and to the left of the road
to betray his native section into the hands there was dense growth of 44 scrubby oaks.
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oi xwirs ana uis umos against an inese l inrongD woicu is a way very auacuiiy tor
defended him with sacb zeal and ability I troops to move. Oor skirmish Una
as l could command, canvas sine some I occupied tho crest ot this bill, aenara
thirty counties in the fierce ' midsummer I led, on the right pi" the roads, from tba
heats, and behold! this is my reward ! I Chaneellortville bills by a .deep valley, i
f or I have reason to know these charges 1 1 cautioned all my field o facers to watch I
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are all made with his knowledge and ap I closely the front, as we were then ecu
probation perhap4 Lis help also. I pying the front line and were expected U
lhe charge so meanly insimuated that I make a night attack. Alter forming my
made propositions to the Radicals for
their support, I deny in most unequivo
cal terms : as I do also the assertion that
violated plighted (faith in the matter of
my rengnatom. There is not one word of
line. I rode hack to ask General IIill if we
must advance or wait farther orders, and 1
on reaching the plank road I mctfjeneral
Jackson alone, I think, and he at onca j
wished to know for whom I was looking. I
truth in it. My article has already been 1 1 told him, and to save further delay I
extended beyond proper bounds, and I
will therefore forego particulars and on
ly say, that my jrpresentative in the
caueus when I was nominated for Senator
in 1870 was Col. II. C. Jones, then Sen
ator for Mecklenburg. He spoke for me I my command to put it in motion 1 found
in that body and to him I now refer, to
know if he made any pledge for me a hich
did not fullhl. j
I have thus given a history of this an
fortunate contest, and reviewed as far as
asked for orders. In an earnest tone and
with a pushing gesture of his right hand i
in the direction of the enemy be replied., i
"Push right ahead. Lane," and then
rode forward. On re aching the Hrht of j
J
that a Lieutenant Colonel' Smith, of the
One Hundred and Twenty-eigthlh Penn
sylvania regiment, had coma np between
our line of battle and the skirmish' line.
with a whits handkerchief tied to a stick
coalition between him and Ransom to put "ow say they did once believe that existed
expect to be elected, I but
I i asked why 1 He (said
blued with Ransom aga
tiled it and Asserted that
only to beat hie.
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that 1 bad com
nst him. I de
I had observed
the ;Senatorship iu their
Gov. Vance had deuied.
compelled to believe him
pockets; that
it' and he was
at all events.
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a'peifcct neutrality between him and Rjm
som. He said, at -all events I outfit to
hive helped him, and if t had done so.lice
liould have both been i tJie SenafeA I
; said that such an arrangement would have
oeen a comoiuauou agaissi lvausouj, iuc
very sin he was. chirgirlg upon me nliw,
dec. Much other conversation ensued but
ilo reconciliation was attained. Ife (re
marked again and agan, that he ndfer
icould forgive me b caufce I didu't hjelp
him, to beat Ransom ! ! .
I The caucus, mbantir4e delayed fnal
action for several dajys, n the hope of re
coniling the dissatisfied, until Monday
the 23rd, - the day befiire the balloting
must by law have cbmnjenced. f That af
ternoon, when it met, there 72 members
present out of 97. A j friend of Judge
Merrimon moved that the nominee boj re
quired to receive a majority of the whole
number, and not merely of those present.
whether this were true or not, such a
coalition, if it ever existed, had been brok-
en up ny mmseit and otuers : mat Ajtov.
Vance, if now elected, would owe his elec
tion not to the coalition but the Legisla
ture 4- he therefore favored the removal of
the restriction so that Gov. Vance's name
This was agreed to. as! had been nearly
very other request made by theai. ,On
the first ballot I received! that majority ti
Votee, and my nomination was tneu made
Unanimous. Next day the balloting in
the Legislature begin and continued Sat
urday, with the resiilt wiclj isjtnownj.
Mean'iuie unceasing eff'tts were made; by
myself and friends fjo produce harmony ;
conferences took place between Judge
Herri tuou and myself, alone and accom
panied by friends, and
Nothing but my Withd
anu dolu n? vise wnuiu
. o i I-
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iaea oi itaaicai voies was sun scoiueu
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neither desired nor expected. Uu oatur
day, however, my eyee
ly opened. About , .12
and before the vote at
known, ! was told by
Radical party, thai
i& CO'S Drug
up si AIRS.
nt. 2, 46: 5m. 1
Certificates for sale'bEre.
were rather wde-
jo'elock that day.
the Capitol was
a member o( the
leading friend of
Judge Merrimon had gfme f to John Pool
all without avail,
rawl was asked,
be accepted ;Jthe
as
iold him that the
were getting very
but
he
the uight previous ind
20 friends of Merrimon
tired, that theyhad fought j-gallantly
tne pressure ou mem was iicavy, auu
pool, roust do something soon-' that Pool
had renlied. "tell them (to stand. 111 send
them help to morroW.'H 'Ffir the truth of
this, I will not vouch: II only know that
nine Radicals did vote Ifor "Merrimon that
day J 1 went to sec tlie Judge also, and
asked if he was still onrxMed to Radical
votes. . He said hej would take them and
accept the position! if Selected by them :
and when I twitted him with what he had
previously said, he explained that he only
meant lie wouiu nos accept a nomination
at their hands, &cfA
Certain of the little
f
i certain oi no ihiio i gaiuo uow, i f ent
in tny letter of withdrawal to the caucus
between the principal, and do note be
lieve that it still exist bi tween their
"special friends and admirers," and they
go on to point out the circumstances on
which they rely topmeit.
First, that in the contest for the nomN
nation for Senator in 1870, for near 20
ballots they say, Judge Merimon was
ahead of Ransom and myself ; that a
promise was then made for me, that I
or any other man's cm: Id be brought be- j would resign promptly if not admitted to
fore the caucus, and hoped that the nomi
nee? would be supported by every man in
thej-partyl. Some say he was affected al
mostfto tears ! . The motion was adopted
amidst much applause and evidence of
returning good feeling. My devoted friend,
Bryson, of Swam, then nominated me,
making a speech and pledging himself
that nine of Merrimon's friends would
support me if nominated. Speeches were
made by Cowles, Marler, Dickey, Avera,
and perhaps others of the bolters, none
dissenting, and the vote was taken. 1 re
ceived the nomination again by a large
majority, quite two-thirds, and was de
clared by the CJiairman to be the regular
nominee of the Democratic party for U. S.
Senator. The work was thought to be
done; by all who trusted in the honor and
good faith of their neighbors. Congratu
lations were exchanged on the restored
harmony oflhe party. Messrs. Welch,
Merrimon. the Chatham delegation and
perhaps one or two others, retired before
the nomination was made and declared
theyjcoold not support me. Mr. Hum
phrey remained, but opposed the arrange
ment and refused to be bound by it.
In about one hour afterwards, the
Houses met in Joint Assembly mid the
vote was taken. Only three llerrimon
men voted for their nominee Must.
Cowles, Marler and Bryson, of Jackson !
Every other one. including iay importu
nate friend, Bryson, of Swain, voted for
Mernmou with the eutire Radical party
who came up to his support in solid column,
electing him by three votes. The result
was received with uproarious applause by
the Ranicals, negroes, and Revenue and
other officials who thronged the lobbies,
and with deep disgust and indignation by
the other sade. The Radieal joy spread
like a contngioB, telegrams of rejoicing
sped over the land, the negroes and offi
cials almost went mad. At night, with
bands of music, the motly crew sought to
serenade their new-love, but alarmed or
ashamed by the swarthy mass, he fled.
John Pool was then called for, who came
the Senate, and I immediately began to
giu, Ransom to loore, whilst Merimon
held his own. And this is evidence they
say, of the coalitun ! It true, it is not
proof, but it is noltrue. Ransom did not
tall back in that contest, but gained steadi
ly and so did I. Merrimon teas a candi
date and did bis utmost, but continued to
fall back until his frieuds at his 'request,
withdrew bis name and then coming over
to me enabled me to beat Ransom by one
or two votes only. Now who Ion this
earth would ever suppose there was a
coalition between to men who were thus
finhtinq to the death ! If Rausom had
charged such a combination between Mer
rimon and myself, it would have been
much more reasonable, inasmuch 1 as Mer
rimon withdrew and his friends come to
my support.
The next circumstances relied on, is
that Ransom beat Merrimon iu 1872 after
I bad resigned : that some of my "special
friends" helped to do it, the object being
put in an Eastern man then, so that, the
next Senator should be a Western man,
viz: myself &c. The answer to this is
simple. In the first place Merrimon is
not a Western man. lie lives, does busi
ness, votes and runs fr office much, in
the city of Raleigh, county ofi Wake,
which is not in the Wesfif the State map
speaks the truth. Secondlyy my friends
divided very equally between Ransom and
Merrimon, and lastly, not one j of them
genenruX or special, can be found who will
say that I even intimated to him how I
wished him to vote ; whilst at least three
of Ransom's friends, in that contest, bolt
ed in this one, and refused to vote for me 1
Did they first combine and then bolt on
account of their own couduct 1 No names
are given, but the terms used are special
friends" of Vance and Ransom. j If they
had been kind enough to charge something
upon somebody, then the gentlemen aimed
at could speak for themselves. But it is
most safe and convenient to speak inde
finitely, j
Another circumstance is the divison of
legislative in character T A bill
have passed just as easily with
these names iu as Vance' and easier too
Why was Gov. Graham's name omitted t
Why Mr. Smith's aud Col. Coleman's
Mr. Craige's aud others ? Why this ex
elusion t Was it apprehended Gov. Gra
ham might be in the way I" The debates
as reported, show the reason why. The
putting in of other names would have
killed the bill the slightest objection
would have been fatal, as the Senate was
in a few moments of its final adjonrnment
when the bill was called n p. lhe bit
theu had to pass with my name alone in
it or not at all. Gen. Ransom occupied
the seat to which I had been elected, and
feeling that it would be a graceful act to
have me relieved and one very grateful
to my friends all over the Statej exerted
all his personal influence to have it done,
and succeeded only because he requested
Senators to vote for it as a personal favor
himself. And this is good evidence of a
coalition, is it 1 If so, let us see how it
would serve somebody else. A few yars
l - i
ago, mere was a carpet-Dagger in xtaieign
called Dewcese. He was a p'romiuent
partner iu the gret Swepson ring in that
stealing epoch, traded in law-suits, acts of j
assembly, railroads, occ. He was indict
ed for frauds, upon Post-office laws and
dismissed Congress, or forced to resign,
for selling cadstships. Judge Merrimon,
the "pure and upright," as these champ
ions fondly term him defended him when
indicted and did much other business for
him and Ring, receiving large fees there
for. Now Judge Merrimon files a little
petition to Cougress and Dcweesc slyly
puts through a bill removing his disabili
ties, leaving eight or ten thousand of us
who were not on good terras with Dcweese
still in bonds. Now if it was "eminently
right and proper" to have Judge Merri
mon's disabilities removed, was it not as
right and proper to have others relieved
too 1 Why this partiality t He had re
ceived large sums from the Ring for his
services. Why other favors too? ex
clusive f ivors even legislative in charac
ter. A bill would just as easily have
paeSed with other names in as Mcrrimon's
and easier too. Why was Vance's name
omitted! Why Gov. Graham's Scales,'
Coleman's and others t Why this exclu-
. .. i i mr L . . i I
BIOU t n u u Buurcucuucu i autc uiigut
be in the way 1 Was Judge Merrimon
.i i j . i.
even tnen scneming to gei aoeau oi u's
rivals by meaus of his connection with his
friend, the Honorable thief 1 Now which
set of circumstances furnish the strongest
proof of a coalition 1 But I am guilty, 1
they say, of the combination with Ran-,
som, whilst the evidence does not touch a
coalition between Merrimon and Dew-1
eesc ? I
"But is this law t I
Aye, marry is't crowner's quest law." j
And well may we exclaim ' with the
grava digger, "Is this evidence 7
marry is t bolters evidence 1
The lant piece of evidence they offer in
uDnort of this absurd charge is as loi
r I
space would permit, the reasons assigned I to learn, as he stated, whether we were i
tor making a sebum in our party ranks, friends or. foes. Thn officer seemed sur-'
And I call upon the Democratie-Conser-1 prised at my not letting him re torn after
vative masses of North Carolina to say I had gratified hi curiosity. I was stil j
who is right, the few or the many 1 I further dels jed by officers of the Seventh j
call upon them to look at all thecircumstan- regiment reporting that during my absence i
ces herein referred to, down to the accom- troops of some kind had been heard talk-,
plished fact of Merfirron's election by the ing on oor right. Lieotment Emack, .
combined votes of Radicals and so-called with five men, was at once tent out to re
Democrats, coupled with the declarations connoitre, and he soon returned With the!
of Pool and Love, as reported in the pa- One Hundred and Twenty-eight Imniyl-j
pers, and says if they have not been be- vauia regiment, which had thrown down j
trayed and sold .oat to their enemies by their arms and surrendered on being told;
an infamous combination t , Both tides that'tbey were cut off. Just as Captain
have now been heard, and I leave the Yo ng oar gallant boy-captain', about
people to draw their own conclusions and eighteen or nineteen years old was or-;
apply their own remedy. My conscience dered with his company to take ibis rcgi-;
is clear whatever consequences may follow, ment to the rear the right of the! skirmish
I feel proud to know that I did nothing line fired, as I afterwards leaned from
to damage or destroy this great party of I Col. Avery, at a person who rode tip from.
justice and constitutional liberty ; but that I the direction of the
on the contrary I sacrificed all I bad
myself aud aspirations to uphold its
bands. In my letter of withdrawal. I
was careful to savi no word that would
a
w t a
enemy and caiicxi jot,
"General Williams." This ; Unknown,
person escaped, but the firingjat him
caused the whole skirmish lint to open
and the enemy responded. Much heavier
anger those who bad so deeply injured infantry tiring was beard lmrnrdutcjr
me, hoping earnestly that unity might be afterwards in the direction of the plank
restored with some other nominee. And road, followed by a re-opening of tbaena-J
if their persecutions of me had stopped my's artillery. Gen. Pender nowjrode op
there, no word of complaint should nave ud advised me not to advance, as Gea4'
ever passed my lips. 1 hope things may Jackson had been wounded,and, bethought
yet be redeemed. by my command. I did notadvancebut went
If I had gone to Washington as the to the plank road, where I learned that
Senator from North Carolina, and it should I General Hill had also been wotoded. I
there, moreover, learned from Colonel D
Barry, then Major of the Eighteenth
North Carolina regiment, that be knew
nothincr of Generals Jackson aod Hill
have been demanded of me, "Who sent
you here I" I should have been able to
answer proudly f'My friends ! the Dem
ocratic Conservative neoole of my native
State those noble, patient, long-suffer- ha vine gone to the front; that he could
ing men and women, by whose, side I stood not tell friend from foe in such a! woods
in all the calamities of war and all the that when the skirmish line firtd ther6
humiliations of defeat, and who through it was heard the clattering of approaching
all fought lhe good fight and kept the pure horsemen and the cty of cavalry,' and thai
faith in civil libeity and honest govern- I he not only beard bis men to are but that
ment : and bavin? at last won the victory I he pronounced the subsequent cry of
tbey have sent me here, owing all to them
to speak for them.' To a similar question,
rwho sent you beret Judge Merrimon
will be compelled to answer, "My ene
mies 1 my slanderers and detractors ! My
friends tried to make me Governor, and
failed after heroic efforts they tennted an
other Man for Senator, bet I set their
wishes at defiance! and held' out my hand
to my enemies for help : John Pool said
he wanted me and heie I am."
j Vtry truly,
Your friend and fellow citizen,
ZEBULON B.VANCE.
forth and said : "You come to rejoice over I the back pay. Tbey sneer at 'this and
the success of our party to-day in defeat-1 say it is a "novelty in N. O. polities," and
ing the' Democratic caccua nominee for I ask why it was not also divided with
tho !U. S- Senate, It is a matter for re I Graham and Mainly, who once held cer
ioicing among Republicans. ' For months I tificates and vera refused their seats. 1
Jiaae diligently labored, tcitJia few otliers, I grant their right to think the proceeding
accomplish this, result. The time and 1 novel.' That whieh is counter to one's
the labor has ; not been jn vain, Tba own feelings and condnct always strikes
HOW STONEWALL JACKCON
MET HIS DETAH.
an interesting and authentic statement
Jrom general James U. Lane.
Correspondent of Eichwumd Dispatch.
Richmosd, Va., Jan. 1, 1873j
Messrs. Editors : I hope you will ah
low through the columns of yon popular
paper to give to the publie some of the
circumstances connected with the death
wound of Gen. Jackson, particularly as
a recent publication has declared that a
night attack was not contemplated at that
time. ?
When General Jackson moved to un
expectedly and so successfully upon the
Aye, enemy's flank at Chaneellorsville, his front
line was composed of Rhodes division,
and Vis second of A. P. Hill's with the
friends to be a lie, and that bis men con
tinued to fire upon the approaching party.
It was generally understood that this
Eighteenth regiment not ouly wounded
Generals Jackson and Hill but killed soma
of their couriers and perhaps some of their
staff officers, as some of them wert missing.
Colonel Barry, who was one of m'y bravest
and most accomplished officers, always
thought that Generals Jackson land Hill
were both wounded by his command, j
After the wounding of there two gener
als, General Heth assumed command of
Hill's division, contcrmanded the ordfr
for an advance, and directed me to forts
the whole of my brigade on th right it
the plank road. We were the only troopt
in line vf battle on the right of the road
until after we had repulsed a night attatk
made by the enemy, in whieh we captur
ed a few prisoners and the colors of the
Third Maine regiment. McGoFan's br
gade then prolonged our right, and wt
rested on our arms until the ntxt mora-
iog. I j
On the morning of the 3rd wp wert or
dered to make a direct attack apoa the
enemy's works, which wert com posed rf
logs hastpy thrown together tba nlgbt
previous, in our front and on the slope of
the hill facing the Chancellors rills bill.
Wt carried the works, hut could not hold
them oo account of the concentrated, mtr
dertus artillery fire from the ChaaeeUort
ville hill, under which the enemy thrtw
forward fresh infantry. The brigade that
was to have supported ns did not eotaata
oor assistance, and before General Rata
exception of klcGowanV ( South Carolina)
lows : "During the late campaign in this brigade and mine (which was composod jseur, tneu a ungaaier, couia gvt wp wrw
State he (Vance) and Gen. Ransom often ' wholly of North Carolians.) Our two I his North Carolinians we were driven
canvassed together, and Gen. Ilausom brigades moved by the flank along the
was always eloquent on his friend, point- plank road immediately in rear of oor ar-
. . j e I:ti i..: t . W"
irjfr out nis greatness ana mness w ov Hiierr mine utiuc m iruuv. ucu,
O .V I. T.l 11.11 .1
about dark, we reacuea toe oreast worts
from which the enemy had been driven,
we were halted, and remained standing in
the road for some time. Gen. A. P. Hill
then ordered me to form across the road
two regiments to the right, two to the left
and one thrown .forward as a strong line
Senator." Gen. Ransom and i did can
vass some together, but the latter part of
the assertion is simply untra . lo tho
best of my recollection no such an allusion
was ever made iu any speech delivered in
mv hearing. That canvass was under
taken on my part, at the urgent request 1
. - . . - . i i
of J udge Merrimon ;
were much taken op
ii r
against a lot ot most scandalous as i
thought and damiaging charges. He
was charged by Gov. Caldwell and all
the shrill yelpers of the party in whose
affections he now divides the empire of
Pool and Holden, with prosecuting tor
money the wives and mothers of soldiers
W . mm mm mm
ho wera shedding their blood in tne
was given
lv fire. CoL William II. Palmer, of this
city, gallantly crossed the road to know
whv I did not move my command. I
! . mr
back with a loss of over nine band red eat
of about twenty-seven hundred carried
iuto action. Of the thirteen field ofictrs
of my command that participated la this
charge only one was left for duty. Gin.
Ramseor would go f-rward, though I ad
vised against it i His command reached
the same woiks, bat had to retire with a
similar terrible loss. i i
The enemy was finally driven frem the
nl mv nerhem af .kirm'uher .for the numose of making I CbaueeJIorsviIIe lloese by Ibt Uoaieder-
in defending bim ! a night attack ; but soon ,after the order ales carrying tht salient to our right, whera
. . - w - . 'tf . i j . i - -. . f r w
our artillery opened and the I General Stuart, to command of Jackson s
mm .
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enemy replied. 1 at once oraeren ray corps, ritciicu hhii ibouu bi jiaainiwa
men to lie down, as I was unwilling to from tht infantry as he ia person gallant
attempt to manoevrs the in the dark, ly rushed them over the works upon
and, in soeh a woods, aader such a dread-1 Hooker a retreating columns.
trenches, at Petersburg; of being the right-' requested him to tell General Hill then If
hand ma.n and confidential adviser of Lit he wished me as sueeessfaUy he mast or
Ucficld, Swepson, &c; of receiving from derhis artiUery eaaae firing. Tba order Jvf New York last week j
JavxsH. Laxc, .
Late Brigadier General 0. S. A.
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There were 34 d-aths, 44 Urtas.211
marriages an4 1 .033 police arrreta ia the tit
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