Governor Vance.
The arrival of Governor Vance, of North Carolina, in this city has been announced in the papers. He comes, no doubt, to confer with the Confederate authorities on matters of general interest to the country. The Governors of the Confederate States are all true to the cause of the South. Governor Vance occupies a position of some peculiarity not free from embarrassment, but during his administration he has proved his devotion to the Confederacy in a very signal manner. There is in his State a party not large, it is true, but countenanced and encouraged by a treacherous press, characterized by ingenuity and energy, which has by side winds and cunning assaults on special measures of the Government endeavored to throw obstacles in the way of recruiting the army and of the ordinary administration of public affairs. The bad principles and bad motives of this press have possibly exerted some evil influences; but, we are sure, to a very limited extent. Governor Vance having received some indications of favor from this obnoxious quarter, it is reasonable to suppose that it was counted upon that he would make some concessions in return for it. If such was the expectation it was doomed to disappointment; for Governor Vance has proved to be one of the most true and firm of leading Southern men. He is worthy of North Carolina and the South. His State has sent her sons to every battle field, where they have won undying fame for their good old mother, and he has upheld the authority and the cause of the Confederacy with a firmness and consistency that challenges our admiration and commands the generous confidence of the nation.Under the chief magistracy of Gov. Vance, the State of North Carolina has given renewed assurance of faithfulness to the common cause, and moreover has afforded proofs of wisdom in the administration of public affairs that will assist in maintaining the good name and credit of the community of States. The old State occupies a position on the map that gives her especial importance in the crisis, and it is, therefore, all the more gratifying that she maintains her ancient renown for bravery, honor, and true loyalty. She will never prove unfaithful to her confederates in the day of trial, and may be always relied on in every exigency which demands the exhibition of the virtues of manhood and constancy.
