By Sl BRUiVER,
“The Old J¥orth State Forever.”—tofan.
Single Copies Five Cents
VOL III. NO. 16.
SALISBURY, N. C.. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1868.
[WUOLE NO 305
For Life Insurance Only.
PIEDMONT
RE.\L EST.ITE L\S1 R.WfE mnVi
01 VIRGINIA.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL
ONE MILLION DOLLAES.
OFFICERS.
W. C. CARRIXOTOX, President.
J. J. IIOPKIXS, Seeretarg.
C. II. PERROW, M. !>., Med. Advisor.
This liberal and solvent Somhern Company
pars to its policy holders annually
8Ti Per Cent, of its Profits.
It proposes to aid its patrons by taking notes
for one half of the preiniunis.
It allows ts patrons to pay all cash if desired.
It invites its patrons to attend its annual set-
tleiiu-nts and see their rights protected.
It allow; its patrons to ehange their policies
from one place to another.
Its Policy holders are not restricted as to tra
vel or residence.
Itolfers the following certiticato as to its sol
vency I
Nels X GofRT HorsE, Ya., ?
March 2.5, 1867. J
The undersigiuHl, officers of the county of
Nelson, and State of Virginia, take pleasure in
recoinmending as a solvent and reliable compa
ny. “The Piedmont Real Estate Insurance Com
pany,” of this county; and besides the merit of
its solvency, its rates and terms for Life In.sur-
ance are such as to commend it to public pat
ronage.
Its .Stockholders, Directtirs and Officers are men
of high integrity, and patrons can relt' on an
h*norable, ellicient management of its affairs.
None of us have stock or jiersonal interest in
this company, and simply give this as disinter-
osted testimony to the merits of a good iustitu-
tioin
CiKo. S. Stkvkxs, Clerk Circuit Court,
.Iinix F. II I .X, .8herilf-
M'm. a. 11 ILL,.'■Purveyor.
.S. 11. Lovixo, Clerk County'Court.
0 \. Uingham d' t'o.. Agent.;, Salisbury
\Vm also have the agency for good Fire Com
panies,
'i’raveling aeents wanted. Applv to
"CAPT..I AMES F. .lOllNSON,
Special .\gent, Charlotte, N. C
Jan. 7, 1868. wdtwly
THE
OLD NORTH STATE.
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“ Six Mont^
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... 3,00
The Arliu^tcu Alulual
fiff Jn.snrflnff (^(JUl^lall9
OF VIRGINIA.
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Its Funds arc kept in the South.
It has met with unprecedented sucecss.
Its fortunes are cstahlishcd heyond any
contingency.
The Conijiany has capital ami as,sets, against its
liability that will eoiup:ire favoraltly with any Life
Insurance t'oinjniiiy on the continent, wliit h is the
true test of responsibility.
Its affairs arc eaiitioiisl v ailministorcd by solcctcd
Ibrcctors, ofresponsil>ility ami business rapacity.
Jt has e.stablisheil its claim to Southern Patronage.
OFIICERS:
PRESIDENT,
JOHN E. EDWARDS,
From the Raleigh Sentinel.
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John Dooley,
Charles T. Wortham,
William Willis, Jr.,
Ed. A. Smith,
Tbos. J. Evans,
James A. S-?ott,
B. M Quarles,
W, H. Tyler,
J. E. Edwards,
A. Y.Stokes,
J. B. Morton,
R. H. Dibrell,
William H. Palmer,
Samuel C. Tardy,
tleorge Jacobs,
J. W. .Vllison.
(Jeorge S. Palmer,
A. 1). Cliocklev,
H, C. Cabell. ‘
D. J. Hartsook.
John C. Williams,
William (i. Taylor,
A. P. Abell.
Will. B. Lsaacs,
George L. Bidgood,
Samuel M. Price.
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Yesterday being the day appointed by
the State Conservative Executive Com
mittee, for the assembling of the Conser
vatives of North Carolina, in Convention,
the spacious and elegant Tucker Hall, on
its lower floor, was filled before the hour
of meeting. A number of persons, inclu
ding ladies, were in the galleries, deeply
interested spectators of the scene.
The Convention was called to order at
11 o’clock, A. M., by Col. Thos. A Alli
son, of the county of Iredell, who moved
that, for the purpose of temporary organ
ization, R. H. Smith, Esq., of Halifax,
be invited to take the Chair.
The motion having been unanimously
adopted,
Mr. Smith took the Chair, amid the ap
plause of the convention.
The chairman, in returning his acknowl
edgements, remarked that only a few mo
ments before he had been apprised of the
intended honor. He hardly knew, there
fore, in what terms to address the conven
tion. It had met under extraordinary cir
cumstances. If ever there was a time
when the people should speak out and as
sert their rights, (if they had any left,)
this was, emphatically, the time. Threat
ened with the overthrow of our institu
tions, and what little remant of liberty we
have left, it was both the privilege and
the duty of the people to confer together
for the good of the country. Being but
the temporary chairman, he would say no
more than to counsel the convention to
act promptly and vigorously—to do noth
ing in passion or heat,—but circumspect
ly and prudently to adopt snch measures
as were best calculated to advance the pa
triotic objects of the assembly.
On motion of the Hon. 'I homas Bragg,
of Wake, Messrs. Seaton Gales, J. A. En
gelhard, Lewis Hanes and Jordan Stone
were requested to act as temporary Secre
taries of the convention.
The list of the counties was then called,
when the following delegates came for
ward and had their names recorded, viz :
Alamance—R Y McAden, T M Holt,
E M Cooke, Albert Murray, T G Mc
Lean, J F Hunter, Geo Bason, James E
Boyd, J W Stoc^ard, A C McAllister.
Bntnsicick—Col John D Taylor, Da
vid S Cowan.
Buncombe—Marcus Erwin.
Burke—S McD Tate, T D Carter, W’
F McKesson, A C Avery.
Cabarrus—G L Gibson, R S Harris,
John WincofiF, R VV Means, W C Means.
Cataicba—Dr J R Ellis.
Carteret—V W Martin, B H Bell, W
Ward, T A Robbins, George W Char
lotte.
Cas2veU—Livingston Brown, A S Wil
liamson, Thos W Farish, C B Luck, Dr
J L Williamson.
Clay and Cherokee—John W Graham,
Proxy.
Clcaveland—Plato Durham, (applause )
Columbus—J M McGougan.
Craven—Jude M E Manly, Henry R
Bryan, John D Flanner, C R McLean,
Samuel RadclifiT, Israel Discs way, John
O’Conner, John Spelman, T D Foy, C D
Upchurch, James E Morriss, Alex C La
tham, Julius S Ash, David W Bell, W’il-
liam H Oliver, M V Stanton, J H Brison,
G E Allen, Dr P E Hines, Thomas J
Mitchell, Maj John Hughes, C Manly, J
P Clark, Daniel Lane, Joseph J Robin
son.
Caldwell—Col G N Folk, Maj W H
Malone, Capt W D Jones.
Chatham—K T Perry, M Perry, Alvin
Bynum, Stanly Rigsby, T S Love, A B
Bright, M Q Waddell, Sami Perry, Geo
Poe, H A London, W L Garrett, J L
Haughton, Robt Love, Thos Love, J W
Page, Oliver McMath, Jesse Richardson,
Cicero Hadley, Ed. Perry, A. Self.
Davidson—Lewis Hanes, B B Roberts,
M H Pinnix, Dr W B Meares.
Duplin—John C McMillan.
Franklin—W H Mitchell, P C Person,
Thos. WTnston, A Henley, E Guptou, L
Joyner, Danl S Hill, W K Davis.
Granville—J J Speed, Robt N Fur
man, H Davis
Guilford—Jesse H Lindsay, Peter Ad
ams, Sr., \Ym A Coble, John McCulloch,
Peter Adams, Jr., H K Witherspoon, J
R McLean, Jas T Morehead, Jr,
Henderson—Hon A S Merrimon, Prox.
Harnett—Jesse Morgan.
Halifax—R H Smith, R 0 Burton, J.
Stone.
Hertford—J B Hare.
Jones—T D Foy. Proxy.
Iredell—John H McLaughlin, T A Al
lison, Benj Arey, J H Hill, S A Sharpe,
W W Foot, G W Clegg, W P Drake, II
M Allison, R F Simonton.
Johnston—James H Abell, Dr John H
Beckwith, Charles E Preston, Maj H J
Ryals, S R Horn, Dr R Rooker, John W
Sharp, Haywood Howell, Jethro Thane,
^Vm H Avera.
Lenoir—Jesse C Kennedy, F A Broth
ers, A Munro, George B Whitfield, Lewis
C Desmond.
Lmcoln —Jno Bollinger, Dr M Brown,
J F Hoke.
McDowell—W W Flemming.
Macon—A T Davidson.
Mecklenburg—Gov. Vance, J L More-
head, J H McAden, T J Grier.
Afoore—N McKMcN^eill.
New Hanover—A J DeRossett, J A
Engelhard, C W McClammy, E D Hall,
D G Worth.
Northampton—R B Peebles, W R Pep
per.
Orange—A Graham, J C Parish,
Philip Sutherland, Joseph Woods, Wm
Strayhorne, M W Moore, Paul C Camer-
ou, W W Guess, R F AYebb, Jas Webb,
John A Turreiitine, John W. Graham, K.
AI. Holt, John Berry.
Onslow—John W Shackelford, Frank
lin Thompson.
Pitt- -R W Joyner.
Richmond—John W Leak, AValter L
Steele.
Rowan—F E Shoher, Wm E Robbins,
Kerr Craige, J S Hmiderson, F N Luck-
oy, J C Turner, J F Stancill J S AIc-
Gubbins.
Sampson—Alexaiubn- Williams, Jno C
Williams, George R Williams.
Surry—Seaton Gales, K G Badger,
Pro.xies.
Wake—Col J P II Rnss, Thos Bragg,
A S Merrimon, 11 P Tucker, W 1) Wil
liams, J Q A DeCarterct, Kev’’ Wm E
Pell, Robt W Haywood, Alfred tTpclinrc-b
D L Royster, J Horton, Geo Little, Rich
ard B Haywood, George AVbiting, L E
Heartt, W’^m H Crow, H W Hust'^d, Alex
Lawrence, J J Overby, AV I) Johnson,
P P W’illiams, E E Harris, J J Ferrell,
W R Cox, C B Root, Talbot Selby, AV R
Andrews, S V House, Thos I) Hogg,
Thos Jenkins, M C Harrison, 1) G Fowle
Theo H Hill, AVm C Upchurch, James
A Moore, N V Denton.
Wilkes—Dr Jas Callowniy, E AI AVel-
born, Esq., Col II A Brown and R F
Armfield.
Wayne—George V Strong, AAulliam G
Morisey, Council S AA^ooten, Alvah B.
Palmer, E Arnold W^right and John AI
Clemmons.
Warren—AYeldon N Edwards, AA’^har-
ton J Green. [Applause ]
Watauga—Z B A^ance, A S Alerrimon,
Proxies.
Transylvania—Hon A S Alerrimon,
Proxy.
■ On motion of Col. AA^alter L. Steele, of
Richmond, it was ordered that the tempo
rary uhairman appoint a committee of two
delegates from each Congressional Dis
trict to recommend permanent officers of
the convention. W’hereupon, the Chaii-
raan appointed the following gentlemen,
viz :
First District—Rev. R. 0. Burton, R.
B. Peebles.
Second District—Jno. Hughes, Dr. A.
J. DeRossett.
Third District—AV. L. Steele, John D
Taylor,
Fourth District—P C Cameron, D G
Fowle.
Fifth District—J R AlcLean, B B
Roberts.
Sixth District—F E Shober, R F Si
monton.
Seventh District—A C Avery, Alarcus
Erwin.
Pending the retirement of the Commit
tee, loud calls from all parts of the Hall
brought the Hon. Zebulou B. A’^ance to
his feet. He commenced by remarking,
in his own peculiar style, that he once
heard of an Irishman, who was looking at
one of those donkey engines that are used
in unloading ships. Gazing indignantly
at it a while, he exclaimed : “Arrah, ye
may puff and smoke and rattle away, tell
ye's clane out of breath, and do the work
of twenty men at that, but, blast ye, ye
can’t vote!” So, Air, Chairman, I may
puff and smoke, but I can’t vote, for all
that. Still sir, though I may be deprived
of all political pow^er in the land of my af
fections and nativity, yet I can still claim
to be a white man; and, what is more, 1
have no prejudices against my own color.
I may add that I have none against the
black race. They have behaved well in
the past, as a general rule, and whenever
they have gone astray, it has been almost
invariably at the instigation of some white
i rascal. He repeated that he had no pre
judice against his own color,—against the
statesmen and patriots, and sages, who
had illustrated our annals in the past; he
had not yet yielded, thank God I to the
temptations of the times so far, as to at
tempt or desire to disguise himself by don
ning a black livery. As an old Friend
once said, he was “still alive and on pray
ing ground.” He thanked Heaven that
he was suiTounded by so many intelligent
and patriotic representative gentlemen of
the State, so many of his former associa
tes—the true men who, “though they had
! sworn to their own hurt, had changed
not”—who did not seek to commend their
own loyalty by foreswearing themselves,
and proving recreant to every former pro
fession. It w'as, indeed, a privilege, for
which he was gratified, to be environed
by such men.
He predicted that the dawning of a bet
ter day was at hand. Everything indica
ted its approach. The light comes from
the sun, and we can tell when day
light approaches, if we will watch the.
stars, and the lesser orbs of night, AVhen
j the God of Day sends out his herald beams
I the smaller luminaries, with commendable
; modesty, get out of the wmy. That time |
is coming. “1 know it,” said he,—“Jj
feel it in my bones /” From every quar
ter, the signs of reaction are auspicious.
In North Carolina, we have a white ma
jority of 35,000—yet they were so pros-
I trate and depressed by misfortune as to
I allow' the late election to go by default.—
j Now’, if we will remember what w’e have
been in tlie past, who we are now, and to
whom we are kin,—will arouse ourselves j
! and put on the hearins: of men,—will j
I make a vigorous and active canvass, we '
j shall atone I’nr the jiast and save North
Carolina. No argument is necessary. A
man who needs an argument to convince
him, in this exigency, of his duty, is a fool,
upon wliom argument would be w’asfe of
breath. It is only necessary to urge our
peojde to do their duty, and we W’ill se
cure the government to the hands of the
intelligent, tax-paying, white men of North
(hindina. This will he best for all races
and colors.
[At every sta2:cof hi.s remarks, the elo-
queiit speaker was greeted with enthusi
astic acclamations.]
The II on. AA"m. A. Graham was next
vociferously called for. This distinguish-
i ed gentleman made a few excellent re-
! marks, but, as he subsequently spoke at
I greater length, we forbear a report of them
j here.
The lion. R. Y. AlcAden next made a
few appropriate rein;irks, in response to
loud calls. He expressed his profound
gratification at the distinguished and pa
triotic character of the Convention, and
angered their best results from its a.ssem-
blage. He believed and hoped that a
brighter day w’as daw’ning for North Car
olina, the South and the Union.
’J'he enthusiastic invitations of the con
vention next brouglit the Hon. AVeldon
X. Edwards to his feet. He said that
the Convention sought to impose upon
him a task to which he w’as inadequate.—
Extreme age rendered him unfit to afford
entertainment to such a body. “Old as
I am,” said the venerable patriot, “I have
come here simply to signify my approval
of this meeting, to endorse its action, and
to commit my fortunes, good or bad, to
the same barque in which are to be com
mitted those of the Aniglg Saxon race I—
This sentiment w’as received wdth long
continued applause.
The Hon. Thomas Bragg next came
forw’ard, in obedience to prolonged calls,
lie commenced by remarking that the
Conveution had assembled under peculiar
circumstances. The faces around him
were familiar. He saw many w ith whom
he had associated in the past, and he
hoped that their deliberations would re
dound to the honor and welfare of the
State. For one, he was not altogether
disappointed at the state of things under
which we are laboring, for he had expect
ed,—how’ever improbable, a few short
years ago, it might have been deemed.—
W’e are now under a grinding despotism,
(there is no use in mincing phrases,) —
without law or liberty, and the Constitu
tion of our fathers regarded as no more
than a bit of w’aste paper. Still, we had
an abiding faith that all w'ould yet be well.
The people of the country will do their
duty, and after a w’hile our spoliated priv
ileges, w'ould be in so-ac measure, restor
ed. The justice and good sense of the
masses will return to them and prevail.—
Coming events cast their shadows before
Much of the injustice that has been done
us,—most of the iniquitous legislation
that has been consummated, w’ill be w’iped
out. vV e must aid in this great move-
, ment. AYe must go to work actively aud
enlighten the people. AA'e must arouse
I them to a sense of their duty. AV^e must
j resist our enemies in every lawful manner,
I —face to face, and breast to breast,—and
then, if w'e go down, we shall, at least,
feel like men f [Great applause ]
Here the Committee returned, aud the
Hon. D. G. Fowle, Chairman of the Com
mittee, reported the following list of per
manent officers of the Convention, viz :
FOR PRESIDENT.
HON. AYILLIAAI A. GEATIAAI.
VICE PRESIDENTS.
Hon. AVeldon N. Edw’ards, AA’^arren.
Hon. Lewis Hanes, Davidson,
Richard H. Smith, Halifax.
Samuel Radcliffe, Craven.
John AV. Leak, Richmond.
J. P. H. Russ, AYake.
Jesse H. Lindsay, Guilford.
John H. AIcLaughlin, Iredell.
A. T. Davidson, Macon.
Col. E. D Hall, New' Hanover.
Sami. AIcD. ’I'atc, Burke.
William M. Robbins, Rowan.
R. F. Armfield, AA^ilkes.
SECRETARIES.
Seaton Gales, of the Raleigh Senfixei.
J. A. Engelhard, of the AA"iI. Journal.
Jordan Stone, of the Roanoke News.
AV. P. Drake, Statesville American.
J. H. B.iinu, of the Newbern Herald.
Tl»e noiniuatious were unanimously rati
fied,—the name of each gentleuuiu, as an
nounced, having been received with loud
plaudits.
The temporary Chairman having request
ed the Hon. Thomas Bragg aud Col. Thus.
A. Allison to conduct Gov. Graham to the
staud, that gentleman came forward aud as
sumed the Chair, amid the hearty cheers of
the large and entliusiactic audience.
Gov. Graham said that although he had
expected to take his full share in the deliber
ations of the Convention, nothini^ could sur-
opposit!0!i ceased, on the termination of hostil
ities; the people saw the contest (waared on un
equal terms) decided against them; they ac
quiesced, and only longed to be restored to the
rights of American citizens, according to the
Constitution.
Gov. Graham next briefly discussed the pol
icy ot I’lesidont Johnson, with reference to the
State governments, alter the surrender. While
he did not conceive it necessary to strike down
those governments, yet, in common with all
! our peoph', he acquiesced therein. lie recoun-
j tod the concessions and sacrifices made b}’ the
' people ul the South, in obedience to the exac
tions made iipow them. They did all this for
the sake of Peace. And yet Congress is not
satisfied. Another Convention has been called
■ by it,—not by the State,—bringing in tbecol-
j ored race as voters—a thing unknown before—
{ and through that agency u is sought to change
i entirely our State government and place us
j under a new and anomalous one. lie expre.;=s-
1 ed his belief that the people of the North will
not sanction this. They will find a departure
j from the golden rule mischievous and danger-
I ous; and as they claim the regulation of their
I own internal allais, so, when they come to act
I with deliberation and dispassion, they will do
'justice by restoring to the people of North C.a-
j rulina the same great light. Justice is so nat-
I Ural—a sense of right so invariably prevail,*;,—
j that, when the matter is presented fairly, they
j will say “this is ripht.” And this conclusion
! will be hastened, wlicn, forgetting latter preju-
j dices, they go back to the past aud remember
I that it was the Southern Washington who
, compelied Gage to raise the seige of Boston,
ami that it was the troiips of North Carolina
j ami A'irginia who, on the Hudson, amid the
hills of Jersey, in Pennsylvania, and down to
the Brandywine, broke the back of British
power.
Gov. G. cited tlie case of the Dorr rebellion,
' and the judicial decision therein to prove that
the forms of government can never be rightful
ly changed, exce^it by those w ho at the time
I exercise the right of sulfragc, aud, accordingly
prise him more than this call to preside over declared that the ju esent attempt of Congress
to change those of the Southern States was
it. He had no intimatiuii that siuh would
be the case, and would, therefore, apologize,
in advance, for any deficiencies in what lie
miffht have to say. He thanked the Con-
vt :;iioji heartily for the appreciation of him
self implied in the honor conferred, and
w’ould endeaver to discharge the duties im
posed upon him to the hesi of his ability.
AV’e had met for purpo.ses of deliberation
on the political situation. A desolating and
ex])ensive war had swept over the land, and
the question now to be settled is whether, af
ter all, we have Pe.\ce. The President of
the United States declars that we have,—the
Judicial Department of the land has so de
cided, (especially has Judge Nelson emphat
ically so declared in the Eagan llaljcas Cor
pus case.) But Congress implies, by its ac
tion, that war still prevails. Surely, if so,
war only exists by a fiction of law, of which
the people are profoundly ignorant. They
had supposed that the armies of the South
surrendered, that the capitulation had been
accepted in good faith, and that, therefore,
Peace prevailed. In other countries, after a
protracted and desolating war, and the re
turn of peace, men may have been punisli-
ed, but it was done in a constitutional man
ner. But the measures taken indicate that
the States, as States, must suffer, as well as
men in their individual capacities.
Gov. G. said that he thought (with all de- i , t uc. ii.
ferenee to Congr,.ss, yf winch he shunU „.o.,l,l etill hwve, the cllect of.
speak m no tenns of cmt.in.ely) that it the world think more hiiti.lv of tl.is com
would have been no dilficnlt matter to have
settled the controversy, given harmony to
the country, aud placed the people on the
road of a moderate prosperity, instead of
their being, as now, depressed and impover
ished. AVhen Charles the Seconl came
back to the throne—an era of restoration of
oiithority, somewhat analogous to the pres
ent, after that authority had been temporari
ly deposed,—Lord Claresdon, the Chancel
lor, speaking for the King, said to Parlia- j
ment; “His Majesty directs me to say that
he is a suitor to you, and asks you to join
with him in restoring the country and }*eo
revoluiionary. But in theciise of this attempt
ed change—on this Constitution which is to bo
presented to the people—we have a right to
vote, and it will he our fault if it is fastened
upon U3. We have a majority of over JO.OdO
registered while voters, and tlie question is
whether they will lake the blacks into political
partnership. “I,’' said Gov. G., “with the
kindest feelings to that race, sa^^Vo /” Po
litical a.ssociation cannot come iiutil social as
sociation shall precede it. We are not with
out observation. Where has the experiment
ever succeeded ? [The Speaker here entered
into a forcible recital of the elTectsof negro
sulfrage and rule in Hayti and Jamaica.] With
these examples before u.;;, shall we establish it?
A good deal had been s.aid about “impartial
sutlhage,” with certain qualifications of proper-
i ty or intelligence as the tt*st. He was opposed
to disfranchising any white man in North Ca
l' roliiia. And as to the blacks, while some of
them, under the tost, might be qualified* yet
; the line of color was the true line of demarca
tion; and that would be best for all races. Sta-
; biiity in governnient is indispensable.
' Guv. G ex[>resscd the hopi that the present
: state ot things would cease. If the men in
power have no commiseration, the great mtisses
; can feel the movings of sympathy. There are
I evidences ul this everywhere. He was sure
that there was no de.sire here to perpctuaie
it had
making
h!y of this country.—
Although, for the present, prejudices might ex
ist, and clouds might impend ovc’ the names
of some, iiistory will accord to the people of
North ami South alike the highest meed of ad
miration for a heroism, prowess and manhood,
such as the world never saw before. Their
mutual achievements are so many common
exhibitions of the greatness of the American
peojile.
The speaker next pronounced a high eulogi’
upon the Judiciary of the land, and expressird
high hopes from that quarter, and indulged in
an eloquent tribute to President Johnson. Af
ter again returning his acknowledgments, he
pie to their ancient temper and dignity, their , took his seat amid great a{.piau3e.
old good humor aud manners.” Oh! fora
Clarendon at the close of our war. If it j
had been proclaimed in the councils of the j
country that there was a desire to restore
harmony and the return of concord and ami
ty, it would have been universally seconded. !
and although some little ground-sweU’uf alie- : respective positions,
nation might have succeeded to the furious ' '
lashings of the storm, all would, ere now,
have been tranquil and peaceful.
The war had been carried on about a ques
tion upon which the petqde had differed from
the formation of the Constitution. A large
class believed that a State had a right to
withdraw from the Union, as in case of or
dinary contracts, when they thought the ob
ligation violated on the other side. That
[The foregoing is a most insufficient and
mi*agre abstract of this great speech, w hich was
received with great ddight by the Convention,
and whicl), we hope, will yet be written out
for puhliiation ]
Tlie other ollicers elected th'U assumed their
On motion the Rules of Ord;r of the Hou.«e
of Cornrnuus, as far as aD[»licablc were adopted
for the Government of this convention.
Col. E. D. Hall, of New Hanover, offered
the following resolution, which was unanimous
ly adopted, viz;
Resolved. That, in the efforts we are about
to make, to save the country from humiliation
and ruin, we will put aside all lormer party pre
dilections, and know only a common purpose
class constituted, perhaps, the majority,—a ; to preserve civil liberty and restore a Gonsti-
majority which held the reins of power with tutional Union,
rare intervals. He (Mr. G’) had never be
lieved in that doctrine; hut it was a disput
ed question. AA'hen, therefore, it was prac
tically resorted to. it was only bringing totri-
al the issue which, sooner or later, would
have come. True, he did not think our!
grievances sufficient to warrant a resort to it.
but when North Carolina thought her duty
and honor required her to take part in the
‘ great issue, he went with her into what he '
regarded as a revolution. We did our ut
most for our section aud our couse; and
when we failed, we did our utmost for peace,
on such terms as were just and honorable.— '
AVe meant Peace in reality.
It has been sup{>osed by some that the war ;
might have been terminated earlier. Tiiedis- 1
tinguished speaker said that he had been placed !
in a position where he could minutely discern i
I the current events. “As the hart panted for !
the water-brooks,” he had yearned for peace,
j but be bad not seen the time when he believed i
that it could be had at a much earlier moment !
than when it came. A long protracted war is. j
generally, a security for a lasting peace. All '
Uu motion of Col. W. L. Steele, the Presi
dent was directed to appoint a Committee of
Sixteen,—two from each Judicial District—to
prepare Resolutions and other business for the
Convention; wliereupon.
The President named the following gentle
men ;
1st. D strict.—J. B. Hare, and Richard H.
Smith.
2nd.—M. K Manley, W. G. Morrisey.
3rd.—Thomas Bragg, D S HiiL
4th.—M Q Waddell, P C Cameron.
5ill.—W L .Steele, J D Taylor.
6th.—Z B Vance, Lewis Hanes.
Till.—A C .\very, R F Armfield.
Sth.—A S Merrimon, A T Davidson.
On motion ofCoi. J. F. Hoke, of Lincoln, a
Committee of Five was ordered, to report on
Plan of Organization. 6co.
The Chair appointed the following gentle
men to constitute the Committee, viz:
Jno. F. Hoke, D..G. Fowle, Col. VV . J. Green
Col. G. N. Folk, Jno. Hughes.
On inoiion, the Conveution then adjourned
until to morrow morning at 10 o'clock.