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M.irT!.-"rVio1ina l-a. JnihaPeopletNorth-Carolina 'Following lho example sot by heiKpiiit kul opionenH, tlo ltepiibliean arty have, instructed it Executive Cornmi.teo to ad dress veil In- relation to the prdnoed ' Con vention. ' ' : ''",-: It is very imicli against our wishes;tliat you Iiave been precipitated into a campaign upon thl delicate and important suijject. . Tl w State d u rl ng t he past ten years has been subject! to tlie experiinenU of various po litical doctors, and what seems most needed now ii rcjioie and quiet an opportunity for the ofteratiou of nature's soothing' and . restorative poTrers, rather than a resort to new pills and potions, however confidently r omuiended. On the contrary, the con servative party produces in great 'plenty lancets, blisters, drugs both emetieal and purgative, patent medicines guaranteed by manr cerUncates and a glittering array of surgical instruments tba upshot of which is that North Carolina? is once more to be subjected to met ive treatment. It seems that conventions are to become of ordinary : occurrence in this State. 1 Mr. Jefferson lias been generally denounced by conservative men for having advised that State conventions should be called once in every twenty yean. I fere, however, in . about one-lialf of that space we havo had (including that now pending) no less than rive elections upon the subject of conven tions, and if , the one now proposed shall be called (which Heaven forbid!) from these elections have resulted four separate 'sov ereign conventions. It is obvious to ask if the three conventions already encountered have reduced the State so low, what will be come of her after she has been submitted to the tender mercies of a fourth T 1 It lias cx-currcd to all. men" who l?i!or, whether willi iMiidsorhend. now and then to hnd themselves imacfountably unfitted for work wlS-!i ordinarily i easy.' At times nothing goes right. The brain and hand seem to have lost their cunning. BlniidtrToflows blunder. - dider such circumstances it Ihj- t mics wisd m to withdraw the aitcution and go aootit something else. IJy so doing we f ourselves in a short time restored to . m)wit, and are enabled easily to triumph over the oli-staclcs wiik-h jul Itoforo; bad overcome ; we even wonder how it was 'that -they had given im trouble May not this sometimes hapcii to whole commui- ti-s of men, as well a to. individuals? tllas not North Carolina, for' the Ial ten vfcsars, Itecn in Just such a condition ? , We ask' this question upon tho conservative theory. If it le true, as said by them, that nothing but " blunders Iiave followed all this ten years of endeavor by North X'arolina to amend her fundamental institution, liad she not lictter lay tho tak aside and await the coming of a season in which her bruin wilt lie clearer, her nerves more steady, her temper lews . milled, and her hand umler I tetter control? Sik-Ii is the advice which we most re spectfully tender to tho people. As tlio State Is most clearly out of sorts ' for consti tution making, let Jior for a while lay; this liiisincss aside. ' I ' ' To tho same effwt wc would add, if the loud adverse clamor npon this subject will . eriiiit lis to le heard, that tho present con stitution is by no meatus the monster which it i represented. 1 In very important re flects it is an improvement iijsi ainl em siitution we havo ever had, and in wlro-upo-t is it one that cannot be Utrno witli un til tho community has reached a jieriod more propitious tor impartial considera tion. ' .t 'on.-cding that it needs amendment in MilMtuntial particulars, is such commis sion more than a common place, 'applicable to all our constitutions, State a irl Federal, an I indeed Vt every oLtk-al conbitutiou titat has exi"l'-l in any age or country.' , " ' Before tikii.;? the very cur.,rv view of this instrume nt, which is all that the liuiity o' mii uddrrss will rmit, allow' us tk re mind you tliat the mighty political violence to which we lav "Imhii uliji.--Ul Ince ImCI, resulted in casting' North Carolina so 'lety, after IttKi, uim.ii an1 nulnuira lnn-e. ICvciything aromul i Mraivro, The wt-ial i.iuclonery of our old forms of life does: not suit c-r.What was (loliticnl wisdom thsre, i it many respis-ts, Is-not so here." l'urhaps even tiwwis men of tluit onditioi of tli:ii''s are not tho wise men of-our presi-nt, anil will iiotlCNo in our imni-liate future. If the character fr wisdom in Client ion was :'othidel iimii familiarity witlf the relations and pntixirtions of the' structure that lias panvfd awav. then it luts perished alon w ith th"iu: anl to call tlic? ioKSfSsoi-JI sueh a iiualitvf to-the s,ulu-t oftlurteom-pI'M-atetl machinery which iiow , IxJirs imr I'ortuncs, were as prudent, as under other in-uiiistaiM-e it might tte to c-all upon one heretofore known as a trusty wagon driver, to Ihcoiuc at mif engineer for a lightning express iKisseuger train. The.ro is, however, a fjuality ni!n worthy of the sncred name of wisdom, whk-h woultl, on Nuchocn-usions, rove to Ik- most al uable. If a citizen luvi tudie.I and bebn inspired by. tho great themeof hunuui lilerty, divcsteil'of all Mich eiremuNuou'ctf u are merely technicaljac. ( itlenUd ami tranidtorv. if. w'hilst jealous; for same ideas were,earriqd uUThey disap peared before tfiftKeAK)Ition, "probably ua dcr the growing inlluenco of our slave in terest. It deserves consideration whether that influence 'did not naturally substitute the slave plantation in place of tint township! The tQurnsmpt aooxmling to -D Toooueville, is the germ of, and supplies vital force to the only free societies that have endured for centuries.' ' . n u , : , . Is not the plantation iLs correlative in slave societies? The tommnnion; free speech and local sclf-eontrol of the one naturally1 grows, in tho Hociety at' large, to a free lres, a Parliament, and the- other noble in-, stitutions wldch tnark the 'conscious pres ence and free movement of a sol f-governing People. The isolation, rest mint and com bined independence , and n lhiement of a few, with the ignorance and constraint of the many, thai distinguished th plantation. were, on the other hand, no lus mm and felt to the extremities of 11m other - society. What was peace in the one, in the other was mere solitude.. . t - f i Merely suggesting then tlut the totenxhip of 187 was tboproper viiltiLiito iu North Carolina, tor'lhe plantation of l&Jl.'we sul- rait that its Introduction here, which in cqr- pet-oagfjers was mere luti:t or instinct, tn a North Carolinian would have lasen proof of profound reflection and .wisdom. For the rest, the Township is a small and, natural republic mado up of Mcitboi-x.(C those who have great similarity, of I itere.t, and who ought to be, and generally are, friends.. It controls matters in which .they only are interested. Incidentally, it promote public-spirit, prevents cou.solidatum. otViunty matters at tho court bouse, , devel jm talent iu rural communities, brings forward good material for public servants that would oth erwiso remain , unknown. , and, what . ob servers of such thingu will hot underrate, it affords, iu the organized circle of its neigh lxrs, that machinery for forcing forward and upward kx-al merit, in the aljscvueo of which pronation so much depends upon ; tho ro luctiint favor of l-ourt haune cliques. . j lresscd by .such reflections, which i no doubt have oi'ten occurred to them, our op ponent,, whilst sjiecifying this rtownship system as a main ohjoction tQ tlio nrcent constitution, admit that it . works, well in otlier iarts of our country, adding that this is became, they are jopulouH, intelligent and wealthy, which we are not! How very poor a shift this may Ijc for an argument to coun tenance unfounded prcdjudices, appears by recalling tho fact that they , trere adopted vrure Lueu now flourish, at times when, those countries were thinly scttlctl, grossly gno ranl, and very poor! Tfay havo ; grown to their present prosperity under the influence of this institution. .Long centuries ago,' when thick darkness covemt all jeople, bc foro printing was -invented, when people wno couui reau were as nireas minis coun try now are men who own their million of dollars, the Township took form. What its splendid story has since been history tells! What, tho bright consummate Hower tliat now adorns it in the spot wliere it sprung up' is seen and known by all men ! -lt hriiatund1 tliat there shouM Im some yearning after the plantation, througltout North Caroliua. Many virtuous people no doubt struggle with the forbidden apietitc. One step towards its restoration would pro perly le tho abolition of the toienijK We enter our protest against, it ! Under ou-constitution the township is von much uuder the control of tho 4eneral Assembly. Its .powers, until w e Inxniie more used to the new county machinery, may be clipied very loso by tho Assembly, and then by degrees new functions may le abided, until ! at last all merely local alluir bo entrusted to ita.vxnUL-.,.''iUcii li.tmi- pattaalT -instead oi it:i al-lisline-ui by a lAnvcntion, The otlier Vf"1' pIM'hliiery bjjjo-nbvious-lv all improvement ujxin former incthols, tliat Us tsnsidenitiou netnl not detain us. The lirlereiiee Ix'tween Nnng taxel by ur representatives, those whom wo voteafor, and w Ih have to come before us again, ami render tin account, as is the case with coun ty commissioners ij'eyond all measure, an improvement upon the former svst em of c-ounty bixation by an irresponsible and par Uallv A Mr. Jefferson : andit is remarkable that ipJiiUSlei Joatayendpr, ofOand.iiaa not tTieaflvtflenienTrNorth Carolina U el expressed his idea'v in elegant language is iistriuuteu ueircn oi magisirate-f. his twn isas and freedom, ho prized ariiiht the jnf and freedom of all other citlKens of whatever color or lineage, If the beatings of his heart had lceii hiught to ketp time with that famous saving uttered bv a dark skinned man in Athens two thousand years ngo, which, endued with reaterivi tality and wingtsl bj a loftior; elorpience than any other saying" that had preceded it mnii that renowned spot, has. circled the c-lrth and visited Isith Miles, ga.horing new itrengilr witli the lapse of ages and Injuring ri her fruit with every returning season to wit, tiiat God has uuule of one Hood all nntii'H f men; if, in tine, his lessons had !;!tilit him to g:iz with unabated delight uin that glorious scene within this Kepu li. on w hicli the curtain rises higher from !ay to day. Injuring in his heart all parts of 'the assemblage, and gifted with an 'eyesight; so purged ami unsealel as to lx engrossctl w 'uiithe Iritlinnt of the obji-ct rather than fffeudel by its shLs, tiicn of snch a ono it may. it .said tliat there was not so much -. as need , . j , Was there iu all our iMU'dcrs such a man? If not, (hen, without d:saraging the just claims of our more distinguislioJ fellow- itizens, it was. not f their asistamsj that onrM-iety had moKt iuxhI. This new wine w.ts not for their old lMttles. ' , Our fundamental institution, 1 required for sure la3-ing workmon who Ayero .hot tramilielleirby idoas jei'uliar to the ftriuer ! state of things In North Carolina. How ever sueh jnen might fail upon certain tle- ; tails, their work would Hot bo affected, by the deadly sin of a failure to correspond - with tho situation; whilst uion the other , hand, however skillful might have been ." the details of the work by our own good men, it would liavo been utterly cursed Iry . toing unconformable to, and unsusceptible of union with, our new society. Tke chance therefore are tliat tho mriies sliv niatizisl as carpet-bagger and negroes, had son m-quartans lor framing a new conslitu- 1 (ion for North Caroliua that were in advauce of tlioso MM4sessed by many of the best ed- ucatetl and inos t dlstuiguisiieil or our own , citizen! It ia probable tliat our posterity ami history will pronounce tliat the coiisti ' tut ion of lsr.s h:ul lers unsuitableiiess to the true fstmlition or the people of North Caro ! lina that any vuer that would , (trolxably . have Iss'ii tirafUsl by the best of our native . eitizen. It will be said that it sympathized with the new social life that had". sprung up and was t i tntiuue wliereas that syutpath y ', w f t the ray jtoint of disgust ami aversion with thoe whose theories had taken color and prKrtion from tlio former North Car- clina. ' I - -. j A coiiskloralioii and digestion of1 such .' questions. in Uie only wise temMr that of t ntrelers will, we arepej-suadod, entitle the ettmtitution to a favorable.' judgment, and and reuder a ronshleration -of its, most' Im portant lciails light work, -f j TOWNsmrs. i " " I ' T;ike, for instance, the new &y stent of c ninly government, including " townhp. f ' It is "gVuc rally supposed that townships ure . a Yaiik(s invention, iiiiprU.il into Nurtli i Carolina as a I wdge of. subjugation and m -. chinery for orosskm. The - truth Ls that they are a feature which ftr more twelrp tiiluries, as all students of. KuglLsh law know, Iiave marked that free . siMriety from which we have borrowed tho substantial tarts of our own. The most. jhiloophU' foreigner who has discussed Americau in stitutions, one whose decision upon various - portions of our system seem, at the end of the forty years which have passed since ho wrote, possessed of prophetic glance, . ye Tocqueville,) regards the township as a oy corner stone of social liberty in this country, as well as in that from which it was in troduced. It Is known that a like subdi vision of couxjtJes was recommended ' by ...... , . . '. - . ! - " . ; ' . .t . . ,'...?! ' CHAXOlrW 1 UAVS. It was to 1h c-xjmxHchI Jhat a nnmlKr of vhrowd lawyers, rendered skilful in such matters by old experience, in thedefenceof criminals would Im? able to tuiy something worthy of their reputation in defeiu-o f the old system of law ' mid Kquity, of Tres ass, Case and Detinue, and othoi-cait ill's, as against tlie sysiem recently intrtHlucel. Let it Im3 remciulercl tliat. the thtle is ik part of the constitution. That may bo al tered as tlio General Assembly sliall think best. What the eonstitutioir provides,- is- only the alKlishnieiitoftwosetsof tviurts,' Ijnw and l-iuitv, and of the ditlerent forms of action. That it has done so, is a mighty stride in civilization ! It is an improvement alrcatlv adopted in a dozen of the most in telliirent. Avealthy and populous States of the Union. No one that has tried thoeliango. has ironc back- to the : former condition nf things. Kven in Kugland, thccradlaof Uio old lorms, after mere aniendtnent. (altiioiigii upon an enormous st-ale.) had been tried with sliirht cllect for- forty years; the Lord Chancellor has in charge, with .the sanction of tho government, bills to olloct this very purpose : antL- what is more, to adopt the svstem of pleiulings of the New YorkCmle! the change is a Very great amelioration. and in the course of a tew years, will um versallv lx) so regarded. Tho beuints Which the People receive from the constitution of ISCSin this one item. might well float that instrument, even if loaded with objections ten-fold greater than any which can be ascribed- ; if'. It may 1h) pronounced, w itJi great certain ty that this change in the law s well as that of township for jtlautations, are in moredan irer of beinur annulled now, than, if they es cape this assault, thev can ever be anain. If unchanged within the next ten years, they Wiill remain permanent tributes, to the in stinctive wisdom of the convention of 180S. certainly a defect in a deed, but, after ail, is not one .to bo compared with the trouble which arises from his' having no title to con vey the land ! . , One other topic, urged Jbr- a call of a con vention demands' particular consideration. It is that which is most strenuously urged in this connexion: r-The matter of high and ruinous taxation, which,' it ' is, urged, can Qnly be urged, can be- avoided only a con vention that snail strike put the obnoxious Clause....,...;, .. t; ... ' . . , ' , The present constitution .requires (Art, 5, Sec ' 4.) that the General Assembly shall provide Ibr the prompt- payment of the in terest on the public debt "&y appropriate legislation and adequate taxationJ" It is ad mitted that no one can compel the General Assembly to impose such taxation, but the point is made that, as the . constitution j re quires "that members of the Assembly sliall swear to support it, they are bound in con science to do bo. -. ' ' It seems that this provision applies only to the old State debt, i. e ' to that which w as k in : existence when . tlio constitution was adopted. The debt to arise after the alop tion of the constitution was provided for m the next section. The method of providing for its interest is marked out there. . ' j This rids us of tho great bugbear connect ed with the many millions of tho new, ex travagant and fraudulent debt. The obli gation of' conscieneQ . in questl n does j not extend to that. That there should apjKJar, as npon the face of both the, addresses of j the Conservative party to the! -people this 3-ea.r, there does, a suggestion' that the conscien tious obligation extends td both, shows Iiow uncertain a tiling the conscience of a JoI itrcian may be. Probably some brass might be tligged out or an address .wlncli insin uates, a threat that if the people do not call a convention, tne signers or tlie address, who are also members of the Legislature," will be constrained by their consciences what ever under tnq : circumstances tnis may mean to levy a tax to pay 1 the interest Ujv on tnc.wnoio debt wnetner swetson a or Littleneld's or whosoever. . ; I ; But then, as to the old debt. - How. does that stand? Is there an obligation - in con science,: under the oath in question, to lay adequate taxes to meet its interest promptly? rue answer w tins s jrne provision in question is of no force for any. purpose! If wo. were, not underlie constitution of the United States it might have effect.' 'But-it adds no' force to the obligation already im posed lay' tho constitution of 'the .lhited States. iMemlK;rs aro sworn to support the constitution of tho United States as well as ; tliat of the State. The oonstituion of tlie United States recognizes tho existence of tho obligation of a contract notonly by for biddingtlie States to impair it, but alsoj by cuiorcing it itscii. 11 cuiorees it jii various ways, amjrding to "tle character of the per son it deals- with. - As to most people it en forces this obligation through its eourts : sometimes by ordinary execution against goods and cliattels, and somctinics by man damus against officers who are charged witli official duties in levyinij taxas (say in coun ties and towns) for such purpose. 1 There aro other classes of oflicers whom it reaches only through their olhcial oaths; 1. e.J op erates only upon their, consciences. Such are members of the Legislature.1- All of Much' are sworn to support , tnac constitution, That constitution applies itself to the details of all irontracts, ana impose an" obligation of like quality, manner, form turn condition. What i,s, the character f it obligation in conscience in reganl to (jcers wh euknot bel. sueui-is t;videnoei by iLs operation, on tho.se 'wIiVc be. , If county coupons are j.iyaitle; 'semi-annually, h mnndamus niay lehad for the identical payment htraetcil for. If State tuious are payable, the-ob-ligatioh.iu conscience enforced by th of ficial ath, is tho name.. .There may, in tho aso o'f the nioiubcrs of the General Assem- ner prescribed in tha iumitauaxi.atdi obvious that in prescribing these two, all other modes are excluded by irresistible inference. ' In respect to a Convention, the words are, "jso convention or the people shall be called by the General- Assembly unless by the concurrence of, two . thirds of i all the Members of each House of the Gen eral Assembly.'.' ' Letter of July 2a lSfttt, to Mr. Vomgland. . . . , . T.. r Upon all points of law it may well be said of Chief J ustice Ruffin. that to consult him. was, "as if one had inquired at the oracle.' Those who disregard such an array of warning voices, appear to be regardless5 of social duty, and fatally bent upon mischief. We trust that the wisdom of the people at the election now at hand, will dissipate the cloud of , , apprehension which ; naturally arises in view of w hat seems to be, at any rate sucu recklessness. If otherwise, it is well for sober meii I to consider what may bo the result.. If any of the present officials of the State relying upon Chief Justice Ruflin's opinion, be lieve ineir removal under elections held bv virtue of the proposed Convention, to be revolutionary and illegal, they may regard themselves bound bv their oaths of office to resist the same, in such event the Pres ident of the United States Is bound bv his oath of of Kce, supposing him to be equally deferential to tliat as well as the.. other opinions quoted above, to interfere w ith a strong hand and suppress all tire) conse quences of the contemplated , . movement. It was done in tlie-ase ot a Northern State (Rhode Island) by a Southern President, Mr. Tyler ; it may be done again in the case of a Southern State, by a Northern Presi dent. Does anybody tloubt it? Who does not feel that if it occur, it will :not Jonly slMK-k, but shake down public confidence In tho stability of everything that promotes Srosperity. in, or that attracts capital to 'orth Carolina? - . . . - homestea4'mwdw -mactt dHfqlmddfet sing circumstances? Whv. there is no man under the Sun but what would -surrender his homestead : and there is. no beloved wife or dear children but what . would do like wise to save one1 most ' ddar to thehx; from' within the walls of the jail, there to stay at the mercy of the favored creditor; ; What . worth is. a homestead without the essential protec -tion ! Th6 present Constitution provides us with a homestead and the now Judsres haS-e sustained it ; it secures to us equal rights, privileges and immunities it provides us with a n)echanica . and laborers,, lien, kiw ; audit ricldy and in emphatic terms forjbids" the Ca'. Saf No main shall ' be incarceeated for debt. They . are all seen reel to us iow without a Ctmvention, apd without fpfcial Legislation thrown . around some, of tliem for electioneeringand party purposes. Ulut take notiee,there wnaparticularpdins hiken (j udging from " the special Legislartioh ! thrown around tho other favorites of the peo ple) not to special any Legislation forbid ding the Ca, &u as it nowr exist in tluv Con stitution. ' Read the act of the Legislature i rHnn of Gov. CaldwelL and commend him for hS ptrtoUcdevotiolt t oonsttthttoaal ,i Hi, fiarnest endeavor to 5restore peace and prosperity ,n our State. . Tna he proceedings of this meeting be published in the Era, faw! 0an0r papers opposed the to calling of a Con ven tionin the manner proposed. : - $ - rri, itiZmiea were then requst?d to retire ami' inake their nopriinfttion, AoniwiatA'acminfit the convenuuii. Qu motion of Mr. John Ri Sutton,. Mr, j, jJ. filiarpV name wa3ipJaoeu, 111 num ui - - MKRT1NQ IN DAVIE- id 1 order ly mi CONVENTION ....'fliiUft'itiiDltiT olectin P. R. Martin," cnuirun Milton Hobbs retarv- i --a -4 The followinsr nimitte ,.cro P id 0 ? draft rAlutiohiexpr.ye of thp sense of the meeting : -twi.'orminirton-Jas. M. I oster, XutKtt. ination, wnen ne .rewivwi,, KrTtil -fctcnusuu, rMiffnnl Jesse xt nfPwrrTownsh D. On reJ .f-hiiiouenin-J. G., Miaon,- -"'"ST. porting Uiis fact, to the , meeting, tn 0reei?. .Al.WW,,uTB! " i ' wiiiW. k:tl "r AVilliai lnflnrJtVx.i,,l,or. TVf Hftath. .Ja. JfiVi bnliTTiiin nhnOihted nml W: P. Walker to' notify MrJ Slwrj F hU nomination' ' - " ' ' Mr. Sharp' carVio forward arid accep rvi bo .nnmination in ' an ablo'an brino- finPM'h. thankintr tho' deleptt- . . . i ' 1 . 1. . .. .. - 1.-. . 1 tat t nfi iiinfir passeu Dy a majority vote, calling tne yon- huu """"f TJa 111m. uiiu iJioiuioiiiii w . . r ..... 1. i dan. Hums dement. U ; , . , , , , 1 ; The committee, repurtc 'fq WHKitEAs. Tlieemoraling rftorts ventin, and judge for i you. seltL. .Liberty in tins country j would be wit an eilipty name, and tlie homestead 'worthless, if inan could be jailed for debt. r '' '-;'"' Ever - mindful of our - welfare and fiiture condition, I sign myself. , .-r ... I a mm ww A . -v 1 m m mm mm. s .mum m m mm mr , spirit wnrrf, , J. fin 1 hj-ii im 1 uib uiv ri.n Mm nr t k luuuiit . w. UIO Jv . . - i!x,.;na QtlI pie on the danger impending, by . tins tne effort3 of recKiesd ;tpowuuj nnnn uttermost ability to enlighten the pjo- good people of Nash county would not rebelliontin its) fwlpiency,-an pm look upon him as seeking for place did braced tho earliest oPPuV"Y,!Jiir lioTwvi tii ixinveniion 1 ..-r,.n hi hr m ipfiaiite ; um 't- , - . - . 1. A 1 luiuium"- 7.Z . ' 1 tor the Carolina I- .if - . . 1 ... - lit ra. TO THE COLORED PEOPLE ' , . CAROLINA. OF NORTH , ' Fk'llow-Citizexs: Yoii ' will'' hook be called upon to cast your ballot for or4 rtginst Convention. . :; f .. . -J-M; ! ; .It is a grave question in. which ypurj lib- The very mildest form in which the oues- 1 us i?vi? " y eu, juu tion can be put, is, can North Carolina jus- ni. ia state ana yourives jana tify herself m resortimr to doubtful pvtWH future prosperity depehd upon the fearless eiits under such circumstances.-will she ex'lso or jour iJJonstitutionat rights. ; Tin Wi.iVW. - 1 . . . . . s . A would be voted down, as being rrauni w i tli rvils and destrtictivo to tne pros perity of the State and people;' : ,yir. Dorsey I5attle ' askwf penrii$ion in inakp.fl few. remarks iii advocacy lof we, mvV county Vish- intr to make arecorti oi wur SahLst being again rugged in to an oilier rebellion, tJicrofom;.. '. 7?Wi;. Tliat noinmg uui, wu. the .Convention,! -wlncai .was graptea mrty affinities could mna pur -yuaw? him. lie was replied to by MrJiIyid Q have recourse to .the uncYjnstitu- W Wf llinma. who rebuked llH re- !ol moons ndOmtCtt lOr Calling KAMI- mhrks thnroiisrhlv. and made it lear ,.fir.n in amend ' and 'alter our btato to our minds timt Mr. liattie truiy jeii- trace her path upon the very edge of dan ger, when all know that another inaugura tion of violence within her limits will necessarily result in so much confusion, and so irretrievable ruin? She could not so j ustify herself, even if the purposes proposed were more clearly right (ban now.they seem to be. : Hut when it is added, that there is, at most, no need for the constitutional re form suggested, that, standingalone, many of these suggestions deserve condemnation rather than endorsement. It . is a wanton thing to call -such Convention! Improper ends by Violent means, is simply preposter ous! .-, .'., : The Republican party of Xorth , Carolina have tho same iuterest in the general peace and prosperity that their opponents have. They desire to see no public trouble revived; they wish to aid in raising- and recovering the exhausted energies of the State. Thev nrefer that all disorder in the State, if possible, shall be put down by the powers of the State, and, in tho. iirst in stance, inasmuch as an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, they desire that the people shall forbid this threatening measure. 1 It is in this interest, tliat representatives of the Republican party from every section of the State, at two different meetings in Raleigh -unanimously adopted the follow - ig resolution: . . . Resolved, That the Republican party of North Carolina, hereby protesting tliat the pending call for a Convention is unconstitu tional, recognize that it will lie, most for the peace of the State that tho people . sliall so decide at tho -ballot-box. aiid therefore re commend that an appeal be 'made them for that purpose, and that such appeal bo prosecuted in tho usual way, by a Cam- The scenes of bloodshed, the Crisis through which we have just passed, have laid some of our near and dear friends in the tomb: some sleep "that' sleep that knows' no wak- sorry for what he had said.' .1 I- c-neenng speeciic w ere ueu eivu .vj the chairman and Mr. Willis Eason. After the appointment of the botnity can vassen?, which as; follows,' "-viz: Jl. a Strickland, C. K Soars and John ing, at the bottom of tho deep. the Mood 1 It. Sutton, the meeting adjourned. of . some lias dyed, ;vith its crimson gore, the trees of Alamance ; while others J&ave been' driven from home leaving th'efr. wives, and loving oftspring to" tlie mercy of t3iei r , relentless and barbarous Soe,; to j be .massa cred, scourged, or subjected to j the lash or tomahawk. This" band of prowling'jina rauders has been the curse of a free jand Civilized Nation, but still it is upheldf and abetted, bv once men of honor rand. jd is tihetioiu 1 1 V- , . 1 Look at iioor Outlaw as' he was uangling between heaven and earth a victim " of their vile -.and. lawless Confederation! Defying Justice, as he was suspendcd ..before its temple. . ; ... -1 7 Purycar, now lies on' the pebbly bbjtt(in of the'llaw. Stephens gone to hislMjjker. Fellow-citizens, the Conservative Party is your foe, and if you are once Un :lieir clutches, the fetters of slavery win be again fastened .npon you. ; il j . First comes the war speech ' ofj Fyaiik lilair, the violent secessionist thenj . Jtlcr son liavis who says tiie "Lost Cause i not lost," " The institution of slavery Svas 1iok tile; to ' freedom but during that terrible crisis, tho -ttepuftiican l-'arty never laitercn, and' in the midst of the. .mighty Struggle your party did not forget its mission of Vreetloin ana Justice. The Repblieart larty fought for the Union, not alone, but with it for tho Liberty it was formed .to .Keeure, that could j not bo broken tip at the! be hest of traitors, that should ;uarantee i'ree- dom U) everv son puhlic. During W. P. WAIjKEH, ) GcM-rc,i.tr-i, NO - ; ' .' ,.t. For( the CapJitta IJra. CONVENTION MEETINQ IN WILKES. ... .. 'US 1 Constitution. ! r . A : , ; J Jlesohecl, Thsxt as patriots, and loV-In"- our country, and wishing to set the example of a Jawrabiding peon et wo earnestly call upon our fellow-citizens, , not as ltepublicans, not as Democrats, but without! distinction of. -party, to come forward and record their respect for law and order and tho observance of the sacred oath r they have taken to support the Constitution, and their b Wrrenceof the-men iwhot-lead in this unconstitutional movement.' llesolced, That we recommend to a1 persons who aro opposed to the call of a Convention, to, vote for Col. Wn. IJ. March, in whom we havo Implicit con fidence, and know him to be opposed to this unconstitutional movement, j t?w ' Timt t.hft iiroceedincrs of ' In accordance with- previous notice the citizens of Wilkes county, who are 1 opposed to a' Convention, niet fat the Court-house in WilkdsborO,' on Hatur i1ot tbo oitli Hav ctf Jimp. 187L tn nom- inate a candidate in opposition' to a tins meeting no puonsncti n uiu Convention.-. :V j - North State and the uaroiuut jvxt. ; ; P. II. MA11T1JN,1 lim n.i Milton Hcuiiw, Bec'y. ' 14 ! Mocksville, Jul 1, 1871. "j! a", and daughter of bly, Ikj some play of discretion allowed! by tne l nitct Nfates constitution, fiucli per- Meanwhile. no one will wonder if all mid dle aged and more advanced lawyers, much or whose ctmital consisted of familiarity with the hooks and crooks of that rusty, musty, dusty labyrinth, hooks ami crooks that xncern justice to otherwise tliat by of ten serving to plaguo ami defeat it, are keenly sensible of tho mighty lorn Jhat has !ccii sustained, or should itululge. in new Lamentations thereabouts.' - '. . , - OKXKKAI. OnjKCTION, .- -Wc greatly inar-el that tho tJoiiservative party should have urged, as a general and most potent objection to tho Constitution, that, with regard to many of its provisions important ones at tliat nobody could tell what they signified until they had received judicial construction; when the very same remark is no less true of tlie Constitution of tlie United States, and of evory other Con stitution that has been formed ujon the continent. Have thev not, each ami all, been a theme for debate ever since they were made? Is not this notably true of the Constitution-of iiie United (States r Did not the people get together by the cars, and tight for four voanv because onoor other side 0erhaps both) did not understand provi sions in that constitution r Were not there passages in it that seemed contradictory, and required judicial construction, lie fore any man could say what was meant npon tlie whole? Is it not true that the conven tion which formed it 'did not .understand how It was to work in many important par ticular., and indeed did hot ; realize, what part of it would be most prominent in the new society which, it was to create I , i ". No convention can remedy such defect. A new.eonstitution piv abolish errors in the one now existing, but it will be at the expense of creating new one?. It may safe-: ly be foretold that, a great harvest for the legal profession . will follow the work of another convention.- Nobody will know where he stands. All the questions now at rest vr ill be renewed. . Qther lees will.uc to pay., An M&ooJvireyolu,tion (such as we liopo tiiu pproacng one will ,be) .is nec- e;riv t great feast lor lawyers. au 01 ir.c-ui ajat to be iu favor of aucJv Whether the intorosts of tlie people iu general are the same, is not so clear.! ,.'.',, Uixm this tonic it mav lie added, that whilst the conservative party, are tlueut up-- on tlio matter .01 tne want of jcrspicuty, simplicity and logic in the present constitu tion; : ana .upon tlie, doubt and , confusfon liel-cssarlly resiiltmsf therefrom, tliey liavfc not enlarged tipou themeswuro of the doubt and confusion to arise from a constitution, however worded,' which Is the offspring of an Irregular assembly,' called, in.a revolu tionary manner.', 'In, counexion with, the manner in which the next .convention' is to be calledthe people have some interest in sons may claim that in , deference to their condition, as set over the affairs of a quasi sovereign, require;! that they are to liave some discretion as to laying taxes; for in stance, in time.- of great public want, &c, they arc to consider the appropriateness of tho proposed legislation, its appropriateness all aroundso to say, i. e., to tho wants of the creditors and tho exigencies of tlie State. , We lo not know how this may be. We are discussing a ue4ion of casuistry, nd Kiich.Hiestiousare provcrbiallj' delicate Hnd deeenuve. It ma3' Ijc presumed, however, that the conscience of a man wlio was in fear of his constituents. Avould lie apt to take some such turn. However this may le decided In regard to the constitution of tho United HtJites, if is very plain that the Stiite constitution binds iioJkkIv's conscionee rwlio lelieves that a tax bill for payment of the interest on tho public debt is,: under; the circumstances of tlio community, inappro priate legislation. Ho Ls rexuired to to it only by," appropriate legislation." Let any gentleman who threaten the people with such a law lie asked whether ho regards such legislation as appropriate to tho pres ent circumstances ot the times. If he says yes, then he is lioundeven in the absence of such a provision as this, to levy tlie Jax. ir lie says no, tnen tne present section is withouVeffect. . 1 Two oaths to the same duty binds; 110 nioro tlian one oath. The section in j the State constitution is a mere nullity, for it commands a duty already commanded by the constitution of the Lnited States, hnd J mis, 100, 111 if riiis jiuw rj t-uiiiprvuciisi vt. lIOMKSTEAn. Indeed, the tactics resorted . to upon j the point just discussed, by the supjiorters of tho Convention, bring forcibly to mind the celebrated hunting expedijL'o.i of the lion and tho jackass, in which these tactics orig inated. ( The jackass was to set up an awful bray inland thereupon the affrighted game would escape from such jaws as hehadind fall into those of the lion lying in amboslu Jferet this section about taxation is to play the part of the. ass, whilst- . tho affrighted people run oft' and fall into the trap upon the subject ot Jlomestead, 'which has been prettily set lor tliat 'purpose. Tins trap is coming to be 'very well Understood, and requires 110 olaljoration :f The delegates aro to 1 hi sworn not to touch the Homestead provhuoji,and all the while, vows have been registered to clean out tne supreme - Court ! 'Pliia uill onwwni- fi Til it au ti-aI I t rCl tioar result will le that at the next Christmas many a present of homesteads, will be made to honest crotiitors who now sit behind long- sufferingjudgments waiting to 1m? let slip, The exceeding tenderness . of Conservative consciences in regard to tlie oath upon "ad equate taxation" ite romiired the com pensation of some indulgence. This dias probably loen allowed upon tho Ilomesteatl uucstioii.' where a certain anticipation of sales of that sort of property, coexist with soleii m vows not to touch the words in the Constitution which guarantee them ! If you take tlie conscience in too tightly in some quarters, vou necessarily let it out tool far in others! . 1 REVOLUTION. Wo have not aid . anything in regard to tho Method in which it is proposed to rail this Convention. Tlie point has been thor ousrhlv discussed recently, as well as for merlv, about 1854. We .shall not elaborate it here. It is enough to repeat, that the iltethod i. eJ, a call under a vote of a ma jority of the Assembly has been condemn ed bv the General Assembly in times past as beimr 'revolutionary r that this doctrine was affirmed iy resolutions of State Con ventions' of tlie Democratic party in this. State before tlie late war ; that it, was acted upon in 1S1 in reference to the call of 'the Convention of February which did not sit ; that language so extensively and notoriously discussed and construed, was adopted with out change into the present Constituton; and that recently the Governor, and the Su preme Court of tho State, have proiu u iced such a call to- be unconstitutional and revo lutionary. Those who wish for other au thority upon this question than can be had from persons who hold, or from others who offices that are at stake in the call of a Convention, we refer to tlie late CniEP Jus tice IfrFFiN.thc greatest lawyer we have at any time had in North -Carolina. ! He was so 'convinced tliat such methods as tlie pres ent are revolutionary, that, ho volunteered, upon a memorable occasion, to come out of retirement, and, in an elaborate paper; so advise his fellow-citizens.' - .- I ! We quote his languago: r. 'Two modes of amending the Constitu tion are provided: One through the agency of the Geuerar Assembly, proposing !an amendment for ratification by a vote of the People. which need not be considered here ; tne otner, uy a convention, caueu in a man paign, and Candidates. It is 111 this interest that we have been directed to address them. We trust that our designs herein may prove" to be effec tual. ' ' '' In several important respects tho Con stitution is a great gain, upon all that have preceded It. In the 'large' majority of its provisions it is a good" Constitution, in all, it is tolerable. The State is in an untried con dition; in that condition it is not easy to say what constitutional provisions in some respects may be best. An experi ment has been set 011 loot at great expense. let us give it a lair and full trial the rath er that if we were now under compulsion to make a constitution, no considerate man txmld be sanguine that such as we should ulopt would answer even the purposes that we have in view. Let us walk carelully forward to our place in the future, avoiding, so lar as we can all risks or lauin'' to secure for Our posterity a fair chance in the' race now being made up for the fortunate men who are to come after us. A bove all things, let us tread no step backward, upon pain of receiving tho maledictions of future genera tions, as those who, with great opportuni ties for escape, fell under condemnation meet for shell' as are not discerners of the ti nie4. - ' ' With hearty good wishes for this State of on rs, new ATorf h Carolina, and for all our fellow citizens, of 'every race in this hour of danger to all, we earnestly ask that every man who wishes" to avoid civil confusion, and every man who has not burled his en ergies and ' affections who has not vowed to go mourning all his days over a dead past, will lend his aid to defeat this threat ened Convention, and Iletrogradaiion, and Revolution. S. F. PHI LLIPS, !.,' Chairman, ti'c. . J. C. L. H. Kins, Secretary. and.iSuchauiiaii the dark we -were 1 ways under thentfe- of Fierce, bondH of LETTER For the Carolina Era. FROM ORANGE. slavery, but we have at last reached, tho pinnacle of the Temple Of Liberty and tin the wreck 1 of shattered system wO jwill build the altar of our freedom: . . ' j Beware, fellow-citizens, of the tveachejrous snares of the Democracy, beware of their unprincipled politicians 'who come tofyou radiant with smiles ami iii sheeps clothing, but within they arc ravenous wolves. -.;j : S They. are, as 'Dr. Jones said last sumpier, a treacherous organization, and they jtack to every gale, embrace every opinion,! and betrav 'every cause. This Conventidn is called in the service of. the -Conservative Party, which is not' only your natural on emy'but likewise an inveterate eneniy to the intejfritv of-the Union, 'on whiclif not only your liberties, but the liboitio of every iersoTl in this country centre. j , Dissolve the Union and our liberties! will. perish ; and when our liberties', are' -sficri-. liccd, we are again slaves. .To the Republican-party you are indebted to-day for your liberty. It was this 'party that broke) tlio chains of - your slavery that ' stayed tlm hand that dealt the- lasli " to your litlies witliout stint tliat put an estopple 'to i'our being sold like cattle in the liiarket-that forbid a trallic in .you which dissevered without remorse the -nearest and dearest j ties of kindred and tore the. babe f rout the breast of its mother ; sundered the husband and the Wife and separated forever-parents and their offspring. Touch nt the unclean thing ; preserve the integrity of tlie Federal Union and ,not tintil then can we livjevm happiness , , 4 . . t 4 -i (Vote, against ..Convention,, and give. Uiem a fierce light on that question and thenjyou enn'draw aside the veil of futurity, and! you can see a people rising in' power and jdig iiity among 'Nations. You can Bee the coun try, , rich in natural mineral wCjaltli j and agricultural resources, speed 'on' in J her career of peace and happiness, educating and elevating all classes, "a people I'ree, intelligent .enterprising, ric'i aiul, powerful, etiual rights guaranteed to all, the faibled atlantis realizwl at last in liberty regula ted by law. - . H. J. C. 0IIAMI51 FINCKNFY HALT JAMES SMITH, JAClvSON HOWERTOX. Salisbury June 27, 1871. On motion, S. P. Smith JSr,, AVaS culled to .the Chair ) and ilcorge 1 K. lirown requested to act its Secretary. The chairman in a tew appropriate remarks explained the objijet of fjie meeting..;;;.." ; '. I.. -L Onmotion a committee 01 tnreo 10- wit: ! J; Q. A; Bryan, John f N.' Myers andS. IV Smith, Jr., wercf appointed to draft resolutions for the action of tho meetinfif.:- '' -"' j,r ' j' Tim coiYimittoo. bavin? retired .i D. M. lurches, q., of .Btatesvilleji Ijemg present was called upon, who protea etl to address the meeting at length in a very able and instructive manner. We will endeavor to liiid place for a syiiopsfe of Mr. FUrcheh'' speech." , j . The committee on resolutions return ed and reported, through their chair man, JohiifN. Myers, Ksq., the fo1 low ing preamble ' and resolutions,1 to-vit : Wn ink as, The Conservative jhemhenl bf the Gejieral Assembly of North' Carolina' at its lasljscssioii in the year A, D. 1871, being evil disposed.- and moved bv. a desire ! to x 1 i 1 ... 1 mil !... 101 crcaicanouiei muviuuii us muy uo. jii u i and tl hold id call 01 State j ' 1. A At the Conservative party providing the peoplej i 1 1 miu pasw an tu-t ' a Con vention of therefore, be it waived, That iii our opinion i ner inj which it is-proposer 1 bv ; the Assembly to call a Convention is for of I tlie offices of trust and profit in the the tho L ie man- fJeheral re vol u- should V regula- Eiisi I have noticed closely the discussions up4 on the present call for a Convention ; but I havo seen nothing to meet the arguments of the illegality of the measure , calling "a Convention by a majorlty'vote of the Leg islature. 'Aside from the opinions of our moxt distinguished jurists in former days, anil of those even' of to-chvy, the Constitu tion itself seems explicit and full; that a Convention of the people shalt not lx; call ed unless by a concurrence of two-thirds of all the members of each branch of the lien-: eral Assembly. Let everv one take imon himself to read the Constitution oh this house, in INashviile. on Thursday J the! It is a serious thing and is deserv- 29th June. On motion Mr. C. E. Steari For the- Carolina lira.' 1 -MEETING IN nAsH. NO .CONVENTION- According to public notice,! tlie peo ple of JS ash .county: met at tne, (Jaurt- iwint. ing of serious thought, that an instrument of so high and sacred a character, as ouf Con stitution, is so stretched said tampered "with, that a Convention of the people is called by a majority vote of the legislature. Is it pos sible that tho framers of the Constitution contemplated such a thing? What is not ta ken from the express terms, or implied in the express language, of a Constitution, is and ought to bo , forbidden by it. Wluit Would be the mode for calling a Conven tion by a two-thirds vote as is contained in the express terms of the Constitution, differing from tliat of the present call for Convention by a majority vote of the. legis lature? The answer comes, essentially nane. But let the legality or illegality of the pres ent call for Convention be as it may, it can only be decided now by tho people in Au gust next or by the proper tribunal ; :and should it devolve upon the latter to settle, it will be regretted, if the jKiople of North Carolina should again find themselves as at tlie close of the war, in a state of anarchy and to get in some shape, . under a provis ional government witliout a Constitution, and hence without the many great blessings of tho special provisions as are now contain ed iii tlie Constitution under which we are living. The "homestead would be 'swept away ; and tlie Old Constitution as ,, it was, would have the preponderance in the ad ministration of justice ; and all hoary head ed judgments and executions .would, be revived and entering t the doors of every poor-mans homestead. , ' - r - But says one there is special Legislation thrown 'around the homestead 4n the act calling the Convention. Admit that there is. and bv men who . before declared . tlie homestead unconstitutional ; and that the members of the Convention if - called, will resnect and obey this srecial Letrhdatiou and the after judges , will .maintain it ; and that the Convention will be 'permitted, to convene and sit ; and in addition to all these, let there be an immense and Insurmounta ble M all , ; thrown around . the City of. . the Homestead, in the face of all these things. there is vet left enonsrh room' for the enter- ance of the Trogan-Horse, witli a belly full of Democratic Conservative cunnings, du plicity and deceit, and a poor, man's debt cells one of the- most renown 'and aged of which, is the Ca. 8a. law, puling a man in iail for debt. Capias sat isfaciendum-r-" take that scoundrel, sheriff, and put him in jail until he pays me." What becomes of the "Walker and G. W. Itobbins, appbio'tea The object of the - meeting ' hayin t . 11 . 11 ji r Deen expiainca,' inc ioiiowmg respiu tions were adopted: ' ' ' ' ' J I f Resolved, That the honest and la w abiding j people of Nash county' deeply deplore itnd deprecate the calLot a Convention : at; this time, and especially the irregular mode in which it is proposed to be called, and earn estly appeal to the good people of the State to vote against Convention', as being fraught with evil and entailing harasnip upon thoin, and of ruin to.tlie prosperity of the Statei Resolved, That it is the sense of this meet ing tliat the bill providing, for the call'jof a Convention, not having received the renui sit two-third vote of the ieiieralvAssem(Dly, is: uiiconstitutjonaL contrary to the generally received opinion of the ablest jurist ofLthe State; without ' precedent; embodying! the doctrines of nullification and -secession with all the evils attendant li poii i revolution, anarch v, strife aiul confusion., jl- ..:;. Jteiiohed, That this, Con vention question has been Sprung upon us by the legal pro fession and aspirants for place, to change tlie judicial system, destroy: Uio Jiomestead, and open ail the old debts for epllectioq. t . ' 'Resolved Th:.d the leaders of the Coiitcu tion scheine have already ruined the prds perityiof our country, -and if we-agaiu .fol low their advice we can oidy Expect to.icap the fruits of their iec-ond folly. t . j . i - it 'Resolved, That a recedent made by ciall, ing a Convention by a bare majority Vole of the Legislature, destroyii ' the ' stability, checks and safe guards to tho : maintenance pf equal laws, equal rights, and equal priv ileges, and is the incipient step o chahge the present Government into an odious aris-i tocracy, with caste and class Ijegislataon " Resolved, That this" meeting' appoint a Township commiitee to consist of jttve per sons, iu each and every Township, through out tho county, to canvass the Townships, and to attend the places of holding j'pol 14 On tlie day of election, and to- see that every eitizen shall have free- jrivilege to vote and to vote as he chooses. ' ' , , : j j. - vi?esoftrc,'Tliat this meeting 'also! appoint three eanvassers in the county.to accompany the candidate at the time and places affixed by the county .Executive Commits it-,,r pu one meetings, tionainr and without a precedent in the his tory d;' our country, ami if a Convention shOulc assemble as proposed,' tlid result will If that the scenes '.which followed the Conviution of lSGl,,will be re-enacted in-a muc-U worse -form, and carried on in! degree eqnalto the communist revolution which ' receifdy took place In Pis. ':' ' V ' ' j" ' '' 2. that while we declare tlie proposition to a Convention revolutionary ' and void, we think that it is the duty of every goo citizen of the State to go to the polls and vote tigaiust it, . To vote, the liieasuro down Will in our opinion, to some! extent, nijjjuiis new treason in the -mid, ana pre vent a repetition of. tho-sc43n.es which fol- lod.the Convention of 18G1. . - - .. ,'I That wo endorse Uie administration )ot Caldwell, and approve his noble ef forts to maintain peace and order through 01 the State. ; -.- j ' '" ": AVhlch "after beuW retld by the! Secre- titry, AVere, on tnotioil,' unanimously afloptod. ;'V'-'Y'' ' "l 4 '!-") I The Convention ; then proceeded tp nominate j a candidate, wlien the name- of Thomas J. 'Dula, Esq., " was mi in livuiiiiiuiioii, n 111 ins lioillllia- ion .was -made unanimous by acclama- ioh. w Mr. ','JJula beinsr present. . in ; !a , ery appropriate speech, declined to ac ept the nominatipn, for . the reason that he had but very recently become a "citizen or the county, but pledged himself to canvass the county asrainst a Corrvehtion, and to use all noiiorable means in his power " to secure votes agtiinst tli Convention. - ! ' i The.riame of Gen. Q. A. liryafi, was then . put in nomination, and ratified by the .meeting unanimously;, by, ac clamation. u; ,;.,',.; ; Gen. Bryan being, present, accepted the' nomination, i and proceelea to address the meeting agalnst a 'Conven- ' I For the tnrollna Kraij UO CONVENTION MEETlNO IN DAVIDSON. ,1 VI. .-k .wf bl'. ' i ' I i ; . "!i ( .The moetiuir 'Was organized hy call ing Isaac Kinney to the cliair,"and George Kinney as secretary. I Porter Conrad,. George Clark, A. C Itegans and J oh n , Clodfeiters wero ap pointed to present to tlje, mating reso lution. ' ) ". ",'. ... s ! i Col. Wi F. Henderson was then call ed on for a speech. At the mention of his name the whole welkin was' made vocal with applause, and after quiet was restored, the? Colonel came forward and entertained the people. with a speech for two hours. It was one of his happiest efforts. He is dointr irood service against Convention. . The following resolutions. were uuan . impusly -adopted": ; J , , ; ;V I 1 ! I 1 : -Resolved, That .the ; Iiepnblicaii party is the party of law and order,,, y , ,,j Resolved, Tliat we pledge pur undivided supKrt to aid iu the defeat of the present revolntionarv,ConservatIve,Kii KIux move ment in calling a Convention, which is unconstitutional, ind 1 is ' culled for rno' otlier iurposo than to oppress1 tlio poor, to defeat, the ends of Justice, and to erect again . in North Carolina, an aristocracy to rule tho country as in the days of slavery. Resolved, That tho advocates of this mob bill, callinga Convention, are tho Kainoiarly, and in many instances the same men that .brought secession, iwar arid bloodshed Upon tjic country in ISGfl. , - ,:; t' Resolved, .That wo .mil upon every voter of the county and State to go to the polls and vote against tho Convention arid there by protect hi homestead and liberties. ! -Resolved, That we endorse the administra tions of Crov. Caldwell and President tyrant J . t Resolved, . Tluvt , vo , te nder oiir si nccre thanks to Jacob T.Jjrowii' Ksrj.,tho ltcpub lican representative of this couhty, for the able and efficient 'manner' In which been. deavored to defeat the present mob bill (Convention) in the last session of the Leg-' islature, and, pledge, him our upMrt so-' long as he defends Iho lalKring and poor , fiien cf his county. ' j' " ' ' Resolved,1 'Tliatr the' ' .roceHliiigs of this m elihg be published in lhe Carolina Era and Daily Telegram... . j , ; m, . ... 1 v j ISAAC KINNEY Chm'rt. Geoime Kinney. Bee' v: i. . s Ilicli Fork, June 24, 1871. . . ? .,,.., 'J tion, in a very able manner." i " j tl Geo. II. BrOATi, then offered lowing resolutions Which' were ed- -?!-" -..-:'t.i I' --i-ii .i-P'j.' ,41 ie fol- adopt- i; - V, Uie!arolIna:Krrt.i GREENE COUNTY AGAINST CONVENTION. '; -' ( . '. ..,-. Kditou , Kiia Dear Sir : We the true " friends of peace i and of our present Consti-J tutional;, Government, .held our . Cuny' .Convention iu.tJreene to-day vand i im-' hiated our worthy and esteem od friewl nd fellow citizen, Itev Dr. I6 , S. JLrdie , asii candulate .in opposition to Uio present 1111 coiiatitutkial and revolutionary .movement for a Convention. Dr. IfflrUie .waa present and accepted thei noaiination In a fueling, dignified muh. r-tiriotio , speech .which was 1 well received by tlie larK arul attentive au- ' dience.'") ti-M , , :, ft . J ' mere wa never held in (Jrocne County a more agreeablo and harmouIoUH Convention, and Dr. Ilardie will, cwrtainiy be elected by a majority .of at least 000 votesi. Tlie hungry lawyers, unprincipled - Ifclitofr and office-seekers,iunot wheedle or drl Vo all thepld line Demoerats wh have o prop er respect and regard foe their oatha and the. Constitution, into the support of,, the Con vention hobby. IH weU understood that JamcH P. Speight, Esq, wlo longrepresontcd ' this County in tlie Senate, postively reAises to go for a Convention.: iirj, ',-.. l As soon as Dr. Ilardie closed hlaexnV an weU-timedspcc.h,acirgtK mous nomination to canvass n dSohI JSJ to a Cortventloii, our able) fSthfutf mid diZ tinguished Senator, the ' ffon. C. ll" nStZl den, being present, was J rJL UlJI!? ii ? ' ; ! ' "sir -i-Hl-s.. ; I r,i I i . TOW'K",ie arose and iuonn ' 1? vA -ti, wi.' . Wi . I of the most able. ehtofiMif u.,Vi . r"?.1"'?'10 bounty opiV -JccT to a Cmvention met in . 2rfhL-Is" " e1 aiwlentorUiiS fliLs Place lor tho nuroose of nomin-itW tne meeting for two hours ami i.ir - candidates foresaid C-oiiventibn? fsliohld thfl I 'tlenr Ifroirderi mvwl 110,1 ... ! '.' same:le calk4,) on Satnaday, the tirsf Inst, authorities tofcUHtoin hUposiliJn in kZZ, Tliirteen Tovpships yere represented and tpn to the present lull fora ConP01 Hie uimosi jjipuy anu iroou leennir acterizedall ine proceeuings of the MeHsrs. NatMcljean, James Sinclair li Ki . rrw were - nut : in. nnminntiAti 17 ' T n ; m . . .w... Whereupon r j. jrrocter uecjinedj owing lo ne tuiiumwiivi iuu uhuui or hw ram v to allow 111s "ame xo-go 'hefore the Conven tion, cols. at. Alcljean and Jambs Sin clair wcj-e tiaJU nominated, bv. acclamation. and being Introduced to the Convention Reso Iced, That1 we j hereby tender - orir thanks to V. M, Furches, 1 1-Wt., for th6 able manner; in,, wiiich ho.4 adilrcsseiC; this meeting toHlay..,.s . ;i . , ; j r, , Resolved, Thit the proceedings, !of .his meeting be sent to the .Carolina Era', for publication, with a request that all other papers in tho SiAte opiiosed ton Convention copy them.. ; .. :; tr : r .1 ; t. the- On motion journed.' Convention; " . -.;:.(! hi U. ad S. P. SMITH, S., Clifmn.. Geo. II. Brown, Setfy. i- . Foe the Carolina Era. . . LETTER FROM ROBESON PEOPLE AGAINST 'CONVENTION, -i SOLID most linnpny and good feeling char- He citerl the authority of Jud ie S5m d all fhe proceedings 'of the Iiody. A; JVIeares, John ' Branch ' Jess i ,n5 V Nat fMctean, James Sinclair arid harle Fisher and other oiSmKr. Ight other 'promlne, uers-oi, uie v-onyenuon ofl8i to hu7. w V. V fhey were all, opposed toX,Uul majority of the LegUlature toJSl ? a tion. " llnUi .rLT. M.ca1 a Convert tlllWM tm A movement.. Ue quoted fromVKT lwu of Judge Biggs, thas nfu; H. Winston, in thff'TwjiIv . J.,n thdtimeaftimilai.i.biu 1 the Legislature proposinrto iubmi people tho nuestionVr l?.Inik made tdllinf speeches to-their fellow-cit- lzens on tfc ncotistitntional and revolu tionary frattei of . the , present radical movement. 1 Avyen the Conscr-iiv cIIetL of Pfbcsori, are unprepared to vote for a Convention at this time ; and of course Ml; t 1 i i! I ' i till' IX tk alar - j 7 O 41 1 the repubhfins are bound to fight' -a good Justice Ri.mn ,;1 f Ulf ctl fight S? Moore?s KS iTln ' taKegrcf agams us, like , tho Calico- nf li i.n ,r an, of B.furort. Kobesort County. wilf cxi eWlAZ'X Vous, . 1 ... IV-LOll H 1,111 VPTlt a 1 nunlnn 1 . . . . I lid agairtft a Convention in August f Brogden closed amid loud anl, . t' rds" (Jen- aitlior-: , io. Jen.!j ( BGEME, .i it.
The Era (Raleigh, N.C.)
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