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Inasmuch as Democratic presses and Democratic speakers continue to harp on what has been done by the : Repub lican party, we have gathered up a few acts of the Democratic party, which will show how very honest and how very careful that party has leeri with the State's money : In IS3G, this State received on deposit from the United States Treasurer in gold, surplus revenue belonging to the United States government, amounting to $1,433,757.39. The faith of the State was pledged for the safe-keeping and for the repayment of the same when ever called for by the United States. Where is this money? If it was called for to-day the Democratic party would have to answer: We squandered it, partly on work's of Internal Improve ment which proved failures, and the balance in the rebellion against the government, which to-day protects us and which loaned us the money. In 1857, the Legislature passetfanaet to create a sinking fund. It was en acted that the dividends on stocks in all railroads, plankroads, turnpikes, navigation companies and all excess of revenue collected after paying the nec essary expenses or tne fctate . govern ment, was set apart as a sinking fund and placed in the hands of certain Com missioners of the sinking fund for the purpose of paying the debt of the State. These Commissioners reported to the General Assembly in December, 1SG0, that they had received the sum of 457, 000 under the above act. Where is that money? It was not Confederate money, it was not in war bonds, it was not in State scrip. It was invested in old State boiuls, and during the war those bonds wero exchanged for State wau bonds and Confederate ronds, and proved a total loss. In 18G0,he literary fund of North Carolina amounted to $440,3202. This amount was invested in old State bonds, Railroad bonds, bonds of Col leges', &c. At the close of the war, a committee appointed by the General Assembly found that the literary fund consisted of $351,500 of State war bonds and $173855.50 of Confederate bonds, ilc. The old State bonds had disap peared and in their place was found the above amount of worthless trash. T tori "V" 1 1 il 1 nmtr TV? r ill loo-, uriiiii v-wiivjjc, nu m ity College) borrowed $10,000 from the literary fund,- and gave a bond therefor secured by real estate mortgage. Late in 1S61, after every sane man saw the Confederacy was a hopeless failure, the literary Board, (Gov. Vance in the chair) agreed to take Confederate notes for all bonds, held by the Board and Trinity College came forward with $10,000 Confederate iftcney, paid it. to the Board and took up its bond for that amount ! We have not charged any one with stealing any of the foregoing State: money. But we do charge a gross mis management and reckless investment of State money by members of the j Democratic party, and we do hold that men who have brought nothing but war, bloodshed and bankruptcy on our people are not .worthy to be longer trusted. ' If any of the above statements are questioned, we are prepared- with the proofs, and we trill only introduce Dem ocratic witnesses. Hon. Alfred Dockery. We are authorized by this gentleman to inform the delegates to the Repub lican State Convention which meets in this city on Wednesday next, that he declines to allow his name to be brought before the Convention for the office of State Treasurer. Gen. Dock ery is grateful for the honorable men tion of his name which friends have been pleased to make in connection with the Important office of State Treas urer. The "Old War Horse" of the Cape Fear region will take an active part in the approaching campaign and will deal.destructive blows to the Ku nnmncnicv wherever he may 1VIUA " , no-ik. The following is the letter of declination : Mr. Editor: I, "otico in 8ome of our I nrooositious to connect , y name ,vith the office of State Treasurer hpfore the npproaciuu, - imitinns their U nd motives place me under c .umrtm. ,1 compel me to advise our friends that I . ..Hnnini I TIC Lllli w . . - -ould not accept iue mgu ... Yr elected and therefore ask the pabli nce, elect , w R ntmfc rriSnT' with tie Z ircumbent in the mant of be Penitentiary --fVo thT opinion formation I am Incli that tne mn - expect to fer by the re-election of him. I expect to Hnpport the uorau.ru ALFBED DociCERT. April 8th, 1S72. There was a storm in Connecticut on There w Democracy Foretokening a pro r.,l,licnni3minn)uB Tl,e election for municipal officers in 1,,e,. o on the 2nd Inst., re CoIumlJ'ft. " , u Rcpubli- orl.ven hundred majors " 1 : r f Gov. Vance and the State Debt; Gov. Vance opened the campaign at Statesville, on the 2nd Inst., with 'a cnaracterisiic speecn. ui course it was Interspersed with funny anecdotes and laughter, but much of It was devoted to the financial condition of th$ South ern States. He spoke of our State debt as follows: j ' " 44 In North Carolina, the debt and liabili ties in July 1S61 were $9,609,500. Present debt3 and liabilities, $34,887. 467.854 An in crease of over twenty five millions' Now let us examine the facts and ascertain if this statement be true: Mr. Kemp P. Aittle, State Treasur er, on the 19th of November, 18CG, re ..... . . ..'- ported to tne uenerai iissemoiy as ioi laws: Total State debt, ifav Oth. 18G1, yiu,w,uiA Tntal Ktafo .lht . "Mnrrh 10. 18CC, lj, 433,000 So Mr. Battlemade the debt larger by $397,500.00 in May, 18G1, than Gov. Vance made it in July, 18G1. Mr. Battle also reported, that the State debt was increased during the war, as follows: By Treasury notes in cir culation. $ o,24G,33G.25 12,871,500.00 By war bonds, Making a war debt, $18,1 17,836.25 TV thnt nmntint must be added the vast amount 01 county lnaeDieaness in curred for war purposes. J There must be added also $2,019,449.- 03 of the school fund, which was des troyed during Gov. tration. Vance's ad minis- I There must be added also $457,000 of the sinking fund. This amount was invested in old State bonds, but during the war the old bonds were -pold and that amount sunk in "non-taxable Con federate States Bonds." To ihis amount must be added all the dividends which accrued to the Sinking Fund after December I860. Of course the good people of Iredell would not laugh at so sacred aj thing as the war debt incurred during Gov. Vance's administration, and ko he did not joke on that subject. It would not do to remind them what a howl went up from Conservative throats in 1SG5 when the United States Government demanded that the war debt of the State and counties should be repudiated, and that the good people of the State should be debarred the ex quisite pleasure of paying off Gov. Vance's war debt. SoGov. Vancedidn't tell that joke and nobody laughed thereat. The trick of the beaten and enraged Democrats has been to stigmatize the Republican party as made up of nig- gers, trash ana scounareis. j co wen did this vile deed succeed that thou sands who hold with the principles of the Republican party and thousands who were anti-war or Unlonjmen dur ing the war have dreaded . the odium, or have been made believe (the false hood, and are to-day associated with the men politically whose treason they abhor, and whose political doctrine hey ever have despised. Fearful is he chain that was welded to enslave such men. The slanders and falsehoods liad a terror almost equal to death, and these men have been forced into lei lowship with men who deny the war reviled and threatened theml and who how only use them to regain power. Whenever one has dared to withdraw from their vile association, r when a Republican has made to Jiimself a name as devoted to his country and t bo has become 4" T a target' for all the shafts of ridfcule, malice, slander and miernai naie. Thousands this" hour stand ready to leave and array themselves on the side . 1 il,. TTnln' Vvllt Vlr oi law , peace unu me uiuu, uu dare not. They cannot bearithus to De assailed, and terror keeps them in hnndflPi' This is a fair and full state- ment of the case. We have a word to our brethren who have forsaken all things for their country, for peace and for truth. There is no more that can be said of you. -Democratic! men and presses have and do hate, slander and revile you with malignant (falsehood. You are done for. as far. as these can do it. You cannot aad dare not mnkft ipjif at the sacrifice ox truth and your country and your fellow-citizen.. What is to do, but as the forlorn' hope ot society and freedom to conquer the South for eternal Republicanism, and make the party the name the princi ple, a glory and joy all over in every nook of North., Carolina 4-until all men respect ana nonor n ana you. Now is the time to throw jjway all ti midity and all policy, and in the com- inir campaigu defy and despise all that hate and falsehood can say and do. r.nin'ti) eonciuer so in to be the rulers and masters of North Carolina's desti ny. -We believe this to be the put nose of all true Republicans their all is laid on the altar of the country's Re publicanism. .. We invite thethousanasoi gooamen who in heart and principle are with us, to come come ip a mass-me by toucan!, and so swell the'triumph of mvM the'narty next summer that it shall hush the voice or sianaer uuu paruijro the hiss of silly pride. Many are com- nrthe day of Republican tedemption and glory is at hand. WTil you snare in it? REPUBLICAN MEETINGS. : ( v For tho Carolina Era. ; V; Franklin Cnnty- - -' In" pursuance of previous notice, the Republicans of Franklin county met at th fYmrt TTnnse in Louisburar on Wed- nftsdav- ADril 1st. forthe "Durnose of appointing delegates to- attend -. the State Convention at Raleigh, theth Congressional District Convention, and the 7th Senatorial District Convention. The meeting was called to order by J. H. - Williamson, chairman of the County Executive Committee, and on motion, C. H. Thomas was called to preside over the meeting, who, on tak ing his seat, explained tne object ol the meetingln his usual brief and succinct manner. On motion, J. B. Tucker was requested to act as secretary. ' On motion of J. Reid, the chairman appointed'a committee of ten to draft resolutions for the action of the Conven tion. The committee then retired, and J. II. Williamson was. called upon to address the meeting, which he did in his . forcible style, and at tho close of his remarks the committee reported rhrmirrh thpir chairman the followinsr preamble and resolutions; which were unanimously adopted : Whereas, The people of .Franklin county do assemble for the purpose of re-affirming our adherence to the great principles of the National Union Re publican party ; and whereas, it i3 a great privilege vouchsafed to us to meet and consult together for the public good : therefore, 1. Jiesolvea, 'mat we endorse ine ad ministration of President. Grant, and that we pledge to him our hearty sup port. . , - 2. That we endorse the administra tion of Gov. Caldwell, and recommend his nomination for Governor, but will pledge our hearty support to the nom inee of the State .Convention, for that position. 3.' That we recommend to the State Convention our fellow-citizen, Capt. Charles H. Thomas for Secretary of State, believing him in every way qualified to discharge the duties of said office, and knowing him to have ren dered efficient service in support of Re- pu bl ican . pn ncipies. 4. That we do recommend to the 4th Congressional District Convention, Madison Hawkins, lsq., of Franklin county, as a suitable candidate to rep resent us in the next Congress of the TTnitfHl States. He deserves all we can confer on him, and we ask for his nom ination. 5. That we recommend Col. T. Li. Hargrove, of Granville county, as a candidate for the office of Attorney General.. knowing him to bean aDle lawyer and true Republican. a. Tnat we aiso recommenu auvm A. Jenkins for State Treasurer. r That. flfW rlAlAorntpo h Rtmointpd by the chairman to represent this coun tv in the State Convention, and that all Republicans attending said Conven tion will be autnonzed delegates. I s That thf chairman of this meeting appoint Un delegates to attend the 4th Congressional District Convention, and ten delegates to attend the Senatorial District Convention, to be held at such times and places as may oe agreea up on, and tnat tne cnairman uuu secreia rv ho ndded to this number, and also to the list of delegates to the State Con- veption. . 9. That we endorse the manly and noble service rendered by our represen tatives, Gen. T. B. Hawkins, J. H. Williamson and J. T. Harris, Esqrs., n the last session of our Legislature, and that we approve their acts and ap plaud their Republican principles, as shown in all their official duties. 10. That the proceedings of this meet ing be sent to The Carolina Era for publication, requesting Republican pa pers throughout the State to copy. The following delegates were ap pointed to the different Conventions : Delegates to State Convention : . P B Hawkins, J II Williamson, Jas Reid, M Hawkins, J C Wynne, Jack Shaw, L, Neal, Ben Smith, B Woodhff, Ed Powers, J H Hogwood, Z Edwards, R P Edwards, W Hawkins, F Wjight, Andrew Green, K Thomas, C Jones, T K Thomas, Wash Radford,. L Perry, Osceola Thomas, Albert Davis, George Webb, Ruffin Brodie, Jack Perry, Dec Baker, Jesse Harris, John Pettiford, Nat Harris, Terry White, Ed King, Dr R H Timberlake, Capt C H Thomas J B Tucker, J T Harris, Joe Harris, W H Pettiford, B F Bullock, Jr, W A Buckram, F P Haywood, W II Ram son, II Dunston, Lee Long, C Conway, II C Jones, Chas Malone, II B Webb, Henry Fuller, Ned Alston F Ward, R, Neal, W H Dunston, John Holmes. District Convention : P B Hawkins, J II Williamson, M Hawkfiis, Jas Reid, Jack Shaw, Z Ed wards, J C Wynne, T K Thomas, R T Edwards, Ned Alston. Senatorial District Convention: P B Hawkins, J H Williamson B F Bullock, T K Thomas, J T HarrisrM Hawkins, Calvin Outlaw, Nat Harris, B Woodliff, Ben Smith, C H Thomas, J B Tucker. " Madison Hawkins, Esq., was then called upon, and in response made a most telling speech. .4. . Maj. B. F. Bullock was then loudly called for, and came forward, and great ly tolhe satisfaction of his friends, de livered a chaste and handsome address. On motion, the meeting adjourned, after which the Rev. Joshua Perry and Augustus Shepherd athlressed the au dience on the subject of education. C. H. THOMAS, Chm'n. J. B. Tucker, Sec'y. . . - "s ; For the Carolina Era. Burke County. On Saturday, the 30th day of March, 1872, according to previous notice the Republicans of Burke county : met at the Court House in Morganton for the purpose of appointing- delegates to the State Convention r in -Raleigh, on the 17th of April next, to nominate a can didate for Governor and Lieutenant Governor and other State officers. -: . The meeting was organized by call ing L A Taylor? Esq-to the chair, and appointing Frank I) Irvin to act as secretary. The objet of the meeting was explained by chairman. -. . The chairman appointed the follow ing committee resolutions,. to-wit: R A, Cobb, Joel Cloud and Samuel Bow- Yn'in) a. A nVi.thrt committee retired Capt. John T Patterson was called upon to address the meeting, wno immediate ly took the stand andfor about and hour ana a nan, entenaineu me mre uy: ence with" the most striking and telling speach, dealing havy Mows to. the op ponentg of liberty and fjeegovernmeutj showing -up . in a masterly way the fraud and .corruption of , the Democratic-Conservative 1 party. V ' f-.; . , He left the stand amid great ap plause.- When our fellow townsman William F McKesson . was called on, who took the stand for about one hour arid kept the audience In a perfect up roar of applause. We.thought he came as near doing justice to the Democratic party as could well have been done, striking them on all sides, exposing their fraud and corruption in full light, na hp hnd flinnlft and- abundant oppor tunities, to find them outj said he had left the rotten Ship as rats leave a burn ing barn, and so were good men doing all over the State. Said he had now cast his lot and his fortunes with the great National Republican party, be lieving that the only hope of the coun tv And the libert v of the people depend ed upon the success of that party. The committee appointea w umn, resolutions reported the following pre- amable and resolutions: Wirrnp a c ThotimA is fnfit-ftnnroach- ing for the assembling of the Republi can State Convention at itaieign, io nominate a candidate for Governor, Lieut. Governor and other State 01- ficers; therefore be it, ' . ., 1 Tfjsiniiiprl. 1 . That we do most heartily approve of the administration of Gov. Caldwell, in his noble and maniy er forts in preserving peace and harmony t. hrnnarhniit. thp State, and we do most earnestly recommend him" as our first choice for re-election to tne nign posi tion which he now 4 holds, and pledge him nnr most heartv and united sup port, should he receive the nomination at said Convention. 9 Thnt frrr Lieut. Governor, we do earnestly recommend J. W. Albertson, of Perquimans county. . 3. For Attorney General, -T. Ii. Har grove, of Granville couuty. 4. For Public Treasurer, John Nor fleet, of Edgecombe county. 5. For Auditor, W. F. Craig, of Mc Dowell county. , -The abovecTesolutions were read and unanimously adopted. And we do herebv instruct our dele gates in said Convention to use all their influence to procure the nomination of the same. The phnirman annointed the follow ing rlelefmtes to renresent Burke county in the State Convention at Raleigh, on the 17th of Ajril next, to-wit: Morganton Township Dr W A Collett. James J Beach and Thos Haw kins. Silver Creek Township Thomas A Seales and James McEIrath. I Linville Township Samuel C Wil- j son and Joseph B Hunter. ! upper CreeK to wnsnip josepn joen- field and Theophilus Phillips. Lower Creek .Township Harrison Benfield and Cyrus Erwin. , Loveladv Townsrnp J w lierryanu J Franklin. ; Icard Township James Hildcrbrand and William Abernethy. Lower Fork Township Joel Cloud and Sural Huffman. Upper Fork Township J M Smith and S E Poteet. For proxies, R C Badger, J B Neath- erviindDr T L Banks, all of Wake county. There being no further busi ness before the meeting, upon motion, jt adjourned sine die. , tL. A. TA 1 iuit, unairman. Frank D. I rwjn, Secretary. ; For the Carolina Era. Chatham County. There was a Convention of the Re publicans of Chatham, at Pittsboro, on Saturday, the 30th of March, 1872. Silas Burnes, Esq., as chairman of the Coun ty Executive Committe, announced the object of' the Convention, whereupon Col. J A McDonald moved that Silas Burnes be appointed President of the Convention, which was unanimously carried, and, on motion of B I Howze, Henry C Atkins was appointed Secre tary. 1 The President announced that the Convention was organized and ready for business," when Dr. A B Chafin moved that the. President appoint a committee of eight to prepare resolu tions for the action of the Convention. The motion was carried and the fol lowing persons.appointed : A B Chapin, H P Straughan, B I Howze, John Smith, Thomas Blacknall, Thomas Taylor, Kelley Mitchell and Joseph Perry. After retiring for consultation, the committee returned and reported through their chairman, A B Chapin, the following resolutions which were unanimously adopted : ' - 1. Hesolved, The Republicans of Chatham county in Convention assem bled, hereby declare their unalterable attachment to the principles of the Na tional Republican party." v u 2. That we do most cordially and heartily endorse President Grant and his administration, as having brought untold blessings to our : people, and greatly contributed to the general wel fare of the whole nation, and particu larly to the Southern States of this great republic, and we pledge ourselves to use every honorable effort to secure his re-election, by so doing we- believe the safety of the ; nation and .people would be best secured, and the affairs of the National Government continued in the hands of advise .arid energetic patriot. ' . . - '. 3. That we heartily endorse the ad ministration Of Gov. Caldwell, and ap prove of his course in opposition to the unconstitutional usurpations of the Legislature, and as Republicans we act cord to our Chief Magistrate our sincere and heartfelt thanks. ? ;. .' 4. That the thanks of the Republi cans of North Carolina are due to the Hon. John Pool,- our United States Senator, for the able, and determined manner in which he has discharged the duties of his office; and more espe cially in bringing to justicer the mem- fbers ot the Ku Klux Klan, thereby f restoring peace to the State, and put ting an end to organized midnight as j sassination, and brutal outrages on life 1 and liberty on account of opinion." j '5. That in tfie estimation of this Re t publican Convention, that there is no 1 man in tbe Fourth ; Congressional Dis trict who deserves to be honored in preference of our fearless and patriotic citizen,. Col. John A' McDonald. We therefore earnestly recommend' that he be nomhiated to represent this District in the next American -Congress. In view oT his earnest devotion to . tle principles of Republicanism, to tjie in terests ofjiis people, to the interests of the whole. State; in view of the many; services he has rendered theRepubli can party, as a fire-tried Union man, as a Grant elector, as an itble and pa triotic member of the Conventions of the State ; . as one to whose efforts is largely due the glorious 1 Republican triumph in Chatham and the State last August: in view of these services we would earnestly recommend him, and We know of no man in" -whose hands we misrht trust our standard with greater confidence. - ' G. That we nledsre our earnest and sincere support to the regular nominees of the National Union Republican party. - ' ' It was then moved bv J A McDon ald and carried, that the same com mittee be appointed to suggest names nf rJeleo-fites tn the State Convention in Raleigh, and also delegates to the fourth Congressional District Convention, to nominate a candidate for Congress. The m mm it tee flo-ain retired. , and thereafter reported the following names which were accepted by the Conven tion: Bear Creek Township. State Conven tion, A B Chapin, Zachariah Burrows Aaron Willette. District Convent in, A B Chapin and Enoch Shields. Iliekoery Mountain Toicnship. State Convention, William Rives, Brantly Clark and Nathan Rives. District Convention, W Flowers and Kiney Glover. Matthews Township State Conven tion, James Pace, May loyd Jordan and Charles Em merson. District Convention, James Pace and Minor paschal. Albright Township. State Conven tion, J M Woody, Job Stewart and John Fowler. District Convention, Patterson Pick itt and Job Stout. ;' Centre Township. -State Convention, H P Straughn, Thomas Taylor and W C fTtaOIXl&S District Convention, J A McDonald and Richard Ramsey. Baldwin Toicnship. State Conven tion, Elias Harriss, Thomas Cottenand C Justice District Convention, Joseph Perry and Edward Halidy. s Hadley Township. State Convention, Charles Daffrom, Pliney Baldwin and Isham Thrift. District Convention, Joseph Wil liams and Joseph Bayes. Williams Township. State Conven tion. Asa Eubanks, D C Goodwin and Jordan Massy. District Convention, Lewis At water and Wm. Clemmons. JVeic Hope Township. -Thomas Bur gess, Wm T Gunter and John Smith. District Convantion, Jesse Horton and Willis Byrd. Cape Fear Township. State Conven tion, Silas Burns, B 1 Howze and Thos Blacknall. District Convention, Daldy Jones and Thos Partridge. t Gulf Toicnship. State Convention, Thomas Dorrity, Milo Moffitt and Fisher Rives: District Convention, T Beal, D Hayes. Oakland Township. State Conven tion, H C Atkins, Renty Sanders and ElishaBeal. District Convention, Calvin Watson and Washington Farish." On motion of W T Gunter, it was re solved, that the chairman of the Coun ty Executive Committee be requested to call a county meeting on the 25th of May next, to nominate candidates for the Legislature and other county of fices ; and that he be requested to give one month's notice thereof in each township in the county. It was moved by B I Howze, and carried, that any Republican of Chat ham county who may be in Raleigh on the 17th of April next, be requested and authorized to join the delegates appointed by this tJonvention, and that the seoretary bo instructed to for ward the proceedings of this Conven tion to The Carolina Era for publi cation, with the request that they be copied by the other Republican papers of the State. - i f The business being despatched a call was made for Col J A McDonald. He stated, that-in the first place he desired to return his thanks to the citi zens of Chatham for their liberal sup port for the Convention last Summer. That, when he and his colleague, B I Howze, first resolved to canvass the county against the Convention, the did not even hope to be elected, but that before the race , was through he predicted the resulti which followed. He said that he feared that the honor implied in recommending him as a. candidate for Congress, was more than he deserved; but nevertheless, if he should be selected for that honorable post, he would try to fulfill the wishes of his warmest friends. -He would try to meet his opponents at every possible Eoint, and would do battle by day or y night as .might be required JHe closed with some telling remarks upon general politics. - B I Howze was next called for. He' congratulated the con vention upon the harmonious and work ing spirit which had ; prevailed. Said there was a time to work, and a time to speak that in view of the lateness of hour, brevity , would best suit Avhat he had to say. As the first public oc casion which he had had however, he wished to return his thanks to his fellow-citizens for their liberal support on the Convention question. The race was undertaken under gloomy -j. prospects, .but the result proved that the ieopIe .were not deaf to honest and reasonable appeals. .. , '," As to general politics Tie would pre sent one thought which was a very en couraging one. - In 1 1868 ? the -proud, dignified, entelligent and defiant Dem ocratic party (according to their own claims,) disdained to listen to: any terms of compromise. in . regard to re construction. With Seymour and Blair at their head, they were going to take possession of Congress and the State Legislaturt, hurl over board all ne groes and scalawags, and install only white men upon the basis of restricted suffrage., . t . - '"Nftw'thaWmomriv.Wnfesses" itself too weak to stana aione, ana is suppli -ar- .rv" , . cating disaffected RepuDiicans to give them a leader upon their own terms. To day they cry for Mr. Trumbull, the next day for Judge Davis, and finally beg the high honor to hold on to. Sum ner's coat tail. If the honest,' solid,' working, able, but modest adrainistra4 trion of Gen. Grant has achiewed so much in four years, may we, not . hope that in four years more, his wish will be accomplished "Let ushavepeace.n W. T. Gunter was then called for. IJe said it was too late to make a-speech, but we would avail himself of this oc casion to put himself right before the country.' It was charged that he' was not a Republican. The chanre is false. It is based upon his vote agajnst the Shoffner bill. It was true he did vote against that bill, but it was because he thought some of the ; features of that bill were unconstitutional j and so think ing heiwas bound by his oath, to;, vote as he did. And if he erred in that opinion, i,he did. so in common with many good lawyers in the State of both parties; upon the great, vital questions of the country however, he was .with the Republican party now, as he had been, and expected to continue to be. He urged the Republicans to go into the coming contest firmly, and they will achieve success. v ! On motion of Richard Ramsey, the Convention adjourned to meet again at the same place on the 25th .of May next.- ') - SILAS BURNS, Chairman. Henry C. Atkins, Secretary. . . , ; For the Carolina Era. v - Bladen Count y. ;-i-A Convention of the Republican par ty of Bladen county was held in Eliza bethtown, on Saturday the 6th April", 1872, for the purpose of electing dele gates to the State Convention. On permanent organization, Howard Wilkerson, Esq., was called to the chair, and John M. Benson and Evon der Singletary, Esq., to act as Secre- The roll of the different Townships was called, and the delegates from each Township enrolled. On motion of A. H. Perry, Esq., a committee of one delegate from each Township was appointed by the chair, to draft resolutions for the action of the Convention. The chairman appointed as said com mittee Sheriff W H Sykes, John CrOS land, A II Perry, E Singletary, J E Eldrige, Watty McKeithan, Troy Kemp, W A Atkinson and Euther Mc Kinnis. Thecommitteeon resolutions through their chairman, W A Atkinson, re ported the following to-wit : Resolved 1. That the Republican par ty of Bladen county adhere to and re affirm the great principles of the party, announced at the variQus National Conventions tkereof. ... . 2. Thnt we hie-hlv annreciate the dis tinguished services of the eminent sol dier, the upright and practical civilian, who is now the Chief Magistrate of.this republic, and we favor his renomina tion and re-election to the office of President of the United States. 3. That the Republican party of Bla den county fully endorse and sustain the administration of Governor Cald well, that we especially commend the firm stand he took against the unlaw ful calling of a Convention, to change the Constitution of this State. And we believe that the thanks of the laboring men of all parties are due him for his action in the premises, whereby the homestead law was saved from repeal, and other detrimental charges in the organic law prevented. 4.. That we fully endorse the. course of the Hon. John Pool, our distinguish ed Senator in Congress, and we believe him to be the right man in the right place. ... . - 5. That we more fully endorse the course of Hon. J. C. Abbott, and earn estly ask the Congress of the United Status to five him the seat to which he is entitled, and we earnestly recom- iieiseuuuw.auuwBu, if": menfi mm T.n rnenennie fii ine uiiiluu States as a candidate for the office of Vice-President. 1 C. That we recognize the claims of W. W. Holden upon the people of North Carolina, and hope the day "not far distant that the Ku Klux Party of North Carolina be so far broken .that we may welcome him back to his na tive State. On motion of W. A. Atkinson, the chair appointed one delegate from each Township to the State Convention, to be held in Raleigh on the 17th of April, 1872, as follows: E D Bizzell, John Crosland, A H Perry, E Singletary, John Newell, J J Crobm, George At kinson, Simon Hales, A Martin, John Spaulding, J E Eldridge and Archy Melvin. v Oh motion, the chair appointed as alternates, W II Sykes, Sheriff, James Daniel, Paul Russel, Sam McRay, Oli ver Whitted, Alex McDonald, L W Russ, E G Grunsley, John M Benson, James Cashwell, Wm ' Farmhill, John Williams, J. K Hammonds, David Hester, Murdoc McRae, , Watty Mc Keithan, D Blue, Esq., Wm Walker, W'T Pridgen, Wm Devane, D A Mc MiHan, W A Atkinson, Gabriel ' Mc Koy, Owen Smith, Luther McKinnis, George Hayes, R Simpson GilesSykes, Jack 3IcColister, Chastine Martin, D P Show. Troy Kemp and Rufus Reg ister, c ; !;-r.' ' - ' : .On motion, of J E Eldridge, it was ordered that the proceedings of this Convention be published in The .Era, and Wilmington Post. . " r On motion the Convention adjourned HOWARD WILKERSON,. Chm'n. -f ;.'Joiix:M. Benson.:, r Evqnder Singletary, ; . 1; - - - .- - ' ' ' Secretaries.' w j v i For the Carolina J2i?V.. - ?? i Richmond Countj.- j ,: Pursuant to ' notice a meeting of the Republican party of Richmond county was held at;the Court . House in Rock-ino-hnm. on the nth inst when and ! where the following, proceedings were quested to act as secretary.. t , , . r On: motion or Maj; R. TTTongGen. ! lfred. Dockery- explalnca" in a few . inwt MmorVa hrh!Af. nf the I well-timed remarks, theobject of the meeting, to wiU.toseiecvaeiegates on the partvof this county to attend the Republican State Convention to be held in Raleigh on the" 17th Inst., for the purpose of -nominating candidates fbr Governor and Lieut.-Governor, and other State officers. . ,;, . ,r I The 6bject of the meeting, being ex plained, the following resolutions were1 introduced ' by Maj. It, T.Long, and; without division, adopted unanimous-; ly:- ;... .-v' . ... '. ! 'if, i J , 1 Ttfi&fii.rvtl . That in the future: xi in the past, we will adhere firmly 10 the principles of the National Republican party.; :: -...u ' 'iinr.i I , Thnt. w nnnrove of and cordially endorse the administration of President Grant as 'just, wise ana economical; that he has reduced -and is still k-exluc- ing the National debt, and has placed . the National credit upon 1ft , firm basis. 3. That we pledge our undivided support to Gen. Grant, and thUtwe will use all honorable, means to secure his re-election. ' . , r : , , ; ;- a j 4. That the Hon. O. H. Dockerv hav-, ing, with the greatest fidelity, faithful ly discharged all the many public trusts from time to time reposed in him, we confidently, present his nainor to ine approaching Republican State Conven-, tion as the most available candidate, of our party for Governor of the State, re cognizing, as we dd'his sterling integ rity and true and unflinching Republi canism and believing, as we do, that he would discharge the duties of the position with increased honor to him-' self and to the great benefits pf . tho whole people of the State ; ! 1 , ; t Pending the consideration of tho res olutions, the old War Horse, Gen'l Dockery, arose, and notwithstanding his head is white with the ffosts of so many winters, he succeeded in dealing the sham-Democracy such forcible and telling blows, that we weie almost per suaded to believe that the old hero was really growing" young again.! - Fain would we give you a brief sketch pf his address, but we must desist,, from want of time and space. He promised to let the people hear from him fre; quently during thq campaign this summer.- : i' . . : 1 I were appointed by the chair as dele gates to the Republican State Conven tion to be held in Raleigh on the 17th inst : R. T, Long, T. M. Wright, Geo. McMUlan, Marshall LeViner, George W. McKinnon, 'James L. Yates, A. J. Brown, Henry, C. Dockery, Robert Fletcher, and as many other Republi cans in good standing as may see prop er to attend. 1 : On motion, it was ordered that the proceedings of this meeting be furnish ed The Caholina Era and Wilming ton Post for publication. ' - Thereupon, on motion, the meeting adjourned. Ii. b. WAUJi, tnm;n, war. K. terry, ecy. Gates County. Tn nnrsnarrt to a call of the Republi can Executive Committee, a number of the Republicans of Gates county met at the Court House in Camden, , on Thursday April the 4th.. At"2 p. ni. the meeting was organized by appolntbig Wm. L. Reid, Esq., chairman, and A. G. -Rountree was unanimously chosen secretary. I The cnairman called on Rev. L. W. Boone to state the object of the meeting, which he did in his usual style of elo quence, hisj-emarks being appropriate to the occasion. .. . On motion of Rev. L. W. Boone, that a committee of three bo appointed to bring fourth the names of suitable per sons as delegates to attend the Itepub- 4ican State Convention,, to be held rflt Raleigh on tne J7tn, names as ioiiows: A G Rountree, Asbury Reid and Elisha Rooks. The committee returned and presented the names of the following gentlemen as delegates y Thos D Hof Fer. A G Rountree, W O Green, James Ballard, James R Rooks. Isaac Smith, Jethro Bell and Jeremiah Jones. ' On motion, a committee was appoint ed on resolutions. The committee re tired, and reported the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted and ordered to be puunsnea: Solved 1. That WO approve Of the .T,. nfa pr r - . . . . At call of a Republican" Convention, to bo . - . - A 1 4X11. AP A f held at ltaieign on tne inn 01 uymf and instruct our delegates to cast there votes of Gate3 county for Hon.1 Tod 1R. Caldwell, for Governor of the State, i 2. We heartily endorse the adminis tration of Gov. Caldwell, and japprovo of his course'ln opposition tofthe.Un-. constitutional call for a Convention.' 3. That? the arbitrary and partizan acts of the Legislature which recently adjourned, cannot but be condemned by all honest men, and proves conclu sively that the Democratic party can riot with safety be trusted with tho 'af fairs of this State in this day : of their high party prejudices. , .j ' 4. That we most heartily endorse the wise and judicious' administration of eign i difficulties, and in redudrig the national debt, and reducing the enor mous tax under-which an impoverished people were growing and wo therefore heartily recommend his renominatlon and election. - ',iv . "'' ! U . 5. That we tender our thanks to the Hon. John Pool and Hon. C. L. Cobb, for their course and efforts to sqeure an enactnMai for the8amo -i ; s C. The "proceedings of this meeting, to be sent to the Elizabeth: City North Carolinian and THEEra for, publica tion. . : rsiKiV -;'.... 7. That should no delegate ; bo : there from Gates county,. it is especially) re quested that the Hon, t C. LI Cobb act as proxy for-Gates countvl i ' f After thq business of the Convention was dispersed of, Col. McD. - Lindsey, being present, was called on to address the meeting, which he drd. for .'some time, his discourse was interesting and -eloquently delivered, and ably- defend ing the Republican party. His remarks was often applauded, i , -, ,,,, r: : r - William L. Reid, Esq., being called upon, showed that the Democrats was not fit to be trusted, that he was art old line Whig; who had always doubted tho fidelity, of the i Democrats,; And for th Inaf. fewvejirshadbefnTTithrmn(yh. ly convinced that they was wrong, and that he. was- no' longer 'at peace with ment, being often applauded, saying speak.on; his concluding remarks wero gratifying t6 Republicans. T- ' '-. fin motion: flfHrnTwl . ,l ' . r ' On motion. -flfHonrnorl .s; -WM L. R.EID, Chairman v. Mt iwu.MREE, secretary.