The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-06-21

Read. tie travel npon il would be very
great. In su,-h an enterprise. Ne hsi:ere,
lie interest Il the whole state could be
r'used into aeiisiiy.
G3EEEsB )R0uiiI CONVENTION
Al a meeting nf the riiizens 81 ihe
tnnn nI Wilmington. holden om the 8 h
Day nf June, 1888. DR.. Thnaas n.
Virgin. Magistrate Police. in The Char.
Gen. Alexander MeRea. Secretary.
On mn,.on 81 Jeremiah lippili. Esq..
ReSolrsi. That While the cltizens 0f
Wilmington ri"ice in The general pros
pfriiy 81 the State. they have a parlicu.
lar interest il the development, Of the
resources and encouragement of the in-
dusiry If The productive Wrsiem C"uG-
ties, anil il tie exien.ion II the facilities
"f transportation Ia those regions cnnnee-
ted wish Wilmington as IheI shipping
Port.
Reso'vsi. That while South Carolina
and Vagina are urging np"n our citizens
the advantages of their own p"Iis, il be-
comes Us In cell upon them to inquire in
10 the many advantages possessed by
their own Wilmington, conscious that
aiihouI arrogance We can compare with
the cherished Charl, sion on the one hand
and lavnrlie Norfolk nn The other. pos
sesscl as We are Of drpth az water for
vessels nf suiIi n, hurlhen inr maintain
ing an extensive cHcign iEadr, moi lnferi-
ar to any If the larger anI more prosper.
aus cities of l!,e South. with a greater va
rieiy Of proburis 10 furnish caFsnes tn a.
ny part II he world, Than any o:aer pnr,
IN the 4. States.
ne, icef, That we hail Nth Joy an
occasion which may airul an "?p'rid-
n,ly -! meeting our fellow ciilzeas from
various sections. aud comforting wi'h ;hem
"n suhjer,s connected with the erea, in-
isres;s If the Stale: aad ttat ;hcrfnrc
~ DO nov appoint Delegates ~ tom
,raiinn proposed 'hr hn!tlrn al Green's
baraugh On III. iih day al July next.
Res9irri. That ". &. Lori, WIN. d.
Meatcs. r. II. G"uan. Walter Gwynn,
L. J. I'LL. &. e. Stow. 4. L7zarns. 4.
lex Under MrRar. Jrr. Lipriu. =. X,
Dickinson. u. Il. Slvas", s. ]. Dero:-
scu. Jr.. J. L. Bro.R. aud Inn Merle
lac the sAl' d, Irga'rs, with power 10 I'LL
any vacancies which, my arise in their
nmn body.
R,,oicei, That Ger iied copies Of these
Resolutions be seat IL The ln;:ndrni Of
the Civ If R,lcigh. aud u the MAsis.
tra;e uf Police uG the Towns oi New
bern, Ilsld1x. Fayetteville. Illll.bnr"ugh,
Salisbury. Grcenshifnush, Ashbnr0Igh,
Prshurnush, Salem. Lexington, I.imcoI'
tan. aud surh "lhrr places as may be
deemed cxpe icni BY 'ie above Commit
tee; sulwinns their Immediate c""pcra.
lion in the objects Of the contemplated
Convention.
Reso'rsi, Tha, the proceedings Of this
meeting be published IN 'ae Wilmington
Advertiser. with a rrqnes, tia, the same
be tr.1utl,>heA in the several "ewspa-
pr.s al the State.
a true cay fram Proceedings of said
meeting
THOMAS II. WRIGHT, Chm'n.
ALEXANDER McRAE. Sec'y.
Al meeting of The citizens Of Fay
rtr,illr. held u the Town Hall. "n the
IIh instant. DR.. Thos. n. Cameron.
Magistrate of Police, was called I" iae
Chair, and Cuvingnn ]. Orre!l aPp"ln'
ted Secretary.
Thames l.. liyhrt. Esq. presented
The following p-eanb'e and resolutions,
winch we're uu ,nlnnusly "daptrd:--
:. Whereas. it has bern proposed by "nr
fellow citiz"ns of Wilmington and either
places. tn hold Convenlion on The l'l
ri JAY next. IN The l"wn nf Greenshn'
rough, in tits STATE. with the view 81 a.
,Ioprng measures to establish direct fr
reign trade, aud also Of adopting sys
ten "f internal Improvement. with
siew Of concentrating HI. trade all | bust
ness Of the stale ala point or points with
IN her hnrlers:
| Aud whereas, the vast resources of th'
state require To be bu, fatty n tcrs;oo;
Id ensure the adoption Of All enlightened
system Of Legislation, having 70. its ob
iect The development and application o
these resources:--Cuneurring. therefore
with our fellow citizens in other paris .
the state in the proprie,y Of holding tn
proposed Convention. be il therefore
Resolrcd, as the opinion. OF this meet
,nv, That the establishment OF a direc
foreign trade from some point or points
IN North Carolina, is a measure n"s On
~ of grea, importance to the 'n'!iv'dna
'rlt,Ir aud prosperity OF her @i' zsns