The North-Carolina standard., 1850-01-30
THE PEOPLE, INsMoT1oNl

THE PEOPLE INSMOTION4 s,r, So
The Register, speaking for Gov. Manly, in reply
to our article of last week the subject Of the Nash
vile Convention. expresses the opinion that our call
upon that fanctonay to convene the Legislature, his
Council, TO issue his Proclamation, 10 all sheer
pammon;' and that in this matter the STANDARD
is almost solitary and alone" We take issue with
that paper at once, and we appeal for trial to the
people. They are already in motion, as will be seen
by the proceedings of the Dupin meeting published
below. We invite the attention of the Register and
its hackers especially to the seventh Resolution adopt
ed by the citizens of Dupln; and we hope they will
look at it in all its aspects, and ponder upon l..
The DuPlin meeting was addressed by Warren
Winslow, Esq, Of Fayetteville, and BY Messrs.
Holmes and Toole, of Wilmington. One Of the Edi-
tors of the Wilmington Journal, who was present at
the meeting, says:
" Mr.. Winsow addressed the meeting in speech
distinguished by force of argument and chastity of
language. He had Just returned from the North, and
what he had seen there had satisfied him that the
South must stand together, and that # the Union could
be saucd at aH It spouA be By united action the part
Of the South. and specially Of North Carolina. That
the North calculated upon divisions among the Peo-
pie of the South and that this delusion must be dis
PEELED that must prove that in resistance to ag
gression we are one and tn earnest.
Mr.. Holmes followed in speech emlnently Prac-
tical in its character. His remarks went to show
that this issue was not confined to aone
but that every citizen of the South STAKEHOLDER
STAKEHOLDER was alike interested. That all the COM
promises of the Constitution had been alike violated.
When Mr.. Holmes sat down, there was call for
Mr.. Toole. Mr.. T. said he thought it was understood
that his business ,criing and not speaking and
that he then hoarse he would therefore. call upon
Mr.. Reid. That gentleman declining. Mr.. Toole
spoke about ten minutes taking very strong grounds
much stronger, appeared, than either of the gen.
tiemen who had preceded him.
The resolutions passed by the meeting afford the
bestindcation of the spirit which animated it. They
strong and emphatic. but no stronger than the oc-
cason calls for containing expressions which the
people not willing to stand up to. and, doubt
not, their sentiments will be adopted by meetings
throughout the whole State. The time for action
has arrived, and men feel that something must be
done-that stop must be put to encroachments-
that South must say by her deeds, thus far shalt
thou 60 and no farther"
The Proceedings of the Duplin meeting, appended
to this article, furnish with better reply than any
we could make to the Register of Saturday last. We
copy from the Wilmington Journal:
SOUTHERN RIsHrs MEETING IN DupLlN County.
large and respectable meeting of the citizens of
Duplin county, assembled at the Court House at Ke-
nansville. on Tuesday, the 23d inst On motion Jas.
Pearsall, Esq, was chosen President; and Halsted
Bowden and David Gillespie, Vice Presidents; and
Jere. Pearsa and r. K Bryan appointed Secretaries.
On motion, Wentworth w. Pearson, jeremiah
Pearsall, R. X. Bryan, Owen R. kenan, and Atlas ].
Grady, Esqs., were appointed Committee to pre-
pare resolutions expressive OF the sentiments OF the
meeting.
During the absence of the Committee, the meeting
was successfully addressed by Warren Winslow,
ESQ.,, of Fayetteville, and Lucien Holmes and Hen
ry i. Toole, Esqs., of Wilmington. The Committee
resolutions then reported the following preamble
and resolutions which was unanimously adopted
WHEREAS, We, the people of Duplin county, as
sembled together without distinction of party, for
the purpose of expressing our feelings and views on
the alarming symptoms of hostility to the South and
by certain reckless parzans of the North, do declare
and resolve,
1st. That the aspects of the times admonish the
people Of the South to be Oh their guard and to pre-
3D. Resolred, That the lethargy which has p16thiled
among people must be shaken off, and the evils
and the dangers threatening the safety of homes
and property must be stared in the face.
3d. Resolved, That the South has taken little inter-
in the agitatons of the subject of slavery-re-
garding rhe agtators small portion of the popu-
laion af the North-but that the resolutions Of the
Legislatures of the free States and the actings of the
present Congress- have satisfied us that feel
ng hostile to Southern interests and Southern safety,
exists among them.
4th. ResoiuedhThat under all the circumstances
there is manifest expediency in calling together the
strong and able Of the South in Convention to
deliberate on the proper course to be pursued.
5th. Resolued, That we approve ofa Southern Con-
vention, to be held at Nashville, Tennessee, on the
first Monday of June next; and that we recommend
to the other Counties of this Congressional District
to hold primary meetings and appoint delegates to
District Convention, to be held in Wilmington, the
first Monday Of March next the duty of which Con-
venon shall be TO appoint delegates to the Southern
Convention-and we hereby pledge ourselves to sup
port the measures of said Southern Convention.
9th. Resolred, That we of the South are perfectly
aware that the whole action of the Federal Govern
ment has been adverse to oQr interests; that by so
managing the balances and exchanges Of capital and
trade, that [our section which exports threefourths
Of the exporable produce of the country has been
Impoverished whilst other sections have grown rich,
and in the pride of its wealth, derived from extor-
tions from Southern labor-and in the madness of
political and religious 6naticsm-seeks to destroy
the fabrics Of their own prosperity.
7th. Rcs0kued, That whatever may happen, the
1uth must stand together all times; that all who
are boldly for are against US that self pre-
servation is the brightest law Of nature, and that
we ought to prepare ouselves for any emergency.
On motion,
Re.o4ued, That fifty Delegates be appointed by the
chairman of this meeting to attend the Convention
at Wilmington.
In accordance with the above resolution, the fol-
lowing gentlemen were appointed delegates to at
tend the Convention to be held in Wilmington, viz
Pearsall, and w. D. Pearsall.
Warsaac-W. Pearce, H. Best, VIM. L. Hill,
DanI Bowden, Isaac Wright, and DR.. Blunt.
WTightsuiILe-Col. G. D. Hill, David Wright, DR..
Hicks, Dr.. Faison, Benjamin Owen, and Jno. Carr.
WooEsrape- Kornegay, William J.. Kor-
begay, Jesse Swnson, w. B. Hurst, Joel Loftin, and
Joshua Loftin.
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