Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-29
Mating In Rockingham.

O,po,,tion Meeting In Rockingham
A. a meeting of the Wings and Amerl'
cans Of Rockingham, held at the Court
House. on Monday, the 2Oth inst Doctor
Geo, w. Kempcr, Jr., was called to toe
chair, and Dr.. Harvey Kyle appointed oec'
rotary.
Col. Chas. Fl. Lewis offered the following
resolutions which, after short discussion'
were unanimously adopted: :.
Resolved, That we deem 1t expedient thae
the Whigs and Americans OF Rockingham
shall be Represented 10 the proposed Coh'en'
ton of the Opposition party, to nominate can
oii,tes for the Offices of Governor, LII. us''
ernor. and Attorney General, and that -
arc hereby appointed delegates to SAID COZ
vcntion.
Resolved, That whilst we are willing TO
meet in Convention With our political tretn-
rem of the State, at such time and place as
NAV be designated by the State executive
committees, We prefer Charlottesville as the
Mace of meeting OF the Convention.
Resolved, That the Wings and Americans
of Il ckinshsm though Orerpo,rered are I'M
dismayea: and are ready to cooperate with
cur political brethren Of Virginia and oil the
Union. in their efforts to arrest that extrava'
CANT and wasteful expenditure OF the puoiic
money which has effected an enormous H.
crease of the annual disbursements OF the
fe ieraI treasury, and created national debt;
and 10 rebuke the wicked, wanton, ana sui
cdal policy of the Southern democracy upon
the subjec, Of slavery, which promises 70 re-
aIizo the boastful production OF leading Dem
ocrats at the North, that mot another foot
of slave territory will ever come into the
Union"
Resolved, That while we emphasically con.
denim the general principles and policy Of
the present Federal Administration, We can
not. in Justice to ourselves, withhold the ex.
preston of our approval Of the endeaTors OF
the President to repress piratical expeditions
from our shor s, against the weak and de-
feucaless people of Central America.
Resolved, That we cordially congratulate
Cur friends and neighbors of the Democratic
party, upon the proposal of the President IN
his late message--:bat Congress shall adopt
the good old Wing principle of discrimina'
ton in favor of the product; Of American Ia
Dor.
The blank in the first resolution was filled
with the names Of the following gentlemen:
Gen 5. ii. Lewis, Dr. &. W. kemper, Sr., 5.
Hernsberger, Sr, K. Gray. Col. Joseph
Many, q. IL. Chrismau, Isaac liardesty,
Sam'l Shackett, Col j. IL. Hopkins, Henry
&. Hernsberger DR.. G. W. Kemper, ir, DR..
IL. Kyle, Col. c. II. Lewis. VIM. Zeisler,
Mai j. Ii. Conrad, John F. Lewis, John
W. Palmer, Ii. NJ. II IRIS, Il. W. Ryan, }.
I. s. Mccain, +. NJ. Layton, l.. F. Meyer.
heffer, f. S. Kempsr, Warren L. McGahey,
DR.. G.. X. Gilmer, joseph Coffmau, Allen q.
Bryan, Peter Nef, Benjamin +. Ralston, DIR.
S. 81. DoId, P0achy Rice, Il. L. Mauck, Chss.
Van Lear, Colonel w. w. Hooks, Thomas
w. Basford F. Flick, DR.. William Wallace,
William Euler, Robert Black, SamI lledrick,
Henry Berry, r. p. Fletcher. jr., S. Herns-
berger, ir., William Moore, j. 5. Roller, Da.
yid Huffman, B. c. Patterson and q. g.
Adie. il was further,
Resolved, That any gentleman belonging
to the opposition party in Rocking ham, who
may be present at the Convention, is here.
by authorized to report himself as a dele
gate.
Ga motion Of j. L. Lewis, esq, twas,
Resolved, That the Wings and Americans
of Rockingham are opposed to any effort to
nominate an opposition candidate for this
Congressional District, and are willing to
concedc to the democratic candidates, "a fair
field and free fight"
G. w. KEMPER, Chairman.
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