Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-12-09
pun1.1c MEETING IN CAROLINE COUNTY.

Alta meeting of the citizens and propert
holders of Caroline county, lying on the Rap
pahannock and adjacent thereto, heiu ~ IN
Ranpahannock Academy on Saturday the 26t
day of November, 1902,
w z !. Dunn was chosen Chairman an
Peter Il. Thornton and Richard II. Garrett
were appointed Secretaries.
The Chairman explained the object Of til
meeting, which was to take in considerable
the present condition Of our slave property
and to take measures for It's preservation. II
stated that there we're three classes among II
who were correpting our slaves, To wit IN
free negroes, the white man who sells the"
spirituouS liquors without authority. ana lh's
who deal with them in AN unlawful manner
and that lawful measures should nc '"h'' :
prevent the evils complained OIL .o,. ~
TN motion of Doctor John >. ''ra'a'', ''
memorial to the Legislature upon 'nI a wI;
subject, recommended in the k'chiionn "n
of the o2dNoycmbcr. 1907, WAS i.au anu va
mously approved Of by ine ines''ns' ""n n.
committee consisting oil w. i" J. ~, n
John i Grayatt, Peter L. Th'rn'"''' t'lcn"a'
n Gorrc,t and John Coulter, were "Pp't
70 pctit,on the next Legislature 10 9i"'.' ~.
,.r,,t b: the adoption OF sucn measures {" :"
recommended in the memorial
IN ,npt1DD oil w l!lHiih ~
-, pe.cIy,d That a committee Of seventy
five be appointed whose du'! |. s"a'i W =,
,r,I and 81. that no man OF suspicious ciiarac''t
- ",in,rod IN remain in our neishborih""d' an"
,"h ,n found shall be arrested by any mem
80 .h,. comm;,wc and carried before = JUS
tice Of the peace. ..r i,cr,nt
III. ard preachers, from the North. rs par,
! ties who should give satisfactory "c''"'' '"
themselves. a.. ,i,t,. q,
The SAID committee TO use every effort IN 'neir
80. ~ sunnress the elicit traffic IN ardent
Shirts and other commodities which!s peic'eu
: To he carried on by certain white persons WIN
slaves and free negroes III th!s hc's"''' ''"'
On motion o, MIR. John Coulter
4,h Resolved, That this meeting earnestly
asks that the next General Assembly OF N'rgi-
mia devise some means 70 remove il' i'e NJ
croes from this Commonwealth.
o the Committee, under the first resolution.
was made TO consist Of The following persons:
LAIN GouIiin. Wa. II. FariSh, VIM. ). Broad
us. Thomas Z. Holloway, DR.: H. u; ncio'
way. john ". Kidd, Vim. j. kidd, t. r: hnau'
WIN. ID. Parish, Carlton Rowe, l."'eI /: lou'
Georre Tod, James +. GoHIdi", Or: lh"ihas
w. Gpnldin, John Muiiin, John W. > Coaohh'
Vim. \. COLON, Richard COLON, Richard li"ys'
ter, Vim. y. Boulware, Gray E1ulware; morn
ton IL. Bradley, WIN. j, Jones, VIM. t; Jones'
Anthony Thornton. Robert Jc>>ec, Ct'a,itS 'e'-
.,c James NJ. billiard. Joseph D.. MitiisrS,
Samuel Tanner, Vim. j. Dickinson, ;. eltiord
Corhin. George Graratt, Samuel noft''' L. ~
.Ie,.y George Carmal. :. {. Jones, James w.
Enyc Addison l.. Holloway, John Coulter,
" !. Dunn, john ". Turner, Benjamin
M.rriman, James VI. Garrett, JaEieS |. @oul-
din. VIM. 5. White. Thomas +. llenshaw' re-
tnr r Thornton. Thomas L. Thornton, Robert
e Thornton, WIN. II. Tomhs, James y. L..
ShadJick, oscar F. cash. JAMES D. Powers,
Thomas q, Power. YIN J. Eoulwarc, Alfred
x Rollins, John Garter, Mach l. Boo?"are.
Vim, II. Jordan. john ilcnry Martha, John /.
Martin, Apcllus Boutwell,, John ;. Boutwell,
Joseph ". KAY. john y. Miller, John Bell,
Allen b. Bowie. John B. Lish,fn"t, Or. John
/ ,;rovat,. P. ii. Pcudleton, George W. 'atiett,
Carter B. Page. Il. q. Il. t'a,ie'I. Z P",yfon and
Philip Marshall.
On motion ii John Coulter. 1t was voted ti'a'
these proceedings b. sent to the l'aierS IN
Richmond and Fredericksburg for pnoiicat0n'
On mo,jr,i, hY same. the meeting adjourned.
W. \. j. Dunn. thmU.
PETER L. fuokNr"N. Secretaries.
RIcu.gr II. GARRETT