Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-02-15
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0'woRKINGMENs AssoCIATIoN.


o6WORKINGMENS ASSOCIATION.
At regular nesting Of the Wake County Work
ingmen's Association, held in the Court House ut
Raleigh on the evening of the 9Th inst, the follow
ing resolutions were introduced by Frank /. Wilson,
Esq, and unaeinsoa.sly adopted: @
Resolced, That having formed our Association
and announced our views on the subject Of taxation
in an Address to the people Of the State, We were
not disposed at present to press the matter further
Having, as it were. planted the seeds Of our senti-
ments, and believing they were in good soil,
we were willing to wait for them to germinate in
due season but the use which has been made of ar
ticles from certain Black Republican newspapers the
effects ofwhich calculated and no
topreudce and njure in the estimation OF our fel
low-ctizens, has not permitted to remain silent
without sacrifice of honor-a sacrifce zoe soiW
neuer make.
Resolced, That having expressed our views, and
one OF our members having ably defended US
through the columns of the N. G. Standard against
the effects of the articles referred to- We are content
to leave the whole question to the calm judgment Of
the people, feeling well assured that in this in all
other matters, Truth is mighty and will prevail"
Resolced, That we repel with scorn and indgna-
ton the insinuation, by whomsoyer made, that We
not true to and mindful of the best interests of
North Carolina; and that whatever may be said or
thought of by those not disposed to do justice
say to them and to the State, that in the event
Of Stewards election, or the election Of any other
Black Republican to the Presidency, we will be as
willing and as prompt any to maintain and defend
Southern rights, even to the spilling Of our blood
Resolred That if not as rich in this worlds goods
as some others, yet what we have is as dear to us
as great wealth is to its possessor and much more
necessary and that we despise those who count our
poverty disgrace and measure our patriotism by
the amount of taxes we paw.
Resolretl That it does not follow, because the
amount of taxes which we pay is not large, that we
not equally interested with those who pay larger
taxes, in having just system Of taxation and good
government.
Resoloed, That our right to unite for the purpose
of protecting and advancing the interests of labor
is clear and we'll founded the right guaranteed
by the Legislature to capitalists to unite in banking
and other corporations to protect and advance the
interests of capital.
Resolred, That while taking no pant in the party
politics of the day, We are nevertheless deeply i'm
pressed with the danger which threatens North
Carolina, as sovereign slaveholding State; and
that regarding it as infinitely more important to save
than to reform State, we are not disposed to make
the question of ad uGlOrem taxation paramount but
that we will continue to defend ourselves if attack
ed looking with hope to the next Legislature to re-
move the burden of taxation from labor, and to
adopt such plan Of taxation will be just to all
persons and to every species of property.
Resolced That the charge preferred against us in
certain quarters, that we the tools of any mar
or set of men, is wholly false, and that nothing but
malice and disregard for truth ever prompted such
charge. ..-. ..
Resolrea, That those newspapers in the State tina
have heretofore published our platform and Other
matters for us, are rendered our thanks and tina
they and all others not disposed to misrepresent US
be respectfully requested to publish these resolu
tons.