Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-06-20

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fui {GS NtssRcs 81 the committee Lord calls were
md i6F Dsbt James n Speight to address the Con-
45lSicn, Sho responded to the call in 3 speech Of
III III hours length to attempt adescription Of
Which would be tp do Il injustice The peculiar and
: 4Nfcastic manner in which he dssected the new
YSfiSled id Jaorexn tax system Of the opposition
pafty to be appreciated should have been heard =
Tue Captain handled them with gloves of and had
We many such advocates in the field the wirew
sss 81 the opposition would soon be driven back to
thar lodges and carnus to devise some new scheme
81 htit6b5e The people With and to ride into Office
o6. His arguments were clear, logical, and con-
yincinR. carrying conviction 70 the minds of his
hearers and Inspiring warm patriotic zeal in every
bosom He closed his speech amidst applause. "
Pie committee having returned reported, through
. their chairman, Dr.. d. G. VI. Ward, the following
. preamble and resolutions: IS ss' 49,
: 3SWHKREAs We portion of the Democracy Of the
county Of Greene have assembled together. accord.
ing to previous notice, duly made public, to nom-
nate candidates for the Sheriffaltyr and House OF
Oo,nu,ons and to appoint thirty delegates to meet
Ike number OF our brethren in the town of Kinston
and the county Of Lenoir to select and nominate a
candidate to represent this, the fifteenth Senatorial
DistTic64in the next General Assembly of North
Carolina; and whereas, we solemnly believe this to
DO the eliminating point in our political history,
and in consequence thereof the responsibility of the
Democratic party to the American nation, If it were
possible, is Increased We feel and deeply appre-
ciate the fact that the friends Of Constitutional lib
erty throughout tits and all other lands are looking
s q our Ipoyements with the greatest anxiety we'll
knowing that our success in the States is the tr-
amph % sovereignty, liberty. and prosperity, and
that en our success in the nation depends the pre-
servaton Of the federal Constitution and the Union
Of these States with all their numberess and untold
blessings to us and their perpetuaton and descent
70 our posterity; and whereas, the history of the
Democracy discloses nothing whereby it may justly
be distrusted in the future and therefore with hope
and confidence We uniurl our time honored Gag and
inyite all patriots to rally beneath its ample folds;
to the end therefore, that succeed in the State,
Rcsolped That we heartily approve Of and en-
sdovse the eminently enlightened and patriotic ad-
ministrat,on Of his Excellency, John W. Ellis.
sReaoloed That We approve and endorse the plat
form Of principles, IS enuncated by our party in
State Convention assembled in March last; and the
nf that honest mn nd xrice