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cordially He expressed his qualification that the

euloeum on the boldness ability, and frmness with
which that gentleman had defended the rights Of the
slavehoding States against the assaults OF the Dack
Republicans. But we will not attempt sketch OF
! his remarks. 10 have been appreciated tney niuoS
have been heard.
! Mr.. Holden offered the following resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted:
Resozred That our confidence IN the firmness ana
integrity of our Northern Democratic friends Is un
! diminished That the. votes to annex Texas ny
which three hundred thousand square miles OF slave
holding territory were added to the Union-thelr
onnosition to the Wmot Proviso their votes for,
and their support of, the fugitive slave law-thelE
| adherence to the doctrine of nOninterventton oy
Congress on the subject of slavery in the Terrific
ries as contained in the Clayton compromise, IN the
compromise measures" of 1850, and as fully es-
tablshed by the Kansas Nebraska act of ls54-thelr
opposition to black Republicanism and their regard
for our Constitutional rights as shareholders both
in the States and Territores-and their hearty ana
unanimous concurrence with us in all honorable ef-
forts to acquire the island of Cuba furnish the
strongest evidence that they are national and just
| in their views and purposes; and we hereby pledge
to them our cordial cooperation in the pending cam
paign for President and Vice President.
Rssolped That no sufficient cause exists at this
time for dissolution of the Union; that to disor-
ganize and sectionallze the national Democratic par
| ty, is to pave the way for disunion; and that we
indignantly repudiate all movements. the design or
tendency of which is to "preciptate the cotton
States into revolution" and to involve North Car
| DINA in a premature, and perhaps bloody struggle
with her sister States of the North and Northwest
That while North Carolina will submit to no wrong
at the hands of a sectional majority, and While she
will be among the first in the last resort to protect
all her rights with the sword, # necessary, yet she
will not follow those who would dissolve the Union
for insufficient causes nor will she dsorganize and
destroy the national Democratic party, because of
the failure by a national Convention to approve or
recognize the doctrine of Congressional protection
to slavery in the Territories.
Resolred, That while We have our preferences for
President, the following facts should in our opinion.
greatly modify, if not entirely change the opposition
to Stephen A. Douglas by portions of the Southern
| Democracy: He was the trusted political ard per
sona friend of Andrew jackson, having made one of
the ablest speeches ever delivered in the House of
Representatives in favor of reflnding the fine impo-
sed on him, by Judge Hail. He was the ardent adj
vocate of the Mexican war and of the annexation of
! Texas. He has uniformly opposed the Wilmot Pro.
viso. He proposed and advocated the extension OF
the Missouri line to the Pacific, measure earnestly
| supported at the time by Southern statesmen He
supported the compromise" measures of 1850, the
fugitive savelaw included and encountered the fury
of mob in Chicago in defence of that law. lie
proposed and voted for the repeal of the Missouri
striction, for which he was maligncd and burnt in
effigy in non-slaveholding States. lie not only ad
mits but maintains that the people of the South
have the same right to emigrate to the common Ter
rtores with their slaves that the people of the North
have to cmigrate to them with their property, and
to hold them and enjoy their labor where Terrific
rial Legislature thinks proper to protect them, and
also to hold them and enjoy their labor, under the
decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States
where Territorial Legislature refuses to protect
them. He is opposed to tariff for protection. lie
was the first leading public man in the country to
denounce the Know Nothing organization and to
warn the people of the evils which would flow from
it. He is the recognized exponent and champion of
vast majorities of the Democracy of the Northern
and Northwestern States. He is the great antago
mist and enemy of the black Republicans IN the Sen
ate of the United States and in the non-saveholding
States. lie received majority of all the votes Of
the Electoral College in the Charleston Conventions
the States and Districts which voted for hm'o that
OCCASION having cast in 1856 one million of Demo-
cratic votes out of the one million eight hundred
thousand cast for Mr.. Buchanan. He is regarded
by the majority referred to as the strongest man,
and as probably the only man with whom we can
defeat the black Republicans and thus preserve the
government; and this view of theirs is strengthened
by the nomination of Lincoln who. as against any
candidate but Douglas, may carry Illinois and the
whole Northwest Under these circumstances and
with these views. it is hereby
icSotCeu, lnaC ii Stepnen Il. DOtlSaS SnOuIQ ne
nominated for President by the Baltimore Conven-
ton, we will rally to him as we rallied to Pierce and
Buchanan, and extend to him cordial and active
support
The following resolution. offered by j. X. Marr-
ott ESQ.,, was unanimously adopted:
Reso'red, That heartily endorse the action of
the delegates from North Carolina in the Charleston
Convention.
Before the Convention had proceeded to ballot fer
candidates for the Legislature, j. F. Hutchins, Esq.,
one of the late Commoners rose and addressed the
Convention, returning his thanks to the party for
the honor heretofore conferred upon him, and an
nouncing that, on account of personal reasons, and
desiring to devote his whole attention to his private
affairs, he declined to be candidate for re-nomina-
nation He assured the Convention that he would
be found hereafter, heretofore, doing what he
could to sustain Democratic principles His heart
was with the cause, and, though private citizen,
he would labor as heretofore to promote and advance
= that cause
The Convention then, on motion of W. j. Saun-
derS ESQ.,, proceeded 70 nominate candidate for the
Senate and three candidates for the Commons. 1t
was moved and adopted that each District represen-
ted cast one vote, majority Of the delegates from
the District to determine on the vote and that ma
jority of all the Districts represented should be re-
qured to nominate.
Thos G. Whitaker. ESQ.,, nominated George W.
Thompson, ESQ.,, for the Senate, and Mr. Holden
Nominated the late Senator, Moses A. Bledsoe, ESQ.,,
for the same place. The Convention then voted and
the result was announced, Thompson 20 votes, Bled
soc l. Mr.. Faribault who had cast the vote of St.
Marys for Mr.. Bedsoe, then changed the vote to
Mr.. Thompson; and Mr.. Thompson was announced
as unanimously nominated for the Senate
Nominations were then made for the House Of
Commons; after which the Convention voted On
the first ballot E. Haywood, ESQ.,, received q
W. R. Cox, ESQ.,, received Is votes some scattering
votes having been cast for other gentlemen Messrs
Haywood, Mordecai, and Cox, having received ma
jorty Of all the votes cast declared duly nom
mated, and then, on motion Of Isaac Rowland, ESQ.,
the nominations were made unanimous
| committee was then appointed to wait on the
. nominees, and inform them of their nomination.
| The committee soon returned with Messrs. Thomp
| son, Haywood, Mordecai, and Cox, each of whom
addressed the Convention in appropriate terms, &C