Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-06-13
Rockingham County Three Democratic Elee
ors declaring for Judge Douglas.

Rockingham County Three Democratic Elect
ors declaring for Judge Douglas.
We give below the proceedings of a Democratic
meeting recently held in Rockingham, which was
addressed by the Hon. Thomas Settle, Hon. Alfred
M. Scales, j. R. Mclean, ESQ.,, and DR.. Thomas W.
Keen The three latter are Electors, Mr.. Scales be-
ing one of the Electors for the State at large They
are all for Douglas for President and look to bis
nomination at Baltimore as the surest if not the
only means of preserving the Democratic party, and
of thereby preggfyllg the Union. In this connec-
ton we may also state that Ed. G. Haywood, Esq,
the other State Eector, took similar position in
relation to Judge Douglas in his speech in the Court
house, in this City, on Tuesday evening last
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3.- ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. 7..j9 ,sgiaa
On Tuesday, the 2sth day Of May, (being Court
week at one of the largest meetings of the Democ-
racy that was ever held in the county Of Rocking
ham, on motion of the Hon. A. N. Scales Hugh K.
Reid, ESQ.,, was called to the chair. ".eTf :.
The chairman announced that the meeting would
first hear from those gentlemen who expected to be
candidates for the ensuing General Assembly
Gen. F. L. Simpson, (who represented the county
nounced himself as a candidate for the Senate No
opposition. '.' ''
Thomas Slade and Joseph H. Cardwell are the
candidates, without opposition, for the House of
Commons This is an excellent ticket, and will
doubtless receive as large vote as has been polled
for any ticket in the county for years. p .7t
Mr. Settle offered the following resolutions, viz:
Resolced, That the course pursued by the dele
gates from the State of North Carolina in the Con.
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the same, was both prudent and patriotic .
Resolced, That we have full confidence that the
Convention to be held in the city Of Baltimore will
be ruled by wise counsels and that its action will re-
store harmony to the Democratic party, and enure
to the benefit Of the whole country
Resolced, That should the said Baltimore Con-
vention nominate for President Stephen A. Douglas
of Illinois, their action would meet with our entire
appreciation, and we pledge him our cordial sup
port s:g-r atisa3 ,aias,H atar.a
After reading the resolutions Mr. Settle defended
Judge Douglas, and urged the Democracy to unite
upon him, and thereby save the party and the
country. 'raEHs'' N.alfa 4't3 tg ~s'5' =
The Hon. A. M Scales Zone of the Electors for
the State at large being called upon came forward
and defended the resolutions with zeal and ability.
He stated that at one time Judge Douglas was not
his first choice for the Presidency, but now, in his
opinion, the hopes Of the Union were upon Douglas
AT one time he feared that that giant that pillar Of
strength, was about to be taken from the Democrat.
c party, and he confessed that he trembled for the
consequences but how, mere distractions only d.
vided us, and there was no good reason why we
should not support Judge Douglas. Mr.. Scales took
his seat amidst great applause i'
DR.. Thomas W. Keen, Elector for the Sixth Dis
trict, was next called for He stated that Judge
Douglas was now and had been for years, his first