Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-12-26
For the Standard.
UNION MEETING IN MOORE COUNTY.

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UNION MEETING IN MOORE COUNTY.
large number of the citizens of Moore county
assembled in the Courthouse at Carthage, for the
purpose Of exchanging opinions with regard to the
present condition Of our country, Col Morrison in
the Chair ......, 4
The following resolutions presented by A. 4.
Mcdonald, were adopted, viz:
WHEREAS under the fundamental law of the land,
the people have full liberty to meet together and
express their opinions in regard to their rights and
privileges, as members of the Union-and, whereas,
the long continued and increasing agitation Of the
slavery question throughout the North; the passage
OF personal liberty bills in violation Of consti-
tutonal rights and the triumph of sectional party
in the election Of sectional President of the United
States, have at length reached eliminating point,
which threatens the dismenberment Of this govern
ment and dissolution Of the Union, therefore,
Resolred, That although the election Of Presi-
dent by sectional party is not in itself sufficient
cause for secession or revolution yet the success
of the Republican party in November last, is much
to be depored and its disastrous effects are to be-
seen and felt the wild excitement which prevails
in the South; in the depreciation of stocks; the
arrangement of the currency and the unmtigated
hostility between the North and the South. This
sectional triumph and the intense feeling occasioned
thereby, should remind US of the necessity Of pre-
pairing to maintain our honor and rights against
any assaults that may be made upon them
Resolred, That the Constitution of the United
States is the fundamental law of the land. formed
by sagacious statesmen, whose patriotism had been
purified by the fires OF the Revolution; that under
its protection country has become great, pros.
porous and powerful; that it is eminently calcu-
lated to guard against the Entertainments Of power
toprevent oppression and to shield the rights Of the
minority and that in any emergency which may
arise, all constitutional remedies ought be fairly
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calculated to precipitatc into revolution, and to
make our prosperous and happy country the scene
of havoc and deSoatiOn,
Resolued, That as citizens of North Carolina we
insist upon repeal of all such obnoxious laws, and
that We consider it the duty Of the General Assem-
bly, now in session, to enact such laws, if in their
power, as will lead to repeal of these statutes
Resotred, That North Carolina is attached to the
Union according TO the Constitution. 1t has been
consecrated by the blood of our fathers, by the
gories of the past, and by the hopes of the future
1t has already made us the most prosperous, and If
preserved, will soon render US the most powerful
nation on the face Of the earth; if, however. the
Constitution should be violated or if any attempt
shall be made by dominant sectional majority to
administer the Government on principles inimcal
to the rights equality OF the safety of the slave
holding State North Carolina will set her face
against Union which will thus have lost its vitality
and virtue, and unite her destiny with other slave
holding States in new confederacy, remain IN
independent Republic. *
The following offered by Clement Dowd, were also
adopted:
Resolred, That We approve the proposition to hold
State Convention for the purpose Of considering
the course to be taken by North Carolina in the
pending crisis Of national affairs.
Res0lved, That we are in favor of reorganization
of the militia and the formation of volunteer corps,
and an appropriation by the Legislature for arms
and equipments.
And the following by Col. Richardson, viz:
Resolued, That we recommend to the Legislature
to pass bill staying the execution law till the Bank
law passed at the present session is repealed
Dr. Bruce then moved the following resolution,
which was adopted
Resolred, That copy Of these resolutions be sent
to our Senator and Commoner in the Legislature.
Many speeches were made, expressing various
| shades of opinion. but nearly all were of strong
Union cast They were not for dissolving the Union
| for existing causes.
! Col. j. c. Davis moved that the proceedings Of
the meeting he published in the N. G. Standard and
the meeting adjourned.
JOHN MORRISON, Chm.
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