Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-01-02

PUBLIC MEETING IN MACON COUNTY. =
According to previous notice. a large number Of
the citizens Of Macon county, irrespective of party,
assembled in The Court House on Tuesday, the 1lth
inst, at 2 p. M.
~ On motion of R. If. Henry, Esq, Cen 7. NJ. AM.
gel was called to the Chair and NJ Stafford request
ed to act as Secretary. lt%st
Gen. Henry in few appropriate remarks explain
ed the object Of the meeting and moved the appoint
ment Of Committee Of FIVE to prepare business for
It's action. Whereupon the Chairman named the
following gentlemen as said Committee: 4
r. NJ Henry, ESQ.,, H. A. Boone, ESQ.,, DR. H. G.
Wood6n,. John Ingram, Esq, and Rev. c. ID. Smith.
The Committee having retired, during their alb
sencc the meeting was favored with some very ap-
propriate remarks from the Chair, in which he took
the position that though there was a crisis upon US
in which every one should raise his voice and act
the part Of a freeman, yet he did not consider the
mere election of any man. in conformity to the Con-
stution, just cause for dissolution Of the Union
After an absence of some minutes, the Committee
returned, and through their Chairman, Gen. Henry,
supported the preamble and resolutions in an elo-
quent and able speech Of some length. -
Rev. c. ID. Smith then advocated the resolutions
in few pointed remarks. DR.. H. 6. Wood6n fol-
lowed Mr.. Smith supporting the resolutions and Of
fering some amendments, which were adopted
The following is the preamble and resolutions as
adopted unanimously: .- .-..-
WHEREAS, The election Of President and Vice
President from one section of the Union alone and
upon purely sectional issues has forced upon the
country a dangerous crisis threatening the p.rpetu-
ity Of the government and our cherished insttu-
tons and whereas, we, portion of the people of
the South, regard the government under which we
live much as it is tina. of the people of the
North; and, whereas we believe the Federal Union
to have been designed by its founders the whole
American people a bond of brotherhood and mu-
tual justice between the States and, whereas, the
Constitution of the United States has prescribed the
qualifications Of a President, and the forms and
mode of his election therefore,
Resolred, That we endorse the Federal Union re-
cognized by the Constitution and effected by sa-
cred agreement between the people of the United
States, and held by us guarantee Of "the sacred
compromises Of the Consultation"
Resolred That We will not rashly surrender and
abandon Constitution that contains the very best
principles of government and pledges justice to all
who live under it.
Res0tred, That in much as Abraham Lincoln
has been elected President of these United States,
according to the forms and authority Of the Consti.
tuition. we will give him trial. until some overt or
unconstitutional act Of his administration against
the South shall make it our duty to resist.
Resolred That every effort to dissolve this Union,
with view either to separate State secession or to
the formation Of Southern Coniederacy, for causes
already existing, meets our unqualified disapproba.
ton.
Rtsoired. That the Secretary furnish our Senator
and Representative in the present Legislature with
copy of the preamble and resolutions Of this meeting
On motion of Rev. C. d. Smith,
Resoleed, That the proceedings Of this meeting be
published in the Western Carolinian, and that all
papers friendly to the cause Of our country be re-
quested to copy.
The meeting then adjourned.
7. NJ. ANGEL, Chairman.
NJ. STAFFORD, Secretary.