Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-01-26
For the Standard
MEETING IN ROBSON Cn11NTv

AT a meeting of respectable portion of the e;,f
zens of Howellsvile District in Robson eonntv
North Carolina held at the residence of ShadracR
Howell, ST., on Friday the 18th of JAM, 1861
On motion of James A. Rozier, ESQ, Shadrach
HOWELL, ST., was called to the Chair, and John w
Barker and j. R. Kinlaw were requested to act 90
Secretaries. no
The object Of the meeting was explained by the
Chairman in clear and explicit manner to be to
give expression to the will of the people of this
ton of the county in the present political crisis
The aged patriot, with trembling limbs but mind
clear and penetrating and memory replete with
the blessings and privileges he had enioyed from
the earliest of his youth up to his present advanced
age, urged the assembled crowd not to forsake that
Constitution bequeathed to them by their fathers
nor relnquish their rights and privileges in the plo
rious Union by seeding from the best government
that has ever been established. All listened in pro.
found silence to the speaker whose voice was feeble
with age and inirmity, and none doubted the sound
ness ofhs judgment or the sincerity of the motives
that prompted him to make these remarks Letters
were also read from Thomas A. Norment ESQ. and
Col N. A. Mclean, breathing sentiments of their
fidelity aud devotion to the Union, with determi
nation never to give up the Ship never to despair
of the safety of the country
The following resolutions were then introduced
by James A. Rozier, Esq, which, being read, were
adopted:
Resotred, LIST. That we are much gratified with
the disposition now manifested by the free States
towards the South, their Governors recommending
repeal of all obnoxious laws in regard to fugitive
slaves; and from all see of their intentions
if we of the South will calmly and prudently
we see no reason why every difference should not be-
Immediately settled, and peace and harmony be again
restored to our distracted country
I'd That we will contend for all our rights in the
Union; that We cannot give up the Constitution
and the Union until all efforts are made to get us
tice, and those efforts fail Our advice to the people
of all sections is, to keep the peace and &C. kindly
towards each other, that happy state of affairs
may soon exist in all parts of this great country
Stand by the "stars and stripes" and never give
up the ship" and all will be we'll
3d. That We condemn the secession spirit of some
citizens of South Carolina in their attempts to dis
solve the union of these States and break up the
thereby destroy the only hope of the American peo-
pie in their endeavors to perpeuate the blessings of
democratic government.
4th. That the Union must be preserved and that
opposed to the election of any county, State.
federal officer who is in favor of its dissolution
and to carry out wishes we desire that our Sem
ator and Representatives in the Legislature be re-
9uested to vote for Hon. Bedford Brown for United
States Senator.
On motion, it was ordered that copy of these
resolutions be sent to our representatives in the
State Legislature and also to the Fayetteville o.
SerUer and North Carolina Standard for publication
On motion, the thanks of the meeting were ten
dered to the Chairman and Secretaries.
On notion the meeting adjourned.
SHADRACH HOWELL President
j. 5of r. k w; S1HhHH' sserstoris.