Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-02-06
For the Standard.
UNION MEETING IN ASHE COUNTY.

UNION MEETING IN ASHE COUNTY.
According to previous notice, large and enthu-
siastic meeting of the citizens of the county of Ashe
irrespective of party was held at the Courthouse in
Jefferson. for the purpose of taking into consdera
ton the distracted state of our national and State
affairs
On motion of DR.. E. F. Foster, Rev. R. Gentry
was appointed Chairman and n. H. Waugh and
VIM. H. Gentry, were requested to act as Secretaries.
The Chairman in taking his seat delivered short
speech in favor of the Union.
On motion of Geo. II. Hamilton, Esq, commit
tee of fifteen was appointed to prepare preamble
and draft resolutions for the meeting.
The Chair appointed the following committee:
Q. F. Neal. Eli GRAPHICAL, j. P. Waugh, David
ton, E. C. Bartlett, Jesse A. Reeves, John N. Car
son, E. F. Foster, j. b. Parson, Col. Geo. Bower,
c. K. Phillips, and Jno. Reeves.
During the absence of the committee the meeting
was addressed by K. T. Armfeld, W. H. A. Speer,
Y. F. Neal, Col. A. E. MCMILLAN, and Morgan Bry
an, who entertained the audience with eloquent and
patriotic speeches. breathing devotion to the Union
and firmly contending for the rights Of the Southern
States as guaranteed BY the Constitution.
The committee then appeared and through their
Chairman, offered the following preamble and reso-
lutions
WHEREAS, a large portion of the citizens of Ashe
county, irrespective of party distinction, have this
day met at the Courthouse in Jefferson, to consult
together and calmly express our opinion upon the
present condition of country and, whereas, the
present crisis imposes the duty upon every good cit.
izen to sacrifice his party fealty the altar Of pa
trotism, and leave efforts untried, in order,
possible to preserve that glorious palladium of
liberty, the Union of these States;
Resolred, That we the people of Ashe county are
as inmoveably attached to the institutions of the
South deeply deplore the election of Lincoln and
Hamlin, and have much adherence of the person.
al liberty bills of the North as any people on this
continent but that we can safety for our in
s:itutions and no remedy for their ills, dissolu-
ton of the Union.
Resolred, That before we would see this great
country destroyed the glories of the past sacrificed
the cause of human liberty imperilled, and thirty
million of free and happy men cast adrift upon the
bloody and boundless sea of revolution, we would
appeal to every available means of reconciliation and
adjustment, under the Constitution and the laws
we would meet in Convention with all the States,
with the sister Southern States alone and try
before the sword.
. Resolced That we are opposed to the calling of
Convention of the people of this State at this time
for the reason it will increase taxes already to-
high add to the excitement of our people, and ope,
the only possible road out the Union.
/ On motion of Col. A. B. Mcmillan, the foregoin;
resolutions were unanimously adopted
On motion of VIM. Baker Esq, the Secretarie
of this meeting to the Editors Of the Raleigh Regi.
ter and Standard, with request that they public
the same, also to furnish our Senator and Commone.
in the Legislature with the same ~
On motion the meeting adjourned. "a. - IS,
-. r. GENTRY, CAmn
v W. d. Il Tt ass,,ar, Secretaries.