Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-08-18
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+ officers and men. | send along with this the
proceedings of the 54th, as d specimen OF the
feelings u the men on this subject.
The meeting cannot but result in good,
All the sneakers seemed to take the ground
that the people at home who were getting up
these meetings were the men who do not want
to come out under the proclamation OF the
President calling for the forty to torty.h'e
men.
RESOLUTIONS AS ADOPTED DT THE CONVENTION
1st. Resolved, That our separation from the
Northern Government was, from the begin
ming, intended to be final and eternal. Fol
this have we suffered and endured so much
for this have So many OF our comrades lailen
and for this do we still intend TO eboure al
and every i'll nor do we intend mat the nc
tion Of any portion Of our people at nome
shall so bind our hands as to make turther re-
~sistance on our part impossible. lhat we are
daily confirmed in our determination NY the
unnatural teachings Of the Northern press
by the insane and ianatical acts OF the Norti,
ern people, by the inhuman and unprlhclpieu
acts of the Northern Government, The crown
inr que Of which is shown in the late Proclu
lamatiJn Of Lincoln, threatening retaliation
on our soldiery for our treatment ol sia'es
found in insurrectiun, and by the innumerable
acts Of savage barbarrty OF the Northern sol
dicry in every part of our land.
ID. Resolved, That earnestly as we desire
PEACE and long for a return OF Its Dressings
we do utterly repudiatc all acts OF persons OF
authorities tending to a peace upon the Dasis
Of reconstruction or submission; ana that
while we are, and have always been, anxious
for an honorable settlement ot our diilcultles,
the agitation Ut the subject on any other terms
than our perfect independence vi Northern
rule is in the highest degree Incompatible Will
the honor and interests of the good people OF
North Carolina. Nor can we comprehend the
base feeling that would return to the embrace
OF an enemy who has carried on n war OF In
vasion against us for more than two years,
coupled with every savage intllctlon which he
has had the power to impose, eliminating III
the employment; Of our slaves and the free ne
eroes oil the North to murder our citizens and
oppose us in honorable combat rs soldiers.
I'D. Resolved, That while the soldiers are
fighting. suffering and dying for our indie
incidence, it is wrong that their friends nj
home should be continually dGmpeninS their
ardur, casting Il chill and gloom on their
hopes, and unncrving them for the contest by
untimely repininss and base lcanings toward
submission; tina, we would be untrue to our
principles, untrue to our wives and children,
| who would be the greatest sufferers by sub
mission, untrue u our noble dead, untrue to
our interests. untrue to our State, untrue T.
uur Comfcderacy, and untrue to the cause Of
freedom, now to submit to the domination Of
such as rule the N"r;l,rn people, and that We
fear their rule more than their wrath.
18th. Resolved. That We have learned with
lecp modification and regret, that several
meetings have been held IN North Carolina,
in which resolutions have been adopted de-
rlarinr opposition 10 the further enforcement
of the conscript law in our State; that We can.
not regard such action, taken by Il portion Of
our people. in any other light than as favor
ing the cause Of our enemies with whom we
are c;nntending, and in this point Of view is
iisluyal, and to VI, who have been rclylng
upon those at home for supp TT and sympa.
;hv, az trearhcrnus in the extreme: that We
cannot regard the appointment of an ohnnx-
i,us tithinc man, or the failure Of the Their
States to do their duty patriotically, As any
excuse for North Carolinians to refuse to per-
form theirs in any respect; that the alleging
such m excuse shows that they do not plead
any inability to comply with the requirement
If the law, bur that it is 7 species %! cantins
hypocrisy, employed by those who desire t"
escape the dangers and hardsliips OF the
Wal.
9Th. Resolved. That the course of the Raj
eiyh ''Standard' and its supporters in North
Carolina, in encouraging this spirit among
our people, meets with our unqualified con-
domination. and we denounce the statement Of
the Editor Of that paper, that his course is
approved by Il large number. OF the troops
from North Carolina, as utterly inise, and
that for the fair fame of North Carolina, we
sincerely hope that no such statement will be
reiterated.
9th. Resolved. That in 4 struggle Of the
character in which we are engaged, involving
rs it does the preservation OF destruction Of
all our rights rs freemcn, the freedom of the
press does not demand that any sentiments,
however reasonable, may be uttered with I'M
punity that this inestlmablc right in every
we'll regulated government is, and should be
restricted within such limits as to forbid this {;
and if it should be found that true patriotism
ia North Carolina had so far lost its hold
upon the minds and hearts of her people as
to he unable to check the course Of the
" Standard and other papers which are
giving utterance to such sentiments, then the
public authorities would be recrennt to the
cause of the country if they should fail to
take measures for their suppression.
It'll. Resolved, That we heartily approve Of
the noble and patriotic course Of Gov. Vance
in the struggle for our independence that
We arc willing TO cntrust the honor and in
tcrrity of our State IN his hands, and that We
are confident he will not hefray his trust.
Sth. Resolved, That while the resolutions
adopted show truly the sentiments Of the Con-
~yention upon all the points embraced in
them, inasmuch as it is impossible in this
form to embody all that the Convention and
those whom they represent, desire should be
said to the people Of our State, with the argu-
ments and considerations which might be
brought forward tosustain them, the Presl-
dent of the Convention he authorized to ap-
point n committee Of three gentlemen Of the
Convention, who shall be entrusted with the
preparation and publication of al address to
the people of the State, specially appealing t"
the good and the patriotic to rise in their
might and put down the small las we be-
believe but reasonable faction in their
midst, whose Vaccinations We have more trou-
BILE to resist thar the power Of our enemies.
REGIMENTAL PROCEEDINGS.
. CAN'T 54TH \. c. RECT,
NEAR ORANGE Court llorSE. Va,
August 10th, 1863.
4. At n meeting held this day, by thcSnficers