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March %, 1854
IT, For the Standard.
Public Meeting in Harnett County.
At large and respectable meeting of the citizens
of upper Little River District, Harnett County, held
at Pineville, on Tuesday, 23d of February 1864 on
motion of James S. Harrington, Esq, Capt James
NJ Turner was called to the Chair, and John Mel.
Harrington requested to act as Secretary.
The Chairman in few brief remarks explained
the object of the meeting, when on motion the
Chair appointed committee of FIVE to draft resolu
tons for the action of the meeting, when the fol-
lowing gentlemen were appointed: James 5. Har:-
rington, Esq, John NJ. Morrison, ESQ.,, Henry Stew
art, Esq, Henry Faucette and Rev. Daniel Mcneil.
On motion the Chairman and Secretary were added
to the number. The Committee then retired, and
after short time returned and through their Chair.
man, James S. Harrington, Esq, introduced the
following preamble and resolutions:
WHEREAS, The Constitution both of the State
and Of the Confederate States does guarantee to the
common citizen the right to peaceably assemble
themselves together and consult for the common
good and to appeal to their representatives fer
redress of grievances whenever such grievances in
their opinion does exist; and whereas, in our opin:
ion grievances to an alarming extent doth at this
time exist: Therefore be it
Resoloed, That this is cruel, unchristian and
uncaled for war; that it has lasted long enough to
cannot be settled by the sword alone, and that we
beeye it to be the duty of all good citizens to meet
and consult, and see if something cannot be done
that will settle national difficulty with honor
and satisfaction to the South
R3olped That we believe in, the timehonored
republican doctrine that the will Of the people
should be the law of the land, and with that senti-
ment settled on our minds, we do most earnestly
appeal to His Excellency, Gov. 2. B. Vance, to
convene the Legislature at an early day for the
purpose of submitting to the people the question Of
Convention or no Convention, that the public mind
may be fully ascertaned on that subject
Resolced That Convention called by the peo-
I pie could and would do much toward the settle
ment of the difficulties under which our beloved
country is now laborng, and that we are in favor
of Convention Of all the States in the Confederacy
for the purpose of making propositions to the
Northern Government for lasting and an hohora-
BILE peace to both sections of our once united but
now divided and ruined nation.
Resoloed, That we believe it to be the boun-
den dcty of the representative in all to be
governed by the will of those whom he represents,
and therefore, we will not support any man for any
Office, either State or Confederate, who will not
pledge himself to be governed by that will when
made known to him through any proper channel.
.Resotvsd, That we highly approve Of the course
taken by his Excellency, and his frmness nantes
ted in sustaining the Judiciary in North Carolina
against the unprecedented stretches OF the military
over the civil law in our beloved State, and that We
pledge ourselves to sustain him in all such positions
taken by him, and looking to him as our great poll
tical head, we hope he will maintain the civil law
of North Carolina at all hazards against any and all
encroachments, come from whence it may.
Resolued, That We approve OF the proposltion
| made by the CONSERVATIVE citizens OF Johnston
County to call mass meeting Of the conservative
citizens of the State sometime in April or May, ana
we most respectfully suggest early in April as we
believe it will SO plainly show the state o. Puono
feeling in North Carolina as to satisfy any oouotus
mind on that subject and may enable our ruiers "
| shape their course OF conduct accordingly;
| Resozued That we regard w. W. Holden as
the great champion of the peoples rights, ana as
true and loyal q citizen as the Southern Conieoera.
cy contains, and we believe but ior MS Wise anu
| timely admonitions to both Government ana SOL
ders in the field, our armies would not nave oeen
what they now in point OF numerical force, ana
we do pledge ourselves that as long as his political
conduct justfes these opinions in us, to sustain,
protect and defend him; and we also feel under ma
nv obligations the editor of the Raleigh Progress
for the manly and proper course he has taken IN
this our great struggle for personal and political
1 liberty. =
Rssolred, That copy Of these resolutions be
sent to his Excellency, Gov Vance, with the hopes
! that they meet his approval, and that copy be
sent to the editor of the Raleigh Standard and the
Daily Progress for publication, with the request
that all the papers in the State friendly to the cause
publish them.
On motion, the meeting adjourned
JAMES M. TURNER, Chm.
JOIN Mel. HARRINGTON, Sec'y.