Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-07-20

wake County.
On the 3lst Nay, 1869, mass meeting of the
CONSERVATIVES Of Wake County was held in this
olty, Col Nathan Ivy, Chairman, and R. K. Ferren
and Frank. l. Wilson, Secretaries. The following
resolutions reported by committee consisting Of
WV. Holden, John ORorke Calvin J. Rogers,
CHARLES d. Horton, S. Stephenson, George ".
Haywood, and R w. Ssswell, were unanimously
adopted:
"WHERRAs, The people Of North Carolina will be
called upon on the first Thursday in August next,
to elect Governor and members of the General
minstration of public affairs should be reformed,
and better men placed in Office than those who, for
the most part, have been and are now in Office:
Therefore,
Resolusd, That the partyism, favoritism, ineti.
cheney and msruls which have marked the admin.
istration Of public affairs in this State, since the
commencement of the present war, deserve the
stern and unqualified rebuke of the people, and
that change in this respect is indispensable to the
preservation of the credit and character of the
State and to that unity Of sentiment and. spirit SO
much to be desired, and without which the efforts
OF our brave soldiers and people to establish our
Independence must be, sooner or later, seriously
embarrassed
Resolued, That our Constitutions, both State and
Confederate, should never be violated on any pre-
tence whatsoever, but should be sacredly observed
by all whose duty it is to enact, expound, and en-
force the laws.
Rssoloed, That tho people are the source of al
power; and that they, and they alone have the
right to govern, through their representatives duly
chosen.
Resozued, That it is the duty of the legislative
and executive departments to retrench and reform,
as far as practicable, in the administration Of the
government A prudent economy is especially ne
cessary at this time with an increased public debt
and heavy taxes on the people All useless Offices
should be abolished, and no more money should be
expended than is absolutely required to carry on
the government and to enable the State to contrib
ute her due proportion of men and means to tho
common defence.
Resoloed, That the military power should always
be subordinate to the civil power, whether in war
or in peace; and that martial law should never be
declared, nor the writ Of habsds corpus suspended
except when indispensable to the preservation Of
civil society or of the State itself
RssoIoed That the patience, fortitude. endurance,
gallantry, and devotion to the cause OF our brave
troops are worthy of all praise; and that We shall
cherish grateful recollection Of their services
and sacrifices in this war;"
Col J. P. H. Russ was nominated for the Senate,
and Henry W. Miller, William Laws, and Green H.
Afford for the Commons. The meeting also exs
pressed warm preference for Col Vance for Gov
srnor being the first expression of the kind in the
State by County meeting The Destructive can
didates in the County were, for the Senate Moses
A. Bledsoe; for the Commons, Messrs Busbee,
Marriott, and Jones. The vote was as follows: For
Vance 2,24S, Johnston 488. For the Senate, Russ
1891, Bledsoe 1858. For the Commons, Miller ,757,
Laws $685. Afford $751; Busbee 42s, Marriott 800,
Jones 497.
On the 10th Of May, 1864, the same party held
mass meeting in Raleigh, over which Isaac Rowland.
Esq, presided, with b. P. Tucker and J. Q. Will
liams as Secretaries. The committee on resolutions
consisted of Wyatt j. Holleman, John R. Harrison,
Holland Jewell, Madison Hodge, and F. g. Moring;
and they reported resolutions Of the soundes: Con-
servative stamp which were unanimously adopted.
These resolutions reafarmed the attachment of the
Conservatives of the County to the great principles
Of civil liberty called for peace by negotiations, and
demanded reform in the administration of State A.
fairs. Gov Vance was rejected and repudisted, and
the following ticket nominated for the County:
For the Senate, Maj. Willie D. Jones. For the
Commons, Green H. Afford, Calvin J. Rogers, and
W. R. Richardson For sheriff, Col. J. p q. Russ.
But another ticket of protesssd Conservatives is
in the field, as follows: For the Senate Sion H.
Rogers. For the Commons, William Laws, Thos.
J. Utley, and Daniel G. Fowle. All these gentle.
men supported the action of the meeting in 1862,
and one Of them, Mr.. Laws was nominee of that
meeting. Gen. Fowle Vas subsequently nominated
by mass meeting, to ELL the vacancy occasioned
| by the death of Mr. Miller. He accepted the nomi.
nation and was elected. He afterwards resigned,
to fill the Office Of Adjutant General and Calvin J.
Rogers, Esq, was chosen in his place.
So far as the Hon. Sion Il. Rogers is concerned
the Conservative victory which resulted from such
meetings rs that held in May, 1852, and from the
united action of the party generally throughout the
State took him out Of the army and thus probably
saved his life, aud conferred upon him the high
Office of Attorney General of the State As ia,
ceved that he was disposed, with Gov. Vance, Il
abandon his party and class himself to greater o.
less extent with the Destractives; and when Gov
Vance went off from his former friends who ha,
honored him and placed him where he is, Mr.
Rogers went with him. Mr. Rogers is now can
didate without any nomination by any portion Q
the people in public meeting assembled, and b
must depend almost entirely for his success on III
Destructive vote. Every speech he makes, an
every vote be solicits tends to disorganze and d.
stroy the very party which has heretofore oonfide
in and bonored him. Two years ago he acted witt
his party, but now he is against it. We know b
Say. he is Conservative, but his acts arc all tn
other way He cannot be Conservative and 4
the same time dsorgsnize the Conservative party
and look, as be must be looking to Destructives 70
their votes. If he should be elected, he will
bound as man of honor to reflect the views an