Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-05-25

Resolssd. That no good cause exists, a. e..
North Carolina is concerned for the susnens;a@
the ha6eas corpus and the consequent aboit;oaa
civil liberty and that our, Representative in Of
gress, the Hon Josiah Turner is hereby earns"S a'
reque1ed to put forth ali his efforts to repeal ny
Law suspending the ha6eas corpus With Mr. vae
President Stephens, devoted as we are to our ,0s
ton, We would not !" turn on our heel for ndenss
dence without liberty" and there can be no Thar,
to the citizen under military and MARTA; law.
Resolred, That as Gov. Vance has volunto,,
and for reasons best known to himself mads y
bed with the Destructive leaders, we are not d rS
posed to go over to that side Of the house 10 %
him to his former place. His attempt to trsnsSs
his old friends to- the support of the DestructSs'
and his wretched jokes at time like this, when ~"
people are almost literally bathed in bloodapd ,oss
in the midst Of their sacrifices and sufferinps viii
neither ada to the dignity of bis o6ce nor con,;"aa
the Judgment Of his hearers We shall vote aoa;ns
hlm with as good q will as We voted for him ,va
year ago. ....-
Resolved, That in ". W. Holden, our friend On,
neighbor. whom we have known hong and well va
recognize an eminent statesman and Chris,;au
gentleman, and we feel in electing him, We sh,n
honor ourselves and this good old State wbosa
humble sons II are Believing that his every pu,'
sation beats for the welfare OF his State and ~.
true glory of the Confederaey-alke the friend ~
the citizen and the solder-we shall give b;u,
cordial and jealous support in August next. Hs
is the pioneer of the peace movement in the Soutb
the champion Of Conservatism IN North Carolina
and we the friends of law and constitutional lber,H
"hail him as the rising man." "
Resotred, That We believe searching inyestio,-
ton into the admintratien Of our State government
is necessary and called for by existing abuses Thu
same favorItism and the same stalliederate system,
OF allowing shade officers to purchase their house.
hold supplies at government prices still exists
TIE last pound of bacon and the last dust of meal
promised 6y Gov. Vance to the families of the SOL
diers, are being consumed by shade officers upde,
Gov. Vance at low prices and this too while undp,
Confederate Law, battle SCARED Colonels, Captains
and Lieutenan:s in the regular service are reoured
to draw their rations with the soldiers. CIV
! Vance was elected under pledge to reform tbes,
abuses; he has not done so, but on the contrsr,
| they have increased under his administration.
Resotred That we arc highly gratiGed at tn.
triumph which has recently crowned our arms il
the eastern part of the State and that VIC look for
ward to the pending struggles in Virginia and Geor
gia with the hope that signal victories NAV reward
our veteran troops and thus pave the way to nego
| tiations and an early peace
The nominees having appeared and accepted tn
nomination in appropriate speeches, on motion thu
thanks OF the meeting we're rendered to the officer
for the manner in which they had performed thei
duties, and the meeting adjourned
ISAAC ROWLAND, Chairman.
il J. : W WG1ass; Secretaries.