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nominations for the Legislature.

ssssy Nominations for the Legislature.
. Mr. HOLDEN: AS the time is near at hand when
The Conservatives of the State will find it necessary
10 nominate candidates for the Legislature, and 1t
very important that we should carry that body, T
trust they will permit one who wishes the cause
well, to make few suggestions.
1st Let them avoid al association with Destruc'
tives do not see how any Conservative VINO pos.
sesses proper sefrespect cap act politically wtn ne
Destructives They have denounced US and held us
I'D as traitors, and we may know that every effort
they make to unite themselves with us proceeds
from selfish motives. They want the offices, ana
the opportunity to tyrannze over u.s. here in North
Carolina, and they know that they are SO complete
ly in minority that their only hope OF success
in insinuatlng themselves into our ranks. Touch
not pitch, lest ye be de6led" 1t is not possible TO
fuse or unite the Conservatives and Destructives
Their principles wide apart as the poles and
even if their principles could be reconclled and
made to agree the Destructives are so selfish and
intolerant that they would rule, if they could not
use such Conservatives as might unite with them,
with a rod Of iron. .. /
3D. Let no man be nominated or supported for
Office who is not Conservative "after the straitest
sect" have more respect for downright De-
sructvc who carries his principles in bis hands SO
that every one may see them, than have Tor
fishy trading, lfestatng, hafhearted Conservative.
The great mass of our people are Conservatives,
and they have right to the services of men who
| will carry out their wishes To continue to honor
| prominent Conservatives who have proved false
| to their pledges to their principles, and their
friends, and to prefer fishy Conservatives for Of
flee to true Conservatives, will be to humble our.
selves at the feet of our enemies and destroy our
party. The right of the people to govern, and the
preservation Of civil liberty itself, depend on the
Conservative party. Therefore, any man who
would break down the Conservative party by merg.
ing any portion of it with the Destructive party, or
who treats both parties in such way as to obtain
the votes of both or who runs with the Destruc-
tives and processes at the same time to hold with
the Conservatives is not only political hypocrte,
but an enemy to popular rights and civil liberty.
! Let no such man be trusted.
3d. Let no man be nominated or supported for
Office who thinks it wrong" to trust the people
on any subject or in any event. Consolldatlonlsss
and monarchists are numerous in the land. We
hear the declaration frequently made, and we see
it more frequently acted out, that popular govern
ment has failed, and that we must have strong
government of privileged orders, supported by the
bayonet l would warn the people in the most
earnest terms against the constantly increasing ten
denotes to a king ly imperial form of government.
1t is monstrous calumny-a fatal delusloh to say
that free government has failed. Trust no man for
Office who will not pledge himself to the great prin
cple that the people alone have the right govern
|
shows disposition to favor strong or kingly gov
ernment avoid and reject him as your most dead.
ly enemy.
18th. Let no man be nominated or supported who
illnot pledge himself to the most rigid economy
in the administration of our State affairs. Our
State debt is already heavy, and rapidly increasing
and while every proper expenditure should be made,
and soldiers and their families we'll provided for,
yet no money should be squandered on favorites OF
doubtful schemes
9Th. Let no man be nominated or supported who
admits or holds the Lincoln doctrine, that ia any
event the State may be coerced by the Confederate
government. And let no man be supported who is
not in favor of negotiating for peace while are
fighting for it Our people desire peace if they car
obtain it on honorable terms; and they look to the
States as we'll as to the common government tt
makeieysry proper effort to secure this great bless
ing. =. - =
9th. The people are tired of caucuses, couven
lions, and packed committees These agencies hal
no small influence in breaking up the old govern
ment and involving US in this awful war. Let mas
meetings be held, and let each Conservative presen
have the privilege of voting for thes man of hi
} choice. The humblest Conservative has as muc
right to vote in selecting candidates as the most
5 allied and influential. Nominations made in thi
way will carry more moral weight with them, an
give more satisfaction than if made as the result
the deliberations of committee.
These suggestions proceed from one who is d.
. votedly attached to Conservative principles, an
t who is most anxious that those principles may COZ
t tnue to prevail in North. Carolina. There is n
i danger of division in the Conservative ranks if thoS
who are really and honestly attached to the part
s will adhere to their principles, and make commo
cause against the Destructives. Our party has
very large majority in the State. We can afford
:. stand by our own men and by our own principle
d aud proudly refuse to touch or confde in any cand
date who Is the choice of the Destructives. W
may lose some votes and few selfish leaders b
e adopting this course, but we shall carry the Sta
'f triumphanty, and at the same time purify and in
d prove our party. PUBLIUS.
r, March IS, 1864. =.
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