Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-07-13
Fer the Standard.
The Secessi0nists of Johnston.

Fer the Standard.
The Secessionists of Johnston.
Mr. EDITOR The original Secessonists held
their meeting in SmthHeld yesterday. 1t was none
Of your milk and cider AFFAIRS nor did they claim
it ss Conservative" meeting, but real last
man. last dollar meeting"
About p o'clock proclamation was made by the
Sheriff that the people of Johnston were invited to
assemble at the Court House. Eight or ten went
up-sone officers from the army, who are at home,
and the balance, men who had shirked the war
from the beginning by swearing they had go ne
groes, hiring substitutes &c. They hallooed and
bawled aloud for erybody to run there, but it
was no goa dead failure. They then sent GU.
strikers and tried to drum the people up,-but an
other failure. They therefore gave it up ss bad
job and adjourned to q certain grogshop and its
| byway, and you never saw such caucussing About
o'clock they made another break for the Court
| House, all of them pretty well corised There was
about fifteen assembled.
W. Wright Blow, Esq, moved that Col. H.
B. Watson of the militia take the Chair whereupon
he took it. Esq. Blow then requested Capt carp
to oficiate as Secretary. The Captain declined
Guard if he would act as Secretary. The Captain
declined. Esq. Blow now requested several others
to act as Secretary-but all declined. Thereupon
was dead pause, then voice said Why don't you
act as Secretary yourself Squire Blow All, said
the Squire, would, if could, but can't write;
AND thereupon the meeting appeared to be in
peck Of trouble. About that time however Mr..
Adell came busting Up stairs. Squire Blows
face was wreathed with Smiles and says he Mr..
Chairman, We are safe, for here is Lawyer Abel
| he Can write, aud | move says he, Mr. Chair
man, says Squire Blow, l move that Lawyer
Abel be appointed Secretary for he can write aud
| fix it up all right cor u.s. Mr.. Abel, who | am
bound to say is mighty clever man, took a few
Dng strides and was suddenly seated Immediately
under His Excellency. Col. Henry Bulls Watson,
Of the militia Mr.. Abel however remarked that
he wanted to know what the meeting was for, If
it was for Vance merely because they choose him in
preference to Holden, he was out, but If it for
Vance on principle, then he was in. Mr.. RhenfroH
| who seemed to be the main leader and who is the
| leader of the Destructives in this County, sad why
certainly, Mr. Abel, We 80 for Vance on princpla
Mr.. Abel became satisfied and took his seat
Squire Blow was perfectly delighted He moved
that committee be now appointed to draft reso
lations. The Chairman appointed Squire Blow
and 1t Col Sanders, of the ll7th n e. Militia, and
| alsot it. Richardson. Squire Blow and the com
nttee retired, but sooh returned and delivered
| their resolutions.
Squire Blow now moved that a committee be ap-
pointed to wait upon Capt. G. 3. Sanders, of the
4lst Regt N. G. Militia, Col Heath commanding,
and 1t. Woodall Of the same and Lieut.. VIM. Il.
Avera, Of the 1l7th N G. Militia also, and ask
| them to come up and give in their experience
4 roice: We know that Capt Sanders will do
without coming in. Whereupon, Squire Blow and
Squire Jack Williams started down stairs for the
other two. Il ooics: Come back Come back -
The Squire appeared. uo.cs: Tell Cap'n San
ders TO come too. Thereupon, the Squire retired,
| and in few moments came back and said that he
| had told them.
Silence now reigned-all was still, even Squire
Wright Blow was stll-but no Captain Sanders,
no 1t Woodal, no It. Avera appeared The Chair.
man however again despatched Squire Blow and
Squire Jack Williams, and out they went and
stayed and stayed, until everything in the house
| got into an awful confusion. Presently Squire
Blow and Squire Jack Williams returned. 'Hur-
rah,' says Squire Blow, hurrah' says Squire Jack,
We've got one of them this time -here's Capt
Sanders OF the 4lst Regiment N. C. Militia" 4
goics from the Chair: Where's the other wo?-
Squire Blow says, says he, 1t. Avera has runaway
aud gone home, and Lieut.. Woodall says he won't
come into any such meeting, don't know whether he
| will be candidate or not says he thinks it hard
alter LIT. Avera and himself has turned the county
| for Vance, that original SecesSionists should eE-
| barrass them with a nomination. Thereupon Perry
Rhenfrow snorted and said "let 'em go!" Squire
Blow now called for speech from Capt. Sanders
of the 41st kegt. N. e. Militia, Col Heath com
varced to take the third degree of Secesslonism,
Destructiveism, &c. He spoke, and Oh, Mr.. Editor,
| could see the fire 'bn" right out of his
mouth. He was for going with South Carolina to
the last jumping off place, and he would tell the
people to beware any peace unless President Davis
and South Carolina, Alabama, &c, said amen to it.
He took the position of Messrs. McIlae, j. W. B.
Watson, and others Oh, it was one Of those pa
triOtic speeches that are made by Generals on the
eve Of battle. After he finished 1t Col. Willis
Sanders of the 1l7th N q. Militia was called upon
He said he wanted good and true men to their
country nominated and after that he pitched Tito
Holden" called him all sorts of bad names, and
then wound up with flourish, exclaiming at the
top of his voice, "buckle on your armor buckle
on your armor and let's 60. 1 am hopes when this
meeting is through all of you will 20 and fight ves
fight until the last man is deadl" An old man in
the crowd, and by the way Holden man, who
has been trying to raise company to fight the
Yankees, delighted at such talk for he thought
that he had gotten at least two recruits, and that
the 1t Col. and Capt. Sanders would volunteer at.
ter thesmeeting was over, but he was Mistaken
They didn't nor they wouldn't go and fight for
what they profess to love, but force their poor
negh6ors off to bleed, suffer and die, while they
stay home holding the Offices, luxu-iating in the
fat of the land, and making war speeches, &C.
After the Lieut.. Colonel got through, Esq Blow
moved that committee of one from each distric.
be appointed to name candidates. The Chairman
thereupon appointed Squire Blow ana 1t. Col j.
r. Whitley, of the 41st Regt N. O. Militia fsasg
was at the bogus Convention at GolGsks who
1861, to throw the State sss ef ,Soro', in
three ssss 81 k Sds " ths Union, and
66tfers. They retired came back and
recommended Capt G. B. Sanders, 1t. ID. d. Finch
of the Home Guard now q committeeman under 1t
Holmes, Enrolling Officer, and W. H. Joyner, Esq
The meeting voted. Sanders received all the De-
structive votes, and was duly declared to be nomi
mated Whereupon Capt Jos. Whitley, Of the
4lst Regt N 9. Militia, moved to put in Mr.. Joy
ners place, Capt Jesse Hinnant, of the 4lst Regt
N. G. Militia. A ooice: Send out and see if Mr.
| Joyner will run. Out went Squire Blow and SOUR
jack Williams, when Mr.. Joyner sent word bacl
} by them, that he would not run, and SO Cap,
Jesse Hinnant of the 4lst Regt N. O. Militia Wa
| put in the place Of Mr.. Joyner. Whereupon Sanir
Blow and the meeting adjourned. TOM. )