, 1865-10-16

IH-CAROLlNA CONVEN-
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AeMper OF the>Feopfe.s u,.t~ lt' ~
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From Our srecla. couesponden.} !;
.RALuen Oct :.
No class of men have lately been mort
abused; by opposition and Southern news
papers than tho correspondents Of New York
papers located in this State.. It Is natter O!
every Intelligent mans knowledge that to al
fi1m anything respecting the temper of'tht
people Of North Carolina On tho report q
these correspondents, Is to subject oursei te
~ridicule frnn every 'so-cal1ed. Democratic
print Of the North. These resident corre9
PonCcnts found their full Justification, how
ever, In some remarks n;,de on FrIday in thl
:, State Convention :, =. -s;,
Nj, Nathar,c1 Ror;e,; nm - tha = f7a,eoate
from Rowan county, and q lifelong resident g
Salisbury and It's nefshborhood. an e1derli
occt,emen Iof sicl, eharncter thnt! he stoo6
ensy second in n Iist ~ = 'dozcn ,,ersons mrs votrd
ou's Ae.s. ~ ~. IT, ps4eI
of the convention; a man whose candor a1a.
honesty are known /; throughout the enti,ej
State: whose Years. and serricrs and e1n.rs .
o,,n, ooro rim ara choI-,,,,,sh,, aeti, sona7,
:ess...ss - IL. D.:A.11..14 - w ess.n
eollA1o'stea u ''ue eo"'ene'on:-tn Genuet
man. an uneompromdsing Unionist and hater
of secession and secessionists, during tho de-
bate .upori the ordinance DECLARING The act of
secession mi, and Wild anoka s,,h.t t,a11v a.
cs,,@ss.a sssI.1.- r. s1s. ~ =
1ot.o"s uaso aeseut'y cen Nof'n, @ou
WINE IN washington eallen on the freslaeo1'
the Secretary Of State; the Attorney General,
the acting Secretary OF War, anl other officers
Of me Government. > I sai1uded ID reports
-, ~, Iaaa aua .I..,I~.sf - .sF
En1sn nao oeen maze. o5, tepteeenta.i'os o.
the Northern press IN our state, regarding lie
LOYALTY Of our people, and I assured these
officers that the reports we're mostly false aud
ol'en maiic'ons, anu 1aat me el1lzens o. our
state arc en1ne1y cured OF any love tney e'et
had for secession, and would In all respects
deme1n themselves Is Eoodt and sincere, and
loyal men. The language 1haye heard during
this two daEs' debate, the bitter opposition
vineed nc That toas sorony n NY 1ssuranets
foMs President anu ~ sasseedates. 1he sorTes-
pondtnts hare eompreaended Me spirit RI soa't
~ cur peopte Mhen mora eseafsb !adn atd.
lave already feIcFfed 70 tae iact lnat,
Willie travelling IN tae western part Of the
sea.e, Was omen a. toao .nas fne Tsto GonSent1on
would o1 course DC strongly Union, ;because
the reGel element did not vote-shieldtng
itself behind the assertion that the "anthori-
ties" either military or provisional, would not
allow Southern men to rnn as delegates.
received these reports as to the sullen charac-f
with much allowance ring that. at most,
1t was confined to small section OF the State.
Conversation with the da1cgates and hangers
on Of tho convention hAs, however, convinced
me, that, in many counties, very few besides
the so-called ,Unionists went to the polls.
That there was no Interference, direct or in
direct, by the ''authoritles'' with the election
or with the choice Of delegates, IL affirmed by
all the officers Of the department from Gen.
Ruser down, and Is tmqualihedly certified by
the !aSl tnat lton n soae soun'aes nIss .a ossa
esnt esnisa ae4sates ~ n'so''oo' eeseS'''Hs pau
@hsEs- s-r,,.-<...
~. n;n..s e = ~ -, ,oo4aIn snt ats
a4a nt,tad r. ". ~, II Pos ~ ~
~ aIn t3,n shnra ~ y. ~ uaa on INIT
,,:ar ,Inaa'sn, ~ ~ nr ~
se @ onqn eaa nLu 1nra aot % 9nu a1nrns ~ r,po,na
M 1. ,,,oh be1as f-,,., y,
Of fIsS secession: % but Sort6 Carolina unionism rs
developed IN tnt.ConsGnt1oa aas " zap toos
snne 1ncn1 ar Stair leader in rebellion. and
Tho ether into the old bjtterncss Of tho Wings
toward The Democrats. The delegates whose
LOYALTY rests on broader basis than thls may
be- cni,ntat] on your fingers withoutj eofne
1nnnv times across. Yet he Convention seems
10 entertain scarcely dorbt Tint The Con.
s,ressSonnl aelcentiou ftoui North Carolina
viii Ic admitted to seats Immediately on the
nsscmlIinr OF Coneress--indeed. ono delegate
nrnuci 10 mo last eycnanE that }he namcy Of
the Tenreseutuiiyes u.u1 he called even IL
organizing Tie Housei / hoped to find here
s,3nh IIuionis1n as gaye. nroi,,ise Of a bright
f 5ntnre0iastead.t % .thereof M i and % a condition Of
aaai,s that seems 10 me much Torse thar,
t1at +, Sn,,th Caro,;na a esonorcrcI rebel
I'll, r. mr tt,intinn hc n,nch mare ras;1y
rn,,rertc3 m, - ;ntn = onni citizen Than niost of
t%nsa aa,,thnr4, 115s"ni,ta ~%
AA''"0 Soasoe4a ,ce,
uspo1Sa TUE "o"h of iooi'
The Convention begun at tho beginning,
though 1t was long time In getting at,NoFk-
When Mt. Beyden VEG announced IS Chair.
man Of the Committee on the Ordinance OF
Secession, yerybody understood that the Sc
cessIonlsss would get no fasor from that com
mlttee. There was little surprise, therefore,
when he reported an ordinance declaring, In
| rrstact n fhe nrf Hf hfny 1871 :.