Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-07-27

POLITICAL MEETING IN FAUQUIEE COUNTY.
..t {. meeting held at the Court house of Eau
vtieg county, at July Court, Monday, the 23d
nSi,, Cor the purpose of considering the prop
Yie,,7 Of sending delegates to the Philadelphia
Jcavention called for the l4:h of August, Mr..
John u. Forbes was called to the chair and L.
r. Caldwell and James G. Cannon were ap-
;cicte9 Secretaries.
hfftec the object Of the meeting was explain
&C by The chairman, series of resolutions were
aid7eret! for adoption by Mr.. A. ]. Marshall
III. James Keith offered another series, as
substitute for Mr.. Marshall's; to which Mr..
!:as. y. Brooke offered an amendment; where
&9on Mr W. Winter Payne moved that all the
.2solutions. with the proposed amendments be
.ofe::ed to committee Of five, to be appoint
&c ~ the chair. After considerable discussion
g. the merits Of the various propositions, en-
Jc&iaG 10 the resolutions, in which the Hon.
;Iro. Smith, Messrs. A. j. Marshall, ". Win
:a2 Payne B. H. Shackelford and James '.
.zgooi,e. participated, the motion t. refer them
C 4!5 committee was carried.
.2ne chairman then appointed Nlessrs. VIM.
=. Payne DR.. Jno. Ward, Robt. Hume, B.
=. Siackelford and Silas B. Hunton, to con-
etlIutc the committee.
The committee retired, and after consultation
a2y reported the resolutions offered by Mr..
,:aYshall, with few verbal amendments, Tor
s%o9t;on The committee, also, recommended
ne adoption Of the 9th resolution, offered by
-. James Brooke The report Of the COM
:oittce was unanimously adopted,
first Resolved, That it is both the interest
>n& (uty of the Southern people, to send their
H7iGest and ablest men to said convention, tor
be following reasons and to advance the tOl
losing purposes.
ST. That the free and authoritative testimo-
y Of the people of the Southern States, IN re-
Ga.G to the absolute abandonment at the South,
o. al purpose Of separate nationality, may be
published to the people Of the Northern States
n sne most solemn and imposing form known
i. he customs and practice cf our free institu
iona.
2G. That the delegates from the Southern
TJ:a;es, may, in separate action, avail OF that
occasion to announce that their people are at
:;eace, and that they permanently acqulesce Ia
ne renewal of their relations with the Federal
Government, and that they have now no polt
cai interests or desires, except to restore the
Government Of the Union to the condition Of
,ne earlier and better days Of the Republic;
ficc: which the eXigencies OF the war have man.
i&e3t!y forced it.
81 That the said convention, upon the I'M
posing testimony borne by the unbroken voice
CT The Southern representatives, may give as
2c:ance to the people OF the Northern States,
nat the necessity Of continued force and con-
:ilueG restrictions upon the people and States
o. the South has passed away with the war
anG shat policy as we'll as justice demand that
he States aud people Of the South shall at once
12 restored to all the equality of right and
rowe?, possessed by the other States OF the
Jrioa.
:t: That the delegates from the Southern
olat5s, in conjunction with their associates
ito4n the other States, may give to President
Johnson an earnest assurance OF their support
nc cooperation, in the just and manly stand
- has taken in defence OF the independent self
so5crlment within their own limits) of the
Saveral States, and also in his resolved purpose
Of 1oGiDg the exercise OF federal powers within
'ae Limitations of the constitution
9th. That the convention, composed as 1t
7l!l De OF conservative meD, coming from all
parts and sections Of the Union, may devise the
>cst and most practical means Of gathering up
fnG efficiently organizing all the elements OF
opposition to the violent, awless, ,unconstltutlon
Il and revolutionary schemes of the radicals,
'hc now WELD the powers Of the Federal Con
6!esS to the oppression Of the South and the
c!2rthrow of our Republican Government.
ita. Resolved, that in the opinion Of this
4eaiing tie appointment OF delegates from
lTalnla to be proposed convention, should be
made under the solemn protest of Virginia
against the test oath, by which our representa-
:!Eeo tc Congress have been and will be exclu-
DEC, as unconstitutional and directly tending
C the despotsm of dominant party.
in. And whereas, it smanifeSt that the l4th
0! august, (the day appointed for the meeting
>. The said convention, is too near at hand to
allow opportunity tor call of district con-
Eention, to choose delegates to the said Phila-
ddephla convention in the usual mode; There.
>ore be 1t resolved, hat the State Central Com
mlttees appointed to convene at the Capitol On
TIE 4tn OF August, he authorized and requested
20 appoint the two delegates to represent this
congressional district iE the said Philadelphia
convention.
Sth Resolved, that the Newspapers of this
congressional district and of Richmond city be
requested to publish these proceedings
mat the same course Of action be recommended
!of the adoption Of tie other counties that COM
pose this congressional district.
in motion the meeting adjourned.
J. N. FORBES, Chairman.
=. ". CALDWELL,
J. G. CANNON, Secretaries.