The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-09-26
The Union Meeting.

Wepublish to-day the proceedings OF the
Union meeting held in this City on Thurs
day last. The notice for the Convention was
so short, and the difficulty of making it
known, owing to the want of mail facilities,
was so great, and there is such scarcity of
money among the people. that the attendance
was not so full as we could have desired
Those who were present felt that, under the
circumstances. it would 1ot be right to hold
Convention, and thus attemptto speak for
the State; and SO a meeting was organized,
and the results of its deliberations are en-
bodied in tue proceedings referred to. We
heard from many friends who were anxious
to be present but who were prevented by
pressing engagements or by the want of
means. Letters were received from distin-
guished Unionists approving the movement,
and warmly recommending Gen. ALFRED
DOCKERY for Governor The minds of
loyal Union men in all parts of the State
seem to have turned instinctively to him, to
bear our flag in this important crisis.
We invite attention to the resolutions adop
ted. They simply present the Union of the
States as the paramount good. They incul-
cate what all parties professed in this State
in 1S65-submission to the legally expressed
will of the majority of the American people.
They are not bitter or uncharitable. They
leave the door open for every honest man to
plant himself ON the platform of unmistaka-
BILE loyalty; and in this respect they accord
with the views of President johnson, for he
has repeatedly and emphatically declared
that no man should be trusted who is not
unmistakably loyal and deroted to the
Union" In word, they embody great
Union principles which must, in the end, pre-
vail. In the language of that sterling Union
ist, Lewis Thompson, Esq, we should = Make
the Union oar first and only hope for eoe-
ry thing that Is to come hereafter. Our ma
tionality should I've the bond of the party,
and Congress should be called upon to put
the State in proper condition to be restored
by her loyal people. We are farther from
restoration to-day than We have been since
the surrender, and the tone and temper of
the secessionists is infinitely more defiant
and overbearing. Let the country fully un-
derstand these national issues, and if the peo-
pie do not sustain us in the long run, there
is an end of the government, and anarchy
must hereafter prevail" Mr.. Thompson also
7 hot ba
commended for Governor. He is well known
as true and worthy, and would be acceptable
to all parts of the country, North and South"
Such is the advice of one of the purest pat
riots and enc of the ablest statesmen in the
country There is no Office which Lewis
Thompson weu!d have. He SAYS, "I am
willing to fight In the ranks as a private but
cannot accept any other position"
We have good reason to believe that Gen.
Dockery will be candidate. We know he
does not desire the Office, and that he is a.
verse to mingling in political strife. But he
regards the immediate restoration of the Un-
ion as of paramount importance; and if his
fellow-citizens desire his services, as the in
dications in all quarters are that they do, he
will not withhold them. No man is more
thoroughly or more honorably identified with
the State and its interests than Alfred Dock
cry He has shown himself in times past the
ardent friend of internal improvements and
common schools, and indeed of every interest
that demanded ordeserved the fostering care
OF the State. He has always been a Union
man. He imbibed his Unionsm at the pure
fountains opened by Washington, and CLAY,
and Webster; and during all the struggle
for the Uaion he stood like rock, without
regard to former party associations, side by
side with those old Jackson Democrats who
loved the Union as he did Gen. Dockery
is no party man. He is simplya Union man.
He knows no difference between Wings and
Democrats who are Union men, and he would
treat them all alike; but, notwithstanding
this, his record as an old line Union Wing
Will not be forgotten by those with whom he
formerly acted. On this score he has greatly
the advantage of Gov Worth, for he has
never deserted his lifelong principles, as