The Tarboro' southerner., 1867-09-19
The Cali for a CCnycntiaa.

peace, liberty and quiet in this State,
lave been organizing their mongrel
forces and preparing, by relentless
power, to crush forever the voice of
the Conservative clement throughout
North Carolina and the South
They have met in council and rails
ing the war cry, have declared the
principles upon which they expect to
carry on the fight; con6seation of
Southern property and the perpetual
disfganchiSement of every prominent
Southern man. his statement Of
their position, we think, is clearly jus
tilted by what was avowed, and the re-
lection of resolutions opposed to con-
tiscation and disfranchiscment, report
ed by their own committee at their re-
3 cent convention. Upon these issues
they advance defaatly to the struggle,
and upop'thcse issues should they be
pet boldly ana firmly by every true
Conservative man.
: But how is this to be done? Sew
ral Of our cotemporaries in ta.s and
ther States, seeing the danger to be
kpprehendcd from further apathy
u and Indifference On the part of the
loyal masses, are now earnestly advo-
eating the speedy calling of popu-
}ar convention at Raleigh, where all
the elements Of opposition to the
present Radical misrule and tyranny
may meet together, and, by their
combined wisdom, offer some means of
escape from the dangers now surround
ing us.
This proposition We cordially en-
dorsc, and now call upon every lover
Of liberty aud true equality to rally
to the rescue, and by united efforts,
put an end to the food Of despotsm
and agrarianism so ready to engulph
us.
The great danger TO be overcome
is negro rule, and, considering the
small difference bctweea the two ra-
ces in the State, tue slightest divi-
sion or apathy on part Of the whites
must inevitably produce defeat, aud
therefore it Is, that this method has
been recommended, not only of elio-
ting the views Of the people and of
agreeing upon a line of action, but
OF stirring up the white men to an
interest hopeful and active in the
coming struggle.
Let it BIZ one grand, spontaneous
convention Of the people of North
Carolina, for Tie purpose of declar-
ing to the world at large our deyo-
tion to constitutional liberty and self
government; when forgetting all for
mer strifes, jealousies, and differences,
we may meet upon one common plat
form, resolving to strike one blow,
though it may be the last, for the
grand principles Of liberty, justice and
the union Of the States under the
constitution.
We think we discover in the Re
publican party, as heretofore organiz>
ed, the clements of determined op-
position to tie Radical misruie and
oppression contemplated by the leaders
OF the Radical party. We are gratifed
to know that the Conservative Re-
publicans, as evidenced by the course
Of the Raleigh Register, will not act
with those who, with blind fury, de-
sire to see our beloved State control
led by tho ignorant masses Of the
blacks, led and directed by designing
demagOgues, to crafty their personal
ambition, and ultimate y to seriously
iniure and ruin the deluded negroes.
The supremacy Of the negro race
cannot be tolerated now, and ncUer
until all the natural instincts of the
white people Of the South and the
North are utterly exterminated.
We earnestly appeal to all our
prominent men to give to the coun-
Try at once their counsel, advice and
assistance to cxtricate the State from
she dangers that threaten us. Ma
nv OF them heretofore have been de-
tcrrcd from action because they we're
excepted from executive pardon. The
recent proclamation Of the President
has removed this obstacle, and they
may now come to the rescue without
danger of being visited with paias
sud penalties. Does net the occasion
demand the active cooperation Of
all the wise and good?
We notice tAat the Raleigh Sentinel
suggests tie 18th Of October as suit
able time to meet for consultation and
may we Tot hope that every Republican
who condemns the Radical principles
of the controlling power in his party,
and every Conservative citizen who be-
longs to no party, but who seeks the
has: interests of the country, will ap-
prove the proposed organization to ia
augQrase measures to oppose with
frnross and activity the designs and
efforts Of those who would force upon