The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-05-22
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REPUBLICAN MEErsc m nooPE coTSTy,


REPUBLICAN, MEETING IN MOORE COUNTY,
At large and enthusiastic meeting of the
Republican citizens Of Moore County. held
at Carthage, on the 20th If April, 1867, on
motion Of A. R. Mcdonald, Esq, the meet
ing was organized by electing Dr. 8. G.
Bruce, President, and Dr. J. r. Brown and
Capt. John Ritter, whites, and Thos. Nc
Leod and Boston Reaves colored, Vice Pres
idents, and John A. Barrett, white, and
Adam Barrett, colored, Secretaries On
taking his seat, the President delivered
most admirable address, explanatory of the
object OF the meeting to the crowded au-
dience, who listened with brcathless silence
to the words of wisdom and experience
which fell from his lips We hope the ad-
dress will be published
On motion, the President appointed the
following committee to prepare business for
Col. VIM. B. Richardson, NJ. M. Fry, ESQ.,,
Sween Mes. Mcdonald, ESQ.,, w. w. Wallis
and John K. Mel can, Esq, whites, and
Aaron Maness, Jack Street, Lawrence Gar
ner, King Myrick, Cooper Alston and Luster
Roberts, colored. During the absence of the
committee the meeting was addressed by
Messrs. John Shields, John A. Barrett and
Others, after which the committee through
their chairman, A. r. Mcdonald, Esq. re
ported the following resolutions for the &C
ton of the meeting, which after due consid-
Grafton were unanimously adopted:
1. Resoloed, That the Republican people
of Moore County, in Convention assembled,
deem it proper for the interests of North
Carolina, that there should be speedy res
toration of this State to her former relations
to the federal Union; and in order to ac-
complish this great end, it is the duty of the
people not only to acquiesce in the plan of
reconstruction adopted by Congress, but to
aid in carrying out its provisions in good
faith.
2. That good government, social order and
progressive civilization can only be expected
under the protection of the United States,
and with our State constituting a harmo-
Gus member of the family of States whose
sovereign power has been delegated to the
general government.
g. That loyalty to the government is in
dispensable to a participation in its benefits,
and we pledge ourselves to yield that ODE
dience and to bestow tina. allegiance upon the
government of the United States and we hold
it to be binding on the conscience of every
good citizen to aid in the holy work of re-
constructing the State of North-C Carolina to
her former relation in the Union under the
old flag.
4. That we endorse the proceedings of the
Republican Convention held in Raleigh on
the 9th of March, 1867, and hereby pledge
ourselves to sustain the same, and to use our
utmost endeayors to restore North, Carolina
fr,f no p,ncitinn in no TIy,snv, xv1, obo
cupied so many years with SO much credit
to herself and so acceptably to the general
government.
5. That We rejoice that Major General
Daniel E. Sickles, the experienced and &C
complished statesman and gallant soldier,
has been appointed to the command of this
military district We tender to him our
hearty cooperation as loyal citizens in the
reorganization of the State government upon
strictly loyal basis.
6. That the colored people in this State
have merited the praise and confidence of
all good persons for their good conduct du-
ring the war, and pending the contest for
their civil and political enfranchisement, and
we now recognize them as citizens of this
republican government, and entitled to all
the privileges and immunities of the same
under the law.
Respectfully submitted,
A. R. MCDONALD, CA'm'n.
Mcdonald, Esq, addressed the meeting in
forcible and eloquent manner alluding first,
to the object of the meeting; secondly, to
the United States flag which was unfurled
above the Presidents chair, and the motto
written in capital letters over his head
Republican, Liberty, Union and Equality"
He alluded to our prosperity and happiness
while the States were united our distress
and suffering consequent upon our separa-
ton from the United States government; de-
clared secession to be the direful spring of
woes unnumbered to the Southern States
that ours was republican government
where the majority should rule, handed down
to us as an inheritance from our illustrous
sires; that we should cherish it more sacred
than the memory of our fathers; and lastly,
upon the plan of reconstructing the govern
ment upon loyal basis, and concluded by
giving the colored people praise for good
conduct during the war, and admonished
them to practice honesty, industry and fru-
gality, and assured them that they should
have their rights under the laws, and urged
every man white and black to be true to the
United States government.
Col. VIM. B. Richardson was then called
for, who responded in very patriotic man
ner in defence of the United States govern
ment and declaring the great Union Repub-
lican party to be the only national party in
this government. Charged that the Nep
York Day Book was secession paper, and
those engaged in making up clubs for the
paper, and those who took the paper were
either secessionists or were giving them aid
and comfort. He concluded by giving IN
account of his stewardship as representa-
tive from the counties of Moore and Mont
gomery in the Senate of North Carolina.
The meeting was then addressed by Jor-
dan Barrett, Jack Street, Thos Mcleod and
Boston REEVES, (colored) at considerable
length.
A. R. Mcdonald, Esq, offered the follow
ing resolution which was unanimously
adopted:
Resolocd, That the thanks of the Union
men of this County are due and hereby ten
dered to Col. w. B. Richardson and Capt
VIM. M. Black for their unflinching fidelity
to the Union cause in the Legislature of
North Carolina at its last session, and espe-
cially to Col. Richardson who had the Spar
tan courage, to offer resolution in the SEN
ate to accept in good faith the Sherman
bill, and to carry out the same upon true
and loyal basis, when only seven men in that
venerable body had courage enough to stand
! up with him against the overwhelming OPP
position to said act of Congress.
On motion of Col. Richardson, the Secre-
taries were requested to furnish the North
Carolina Standard with copy of the pro-
! ceedings of this meeting for publication,