The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-07-09

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Zine and Is rour wrongs PUSHES upon your
nc memory o wv lift up your right hand to Heaven
soals, even nv NV vour undying sopl-by your hope
and swear toiity-that henceforth your services
Of linked with the party OF universal liberty.
will be r rnnnd the standard of your chiefs-one
Gather ~ decisive move-one moment to take
bold-ono,d then rising-a rush-a charge from
breath any Inrth West and South upon the enc
the Of the and the country Is ~,
| Do YOU Re Union men and this fair land,
prospect affrights the angels with its mis-
wllcl; be he one grand temple in which we shall
cry, WIZ hrothers-childran of one God-heirs
knett, @" Of those blessings purchased by the
t0{etn'.f Gallant men-a heritage of freedom,
t olUi independence, glory
'u Tbis splendid Grafton was repeatedly and
..husia ,tically applauded.
VI Mr. Pepper having concluded, Mr.. J. Hen
uorris was introduced to the audience.
Aer allutllng to the incidents of the day,
ID congratulating his people upon their
Ir,ooed condition, Mr.. H. proceeded to dis
notical matters, enforcing the sound
~. Rerublican doctrines. He referred to
~. hook of Hinton Rowan Helper-and ex
.a.sod 4 wish that he were present to see
- hear for himself. He said that that
look was the most Infamous ever penned;
vi that born in the farthest recess of He'll it
o1f # promulgated opinions and doctrines
..ortbv of the Father of Lies, who was a
.,rrdcrer from the beginning He explained
+bo meaning of the book to the people pres
ort and having scored Mr.. Helper for some
time TO the great delight of the audience,
Mr. Harris then closed his address in burst
Of unsurpassed eloquence.
col John T. Deweese next addressed the
meeting His speech was radical, to the
noint and frequently cheered. Having
concluded,
The speakers and several white gentlemen
,,rosort were conducted to the dinner table
BY Mrs. Charity Hunter and Nancy Walden,
where an ample repast awaited them, of
which all heartily partook and were re-
freshed.
The exercises were then resumed, when
Col. J. B. Cook, of Johnston, and Calvin j.
Cowles, Esq, of Wilkes, addressed the au-
dience. Their speeches were frequently ap-
plauded.
The following resolutions were then offer
ed bv Gov. Holden, and unanimously
adopted with great enthusiasm
We rejoice that we behold this day. Its
animal return brings with it glorious recol
lections 1t is the day of all days in the his
tory of the world, for it was the beginning
of self government among men but it is es-
pecially dear to every American of every race
and color. The Declaration of independence
now prOclaims freedom to all, and liberty
of limb. mind and conscience is the proud
birthright of all classes and conditions of our
people, The rebellion, which was begun for
the purpose of extending human slavery over
new regions for all time, was destined under
Providence to bcstow freedom on the very
race it was intended to enslave; and after a
long night of horrors, lit up only by the
flames of civil war, and marked by uneXam-
pied suffcrings among our people, the tri-
umph of the armies of the Union brought
not only freedom to four millions of slaves,
but civil rights and civil liberty to hundreds
of thousands of Southern Unionists. Forev-
er honored he the memory of Abraham Lin
coin He led the hosts of the sons of Wash
ington through the wilderness of war, struck
the rock for the saving of the people, until
Liberty gushed forth for all and then went
to his reward, leaving name for courage,
virtue and benefcence, "whcre all men may
behold it, and where all time shall not efface
it." lingering forever a light anI land
mark" to guide all peoples To the certain pos
session OF rational and true liberty.
Asa further expression of our views and
Wishes it is hereby
ReSolyed, That we desire the reconstruction of
the Union on the basis of paramount devotion to
the nation, just delivered from the perils of re-
tellion, with such guarantees as will secure
equally the rights of all, and render impossible
the ascendency in future of those designing and
ambitious public men who are responsible for
the rebellion, and for the distress and suffering
which still prevail in the Southern States
R@solged, That there factions in the country
under various Names which have not the power
even if they possessed the disposition, to restore
the Union on a loyal basis Against these fac
lions, by whatsoever name known, We would SOL
EMMY warn our people. There is no party but
the Republican party of the United States, which
suppressed the rebellion, saved the Union, and
gave freedom the slave, and which is pledged,
and possesses the power to restore the Union on
principles OF justice to all. To this party we
cheeriully and unreservedly pledge ourselves as
the party OF the Union and of equal rights and
we look with conidel to it to protect the loyal
to discuuntenance and repress the spirit of dis
loyalty, and to secure to our people the immeas-
urable benefits and blessings of the Union.
Res0lyed, That we are deeply gratifed to learn
that quorum of the Congress of the United
States assembled yesterday in Washington. We
most earnestly appeal to that body to take such
steps as will thwart the dangerous designs of the
Executive, and give full effect to the Sherma an
act, so that our State may speedily resume her
place in the Union. We also earnestly appeal to
that body at once to abolish our present State Or
ganzatiOn, and thus relieve US of government
that Expresses us, and which, its interests and
It's impulses are hostile to reconstruction, loses
no opportunity to impede and embarrass the re-
turn of the State to the Union.
ResOlUed, That the President of this meeting be
requested to designatca committee of citizens of
the State, and request,them to proceed to Wash
lngton to lay our condition before Congress, and
urge that body to take Immediate steps to relieve
us from rebel rule in our State government, and
Union
And in the language of our Republican fellow
citizens OF the County of Chowan,
, IfeSoVed, That our good State of North Carolina
nas Agricultural, Manufacturing and Mineral
resources OF almost unexampled extent and rich
MSS; but under the miserable political and So
e!l influences heretofore controlling our destiny
;;oucey at all developed, that all the material
h,.ereSts OF the State have languished, and year
KY w. year our noble young men by thousands have
=" SIa oollged to seek employment by emigration
n yuner states; therefore, we turn from the beg
55iiy eleinents of the past, from its narrow and
t, tlu p0lcy to the grand party of ideas and pro-
Sb,e1S' vi muscle and brain, of purpose and pluck,
the using and already powerful Republican party
th lo party OF the people, for the people, and by
onT people the party that embraces within its
s AZ Jus regards the poorest and humblest clti-