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

coercion, was obliged to take certain position
dared stay here and call himself Union man.
We changed our name We called ourselves Con-
servatives, but in our heart of hearts we held on
to the old principles, and we verified In 1t the
the words of the old adage,
GA man convinced against his will,
Is of the same opinion STILL"
They did this for the purpose of protecting
themselves, and for the purpose oil keeping to-
gether, and being ready at the proper 1 time. =.
which proper time occurred in July, 1S63-to
take ground for negotiation and peace on the
basis ofthe Union. Mr. l.. Pennington, thenEdi-
tor of the Raleigh Progress, is entitled to the
credit OF having struck the first blow in this State
for the restoration of the Union, in his newspa-
per, in July, 1868.
We maintained our integrity as far as we could.
We held together. We nursed this feeling, and
in July, 1868, we thought the time for an open
demonstration had come.
Mr. Pennington struck the first blow and at once
followed him. In less than eight weeks after, my
office was mobbed and sacked by special COM
pany of Confederate soldiers from the City of
Richmond.
We were denounced as traitors to the Confed-
eracy but the deDunciation was u falsehood, be-
cause we had never been true to it, and we never
intended to be.
Gov. H. here spoke at some length, to show
the historical fact that the Union men OF North
Carolina in 1860 agreed to maintain their views,
and to avail themselves of the first occasion to
take the State out of the Confederacy and restore
her to the Union.
He rave facts, names and dates to sustain his
views He argued that he and others had re-
manned true through all prosecutions and perlls
to the cause of the Union, while such as Cows.
Vance and Graham had abandoned the Union
during the rebellion, and allied themselves
thoroughly and finally with the Davis govern
ment
He declared himself Union man as long as he
dared to say so; then aConservatiVe-then an IN
conditional UniOnst at the close ofthe rebellion;
and now radical Republican. Whatever others
might do he was with the Congress and the Ma
ton. He was radical, because he wanted to
tear up the last vestge of the roots of secession
and slavery, and plant in stead the tree OF Liberty
and Union. (Applause.)
He called on the people generally to unite on
the reconstruction measures, and take the state
back to the Union He did not regard the silly
talk of the day about yankees and niggers."
He felt honored, when his name was associated
with those of the brave soldiers who had saved
the Republic. We now all one as a nation.
Applause. There were no longer Yankees or
Southrons in sectional sense. Sectionalism
had been destroyed forever by the thunders
of federal cannon; and the nation the ma
ton the Union, now and forever, mad been
written by the lightnings OF five hundred battles
on all the arches of the sky. [Great applause
He wished to injure no one: He would trample
rudely on no interest. His heart yearned for the
good and the glory of North Carolina. He was
radical because he loved the State and her people,
and felt that the State could be restored and built
up in no other way than by radical Republican
Those WAC could not conscientiously
endorse these measures should get out ofthe way
of those who could, and if they did not, they
would be brushed aside and the great work of re-
done without regard to them. APP
plause That work should be done, and that
speedily Those who had ruined this people
should no longer rule them. Applause.
Gov. Fl. said he cherished malice towards none.
He had no resentments to CRAFTY. He was gov
erned solely by desire TO advance the public
good. He cared less probably than most public
men for clamor and denunciaion. He was glad
that he had many strong friends, and he did not
fear his enemies. (Appause.) He did not care
or the mean and the vicious who were assaling
him. Such assumed TO put on airs in relation
he was an avowed radical and
United with yankees and colored
people in the great work of reconstruction,
lie could afford to look down upon with
contempt Their assaults passed him as the idle
Wind which he regarded not. Abuse from I'M
eI entant traitors and their mnons he regarded
$ Il compliment. 1t was badge of honor. 1t
vas proof that he was true to the Republican
ause, and that his efforts were being felt in the
york OF reconstruction.
With reference to the remarks of Gen. Dock
ry, and his exclusion from the right to vote, he
would say that, under the letter of the law of
congress, Gen. Dockery was banned. Now, see
What he did.
He voted himself that the change should be
made, which would prevent him from voting;
nd for what purpose TO benefit the PEOPLE and
estore the Union. / did the same thing, and
till these people reiterate the charge that Gen.
Cookery and myself ere not your friends. Judge
Or yourselves. If you think are, say so if
GU think we are not, say SO too. (Cries of "you
re-" "you are.") | will go further, and say that
4 March we had one of the noblest Conventions
yer assembled in the American Union. II was
ne first occasion in the history of this people,
hen upon the same floor, under the banner of
ne Nation, p detected by the 3gis of the Union,
ne black man enfranchised and the white man
READY enfranchised stood up side by side to de-
berate for the good of their common country.
take he action of Congress cheerfully and
romptly and without conditions. What am sir,
hat arc you, what is any Individual in the coun-
y compared to the restoration of the Nation
nd the establishment upon secure sis of
eace and prosperity for the people Of North
BrOlina
He also alluded to the speech delivered by Gen.
Ockery in 1865 III presence of Gen. Howard to
low that the General was the friend of the col
red man; and pointing to Gen. Dockery as
oble old Roman, he told the colored people he
as one of the few survivors of that illustrious
ody of men who voted in the Convent on of
SO against taking from the free negroes the
ght of suffrage. (Applause)
L admit may have made ustak es, as a public
an but the people Of Wake County have known
g for thirty, years, and say without fear.
at can go before the people of WAX. County
any time and be sustained, for though may c
r, have never deceived them, and believe ,
ey regard me as an honest man.
Now, sir. the cOlored man knows that he has
u his acknowledgements through the Republican t
irty and that he gets absolute civil and political
Iuaity and in regard to all points of spiritual |
I'd educational matters the same facilities and | I
lvantages that white men have; and sir, if that
the case, there be ne doubt that the sixty ! {
ousand colored men of this State will, with per- !
Fps, rare exception. cast their lot with the Re
lblican party. Out of the eighty thousand white
ties OF this State we may safely put thirty or
rty thousand as the number of loyal votes, and S
th these and the sixty thousand colored votes 6
shall have such triumph for the Republican E
rty as will show the enemies of the country
at we shall restore this State to its former proud
d honorable position in the American Union, and '
us sir, spite Of all their effts to the contrary
ace North Carolina on the high road to state {.
prosperity and glory she has never hitherto 6
J ,y"d Cloud AMI continued applause
DIR. Powell now stated that he had been '
'legated to present to the meeting the re- [
'rt Of the Committee on plan for the bet I
r organization of the Republican party of
orth- Carolina, which was as follows:
ARTICLE I.
l. An Executive Committee to consist of Il
enty-one members, three from each Congress s
'nal district, shall be appointed by the Presi- a
mt of the Convention. Said Committee shall f.
We the general supervision of the affairs of the
publican party of this State; it shall also have
e authority to fix the time for the annual meet "
of the Stat Convention, and to call said Il
ate Convention together at such other times as 8
e good of the party may require.
.. The three members of said Committee, resi-
Mt in each Congressional district, shall consti.
.e an Executive Committee for their respective O
tricts, and shall have supervision of the affairs s,