Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-09-13
From the Raleigh Sentinel.
Convention-SecOndD Day

al, "details It's final action Is what We
Viva TO deal with, and, at the present VIII
t;nr If is not difficult to foresee what that
action will be.
The Convention was called to order at 10
ocIock-Gen. Abbott the President, III the
chair.
The greater part of the morning session
was consumed IN speechlhcatlon. General
Wocl,erv rose to a personal explanation,
and Holden made long personal explana-
t;on. alsO-but not sufficiently long to con-
rince ANYBODY, even in that Convention,
that he had not been a secessionlst that he
was not rampant promoter OF the war;
that lie had not been more hostile to the
nero. in the past, than any man III tho
State, and that his new born zeal for them
was not prompted by selfish and mercenary
motives.
General Dockery said that lac was glad
slavery was abolished, and he expressed a
high opinion for the negro. Had General
Howard been present he would have been
oratifed at the marvellous change that has
taken place in the Generals feelings since
1863. He intinated that there was a click
in the Convention that was disposed to be
seditious and refractory.
Edgar Miller, (colored,) one of the cIich
aforesaid, wanted to reply, but he was
cloked off for the sake of harmony, and
in the interests of freedom OF speech.
Holden's explanation was mainly direct
Cd to the fact that pamphlet was being
secretly circulated, ('' secretly" and he the
President of Il secret League y for the
purpose of injuring him.
THE pamphlet in question embOd1es an
extract from the Standard of 1859, giving
H0lden's views as to "Slaves and Free Ne
croes, the same extract which 4 cores
nondent furnished US for Wednesdays pa
Der. The charge is matter Of little I'M
D0rtance, but it is nevertheless lie that
the pamphlet was printed at this office, or
that the Editors furnished it for publlca-
ton, or ever saw it in the reproduced form
until it was handed to them.
He declared that the extract did embody
his views at the time, but he had changed.
of course he has, and there was not ne
Gro in the Convention that did not hang
lis head for shame for the man, when he
made the admission. Changed and acher
and for aUhat?
But it is far from our purpose to notice
this IS explanation further. The manner
in which its egotism and duplicity DISCUS
ted even the negro delegates is sufficient.
We cannot disguise our satisfaction and
pleasure, however, at the billingsgate which
was hurled at the Sentinel. not only by
Holden. but by others. IF we hurt these
fellows enough to make them abuse us, we
are Herewith content.
After adopting some sort of a report on
the subject of organization, which we shall
publish when it appears officially, the Con
Yention went to dinner, in order tc
strengthen the stomach for boiling the
platform.
THREE AND HALF O'CLOCK.
II Iop1 ChaipOO off the { Committee OF
Platform and Resolutions, made the follow
ing report:
PLATFORM.
We, the delegates representing the loya
people of North Carolina, assembled II
Convention in the city of Raleigh, on the
9TH day of September, 1867, for the pur
pose of perfecting and strengthening thu
organization of the Republican party IL
the State, and in order to aid i'll the grea
work of (restoring) preserving and per
fecting the Union, do
Resoice, That the Republican party i'll NORTH
Carolina hereby Te-afirm the principles enGncia
ted in the Convention of true Republicans which
assembled III this city the 9th day OF las
March, and does fully accept, adopt and snstall
the principles and measures Of the Republican
party of the United States.
ION motion of DIR. Menninger, of thu
Newbern Republican, the word TeSt0iin
was stricken out, and the Platform a
amended, was adopted.
iREsoLUTIoNs.
ReS0lred, That confscation of privat
property, for political offences, is repu9
nant to Republican liberty, and ought no
to be resorted to except as an ineXorabl
necessity to save the life of the nation, afte
all other means have been tried, and til
Republican party in North Carolina doe
not consider that the present condition {
public affairs requires OF justities the col
tiscation of personal property, and hop
that no such necessity will arise.
Considerable and excited discussion her
arose,-Messrs. GoOdloe, Hood, (colOred,
and, perhaps others, favoring the resolu
ton, and Coleman, of Cabarrus, and Others
opposing. Finally, Col. HeatOn otfare
the following as substitute and ii rc
adopted:
ResoEred, That the Republican party {
North Carolina, on the subject of contiscf
ton, and all other matters pertaining t
reconstruction, will faithfully adhere to an
abide by the reconstruction plan an
measures of Congress.
And thus the Convention virtually r.
fused to commit itself against confscation
It was constantly held up, in the debate, {
an argument against committal on the sui
ject that confscation should be held up,
teI10reD1 over "rebels."
Having perfected thus much, after Ion
agony, the Convention took a recess unit
s o'clock.
EIGHT O'CLOCK, P. NJ.
The consideration of the Resolutions W
resumed
2. Resolced, That in order to carry in
effect the principles of universal iber
and civil and political equality, every ma
citizen of the age of q years ought to
allowed to vote in all popular elections, al
be freely admitted to the ballot-box, UNI
strained by compulsion, threats or violenc
and such are the requirements of the p1
posed constitutional amendment, SO far
it relates to the question of suffrage.
3. ReSolced, That while the Republic
party of North Carolina faithfully and c
ergetically sustains the policy of Congrt
on the subject of reconstruction and W
spare no effort to secure under it the resi-
ration of the State to the Union, it
nevertheless, constrained to call the ate
ton of Congress to the continuance of
disfranchisement and disabilities now /