The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-09-04
For the Standard.
RUPUBLIcANG MEErIx IN DAVIDSON.

Agreeably to appointment, the Union-l0s
ing, and law-ab;ding citizens of the FL,
Swamp region of Davidson county Assem-
bled at the we'll know Healing Springs, OF
Saturday the oath inst, to recount thei
many suferings and grievances during, ans
since the late and nefarious rebellion, and t,
devise means of redress and safety for tn
future, by concentrating and bringin,
every effort to bear upon so great an under
taking. >
Richard Carrick was called to preside
]. R. Floyd and D. Smith, chosen Score
The Chairman then proceeded toappoint
committee to draft resolutions, which done
the following were presented, read and unan
imously adopted:
WHEREAS, We were politically and re-
llgiously opposed to going to war with oul
Northern brethren. and desecrating the flag
of our glorious old Union, hating treason in
any and every shape, and esteeming it as
among the most corrupt and infamous of all
crimes in the catalogue of Satan's arts, and
holding the government of the United States
was, and is the best, purest. safest and sur
est government on the known earth, the gov
eminent of our fathers, made sacred by the
name of Washington and Others of the best
and purest blood of our race, and while re-
bells and traitors have for several wears ira
duced, slandered and oppressed those of us
who chung to the Union, and are still doing
the same thing with seeming vindictiyeness !;
therefore be it,
l. Resotced, That we can never consent to
be governed and ruled any longer by bad
men who advocated the doctrine of secession
and still revilc and stigmatize the best and
most loyal citizens of our country because of
their devotion to the United States govern
ment. nor are we willing to trust them in
rebuilding what they have 50 ignobly torn
down, that we have lost all hope of having
Justice at their hands, and judging from the
past, feel that to trust them further would
be to augment our misery and final ex-
tinction.
Q. That we endorse the acts of The 4Oth
Congress and submit to that honorable body
with all becoming Difference, and shall ever
look to her as to our guardian angel.
3. That the sooner we can be extricated
from rebel rule, the better, and that none
but Enthusiastically Union loving, and self.de-
nylng, noble-hearted anti-blood and thun-
der men shall rule over us and our children
for the future, either in the State, or the Uni
ted States =
4. That the American flag is our polar
star, and will be defended by US to the last
extremity.
That We congratulate the Raleigh Stand
ard for its bold, determined and wise course.
and regard it as one of the safest and best
vehicles through which to transmit our
thoughts and intentions, with its request to
all papers friendly to the cause for publica-
ton, and that we heartily concur in the SEN
timent expressed in the resolutions as adop-
ted by the Republican Convention held In
Raleigh on the 9th March last.
During the absence of the committee. II.
Adams, ESQ.,, was called on, to which he re-
'ponded in speech of three hours LENGTH
de dealt some heavy blows. He gave a
complete analysis of the past of secession in
is incipient stages, its cause, progress and
ilreful consequence, he demonstrated the
present coalition of affairs with unerring
skill and with seeming prophetic power
portrayed the future.
There was feast of reason, and q flow of
oul.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
4. RICHARD CARRICK, Pssst.
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