The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-07-13
For the Standard.
REPUBLICAN CELEBRATION In LUMBERTON.

MESSRS. EDITORS ~ OF Tue lTSC Cltlc StilCt
1860 the birth day of our nation was cele
brated, on yesterday in this village, with ap
propriate honors and for the first time,
also, did the stars of our national emblem
shed the benign light of liberty upon the
worthy countenances that clustered around
its folds, as it gayly fluttered in the breeze
on this 4th of July morning 1t was an in
teresting sight to behold on the occasion, so
many thousands of the colored people
pouring into the village, at an early
hour, in order to see the old flag un-
furled for the first time, after so many years,
during which loyalty to it, was deemed the
height of disloyalty to the country.
Early in the day procession was loilh II
composed of the various Counclls Oh Tue u
L. A. and of the H. O. A. under their respec-
tive Presidents and other officers who COM
biped on the occasion to show both their
LOYALTY and their strength. And they sue
ceeced in showing both to some purpose,
for the procession numbered over two thou
sand voters, white and black. The usual
white vote of this County amounted to II
little over 200 in the best times, but is be-
low those figures, apprehend, now. Now,
though, we had no more than two-thlrds OF
the Republican strength in the procession
on this occasion, we had more than suthclent
to carry the whole County for the Republl-
can party, even should the white vote be en-
tirely pumped for our opponents But the
white vote is far from being secure to our
friends, the Conservatives, as was mani
fest on the 4th inst, by the number OF white
men who in defiance OF the scorn and hatred
of their rebel fellow-citizens, boldly took
their places by the side of their colored tel-
low-citizens in the procession, keeping step
with the African to themusic OF the Union,
as the band. at the head of the column,
discoursed eloquently those stirring and pat
riotic airs which we loved so well In the
days of " aud lang syne."
Nor was the entire strength of our white
vote present; far from it. Friends and foes,
when the election comes round, will be some
what surprised, 1 have no doubt, at the
strength of this same vote, on the Re
publican side. This element of strength is
being developed more and more every day.
Andy Johnson and Governor Perry with the
new battle cry, of "n0 COnUention,'' are do
ing great work for us in this respect. 1
hope Andy will never be impeached by Con-
gress, except for confirmed lunacy, and that
the shadow of the astute Stanbery will never
grow less until his manipulations will render
Worth worthless, for my policy and inca
pable of inflicting any more INJURY upon
our people. The conservatives with their
no Convention" motto, will find that the
foxes have carried firebrands into the stand
ing corn. The white people OF this State
are weary of staying out in the cold They
are not going to allow themselves to be de-
luded the second time by the quack nostrums
of South Carolina politicians. This, "no
Convention" movement, like notification
and secession, had its origin in that prolific
matrix of mischief, revolution and ruin,
from which have sprung our carnage, our
nI1r no
tional tribulations. And the party who
adopts and fosters this malignant spawn
and sends it abroad to delude and curse our
country will be trampled beneath the feet of
an indignant and loyal people at the ballot
box
At night torch light procession marched
through the village; after which, meeting
was held in front of the Courthouse, the
building being too small to contain even a
fourth of the audience Several addresses
we're delivered and the following resolutions
adopted:
1. Resolued, That so long as the federal
national government is administered accor-
ding to the Declaration of Independence
and the provisions of the Constitution of the
United States, rebellion against said govern
lnent is treason of the blacklist hue, and to
put down such rebellion, whenever and
wherever it may occur, we do pledge our
fortunes, our lives, and our sacred honor.
g That as citizens of the United States,
we do here, and now, without limitation or
reservation unequivocally repudiate the doc
trine of State rights" as held and contend |
ed for by the advocates of secession.
8. That the debt incurred by the national |
government in suppressing the rebellion, is a
sacred obligation; and that the Congress of
the United States should require each of the
States mentioned in the reconstruction act,
to insert in its new constitution, as condi
tion of reinstatement in the Union, a
provision affirming and endorsing the obi
cation of the State to provide for the pay
lnent of its proportion OF said debt.
4. That each State engaged in secession
should by constitutional provision repudiate
the entire rebel debt.
5. That every citizen has right to de-
mand of the State ample provision for the
education of the youths of the Common
wealth irrespective OF Glass; race or color.
6. That the existing tax per capitu on the
citizens of the State bears heavily, uniustly,
and oppressively on the laboring classes, and
that said tax ought to bear reasonable pro-
portion to the tax laid upon the lands of the
State.
z. That the great right of trial by jury
demands that the jury-box be open to all
law-abiding citizens.
!. After the unanimous adoption of these
resolutions by the meeting, three cheers were
given for the 10th Congress, three for the Hon.
W. W. Holden and three for Mr. Sinclair The
meeting adjourned at o'clock in the morn
ing OF July the 9Th, well pleased with the
proceedings of the day.
AS one of the remarkable features of the
days festivities, it is proper to state that there
was not single individual observed under
the influence of intoxicating drink during
the entire day or night. The utmost harmony
and good feeling prevailed. No quarrel no
fight, though the gathering was larger than
any that was ever known to assemble in the
County. 1t speaks we'll for the order and
sobriety of this people, that they should as
semble together on such an occasion as the
above without causing trouble or ANNOYANCE
to the citizens of the village who, as may
be supposed, are not favorably disposed to-
wards such gatherings at the present time.
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