The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-06-06
For the Standar I'd.
REPUBLICAN MEETING In GUILFGRD.

Pursuant to previous notice. portion OF
the Republicans, of both races, of Guilford
and Randolph counties, assembled at Fair
field Church in Guilford County, on Satur-
day, June the LIST, 1867.
On motion of DR.. Pugh, the Rev. Nathan
Robbins vas called to the Chair, and Rev.
Quinton Holton requested to act Sec
rotary.
On motion, the Chairman was requested to
appoint a committee of five to report by
resolutions matters for the action of the
meeting. Whereupon E. T. Blair, T. Marsh,
S. Fountain, Rev. D. L. Frazier and DIR. Cont
ner. was constituted as said committee. At.
ter they retired the meeting was addressed
by DR.. Pugh and ]. A. Blair, Esq, in few
timely remarks in support of Republican
principles and urging the necessity of unity
in the Republican ranks, when the committee
returned and reported through their chair
man, S. Fountain, the following resolutions
which were adopted without a dissenting
voice.
Resozced, That we do cheerfully accept the
reconstruction measures passed by the Both
and 10th Congress, and will use our best
endeavors to carry them out faithfully and
promptly in our State
Resolyed, That we protest against the con-
tinuance in power of the present rebel State
organization which taxes the people, and is
burden upon their shoulders without cor
responding benefit, and whose officers are
rolling in luxury, while the masses of our
loyal citizens are almost reduced to beggary
or starvation.
Resoloed, That it is the sense of this meet
ing should Gen. Sickies use the power given
him by Congress in the reconstruction act,
to remove the present rebe1 State organiza-
ton and place the civil powers of the State
in the hands of loyal men emily, as it would
enable the truly loyal voters of the State to
carry out effectively the Congressional plan
within the meaning of the reconstruction
act.
Resozoed, That we request Gen. Sickles to
make no appointment of register of voters
but such as are truly loyal Union men,
and that were so from the beginning of the
rebellion and remained so to the end.
: ) Resoloea. That we will ever adhere to the
Constitution of the Union of the United
States, and the principles held in the Declar-
alton of Independence, and will support all
measures in reference thereto, passed by Con-
gress the only aw-making power under our
form of government in war or peace
Resotyed, That we heartily endorse the
platform Of principles of the Republican
party of our State adopted on the 9th Of
March last, in the City of Raleigh.
The meeting then became general, when
speeches were made by s. Fountains, E. T.
Blair, n. Robbins and @. Holton, in support
of the Republican cause and the importance
Of concentrating the entire strength of the
party in our State in the work of restoration.
urging the necessity of reconstruction upon
strictly loyal basis in order to establish alb
solutefy the fundamental principles of re-
publicanism in our State Constitution which
would afterwards result in working out
thorough educational system in our State.
On motion, it was ordered that report of
the proceedings be sent to the Raleigh STAN
dard for publication. with request that
other Republican journals copy
On motion the meeting adjourned.
ROBBINS, Chm'a-
QUINToN HoLToN, Sec'y.
1.-THE remarks of s. Fountain, Esq, will
appear in our next. E--EDs. STANDARD.