The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-10-08
Platform and Principles of esSo-eall-
ed Conservatives or Rebels of North
Carolina. ~ %sAz1<.s5f&

LeDs0er, 1857.
ResoIced That the Conservative men
Wake County, claiming to be truly loyal u
the Government of the United States, Zee
called upon to declare our unwaverlng deVo
ton to the fundamental principles OF Amer
lean liberty, as embodied in the MecklenDurs
Declaration of Independence OF May soth
ITS, the Declaration of American lndepen
dence of July 4th, 1916, and IN the SoiisIi
tuition of the United States.
ResoEoed That the will OF the people, as
exnressed in the Constitution Of the Uni
ted States and the laws, we holo 10 De INC
supreme law of the land ...
Res0lced. That we deem it unwise, wicked
and nninst for the State of North Carolina
to mass any law organic or statutory, dis
franchising, prescribing or contiscating the
property Of any of her citizens for past pollt-
zeal offences. -." -,
Resogced, That the unmistakable develop
ments of vindctive and prosecuting spirit
in the speeches and doings of majority OF
the delegates to the Radical Convention IN
this CITY, towards the body of the white
people Of this State, call tor the unanimous
efforts of all truly Conservative men OF all
classes. whether white or black, to endeayOr
to check the progress of that spirit, and to
defeat the aims of bad men among us, VINO
seek to destroy the peace of our people, to
stir I'D strife between the whites and blacks,
and to lnaugurate state OF things In north
Carolina, which must efectually prevent i'm
migration. check the Investment OF capital,
DESTROY confidence in all business enterprise,
and diminish largely the sources of employ
ment to our large laboring population.
ResolUed, That our movement is not par
tisan in its character-that it has no connec-
ton with National politics Or either OF the
great National parties, nor is it designed
to form a White mans party, but originates
in the spontaneous uprising OF the Conser-
yatiye men of the State. of all shades OF po-
1itical opinion for the one object of ward
ing off the dangers which threaten us from
the success of the ultra Republican or Radi
cal party in this State; and we hail, as q
hopeful indication, the manly and more
moderate stand taken in the aforesaid Radi'
cal Convention by the calm and moderate
Republicans of that body, as well as the dig
nified and manly positions since taken by
Daniel r. GoodIoe, Esq, OF the Register, and
his coadjutOrs.
Hes0Lced, That we will support no man
for the approaching State Convention, to
draw I'D a new Constitution, who is not
pledged to oppose and defeat, by all legiti-
mate means, any attempt to incorporate into
the Constitution the proscriptive and vindic-
tive measures of the ultra Radicals of this
State.
ResoloeQ, That we urge upon all Conserva-
tive men. of all classes and all shades of
opinion i'll the State, to hold precinct and
County meetings, for the purpose OF concen-
trating their influence in efecting this OBJ
ject; and we call upon our fellow citizens of
this County to hold precinct meetings in
hai he
purpose of expressing their views and uuit-
ing with US in a Mass Meeting in this City,
to be held on Saturday, the 18th of October
next.
E:etracts, FROM the Inaugural ADDRESS Of Coz.
Worth to the General assembly, ED De-
Gender, 1866.
1.-The orders of Gen. Sickles, forbidding
our Courts to exercise laws which have eX-
listed with US and our ancestors for many
hundred years, in the face of the previous
proclamation of the President, declaring that
civil law existed in all the States which had
engaged in the late rebellion, astounded the
State. .-..
My mission to Washington touching this
encroachment on the right of the State to adj
minister her laws, not pretended to be incon-
sistent with the Constitution of the United
States, and other imperative administrative
duties since my return, have engrossed my !
attention and left me no time to prepare an |
address suitable for the occasion.
This order of military officer, asserting, !
in effect, his right to annul such of our laws |
as he may deem unwise, is suspended by or
der of the President. This arbitrary step is |
scarcely arrested, when a measure is propos-
ed by Congress, looking to the sanction of |
this military supremacy over our laws.
In I'm mid Of In ~ &lo,o
events we are astounded by proposition,
originated by North Carolinians, and
brought before Congress under auspices cal
culated to alarm us, that North-Caroina,
one OF the original thirteen, is no longer Il
State, but territory of the United States.
The scheme proposes that new Con-
vention be called, the members of which are
to be elected by voters with qualifications
prescribed by Congress, including negroes,
excluded from voting by our Constitution
This Convention, thus elected, is to frame a
new Constitution for the District formerly
known as the State of North Carolina The
Constitution, when formed, is to be approx
ed, not 10y the people, who are to live under
1t, but by Congress of the United States
with the power in the Congress to approve
modify, or reject the same; and with a test
oath framed with apparent intent to reverse
oAAS PiiHSlliC, IidI Inc Vi CuG people
ought to rule ~. -
1t IS remarkable that the avowed and
prominent projectors Of this scheme were
distinguished actors in the originatlon of
the present State government, and have
sought, or hold Office under it. 80
Under these circumstances, assume bv
the choice of my countrymen, the painfully
responsible duties of Governor of the State.
without time, in carefully considered com
nentary, to review these revolutionary move
nlents.
: ardently desire, independent of nv of
lclal oath, to maintain and defend the Con-
'tltutlon of the United States and the Con-
tltution of North Carolina and cannot.
'herefore, assent to any scheme of compro-
Mise based on the idea that North Carolina
not State of the American Union nor
o aay scheme Of amending the criminal COM
'oct' aohach the State shall h00e no hand in
Proposing. .... E..E4H 70 -?
Let us not despair. We still have the Con-
tltutlon, Which, in the language of the great
mo good Castor, with all its pretended
lefects and all its alleged violations. has 4
onferred more benefit on man than ever vet
owed from any other institution. and which
nder God, IT we be true to ourselves will
1sure. the blessings of liberty to us and orr
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