The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-09-11

coercion, was obliged to take - certain posltlon
against the National government 10 man
We changed our name. We called ourseiyes Con
servatiges, but in our heart Of hearts we held On
to the old principles, and We verified IN lttne
the words Of the old adage, 81 -.
A man convinced against his win,
Is of the sumo opinion still. g 1917
They did this for the purpose Of protecting
themselves, and for the purpose OF keeping TO-
which proper tine, occurred in ynly lS6S1 q
take ground for negotiation and peace on tne
basis Of the Union. Mr. ]. l.. Bennington, thenEdi
: tor of the Raleigh Progress, is entitled to the
credit OF having struck the first blow In this State
for the restorstion of the Union, " bis newspa-
We maintained our integrity as far as we could:
We held together. We nursed this feeling, and
in July, 1868, we thought the time for an open
demonstration had come. ss. .tsiisst. rose
Mr.. Pennington struck the first blow and at once
followed him. In less than eight weeks after, my
Office was mobbed and sacked by special COM
pany ofsconfederate soldiers from the City OF
Richmond, a,s a!,s,si ~ e4t ifsl.f l.if,sfi1j
z We were denounced as traitors to the Confed-
eracy, but the denunciation was falsehood, be-
cause we had never been true to 1t, and we never
intended to be. sifl ~
II Coy H. here spoke at some length, to show
the historical fact that the Union men OF North
Carolina in 1860, agreed to maintain their Vows,
and to avail themselves of the thrst occasion, 70
take the State out fthe Confederary ana restore
her to the Union ga .1...
He gave facts. names and oates to sustain his
views. He argued that ne and others had re-
manned true through all prosecutions and perils
TO the cause of the Union, while such as Cows.
Vance and Graham had abandoned the Union
during the rebellion, and allied themselves
thoroughly and finally with the Davis govern
ment - rs. ,ilii s,,..sf -
he declared himself Union man as long as he
dared to say so then Conservative then an un-
conditional Unionist at the close ofthe rebellion;
and now a radical Republican. Whatever Others
might do, he was with the Congress and the Ma
ton. He was d radical, because he wanted to
tear up the last vestige of the roots of secession
and slavery, and plant in stead the tree Of Liberty
and Union. (Applause) ~ sf fgs ~ ,Sifas8. -
He called on the people generally to unite on
the reconstruction measures, and take the State
back to the Union. He did not regard the silly
He felt honored, when his name was associated
with those of the brave soldiers who had saved
the Republic. We were now all one as a nation.
[Applause.] There were no longer Yankees or
Southrons in a sectional sense Sectionalism
had been destroyed forever by the thunders
of federal cannon; and the nation the ma
ton 1.-The Union, now and forever, had been
written by the lightnings OF five hundred battles
on all the arches of the sky. fGreat applause
He wished to injure no one. He would trample
rudely on no interest. His heart yearned for the
good and the glory OF North Carolina. He was
radical because he loved the State and her people,
and felt that the State could be restored and built
up in no other way than by radical Republican
measures Those who could not conscientiously
endorse these measures should getou the way
of those who could, and if they did not, they
would be brushed aside and the great work of re-
plause That work should be done, and that
speedily. Those who had ruined this people
should no longer rule them. Applause. IN
Gov. 81. said he cherished malice towards none.
He had no resentments to crafty. He was gov
erned solely by desire to advance the public
men for clamor and denunciation. He was glad
that he bad many strong friends, and he did not
fear his enemies (Applause.) He did not care
for the mean and the vicious who were assailing
him. Such as assumed to put on airs in relation
to him-they had not done so in his pres
ence-because he was an ayowed radical and
united with yankees y and colored
people in the great work of reconstruction,
he could afford to look down upon with
contempt Their assaults passed him as the idle
wind which he regarded not Abuse from un-
reEentant traitors and their minions he regarded
as a compliment. 1t was badge of honor. 1t
was proof that he was true to the Republican
cause and that his efforts were being felt In the
work of reconstruction. .fA 5.fa
With reference to the remarks of Gen. Dock,
cry, and his exclusion from the right TO vote, he
would say that, under the letter of the law of
Congress, Gen. Dockery was banned. Now, see
He voted himself that the change should be
made, which would prevent him from voting
and for what purpose ?-to benefit the people and
restore the Union. ] did the same thing, and
still these people reiterate the charge that Gen.
Dockery and myself ere not your friends. Judge
for yourselves. If you think we are, say SO! if
you think we are not, say SO too (Cries of lyon
are, you are.") i will go further, and say that
in March we had one Of the noblest Conventions
ever assembled in the American Union. II was
the first occasion in the history of this people,
when upon the same floor, under the banner OF
the Nation, p-otccted by the 9gis of the Union,
the black man cnfranchised and the white man
already enfIanchsed stood up side by side to de-
liberate for the good of their common country.
l take he action of Congress cheerfully and
promptly and without conditions. What am / sir,
what are You, what is any individual in the coun-
try compared to the restoration of the Nation
and the establishment upon secure b-sis Of
peace and prosperity for the people Of North
CAROLINA ?lf,isl4t5s lif.s5.. - 49, - a. i,
He also alluded to the speech delivered by Gen.
Dockery in 1865, III presence of Gen. Howard, to
show that the General was the friend of the col
ored man; and pointing to Gen. Dockery as
noble old Roman, he told the colored people he
was one of the few survivors of that illustrious
body of men who voted in the Convent on of
1885 against taking from the free negroes the
right Of suffrage. (Applause.) s.i9si5
i admit I may have made mistak es, as q public
man. but the people Of Wake County have known
me for thirty years. and / say without fear,
that can go before the people Of Wake County
at any time and be sustained, for though may
err, I have never deceived them, and I believe
they regard me as an honest man. lls.os.e f,4 In
Now sir, the coored man knows that he has
got his enfranchisement through the Republican
party and that he gets absolute civil and political
equality. and in regard 10 all points of spiritual
and educational matters the seme facilities and
advantages that white men have and sir if that
is the case, there can be ne doubt that the sixty
thousand colored men Of this State will with per-
haps rare exception. cast their lot with the Re.
publican party. Out Of the eighty thousand white
votes Of this State we may safely put thirty or
forty thousand as the number of loyal votes, and
with these and the sixty thousand colored votes
we shall have such q triumph for the Republican
party as will show the enemies of the country,
that we shall restore this State to its former proud
and honorable position in the American Union and
thus sir srite of alltheir efforts to the contrary
place North-C Carolina on the high road to state
Of prosperity and glory she has never hitherto
enjoyed loud ana continued applau,e
DR.. Powell now stated that he had been
delegated to present to the meeting the re-
port Of the Committee on plan for the bet
ter organization of the Republican party of
North-Carolina, which was as follows:
-. ,sgsls4 4 z ARTICLE !. ~ ..ss4gi
l. An Executive Committee to consist of
twenty-one members, three from each Congress
sional district, shall be appointed brittle Presi-
dent of the Convention. Said Committee shall
have the general supervision Of the affairs of the
Republican party of this State; it shall also have
the authority to fix the time for the annual meet
ing of the State Convention, and to call said
State Convention together at such other times as
the good of the party may require. ssee
Q. The three members of said Committee, resi-
dent in each Congressional district, shall consti
tute an Executive Committee for their respective
districts, and shall have supervision of the affairs
of the party in their districts, and the power to
call district Conventions whenever in their opin-
ion the good of the party shall require.