The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-11-14
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REPUBLICAN CONVENTION In TAYLORSFLLE,
ALEX AMBER COUNTY. i.

"a According to prev ious notice, q Convention.o
the Republican party, embracing the Counties o
Caldwell, Wilkes, Alexander and Iredell, met il
the Court House in Taylorsville, Alexander
County, on Saturday, the 9th November, 1867
for the purpose of nominating five delegates to
represent said district in the State Constitutional
Convention soon to assemble in the City oil
Raleigh.
The meeting was organized by calling Robert
Pearson, Esq, to the Chair, and W. M. Boyle and
J. M. Shaver requested to act as Secretaries.
Calvin j. Cowles, of Wilkes, then explained
the object of the meeting, in a few words, show
ing and urging the great Importance of the sue
cess and triumph OF the Republican party.
On motion OF J. P. Miller, the Chair appointed
the following gentlemen as committee on
resolutions, viz: j. P. Miller T. A. Campbell,
Jerry Smith, Edward Bedleham, ?. A. Childers.
Sr., Abner Lawrance, John Hendren, W. L. Irwin,
John NJ. Smith.
c. j. Cowles, a member of the State Executive
Committee, being present, requested said Com
mittee to select and recommend list OF suitable
persons to be appointed to act as County Com
mittee for Alexander county.
The committee then retired, and while the
committee was absent, the meeting was address
ed by Calvin c. Jones, of Caldwell, and j. Q. A.
Bryan, of Wilkes, in an able and patriotic man
ner, fully endorsing and maintaining the great
Republican principles of civil rights and equality
before the law, and urging the great necessity OF
reconstruction.
The committee on resolutions then came in
and reported as follows:
Resolved, That we endorse the platform of prin-
ciples laid down by the Conventions OF the Re
publican party of the State held in Raleigh OH
the 9th of March, and the 4th Of September,
1867
Resolved, That organization is Indispensable to
the success of Republican principles, and that
the organization of the Republican party OF this
State must be maintained.
Resolved. That merit including honesty, fidelity
and capability should be the test for office, among
Republicans. That any other test would be un,
wise and auti-repubican in its character. Ihat
we will not encourage any expression OIL. conduct
calculated or intended to excite one portion of
our people against another on account ofnativity
or color. Every citizen of the State who is loyal,
and whose devotion to the nation is paramount,
is entitled far as the Reconstruction Acts will
permit, to the support of Republicans for places
of honor and trust, and we would profoundly de-
precate any steps that would array race against
race, our adopted fellow citizens against natives
or the latter against the former.
Resolucd, That this meeting pledge ourselves to
each other to stand to, and support the Repub!i-
can ticket agreed upon by this meeting.
The committee also recommended the names
of the following persons as suitable to act as Il
county committee for Alexander County, tOwit:
A j. Malone, Milton Alexander, David Miller
Edward Beckham, John NJ Smith, Abraham
Maybury, John Hendren, P. A. Childers, Sr.;
John E. Deal, Elisha Barnes, L. H. Jones, Barza
Reese, William Smith, Cyrus Flowers, Jerry
Smith and F. A. Campbell.
The above resolutions being read by T. \.
Campbell, Chairman of the committee, they were
unanimously adopted.
F. A. Campbell then placed in nomination be-
fore the committee the names of the following
gentlemen agreed upon by the several coun-
ties comprising the district as the Republican
ticket of said district, towt: Calvin c. Jones, Of
Caldwell; Calvin j. Cowles, and j. Q. A Bryan
ofWilkcs; Jerry Smith, OF Alexander; and Yves
ley George OF 1redell: which ticket was unani-
mously adopted, and agreed upon by the Con-
ventOn.
The gentlemen whose names comprised said
ticket were all present and accepted the nomina-
ton except Wesly George, from Iredell; who
was not present, but who was fully vouched for
by the delegates from that County.
1t was ordered that the proceedings of the
meeting be sent to the North Carolina Standard
for publication and all other Republican papers
requested to copy.
The Convention then adjourned.
r. CARSON, Chairman.
J. NJ. SHAVER oec'e'o''eS'