The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-29

of the Standard, during eight or ten weeks
including August and portions of July and
September 1863 They will show the de-
| faint feeling that animated the Union men
of North Carolina towards the so-called Con-
federate government. The first meeting was
held in the gallant little County of Greene,
July 14th. 1868, when the following pream-
BILE was adopted, and among several resolu-
tions, the two accompanying this:
"WuEREAs, The time has arrived when
the people of North Carolina should guard
with jealous care their rights and their lib
critics, and look with an eye single to their
interests, we deem it our duty as freemen of
North Carolina, to meet in public council,
and express our views in regard to the poll
CIV the Confederate government has thought
proper to pursue towards North Carolina,
and take position unfolding and defend
ing the liberties of the people of the State,
pledging our lives, our fortunes, and our sa-
cred honor in her defence, whether against
kings abroad or tyrants at home. Therefore
be it,
Resozred, That in view of the bad treat
ment this State has received, at the hands
of the Confederate government, and the in
suits constantly heaped upon her, we deem
it the duty of all North Carolinians to de-
mand their discontinuance, or we shall, in
sclfdefence, be compelled to take position
where we can take care of ourselves; and we
call upon the people of North Carolina to
hold meetings in their respective Counties
and declare whether they shall be freemen or
slaves.
Hesozced, That in our opinion W. W. Holden
is one of the ablest and boldest defenders of
the rights of the people in the State, and
that the stand which he has taken in their
Defence is a just ca use of pride to every true
North Carolinian, and that we recommend
the Standard, under his control, to every low
er of freedom, and to- all those who hate tyr
amy and oppression"
At meeting in Wake County, Cary dis
trict, held July 23d, the following:
" Resolced, That we would hail with Joy any
movement by the great body of the people
North and South, which might promise to
lead to an honorable and lasting peace.
ResolUed, That we fully endorse the course
of w. W. Holden, in defending the honor
and maintaining the rights of North-Caro-
lima; that we consider his position enviable
in the eyes of every true patriot in the land;
and that we recommend the N. G. Standard
under his control to all lovers of civil free
DOM"
Some seventy or eighty such meetings were
held, in various Counties, all endorsing the
Standard in similar language to that given
above
AT a meeting held in Mo ore County, on
the 25th of July, the following resolutions
were adopted:
"Resolped, That we are opposed to the
suspension of the writ of ho5elrs co7peas. ex-
cept in contingencies contemplated by the
Constitution; that we are in favor of free
speech and the freedom of the press-two of
greatest bulwarks of liberty that strict sub
ordination of the military to the civil au-
thorities is a cardinal principle in free gov
eminent, and should not be departed from.
ResoIoed, That the present bloody and in
human war has ragged long enough without
any profit or material advantage to either
the North or the South; we therefore call
upon our representatives in the next Con-