The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-10-16

throat snd q Knocked liis siick 81 fIs lIoof--
the Fighting Quartermaster shook himself
Seafan took a fresh chew and lookedcou-
cerued, wlicreupon the call for the G0vernor
was increased Still no Governor. At
length tie Chairman left bis seat and. went
towards the private box. as if to poll the
Governor out. He (the Chairman besitated,
backed and sat down. Nj. Pcllsthcn APP
preached the box, talked, coaxed, gestic-
ulated, dispersed the enthusiastic little meet
ing which GOV. Bragg and Judge Merrimon
were holding behind the scenes. and then
the Governor appeared.
There wasssmal and mournfulapplause as
the Governor came nut. He spoke for more
than an hour and a hall, addressing himself
for the most part to the colored people, some
thirty five Of whom were present. The first
hearty applause that greeted him was when
he said he had adhered to the last to the
I" Lost Cause" We do not propose in this
article to notice at any length the speech Of
the Governor. 1t was genteel and decent in
its tone, but abounded in sophisms and mis-
statements. Twenty words in reply to each
particular point which be made, would have
exploited the whole speech.
When the Governor finished Judge Merri-
mon was called, but the places in fuckers
Hal! that knew him early that day knew
him no longer. He had vanished. Subdu-
ed calls were then heard for Col Russ He
rose, and instantly one of our most distin-
gnished divines who was present left the
Hall. He could afford to read the Colonel's
speeches in the Sentinel, but he could not
hear them. A sign of returning sanity.
Col. Russ, with modesty which we fear
will occasion him spell of sickness, de-
clined to speak; and then, looking wistfully
at Mr.. Pell on the platform, he asked if it
would not be well to adjourn the meeting
until that mighty Mr.. PelI was too far gone
to reply, when the Colonel moved an ad-
journment sine die. 3, s, s.'..f
Such was this "great Conservative meet
ing" It was most ridiculous failure. It
was more like u funeral than any thing else.
Every person present saw and felt it was
failure. 1t furnished the best evidence of
the intrinsic weakness of Rebel principles
in this County, and it should encourage every
Republican to redouble his exertions in the
good cause. W S
In addition to the absence of Gov Vance,
there were three other distinguished 9 Con-
se-vativcs who were missing on the occa-
SIGN, to wit:
Lt.'Pike, of Randolph. This person en-
deared himself to the "Lost Cause by put
ting the thumbs of. the wife of Bill Owens
under the fence, and holding them there un-
til she screamed with pain and told where
her husband, who was dcserter, was. This
enabled " true Cnnfederates to find Owens
and shoot him like a dog.
Col. Moses, of Wayne. This person illus
trated Confederate valor by penning women
and children, and feeble old men, to make
them tell where the conscrpts were. When
the UniAn soldiers got to Gol,lsborough they
tossed him in blanket, and would have
sent him at once to heaven, but for the Rev.
Hope Balm, who begged for and saved his
life. He afterwards evinced his gratitude
by voting against Mr. Balm tor Superior
Court Clerk. .a
1t Colonel Keith. This person murdered
eleven Union male citizens of the Laurel
Valley. including two boys under fifteen,
without trial, and threw their bodies into a
ditch. He roped the women Of the neigh
borhood around the neck and whipped them,
till they told where these men whom he thus
slaughtered, were. Judge Merrimon knows
all about this, for he reported the facts off
cially to Gov. Vance. One of the little boys
after he was shot, crawled to Keith, clasped
his legs, and prayed for his life His mother
who was present, also begged for her child.
He struck the mother in the forehead with
the butt of his pistol. and placing the muzzle
| to the boys head blew out his brains. This
distinguished Conservative" was detained
by "business engagements in South Caro-
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Hear it, oh heavens, and give ear, oh
earth l--Gov. Bragg, Gov. Vance, and Mr..
Pell, under whose auspices and by whose
directions these things were done, arr now
constitutional Union" men, and propose
to lead this people n the work of recon
struction! - =
Fellow-citizens, you have feasted your eyes
on the Game Cock of Liberty. Behold now
| the ts4's' ~ eis'si itt. avs
DEAD CHICKEN OF THE REBELLION
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