The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-05-04
W. R, Richardson, Sec'y..

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W. R. RICHARDSON, Sec'y.
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According to previous announcement
number of thccitizens of Raleigh assemble.
in Tucker Hall vest orday afternoon. In or
der to give expression to their feelings il
regard to the calamity which recently oc
CURED at Richmond, Va. We observed il
the audience the following gentlemen
Mayor Harrison, Geo. w. Mordecai, c. B.
Root, r. II. Bartle, K. P. Battle, Messrs Pell
Pritchard, Palmer, Harrison, Gales, Tucker
w. Fl. Jones, Miller. Badger, Blair, Up
church, Gov Holden, w. E. Anderson, A
NJ. Lewis and Others s7i 8 - - 10 r
The hall having been generously granted
| by the proprietors for public use, it was 2,
On motion of Mr. Mordecai, resolved thai
Hon. ". h. Battle be called to the Chail
and Douglas Bell, Esq, be appointed Score
tary,
The meeting being organized, on motion
of ]. +. Taylor, Esq, committee consist
ing of W. E. Pell. ]. F. Taylor, CIV. Nor.
decai, Mayor Harrison, and P. F. Pescud
was appointed by the Chair to draft resolu-
| tions.
Mr.. Pescud being absent, ON motion of
member of the Committee, the name of K.
P. Battle was substituted. r.. hes "53-,esi
Before announcing the Committee the
President arose and said: i'aJ Pr. .'.'i Z,
The beautiful city, of Richmond seems to
devoted. In 1911, when her principle thea.
| ire was thronged with the brightest the
ablest and the best of her citizens, MANY
persisted in the flames which destroyed the
building. Her Chief Executive, together
with some OF her most distinguished states
men at that hour, shared in this dreadful
tate. The recent occurrence is equally sad
for when We contrast the scene of the morn
ing with that of the evening We will see
that where there was life, vigor and hope,
there fell a shadow of sorrow and h voice of
lamentation. Here as elsewhere the deepest
sympathies have been aroused and it is now
the purpose of this meeting to express the
feelings fthe citizens of this community at
concerning the calamity which has bcfallen
the people of sister city. 1851
Pending the report Of the. Committee,
Seatoni Gales, Esq, was called upon and res
pended as follows :qr it5vip cow 30 ;.
d Mr.. Chairman, scarcely dem it necessa,
ry to add anything to the remarks which
have already fallen from your lips / am i'm
pressed; sir, with the feeling that this is one
of those occasions, whence the most expires
siye element Of eloquence is silence Every
heart here, / am sure, sir, feels the response
to all that you have said -eyery countenance
expresses it-al the best sympathies of our
nature thrill as VIC utter it.. e4i7ae siif5ri
Sir, the sister Capitol of, our sister State
of Virginia is sitting in the ashes of an ap,iI
palling desolation, and i'm the almost in.li
consolabls anguish of a., terrible ,bereaye
ment. Everywhere, throughout 1.-THE length
and breadth of our broad land, the echos of
her 1wailing is heard, and mems hearts are
touched and melted at the sound. IN From
far off Illinois to the sunny Gulf, generous j
expressions of coincidence, and tenders of
substantial sympathy fall softly upon the
afflicted city and her heart stricken sufferers.
1t is well, sir, very well that we should swell,
the current OF sorrow-that we too should
speak words of comfort, of consolation and I
of commiseration-th we too. should
yield to that touch of nature which makes
all the world akin" '''3s lei !.
Sir, in view of this frightf1l calamity, the
voice of party passion has been hushed, and
mems jantipathies have been forgotten. This /
is 40 IL shonld he For ahovn everv othar