Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-05-20

live in North Carolina now. Gentlemen,
God bless you
/ The Committee accompanied by Mr..
Phillips entered the hall amid deafening
applause.
| He was introduced to the audience by
Mr.. Victor Barringer, (white,) and pro-
ceeded to address them, in substance as
follows:
! Gentlemen, / come before you for the
purpose of accepting the nomination you
have just rendered me, and [ thank you
for the compliment. The Attorney Gen
eralship of North Carolina is an Office
which [ feel / had no right to compete for.
and should not have accepted the honor
you have conferred upon me, by nomina-
| ting me as your candidate to fill SO impor.
tant position if l had had a competitor
! Ia republican, whose claims to your ia
vor we're greater than mine
L have not heretofore been Repu blican,
nor have been O member of any party for
ten years. Although no Republican,
have been a careful observer of public af-
fairs since the surrender. Early after the
surrender it was my intention to cooper
ate as far as might be able in the recon
structiOn of the State, and to my mind
the only favorable plan Of reconstruction
was suggested b. Inc President, and which
u
Cabinet. l thought then it was the wisest
council to follow, but was led into error.
Later was convinced that the proper
dictatorial power in relation to this great
work was the Congress OF the United
States. LAppleuse.
As lawyer he never believed that any
legal technicaiity or bubble of the law
would stop reconstruction, and he saw that
the assumption of the right to offer O pol
Tnxy of nfSa b<1
was usurpation. Applause. He thought
it was but right to say that while he main
tanned that Congress was the ruling power
in these matters, yet he may have doubted
the expediency of some of its measures,
though in the main he endorsed them;
and with these convictions he did not hes
itate to act with the Republican party
Long and continued applause.
SO far as the past was concerned, al
though blundels may have been commit
led, and there had been, yet they were
generally of minor Importance, and SO far
as the great questions and principles of
the party were concerned, no plumbers had
been committed. Applause.
In relation to that class who have not
heretofore been considered citizens he
thought it was the general sentiment of
the people of North Carolina, that is SO far
as the measures relating to them were con-
there was no disposition to disturb it. -
He insisted that the Republican party
was the party of the poor man and urged
Republicans to have an eye to taxation, as
its bnrthens were laid heavier on that class
OF people than any other. Lawyers and
merchants were taxed, but they put il in
their bills and the poor men had no bills
to put it in, go.
j. W. Hood moved that the President
appoint Committee of five from each Con
gressiOnal District to act as Executive
Committees, which was adopted.
Gen. A. Rutherford, white, offered a
resolution relating to represen tation, which
was discussed at considerable length and
finally, on motion OF T. r. Caldwell, was
rejected.
ROTATING DICK.
r. Q. Badger, white. was called for and
to the call in speech of some
length, very extreme, (Of course, young
he closed by saying he would +.
prove his devotion to the Republican party
in the coming campaign, as he intended to
urge the claims OF hio friend Jim Harris.
throughout this Congressional District
Applause, long and continued.)
BIG INJUN.
G. Z. French. white, made a long and
speech and endcavored to ex-
plain away the indiscretions of his leader
(big yaller) which received with APP
plause and three cheers and a tiger for the
New Hanover delegation, Sam Phillips
aud the Republican party.
The Convention adjourned to meet at 4
o'clock. They met aud the remainder of
the day was spent in abusing their enc +
mics, Joe Turner and the Sentinel, and |
they adj turned sine die, but paraded the |
streets until near day, making night hid
eous with their fiendish Yell. Let us have |
peace.