Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-12-16

Limited States confained gwere depieds the
rights of citizensh ip merely they
happened to hold som little ofIie., Presi-
dent: Grant had adopted the motto "E.et
ms have Peace, and he AIR. Gray sOn)
|, heartily endorsed the motto, and he Wished
to have these political disabilities, wLich
en gender 80 much hate and strife, to be
entirely swept away.
d Mr. Justice Sas u favor of the reso-
.Iution. ia =
81 NIT. McAfee said no col red man in the
State was under disabilities and no, white
man should be. .~ E....-. s.,ras sssss.,r
y Mr.. Jones. of Caldwell. said, IN. refer
eneeto Mr.. French allusion to the Devil
in connection with Gov. Vance and other
gentlemen, that the Devil had certainly
been under no diSa bilities In this State ior
the last two years. He (the Devi9 was In
NEARLY every office. and his cloven foot
could be seen in almost every act done, by
the party SO lately In po9ef. f.rs~ .gsss.s
MADISON, COL, again spoke in opposition
to the resolution and believed it was the
universal sentiment of the Republican
party, in this State, that Congress should
pass no general amnesty act.
Williamson, COL, argued Ill support of
the esolution. He thought any one ex-
ercising the right of the ballot should
have the right to hold office. All colored
men in this State were now freemen and
citizens, and he was opposed to deprlying
any other class of the same privileges and
rights. He would vote for this resolution.
not to gain popularity with any class, but
would do SO for the sake Of principle
Messrs. Ellison, COL, and Fletcher were
in favor of the measure as matter of both
policy and justice.
Mr.. Harris, OF Franklin, saw nothing
Objectionable in the resolution, and did
not sec why any Republican should vote
against it.
MADISON, col, in reply to Mr.. Harris, of
franklin, said he woald give reason why
Republicans should vote against this reso-
luton. It was this: the Republicans of
the State were opposed to the passage Of a
general amnesty. and especially TO the &c
moval Of Coy. Vance's disabilities. Vot-
ask the Senatcsof the United States TO re-
move the disabilities of Gov. Vance
The resolution was then adopted iby the
following ballot:
IE4s.-nesars. Anderson, Arnl,stroog; Ashe,
Atwater, Atkinson. Brooks, Broadfoot' Brown,
Bryson. Bum. col, Buxton, Oawth horne col, Oar
son, Chamberlain. Clinard Bollis, Dopeland,
Crawford, Ourrie. Dalden. Duckey. Duokworth,
Ellison, col, Fletcher, col, Furr, Gambrel Garri-
son, Calling, Gore, GalIick. Grayson. Gregory,
Hampton, Harris, of franklin, harris, of Gull
ford, Hargrove. Hardy, Henderson,. Houston,
H. HdRnsnt; Johnston OF Bn1oonne Johns Johns
of Pitt, Jordan. Justice, Kelly, of Davie Kelly.
of Moore, Kelsey, Kihcade, Lassiter, Lucas,
I.uckey, Lyon MartIn, Marler. Maxwell. Nc sfee,
| Newsome, Nicholson, Nilsson. Powell, Rankin,
Reid, Regan. Robinson, Scott, settle shull.
| Smith. of Anson, Smith, of Wayne. Sparrow,
Stanford, Stewart. strudwick, Tominson, " r
ing. Welch, Wilcox, Womack. Woodhonse. Viii
| hanson, col, Young. Of Yancey, anl York,
NAYs.-Bryant. OF Halifax, col, Dudley. col
Faulkner, of Edgecombe, COL, MADISON, col.
Morgan, of Wake, Resvis, coll, Robbus, col,
Smith. Of Halifax, COL Tucker. col, Willis, COL.
Adjourned.