The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-03
NORTH CAROLINA CoNvESTIoN.
SECOND DAY.
A FULL TICKET NOMINATED.
GREAT ENTHUSIASM.
Special Telegram to the Dispatch

h'h-t''5OHo ~. ", MAY Z.-I ne Gay UFOhe
line and beautiful after the rains of last
night, and again the hall of the Convention
was filled to overfowing with delegates and
spectators. After assembling the Conven-
ton Immediately went into the nomination
of other candidates to complete the ticket,
with the following result: Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor, Major John Hughes; Treasurer, Major
John W. Graham; Attorney General, Judge
William NJ. shipp; Secretary Of State, John
A. Womack; Auditor-General, C.. Leaven-
thorp; Superintendent Of Public Instrue-
ton, DR.. Nerus Mendenhall; Superintendent
of Public Works, Joseph II. Separks. The
names Of the candidates on the ticket were
then read to the Convention amid the greatest
enthusiasm.
The Committee on the Platform reported a
preamble and resolutions; which were unani-
mously adopted. The following abstract
will indicate their purport:
The preamble recites the evils under
which the State and country are suffering,
and suggests as remedy the selection of
men to ill the offices who are tried and
honest. The first resolution specifies the
present as the time when all men should
unite to secure that end. Second, that the
Federal tax on spirits and tobacco is unequal,
.yexatlous, and tyrannical, and ought forth
| with to be abolished, and relieve the country
from horde of officers who despoil its sub
| stance. The third and fourth relate to the
late Radical Convention at Raleigh. The fifth
| denounces the centralizing tendency of the
Government ut Washington, arraying mono
polists and wealthy classes against the
laborer. Sixth, education and enlightened
public virtue being indispensable in the
government of the people, insists on an
equal distribution of the public lands among
the States for the education of all classes.
Seventh, accepts the Constitution of the
United States with all the amendments, in
cluding emancipation and equality before the
law, and opposes and denounces latitudinous
construction which makes Congress or the
President superior to the Constitution, de-
stroying personal liberty of citizens and
dwarfing States into mere provinces. Eighth,
desires real civil service REFORM Ninth, re-
lates to freedom of elective franchise. Tenth,
advocates adoption of amendments proposed
to the State Constitution by the last Legisla-
ture. Eleventh, denounces as dangerous all
secret political organizations. Twelfth, ten
ders Acknowledgements to the press for their
able and manly defence OF constitutional and
ciyi! liberty.
The committee appointed yesterday to
wait on Judge bIcrlman and inform him
of his nomination, introduced him to the
Convention. He was received with the
widest shouts of applause, and cheer after
cheer greeted his appearance on the stage
After thanking the Convention for the honor
conferred upon'him he proceeded at some
length to give his views upon the issues
involved in the contest, and pledging him.
self to work from this day until sunset Of
the dav of election. In his remarks he said
that the subversion of civil liberty, the sus-
pension of the writ of habeas corpus, the eX-
ample of recent acts of the Executives of
North Carolina, Federal interference in local
elections all over the country, present cause
for alarm; and the great uprising of the peo-
ple, not only here but at Cincinnati, show
that the people are aroused and determined
to look after their own interests. In order
TO remedy the great evils which had been
portrayed, honest men are wanted in office.
i The present judiciary Of this State are
Z | nd n ctr in, Strip
! of all her people. Let us develop our re-
> sources, elevate labor, and make it dignified ;
restore confidence, and educate the masses OF
I the people, whether white or black. These
y are the remedies for the evils. He closed by
II saving that his watchword for the contest
/ should be Onward, Success, Triumph.
- - Mr.. Hughes being called for, accepted in
- suitable manner the compliment which ha,
- been paid him, and pledged his utmost en-
u teayors to insure the success Of the ticket, a
s also did Mr.. Womack.
= General James NJ. Leach, member OF Coz
i gress from the fifth district, appeared in n
sponse to loud and repeated calls, and mad
!. u very humorous, spirited, and telling speecI
J. This battle, he said, must be Won, but
must be done not by abuse and denunciatlc
but by appeals to reason and the better n
:; lures of men. There is now mighty groul
y swell going on all through this land of III
:. who love constitutional liberty, and 1t W
sweep this Radical horde from power. n
+ only in the councils of the nation, but in {
: the States.
After few remarks from Mr.. Barringe
r the Convention took recess until 81 o'cloc
|. Afternoon Session.
This afternoon Hon. John Manning, mel
@ Der of Congress from the fourth distri(
being called for, made short but earnest al
y eloquent address. He said that the issu
!, now are civil service reform, local self-so
ernment, publication OF official patronag
and putting good men in office.
Short addresses were made by oth'
!, speakers.
k An Executive Committee, consisting
4 nine from the State ut large and four frol
!. each district, was appointed.
The designation OF electors was lett to u
Executive Committee. as was also the al
+ pointmcnt of delegates to the National Demo
% cratic Convention.
'. A vote of thanks was given to the citizer
of Greensboro, to the ladies for the tastetl
decorations of the hall, to the railroads fo
= courtcsies extended, also to the presider
for the able and impartial manner in whic
> he presided, to which he replied In appr'