Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-04-17
FOR the journal.
Conservative Meeting IN Rock
Point rs'aHrnsFsip

For the journal.
fCoa~crVafivc Meeting in Rock J
Point Township.
! According to previous notice meet
ing OF the Conservative party of Rocky
Point Township IN New Hanover coun
8ty, was held at Rocky Point Depot OF
the 18th April, 1874. The object was
: to appoint delegates to County Con
! sentative Convention to be held il
Wilmington, on the 22nd instant, hav
: ing in view the nomination of candi
lates for Solicitor, Judge and Con
gresham. Mr.. J. B. Mcpherson
called the house to order and made {
Z few spirited remarks.
DIR. W. T. Emmett WAS called to the
chair and Thomas j. Armstrong, Jr.,
3appointed Secretary. In expressing
the purposes of the meeting the chair
man INDUCED i'll some appropriate and
eloquent remarks, calling upon every
true Conservative to rally to the warm
support Of the party in the approach
ling campaign IN this Judicial and Con
gressjonal districts.
The following gentlemen were APP
pointed to prepare business for the ac-
: tion of the meeting, VIZ : Messrs Jas.
B. MCPHERSON, Sterling Alien and
John A. Stubs.
The committee retired and during
stheir absence, De. 5. 5. SaccilweIl
being present, was called upon to en-
certain the meeting. He did
30 in speech Of wlich
sthe following is the substance. He
CHOPPED his presence here would not be
construed to moan that he had turned
politician or office seeker. He had
sbeen neither IN the past, and did no:
sproposa - become either the one OF
sthe tsncr now Thus free from any
sprivate ends or selfish purpose in poll
s1icS, he Was here merely to give force
go his conviction that no lover OF his
State and country can be Indifferent to
sthe' grave and vital issues now being
forced upon oUr people. No election
Sslnce the var nal been more import
SAINT than oar Stat, elections II August
suext. Abb" heads ANA honest hearts
awere never IN mere d@inald it:a:i n.,A.
sto fill oar public Offices ami lead the
sCD,3ServitiE;- f:JiI.,< 10 victory
He Wa aware that his opinions on
sQ,Y subject are Of 40 II onent to aiIv
zone, save himself Bot hg had been So
much nlisund erstuo:i ',v some, and 50
aoften misrelTeSente>t by others, that
Ehe had for some time desired some
suitable occasion, Ike the plescn:, of
placing himself right and presenting
Snis political record precisely as he had
made 1t since the war.
The surrender of the Immortal Lee
!. at Appomattox was to him command,
Imperative and irresistible, to renew
si,i oil - oil
and the old flag. From that sad and,
fatal day to the Confederacy he'
had been for the sacrifice Of buryingI
dead issues in common grave Of:
'obiivion and for reconciliation Siilces
the beautiful flag of the Confederate
|army had been forever furled; he had :
lin thought, word and deed maintained
ia renewed faith and devotion to thes
whole country as our own and oGiys
Hand. La his feeble way he had froms
THAT time set himself to work to llnites
with ADLER men III repairing our wasted
places, renovating our desolate fieldss
land in developing our resources. Ass
one OF the means to these important
results, he had been Of those Who'll
|early recognized the necessity OF in-s
producing into the State from abroad:
capital, labor and enterprise. His cor-s
dial welcome to Northern gentlemen,
Republicans as we'll as Democrats,
many of whom are excellent citizens. /
|aud his business transactions with;
some Of whom be IS gIadi
to know as personal friends, had subj
jected him to ungenerouS remarks. Hell
had been much abused for Judging fort
himself as to his social relations ands
business affairs with Northern men.
If some of those Northern Republicans
had proved faithiess, the blame should
not be placed upon others who ares
honest and good citizens. Ee hads
dared also to vote for aa old school Z
mate and warm personal friend. thes
gallant Q. Il. Docke=y. Nor had hes
been able in his conscience to agreeS
in the past with ultra views Of somes
extreme Southern Democrats. Then
manner In which this extreme wing ofs
Southern Democracy had toned Gowns
in the last few years to q mores
conservative course and the ben
etits Of the growing union be-S
tween them and those who likes
himself had been for reconciliation
and moderation, vindicated the cor
rectness of his course and is dailyS
that this IS the best way tos
put down the Republican party and5
promote the rights and interests off
The South. No one knew better than
the leading Republicans IN this county,
that, with the exception Of the votes
tor Col. Dockerv, he had all alongT
voted with and acted for the anti Re-
publican party.
His anxiety for restoration Of feel
ng between the North and South, hads
1o5 received the encouragement heS
mad hoped for from the dominant
party. As a Southern man, he couIdE
lot III the past or present, find it inl
ais head or heart to accept the princi- 1
oles or conduct Of that party. Hes
could support no party, having as this
lid, its birth, rise and strength in hos
ility to the South. It's long warfarea
lpon Southern rights and institutionss
lad been its life blood 1t had ob-g
aimed its nutriment from our misfor- 8
unes, and its power from the poverty
md ruin of the South. Its systematicf
course of unfairness, oppression, ands
debauchery of this afflictedE
and had already bankrupted come ofs
he Southern States, and leaves us nos
Encouragement to hope for that justice
md those Constitutional rights wilichE
he general government should dis &