Wilmington journal., 1874-07-31
Resolutions OF C.n>urc.

1T meeting OF tie C:,nSt rYnt!VcI cf
Rockfish village and towlisliip. held in
the village of ltnchtish, ON Monday,
July 27t!, J. ". Ernmitt w,ta called to
the Chair and Gilbert Ray requested
to act rs Secretary.
The Chairman declared the object Of
tie meeting to be tie framing of some
resolutions disappearing the Indecent
language used by Neil Mckay, Re
publican candidate for Congress, in
the presence of ladies, in public
speech ut this place on the lSth inst
ON motion Il committee OF three was
appointed to draw up suitable rcsolu-
tons.
The Chairman appointed the follow
ing gentlemen on the Committee: Du-
vid Murphy, j. NJ. Smith, VIM. s5Eiop-
herd
The Committee submitted the FOL
lowing resolutions, which were Unaui-
inonsly adopted:
WItEKEAs, At a meeting of the citi-
zcns of Eockfish Township, held on
Saturday, the 18Th day of July, 1874,
Neill Mckay, the candidate of the Re
publican party for Congressional
honors in this District, in public al
dress to a large crowd Of citizens there
assembled, SO far forgot the common
instincts of Il gentleman, and the re
spect always due and accorded the
female sex by men OF refinement and
cultivation, rs to offer II gratuitous in
sult to the ladies Of this village, (l
number of whom wcro near hy) by re
lating in thei: hearing, low, vulgar
and obscene anecdotes, and failing to
make any apology when called to his
attention. Therefore,
Be II Rcaol"ed, That we, tho citi-
zens of Eoekfsh Township, do most
earnestly call upon all good citizens
whose manhood and chivalry has not
been lost, to resent this insult to the
ladies Of Rockfish village by rejecting
and spurnipg tho claims of this lit rep
rescntativo of the Radical party for
Congressional honors.
HcaOircd, That i'll adding this Insult
to his already "No Kitchen, no Par
lor" sentiment, Neill Mckay has rem
dered himself totally unwor-
thy to bo trusted by any gentleman
who values the purity and virtue of
female character; and we proclaim
him unworthy the vote of any white
man and gentleman.
Rcsolred, That VIC return our hearty
and grateful thanks to our fellow
countyman, W. G. Troy, for the
prompt manner in which he stepped
forward to rebuke this insult so wan
tonIy made to the ladies of or village.
What spectacle this Candidate o4
the negro party for Congressional
honors presents ! A man born and
bred on our soil man whose ances-
tors for generation after generation
were North Caroliniars aua as honest
and as respectable as Iny ii, the land :;
man who has enjoyed every advan-
tage of early education and cultivation
that money could give him gradu-
ate of our University graduate of
Pearson's Law School, school with
out a superior in America--this is the
man who SO far forgot his race, his
blood, his color, his dead ancestors,
and his living kindred, his education,
his associations, his instincts as q man,
and as a gentleman to insult respecta-
BILE women by telling obscene and vul-
gar stories in their presence!
Is it not, indeed, a pitiable spectacle
to see any man descend this low?
But ought we to be surprised at it
This same Neill Mckay induced the
friends of his youth to go into battle
and he himself shirked. And not