Wilmington journal., 1875-01-08

a body, except to make this homestead
exemption and these rights of the COL
ored more secure; therefore,
ResOtUed, 1. That, as we believe the
Democratic party of North Carolina
are III favor of the prompt call by the
Legislature of such restricted con-
vention, the Democratic -Conservativ vc
members thereof, numbering the re
quisite two thirds majority in each
House. owe 1T as paramount duty to
themselves, to their party, and more
than ali to a suffering and impover-
ished people and to our afflicted and
bleeding State, to call a convention
upon the re-assembling of the General
Assembly.
ReS0tCed, End That for Democratic
Conservative members of the Legisla-
ture to yield to the opposition arising
from the distractiDg influence Of timid
connsels and groundless fears, as re
CARDS this orbing question. is but
to disregard the call of patriotism,
to lnjure their own future po-
ltical prospects,, and to turn
deaf ear to the rising, onward
sweeping sentiments and demands OF
the masses all over the State, as We
believe, in favor of a Convention as
the surest, best and only practicable
method of meeting this Overwhelming
demand for improvement and Consti-
tutional reform.
ResolUed, 3rd, That for the domi-
nant party in the Legislature to be
content to await the uncertain future
or to hope for any material benefits
that might arise from the ti7.keri7lQ OF
Legislative patch aOork upon the pres
ent Constitution is an incorrect inter
probation of the significant voice OF
triumph of that party in this State on
the sixth of August last, which mean,
bold and immediate invasion of ex.
listing evils and Constitutional difficult
ties in the way of relief. and imposes
in our view the high duty upon the
party of calling Convention that the
incubus upon the spirits and pros
perity of the people may be more
promptly removed.
ResOtUVd, 4th, That in our opinion
a Convention thus called would be the
beginning of a new era of prosperity
to our dispirited people, now under
the thraldom of poverty, burdensome
laws and impracticable systems grow
ing out of an unsuitable and obiec-
| tionable Constitution and entailing
manifold difficulties in the way of the
onward progress of the State and the
development of its unsurpassed, nat.
ural advantages and magnificent re.
| sources-that it would give to oul
| struggling fellow citizens of all classes
colors and callings, such a new Con
stitution as would make, in fact as
we'll as IN name, new and more pros
porous North Carolina, with thai
newness of life, vigor confidence anc
abilities, as would enable her to ente1
successfully the lists of competition
and greatness with her sister States
| Resotued 5th, That the thanks O.
this meeting are due, and are hereby
rendered, to that champion of the
rights of the white race, and of the
best interests of North Carolina, The
| Wilmington JoURNAL-the people
paper-the slaunch advocate Of those
men and measures which identity j
| consplcuously st home and abroad
with the late memorable triumph o.
the Democratic Conservative party il
! North Carolina, the originator anC
| pioneer of this Convention movement
and the unfilncl,iIg and fearless SUP
porter OF thai, and every god ma
u'e calculated to a.ivanc+ t: @ goot
and welfare of its party, to build ~
North Carolina aud t. lu-lir,- iutn IL,
! dropping nei Eit.~ aud j. IAi I'd ma
! terra. i t'r.-sts Of Uur peof,". The
/ ic-Cnltscivativc ra asses o
/ the whoiU H:ate shouid come forward
| aud give "n increasing support ant
! patros.mg:- to this faithfH3 tr1hu apC
effective exponent of their wants enc
! rigtii@.
| Gu motion of DIR. Broadhurst it wa
! Resolued, That the proceedings c
this meeting he signed by the Presi
| dent and S"cr-.aries. aud forwarded
for publication to hte Win ngt ]
JoUkHAL, with d request that th'
same be copied bv other papers of th,
State, favorable to the object of tn,
! meeting. WILLIAM S. LAEKINs,
President,
| y, K,Ir1M n. ssoEr. E; 00wAs' Secretaries.