Wilmington journal., 1876-02-18

s truly atnt s-ioUI u5iX the sentiment
of th- people OF North Carolina and of
the VIII, le Sou b that ] hav, H. it my
duty to ~ them before the Senate and
the country.
Ia K the Clerk to read the resolu-
ton which I sehd to the desk.
would have all the proceedings
read, but the resolution Indicated Is
most pertinent to the question before
US, and know, at this very late hour,
how impatient Senators must be:
Resolved, That the results of the
late war have not abated rne Jot or
little of our devotion to the principles
of the Constitution upon which tue
Government is founded; and although
the issues at stake were decided ad
verseiy to our hopes aud expectations,
vet being sett ed, there exists no rea-
sou why we sli ould not love the Gov
ernmept hich our fathers aided In
e tablishing, and the old. flag which
they bonored ard loved, will a mnch
4rdor and faith as do the citizens OF
any section Of our Common couUttY;
and that 1--WE consider it a patriotic
! dnty, not alone TO cherish all ctlon Tor
the Government, but to teach our
| ch; idren to owe It,
| | need not remind you. Mr.. Presi-
| dent. that the battle of Moore's Greek
was one of the mo It interesting of th.
| Revolution, and that the great victory
gained there by the patriots gave q
decided impulse to our arms; and j
must in this place declare my gratluca
tion that. the worthy children If the
noble heroes of that field propose tC
honor their ancestors and to homo:
themselves by an appropriate celebta
ton of it's Eundredth anniversary
Sir. I send them from this Chambel
our heartiest ympathies. But, Mr.
President. that the Senate may com
prehend aud fully appreciate the reso
luton which has just been read
I beg to say that the count.
of Pender, once part of New
Hanover, In whioh this meeting Wa
, held, has been established since tn
civil war, and was named i'll honor o
General Pender, gallant aud DIS
tirouished Cante derate soldier VIII
fell at Gettysburg; that the people Q
the Cape Fear country, III which TIL
, new county lies, We're not only dis
, tiuauished during the war for inde
pendence for their gallantry and pat
: r,otism, but that i'll the entire Sout
> during the unhappy strife OF the State
E no people were more devoted to tn
Confederate cause.
. The resolutions were drawn an
presented by DR.. S. s. Satchwoll.
: surgeon in the southern army froi
the beginning to the end of the wal
a gentleman of great intelligence,
: eminent position in the medical pro
: fession, and of universally admitte
n scientific attainment and distinction
j. Among the many persons who wei
N present at the meeting [ see the name
Of the representative men of that st,
q ton Of our State-gentlemen of sui
a stance, of char acter, of high social an
h political Influence, and l also motto
n that it is conte mpated that thi
i entire section Of our State, embraclr
4 many counties and thousands
q people, are to join il the celebration
y [ mention and call atteutlon, III
n President, to these circumstances, til
q it may be known that the sentimen
\ expressed and the spirit pervadlI
i these resoiutians are tue true repr
~ sentativs opinions and feelings Of Il
.r people of North Carollna and Il
h South, and as such present them
the Senate aud to the country.