Wilmington journal., 1876-08-18
VOL. 33.

| y oNhi ~ vi p6hct, Dub 1t was Sitcu h Dehc
as Grant had given, such peace as n
other man would or could give
lt was peace in which distress an
rum were to be seen everywhere, lab"
seeking for employment and capita
hiding itself. Where peace aud plent
once really were, they had made
| wilderness and called that peace.
MIR. Davis, after showing that all th
promises of the Radical party ha,
been broken, disclosed the absnrdi.
of the idea which the leaders of tha
party were endeavoring to impress
upon the country that it was the part,
of Reform. They acknowledged tha
reform IN tn" government and in gov
ernment officials was necessary, bu
claimed that this reform must b,
brought abont by the Republican
| party. In the face of these PROMISE
of peace and reform he only desired t.
call attention to the report recently made
by Senator Boutwell,, as chairman O.
the SenaCe committee on the condition
Of affairs III the State of Mississippi
wherein it was boldly proclaimed tt
the world to he the policy of the Re
publican party to reduce the States OF
| the South to a territorial condition
until her people should be educated tC
adopt the Radical opinions which il,
and his party held. The Radical Of
ticeholders were glutted with THEN
sorlid gain and debauchod with the
Inst of power, and yet they wanted the
country to believe that they favored
reform and return to honesty and
good government, provided they were
suffered to remain in power and be the
reformers. Do you reform drunkard
by giving him more whiskey? Do you
put out the fire by pouring on more
oil, stop the flight of the eagle by
lengthening his wings ?
This short effort of Mr.. Davis was
interrupted by frequent and enthusi-
astlc applause, AMI we convey no i'm
preston of it's telling effect upon the
audience, by the above very imperfect
outline of few of it's points.
The president having taken the
chair, Captain William NJ Parker
moved that committee of nine be
appointed to draft resolutions for the
consideration of the meeting. The
motion was carried, and the following
gentlemen were appointed a committee
on resolutions:
Coionels William l.. Saunders, John
W. Atkinson;,Messrs. William Fl. Ber-
nard, T. Heinsberger, John London,
Walker Meares. Robert S. Radcliffe;
Major James Reilly and MIR. Fl. Vol
lers.
Col. Saunders as chairman of the
committee reported the following, John
London, ESQ.,, acting as reader of the
resolutions:
Your committee in discharge of the
duty assigned to it beg leave respect
fully to report the following declara-
ton as expressive of the views of the
members of the Conservative Demo
cratic party of the city of Wilmington
here assembled, and do unanimously
recommend it's adoption:
l. That we congratulate all lovers of
good government in every section and
of every race upon the near approach
of the day of our redemption from the
and misrule that have 80
lorg afflicted us.
2. That the nomination of Samuel
J. Tilden of New York as the candie
date of our party for the presidency
of the United States meets our most
cordial appreciation and will receive
our warmest support, not merely be
cause it is sure presage of victory,
but because it is also an earnest of
that reform in the administration of
the government of the country that it's
peace and prosperity so imperatively
demand
3. That recognising in Thomas A.
Hendricks of Indiana one of the ablest
and purest of American statesmen,
we regard his acceptance of the second
position on our national ticket, when
he was SO we'll worthy to fill the first.
as a crowning proof of that disinter-
ested patriotism that has ever marked
his life
4. That the nomination of Zebu-
lon b. Vance and of the other candidates
on our State ticket has not only
satisfied the enthusiastic desires
Of the people in every section of
the State to an unprecedented degree,
but has slsO secured the approval of
their calmer Judgment. and that on this
occasion we remember with especial
pleasure the recognition of the merits
of our esteemed fellow citizen Major
Joseph A. Engelhard, by his selection
as the candidate of our party for the
office of Secretary of State.
5. That in the nomination of Hon.
Alfred NJ Waddell as our standard
bearer, for the fourth time, in this Con-
gressional District, a deserved compli-
ment was paid to a faithful public
servant who, in the Halls of Congress
as we'll as in the walks of private life,
has ever proved himself worthy of the
great confidence his constituents have
40 freely placed in him.
6. That we do hereby declare, in the
est desire for the ratification of the
amendments proposed to the wretched
Canby Constitution AMI now pending
before the people; and that we do
hereby reiterate the endorsement of
those amendments so cordially given
by our party in every section of the
State through it's delegates in Conven-
ton assembled; and thai we do hereby
repeat the earnest recommendation in
their favor made by that body to the
people.
7. That we denOuuce as absurd, as I'M
constitutional and as subversive of
every principle of law and liberty the
theory of the Radical party that there
is no power under the Constitution of
North Carolina to prevent or to resist
the usurpations of the Governor who
NAV choose to bring a milit.ry force
into active service, even though it
be in admitted violation of the law of
the land.
8. That we denounce the allegation of
Judge Settle and the other Judges of the
Supreme Court that tho power of the
judiciary had been exhausted, as q
1iimey and unworthy preteXt for
t.leir refusal to interpose the strong
arm of the law between Governor
Holden and outraged citizens OF the
State then sweltering in vile dungeons
in mid d-summer's heat and in hourly dan
ger of their lives from Kirk c,lt thrnats;
and while we shall never cease to
honor and praise that truly fearless
and upright Judge, Hon. Geo. W.
Brooks, for his manly and decisive
.aiaat flor, Of the law of the State