Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-06-09
suACKELFORD AND MACKS.
HARMONY AND VICTORY.

the Opern House, Fayetteville, on
Wednes,lag, May 81. persuant to the
call of the Executive Committee.
Every county in the District was rep
resented, AMI most of them by large
number of delegates. The utmost
harmony and enthusiasm prevailed,
and the uuanimity and hearty good
will with which the entire work was
ratified gave unmistakuble evidence of
an assured victory Ill November.
At IL o'clock the Convention was
called to order by J. A. Worth, Esq,
of Cumberland, Chairman cf the Exec
utive Committee, who briefly stated
the purpose for which it had been
called. He designated MIR. Il. X. Bry-
All of Fender county rs temporary
Chairman.
MIR. Bryan IN taking the chair ad-
dressed the delegates briefly but ably
crisis and urging harmony in their
deliberations aud unceasing work
afterwards until the election.
Mcssrs. J. w Durham of New Han
over and John Mutt, Jr., of Bladen
we're appointed Secretaries.
The Chairman announced the fol
lowing committee upon organization
which had been ordered by motion,
VIZ: A. d. Mclean of Harnett, J. ID.
Stanford Of Duphn, j. W. Shackel-
ford of Onslow, j. A. Worth of Cum
berland, J. A. Engelhard of New Han
over, W. T. Emmett of Ponder, E. W.
Kerr of Sampson, i. l.. Perry of Car~
teret, L. s. Memory of Columbus, Il.
Galloway of Brunswick, d. Cr0martie
Of Baden and ]. A. Worthy of Moore.
After short recess, tho convention
assembled, and through their chair
man, General Mclean, the committee
on permanent organization reported
the following officers:
President X Bryan of Ponder.
Vice PresidentB-A. A. McIver of
Moore, 4. NJ Faison OF Duplin, S. I.
Taylor Of OnslOw.
Secretaries-John Mutt, Jr., of Bln- |
den, O. II. Allen of Duplin, Alexander
Graham of Cumberland.
The convention unanimously adopt
Ell the report of the committee, and |
the officers solectad took their several
positions.
Upon motion n committee on resO
lntionR was directed TO be appointed,
to whom were reforred all questions
relative to tho manner in which the
vote of the several counties should he
cast, which was discussed Mt some
length.
The President announced the fol-
lowing committee on resolution, viz:
JnO. D. Stanford, Duplin; S. s. Satch-
well, Ponder; J. ". Shackelford, Ons-
low; J. H. Myrovor, Cumberland; Mr..
Stewart, Hurnett; J. A. Engelhard,
New Hanover; O. @. Lyon, Bladen;
W. G. Murphy, Sampson; B. l.. Perry,
Carterot; Il. Galloway, Brunswick; ".
II. McDade, COlumbua; A. A. McIyer,
Moore.
The convention took a recess until
2o'clock p. n.
Upon the reaesembling of the Con
Vention DR.. S. S. SatchwelI, from the
Committee on Resolutions, submitted
the following report, viz:
WHEREAS, The Democratic party of
the Third Congressional District in
Convention assembled, animated by a
determination to promote the cause Of
constitutional liberty and to aid by all
the patriotic and honorable means
IN our power 10 advance the
great work of progress and to build
up tins vast country, cherish an abid-
ing conviction that indispensable in
strumeltalIties to those noble ends
consist III the predO OF demo
cratic principles and Ill the restoration
to power of the great democratic
party, therefore
Re$olccd, That it is with feelings of
deep modification, of great pain. and
OF patriotic and profound alarm, we
regard the general prevalence of de-
moralization, and of constitutional
violence in the destructive practices of
the republican party, more especially
evident of late in the astounding de-
velopments of iutOlerable extravagance
and disastrous official corruption of
national administration ceLtralizing at
Washington City, and extending its
branches of depraVity and ruin in
every State where radicalism has the
ascendency.
RcS0Iycd, That in order to arrest
this sweeping tide of devastation and
tOpreserve the Constitution and Hber-
InC NE tl.n< l., I'll
hsh such n system of political ecOno-
my as will secure the rights of the peo
PIE and restore prosperity everywhere,
and among ell classes, it is of perma-
nent and Indispensable Importance
that there should be, at the earliest
possible day, an ascondency of
uemocratlc principles, and rcstora-
tonto power in the general government
VI 'iie great Democratic party with its
inspiring doctrines of economy, re
tfeilchment and reform, III the equal
iuStice to every section and constitu-
uohal protection to the rights of every
american citizen.
he"0(to(. That as a means of pro-
noting aud securing these noble ends.
c redemption OF our impoverished
anu noble State, as we'll as the pros
Porily and salvation of the country at
urge, We pledge ourselves. one to
auother and to our Democratic breth-
zen zen all over this broad land to use all
n .Iif and honorable means, to put down
VIC rule OF Radicalism and to establish
ale maintain the usages, doctrines and
Wlnclples of the Democratic party,
He$o(rcd, That in all nominations
y 'ils convention we announce our /
aSinlerence Sal to those instincts and ira
saslons of the Democratic party which
resc1ognlze, as means of justice as
So on as CT enlightened policy, the adop-
os ,|h OF the two-thirds rule as a. basis
Souhg, and that we will adopt the
ro.: ti:riman vote of 1872 as our rule in
lung for nominations i'll this conven-
Inc report was adopted without dis
enssion.
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