The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-09-13
VANCES PROCLAMATION.
HoLDRN's ENDORSEMENT oy THE rEo-
Cl.AMATioN.
PnItic Meeting /" Forsyth. Aaatst 1868,

II CLAMATlON.
I PuLiic 1ieetial IL FORSYTH. 1aq,ta 1868.
The proclamation Of Governor Vance.
which the Constitution rcproluces and IN.
rades with 80 much gusto and so little ef.
feet, bears datc
80 May 18th 1868. -lI
Tho day after the proclana,lun appear.
cd the Raleigh Standard. with this article
from thu pen. Of Wm. W. Holden, now
editor in chief of the Constitution, in praise
and commentator Of the proclamation
''in issuing these proclamations the gov.
crnor has at heart the good of the service
and the honor Of our soldiers. lie can be
acinated by no other feeling Ii is a Great
Crime in Soldier TO desert bis colols. The
descrter acts unjllstly towards his comrades.
Hc il no better than they. and ho is ms
much haund to serve and endure as they
are. - Raleigh Standard.
The Forsyth resolutions which are found
below, endorsing Governor Vance, took
place
G-1' August &c 1858. 81
moro than three months after the date Of
the proclamation which the Constitution
parades.
PUBLIC MEETING IN FORSYTH,
[Salcm Press. August 1868.
In pursuance TO previous notice very
large and respectable assemblage of the ci-
iizens of Forsyth. and adjoining counties
con,ened in .lle courthouse in Winston on
Wednesday. the 10Th inst. The court
house being insufficient 10 accommodate the
people variously estimated at from I.2O0
TO l.500, adjourned to the grove; and on
motion Of j. l,oncr. Esq. George v Fulp
Eaq., was called to the chair. and John
Blackburn. ESQ.,, John II. White, ID. +.
Spach and John /. Nisscn were appointed
secretaries. Whereupon the chairman made
a few suitable remarks. and called upon
i:0' ID. II. STARBUCK. ..a1 who. in u
few eloquent and appropriate remarks. ex-
planned the object Of the meeting.
On motion, the chair appointed CON-
mittee of ono from each captains district to
draft resolutions for the consideration Of the
meeting. MS follows: H.
Old TowE district, James Crews: Pfaff
Town, Phillip Mock Yadkin. j. III. Stoltz |;
kerneryille. j. Il. Kerner; Buffalo. Ju-
seph Wagner; Little Creek, Y. ID. Sides |;
South Fork. W. w. Thornton: Waugh-
town, III. ID. Swain; Salem. w. 4. ShulIz;
hbbott's Creek, A. Nicholson; Bunker
Hill. l.. B. league; Mill Creek. Thomas
Long; Richmond. Levin Grabs; Winston.
Nelson Cook.
The committee having retired to draft
resolutions. by request General James NJ.
Leach. Of Davidson, addressed the meeting
in one Of his most eloquent and happy ef-
forts. y ~
Resolved. That we most solemnly pro-
test against the suspension Of tue great writ
Of habcas corpus under any circumstances.
except such as arc expressly provided for by
the constitution.
Resolved. That ifcvor military rule shall
be allowed to control and subordinate the
civil authority Of the. State. then liberty
will e.'' an! 'lesp.ii'@ seyi".
Resolved. That the only safeguard TO CT.
vii aud religiocs liberty is tho supremacy Of
the civil over tho military power. aud thai
the highest need of praise is due to the su.
premc court, is learned chief justice and
the other judges. who. when the liberty of
the citizen was in dai ger Of being stricken
down by the strong arm Of military power,
tirmly and patrioiically stood by the law and
impartially administered justice to the weak
and defencclcS.
Resolved, That the firm and patriotic
course Of EX-GOVERNOR. VANCE n,
lwhom We warmly supported for that Office
in upholding the Judicial authorities and
the civil bower against the assumption of
the military, meets with our hearty appro-
val. aud commands the united support of
all good citizens aud that We have firm
faith ~ his conservatism, and that neither
tho fulsonc fattcry nor dccaitful praise nor
dcxtcrous appliances Of uuprinciplcd parti.
sans who before his election traducci his
principles and s.andcred his name, can
swcrvc him from his duty. nor cyon tempt
him to tho abandonment 81 his conservative |
principles or bis friends.
y @
GEORGE V. FuLp, Uhm'n.
John blackburn.
JOun II. White. g. -
u. 4. Spach. 'V0S'
John II Nissen. s"*
After tho adoption Of .hc resolutions. |
Dr.. rea- W. II. WHEELER 81 was
loudly called for BY the people. aud res.
pondcd ~ avery eloquent speech. which
commanded the respect aud undivided at.
icniion Of oil present, after which the meet.
ibg adjourned.
esss-sss-ssses.s.sSs.-
The hcad and front of the Republican
party Of North Carolina. Ex.Goy. ". w.
Holden. curing the war called on the M. |
ilsrities 20 raise The whole male population
and SAIL. ..put them 10 the militia IL they |