The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-31

no return to the Union. Her brave
troops are insulted by SANDERS that
whole regiments are mutinying
fusing to fight! These are the ma
tural consequences of a course Of con-
tinual and indiscriminate fault
| 1inding-of the unceasing war of a
portion of her people upon
| fedcrate. who are intrusted with
| the admins, alton of affairs at this
| terrible iur ture, and who need the
support every citizen.
And art from the opinion-the
honesty OF which we will not
questioo but the justice of which
we ert.rely dissent from, that our au-
th0rjt es are unfaithful to their trust,
we see no better reason advanced for
the course which has occasioned all
this mischief, than that somebody has
had office too long for the personal
comfort or ambition of somebody else.
We are very sorrw that such Il move
ment should have been made. We
are sorry that a citizen whom we so
highly esteem as we do Col. Vance,
should here become party to it. His
card in itself is all that could be ask
ed; and his closing sentence indeed
seems as if written in special con-
demnation of that very party stripe, "
to which his candidacy under the cir
cumstances gives head and front and
countenance.
The following are the papers promis-
ed in the above:
Platform of the friends of Col. John
ston.
Resolutions of confidence in our
course of war; and in the President
and Ar1ny.-Adopted by the State con-
vention, Dec. 6, 1862.
Resolved, That we, the delegates of
the people of North Carolina, in con-
vention assembled, entertain an I'M
diminished confidence in the justice of
the cause for which we have taken up
arms and we hold it to be the duty
of the people of the Southern States
to maintain and uphold that cause
with all the means they can COM
mand.
Resolved, That in behalf of the peo-
pie of North Carolina, we declare to
the sister States of this Confederacy,
and to the world, that no measure of
loss, no sacrifice of life or property,
no privation or want, or suffering
shall cause us to shrink from the per-
Torrance of our whole duty in the
achievement of our independence.
Resolved, That from the cruel and
barbarous manner in which our ene-
mics have carried on this war-a war
in which aged and dignified men and
helpless women have been seized, and
without accusation or warrant of au-
thority cast into prison, in which pri-
vate property has been wantonly des-
troyed in which robbery and arson
are principal means of aggression, and
in which servile instruction has been
proclaimed; we are convinced that
there is a radical incompatibility be-
tween such a people and ourselves;
that from them our separation is final
and for the independence we have as
serted, we will accept no alternative.
Resolved, That we have full conf
dence in the wisdom, Integrity and
patriotism of the President of the
Confederate States, and we congratu-
late him and our whole country upon
the success with which he has admin
istered the government.
Resolved, That to the officers and sol
diers who have gone forth to meet the
dangers of this war, we are under a
deep debt of gratitude for the valor
and fortitude with which they have
defended us from the assaults of our
enemies and illustrated the glory of
our arms.
Resolved, That a copy of these reso-
buttons be sent to our representatives
in Congress, with a request that they
be communicated to his Excellency,
the President of the Confederate States
and to Congress,
Platform of the friends of Col.
Vance.
Whereas, The people of North Car
DINA will be called upon, on the first
Thursday in August next to elect a
Governor and a member of the General
Assembly; and it is highly important
that the administration OF public al
fairs should be reformed, and better
men placed in office than those who
for the most part, have been and are
in Office. Therefore,
Resolved, That the partisan favorit-
ism, inefficiency and misrule which
have marked the administration OF
public affairs in this State, since the
commencement of the present war,
deserve the stern and unqualified re-
buke of the people and that change
in this respect is indispensable to the
preservation OF the credit and charac-
ter of the State, and to that unity OF
sentiment and spirit so much to be
desired, and without which the efforts
Of our brave soldiers and people to
establish our independence must be,
sooner or later, seriously embarrassed.
Resolved, That our Constitution,
both State and Confederate, should
never be violated in any pretense what
soever, but should be sacredly observ-
ed by all whose duty it is to enact,
expound and enforce the laws
Resolved, That the people are the
source of all power; and mat they'
and they alone have the right to gov
ern, through their representatives
duly chosen.
Resolved, That it is the duty OF the
legislative and executive departments
to retrench and reform, as far as IS
practicable, in the administration OF
the government. A prudent economy
is especially necessary at TINS Ulllle'
with an increased public debt, ana
heavy taxes on the people. All useless
offices should be abolished, ana no
more money should be expended than
is absolutely required to carry on the
| government, and to enable the State
| to contribute her due proportion OF
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