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Republican State Convention.The Suite Convention of ;he Republican party of ! North Carolina assemble! in Rn1«ilt;rliorth Carolina assembled in Raleigh on Wednesday Cllast for the purpose of nominating Suite officers to I eibe voted for in August next Of course a great I Uimany colored people attended, as they have not yet i falearned that they have not and never will make U)anythin towards feeding and clothing their wives ; cc and children by meddling in politics.The white men present, in order to gratifv the lx negroes, made .James H. Harris, col, temporary President of the Convention. iSamuel F. Phillips, Esq., was made permanent J,President, ami a colored man named Sawyer was I pi elected Secretary. * /,The contest between the friends of Gov. Caldwell and Thomas Settle was warm and considerable disorder is reported. Tbat extraordinary man, Major W. A. Smith, was on hand, and some idea of thec Hi hi 1 111 tvscene may be inferred from the speech he made I’1L1when he said “that he had attended as a delegate all the conventions of all parties that ever had an exis- ,r‘vieitrtence in this State during his time, but this was the ol out-beatenest one he had ever seen.” jAfter all the fuss, T«kI R. Caldwell was nomina-ted for Governor, beating Settle, the John Pool- b. Grant candidate, more than two to one. TC. II, Boydcn of Wayne, was nominated for Lieut-Governor; David A Jenkins of Gaston, for Treasurer; W. It. Howerton of Rowan, for Secretary of State; T. L. Hargrove of Granville, for Attorney General ; John Reilly of Cumberland for AiulitM'} Si]m»N. Burns of Chatham, for Superin- ; tendent of Public Works; and Rev. James Reid of j 8* Franklin, for Superintendent of Education. , £*Although the colored men compose the vot- | ur ing strength of the Republican party in the State, j 0 not one of their number was nominated for anything. Served them right, for they have been instigated to always vote against their best friends—the men who employ them and pay them well for their work, i C! When too late the black man will learn who his ! best friends were, if he had acted right.The following is a list of the delegates in the Convention from this and adjoining counties: jMecklenburg—R R Rea, Edward Madden, CJ Cowles, W It Myers, J W Hood, Rufus Barringer,C Frasier, T I) McAlpine, Dr W Sloan, J T Schenck, .Jacob Strong, A Morris, J JI Harris, G Morrow, J M Turrentine, W .J EJdius, A B Lawrence, A Brown,A Hoover, F It Alexander.Cabarrus—John McDonald, Adam Means.Catawba—W S Pearson, P J Pitts, J A Pearson.Cleaveland—J F Aydlolte, W II Green.Gaston—W Rollins'.Iredell—W S Tate. J J Mott. S J Brown, O M Barkley, Jordan Chandlers, II Griffin, Isham Dean.Lincoln—B F Craig, M J Aydlotte.[No delegates reported from Union county ]imallamdttr,esdiWe copy from the Raleigh Sentinel the following Platform adopted by the Convention :The republicans of North Carolina in convention assembled, doJit wire, 1. The platform and principles of the republican party of North Carolina, as heretofore enunciated in ils conventions, are hereby re-nffinn-ed, and events have proved that their practical in-foreeinent is essential to the welfare of the country, and to the maintenance of the rights, interests and liberties of the people.2. That the administration of President Grant meets with our hearty and unqualified approval, and our delegates to the National Republican Convention, to assemble at Philadelphia on the 5th day of June next, are instructed to vote for his renomination to the presidency of the United Stales.3. That the republican party of North Carolina favors as rapid a diminution and as early an extinction of all internal revenue taxation as the exigencies of the government will permit, for the reason that the details of its collection are necessarily offensive, and in many respects, oppressive to the people.r i 4. That all internal revenue taxes on the distillation of fruits ought to be abolished. V-mscItit]lo8UhimmIkIktrse5. That the Republican party of North Carolina | recommend to the Congress of the United States the passage of a general amnesty bill, and theadop-1.tiAdcCJwlion of all necessary measures for the enforcement and protection of the civil and political rights of all classes of American citizens.G. That in a free and representative government, we recognize the paramount obligation to provide efficiently for the general education of the people and we favor such legislation as will accomplish that end; that We respectfully recommend and ask of the national government, such aid, by the provision of a public fund, or the donation of public lands Jo the purposes of establishing schools in the1C;rlt;liotllt;1several Slates, as will secure to the masses of the * fiPto*t;Vpcople of all classes the benefits of a liberal education.7. That we fully endorse the acts of Congress, passed to secure equal rights and protection to the 8: citizens of the United States, in the several States, and we respectfully recommend a nontinu nice of the present laws aiid the adoption of such further legislation as will more certainly secure to the citizens full and practical enjoyment of all their rights, privileges and liberties. j *'8. In the opinion of this convention, the Demo-1 cratic majority of the last Legislature, by consoli- ; n dating into one act its numerous propositions to amend the State constitution, endeavored to force upon the people a fofced issue, and lo coerce them j * into the adoption of obnoxious amendments, and |a inasmuch as all these propositions must be submitted to the next legislature for ratification, before the same cau be referred to the people, therefore,lit wired 1, That the amendments proposed as a whole do not meet the approval of the republican party, because their adoption would subvert essential principles of the existing constitution. (2. That Republicans can endor.-e a portion of , said amendments, and the next general assembly : may adopt such of them as shall seem best for the j 11 general welfare. j f9. That we cordially endorse the administration of Governor Caldwell’ and recognize the fact that our people may rely upon his firmness in upholding their rights, and we heartily thank him for resisting the revolutionary purposes of those who designed to deprive the citizens of the protection afforded by the State constitution.’ 10. That forgetful of personal preference we pledge ourselves to support earnestly and without reserve, the candidates presented by this convention, believing that in unity alons is slrengtb and thatuver.fcQortiiprinciples are more important than men, to the s Republicans of North Carolina. i n
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Charlotte Democrat
Charlotte, North Carolina, US
Tue, Apr 23, 1872
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