From The Greensborough Patriot

July 24, 1862 – Pg. 3

From the Raleigh Standard.

Meeting of Orange Conscripts.

            At a meeting held in Camp Holmes, near Raleigh, on the 19th of July, by Conscripts from the County of Orange, the following resolutions were passed.

            Resolved.  That we are determined to act well our part in the present perilous condition of the country.

            Resolved.  That we do not approve of that feature in the act of conscription which tolerates substitutes.  In the fight for freedom, all should fight, as all will be free.

            Resolved.  That among our regrets at leaving home, is this; That we leave behind us all the public men who advised us to destroy our old Government.  To name a few of them—Mr. Henry K. Nash, who promised to go with his bird gun, and to take his son’s place when he fell.  Mr. Paul C. Cameron, who obligated himself to “wade knee deep in blood, and to let the Yankees walk over his dead body, before their foot should stain the soil of North Carolina.”  Dr. Pride Jones, who is equally and as publicly bound to fight.  And among the smaller warriors before the war began, we will name William F. Strayhorn, Richard M. Jones, Dr. John Allison, J. F. Lyon, J. L. Stewart, and Buck Stroud.

            Resolved.  That while duty and the law compels us to fight, public pledges, duty and honor compel these gentlemen to aid us.

            Resolved.  That Gen. Pride Jones be requested not to put upon his staff any one coming under the conscript act.

            Resolved.  That we do not approve of our sheriff appointing Wayne McDade deputy, as there is little or no business for the sheriff to do—courts and court business being mostly suspended; and we look upon it as robbing the army of a good soldier when there is such pressing need for all.

            Resolved.  That these proceedings be published in the Standard, and all papers in the State who are for a vigorous prosecution of the war be requested to copy.

THOMPSON LYNCH, Chm’n.

John T. Blackwood, Sec’y