Excerpt from Personnel of the Convention of 1861, And, Legislation of the Convention of 1861 It has been said that our people are slow to move, and others less deliberate and more rash have not hesitated to disparage North Carolina's conservatism. When the nation trembled on the verge of the great internal conflict, North Caro lina, disapproving all hot-headed measures, hesitated, pre ferring if possible, the peaceful maintenance of the Union. As a natural consequence, when in December 1860, pressure was exerted upon the General Assembly to induce them to call a convention of the people, there was much opposition not only among the members of the legislature, but also among the people throughout the State, and the measure suffered defeat. A compromise bill finally passed, providing for the election of delegates on the 28th of February, 1861. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.