The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-03-10

ssfs1. " aWAtNuu W pntuum
Of The people % resume a. primary
night The exercise Of powers thus dele
gated. Il u suhverslss u lhe public peace
and SAFETY. an ofenee against society,".
disotganizing and revolutionary. Hence
! adopt CIR myself The besI and plalnesI
definition of The term :. gOverlmsh.' a.
applicable % anr avn uncomfortable er
trcfsr " appropriate p0arsrs. for The lime.
being. or ieifgaiei pfriod.
] understand he resolution Of The
House ~ Representatives 10 aver. unqua
lEedly. ihal lhr expurgalIon from Ihe
journals af The Senate 81 The resolution
Of the 2elh uf March. 1884. eensurlna
the conduct n the President of the Uni
ted States m rslaIion 70 the deposiies. is
constitutional
Genilemen. afler the most intense in.
Vesligsl'on and painful anxiety 10 knew
the ruth. could have arrived ., lhe same
conclusion thai you have. IL would have
grady relieved my mind. and then
mghl have voted without the appearance
81 Inconsistency. To sxpunge and blol il
out. inr the Senair journals u those tunes
OEgit 10 show thai vas opposed 10 The
resolution Of the 2slh IL March. 1894.
and ~ iasnr ri admitting On the journals
of The Senate The Presidents protest
against H. | was confident a me time
lhal the passage Of that resolution was
ImlradrnI. calculated 10 do no good. and
mieh, do much harm. Ideelared 50 then.
and have never lor mameui held con
Irary oplnion since. and have always been
ready ~ vote inr q proposition reversing
that restitution, and had prepared pro-
pasIilon 10 :. repeal. rescmt, reverse aud
annul" u. which. II health had permitted.
] 'uld have offered Is a substitute for
il,e rx,,unglng rtsoluuon which passed
the Senate on the lelh &c January last.
But with due difference 10 the opiuinn
of others, aud not questioning the motives
OF any. il is my deliberate aud ms, so.
Tenn conVlrllon that the Senate rannol
expunee any portion Il lis previous jour.
nails without clear vip'piInn Of that
clause IT the Constitution winch express
~ directs lha, each House shall keep q
journal nj lis proceedings. aud frnm time
% time publish The same "
True. IL has been SAID. by wav of ex.
tenualion. that the txpunging resolutions
prescribed BY The Virginia Legislature
d. no, propose 70 actually destroy jaur.
nails. bat only To draw blsrk lines around
and write cenan opprnbrlnhs words
across the offensive resolution. " bur The
,oOsi must be erpuage " This. IL nv
mud. presented the subject in lls mos,
exeepllonahle form. for al the same time
the constitutional p0wer 10 bllt cut aud
destroy the journals was eVaslvely given
up. Senator'S we're asked to play ut fan
tasliral pranks by drawing black hines.
which seemed To be more Dreaming the
! amusement ofyolalIIe boys Than the grave
deltbera,lnns Of a Senate. .-~
would infinitely rather have met the
question manfuily, and vote al once TO
bipt oIt. expunge, and literally destroy
the Journal. For long Us | have been
accustomed IN venerate and respect the
ane,enI dominion tyrrginla,) her men
and her principles, | am not quite ready
! to adopt implicitly her adroit and refined
notions how to infringe. aud mt to VIC.
late the fundamental law % the country.
; THIS ani,expunging doctrine is by no
means new to me; IL is an old and very
familiar acquaintance, and received my
especial attention and embraces more
than twenty years ago. and has not beer
erpmged from nv memory. or dimln'
ished IN nv affections from tina. day II
the present, .->~-..
The Constitution of our own Stat.
PENNSYLVANIA has the same provision Al
thai contained in the Constitution Of th,
United States. and reads thus: Eaci
House shall keep journal Of its pro
ceetlings, and publish the same weekly
This have always held 10 be intention
ally mandatory aud directory. as strong
ly and clearly so as the import Of Ian
gusge could make il, admitting Of nj
construction. no cavIl. no doubt; too clea
10 be illustrated BY the power Of argu
ment, aud too plain to be obscured BY III
refinement Of sophistry. Aud so il ha
beea held. aud so decided by the prope
and competent tribunals Of Pennsylvania
Wy opinion has been long seuled, an
nv actions governed accordingly. thai
under the Constitutions Of the Unite
States and the State OF Pennsylvania. III
journal OF each preceding day is mad
the exclusive and absolute property OF III
people, over which the Legislature ha
no further control. more than il has owe
the Constitution itself, and possesses u
wore power TO deface, elface, erase, biz
out, expunge. add 10. or diminish fror
one sentence. line, or syllable. than Il ha
. to alter the Constitution, or 10 burn. q
otherwise destroy, the entire iourni
from The commencement Of the Govern
meBt 70 the presen. nGe. The reason