Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-01-10
rrCIsLaTrRE of North Carolina.

The LEGISLATURE have adjourned They have not toed
The mark in The Of Internal improvement, The
late Convention addressed them almost in vain. The
Raleigh Register states, that 1.-The only proposition re.
CONNIE ndcd by ttcm which the Legislature sanctioned
is the lending the faith Of the State 10 The Raleigh and
Castor Company and even that measure could only
he forced through By making the private property OF The
srocknldsrs liable for The debt. The bill was actually
rejected on lis second reading in the House, by the
votes of two of The Representatives from THIS county,
agains, il! twas considered however, and eventu
ally pa ssed by two o,es-A bill has also passed. pIrdg
ing the Stale 10 subscribe tire GhS 10 the Cape Fear
and Western Road; but presume the effort, 1t made,
10 raise The remaining co Gths by individual subscTip-
ton, will prove lruitless and abortlve."
Her Two Senators have applied 10 the Legislature for
further Information. The following Letter from them
received and read in the Senate OF ~ Carolina, on
the 18th instant:
WasurxGroS CRY. Dec 81, 1885.
To tie Hon The General assembly Of y. c:
GEHTLEMES: Having learned from unofficial sources,
which, however, leave doubt upon our minds OF the
correctness OF their information, that certain resolutions
hive passed your honorable bodies expressive of the
opinions of ma orily of each Of them, upon political
matters, OF which have been and others still are
pending before the country, have been induced to
anticipate their coming TO nand and respectfully address
you concerning them.
In thus anticipating the reception Of copy OF the
solutions through official channel, we uust that an
apology will be found in The information we have
ceved of the intention Of the Legislature 10 adjourn al
early day
The resolutions do not expressly instruct TO carry
inlo effect the opinions expressed therein; we
able to perceive in them, implicitly any authoritative
command such instructions convey.
We are, therefore, left to INFER that it the nen.
ton Of the General Assembly not to assert exercise
the right Of instruction. from the absence of the rnanda
tory terms heretofore used when the General Assembly
of North Carolina has thought proper TO resort to it.
The ground heretofore occupied by US Is wholly un
changed, and scarcely needs recapiua!ion We have
publicly declared that whenever instructions are given
US by the Legislature, will either obey them ol
! resign.
We therefore respectfully ask of your honorable DO
dies, If we in construction OF the resolutions
that we may be sci right in lime TO act as becomes III,
! position in which we stand
With view To prevent any Misrepresentation oil out
motives we discaim any intention Of dsrespect 10 h
legislature considering it not only duty 10 ourselves
thus specully 10 make this request, but that we OWE
! il TO the people of the Stale of North Carolina who's
interests have been coufded 10 in the Senate Of TIT
! Us.
We have The honor 10 be, with great respect, your OBJ
servls, BEDFORD bkoWN,
ROBr. STRANGE
The foregoing Commu nicalion being read, MIR. Cher
rs submitted the following Resolution which passed II
three readings Is TO 23being precisely the same vot
that given the passage Of the resolutions referred
by the Senator's except that Mr. Foy, of Carteret AM
Jones, present voting with his party, (Whig) an
MIR. Jones was absent:
"Resoired That the Resolutions passed By this Gene
raj Assembly and transmitted to our Senators III Con
g,ess are sufficiently plain and Ineligible TO be con-
pretended by any one DESTROYS Of understanding then
That we believe this communication, anticipating Iii
epon Of said Resolutions and making enquiry as
their meaning is not in good faith; and that 1t would
inconsistent with the self respect Of this General A.
sernbly 10 make any reply 10 It,