The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-06-06

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Oar Correspondent adopts rasher : ID
dieroRs quibbls IN Felafion 10 me Hisl
Falls rrsolusion. II i true nat ihey al
NOT ssy any ding :. about sbJmiiiag IL.
division question:" ihcy acied non pe,
rmPiOnly--shey deridrd il themselves.
They pledged themselves - vote against
any prron who did NOT come Out distinct.
~ in favor % . central dirision. And Il
was . hnrmoniss Ihis feeling. and % pre-
vent il operation npon lhe election, hat
the Democratic Convention On Tuesday
OfMay cOun proposed ihat lhe question
should BE- submilied 70 ihe people Al The
ballot box.
But our correspondent Affects 70 think
thatihe High Fails meeting. noiwithsland-
ing they were assisted in their action By
delegates appointed by two previous meet
ings held over the river. had no authority
to give shape 20 the question: bni assumes
10 himself the distinction Of |. the organ Of
the Weston People" win he please to
inIom Us from whom he received his
commission, how was he elected, who
made out his instructions. II all these
things were regular. weshall receive them
as an excuse Cor what appears to US now
as unbecoming arrogance.
We cannot lorbeE to express our sur
prise at the Pcr;inacity with which he adj
heres to bis position tia, the tax laid al
February Court Tor building a cour. house
j. not legal or binding. II he win look
into his law book he viii find Ina, there
is not in il proposition more clear and
explicit. "A majority Of the justices
shall be present." the law says: and q ma
joriiy Of The votes Of ilis quorum is all
that the law requires to levy the tax. lie
complains that we go so Ear or as the Sc
nate Of ihe United States Cor an example;
wewill therefore come higher home. The
House Of Commons Of Nonh Carolina is
composed Of 100 members; 81 is quo
rum capable Of doing business; il reye-
nue. ball should then come up before lhem,
81 votes would be sufficient TO carry il.
A Tux would thereby be levied upon the
people Of North Carolina BY the votes Of
only one more than one fourth Of the
members Of the House Of Ccmmons--lhe
provision IN the Bill Of Rights To the con-
trary notwithstanding. And would il not
be both legal and constitutional! Fifty
nine members being absent from the House
OF Commons, or twenio-four from the Sc
nate, would not vitia,e the law; il was
passed at regular session, the members
Ind all an equal privilege 10 attend, and
all the people Of the state would be consi.
dered 10 be present through their repre-
seniaiivcs. The Bill of Rights does not
intend that the business Of the state shall
be controlled by any number less than a |
majority Of the members of either house, |
which would be the case il their absence |
would prevent so important and indispens- /
able duty as leyying the taxes. So il is
with the justices Of a county. February
Court is the usual term for levying the
county taxes, and for that purpose a ma
loriiy Of the justices Of tho county must
be present. And at the last February
Court majority of the justices were
the tax was laid, not by
mere majority, but, as we said before,
without dissenting voice. But our cor
respondent says, not so: the 80 who had
Just voted against building new court
house, in that vote virtually voted against
the tax for the purpose. This is too RI
diculous for reiutaiion. There were in
dlviduals in the court house, who had vo-
ted against a new one, but who, after that
question was settled, expressed desire
that liberal allowance should be made,
and that house should be built that
would do credit to the county--and the
vote was unanimous for providing the
means of paying for it.
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Dcmocra!ic Nationa! Convention.