The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-01-21

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Honac n connons, Dee !, 1919.

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ing Tie bill befsHe lie House. and IN /
now rising 10 advocate II. lie hal been. |
and now vas, conscious If Tie Eespnnsi. |
hiliiy ahleh lie incurred. lie was well |
aware .oi lie Fllaperaiinn sud nhloqm,
which awaited him. lie might well & |
Pees thai his course and lis humble name |
would, InE some time 10 come. afford
theme Of denuuciaiinn In malignant par |
ny Press. anil oi nnspaling abuse 10 eve.
~ interruptions demagngue III The State.
But for himself. lie had counted lie cost, |
md was rsa'iy and prepared 10 abide the
result. by own honesl convictions, fsaih
Mr. X and he appreciation nf The jass
aud rehecilng portion Of my connlrymen,
must and will Sustain me. Divine wis. |
dom seems 10 have decIeed. that in the
moral government The world, no good il
to be achieved. no Llessing to be allsined.
except by corresponding sacrifice. This
is enlinenIly 50, IN tile strife and iunull
Of political life. He who desires TO re-
eeive Tie approval Of Al honest conscience
for an unlinching discharge Of duty-or
TO obtain the esteem and support Of ihe
wise and good, far disin,eresied effort
10 promote The happiness and welfare of
his counuy-he WHO deroies himself to
The task If avengiug The wrongs of The
injured, and in aiding The efforts &c The
deserving, must prepare himself to NEE.
llhe pelsings sf many a pililess storm of
fcensure and dennnciai:sn. For myself.
| ask no higher honor than 10 receive the
distractions n those whose vocation il
.censnre, aud whose moral fond is aefama.
lion, for The position now occupy, i'm
endeayoring 10 sustain the great funda-
mental principle Of republican govern.
ment, which insist on has been nutrag-
led, and the injury done 10 which. il is lie
object Of The bill now before US. to re-
dress. II" s%~7
But The duty which | owe to those up
on whom rely 10 sustain me--to my
gallant comrades III The cause of consii.
lulional liberty. with whom | have 50
long slruggled--reanires, thai should
attempt 10 set forth somewhat in detail,
the grounds Of our aclion-and appeal ID
thc calm, and s1hnr ref se:inn nf .n,sr s,nan.
ltrymen, Tor the rectItnde OF our intentions
and the propriety of our course.
In considering this proposition 10 re-
arrange the congressional districts of the
7 state at this time, there are two prominent
!, points of view in which il presents itself
i 10 the mind. FiFst-haye We the cunsii-
Iminnal po,cer To do il; and secondly
i, admitting we have the power, is il expe.
dent and proper to exercise that power
at this time I'm regard 10 the power.
! presume it will be admitted by all, that
!, the General Assembly Of The state has
sovereign and unlimited power over all
questions of legislation; except in so far
as il is restricted by the constitution oil
the state, the constitution Of the United
,ISlaHes. and all national laws aud irea-
ties made in pursuance thereof. This
sovereign power is indlspensableqto the
ability Of government to maintain its all
i. thority ami enforce its decrecs--in all
systems, il must reside somewhere--and
i'm our state ii must reside in the General
a Assembly. subjectto the restrictions just
: named. This exercise of sovereign pow
: er must, it will also be admitted. extend
! to every subject Of Legislation ; The pass
;. ling. modifying, amending. or repeating.
e all laws which the General Assembly, as
c the constitutional organ Of gthes popular
+ will, may deem to besrequired by the pub
lie good, subject to the RESTRICTIONS men,
, Etioaed. Does the constitution of the
r, state contain any provision prohibiting
1.-the Legislature from remodeliing congress
sional districts, at this time, or oltener
" than once insten years! No such provl'
sion can be found--no such pre.enee will
be sch up. In fact, The state constitution
! being designed for, and adapted 10 an in
n ternal municipal government. has no pro-
e vision on question which afterwards
/, grew out of our federal relations ! and il
b is from the constitution OF the United
a States only, tina. any and everypower has
a been exercised by the state Legislature oveI
T, the subject Of congressional elections
Of Then, is there any thing in the federal
r constitution to prohibit our action on this
question at this time III e.
W There are but two clauses in the
- constitution of the United States bearing
directly on this question. The. first, i:
the second section Of the first article
i which provides that .aso =
a. Representatives and direct taxes shall be ap
portioned among the several states according t'
their respective numbers, &c. The actual emu
IL meration shall be made within three years atte
i'll the first Congress Of the United States, and with
G. in every subsequent term Of ten years. in sucl
manner as they shall by law direct. Z 49, 81
Now, what was the object contempla
: ted BY Ibis question It's plain Tia, j
was intended for the purpose II keeping
steadily in view, and constantly in opera
RS ton. the great principle Of compromis'
u III forming the basis Of the constitution
y that whilst the states were represented
with equality of strength in the Senate
',hev shnnld be represented according L