The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-02-04

rOs. n.sI b,tween then. Whsre cOnEsss.
sIasl srl'On tnds. there Safe seton con
msnrss, AMI continue 40 E.l,d and bird.
Ing - hsioEs Eong tess ln'eElrrsd. Iadmil.
that - Tar 80 is"RRTess hss leR..la.d ~
regard 10 The Di.aEisls. ne sulhaIiiy j. OBJ
iIgasoTy and psrsmosn', and na farther.
hell, % SlaI xssnI has Congress iesHs.
laied 80 regard 9" Ihs Ton. IessiansI Dis
'r'ris IN Aor'h c.Iol'ns! Fms,, ih.l tie
STATES shall have but nine ms mhsIs. Well
SIf, the bill on your table provides hli
ieE nine Districts. Secondly. thai the DE-
,rIeIs shall be eompostd Of contiguous le,-
IIl"ry. The bill Iully observes that rsou,-
srIon-no one denies Il. Thirdly. that
no one DIsnIei shall elect more than one
rePHseniahse. ThW - fully ronIOrmed
TO. foT the Districts are all single. Con.
RIessiOusl seliOn goes no farther than Ihis.
In regard 10 the shaIe, the sizs, the COM
Ponsni par 5. or the psrIads of line IS 10
The change Of The several Districts, there
/" no conflict. cong'sn not ha'ing leg
nl.Fd 40 TO either. the power of,he SAFE
- full and ample on al, esen though Con-
gIrss bad never inieIf,red.
The eentemsn. by way of ILLUSTRATION.
e.Ied The pow AZ Of Congress To establish
, uniform B4nkrupi l,s ihTnug houi the
Unllsd Snies, and stated that Un,ll Con.
g'sss exercises that power. the S,stes mas
leeislaIs on tire subject; but tia, IS soon
As Congress acts. then all State l.ws are
inside cod. as far as they conflict With
the law ol CoIgrss. Aye, inde'd! A..
far a. thew conflict With The law of Con-
grsss! lsgres With him, and lhs qusl.
Ihcalinn Of hI., as 10 the conflict. de,lro, 9
the sptness u hts IIlusuauon. |, 10 ,n a.
gument Directly in my IarOr. But sup
pose Congress should pass a Law on ,he
s"hJ'cI OI B'nkTupsry, limited IN il. pro.
'sIon,-would thai prohibit the States
rom leeislsung on the suhjsc', beyond
tie extent OF the cor hrri! d., II the STATE
should 81 lrg.late. would u he debsrrcd
from alNnng ar snendrR .uch esi.lsuon
"n,l Congres. az in scI"1 OF he suhl"ctl
toG INSTANCE, sUfPosr cU"gre-s 5. o"ij
pss Bankrupt hw, lhs pr"vrs"n Of
which Should only apply n creditor and
debtor hvIng IN diHtrert Slafs-snd
should leave ito the Stale Legislatures TO
spPly iY provisions 10 ereGi OF, and debt.
ore both living IN ,be same St'te, If they
should see pr"per,o do 90. Suppo,e the
Legislsmre Of q $ ale should adopt II;
could u not alierw ards dispense with il,
or change The mode OF us execution, I'M
less scluslly prohibited by the nrms Of
the law IHelf! Suppose such Law were
Ia leave rsuss Of fraud arising under j., TO
DO uItd BY his State Court,-wil any
me pretend that the Snle could not alter.
wards change its Statutes in regard to The
selection. 'ummo"ing and smpaDnell;ng Of
J"rors! Would the States be prohibited
from acting unrl Congress hsG leeisla,ed
further! 1hIs presents case exc ly
? rallei TO that msnl,ed in the question
now under discussion. 10 the case sop
p'sed-l mean the tr al Of issues 10 The
State CONTINGENCIES would leave one
Of the incidental stalls of the execution
"t Law to The Stste regulations. JuU so
IN reea'd 10 laying of the DisIr,cts. In
either case, PROVIDED the requisinons Of
the sc' OF Congress are complied With.
ptoslded all conflict between State aud
Congressional action is avoided. State
legislation IN regard to de,ail.-ahere
somelh'ng Is lett Tor the States 10 d.. IN
order 10 The proper execution Of The law
lie al any time valid and cnncln.ive.
The gentleman from Rowan continued
10 dwell upon the power Of Congress
under the Constitution TO regulate the
manner of elections, and the exercise of
that power under the Apportionment Act
of AZ. The cautious manner and ingen-
ious language in which he dealt with this
part Of the subject, is we'll calculated to
mislead, unless closely scrulinized. Speak
ing of the Apporlionment Act Of AZ, he
said, that Congress had there, TO a certain
srfenf, assumed the power over the man.
ner Of elections, and 10 that extent the
States were deprived Off. This have
admitted again and again. But TO mhat
cAtnt !-tlldt Is ltit Hut uueStlui. HAVE
shown that this extent was only as TO
contignity of territory, and single districts.
lie does not deny this, whilst he yet eau
tously abstans from any definite expos-
ton of the "certain extent" mentioned
by him. lie jumped to the conclusion.
however, that the only power left to the
States, by the Act of Congress, over the
manner Of elections, was the arrangement
of the districts-and he stated distinctly,
that when that was done, the State power
was at an end. If he will reflect a mo-
ment, he will see that he is entirely mis-
taken. The appointment of Poll-keepers,
the officers to whom the returns shall be
made, the mode in which the votes Of the
several counties shall be compared, wheth-
er "A majority or a plurality shall elect,
whether the voting shall be by ballot or
uira roce, are NIL powers over the man
nor of the elections. which are left to the
States; and the exercise of which varies
in almost every State. viii it be pretend
ed that the States may moi, from time to