North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1850-12-07

Senate az" alter the federal basis In the
that "" Iay;nu ourselves open to the cnaI Honse of
wlIo at home what we claimed III "t.tion based
ing nontat;ves at Washngton-represeIId difference
RePreoTs He said there was WIZ rrcb about
upon SCI - two cases. We had taKeu ~, ,he MI
bet"ee sions of Northern maJonueo, and we
ue 1as oppressed here by tn0 talked of over
bonid do Justice at home, oeiod He said our State
snoGiu ~ naiorties from abroad 30 nroy;s;ons
shadowlng - canal and Just IN It's provisions
L;ot than any other III '"0 : n - ca, voice
on tis . State had never ndu :u,. the
m making or amending ie framed it, was ruled By
Convention d. ID bouseholders, and that the Con
the landhoaa s was fettered and tied down oy iegis
venon e;tations; and that the people, ihsIeau "
latiVe nnresented in it in propornon 70
nsea perez only by counties eA'T He wanted FREE
the sdnle Convention, in which the Peop''
ana III IL hoard. He thought 1t Impossible 10 enec
Gouu reforrns by legislative enactment ne pr.
s;,ions were too numerous ana Vailous-'e mon
POS noaiortv in the two Houses could mol ag!ee UPO
sary '"" hence the necessity for Conventlon: 81
thel1; a have not attempted to report Mr. Wooahn
LII We have given only some OF the na,n out
&c S;s Sneech, which, we learn, Is 10 DC
for publications. .,x- vvoodin's remarks,
d. Der moved to refer the bill to ue
M amendments to the ConstItutio" Tho hill was be-
MI Gilmer asked why refer IL second time, and
eo the Senate-it had been reau He could
0OyVW
see no reason Ior from Ashe untrlenoy 20 .ne
bill. He wanted
bill. IA ,ba, various projects had been SUD-
Mr.. bower J;nr the Constitution-that Goiii-
mlttsd loL Snon rased on this very subject, a"u :"
mittee mao ht that this bill should 60 to ina. con-
tnoug to he naturey considered &C., readinp.
had not moved this reference that the author of the
was necauS - hoard. He had been heard at ,ens1''
OIL, s 1 If the opinion that the Oil >i'oul ~
anu ne He had accordingly moved Ine Ielee He
NJ. Caldwell of B., opposed Tue :"oJ No oood
MI. @ho Senator from Ashe had assignee ~ III -
thought Ihe ot;on All the friends OF the Din oe
reason lol ~" Cir CHANGE in open Senate. ne ulu no'
sea was h;n to he sent to prejudlced comnl.;e
Misn "a; tho Senator from Ashe hao ld'seu a.
ds hand against the bill and ne Westera county.
his cou Rower said he hoped he would De ano S
, NIL oorbts here which were enjoyed uy 'he en.
. .o from Burke He was not resP0ISiuDnI .o,sons
,lam.n Int to his constituents. ne no - ho
~; oonrse satisfactory to his own h1nu' "I,u
tor MS coulse 80 his constituents. They woulo
uiu ~. bic action and the reasons foru. ne nu
J nIv what was fair and proper unuei Ie o
'nst.nces and he should not wlthdra" 'lie c th"
Mr. Courts could perceive no Soou 49,. ISL e;Jo
warmth and the surprise expressed on 'lle VII ~,
,h;s notion of the Senator from Ashe. why ho'
a. Ibis bq 1t was proposition OF the hls' l'li-
nortance-iuinvolved the gravest and MOS ;i1 oon
pills and the Senate should not ACT has'hy uPon
il He was for the reference, II lot NO u'''0' u bod
H.. tho hill miUht be maturely considered ne hao
dors,ood the Senator from Guilford to say tna' ne
,d have voted for this reference on the mrs. ieau
inq If so them why not now we're III. '"e - ,
enc FIR such vote much stronger now adn NleH
u thought So The author OF the Dill hdu Dec"
nc *; comments were now before the Senate
inInd;nr the committee and he thought the Hiehus
of the measure ought to thank the Senator rol He"
for having delayed his motion till tney nao uee =,
nFr7FnI
heard We might dispense with our con %
once, if we did not refer, Tor mature
important bill as this. es,onoa
Mr. Washington should vote for the reference
Why raise committees unless they are 10 act.
were other propositions tor CONSTRUCTORS o'i
merits already before the committee, ana nc coeiu
go No ro,soo wbv this bill should have the prefer
ence of remaining before the Senate. Under any cli
cumstances it ought to be REFEREED but more
ly was this the proper course as TINS Dill i'oi'o
the gravest and most important matters' -,
Mr. Thomas moved adjournment, WHICH was
not agreed to.
Mr. Shepard said he surprised at some OF the
positions of the Senator from Buncombe. He did
not propose to reply to him at present, but ne mtgn'
notice of these positions on tnture OCCASION ~
He agreed with the Senator from Ashe that this Dill
ouuht to he referred He wanted all the various pro-
iects for Constitutional amendments laid before the
Communicable willing that all the unkers upon
the Constitution should have chance; and 1t might
be- after thew had all tried their hands, that something
might be patched up and palmed Oft on the people as
an Improvement that noble instrument
The question then recurring the motion to REFER
said BILL it was determined in the affirmative as fol-
lows:
YEAs.-Messrs Arendel, Barrow, Berry, Brewer
Bond. Bunting, Bynum. Caldwell of NJ, Cameron,
Canaday, Clarke, Collins, Courts, Drake, Eborn,
Grist Hargrave, Herring, Hester, Hoke, Jones, Joy
ner, Mcmillan, Malloy, Nixon, Pen2er, Richardson
Rogers, Seasons, Shepard, Sherrod Speight, Thorn
as, Thompson, Washington, Watson, Wiley, VIII
hanson, Barnard, and Wooten-4O.
NAYs.-Messrs. Baringer, Caldwell of B., David.
son, Gmer, Haughton, Kelly, Lane, Ellington, and
Wood6n-9.
On motion of Mr.. Berry, the bill heretofore intro
duced by him. providing for an amendment OF the
Constitution, taken up and referred to the com
mtee on Constitutional amendments.
On motion of Mr. Ellington, the Senate adjourned
until Tomorrow IL o'clock.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
Mr.. Winstead presented memorial from sundry
citizens OF Person county, protesting against the In
corporation of religious and moral reform societies
and particularly of the order of the Sons of Temper
ance. Mr.. Winstead moved its reference to the com
mttee Propositions and Grievances, which wa
not agreed to and the memorial was ordered to lie Of
the table,
Mr. Caldwell of Guilford, memorial from sunGr
citizens of Guilford county, praying amendments t
the existing Revenue laws of the State as to aor
protection and encouragement to the mechanic art
within the State by laying suitable taxes upon tn
Merchants or vendors Of articles the manufacture
other States, which may come in competition wit
mechanical labor in this State referred to commtte
on Finance.
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Mr. Avery bill to provide relief for the purcha
ers of Cherokee lands at the sale of 1888, and to
cure portion of the debts due the State referred
the committee on Cherokee lands.
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