Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-04-06

Now, these men are among our best citizens
ii them stakeholder kCow who emancipated ft
slaves. II oud be moderate estimate to saw he sacrifice
to bis conscience S25 000 Yet these people would be ID
last encourage violence. These men would NOT fight b.
in the hour of trial, believe many of them would do
did in Rhode Island IN the Dom rebellion He found
soldier at bis post exhausted by fatigue and want of food
Friend, he said 81 cannot use arms, but will take car
of thy musket until thou hast refeshment." Ask thes
what has been the effect of the agitation of
and they will tell you has checked emancipation couen,
that wrong suppose that the great body of our North
e people, who believe slavery to be evil as our Quaker
do, therefore disposed interfere with the Southern
States "enemes Of the South"
But, to another aggression on the South" In 1898
Massachusetts, passed resolutions recommending change In
the constitution Of the United States There commentator
was that the third clause of the second section of the first
article Of the Constitution should be changed as to abolish
the representation of the Southern States for their slaves
This proposition denounced tending TO disunon
gentleman from Virginia. Mr. Gilmer) and from South
Carolina, (Mr. BURT) said of it, 50 proposition precisely
similar to that under consideration was made by the
notorious Hartford Convention Think when that amend
is made, others will be made and disunion will be the
inevitable consequence
Bot though the Legislature Of Massachusetts, did wrong in
this instance, does follow that while our present Con-
suon stands she would interfere with slavery lin the South
States If it evinces disposition interfere il admits
also the of power under the Constitution Our State
Legislatures sometimes do silly things They resolve one
yea against the resolves Of the year before. But wish to
call the attention Of my colleague, Mr CLsGMAs) who no
doubt regards these Massachusetts, resolutions
on, proceedings of the last Legislature Of our State
We had before the winter of ls4s 40 proposition to
amend our State constitution. In the gubenaoria
1913 an issue unwsey was made upon the p'oprety Of
striking out from State consi uon provision which
qures that all for the Senate shall fifty acres Of
land The Democrats raised the cry Of Sc free suffrage"
Tie hg canddate-a most estimable genteman-was
derstood to oppose free suffrage. As might have been
pected, the Democrats nearly elected their candidate in
State that gave Taylor than eight thousand majority
over Case But when the proposition brought forward
to amend cur constitution, Of the members from my col
the "white basis" They probably remembered what my
colleague said in his speech December s47 ofthe white
being superior the black; Of country filled
with the former vigorous and prosperous than one
filed with mixed race"
When the proposition before the Legislature other
amendments offered beside that relating to ree suf
frage'
That may be understood let me s'ate that by our State
constitution, the House Of Commons composed Of members
elected from the counties according their federal pula
hon The article seems to have been copied from the Con-
stuton OF the United States which Massachusetts, wished
amend in ls43he third clause of the section of
the first article One gentleman proposed in the
North Carolina Legislature
s.ad be further enacted, That the constitution be SO
amended provide Senate shall hereafter be ap
poroned among the several counties of this State according
mons according to the schte Population Of the Stare"
For this amendment torty-one western members voted
Wings and Democrats, and among them of the bes.
men in State.
Another gentleman proposed
That in all future arrangements of Senatorial districts the
whole number of white population of the State alone shall be
divided ~ fifty and every heth part Of the 'e Population
Our State Senators elected according basis taxa
ton.
Another gen,leman-a holder and truer man is rarely he
tound-proposed amendment that 'the members of the
House OF Commons be apportioned according to the white
population of the Sate-rejeced yeas &c. nays &C. And
then, just these political movements made in the
Northern States, another gentleman from my colleagues dis
rct (Mr. CLINGMAN moved that the words federal popu
of he whit
population" be inserted in the steadreected % to 66.
This last gentleman, Democrat thought be would go be-
yond what the Wing member had proposed Shall these
men be called Abotionsts No, sir they would be the
first to take up arms it necessary against them. But
in Massachusetts, proposition of the like character is de-
ounced as being the result of the wicked designs of amb
tous agitaors and ignorant fanatics" ask my colleague
(Mr CLtsenAs) what shall be said of the white basis ad
vocaes in Western North Carolina Are they agtaors
think the people in Eastern North Carolina will ask my col
league stop agitation at home before he threatens dissolve
the Union for agitation abroad.
Now, Mr. Chairman, the members of our State Legisla-
tue who made these propositions not fanatics They
are true sons of the old North State They live in the most
beautiful land that the heaven shone upon Yes
sir have heard the anecdote from Mr. Clay that preach
e Kentucky when speaking of the beauties Of Paradise
when he desired to make his audience believe place
OF bliss-sad Kentucky of place. Sir this preach
er had never visited the western counties OF North Carolina
have spent days Of rapture in looking her scenery
surpassed GRANDEUR in hearing the Of her magnificent
waterfalls second only to the great of the North
Bazeu IN al power
of Him who, by his word created such country this,
and gratitude for the blessings he had scattered upon it
thought that if Adam and Eve when driven from Paradise,
had been this land they would have thought themselves
in the best place that they had left. could but
think hope reverentyof what told the children Of
Israeli by their leader, they should have, when be said
For the Lord thy God brngeth thee into good land.
land OF brooks of WATER of fountains aud depths that spring
out of valleys and hills;
land of wheat and barley and vines and fig and
pomegranaes land of OIL olive, and honey land wherein
thou shall bread without thou shalt not lack
thing in it land whose ron and out of whose
hills thou mayest dig brass"
And to this country, for of railroad, the East
strangers. And when patriotic at home, for
getting all party calls, are, with united effort, struggling
molly to build this road make better acquainted, to
build up cities In the East to give farmers market for
their produce to stop the tide of emigration, TO bind the East
and West together in indssoube bonds of interest and a
felton, sautea here with the hoarse brawng of
dsunion and invited to contemplate the gories Of
Southern confederacy, in which Virginia and South Carolina
to have great Cities to be supported by the colony
plantation of North Carolina la Southern conederacy,
(which the rulers will lead into unhoy crusade
Tar Vera Cruz, conquer territory to give the sons Of
the Presidents" a market!
When the American army rejoicing at the surrender
Of CORVALLIS at Yokiown-when the acclamatons Of our
revolutionary patriots and their thanks Providence
poured forth from their grateful heartst is said that
Scotchan whose bullock had been supply The
the soldiers beard to shout through the army, Beef
beef beef !" when he clamoring for the price of his
property. The genius of the illusous Patrick Henry has
given this unenvlble notoe In the minds of the
people of North Carolina the of John Hook will be as
socated with these advocates OF dsunon and civil war
But the hearts OF the great of people of both