The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-01-25

From the Raisgh STANDARD Jss a
Equal suffrage or the right Of every free whe man /,
NORTH Carolisa TO vots for members Of the senate
The equal suffrage bill passed the house Of common,
OF North Carolina Tuesday, the l4th day OF Janusy
On Saturday, the 18th Of January, 1851, this bill va.
rejected in the senate by vote OF 20 to go.
This received three votes more than the con.
stutonal majority in the commons, and lacked volt
OF having that majority IN the senate.
for iul sketches of The proceedings OF the Legislature
On Monday, in the senate. Colonel Bower INTRODUCED
bill providing for amendment OF the constitution V
as to elect the Judges by the people Motions Were cue
cessiyey made BY wing senators to refer the bill 10 IL.
committee on constitutional amendments to the udcy
committee, and the committee on propositions I'd
grie but these motions all promptly and pup
srly voted down: And yet these very wing senalors M
the equal suffrage BILL and those OF them who spok.
came strongly in its favor but when an occasion asa
present. arose 10 test them in this matter, they found
voting TO REFER and to avoid the question as far posi-
Bile This is specimen. we suppose, Of wing sincerity
In the senate, on Monday evening, the bill for The rl
of purchasers Of Cherokee lands was taken up Mean
Bynum and Caldwell OF B. spoke against the bill and
MI Thomas advocated il in spirited and able manner
No final action was taken upon it, On the same evening
Mr. Washington moved to reconsider the vote Of Su.
day by which the equal suffrage bill was rejected nd
the motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
In the house. on Monday, BILL offered by Mr. Nc
Lean, submitting il to the people at the polls in AHm
next, 10 say whether they will have convention OF na
was passed by yeas 70, nays 40 Let those eastern H
tors, who defeated equal suffrage Saturday last kd
at that commons vote, and ponder upon II!
! The house was engaged on Monday night in reaG4
bills We learn that there some two hundred bills ID
awaiting final action.
The two houses have not yet rescnded the resoluto
to adjourn stns die Friday next but il 10 regadsdS
I" fixed fact" that they will We do not see how thy
can possibly dispose Of the public business. il ous
| 10 be disposed OF. before Monday next
| EQUAL surraAoE-It will be seen by our legsshw
proceedings that the equal suffrage bill from the 90
mons defeated in tine senate on Saturday last.
vote Of 20 to 40 Twentysix democrats and three Wig
voted for the bill, and ftSsnty ishigs against u. nl
shows at glance which party it is that is opposed
popular rights.
The ROCKINGHAM MEETINo.-We have been authol1
by the senator from Rockingham to say that ths et
ton adopted by the late Rockingham meeting. On hs II
glive.s slave law, and published in this paper. wu y
signed clearly TO declare that the meeting dispoa
to acquesce in the late adjustment, but that, il TIE
gtive-save law should be repealed essentially NOD
ned, the meeting would be compelled TO regard md
action by the federal government ~ disruption d a
is,ing relations. In other words. the meeting intends
to say that they uoud not submit to the repeal mold
cation OF that law. This is the very position wheh
occupy on this subject. defined in our notice Of h
meeting