Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-01-17
NORTH CAROLINA.

The Legislature of this State was busy en-
gagged in both its houses up 10 Saturday last in
discussing slavery resolutions, and some mpor-
tant votes were taken. In the Senate, on Tues
day, the 18th, resolution embodying the doctrine
OF secession was rejected, by a vote of 16 to3I.
On Saturday, the 18th, a similar resolution was
laid on the table by the same body, and the Ra-
leigh Register states that the indications are that
the House ofCommons will also reject the promo
sition. The following are the resolutions favour
ably, though it appears, not finally acted upon by
the Senate:
Resolped, That the Constitution of the United States
Is compact between sovereign and independent
States and all powers not therein delegated are ra
served to the States lespecvey--that amono The A.
tributes OF sovereignty retained by the several States
is that OF watching over the operations OF the Gen.
eral Government, and protecting her itizens from
unc INSTITUTIONAL abuse on the hand and securing
to them, on the other, strict ulflment Of the oblqa-
tons imposed by the Constitution upon the Gene al
Resolved, That while we do not annroved If all
the provisions OF the compromise by Congress called
the adjustment, still from traterna spirit OF orbearapce
towaros our oelhren IN the non-saveholdng States,
aud sincere and heartfelt attachment to the Union,
we are wiling to acquiesce in SAID compromse--b0n-
| eSty dna FAITHFULLY arred out.
hesoloe0, That while we are disposed to accept the
sand compromise as the acork peace we deem sa-
cred duty to warn the people OF the free States against
any TURNER encroachmens upon our rights and to de-
clare exPicly mat IN the opinion Of this General AS
semby, North Carolina mould aud oushtto regard as
entirely inconsistent with her longer continuance in the
Unlon the abolition OF slavery in the District OF Co.
umbla ny Congress Without The consent Of the slave
holding States and incompatible with their safety and
interests or any act Of Congress- prohibiting the cti-
zens OF one savehoding State from removing their
slaves ITO any other slaveholdng State or refusal by
congress to admit INTO the Union as State any Ter
rtory belonging to the United States on account of the
existence OF domestic slavery within its limits or anv
act applying the dangerous and mischevous principle Of
the anot PreuiSo to the Territories of Utah and New
exico or any act which repeats the act tor the
reclamation of fugitive slaves, or so modiies the same
as essentially to impair its efficiency and usefulness
fesotUed, That whenever any one of the contingent
cles mentioned in the foregoing resolutions shall have
afsen the Governor of this State be- and he is hereby
required to convene the General Assembly at such time
n ntn no. ~ us wsdom shall deem fit, in order to take
INTO consideration the solemn duties which we owe to
ourselves as freemen, and our then existing relations
with the Federal Government
Ihe first OF these resolutions was adopted, on
motion, as substitute for that which was reported
with the others from the Committee of the whole
The vote for the substitute was 20 to 49, The
original resolution read
ResolDed, That in the opinion of this General As
sembly North Carolina is deeply devoted to the Union
OF the States and will to the utmost eodeayor TO nye
serve and perpetuae IT, long The Union itself shall
formed
The remaining resolutions were, on the same
day, passed on their second reading without dis.
sent.
On Thursday, the 9th, an amendment was adopt
ed to the 4th resolution, providing that the Iegs-
lature instead OF Convention, should be called in
the contingencies stated. The first and second
resolutions were finally adopted unanimously, and
the third by large vote. Pending the question
on the fourth the Senate adjourned
On Friday, in the House, the bill to establish
+" Free Suffrage" failed to become law, the vote
on Its passage being, yeas 6S, nays 40, and three
fifths of the whole being necessary to carry the
measure.
The Raleigh Register says SIT is pretty gen.
orally understood, that the Legislature will GER
tainly adjourn on next Monday week, the a7th.o
Mr. Kennel LOTUS, an English gentleman, who
is now IN the East, assisting in running the boun-
dairy line between Turkey and Persia, writes home.
describing discovery he has made, that the an
clent Chaldeans had system of UNDERTAKING.
their lands perfectly similar to the improved sys.
tenn now in vogue in England their draining tiles,
which he has found and traced, being of precisely
the same form and material as those used bv the
British farmers.