Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1852-12-22
SCENES IN THE COMMONS

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last tuesday evening in which the Wing mebber
| showed : great frmness Of purpose,n if notmncl
strength OF intellect. M At half past three Sclocl
the non-ntersention resolutions introdu "A H.
MI, Leach on Saturday were taken nm. llessrs
Avery, :. E. Hill and other. Democrats oInosod
them on the ground that theyewere inexnea,nt and
unnecessary and as they were likely to to- Consume
much time IN discussing them Mr.. Hill move.4 to Law
them upon the table. The Wings having q ma. a
)onty refused to do So Mr.. Avery stated that as
the resolutions were broad and unoualisd IN tbe;,
nature he could not support them. as he deemed
1t the duty of our government to interfere in o.s.
Spain should attempt to cede the island Of Cnba
to any other power, and this the resolutions CON
demned. He therefore proposed to add an amend.
ment making this exception to the sveen;no cbar-
acter of the resolutions and Who's voted Il down
Mr.. Hill proposed an amendment that the resol,.
tons should not be construed to prohibi. the Uni
ted States government from interfering in case any
European power should attempt to establish a mon
archy on our continent; and this the Who's also
voted down! Mr.. Avery then proposed to amend
by declaring that the resolutions should not extend
to the prohibition of interference when it was ne
cessary for selfprotection; and Whigs voted down
even this !!
Thus according to Wing principles, as develop
ed in the House of Commons, Spain may cede CUBA
to Great Britain, France, or any other power-the
Car of Russia may establish monarchy in Mel
leo, and any other nation may leopard our laws
and institutions by any they please, aid our
government should not interfere to prevent t. The
novelty of such doctrine is only equalle( by its
monstrosity.
The session was prolonged until nearly eight o.
clock at night, and great excitement and confusion
prevailed most of the time. The resolutions were
no doubt intended as irebrand to intame party
animosity; and the Democratic members viewing
them in this light and considering them objection
able also on account of their broad and unq, lifted
nature, and looking upon them as mere !rac-
tons, with no binding force, practical bearing,
opposed them. When the vote was taken there
was scarcely quorum present The Wings claim
their passage victory, but we consider It very
empty one. We have heard zveral Wings regret
that they were introduced atal-in fact We believe
majority Of them regretted it; but a. they were
introduced they stuck to party and voted for them
Several Democrats also voted for them, as they be-
lieved the principles embodied in them generally
correct. At the same time they protested against
them as useless, and calculated only to consume
time. For further particulars see proceedings.
On Wednesday evening another scene was en-
acted. A large number of the Sons Of Temper
ance having met in the City for the purpose of
holding Convention, Mr.. Spruill Of Bertie offered
a resolution rendering them the use Of the Com
mons Hall at night COL McNeill Of Robson, ad
vocated the resolution in very animated speech.
Several members opposed it, the most conspicuous
among whom was Mr.. Miller, the member from
Caldwell. A motion to lay the resolution upon
the table having been voted down, this gentleman
sprang to his feet very much excited, and declared
his intention to speak until midnight After speak
ing for few moments the "noise and confusion .
became so great that the Speaker bad the iobo'es
cleared. Mr.. Spruill at length withdrew the reso'
luton, saying he did so to avoid scene disgrace
full to the State A motion to adpurn at last pre-
vailed, and put an end to contest which was cal
culated to reflect no credit upon the House.