The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-09-08

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rfficiesey to-cxuy eel The requirements 81 The
cen<sifution add ne 5epIecais Ell further zgiis-
lion az de qBezsions thas ssiied - dsngtrcos 10
our pe.ce, and xill dizooantenznoe eli efforts 10
esnlinne or renew sseh agitation. whenever, wher-
ever, o. however madei and se VIII maintain
this settlement as essential 10 The nationality Of
he Wing party and The integrity 81 The Union.
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In 1855 and 1854. Mr.. Graham WAS
la member Of the North Carolina Legs
lature, when he voted againsf allowing
the people TO vote for Governor. No-
tiers do you hear thatf Can you sup
port man who is for taking from you
the right Of sahFragef This is true.
The facts will all be published soon.
Democratic Banner.
The above paragraph appeared In The Demo-
cratic Banner. puhiished In Henderson. Ky, on
the 5ih Of August; and The Raleigh Standard Of
last week responds 10 calls made upon him with
promise Of furnishing In his NEXT issue.the facts
TO sustain the charge. In the succeeding num-
her Of the Standard. however, the editor Is silent
on the subject Blu, why he 10 thus silent We
know not, unless he has asceriained that this
thunder can avail nothing ssaina Gov. Graham
10 this state, having been twice tiled BY his OPP
ponen,s ~hen candidate for Governor; and
therefore he intends sendiag ID abroad through
other channels than his own paper, 10 produce
effect where the facts Of the case are not known,
There is falsehood In the assumption that
Gov. Graham was opposed 10 giving The elec'
lion Of Governor TO the people. The Henderson
editor may have made II lgnonnlly; but the
STANDARD can have no su-h excuse in repeating
the SANDER. That Mr.. Graham favored thai
amendment In the constitution was made mani
fest on many occasions. authentic evidence o
which the Standard can obtain. Our people a
home are well enough satisfied In the premises
but Cor the information of the people abroad VI
!. give the following condensed view Of the iransac
lions attending The amendment Of our consii,u
lion.
The great object which gave rise 10 the move
menl which terminated In the Convention Q
1885, was the equalization Of representation
The Constitution gave 10 each county two Com
moners and one Senator, without regard TO III
number Of inhabitants; the injustice Of whicl
was apparent on the slightest examination thu
the county Of Jones, with Federal population
Of 400. had an equal representation with Lin
coin, with population Of $1,000; and Colum
bus, with Federal population Of 400, equale
in representation the county Of Orange, with
population Of 10000. This operated greatly :
The disadvantage Of the middle and western coun
ties. The thiriy-lhree eastern counties, with
little more than one third Of the Federal popula
ton, and paying less than one third Of the stat
: taxes, elected majority Of the members of bot
branches Of the Legislature. This was conslje
ed great evil, in comparison with which all tn
other proposed amendments were Of minor in
ponance. The power was held by the East, an
!, her disinclination to give il up had been man
! tested in her perlinacious resistance to the div
i sion Of some Of the ovcrgrown counties in u
; west; Rowan, for instance, which now form
! three respectable counties.
nj The injustice involved in this inequality wa
= seen and Acknowledged, and for more than twer
ty years continued efforts had been made 10 efiee
an amendment in the Constitution in tina, part
i cuar. but the attachment generally felt TO Ii
e Constitution as il came from The hands Of its p'
:, trioc trainers, and the influence Of the easter
n counties, whose interests would be effected by
" change, rendered all the efforts unavailing.
el Under these discouragins influences, at ii
session in 1888, bills were presented In bol
Il branches Of the Legislature "to provide for asce
'. tanning the sense Of the people Of North Carol
! ma relative TO amending the Constitution III
House bill received no FINAL action, that in u
Senate, after hcng retained before them until Il
ri 9Th Of January, was postponed until the FL
i day Of November next" by a vote of 36 to 3
! On the next day, being Thursday the 9th Of j
4 nuary, Mr.. Beard presented to the Senate pr
o. amble and resolutions, proposing certain amen
ments to the Constitution to be submitted to Il
= people. These resolutions were referred to
I. committee, which on Friday reported bill g
u. provide for asceftainlns the sense Of The poop
of NHth Carolina, relative 10 Convention
: amending the Constitution" This bill pass
n its three readings on thai day, by vote Of 81
al 30. and was sent to the House. On Saturl;
the bill was taken up in the House, and indie
I. niiely postponed, by vote Of GA to SO. III
of bill contained clause transferring the electi,
ty Of the Governor 10 The people; and Mr.. Graha
7. was among those who voted against the postpon
Il nent. On the next Monday the Legislature a
lie jouned.
n On the evening Of the day on which the b
VI was rejected, meeting was held by the membe
h, friendly to the proposed amendments, which W