The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-04-14

sn<e In the nent I.esiziaiure. A full aiiendsncs
i deirrd.
An Extra sexSion.-Ths Rsisixh STAN
dzrd has Lang snieie "a the subject Of Presi.
DENTAL EIer,ars asd an Extra Session az the lie.
Eisissare. ~h'rh contains sons important sus-
Ecs,is.i<. The ediiar seems Inclined 10 the oIan-
Ion thai the I.ssislsiurs mu.i take some action
before Inc Nssemi~s election in regard to The
law ~ai-h provides for The election " Presiden-
tid El~rtsfs. though he u NOT decided. The
matter. 80 suppo@r. u undergoing an invesliga-
lion Il Raleigh. and we shah know the result
Gin due time The STANDARD ssys; III IL
should be f,anA indispensable to e.ii an erir.
ses<isa Of the Assembly. or To convene that boz
dy al an earlier period Than usual, We have no
doubt that the Governor will. in due lime. sub
matt the mslier 10 the Council Of Stale, and that
proper .eiian win &c taken In relation 20 The
call Of an extra session. the Standard thus states
some difficulties which pre.en, shsmseisess
at is provided by the amended con-
stitutinn. article first, sectiuns fir.t and
third. that the Senatorial Districts
shall be laid or and the members nf
Commons apportioned, at the first As
sembly after the year 1874. "and after
wards. al lis first session. after the
year1s5l." and then every twenty years
thereafter, &c. IL the old assembly
should be convened, would il not,
therefore, be incumbent upon that boz
dy to lay Of and apportions How, in
deed, could the Constitutional injunc-
ton be ayoideds And if so, was the
old or present Assembly elected with
this views To this question there can
be but one answer--it was not; but
the next Assembly will he chosen with
reference to this as well as other du-
ties. Again. will not the term az SER
vice of members of the present Legisla-
ture expire the LIST Of August. when
new members shall have been chosen :
If so, it would be necessary. if the old
Assembly should be convened, to con-
vene ii before the August election.
Would il hot. then, be advisable to
convene the new Assembly, And it
so. might not that body be called to-
gether at such time as would enable il
to take every necessary step in relation
TO the Electoral Districts, aud then go
forward and conclude the business Of
the session; Might not the called SEES.
sion run into the regular session, and
thus save the the expense Of mileages
"The Assembly, il strikes us, might
be convened some time in September
Say the Sd or 4th Monday; and all
the business. (including the Electoral
Districts) which should come regularly
before it, might be dispatched, and the
members might return home before
Christmas"
The suggestions made by the STANDARD seem
TO invite Affirmative answers. In our mind there
can be no doubt Of the necessity Of Legislative
action 10 rr-auange the electoral districts; ur-
less the Legislature itself shall assume the duty
Of choosing the electors for the Stale, as S,uih
Carolina has hecn accustomed to do. But such
an assumption by our Legislature would not be
palatablc TO the people; neither would they be
satisfied if the Legislature Of 1850 should be cali
edioscther to remodel the electoral districts, and
then 70 proceed TO apporiion the members Of the
Commons and to rc-arange the Senatorial and
Congressional districts, as by the wording Of the
constitution they would seem 10 he required TO
do if convened for any purpose. The only pro-
pei mode. therefore, would seem TO be, to call the
new Legislature together soon after the election,
say early in September. Their fisst business
might he the arrangement Of the electoral dis
tricts; afterwards they could proceed to the bu-
sincss Of the regular session To such an ar
cement the Constitution presents no obstacle ;
It only requires that there shall be biennial scs-
sions, without specifying the precise time at
which the Legislature shall meet. Economy and
q sense Of proplciy seem to point to such a
course.
The Wings Of New Hanover.
A Large meeting Of the Wings Of the county
cf New Hanover was held at the Masonic Hall
in Wilmington on the 9Th inst. at which Col
VIM. e. Anderson presided, A. A. Brown acting
as Secretary. The proceedings Of the meeting Of
the sih ulimo were reviewed; and il appearing
that the resolution then adopted, declaring an
open Convention TO be the only republican mode
Of amending the Constitution, was unacceptable
to- large portion Of the Wings Of the county,
tha, resolution was rescindqd, and the following
resolution adopted in its stead:
Resolved further, That we do not regard an
open Convention as the only Republican mode
Of amending the Constitution: that there Is ano-
ther mode pointed out BY that instrument. which