Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-01-19
RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10, 1853.
"LAsT DAYS OF THE SESSION"

desperate work Of endeavoring to produce the i'm
preston that the Democrats of the House of Com
mons responsible for the unfortunate scenes
which took place in that body on the 22d and 23d
December Why, the bare idea of such view of
the matter is preposterous. Every body here, of
both parties, knows who the revolutionary leaders
were, and that they are Wings. The Wing Speak
er himself bore testimony against Messrs. Cherry,
Fagg, and others; and Mr.. Cherry, in turn, bore
testimony against the Speaker. The Speaker de-
clared that he violated the rules Of order and
prevented an adjournment, because, though par
ty in the movement with Mr.. Cherry and others,
he perceived disposition the part of the Demo-
Gratis to make concessions-to do what he consid-
cred justice to their opponents and yet in the face
of this direct contradiction of the admission
of the Wing Speaker himself, the Raleigh Register
declares that the loccfocos appealed to, again
and again, to give intimation even that they
would do justice but no. they refused to give any
such intimation, ready to let the Legislature ex ire
and leave Senate at all, rather than do justice
rather than hazard the failure of their ubiquitous
gerrymander-" The Editor of that paper must
have tasked his talent for Misrepresentation when
he penned that paragraph. 1t is totally and en-
tirely untrue, and every BODY here knows it to be
so. In the first place, this "iniquitous gerryman-
DER as it is called, was the work of Wing and a
Democrat appointed on Committee by the Wing
Speaker himself was fair and just bill, for it
gave the Democrats % Districts, the Wings %,
and left 6 in doubt and it would have passed, if
the vote could have been had upon it, IN a Wing
House and by the aid Of Wing votes. But the
revolutionary leaders determined that it should not
pass-they preferred dissolution Of the govern
ment to the losss of what they considered a party
advantage, and SO they spoke on until they were
overruled and silenced by their own Speaker; and
their conduct on the occasion was of such char
acter that the Speaker compelled by a sense
of duty to rebuke them from the Chair, which he
afterwards resigned, and resigned for the reason
that, in nterposing to prevent the final stroke of
revolution and disorder, hehad taken action against
the Wing party, which had placed him in the
Chair
The Register says that on Thursday, the esd
after the Senatorial bill had passed its second read
ing, and when effort was made by the revolu-
tionary leaders to suspend the rules and force it
through its third reading before twelve o'clock, the
hour fixed for adjournment-the Democrats OPP
posed the suspension of the rules and that Messrs
Illl Strange and Others OF the locofoco leaders,
talked against time so as to consume all the mo-
nents left before twelve o'clock" The impression
S here sought to be created that these gentlemen
we're parties to the revolutionary movement. Moth
ng could be moro unfounded or unjust as the facts
will show.
On Wednesday the 22d, after the Senatorial bill |
lad been discussed for some time, and when it was
apparent that Mr.. Reds bill would pass if vote
could be had upon it, on motion of Mr.. Puryear,
he whole matter was referred to q select Commit
zee of two with directions to report that afternoon.
This Committee, as we have stated, was appointed |
by the Speaker, and was composed of Messrs. Ave
" and Philips, Democrat and Wing. The |
Committee reported in the afternoon, and their re-
port was made the special order for seven o'clock.
The night session came, and it was announced by !
Messrs. Cherry CALDWELL Miller, and others, at the
outset, that the report of this Committee should
lot be adopted and that unless the Democrats l.
would give them bill, and give it to them then,
which would suit them as party men, they would
consume The IlIue OF Lne House ny speaking duu
~ motions to adjourn, until twelve o'clock, when
~ force of the joint Resolution, the two Houses
would stand adjourned And this course was pur
ued by these MEMBERSHIP. Cherry acting as he
leclared for the bulk of the Wing party on the
halfpast ten o'clock, when Mr.. Dobbin
ppealed to Mr.. Cherry apd those acting with him
to rescind the joint Resolution to adjourn,
nd then he had no doubt some plan could be pro-
'osed which both parties could agree upon; and
e entreated these gentlemen not to endanger
he very existence of the government for the sake
# carrying out party scheme, assuring them at
he time that there every disposition in
lis party friends to meet them in spirit of COM
romise. The appeal of Mr.. Dobbin produced no
fleet upon these reckless disorganizers. AT an
arly period of the night session message
eceived from the Senate proposing to rescnd the
pint Resolution to adjourn at twelve o'clock but
he Speaker did not see fit to submit this message
D the House, though by doing so he could at once
ave put an end to the dsgraceful scene which
'as being enacted by some of his party friends.
When half past eleven arrived, nothing having
cen effected, Col. Puryear had been arranged,
o doubt, from the beginning by the Speaker and
Resolution to send mes
'ge to the Senate to rescind the Resolution to adj