Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-03-17

Constitution
But one step further. Gentlemen have made long
and able speeches. quoting the debates in the Con-
vention to prove the correctness of the majority
principle. Now, SIR Mr. Phillips is of the opinion
that in constituting the Constitution, the Supreme
Court can derive aid from the debates. Suppose
that in this he is right. What then, becomes Of
these long quotations with which we have been en-
terained? Substrct what is furnished by the debates
and not great deal is left. as may not be mis-
UNDERSTOOD however, nor be thought to shrink from
an inspection of the proceedings of the Convention
of 1885 viii refer to them likewise in one instance
only. I could quote dozen, but one will do. And
that one is not what Mr. A. or Mr.. b. SAID, but what
the Convention did, The Convention assembled.
The subject of future amendments was referred to
committee of thirteen. The report and the only one
made by that committee was in the following words:
"Tha. whenever majority Of the whole number
of each House of the General Assembly shall deem
it necessary to alter amend this constitution, they
may propose such alterations or amendments to the
people, and the Governor shall, by proclamation, lay
the same before the people six months before the
ensuing election for members of the General Assem-
bly,; and if the two Houses of the General Assem-
bly, thus elected shall approve, as in the first instance,
of the amendments proposed, the shall be sub
mitted to the people, for their ratification rcjec-
ton, and, if ratified by majority, shall become
This, 1 say, is all the plan reported by the
committee. This plan which is more against the
power of the .majorty than the plan which now
Oppose, was rejected by vote of 107 to II, the
ground that it placed the Constitution Of tie State
too much in the p0w6r ct more mgjo'tt5es. Let any
read the debates, page 346 to $780, and he will
that am right in every word say. The report
Of tile C0mmittee and tile to50 reports adapted
tie only alttns considered By tie Conrention. In
stead of the plan of the committee, our present leg
islativc mode, motion Of Mr.. Meares, adopt
ed. The convention then supposed that no further
action to be taken the subject Had moth
ing been done, every man must admit, as l
have said before, that the present proposed plan
would be wrong. Two days afterwards, however,
Mr. Mcares introduced, as an uldtti0n@i sgteg~ 1t
against the efforts Of bare majority to aproot the
Fundamental principlcs IF government" PROPOSE
ton requiring two-thirtls vote to call convention
Read the proceedings Of the convention, and you
will lind that if there any sentiment settled i'll
the minds of the members it was that the const!tu
ton, which they were then settling should not be
altered by majority So much for this new
doctrine; doctrine which goes Il bow-shOt beyond
anything that have heard of before; doc
trinc which drlSs down the constitution from its
cred position and gives it more authority dig
nifty than mere act of the Legislature; doctrine
which, III effect, abo!ishes the constitution which
our fathers left us; doctrine which will, in my
opinion, meet the decided condemnation Of the pe0-
pie OF North Carolina.
TIE PLANS OF kSow-NoraIxaIsM EXPOSED. The
Democrats of rgina deserve great credit for their
ingenuity in sitting tao know-Nothing operations,
and their energy and perseverance in exposing the
underground action Gifts councils and leaders The
Morgantown (Na.) It',Jruiah came out few days
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tAey See'e'y cohtrFe 10 run Ill member OF l!,eir
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measures arc 10 DC useo lor Withdrawing Pon'c
a'tehlloh from "naI lay DC S"pposeu " VIC INC
operations OF Inc oroei' anu at TIC same tine as
sert' that II IS CONSIDERED OF the utmost
that our Candidate be clear OF the SSptc'01s OF any
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