Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-05-09
THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL,
: I.1r Facts for Consideration.

sentences occur. Speaking of the western Aouie'o'
General B. said " Mr.. Gimer stood upon 'ne primo
Ios IF that address but, SO far as the WHO D".
.o,.;on WAS concerned there was nothing IL ''
80 him Mr. G., TO this doctrne-not " "O,u
Adu;,t;oo, for argument sake the correctneSs u '
..;,;o,- which we by no means do' Al ld0'-"e
-ouoork that the Western Address was no'
Al"y oor,ro;t Mr. Gilmer to the doctrine OF Inc
I... Los;o On Monday, Jan. 22nd' 1922 'n0
49, ~ North Carolina, Of which Mr.. Gllmer was
.Lon member proceeded to the consideration ..
In 70 r,ovide for the amendment of the Con''i'U'
I'M Stata Of North Carolina. Mr. Woounn NV |
10 amend by adding the following 60
" nnacted (Thrse-ffhs Of the MEMBER 1be frs.
IN House eoncurring) that the I IRE mended by striking
article Of amended M lords public paid into
out n e Of the State by the citizens nt1 into the
average Of the for the five years preceding the
~ &c The districts shall be considered 90 nnprt;onment
the public and eons tSt taG pcua
anu IN the fourteenth line Of the same Sf the words
the word imitation and in the Hereof
strike out the word taxation, am f the Senate 1849,
Free W White tS o RSppl"V0n-' '''"''D :,
pages |Ot u"" ,rourdments to the amendment hao
n4orod and rejected, the question was 'aKen ~
+6o amendment proposed by Mr. "oo0N'' "'N
100 IN the negative yeas 16, nays o.
M Woodfn demanded the yeas and nays
those who voted in the affirmative are c1,,.
Au;cbt Barnard Bell, Daniel, Da N!mso potter
MSs Hargo7e Kendall Lane LngSSfR N and WorE
VI soG Sbepard, Thomas of Davidson "O0Ohn' oil"
Thoso who voted in the negative are
n1a,rs Asbe Berry, Bethel Bower L a1vEns Hester
Mesg Tbnrn Exum, Faison, Graham H Ponnd Smaw
J2Ro aoasoRRb Rn Of f aESyTod
Smith 9 %PaEer Ward WashingtOn Watson es
WakS Of the Senate l849' page zO0I
After This direct vote in favor of " Free Whl'e
I.Ia+ionn "a the basis of apportlonment, iOi
$3.50 we think it makes exceedingly little oInef
asoo whether there is Or is not anything IN 'He
IToo,.rn Address 10 commit Mr.. Gimer to the oo0-
1870 Of the white basis in the Senate lnere ne
.tonds on tho Journals, by no inference OF nali'""'
step, but by direct recorded vote ,o..
r., os 70 the House we find on the page last
oforrod TO- and the one coming after IT. Inc l0l0"'
ing a ,ho hill NV inserting
ba following as an additional sectlon' VIZ
..L.- onoct,d CThree ffths of the members of eaef
re u Iinr that the first section OF the hrst
~ the amended Constitution, be amenaeT a Hss Com
out % SS Of one and twenty
initiatives bennially chosen BY 6aTC w TS that is
counties according 10 numbers which shall be deter
inad bv adding the whole number % ~ sspa an,
nIeo ~ osn bound to service for term OF yoaLs, a
ouG9g indians not taxed hreefhs OF all Other persons
and each county shall have at least not the requ
Of population and in lieu thereof lrSer1 inc lo
lowing 26ton 2nd The House Commons shall be com com
"a ~ ono hundred and twenty representatives, 9eh
niay chosen by ballot to be elected by sba Te at
to Tree we IN the House Of Commons although it may nc
tain the requisite ratio Of free white population'
The question on said amendment was oecloeu
the negative, yeas 13, nays ga
MIR. Gilmer demanded the yeas and nays
Those who voted in the Affirmative are
n1o,,rs Albright. Daniel, Davidson, GlLMER Kendall
NIoSSS ;l1inot9n Miller Patterson Shepard, Thomas
Davidson, Woodfn, and Wolth'
Those who voted in the negative are
Mes,rs. Ashe Barnard, Bell Berry Bethel bower 10 10
nS Hawkins Hester Moyo MurGhson kec
Rogers, Rowland smaw, Smith SpicsT SPegR inom
of Haywood, thompson o. % ""A0' ""1N
Watson, Wiley and Wooten'
Sc much for Mr.. Gilmer's position upon " Ere
White population" instead OF 'taHatI0n" or 'leoef
nonulation, > as the basis of representation IN tt
Senate and House of Commons, respectively
Let us now turn TO the question OF the Scho
Fund, upon which we have once before cited M
Gilmer's record, but will again cite It, Tor the pu
nose of introducing some few statistics gathered a
most at random from some Official publications.
wit The Census Of 1850; The Report OF ii
ComntrolIer of Public Accounts of the Receipts al
Disbursements at the Public Treasury OF the Sta
Of North Carolina during the Fiscal Year endl
the 31st day of October, 1855; and the Stateme
made nv the Literary Board of the Spring and RI
Distribution to each county during the year I85
ont of the nett income Of the Literary Fund
On the llth day of January, lS49, the Sens
+oolx nm the bill to consolidate ard amend the a
heretofore passed on the SUBJ ect of Common Schoo
It was taken up and read the second time
CiImer moved to amend the bill by inserting the
lowing. as an additional section, after the third
ton, viz
"Rs If further enacted That the Literary School r
shall hereafter distributed among the several counties
oording to the Free White population thereof
This was rejected by vote of 16 yeas TO 81 ma
MIR. GiImer voting in the affirmative. Journal
the Senate 1s49 page 1881
To see how these things work, and what JUS
wonld be in such distribution, as well as in the W
basis generally, let us look little at New Hanc
county as compared with eight counties IN the w
Under the existing basis and in pursuance OF the
i.ting scale of distribution, New Hanover stands II
The Gross Amount of Taxes paid into the pu
Treasury of the State for the year ending 3lst
1855 was S1s,274 she received from the Sci
Fund SO, 4l6; eight Western counties, to-wit A
ander, Ashe, Caldwell, Cherokee Haywood Hem
son, Macon and Watauga, paid In all into the pu
Treasury So, 1885, eighteen dollars more than hal
the amount paid by the single county OF New hi
yer. But these counties received IN the aggre
from the School Fund during the past year SILL