Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-01-21
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vase on for regiment of volunteers '' NV
Wh'gIparty was in powfr in the State, the Lcpisl,
ture being decidedly Wig. and William A, Gr,b.n,
Governor In his message to that body, he took H.
ground that the war was unconstitutionallv b.,n.
and his par:izans in the Legislature echoed b;s
tin'ents and acted accordingly. We pass over H..
grossly partial and partzan conduct in apno;n,;."
officers to command the regiment and we leave o,, -
view other facts, now become history, and bv =.
means ereditabe then or now to the party If rh;.r
he was the head and come at once to the ghy obec
tioaable preamble adopted by both Houses and nm
der which our brave volunteers were compelled :,
march to encounter a foreign foe
1t was necessary that the regiment sbon,d l..
provided with sum of money, to procure b.nL
ets Shoes and the like for the soldiers, and TO furnish
other means of comfort and relief both before le,,
ing and in Mexico, for the sick, the needy and tbo
destitute. Accordingly, a resolution in the follow
ing words was introduced in the Senate, by Mr.. Gil
liam, of Berthe. one of the dominant party:
"WHEnEAs, BY the action of the Executive and the sr
sequent sanction Of Congress- this republic is involved IN
foreign war; and our STATE is called for volunteers
Whereas it is the duty of this State give all the aid she
conven emily to the operations of the general
ment bring this to speedy and honorable ter
tion and whereas is desirable to secure the
comfort and support Of the soldiers who may volunteer in
Restce That the of ten thousand dollars he and
is hereby appropriated out Of any money in the State
Treasury tor the purpose Of equppng and paying the ez
penses to Wilmington Of the regiment of volunteers re-
quested of this State the President the United States
and that the amount be placed at the disposal of the Gov
to he placed by him different points of the State
and convenient for the purposes herein specified"
Read the first time. Here, it is seen, it was stat
ed in the resolution itself, offered by Wing that
the money was necessary to equip and pay the ex
pcnses to Wilmington of the regiment of volunteers
and the inference is, that without this appropriation
the State could not have responded as she did to the
call of the general government. In other words
without this appropriation the State would have
been disgraced by failing to take part against the
public foe; and yet this resolution, introduced on
the l4th Dec, was not allowed by the Wing leaders
to pass to enrolment until the 10th of January sue.
ceeding.
The Democrats-the real friends of the war-were
most anxious for the passage Of the resolution. But
they objected to the words in the preambe-"by the
action Erecutirs and subsequent sanction oCon.
gress-as in their opinion untrue in fact unneces.
calculated to repress the ardor among the peo
pie for volunteering; and calculated also if not in
tended to emharrass the federal administration in is
prosecution ofthe and thusgivc "aid and comfort"
to the public enemy. They appealed to the MAORI.
~, in the most friendly and faternal spirit to strike
out those words They refused to do so. They then
appealed to them to permit division of the ques.
ton, that they, the Democrats, might vote for
the resolution but against the preamble They re-
fused to do so. On the 18th Of December, LOUIS D.
WILSON, the Senator from Edgecombe, moved to
amend the preamble by striking out the objection
able words referred to; and he supported his motion
in an eloquent and impressive speech. That noble.
hearted man. then become gray in the public service,
was himself preparing to take part in the war-was
about to resign his place in the Senate and offer
himself up as sacrifice upon the altar Of his insult
ed country. They turned a dsaf ear to him,-party
was to be served before country. It is understood
that Mr.. Gillian and Gen. Patterson were ready, in
response to the appeal of Gen. Wilson, to change or
withdraw the Objectionable words; but that John
A. Gilmcr, ESQ, the late K. n candidate for Cover
nor advised to the contrary, and the words were re-
taned Whether this is true OF not, we do not know.
On the 21st Of December, Gen. NJ. T. Hawkins, OF
Warren, moved to amend the preamble by striking
out the words "of the Executive" and inserting the
words Is of the Mexican government thus putting
our own government in the right, and Mexico in the
wrong. This was voted down by strictly party
vote, as follows: -es5za = e : :,
YEAs-Messrs. Ashe Boyd, Cameron, Drake, Exum. Fer
rand Gavin Graves Nargrave Hawkins Hester ill Mills,
Spe gh Stangs Stowe. Street. Thompson, TomlinsOn,
NArsMessrs. Albright Boge, Carter. Cowper Daniel,
Eborn, Ehringhaus. Francis Gillian, dilmer Gchrist
Woss
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On the 2sd Dec on the second reading Of the pre-
ambe and resolution, after oil the amendments Of
ferred by the Democrats. had been voted down, Mr..
Speght, of Greene called for division Of the ques-
ton. Mr.. Halsey, then temporarily in the Chair,
decided that the question was not divis,ble-which
proves caucus action the subject; and from this
decision Mr.. Cameron appealed. The chair was
by astrictiy party vote; and the Demo
Gratis were thus forced cote for the preamble with
the resolution-only two Of them, Messrs Ashc and
Stowe, voting in the negative. s, 8
On the LIST Of january, the preamble and resolu'
ton came up their third reading iqthe Senate.
The Democrats again sought to amend, and sgain
moved division Of the question but were, in every
instance, voted down and the preamble and resolu.
ton were passed and sent to the Commons.
On the 9th Of January, the House took up the
subject and the same partzan bitterness manifested
in the Senate was exhibited by the majority of tho
Commons. Nj. Courts Of Rockingham, moved to
strike out tho words g by the action of the Execu.
tive, and the snbsequent sanction of Congress-
which motion was negatived by HE following vote:
YeAs--Nessrx Arsfie 4 RasnSs Beam Brocden Brown,
BHyloek Coelds Callins CQ1rs Cox, Dsncy. j. Davis
h,is Edwsrds, Ellis Fer8uson Fleming. Gstling'
Kelly, lemond Long Marsha,s J. Martin, W. K. Martin,
Moye, Murphy, Ncfhweh McMullen, McNeill Neal. Pc
gram, Heran Pots, Regain, Rer hard Richardson, Shsw,
Sheek SIMS Smith, Some Webster J. H. White Whitak-
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