Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-11-30
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The STANDARD.
LEGISLATURES OF NORTH CAROLINA.
SATURDAY, Nov. 81.
SENATE
At II O'clock the Speaker called the Senate to
order-prayer by Rev. r. I. Helm
Ffta REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Donnell from the committee on the Judiciary,
to whom was referred the question of the distribu
ton of the Revised Code reported in favor of
grant of 20 copies to the of the committees and
members of the Senate, and of 30 copies to the
of the House of Commons. Mr.. Donnel explained
that there was not now single copy for these uses
Concurred in. ~
had been referred bill for the encouragement and
promotion of the planting of oysters and CLANS re-
ported the same back to the Senate with recon-
mendation that it do pass.
Mr.. Gorrell, from the same committee, to whom
had been referred bill relative to tax collectors,
reported the same back to the Senate with recon-
mendation that it do not pass
Mr. Carmichael, from the same committee, to
whom had been referred the bill respecting evidence
against faro banks, reported favorably on the pas
sage of the bill.
Mr. Dobson from the same committee to whom
had been referred bill authorizing county courts
to abolish establish jury trials and bill for the
election of Clerks and Masters by the people, repor
ted said bills back to the Senate with recommen-
dation that they do not pass
MIR. Houston, from the same committee to whom
had been referred q resolution inStructing them to
enquire into the expediercy ofso amending the sys
tenn of vote by ballot to substitute the viva
method reported the same back to the Senate and
asked to be discharged from the further considera-
ton of the question Concurred in
REPORTS FROM SELECT COMMITTEES
Mr. Thomas, from the joint select committee on
Cherokee lands &C., to whom had been referred
bill to provide for the building of bridge across
the Tennessee river reported the same back and re-
commended its passage.
Mr. Cunningham, from the committee on count
ing the gubernatorial vote, reported that they re-
commend Monday next (28th inst and specified the
mode of said vote being counted, &c. COncurred in,
and the report sent to the House for its concurrence
THE ADMINISTRATION AND DOUGLAS
Mr. Turner offered the following preamble and
resolution: ...s
"WHEREAs, The executive branch of the federal
government by of the increased and increas-
ing patronage of the same has grown greatly beyond
the expectation of the wise and patriotic trainers of
the federal constitution and, whereas, the said
cutve patronage may be used to intimdate the weak
and corrupt the venal, therefore,
g Resolred by the Senate and House of Commons
of the State of North Carolina in general assembly
convened that the UNI Just and unwarrantable inter
ference the part of the present executive in the
late election in the State of Illinois, to defeat the
a.
spirit of the constitution, subversve of State rights
and in gross derogation Of executive dignity and
duty.
Mr. Turner said that in introducing this resolu-
ton he had not consulted his party friends, for the
that he intended act independently of them
if their feelings did not square with his this ques
ton. He therefore did not know what they would
think of his resolution, did he know what would
be the opinion of his democratic friends the mat
ter. But he knew there aoas time when no man
would have dared to stand up in North Carolina and
oppose that resolution. Its object was to condemn
federal executive interference in State politics. He
knew full we'll that resolution condemning the
alien and sedition law had been voted down in this
State and that this resolution before the Sen
ate, might share the same fate But the people took
hold of the alien and sedtion law, and it went down.
And, he asked, how will this Legislature stand in
the estimation Of the people of the State lift fail
pass this resolution? This federal interference had
gone too far-the cause of Illinois the cause of
Pennsylvania and New York. and may become the
cause of North Carolina tomorrow. The glorious
example of Illinois should never be forgotten was
noble effort in the assertion of State rights and
State sovereignty. Mr. T. would call upon the Sem
atcr who now occupied the seat once adorned by
Bartlett Yancey, of the first to raise his voice in
defense of States rights and State independence he
would call upon that patriots this floor
to raise his voice against this federal aggression
The Speaker intimated that this day Saturday
was the day set apart ior private bills, &c.
Mr.. Brown moved suspension of the rules to
enable the Senate to settle the question raised by
the resolution of Mr. Turner. Concurred in.
Mr.. Brown, in rising to respond to the call so d.
rectly made on him by the Senator from Orange,
(ir Turner,) said that he must be excused for de-
Ginning the invitation to unite with him in the con-
demnatory resolutions which had Just been submit
ted in reference to the course which the President
Of the United States had considered it his duty to
pursue in making certain removals from office in the
State of Illinois, Before proceeding to remark on
the allegations which had been made against Presi-
dent Buchanan he would respectfully inquire of the
Senator who had volunteered to defend the State of
Illinois against the alleged assaults on her rights,
whether he was not departing from the principles
and doctrines which he himself protested to incul-
cate? He would respectfully inquire if the lecture
they had heard, and the action which the Senate
had been called on to take with respect to the al
legged ruthless invasion of the rights of the State of
Illinois, entirely compatible with the respect
due to sister confederate State? He would ash.
whether this attempt to enlighten that State as to
the alleged Infringement of her rights might not be
interpreted to imply that either she herself did not
understand them, or, if understanding them was
not incompetent to their defence? He, (Mr. B. en-
tertaned too much respect for that great common
wealth, to believe for a moment that she was def
cient in either the other-on the contrary,
she had the intelligence to perceive, and the firm
to defend her rights State, against assaults
whenever committed, without either instruction OF
prompting from this or any other quarter The
conclusion which, therefore, seemed to him, follow
ed is that those who propose interference as to
questions pertaining to the local affairs of other
States step beyond the State right doctrines while
those who decline to follow stand upon the ground
of the reserved rights of the States.
= This much Mr.. B. said he had deemed it his duty
to say, as to the propriety of the Legislature of
North Carolina acting on the resolutions submitted
by the Senator-he would next venture few words
in justification and defence of Mr.. Buchanan, and he
would here take occasion to remark, that while he
believed it entirely proper that every administration
should fill the important political stations under it