Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-01-15

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The se,.sor. from or>,sc.
In our paper Of Tuesday last VIC submitted tn,
following remarks in relation 10 the senator from
Orange:
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,r',;, pm $500, r. ..i.,;.,, ~ a." ,,,,,;r,.
m.nt Of i.,;c.s of nm, par maj ,nr r,.slrs will
be enabled to form some idea tlcrcirom Of the cx-
traordinary course and bearing Of Mr. Turner, The
n, m."' O.a ,a ~ u''l ,,as' ~ T'
course is considered by MANY even Of his own party
as exceedingly improper. and such rs his intelligent
and law-ab',ing constituents cannot approve. We
~! "r. lu'.eI or was aPla'c"' 'n.. 'ns WV"
Inn, Secondary mai ;nir;.r .,,ar. In the Unusual and
highly cr,,stirablc scene which he occasioncd aud
Prol"ngrd IN that d'sn'tcd etay.
We now rc-aSsert all We said ON Tuesday. and
proceed to make il stronger and more thoroughly in
accordance with the truth Of history. a. follows:
Saturday last was set apart by the two houses II
the General Assembly rs the ,lay for appointing
Justices Of the Pcacr. The House of Commons
executed their mar, Of the ION, order by ono
o'clock r. N. and adjourned. and Il then remained
for :hc Senate to concur in the appointments made
by the House. or reject them. The action Of the
House Of Commons Was orderly and in scrpr,iascr
with that courtesy and those rules Of ccorum which
should always prevail in clihcrative bodies: but the
proceedings of the Senate, while engaged in the
transaction Of this business were FAR di.scrrn-snd
'''> ""r'e'.er MAJ "eras'o~' "''s"' r"'",'!, ''s
solely "y the extraordinary conduct OF Inc senator
senue''a" We A""" nothing. anu win "S" VIC nave
"o'h'"s I" 90; "a' TINS VIC ~! I" ms CONSTITUENTS
an" 70 !ne people OF inc STATE "at ''o" inc n's.
Inc cxho'ted 'act'oas sp'rt; that nc interrupted
inc senate IN the regular anu o'uer'! ua"ssc'""o s
business insisting on ms right to the ho"r alter nc
had been called I" order and ruled down by the
Speaker; that he reflected upon the House 81 Com.
mons, by assuming AMI declaring that they hal aP-
pointed persons as Justices who were Pej"rcrs and
forscrs; that nc reflected on the Sc"asc and on
Senators. by declaring they were about TO pass
the same persons that he assailei persons pr"pos-
ell to bc appointed who were absent charging them
with Infamous crimes; tina, he aacrwaric admitted
that he was governed to some extent by political
feeling and political considerations; that he used
language ON the occasion unbcco,ning Senator and
the body he was addressing; that BY calling Tor the
yeas and nays and BY other devices. he prolonged
the session Of the Senate from three or four o'clock.
the time at which il would otherwise have terminated
to some ten or fifteen minutes beyond twelve o'clock
on Saturday night thus occupying a portion Of the
Sabbath dix. that his cou,luc, ON the occasion cx
cited indignation and disgust in largo majority Of
the Senate and even among his own political friends;
and that, in the opinion Of many he deserved to be
formally ccnsurcd by that buiy, and in the opinion
Of others expellr These arc the facts and this Is
the truth Of history
Roth n. s,..l.r IF IN. Senate and IN. rrn,l.m,n
uho occur;cd N. chair ,cmpor,r;lv for mart Of the
time wcrc very ;ndulrcn, toward. Mr.. Turner. Il
might have hecn ruled with proprie,y BY the spc..
ker, the two houses being engaged in appointing to
office that II was not in order to discuss nomina.
tons and under this decision Mr. Turner might
have been rapped to his sea, and kept there but wc
repeat he was INDUCED and treated kindly, and not
nv any means harshjy Or. when he resisted the
Speaker. dsputiug his decisions and insisting on
the correctness Of Ii. understanding Of the question
before the Senate he might have been taken in hand
by the Senate and reprimanded, and compelled to
know his place.