The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-12-18
NJ. c.. LEGISLATURE.
MONDAY, December IL

referred TO the committee, anu the A0"N"o NiE
pensed with.
Mr. Brown presented the following resolutions
which he was allowed to read himself
Whereas A dangerous crisis has arisen IN our
public affairs, which calls for consultation and con-
cert of action among the slaveholding States OF
this Confederacy, to devise means whereby their
domestic institutions and safety may be more
effectuallv protected against Northern sectional
aggression; and Whereas. In the opinion Of the
General Assembly of North Carolina common
interests are best advanced by common counsels
and united action; and Whereas, A State Conven-
ton called by the Legislature of South Carolina,
and elected by the people of that State, is to as
semble at Columbia the seventeenth OF the
present month, to take into consideration the mode
and measure of redress in relation to the foregoing
subjects be it therefore,
Resolved, By the General Assembly of North
Carolina that the following citizens Thomas Ruin,
ST., Of Aamance county, Weldon n Edwards, OF
Warren county, William a. Graham, Of Orange
county, and William n FL. Smith, of HEREFORD
county be, and they are hereby appointed Com
missiOners on the part of the State to proceed to
Columbia South Carolina, and make known to the
Convention there assembled, that while the Legls-
lature of North Carolina fully appreciate the
patriotic considerations which have called them
together, and feel all the sympathy and respect
and which their relations as a sister cOterminous
State should inspire, they appeal to their sister
State of South Carolina, in that spirit of patriotism
which animated the common ancestry of both In
the revolution, to suspend any action by which Sc
cession from the Confederacy shall be mplished,
and to await common consultation through Con-
vention with ali of the saveholding States-the
results of said conference to be submitted to the
people of the several States which are parties to it,
for their assent respectively before taking final
action.
Resolved further, That said Commissioners be
authorized to proceed to either of our Southern
sister States who have called conventions for the
foregoing objects, and make known to them the
same sentiments of sympathy and regard expressed
In the foregoing resolution, and appeal to them as
sister States endeared to US by common interests
and by the ties of kindred, to be traced from their
early settlement to this day. to forbear State action
in the manner and for the purposes expressed in
the foregoing resolution.
Resolved further, That the said Commissioners
shall be paid six dollars for each day while en-
gagged in the performance Of the duties directed by
the foregoing resolutions and shall receive also the
same pay for mileage in travelling to and returning
from any of said States, which is by law allowed to
members of the General Assembly of this State
Resolved further, That said Commissioners be
requested TO report at early day practicable,
the results of their action and the responses
thereto.
MIR Brown then reviewed the qualifications of
the gentlemen named in the resolution, and moved
the Immediate consideration of the subject therein
set forth
Mr. Humphrey moved that the resolutions be
printed, and made the order Of the day for to-
morrow at II o'clock
Mr. Morehead thought that these resolutions
should take the course Of others on the subject,
and that he did not think South Carolina would
receive any suggestions until she had left the
Union-that they should be referred to the COM
mittee on federal relations
Mr. Humphrey said he was perfectly willing to
refer them to the committee. and only made the
motion out of respect to the Senator from Caswell
who wished their immediate or early consideration
Mr. Morehead moved to refer to the committee
on federal relations
Mr. Brown said that some of the committee were
absent-that the South Carolina convention would
soon meet. and that reference would be unneces-
sary delay-that now the time for public men
to meet firmly and unshrinkingly on the questions
and discuss them-that this was no time for silence
that he should be untrue to himself and his
constituents if he did not use his best exertons to
avert the dire calamity of dissolution of the
Union.
Mr. Worth concurred in the views EXPRESSED bv
Mr. Brown. Thought that North Carolina would
only be doing her duty to confer with South Caro-
lima, and not in the least compromising her dignity
Mr. Pitchtord would vote for the resolutions, be-
cause he had been instructed by his constituents
to vote for ust such measures that he was ready
to stand by the Union only so long as the honor
and equality of the State was acknowledged and
preserved.
Mr. Barringer said he approved of the substance
and the spirit of the resolutions
MIR Avery thought they should be referred; that
they would be referred when they reached the
House, there a rule in that BODY to that
effect; that there was a commissioner already here
from Alabama, and that he should be heard before
any action taken on these resolutions.
Mr. Thomas, of Davidson, approved the resolu.
tons, and hoped they would not be referred.
Mr. Erwin thought they should be referred; that
II they were not, they might foresta the action of
the committee on federal relations
After short debate between Messrs. Brown
and Morebead, the motion to refer was lost. and
Mr. Humphreys motion to print was carried, and
the resolutions made the order of the day for To-
morrow II O'Clock
The bill to prevent the telling of timber in GER
tam parts of lrcdell county, passed its third and
last reading.
HOUSE OF CoMMoNs-Mr Person presented a
communication from Messrs. Strother & Maroon,
printers, enclosing the original copy of the oath
furnished by the clerk to be printed, and stating
that the change of phraseoogy was made through
mistake by the printer and not by the clerk.
Mr. Yeates introduced resolution to send the
following message, signed by the Speakers of both
Houses, to the State Convention of South Carolina.