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The question on the amendment was put and it
was not adopted. t...s.f 1. :.
The question recurring on the passage of the bill
Mr.. Martin demanded the yeas and nays, which
being ordered, were yeas Is, nays 26. So the bill
appropriat,ng $780, 900 to arm and equip the State
passed its third and last reading a.. s.r.
On motion Of MIR. Williams of Nash. the House
adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, JAM 9th, 1861
The Senate met at 109 o'clock
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Skinner.
The journal of yesterday was read. +
MEMORIALS AND RESOLUTIONS
Mr., Street, a memorial from meeting of the citi
zens of Craven county on federal affairs, favorng
the call of a Convention and the arming of the
State. Lies on the table.
Mr.. Street said that this was large and enthusi-
astic meeting, held irrespective of party that he
endorsed the sentiments set forth in the memorial.
Mr.. Waugh, memorial from the citizens of For
syth county, stating that they did not consider the
mere election of Lincoln to the Presidency sufficient
cause for dissolution urging the armng of the State
and the organization Of the militia. Read and laid
on the table.
Mr.. Waugh said that he approved of most of the
sentiments contained in the memoral-sOme he did
not approve
Mr.. Winstead, memorial from the citizens of
Person county, declaring the election of Lincoln no
sufficient cause for dissolution but taking the ground
that any aggression from the hands Of the black Re-
publican party should be resisted Read and laid
on the table.
Mr. Worth, a memorial and resolutions from
meeting of the citizens of Randolph at Bush Hill in
that county, in favor of a national convention, but
opposing the call Of convention of the State and
declaring that no sufficient cause exists for dis
rlption Of the government. Read and laid on the
table
Mr. Worth said that this memorial emanatcd from
a meeting held irrespective Of party.
At the request Of Mr. Erwin, the resolutions were
again read.
Mr.. Avery, a memorial from meeting of the
Union men of Caldwell county, declaring that the
rights of the South should be demanded, and rccog-
nizing the right and duty Of secession IN the event
OF refusal the part of the North TO grant them.
Read and laid on the table.
Mr. TAYLOR, of Nash resolutions from meeting
of the citizens of his county, favorpg secession
Read and laid on the table.
Mr.. Taylor said tla: the meeting which passed
these resolutions held month since, and that
they had just reached him: that l,c nnac1uaint-
ed with the chairman Of the meeting Col. ID. W.
Williams. and that the Secretary had written him,
that owing to press Of business and other reasons,
the transmission Of this document 10 him had been
delaycd-(one month y
Mr.. Turner series of Union resolutions passed
by citizens Of Orange county, at meeting i'll Hills
borough Mr.. Turner said that the scceSsionSts of
the present day were as far ahead Of the times MS
the regulators of Orange were thought to be in the
revolution when sailors came up from Wilmington
to force them into submission. Mr.. Turner address
ed the Senate at some length.
Mr. Hall rose to repel the insinuation that his
people not true to the country in the revoll-
tion-that the gentleman had particular aversion
Ill
ty lie would state that during his visit to his con-
s,tuea.s during the recess he had the flag of
North Carolina raised with fifteen other stars around
it, by Bell and Everett men, on Bell and Everett
pole. Mr. H. thought that at this crisis all South
ern men should be- united
Mr. Burton wished to know of the Senator from
Orange whether a resolution introduced by Mr..
Norwood not at time during the meeting
declared adopted
Mr. Turner said that Mr. Norwoods resolution
was not adopted at any time during the meeting,
and in reply to Mr.. Hall said that he
Election the people of the Cape Fear rc2ioE that
the revolutionary history of the Cape Fear region
dearcr to him perhaps than the Senator from New
lIannvcr-at any rate he claimed equal right to
defend tl,cir revolutionary renOwn from reflections
that mi ht he cast upon it. ..
The resolutions lie on the table.
Mr.. Ramsay, series of resolutions from a South
crn rights meeting in the county Of Rowan. deprc
eating the delay Of the Legislature in passing hill
for the arm;ng OF the State and iavorins the call Of
a Convention Lies on the table
Mr.. Brown moved that the hour hal arrived,
the special Order viz the bill for the cali Of Con-
vcntion be taken up
Mr. Ramsay asked that it be postponed for short
time. in order to give him opportunity to present
other resolutions from meetings of citizens Of
| Rowan. Granted
! Mr.. Ramsay then presented series of Union
resolutions passed at two meetings of the citizens of
! Rowan county. Laid OH the table under the rule.
! The Senate then went into Committee Of the
! Whole on the convention bill. Mr. Speight in the
! chair
. Mr.. Avery presented substitute for the bill re-
ported by the committee.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Clark, the original hill
! rca'.
! Mr.. Avery said that the hill reported by the COM
! mt!ce required restricted convention. and that
his bill proposed to make it an open convention.
! and required two-thirds vote of the Assembly to
call it; said that he hal omitted the oath hecauSe
he did not think the General Assembly had power
| to restrict the convention.
| The substitute was read. ..
Mr. Turner gave notice that he would, on to-
! morrow, or at some future time move to amend the
bill by giving the convention power to so amend
the constitution of the State as to tax slaves, that
had not hitherto been taxed as property under the
constitution. l r.
Mr.. Brown said that when the bill was reported,
it was thought that majority of the Legislature
could call convention hut that now he of the
opinion that no convention should he called without
the concurrence Of two-thirds Of that body that he
could not give his assent to the proposition contain
ed in the substitute of the Senator from CasweH to
omit the oath that it had been the custom and the
Legislature had right to prescribe an oath and to
limit the power of convention, because it was the
creature of that body; that there was marked diff
ference between convention called by the Legis
lature and one called by the people. Mr.. B. did
not believe in making the people the servants of any
sort of a convention; the convention if called
should be the servant of the pcople-should reflect
their views and sentiments. HIS, . a.. +.
Mr.. B. said that he hoped this Union would be
preserved that he in favor of the Convention as
he had thought it an auxiliary towads perpetuatine
il he was In favor of making Certain nronost;on.