The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1861-01-26
Q. q. WRIGHT, ESQ.

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made some remarks on last week in the Legisla-
ture upon the Convention bill which consider
worthy the attention of our readers. Whilst we
differ with Mr.. Wright upon the possibility Of a re-
construction of the Government upon tie Critten-
den pian it fails to satisfy justice to the South
and conscedes more to the North than the presen,
/ Constitution entities them to,-we are willing to
make 1t the basis of negotiations.
we believe, that many Of the Northern States
Central and Border, will join confcdcracy, and
accede to the South all her just and equal rights.
/ Mr.. Wright's sentiments are good, but not so
firm should individually desire, although they
will doubtless satisfy majority of his constituents
Mr.. Wright, said:
.,ss : 1,sna T.e. y he he ~a. oppossd to the subs
tute Mr. Person for several reasons but chetiy V
because it did not submit the action of the Conycr-
ton to the people. 1t had been amended in the
Senate and ought to be amended here. Thut ne
came here with the feelings Of Union Democrat ;
that he had hoped long before this, returning
of justice the part of the North, would have
yielded to tue reasonable demands an just lights
of the South IN tie Uuion But the failure of the
Crttenden Resolutions (Which he favored and was
willing to accept bnsis of settlcmcnt,)
ted with the empty chairs of 16 Senators and more
than SO Representa- before the Attn of March
next. forbid him to hope for preservation of the
| Union it is, and the work enphatically
of reconstruction. That would, however, against
Wishes be in = hopeless minority and power
less for good ili-thut could not shut our
eyes the facts that eight would quench
their fires in political heavens to light up il gal
sxy of their own-that whoever turned to that ban
which had long waved triumph them
in that field Of blue, would behold them longer
in their beauty but in their place the stries which
our Northern brethren regard as tit tokens of
ignoniny and punishment, and from which they
learned only lesson of coercion That this recon-
struction would be upon the Crittenden other
satisfactory basis Those.Statcs willing to accord
to i.yht iop nd
upon the ruins of this DID, would another
temple, and ne hoped the glory OF the latter House
would exceed that Of the iormer.'' That if that
could not be done. he WAS for the South, the whole
South aud God defend the right.
Mr.. Wright said the revolution was a peculiar
one; that the ''Wa Watch and Wait pocy''
mcndnbl. under most circumstances; but near
ly all the Southern Stute> were movins-even Mary
land. Our Scruples saved if we had any and
he was for North Carolina lifting ap her voice and
speaking her sovcre9 9n wili-nothng more, nothing
strips had reg ardcd the Union of these States
natural that of husband and wife-that it
nothing but fanatci>m which could divorce and
sever ties OF sympathy ana Jnion
Mr.. w. regretted this state of things but went
to show thou sh the Union had benefited both
sections i'll the diversion OF labor-thc South grow
ing the staple the North manufacturing it-yct the
South though the richer, made the poorer
ton. That this had been the result ef-.''-,...1'
ssien aud disbursement g: ~ p'i,. W ,,, .s'sa'
and from the proceeds of her slave labor forty
millions, AMI getting back twenty millions the
North twenty millions and getting back forty mil
hons. That the Navigation Laws, excluding for
e9n bottoms, had thrown upon the burden OF
eAhaustlnS coast-wlse trade, owned at the North
and redoundIng to their c!et advantage. That 4ou
ships were employed in the transportation Of Cot
ton alone and $4,000, ,OUD paid by the grow
ers yearly for transportaton.-Tha narrow belt
of country scarcely more than two degrees broad
was the only reliable spot earth where cot:os
could DC grown. That it required alterations Of
C1n h SI,n tam md
voluntary servitudc for successful cultivation that
in no other country did these combinations exist
That the East India Company had spent s4,uuo,
900 in the experiment, snd 4 OOU,UUO of British
subjects depended chiefly on us for that staple
That We were in the condition, to the North, that
OConnell dcplorcd in the British administration of
Irish affairs, when year after year, unhappy Ireland
from her fertile SOIL compelled to raise FRESH
levies, to 90 into English ExcheIucr, and but
sparngly come out again for her advantage. That
thus made the unwilling Instrument of her own de-
struction, she left to eke out miserable exiS
tvnce in a Enion which he impored them to repeal.
That the North in her attempted usurpation and
un!riendy eSisa,ion far as the subject Of slave
ry concerned, might learn lesson from SINH
lar policy of Great Britain, towards her West In
dies and British Guanas, and the consequences Of
that emancipation. That this, in connection with
the French emancipation by the Provisional Gov
ernment in lS47, made first CLAWS power, and
would be fools if did guard and keep
it.
That these things 40, and furnished only
stronger reasons to the North to respect stS,
and t. the South to defend them. That however
dcpored this crisis it should not pass without
u settlement and forever Of this question. That
ancestor 'sowed wheat, but behold tares had
sprung up also that for the good of the
had lorebone to trouble the other. Mr.. w. said he
could tell but possibly in the good providence
of God the harvest had come, and now the
time to gather the wheat into garners and burn
the with fire nquenchable.-That it might
be The eagle stirring up her nest that her young
AND tender brood might trust to their wingS,-he
could not say-he left time to determine it, and the
people to declare their wishes in Convention that
North Carolina with the South and such of her
servstlve sisters of the North would join i'll the
work, might thus go forth to meet the demands of
civilization and glorious deStity.
The reporter has not attempted to give the speech
OF Mr. Wright in fu the space allowed will not
permit, sut he has given in substance few of the
heads touched on by Mr.. W.
RHODE ISLAND LEGISLATURE
PROVIDENCE Jan. 10 1861. 90
The Legislature organized to- lay Rssolu
ions repeans Personal Liberty bills were offered
i'll the Senate and the House. Khode Island spurns
the ca Iittenden imposition
| Pretty GooD.-The Hon. James McCi uade OF
Utica, says OF Lincons Cabinet: 'One things is
set'led-t'reely is to go into the Cabinet. He is
! to be Secretary of the Exterior-his principal
duties to watch the THERMOMETER and tell how cold
I it is out there
SOUTHERN NATIONAL AIR.-The Wayneshoro (Ga J
fees suggest that the popular air of the Southern