Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1861-02-01

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Nh W orth said he would vote tor the
amendment offered by the Senator from
Guilford; Convention to consider Fed
erai Affairs merely, he considered revolu-
tionary.
Mr.. Outlaw said he would not vote for
Convention bill. that did not provide for
consulting the people, and for submitting
its ordinances to the people also. He
thought it competent for this Legislature
to submit their acts to the people for rati-
fcation. Mr.. o referred to the grievan-
ces of which the South complained and
SAID that the aggressors found no apollo
gist in him but contended that disunion
would be no remedy. Secession was sui
cidal, u at the same time seeding States
should resist the Federal Government if
coercion were attempted. Such resistance
| would not be treason. Mr.. Outlaw spoke
at length of the Union, (as 1t was.) but
said finally if we cannot get our rights,
the destiny of n North Carolina should be
his destiny.
Mr.. Morehead spoke in favor of an open
Convention. He did not want conven-
ton for the purpose of following South
Carolina out of the Union, but for the pur-
(, pose Of amending article of our organ
ic law Sorth Carolina is sovereign
State, end can do as she peases North
Carolina is Sovereign and will act for
| herself.
Mr.. Morehead indulged in some humor-
| former occasions by the Senators from
Buncombe, Cleaveland and Jackson, and
would up with an eulogy upon this sglo-
rious Union I" and ''Y ankee Doodle"
Mr.. Burton thanked the Senator from
Guilford for the good opinion he had of
him, and would explain his reasons to that
| Senator for being a disunionist He had
since 1S49 abundant opportunity for be-
| coming acquainted with the n orthern SEN
| tiuent. He had mingled with Northern
! people, and he had seen them one by one
giving in to the principles of Black Re
publicanism, until finally nearly the whole
North had become tainted. The opinion
of Mr.. Lincoln that one half Of the Union
| cannot be slave and the other free is the
sentiment of the Northern masses, who
have enlisted and are actively engaged in
pushing forward the ''irrepressible con-
| hict." These people do not entertain a
single idea III common with ours, and they
do not hesitate to violate the Constitu ton
when such violation infringes upon the
rights OF the South. For these reasons he
! was a disun:onist.
speech yesterday that he did believe that
OF my constituents there were one in ten
who favored secession. He presumed to
| know the sentiments of his constituents
| better than Mr.. Turner did, and he knew
them to be irreconciliably opposed to sub
rnitting to black Republican rule. He
received yesterday communication from
| a portion of his constituents, who were re-
| garded the strictest Union men in the
country, informing him that meeting
was held last Saturday for the purpose of
forming a volunteer company. There
were one hundred and seventeen men en-
rolled, and after the enrolment the Cap
tain called upon all who were in favor of
immedi ate secession to march forward
At the tap of the drum one hundred and
seventeen men marched. This showed
whether or not his people were for seccs-
sion. They were tired of aggression
They felt that they had watched and waited
long enough. They were not willing to
| get upon their knees and beg for compro-
mise when their rights had been so often
denied them.
Mr.. Erwin desired that this question
should be brought to vote as soon as
possible. He preferred the suggestion OF
the Senator from Gates, to the amendment
thought itImight be made the basis Of com
promise, and he was willing to abandon
any preconceived opinion of his own, to
produce harmony. He was not for hnr-
rying the State ont of the Union as the
Senator from Guilford supposed, but he
was for prompt action for the lnaintainance
of the rights of the South. The Senator
had overwhelmed him with his eulogy up
on ssYankee Doodle and ssHall Coluln-
bia,o but if the Senators counsels prevail
ed, he very much feared that it would
not be long before the South would have
to march to funeral dirge, to the bur-
| ial of all their rights.
Mr. E. replied succintly and ably to
/ every argument of the Senator from Gull
| ford, alluding to the fact in the close OF
his remarks, that the Legislature OF Pen
sylvania had recently refused to repeal the
personal liberty bills.
Mr.. Barringer said that abolltIonlsm
| was the foul spirit of the age IN which we
live and its tendency was to bring down
our wives and our sisters, our yirtuous Wo-
men on level with the negro race. That
is the issue we have to meet We have
metit at the ballot bcx and been defeated;
ad before God, he was willing this day to
meet it at the cartridge box. We may
! compromise bnt the issue will return again
/ Watching and waiting will not do