Newbern weekly progress., 1861-01-22
FROM RALEIGH.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF '.pAILY PROGRESS.

SPECIAL CORRESP0NDENCE OF ''DAIiY PROGRESS" "
RALEIGH, Jan. 18th, 1861
IndlSposition prevented me writing yester-
day. The day was exceedingly inclement, be-
ginning with a sleet and winding up with reg
ular Sltsh-si0sH
As regards the legislative proceedings | have
but little to communicate except that on Sat,u-
day and Monday the Senate continued to dis
cuss the details (not manv) of the bill to call a
State Convention. The amendments embrace
the subjects of limitation of action time OF cleo
ton, time of holding the Convention. and the
debates have embraced the whole range of fcdc
raj relations, secession, coercion, abolition Lin
coin and Hamlln, South Carolina, and all col
lateral relations that could, by any possibility
OF political ingenuity, be lugged in To-day
the same course has obtained, and there has not
yet been any vote taken at all on the subject
The House on Saturday considered private
bills Yesterday the convention bill was dis
cussed, but no conclusion reached 1t was
made the special order for to-day, but was post
poned from hour to hour to give wav for the
discussion on the resolution of Mr. Love, of
jackson, against the coercion of a Sccctling
State by the General Government 1t was
thought by soue that the original resolution as
we'll as the amendment recommended by the
committee on Federal Affairs, and also the
amendment offered by Mr. Slade contained each
phraseology tending to commit the Legislature
10 ueclaFalIon Ill 1aVor oil the right of secession
and hence 1t met with strong and continued op-
position. Several amendments were offered
and voted down. The discussion was contin-
ued until tour clock when the House took IA
recess until this evening at - o'clock
At the hour named the House was called to
order, and an amendment by Mr. Fercbee, de
claring in effect that the President could not
recognize the independence of a seeding State
that it can only be done bv the Congress. and
that should North Carolina give aid to Il State
so Seeding and at the time avoid a
charge OF treason, she should first Sccedc, her
self, from the Union. The vote was taken hy
ayes and noes, and the amendment was re
Jected by vote OF yeas 81, nays 81.
The evening, until late hour, was con
sumed in discussing various amendments, all
of which failed to meet the appreciation of the
House. There We're several times when the
two sides seemed about to come together.
but some apparently light incident woulG
again separate them as widely as ever The
points which seemed to prevent the oppo-
nents of the resolutions from going for it,
was that they did not wish, by implica-
ton, to commit themselves in favor of scces-
sion. Mr.. Crumpler offered resolution as AN
amendment, declaring that the Legislature did
not intend to assert or deny the right of Seces-
sion, but to give expression against secession
This resolution was voted down. Some other
amendments We're offered and rejected
The resolutions passed the second reading
at IL O'Clock at night. \ motion was made to
suspend and put third, lost and the House
adjourned at half after twelve and 50 ends my
record for to-day. Yours JACOBUS