Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-05-07

! second resolution, OF the arrest Oh hespass "',1 $40
Transportation to Richmond was notorious aud that
was sufficient to warrant the assertion Of right en-
braced in the resolution. The question for the Con
| yention to decide was not whether Respass was
guilty or innocent but whether he has been seized
contrary to law and the Constitution and taken out
of the State for examination and trial. He might
be guilty of treason-he knew not, but if he was
manifestly so, it did not justify his removal from
the State for trial 1t is not the individual cause OF
Respass that the Convention is called upon to de-
| fend, but the cause of constitutional iberty-the
cause of law and the cause Of every citizen of the
State.
Mr.. Speed alluded to similar seizures of persons in
this State and their transportation to Virginia, and
also to the violent seizures of private property by
those properly authorized to make them ard said
that when those who had been thus
redress they only met insult or at least cool dis
missa He partcularized several cases Of this char
acter in his own county (Pasquotank,) and in the
county of Hartford.
Mr.. Howard opposed final action on the resolu-
tons now-he was surprised to find that gentlemen
were so anxious to push the question to vote so
hastiy-he wanted more time to think about it and
inform himself of the facts
| Mr. Badger disclamed any intention or desire to
| push the question to a vote-he only wished it to
be considered to-day for the reasons he had given
before, namely, that it might be discussed before
morrow.
Mr.. Schenck moved an adjournment Not agreed
to-yeas 81, nays At.
Mr. Badger then moved that the resolutions un-
der consideration be printed and the motion pre-.
vailed
The Convention then, on motion of Mr.. Badger,
adjourned to " o'clock to morrow morning.
FRIDAY. May 2, 1862
Ill I'LL. II :.
dent at " o'clock.
The journal Of yesterday was read and approved.
On motion Of Mr.. Dick, writ Of election was Or
dered for ladkn county for a delegate to the Con-
venton.in place of Col II. I. Armield, resigned
Mr.. Bagey introduced resolution for commit.
tee to investigate the facts in relation to the burn
ing of the schooner Jennie Hunter and cargo and
it was adopted
Mr.. Battle of Nash, introduced an ordinance to
provide for the collection of and for other pur-
poses, which passed the first reading.
Mr.. Howard moved to take up and consider an
ordinance to amend ordinance to secure to GER
tain officers and soldiers the right to vote, and it
was agreed to.
| Mr.. Graham offered substitute
After some discussion, en- motion Of Mr. Barnes,
| the ordinance and amendments were committed to
a select committee.
communication was received from the Adiutant
General which was read and ordered to be printed.
The remainder of the morning session was devot-
ed to the consideration of the report of legislative
committee On amendments to the Constitution.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr.. Bachelor asked few days absence for his
colleague (Mr. Smith, and it was granted-yeas Al,
nays 20.
number of ordinances and resolutions we're
taken up in their numerical order on the calendar
and were laid upon the table, and others ordered to
be placed upon the calendar of constitutional amend
ments.
The ordinance to define and punished sedition
was taken up on the second reading.
Mr.. Graham moved to lay the ordinance on the
table, and it was not agreed to-yeas 90, nays 3d.
lengthy discussion of the ordinance ensued, the
length of which forbids anything like full and fair
report in our usual summary. The remarks of gen.
tlemen on the subject may appear hereafter.
Messrs. Wood6n, Howard Rayner, and Ruffin ad-
vocated and Messrs. Graham, Barnes Brown, Speed
ana Thomas OF Carteret opposed the passage Of the
! ordinance
| Pending its consideration, on motion of Mr.. Jones
OF Rowan, the Convention adjourned to 81 o'clock
tomorrow morning.
SATURDAY, May 8, 1869.
! The President called the Convention to order pur-
| suant to adjournment. The journal of YESTERDAY
was read ana approved.
! report from the Board of Claims was received,
and, on motion OF Mr. Satterthwaite, referred to a
! select committee
| Mr.. Howard offered a resolution instructing the
committee of finance to inquire and report in re-
gard to the expedency of issuing an additional
amount of Treasury Notes of small denominations,
! and it was adopted.
Mr. Myers introduced a resolution to 70 into Sc
cret session to-day, at o'clock, to consider the or
dinance concerning supply of Salt and moved to
| suspend the rules and act on the resolution now,
which was agreed to.
4 Mr.. Howard moved to amend by substituting
! o'clock, a. m, for 8, p. m.
Mr.. Rayner was opposed to breaking into the or
der of business so recently adopted, and hoped the
Convention would not do it, but il any class of bu-
sness is to be superseded let all be- and instead Of
giving the subject of Salt precedence over mscella
neous business only let it take precedence over
Constitutional amendments too and after it is dis.
posed Of let the regular order be resumed again.
On motion of Mr.. Gilmer the whole subject was
laid upon the table, yeas As, nays 49, the yeas and
nays being ordered on motion of Mr. Howard
Mr.. Starbuck introduced an ordinance to prevent
injustice to persons who have furnished substitutes
for the war; referred to the select committee on the
Adjutant Generals communication.
The Convention then resumed the orders of the
day, being the report Of the legislative committee
on amendments to the Constitution, which occupied
the remainder Of the morning session.
AFTERNOON SESSION,
The unfinished business of the miscellaneous cal
endar was resumed, being the ordinance to defin,
and punish sedition, the question pending being OF
MI. Browns amendment to strike out the paragraph
making it seditiou to speak against the authorities
+ Of government. 49,, - - :"
, Mr. Rayner, BY consent modified the phraseolog,
=. Ine ordinance in some particulars.
>, IN; mi. Brown opposed the ordinance IS opening
) "%e ooor to injustice to the citizen, because tn
a Of the law in regard-to the offence
. WIN tae judges; and he cited several instance
wne1en injustice had been done under similar laws
!. MT; brown said he was too old State rights ma
/. 70 Gsgln now % vote for constructive treason an