Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-04-30
The President announced the special committees

!
Mr.. Graham introduced ordinance to pfos!ue
| for the vacsncy in the Office of Governor, WINCH
passed the first reading, and was placed upon 'h''
calendar. L..
The resolution of enquiry offered by Mr.. Jones,
of Rowan, yesterday, was taken IRON tne 'aoe' "'u
| withdrawn by the mover.
Mr.. Speed introduced petition from J. N. Perry,
Of Pasauotank, asking to be allowed the privilege
of continuing to make whiskey, which was read aud
laid on the table,
Mr.. Badger introduced petition from the Society
of Friends, asking exemption from military service,
; which was read and laid on the table; and Mr. b.
gave notice that he would move at an early day to
take from the table ordinance the subject en-
braced in the petition. 49, $50
! UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
The ordinance to create tine Office of Lieut. UoV-
crnor was taken up on its third reading, the ques-
ton being on Mr. Badgers amendment limiting the
operation of the ordinance to the next election.
Mr.. Badger withdrew his amenameht a"o '''o'ee
to lay the ordinance on the table,
| NJ Graham called for the reading of paper on
the table nroyiding the manner OF arranging and
s.,h-a,t,;no amendments of the Constitution for the
ra.iticatIon or rejection OF the people.
a., Howard raised point of order-that the
os,on to Law on the table, by the rules, shall be
,n,asd without debate, therefore. no paper can be
read bearing on the question under consideration.
| The Chair decided that any member has right
to call for the reading of paper lying on the table,
and the paper was accordingly read.
The oaes,ion being put, the ordinance was laid
on the table-yeas II, nays So, the yeas and nays
being ordered on motion of Mr. Howard.
| Mr.. BADGER moved to take up and consider the
resolutions embraced in the paper just read at the
request of Mr. Graham Oh which motion he asked
the yeas and nays, which were ordered.
The motion prevailed, yeas As, nays 81.
The resolutions were then read.
| Mr. Howard said he hoped the vote TO be taken
would be considered a test vote, whether the Con-
yention will 20 into general revision Of the Con-
| stitution.
Mr. Badger was wiling it should be test vote !;
test whether isolated permanent amendments shall
! be made to the Constitution, without the ratiica
ton of the people, that the amendments shall be
properly arranged and submitted. at proper Tine
for decision to the pcone. The discussion Was i,lr
Their continued by MeSSTS. Siterthwaile, Thompson
Smith of Halifax. and others, in opposition. and by
Messrs Speed, Graham, kittrcl, Gorreli and 9th
ers in favor Of the resontcnS.
Mr.. Howard moved 10 amend by inserting the
words, " ProrNed, that no amendmcn, to the Con
stitution shall bt considered at the prcseH; session.
and On this motion asked the yeas and nays which
being ordered resulted rs fellows:
Ieas-MesSrs. Atkinson, Easley. Bachelor, Bat
tie of Elseco,nbc, Battle Of Nash, Brown, Bunting
Caldwell. Cunningham, Dickson, Durham, Edwards
! Holmes, Howard Johnston, Jones of Rowan, Leak
| of Richmond, Lindsay, Mcdowell of Burke McDuf
fie Mcneil Of Cumberland. Mcneil of Harnett
Meares, Moseley, Myers, Osborne, Rayner, Royster
Sanders, Satterthwaite, Schenck, Setter, Smith OF
Halifax, sprun of Tyrrell Strange, Strong Of Meek
lenburg, Strong Of Wayne. Thompson, Thornton,
Williams and Willianson-ll.
Nays-MeSsrs. Allison, Badger, Bqrncs, Battle Of
Wake, Berry, Boyle, BrySon, Calloway Cannon,
Christian, Dick, billiard, Douthit, Eller, Foster of
Ashe, Foster of Randolph, Glmcr, Gcrrcll, Graau,,
Green, Hearnc, Hcaden, Holden, Houston, Joyce,
Kittre, Long, Mann, Manning Mehane, Mitchell,
Phifer, Rhodes, Rufhn, Smith of Johnston, Speed,
Starbuck, Thomas OF Cartcret, Warren and Wilson
| 40.
The question was then on the adoption of the
| resolutions.
Mr. Howard asked the yeas and nays which were
| ordered.
Mr.. Barnes moved to lay the whole subject on the
table, and the motion prevailed.
F.. On motion of Mr. Badger, the Convention ad.
journed to 10 o'clock, tomorrow morning
| For the Standard
Editor cf the Standard -
| DEAR SIR: From the tone Of the Raleigh Rsgister
and State Journal, I perceive tina. Messrs. Symc
and Spelman are very anxious to persuade the 'au
thorities that te," that it is all important to the
public welfare, for the Standard to be suppressed
and Holden be put down. Have not these worthless
, mistaken the public good for their own private
newspaper interestS9 Twill be rather dangerous
as well as high handed experiment, l trow, for
the authorities to attempt the suppression of any
ihdedendent press, and more particularly of the
Standard, which has so warm place in the affec-
tons and confidence Of the great of the people
would modestly advise the authorities to consider
well what they about before they take any step
in that direction. II set OF 'plnions only, is to
be advanced and advocated in North Carolina and
that to be done in language which must first be
| nj ~,
indeed, have we fallen upon evil times and the last
vestige of liberty of conscience and freedom Of
! thought will have taken its everlasting flight and
| the people who have heretofore enjoyed those ines.
Unable privileges and blessings shall know them no
! more forever. When such madness rules the hour,
then establish. olisarchal organ; interdict the
publication and circulation of all other papers issue
an edct declaring Syne and SpelInan Zone Eir-
| ginia Scotchman and the other an Englishman) Ed
itors Generalissimo, and make it capital felony for
any other newspaper to publish, or the people to
read anything which is not to he found in the col
umns Of the "Court Journal" This course opine
would suit Messrs. Syme and Spelman most remark
ably we'll Our people are reading people; if
they cannot get such papers as they prefer, they
will take such as they can get Should the Stand
| ard be suppressed, them perhaps, the subscription
lists of the Register and Journal may flourish and
spread like green bay tree. Ii the people not
pleased with the course OF the Standard, they can
suppress it by not subscribing to it, just in the
same way that they have been suppressing the
| Register for the last twelve months -the Journal
may continue to breathe little longer than the
Register, because 1t is upheld by the few old Hun.
kersI who still have government teat in their
mouths, but it. too, will eventually die for the want
of nourishnent. These two immaculate papers see
their impending DOOM hence their great efforts to
postpone the evil day. by making one of their own
nix. VIM Johnston, Esq, Governor of the State
this they find quite impossible job as the sup
preston Of the Standard know Mr.. Johnston
well-he is quite good natur.d, clever, money
making, easy sort of mamie is forty-Gve years
old or thereabouts-received liberal education,
graduated at Chapel Hill some twenty-odd years
ago. stood tolerably fair in his class, studied law and
has been at the bar aobut twenty years-never dis
tlnguished himself there, and doubt much if he is
known outside of the limits of his native and adopt
ed counties, and on the line of the Charlotte and
Columbia Railroad in any other character than as
a good, easy kind Of man, and pretty fair Rail-
road president If knew nothing of him personally.
land know nothing prejudicial to him as a man,