Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-12-09

,,ommitted for criminal or supposed GRIM
nsy stsnu CO and that to extend it beyond this in
pa OHsn'e: of conscript law so as to deny the
tbs eXecu'ir through the judiciary whether the
right TO is liable or not to military service,
peSOn 10 T,iolaton of the Constitution, utterly
sPslPaGSo So mower of the States to preserve their
Destroy 'ronization and sovereignty, and reduces
sepaate %soInte o. dependence on the mere courtesy
them 70 fderate government for their simple ex-
ofhe COnieU'
bence;r ia accented the proposed amendment, and
Mr. Tu% Iat Icngth to address the House in support
procee,,t;onS. He regretted that circumstances
d the ,,ier it necessary for the General Assem-
sbOnu a,sst TEST for third time against an unconsli
bly, Pattempt on the part of Congress to suspend
tltOna sres of the writ of habeGs corpus. IL had
tie Pli,s Seen asserted by persons occupying high
FcenI!, !,ocitions at Richmond that treason stalked
OhciA,, : North Carolina A bill suspendlng the
IrOsi ID introduced doubtless with special refer
Fh[ a ,bis State, had already passed one branch
sneS sneSOgress in secret session and IN all LIKELIHOOD
IJ'S ~ soon pass the other. II this measure was
EOulu = vould be bv the votes of members Of
Sops from States the larger portions OF which,
CanSS! ,bp nossession of the enemy. 1t was our
we're u ne6ple not only to obey the constitution
duty 49, Int to see that others did so; and it be-
OuSsis, his Legislature to protest Indignantly in
hO'eu ,rainst so pslpable and dangerous an in-
isnt i'aS of the rights of the people, by Il ire
representatives of fictitious constituencies.
Srsrted briefly to the inception of the writ in
be suC %,nna Ckartd, wrested by the bold barons at
ns nsIrr,nede, from a weak, though tyrannical King,
Hu1. It's solemn re enactment four hundred years
.nu ", the reign of Charles H. The writ, he said
N" N"..,nIiar to England and America, and was un-
Wa n Continental Europe. He held that the
Snv' .,nd only be suspended in cases where crimi-
"nI,Gnces had been as were supposed to have been
H H,;ttsd and characterized arrest without pro-
@IIfS Sw where the person arrested was not in
~ military service as suoVersiVe of every principle
dlbsrty. tod Mouth c,.,,;u
IONS which had been cast upon her loyalty, and
,..brted the proposed suspension of the writ to a
En,sition on the part of the Confederate authori-
y. n oue free thought and rebuke free speech in
T.,b carolina; to conscribe State officers and to
mnrass and arm our slaves; objects unconstitu-
:1,I and tending if attained to fasten upon US an
~, dsspotism, intolerable in land in which liber-
.T. brthright. THE Reporter regrets that from
Y. .mnprfect notes and more imperfect recollection,
:. unable 10 present fuller and more faithful
.sF,s of Mr.. F0wle's remarks He but expresses
A. yoera desire in hoping they will soon be pub.
Bhsd I'm full.
NJ Shepherd addressed the House in reply to
" FOTle, opposing the passage of the resolutions.
a, motion Of Mr. Carter, the further considera-
inn Of the special order was then postponed until
IISclOck, a. N. tomorrow.
The House concurred in a message from the Sen.
.s proposing that the two Houses meet on Friday
nat for the purpose of comparing the votes cast in
n Governors election in August last
The Speaker laid before the House the statement
dhe Merchants Bank of Newbern, which was
urt 10 the Senate with proposition to print
The House then adjourned until tomorrow morn
Ig 10 o'clock.