Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1865-01-25

We COMMONC
The House was called to order at II o'clock
Mr.. Shepherd presiding in the absence of the
Speaker.
The Journal of yesterday was read and approved.
The Speaker laid before the House the resigna-
ton of NELL Mckay, one of the Engrossing
Clerks.
On motion of Mr. Grssom this resignation was
sent to the Senate with proposition that the two
Houses elect clerk to fill the vacancy at half past
eleven o'clock. The names of Messrs Walter A.
Huske, 7. H. Hill and - Pfohl were put in no.
mination.
An engrossed bill, from the Senate to facilitate
the bu1sding of bridges which have been washed
away in the counties of Alamance and Granville,
passed its several readings under . suspension Of
the RI
Leaves of absence were granted to Messrs Anis
and Afford.
message from the Senate announced its concur
renee in the proposition from the House to elect
Expressing Clerk at half past eleven o'clock. The
House proceeded to vote. Mr.. j. W. Davis having
been also nominated. The committee to s,,pcrin.
tend the election subsequently reported tho cleo
ton"
Mr.. Hanes introduced resolutions on tho subject
of general Convention of the Confederate States,
as follows:
Resolutions on the su beet of General Conpention
Of the Confederate States:
WHEREAS, The present system of legislation by
the Congress of the Confederate States, by which
the most oppressive and unconstitutional laws have
been passed from time to time, by the votes of ir
responsible representatives from Missouri, Ken.
lucky and other States some of whom have never
seeded from the Government of the United States,
but have at this time their full quota Of men in the
armies of our enemies, and who therefore have no
A. l. L.
, can operate and some Of whom dare not even show
themselves IN the States which they profess to
present is an outrage to which free people ought
to submit:
And. Whereas, Article A of the Constitution of
! the Confederate States provides, upon the de-
J maud of any three States, legally assembled in
their several Conventions the Congress shall sum.
mon Convention of all the Confederate States, to
take into consideration such amendments to- the
Constitution Is the said States shall concur in sug
costing at the time when the said demand is made
and should any of the proposed amendments to the
Constitution be agreed on by the said Convention
voting BY States-and the Same be ratified by the
Legislatures of two.thlrds of the several States
by Conventions in two.thirds thereof-as the one
or the other mode of ratification may be proposed
by the general Convention,-they shall thencefor.
ward form part of the Constitution. But no State
SHALL without its consent be deprived Of its equal
representation" in the Senate
Therefore, Resolged, That the Joint Select Com
mittee on Confederate relations be instructed to
frame and bring in bill calling Convention Of the
people of this State or submitting the question to
them so as to enable them to assemble in Conven.
tion-if majority of them should desire to do SO
for the purpose of cooperating with any two other
States in calling Convention of all the Confeder.
ate States, for the purpose of amending the Con.
stituton so as to provide that thereafter the repre-
sentatves of any State or States, whose territory
is in the hands of the enemy 80 that the Conteder-
ate laws cannot be enforced therein shall not dur
ing the continuance Of such occupation BY the enc
my, be permitted to vote upon any question of leg
islation, but shall have only such rights a.
lowed to the delegates from the Territories of the
Confederate States; and of considering such other
amendments rs the said three States shall concur in
suggesting.
the principle on which North Carolina andthe other
States Withdrew from the Federal nioa the States
composing the Southern Confederaey esovereigns,
and the Confederate Government IS only their agent,
and SUBJECT to their control and that the States in
their sovereign capacity, in General Convention as
sembled, have the right to negotiate peace with
the government of the United States, without con-
sultation with the President of the Confederate
States, but subject only to the Subsequent ratcas
lion Of the several States IN their separate State
Conventions
At Mr. Hanes' request bis remarks in support Of
these resolutions were read from the desk by the
Clerk.
Pending their reading tnere was another ballot
for Engrossing Clerk resulting q before. On this