The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-01-31

with private rights and thereby TO cut OF 9
prolifc source Of revenue alta time when
every means should be used to meet the ha1
bilities of the State. All the eloquence OF
Phillip S. White and his coadjutors, had
failed to suppress the evil OF intemperance,.
and Judging the future. by the past, men
would continue to drink This being the
case the manufacture of an unadulterated
article should be encouraged SO as to drive
from our midst all those deleterlops concoc-.
lions of diluted alcohol, old boot. legs and
tobacco, commonly called "tangle5legged
whiskey" sa aiafa'sIssJ 81 Z ns.
Mr. Caldwell opposed the amendment.
r. Mr. Cameron favored the passage OF the
bill. His section had been desolated BY the
locust legions of Sherman, and now sons OF
mammon were occupied in turning the staff
of life into & stealing whiskey.p .aL 9a.a.s
r. The amendment to the amendment, with
the amendment, was voted down.
Mr.. Cameron presented an amendment flx-
ing the penalty at $500, in addition to I'M
prisonment for sixty days. p fc5ffsf. sg., ~
Mr.. LyonmoVed to lay the bill and amend
ment on the table, Not agreed to. Yeas 80,
nays 60.ilhaai aaaq- Ti,s.sa In
The amendment was then adopted. !
Mr.. Henry moved to strike out all the pro-
hibited articles except corn and wheat. Not
adopted. ,9saa t5.i5 linn f.n. "a.
Mr.. Mckay an amendment in effect, leav-
ing it the discretion of the Court either to-
fine or imprison-the fine not to exceed tive
hundred dollars and the imprisonment not
to exceed sixty days. ge.ge,
Mr.. Mckay was in favor of the bill, but
opposed its stringent provisions and heavy
indiscriminate penalties. The Judges had
discretion in much more heinous offences
than the one under consideration.
Mr.. Cameron said, that, under the amend
ment very few persons would be punished if
convicted. Persons would find witnesses to
prove that they only distilled little for fam
| ily use there being no milk an the family
and would therefore escape with a nominal
fine. Oaughter) t54 -
| The amendment was lost. Yeas 80, nays
| "a. ,f.,i.f,- -,;,,.-.s,.s
| Mr.. McAden moved to add section, al
/ lowing persons to distill grain raised on their
| own farms. He said it had been the prac-
tice of small farmers to make whiskey from
their surplus grain. 1t would be hardship
! to deprive them of this right.
| Mr.. Cameron considered this most insidi-
| GUS attack on the bill. Distillers would ne
yer exhaust their stock of corn. 1t should be
entitled, an act to fill the barns OF dlstli-
! lers."
The amendment was rejected. Yeas 4S,
nays 60. I
Mr.. Luke offered a substitute, allowing the
| distillation of grain upon license being gran
ted by the County Courts.
| Messrs. Cameron and Blythe opposed the
amendment, and it was rejected.
Mr.. Marler presented an amendment ex-
empting from the provisions of the bill the
! counties west of Catawba. Rejected.
Mr.. Smith, of Hartford, moved to amend
by striking out the clause in the bill admit
!, ting certain presumptiye evidence. He said
it was the duty of the State to prove the guilt
! of the accused.
!, Mr.. Rayner remarked, that the intent of the
bill was to protect the masses from the
! avarice of individuals, and therefore, every
means should be taken to make the prohibit
ton of distilling effective, and to that end it
was necessary that presumptive evidence
. should be admitted in some cases. Re
! jected
1 Mr. McNair moved to amend by making
persons liable to the penalties of this bill,
who exported prohibited articles for pur-
/ poses of distillntion. Adopted.
! Mr. Waugh opposed the passage of the bill
on the ground that it would affect, unjustly,
the grain growing counties of the State.
The bill then passed its third reading. p,
Those who voted in the affirmative were
Messrs Allison, Arlington, Ashworth, Baxter,
Beasley, Blackmer, Blair, Blythe, Bonner,
Burton, Caldwell, Cameron, Gambler, Chad
! wick, Cowan. Cox, Crawford, Daily, Davis Of
!, Halifax, Dunn, Faircloth of Green, Faircloth
of Wayne, Flythe, Foster, Gaines, Harper,
Halves, Henry, Hodnett, Holderby, Hoke,
Hutchinson, Hyman, Jenkinsof Warren, judi
kins, Kenan, Kinney, Lee of Gates, Lucas, Man
ly,McEachern, Mckay, Nc Nair, Nelson, Moore
of Chatham, Moore of Martin, Mott, Niyen,
Newsun, Page, Potter, Rayner, Rosebro, Shaw,
Smith of Cumberland, Smith OF Hertford,
Stilley, Thigpen, Webb, Whitley, Williams,
Wilson and Yellowley-60. -
Those who voted in the negative were
Messrs. Barnett, Black, Burgess, Carson,
i, Coates, Craige, Dargan, Davis of Carteret,
Farrow, Fur, Garland, Gidney, Hamilton,
Horton, Houston, Jenkins of CASTOR, Jen-
kins of Granville, Jones, Joyner, Luke, Lyon,
Marler, Matthews, McAden, Mcdonald, Nc
CURE, Mcintosh, Moore of Alamance, Muir
rill, Nicks, Paschall, Russell, Simmons, Smith
i of Columbus, Smith of Guilford Scoggin,
league, Trull, Waugh, Wheeler and York
i, Al. M
And the House adjourned until Thursday
10 o'clock. H;3