The New York herald., 1866-05-29
Proposition 10 Pardon All Prisoners Except
Those Convicted Of Criminal Felo.
mics Prior to Nay ], 1866.
Bitter Feeling stin Existing Between the
Loyal and Dklsyal Inhabitauts.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
The POSTAL AFFAIRS OF THE STATE.
&c. DC. DO.


hALEGH, N. c. Nay ~, 1860.
The State Convention continued its session to-day.
A resolution was adopted calling for committee 10
rprovide circulating medium necessary in the Of
sness, the present Of the community not
supplied.
The report Of the Committee on Revising and Rewriting
Che Constitution Of the State read
-ordereA to be printed.
An ord providing for homestead exemption also
reducing per diem OF the members of the Conyen
ton were read for tho hrst trnc
The ordinance granting amnesty to all prisoners cx.
j, 1866, was called up and u second time.
kr TOP X CALwKlI, oi burke, the author, of the
ordinance then arose and his for inroduc
ihg The ordinance. he sad he with other nbers Of
itc Convention well ~ are that there was still Nj
iosIsng existing among the people of the stale; tho
one side ny shoss ~ho lately acted with the so-caed
Csn.ederate States and other BY persons who
arranged themselves tho side OF tho federal govern
mcnt and II something Is not done allay feel.
ing In short time IL will break both rupture and
civil war He knew the fact that the por-
tion of the State II was Impossible 10 Obtain grand
jury constituted Of who had q Ugh sense OF Ionur
and would do their dty fra icssiy ipar ally; aud
an some COUNTIES IL rs impossible gct grand Jury
.nnd bill OF indie acnt agansI ervs who we're
lately engaged in tho Confederate nilary scry,e, no
nAter what the offence MAJ be called or now hsh tho
crime, and the men constituting jures are looked
cIAn In these communit beng the best friends Of
thl cuilnts and honorable citizens, and hnd
cnss W set Tree those ien wnom they have reason 70
believe fought on the sde OF the State and the Con.
<defacy He knew facls to bc he represented
tea, bal Ia courtesy he would sp cify whors these
.ouenccs had been committed 1hey susceptible of
Proof and the soicitos gol and sufficient
proof 70 make true IL bat they we're retarncd 10
court i8noreo wnio On t other hund men whoke pro-
clvltics In favor Of Jnled govcrnment
ne who hold aovf during the war. but desire
thc Stars and Stripes the emblem under VIII ch they
dosTc TO l,e and die--hAvc, slightest offences
Ley committed, been prosecuted. The grand jury
that ignored bits against guilty Confcdcrates have
every instance, without exception, returned true bills
sgausst Union men OF the staie He informed by
oIs-r gentlemen who py seats in the con, entiou
faai Vxs are Just tho their Counties. He
deprecated of things honest Old State oi
North CarOliua As thoug.i this OF should
be put an end 70, aud he would all In his
power and The people OF nli 500
sons and allow inning semeng has u the State,
hut make all pers0ns Answer July and faifiy i0r Tue
smes for whcn they are guilty. He sorry for the
honor OF tbc Stats bo vbyrd w saic what he did,
but he prompted by of duty and the sake Of
truth give expression " ieclpgs. In some pars
of the State lAie Ionieaerates get justice,
ia others conservative men cannot get JUS
ace. In some counties Confederate Juries are
plrdoning their friends, and in other c0uues Uni"n
orc doing the same thng DC tnoughe tnst equAt
rights aud equal laws st"uid prevail tnrousnou. tno
COMMONWEALTH, ana all enjoy. the same pnsneges N
courts Of justice He did NOT wish 70 put men IN eopar
dy because they bad ONE IN Vn 100 sue ol sne
ftdecy; NOR did no want VI wish to 700 ovcts o' e
bnou aud friends Of the onited STATES sosos.m.at % AZ
faenod ~ the bar OF justice metsy oecAuho 'ucy
and Penailies OF The laws should Do vsi'ea cpon 'ne
wniis probably the very men sths upon ne III, me
wio, should ehey kce thcL ocseru moos~ W onu
guilty Of oum0s mucu more o"eAsise ne "sns~" sn's
stats Of things 70 Do put stop 70 s,, .
The amendment OF The memoef Ifom s'any M soss
med 0y men IN no matter WHICH so, 'Ioc, u
uodcr orderA These oneuccs snouu ~ pAsseu ~, :.
one OF those th-ngs tnat ous" W 10 'o's"e" '"''
pu, ~ o~~uyc xsd This matter before