Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-02-21

MI. Forkner moved to suspend the rule
and adopt the resolution, which motion no
prevailing, the resolution lies over.
CALENDAR
The ordinance of Mr.. Welker Ianothe,
plous, penitent Aminadab Sleek, prohibi
ting the distillation of grain, was taken up
Ihe vote on this motion was taken and re.
suited, yeas &c, noes 31-not quorum
voting.
Rich moved for call of the house, and
the Secretary-one Byrnes, formerly a
g hummer in Sherman's army, and lately
counter-jumper of yetteville-proceed-
ed to So call.
A quorum being found present, Mr..
Rich then moved 70 lay the whole subject
on the table, and demanded the ayes and
noes, which resulted, ayes 80, noes 50.
Mr.. Colgrove moved to amend by insert
ing :. November, 1865" for "January,
1869" Adopted.
passage Of the ordinance as amended.
which was carried.
The Tonrgee submitted u report from
the Committee on Towns, Cities. &c.
Mr. Sweet, an ordinance appointing a
collector OF taxes for the city of Newbern.
and recommended its passage.
HE ordinance was SO amended as to al
low any qualified voter of the said CITY to
hold the office Of said collector.
DIr. Sweet asked that the ordinance be
Immediately considered. He objected to
the amendments reported by the commit
tie.
Mr.. Heaton, Of Ohio, uia Craven, hoped
that the amendments attached would not
interfere with the ordinance The house
accepted the report Of the committee-the
vote was taken, and the ordinance adopted
as reported by the committee.
SPECIAL ORDER.
The 9th section of the report of the Com
mittee on Preamble and Bill Of Rights be-
ing the special order, was read and put be-
fore the house.
The Tourgee said he seemed to be the
big dog in the matter, the Tourgee is mis-
taken-he's the unde1' dog. and he wished
to say i. e. bow-WoU few words. He
knew that full many g point Lad been car
ried full many time upon all empty
song.
[Tourgee invoices the Muse " Harp of
the North" ETC., etc, and thus discour-
seth
Much had been said about reputation !;
he would like to know a0ha reputation.
His idea Of reputation was the denial Of
an honest personal obligation. In all the
made yesterday, but two gentle
men had raised the cry that reputation
was the object of some of the members -
He was certain that the debt Of the old
State could not be legally imposed upon
the new State, and he was certain that the
people Of this new State would thank God
and the Tourgee to get rid of the old
State bonds and the swamp lands
r. uyac 1aI,1SiD, 70 c,,,rnCo ! : Il 7
debt could be paid i'll 10 years. He would
not yield to any nlan IN honor for the
State, but he had no homage to pay to
State whose institutions were beggared.-
The people of North Carolina were impov-
erished by war, and, by God, there is truth
IN the cry that we are on tire crust of an
extinct volcano. Should it meet the pleas
nre Of the Convention to pass the 9th sec
ton, he would say there are none who
would give it more cordial support than
those who had opposed it. How the poor
Tourgee backs from his position of yester-
day
Mr.. Jones, of Washington, said the ar
gument had been SO lengthy that he had
hoped action would be taken when the
subject should be brought up this morn
ing. The gentleman from Guilford, we
beg pardon, the Iourgee, Mr.. Jones {
seemed to make the Convention a marked
era in his history. Does he suppose that
lie is the only man in North Carolina who
is familiar with her Institutions, her forms
of religion, sc. There is nothing left, save
honor, with which to erect new empire
He would not be surprised if the gentle
man had new primer out before many
months with the title, ga New Primer for
the new State of North Carolina" by the
Tourgee, with q horrid lion Fas frontis-
piece.
He adverted to the great loss of the
State during the war, saying, though she
had lost everything else, she still chung to
and held immaculate her honor and her
integrity. Mr.. Jones held that the posi-
ton of Tourgee and his followers tended
towards reputation. He alluded to the
result of Reputation in Mississippi, and
said that her honor had been tarnished.-
Virginia had said, "though poor, we will
pay our honest obligations" and Virginia,
said Mr.. j., owes $4O,00O,OOO. Other
States had said the same. Are we to per-
nit our glorious old State of North Carroll
IA to be behind her sisters ? 1t has been
we'll said, if you are dishonest nationally, you
are so inQiUidu0UY.
Mcdonald, the Chatham ass made some
silly remarks that are not deemed worthy
place in our columns
Laffiin, of New York, rta Pitt county,
said he had been q citizen of North Carroll
Ia two years, and was unwilling to do any
thing that would stain the integrity of the
State.
Mr.. Rodman understood the Tonrgee as
saying he had no respect for Old North
Carolina, or for the obligations incurred
by her. Mr. Z. contended that the exis
tence of North Carolina as State could
only be blotted ont by those who had made
it State; and the ones who had made it a
State were the people. He was in favor Of
q new era, but he did not want to see the
pages Of her history containing her past
career torn from that book of record =
The gentleman from Guilford had said
much about making North Carolina new
State. He (NIr. e.. supposed the Tourgee
wanted TO set her up - a new State and
date her commencement from the year one.
What had been called the inevitable con-
flict between liberty and slavery was over,
and the conflict now was the new era.
Mr.. Heaton, of Ohio, thought that the
subject had been fully discussed-the
minds of the delegates here were made up,
and he felt sure they would do nothing to
ot,;n the honor and integrity of the State