The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-12-09

adopted, and moved to strike out the 21st
and insert the 22nd instant f; A.,
Mr. DURHAM referred to the necessity oil
giving time to examine enrolled bills &C
cording to the usual custom ut an adjourn-
ment rr ,rf.r., fef3f3. .a.f1
Mr.. JUSTICE, of Rutherford, cared not
whether a recess was taken; but he meant
to oppose an adjournment to give mileage.
The gentleman from Ceaveland spoke as
though it was final adjournment The,
proposition was to take recess for two
weeks for the holidays
Mr.. DURHAM said he meant to say recess
Mr. BOWMAN withdrew his amendment
Mr. HoDNETT moved to strike out 4th OF
January and insert the 18th, in order, as he
said, to give members who are farmers an
opportunity to be at home to commence
operations for the year.
Messrs. Vest, WEIGH and Seymour spoke
against the amendment. So r.
The amendment was rejected and the
resolution adopted.
Mr.. PoU moved to reconsider the vote by
which the House indefinitely postponed the
bill to limit the sales of State bonds 10y rail-
roads or their agents, and upon that motion
proceeded to address the House upon the
merits OF the bill pf 70 'aI
Mr.. BOWMAN rose to question of order,
and asked if the merits of the bill could be
discussed upon motion to reconsider.
The CHAIR CHR. Estes! in the chair deci-
dcd that the merits could be discussed upon
q motion to reconsider. Wi 7H ~:
Mr.. PoU said he had facts enough to make
it seem to him an imperative duty to ask a
reconsideration. The language of the bill
was that no bond shall be sold by railroad
companies or their agents for anything less
than par. He did not expect it to pass in
those words. He expected it to be amended,
and the rate fixed at anything better than
the ruinous rates at which they are now be-
ing disposed Of 1t might be of little con-
sequence now, but in few months it would
be of more consequence, if members should
find when their counties needed a bridge
across some stream, they could not tax the
people to build it. The Constitution limits
the combined tax of State and county to
66s cents on the hundred dollars He said
he understood it SO, the people and the
State Treasurer in his report understood it
so. From this point the Speaker argued
at some length the necessary expenses and
taxation of the State, arriving Mt the con-
clusion that the State must issue new bonds
to pay running expenses, and hence the ne
eessity of this bill to prohibit bonds being
sold below fixed rate. li \. a.-r.fl irH
Mr. DOWNING desired to know how any
legislative restriction could affect the value
of bonds. Sales could be stopped, but the
value of bonds must regulate itself. He was
not so easilyifrightened as some men arc with
regard to taxation. His taxes are now
great deal more than 100 cents, and they are
more than $50 cents all over the State. He
thought there was Misrepresentation. The
counties had a right to tax. The Constitu-
ton, section 7, article Z, says; i.s
mo county, city, town, or other municipal
corporation shall contract any debts, pledge its
faith, or loan its credit, nor shall any tax be
levied, or collected by any officers OF the same
except for the necessary expenses thereof, unless
by vote ofa majority Of the qualified voters therein
There is full provision made for necessary
taxes. Disseminating the county courts
will much reduce the county taxes, and we
can increase the State tax without increasing
the total taxation; and provision is madcin
the Constitution so that for necessary ex-
penses the County Commissioners can lay
certain rate of taxes, and beyond that by a
vote of the people. He moved that the mo-
ton to reconsider be indefinitely post
poned. -s H 49,
Indefinite postponement was agreed to
ayes 40, noes 80. -... s..a
Mr. GILBERT obtained indefinite leave of
absence on account ofillness. 81.
On motion of Mr. FOSTER, the House adj.
journed until 10 o'clock to morrow.
-9'1 SENATE. '-'' -
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2. 1868. ~
The Senate met according to adjourn
ment. .'.i s'H.Ha'i 4
The President in the Chair.
The President stated that owing to the
sickness of the Secretary of the Senate the
journal had not been entirely written. up.
Mr.. BARROW moved recess Of fifteen
minutes should be taken to enable the As
sistant Secretary to complete the record of
yesterday.
The motion prevailed and the recess was
taken.
The Journal of yesterday was read and
approved. s..ll
On motion of Mr.. WINsTEAD leave of alb
sence was granted Mr. Wilson. -,ts.
On motion of Mr.. OSBORNE leave of alb
sence vas granted Mr.. Mclaughlin "
Mr.. SWEET rose to a question of privilege.
He had seen in one of the morning papers
an editorial article called practical Recon-
struction," which, after charging himself
and Senator Robbins with being in political
sympathy with each other, and with selling
out their political principles, concluded with
the following paragraph: Senator Robbins
claims to be a Democrat and Senator Sweet
claims to be a Republican, yet so complete
is the sympathy between them that it is
difficult to tell which is the Republican and
which the Democrat. They have become
! moral Siamese twins, and their separation
now would be almost impossible, and the
only existing doubt is-aohich party can claim
both of them" He desired to say that these
charges were false as hell and that the writer
of the article knew them to be so when he
made then He was as firm in his faith in
Republican principles as any man. Those
principles were implanted in him at his
birth, and he had always given them an
earnest and unqualified support. He believed
as entirely in the justice Of the Republican
party as men believed in God. 1t was
party that went into the highways, byways
and hedges, and when it found man crea-
ted in the image of his. God, Frustrated by
unequal laws, elevated him to the condition
of man.. Republican principles were
part of his very existence and blood, and he
who wrote that article well knew this, and
had written it for purpose. Why did GER
tain persons thus gratuitously object to this
Investigation and try to bring this commit
tee into ridiculea He would give q key to
unlock this mystery, that would disclose the
motive Of this article and the course
| pursued with reference to the committee.
| Every member of the General Assembly,