The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-02-05
asOEFHCAAL.
Proceedings of the Convention:
REPORTED BY JOS. W. HOLDEN.


,i-,~fl 4. s,.se a MONDAY, jar. ~, 1885,
.s,-Ia The Convention met at IL O'Clock, Presi-
r dent Cowles in the Chair. .iis oin9
M ii The President stated that the Clergy of the
ami, City had been invited to open the sessions .
I. of the Convention daily, with PRAYER, the
DAYS to be arranged among themselves If
one WASP present this morning, he was invited
-, tes'pen to,days session with prayer
,.sa Prayer BY. Rev. DIR Smith. -
approved. 81 = - - go yati-li
'..'3 Mr. Latin requested leave of absence for :
Mr.. Legg until Thursday next Granted
Notice was given that the committee on
relief would meet at 4 O'Clock p. M, to-day,
in this Hail. ''i 5ri.'qt ,1e. - IA
Mr.. King, of Lincoln, a petition from the
10Y citizens of his county, asking removal of
Al rebel State Officers. Referred. rs.ia
-t@ Mr.. Hood memorial respecting the cleo
n5I ton in Sampson county Referred. ,l
.Hiai Mr.. Hood, a resolution that as certain per-
nrsons, IN hearty accord with the reconstruc-
ton measures, are DISTINGUISHED that the &
President appointa committee of FIVE whose
20 duty 1t shall be to gather such information
as will enable them to report list of per-
sons, to be presented TO Congress for relief
ioI,s4,Mr. hso.s, &, q resolution that separate
'JoI schools be provided for children of African
b1p descent, and that money be appropriated
2 ga for support of schools equally according to
rsaI number, Referred to Committee on efluca-
.-.s tion.- = ,..-- = '.-'''f S@3i AZ.
=. g. Mr. Rotlman resolution IN relation to
taxation. 80. l-'.a - s-se 'll-self a1a -
1rss' Mr. Jones, of Caldwell. a resolution to
lie over under the rules-that government is
1 instituted by the people for their benefit and
IL @ that the people have the right to reform, that
als elections should be free, &c. Laid over
suaF Mr.. Glover, an ordinance to revive debts
aiuu Laid over III .i.,, .g.... .,,r..
sdf Mr.. French, ofBladen, an ordinance to re-
-'5ii peal provisions of revenue law, providing
3l that corporations or employers shall list per-
srr5 sons employed and pay their taxes.
.ae.. Mr. Duckworth an ordinance giving the
o L4 Superior Courts power TO examine and adj
init applicants to the bar.
Do - Mr.. Gambler an ordinance repeating the
az general amnesty granted soldiers, &C., pass
y, eddy General Assembly. Dec. 1S66,-except
so much as applies to females '.'lt
h>N'9a Mr.. Jones' of CALDWELL an ordinance regu-
lating the expenses of the Convention Laid
10 over NtU- 'n...a.- alt
sai ie Mr.. Welller an ordinance prohibiting the
0is distillation of grain. because of the testitu
ton owing to consumption thereofby distilla-
,,I tion-for II limited time! Laid over. q
Mr.. Rodman, an ordinance apprepriating
$4,000 Tor contingent expenses-to be paid
r,t on warrant of Chairman of the committee
-. such expenses Laid over.
Mr.. Tourgee, resolution in relation to
7' banks Of issue Referred.
Mr.. King, of Lenoir, a resolution to amend
81 rule 36. Laid over
Mr.. Mullican an ordinance declaring that
ed honesty, good faith and the Constitution
IN alike forbid the passage of any law impair
1sid ing the obligations of contracts-but debts
zor contracted during the war, should he scaled
sa to their value.
uJ IS Mr.. Andrews, u resolution concerning the
400. rights of community. Referred to COM
oil mittee on bill of rights.
4i.e Mr. PierSon, resolution that some plan
-.r be devised for admission OF children ofevery
.g race, endowed with rights of citizenship, to
public charitable institutions
Mr. Latin, the following resolution:
WHEREAS, The people of the State of
North-Carolina are impoverished to such an
extent as to be unable to pay their debts;
therefore, be it
Resolped That the collection of all debts
made prior to May 1, 1865, be suspended
for ten years, to be without interest-those
made from May 1, 1865, to Jan. 1, 1868, be
suspended for five years. to be without in
terest q. tra-
IFS Mr. Cherry, resolution in relation to
suffrage, providing that all male, citizens
twenty-one years of age, not disfranchised
by acts of Congress, shall vote.
l-- UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
, By request of Mr. Abbott, the ordinance
in relation to the Wilmington Char & R.R. R.
M was passed over.
The resolution OF Dir. Daniel, to provide
lien law for laborers, artizans and mechan-
les, taken up.
ss56I Mr. Heaton said the introducer. who was
Gl.. absent. had asked him to request its pass
liza age, as it was resolution of inquiry, mere
ly. The resolution was slightly amended,
and passed.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE g,
The hour of twelve having arrived, the
Convention pursuant to special order, went,
g. into committee of the whole, Mr.. Jones, of
D'a Washington, in the chair. .fr' :
u --4 The report the committee on the Exec
o. utive Department, was, motion OF Mr..
~ Abbott, taken up and read, section by sec
I ton. 51 s- 70 as....
Mr. French, of Chowan, moved to insert
Y the words ''and immigration after public
works in the first section, making the super
intendent thereof superintendent of lmmi-
w grafton also. -ax
'aa In support of the proposition Mr.. French
l'i of Chowan said: N# f.t
"Give us Relief!' is the cry, Mr.. Chairman,
that comes up TO us every day from all sections
of this stricken State. The table of our Secre-
-. ytary is laden with memorials, resolutions and
ordinances referring to the Impoverished condi-
ton of our people, and suggesting various plans
i1 for relief
We hear, on all sides, that North Carolina is
exhausted OF all her resources, save her lands,
and that for these we have no purchasers And
ef there is great deal of bitter truth in this uni
r yersal story. This damnabe did waste and
destroy well nigh all the earnings OF an hundred
aA years, and left the people crushed to the earth
beneath mountain load of debt Now, Isublnit
it to the good practical sense of this Convention,
that the best relief which they can offer to the
people is to bring other peoplehere who buy
81 these lands, as they offered tor SALE and then
- cultivate them. You thus relieve the people,
and at the same time build up the State. ,
ga Where is the State that offer to the young
- man of enterprise OF the man OF capital greater
Inducements 10 come among them than North
Carolina? mildpnd healthy climate, free from
the extremes of heH and cold, known to the States
q; ,, on either hand, and yet we able TO produce
fruits and grains belonging to both tropical and
high temperate ATTITUDES, On the coast VIC have
the fig and the pomegranate, and rice as fine as
80 can be grown in the world while all through the
.I5ta'State the grape, peach aud apple,
rs and wheat-the choicest fruits and the great sta
piles of food.
si7S 1t seems to me, SIR that the people of North
Carolina themselves, are not half aware of the