Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-12-11

clusion that this movement was a scheme
to ruin their glorious party.
Mr.. Seymour replied that he was Re-
publican and represented "a Republican
county. He Thought that the honor and
integrity and strength of the party would
be best advanced by the adoption of the
resolutions, &c. E8I
Mr.. Pou regretted that the discussion
had taken SO wide range, but the allusion
to "weak kneed individuals compelled
him again to speak. He scorned, with con-
tempt inexpressible, any insinuation that
he could be bribed by party favors to de-
fleet from course he deemed right and
proper. The adverse result in his county
was attributable to the unwise course of
this very body, and they still persisted
He would tell them there would be a wa
vering all along the lines, He was not q
party man In the sense some gentlemen
here seemed to be. He was in the party
of right against wrong, and of truth
against falsehood Now that they had a
choice between the substitute and original,
he hoped the original would be adopted
He had been panied yesterday to observe
an attempt to create prejudice against
! the resolutions, on account of color. An
appeal had been made to the colored men
to effect that end. .-
|
MIR. Ellington again advocated the adop-
ton of the resolutions. He said if, to con-
tlnue In the Republican party. he had to
| engage IL an attempt to choke off these
resolutions. he would plainly inform them
the sooner they checked his baggage the
better. If to lend their aid TO prevent in
designations Of fraud and corruption was a
part Of the platform, he had never read it
and certainly never endorsed it. 1t they
required \ man to sit passlvely under u
cioud OF Us picion, and not allow him to
vote for measures Ill order to clear himself,
then he would most assuredly part company
with them. 1t could not be made party
| question. This investigation Was due 10
| hlm-tO all. Honest men would vote
against all substitutes and vote for the re-
| solutions that gave protection to their fair
names. Why TO any of you object to it :?
Is the biIl too strong for you? Does it
give SO much power that you are afraid
that there Is chance that you may be
| found guilty p? Pass The bill and let IL go
| back to the Sendte, and let them ferret out
| this alleged CORRUPTION. Bat for Gods
| sake, don seud back substitute restrict
| ing the powers OF the Committee, thereby
| letting it be SAID that the Senate had sent
us a bill too hot and strong for the House
to pass ...
Mr.. Downing said the whole drift of the
argument Of the gentlemen who advocated
the resolutions, was to lnslnuate that those
that were opposed to them were implica-
ted. He would hurl back all such insinu-
| atlOns with all the Indignation and con-
Tempt which they deserved. He would in
form the House, If they adopted the reso-
luticn in their present shape, and sent
them back to the Senate, they would come
back to the House. IN another shape. No
time would be saved by the adoption of
the original resolutions
Mr.. Bowman said that in voting for the
original proposition, he was influenced by
higher considerations than party feeling
The people would regard refusal of this
House to adopt the resolutions as conclu-
slve evidence Of the existence of guilt. He
could look upon this as no party question.
1t concerned the honor of Republicans and
Conservatives alike; he would, therefore,
vote against the substitute, &c. .aa
Mr.. French called the previous question
upon the adoption of the substitute. The
call was sustained.
Upon the adoption of the substitute Mr..
Durham demanded the yeas and nays
The call was sustained and resulted in the
following ballot:
YEAs-Messrs. Ashworth, Banner, Barnes, Bar
son, Cawthcrl. colored. Cherry, colored, Craw-
ford, colored Dixon, Downing, Estes, Foster,
Franklin, F. ench, Gahagan, Graham, Gunter,
Harris, of Wake, colored, Hayes colored, Hold
gin, Horney, Kelly, of Moore, Latin, Long, of
Richmond, Mayo, colored, Moring. Morrill, Pear
son, Price, colored, Proctor, Rag land, Rea, Rem
frow, Robbins, coored, Reynolds, colored, Sin
clair, SimOnas, Stevens, sykes. colored, Vest, |
Waldrop, White and Wis all-40.
NAYs-Messrs. Allison, Argo, Armstrong, Bow
man, Candler, Durhsn "a, Ellis, Ellington, Harrow, |
Ferebee Gibson, Green, Grier, Harris, Of Frank
lin, Hawkins, Hicks, High, Hinnant Hodnett, |
Hoffman. Humphri s. Hadgins, Ingram, Jarvis |
Justice Of Henderson, Kelley, of Davie, Leary,
coiored, Long, of Chatham. Malone. Ma heson,
MoCanesa, Mcmillan, MeLdenhall, Nicholson,
Painter, Parker, Proffitt, Robinson, Seymour,
Siegrist, Smith, OF Allegheny, Smith, OF Wayne
Snipes, Stanton, stilley, Sweat, colored, Thomp-
son, VestaI, WEIGH, Wilkie, Williams, of Harnetl
Moore, Pou and Wison-59.
After the vote was announced, Mr. Iaf-
lin changed his vote from the affirmative
to the negative.
Mr.. French then said he hoped the orr
ginal would be adopted.
The resolutions were then adopted. |
After the introduction of several bills, !
which will be noticed as they come up,
The House, on motion of Mr.. Estes, |
adjourned.