The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-07-22
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
TUESDAY. July ID. 1868.

TUESDAY, July IA, 1868.
At 101 O'Clock, A. NJ, The House was
called to order by the Speaker.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Weker, of the Senate
Mr.. Seymour, from the judiciary commit
tee, reported favorably on an act to provide
for the registration of the voters of the city
of Wilmington.
Mr. Seymour said that convention ortll-
nance provides that the election shall take
place in fifteen days after the organization
of the State Government. 1t was impossi-
BILE to hold an election at that time. He
had learned that writs had been issued for
an election on the 18th inst; and in order
to defeat that movement, he moved that the
rules be suspended, and the bill be put upon
its several readings; which motion pre-
vailed.
Some discussion ensued as to the prOprie-
ty of clothing the registrars with power to
erase such names from the lists as were not
entitled to register, which was provided for
in the fifth section of the bill
Messrs. Seymour, Abbott and Price de-
Tended the section, and Messrs. Sinclair and
Downing opposed it, on the ground that it
clothed the registrars with too much power
Mr.. Sinclair moved that the words giving
the power referred to be erased, which was
lost.
The bill then passed its several readings
was ordered to be engrossed, and sent to the
Senate
Mr.. Bowman, from the committee on Ed
ucation, reported back House resolution,
No. 2-giying as the sense of the House that
separate schools for the two races shall be
established with recommendations that it
do pass. The resolution was ordered to be
placed on the calendar.
The hour for the special order having ar
rived, which was the consideration of Mr..
Sinclair's resolution petitioning Congress to
remove disabilities, &C., on motion of Mr..
Sinclair, it was made the special order for
~ O'Clock on Thursday next.
Messages from the Senate were received,
informing the House, that Messrs Forkner
and Hayes had been appointed Senate
branch OF the committee to provide free
holds for the landless population; return
ing House bill, providing for the registration
of the voters of the city of Wilmington, for
consideration and that House bill amend
ing charter Of the Davidson Copper Mining
Company had passed its third reading in the
! Senate.
| MIR. Seymour moved that the House pro-
ceed to elect United States Senator, whose
term will expire on the 4th of March, 1878.
MIR. Bowman moved as a substitute that
message be sent to the Senate proposing
| to 60 into an election of Senator, &C., Car
ried.
By Mr.. Vest, a resolution in relation to a
penitentiary. Placed on the calendar.
BY Mr.. Wilkie, bill providing for the
removal of distractions in Trent river. Re
ferred to the Committee on Internal I'M
| prOvements.
By Mr.. Hodnett, a bill repeating Conven-
ton ordinance providing for the payment
OF the interest on the Public Debt. Order.
ed to be printed and made the special order
at 11>o'ciock on Monday next.
by MIR. stilley, resolution instructing the
clerk to procure and furnish the committee
on Privileges and Elections with papers anf
names of the banned persons elected, anC
that the committee have power to send fo
persons and papers.
The resolution was adopted under sus
pension of the rules.
BY MIR. Sinclair, bill comforting on tn
faculty OF Edenhoro Medical College in Ro
bosom County, the right to dissect dead DO
dies
The rules were suspended and the bill
passed Its second and third readings, wa
ordered to be engrossed, and sent to tn
Senate.
MIR. Bowman moved to take up Hous
resolution, No. 2, reported back by him fror
the Committee on Education this morning
Carried.
| Mr.. Morris hoped the resolution would b
printed.
Mr.. Harris, of Wake, opposed the propos
ton to print as the resolution was but an ex
preston OF the sense of the House, that sepf
rate schools for the two races should b
established
| Mr.. Ingram favored the resolution.
Mr.. Sweet opposed the resolution. N
such issue as that had been before the pee
pie of his county. The government wa
founded upon the fundamental idea that g
ereequal. He would prefer that the tw
races should not be educated together, all
that they should not intermarry; but til
Constitution, just adopted, had neither IL
word white nor the word black in it, an
therefore class legislation, so far as mel
color is concerned, was gone forever If tt
resolution were to pass, it would be the san
in principle as saying that the whites shoul
sit on the floor Of the House, and the blacl
in the lobby. He therefore, protested again
| its passage.
Mr.. Justice, of Rutherford, inquired
Mr. Sweat, if he was not pledged Tor sep
rate schools ; and, if not, did he hot kno
that he was in ii hopeless minority?
Mr. Sweat said he was not so pledge
He read from the bill of rights that all we
equal. The Constitution empowered fl
Legislature to provide for the education
tue children of the State When that WI
done, the Legislature had gone as far as
could. If a line of distinction could
drawn in reference to the schools, it coul
be done in the Legislature, in the jury DO,
and on the witness stand. The Republican
had been threatened with these issues by I'll
Conservatives, but if the party could not Ell
dure on principle, he did not care for tt
party.
Nh Harris of Wake, was in favor of CO
ored schools and colored teachers, and ca
ored churches and colored preachers,