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

| and IN applICat1OnS Tor WIDOWS yearly sup
port and in dover. Ordered to be printed.
On motion of Mr.AFrench, the special
order, (bill to amend the charter of the
Green Swamp Go. was postponed until
Wednesday next. L O'Clock.
/ BLACK MAIL AGAIN. 80
Mr.. Snipes moved to reconsider the
vote by which the substitute was adopted.
in lieu of the Senate resolutions concern
ing black mail. -
J. H. Harris, of Wake, (colored, moved
| to lay that motion on the table.
| y Mr.. Seymour called for the yeas and
nays. The call was sustained and the vote
resulted yeas 45, nays So. The motion. to
reconsider was then put and adopted - !,
The question REQUIRED upon the adop-
ton of the substitute, when
Mr.. Stilley said that, on yesterday, he
had voted for the substitute, believing that
it would shorten discussion and answer
every purpose of the original. But, after
| reflection, he had come to the conclusion
that the substitute ought not to be adopt
ed. The resolutions had passed the Senate
informally, it is true,) and a substitute
was adopted in this House for them by a
majority of one. The resolutions, in fact,
gave the proposed Committee only the
power of investigation, and he would OPP
pose any substitute tending, even seeming
ly, to restrict those powers. .t .. ,s~
Mr.. Downing said he would reiterate
his words of yesterday. He was not OPP
posed to an investigation of the most rigid
character nay, he courted it. But he wish
d it to be conducted in manner both
proper and consistent with the dignity of
this House. The adoption of these resolu
ious would establish P bad precedent
they were Star Chamber enactments. He
was glad the substitute was voted down, as
| there were omissions in it, Power should
be given to the Committee to procure wit
nesses and send for persons and papers,
&c.
Mr.. Pou asked If the ' aoAereas and pre-
amble We're stricken out, would lhdt suit @
Mr.. Downing No, Sir" Powers most
extraordinary were conferred it was IN
parliamentary. &c.
Mr. Ellington said that he bad hoped to
remain SILENT but the iron had grown too
hot. He voted yesterday for the subsl
tute, for he feared that if 10 was not adopt
ed, the original would have gone to the
table. The whole Legislature was charged
! too late Al this stage Of the game to cry
hold" 1t was duo to him and to every
| honest man. that the investigation shOnld
! be proceeded with in the manner pointed
| ont in the resolutions. The closeue~s of
the vote yesterday was indeed significant
! fact.
J. FL. Harris of Wake, colored, aid not
know what "change had come over the
spirit of the dreams" of some gentlemen,
that they should think they erred in voting
for the substitute. He reiterated his as
sertions of being willing and anxious for an
investigation, and that this was an attempt
to throw obloquy upon the Republican
party. He regarded the resolutions as an
insult, &c. Many Senators had told him
that the reason they had voted for the re-
solutions was because Mr.. Sweet had
pledged his word to prove the allegations,
and they could not, in good taste, have OPP
posed them, bit they supposed the error
| Sweet had not thing to do with the get
ting up of these resolutions that they had
emanated from the fertile brain of Mr..
| Robbins.
Mr.. Ingram said he had had converse
ton with Mr.. Sweet. He had been in
formed that the present resolutions were a
substitute for some that Mr.. S. had inten-
| ded Offering, but as the present were more
efficient and suitable, that he (Mr. Sweet
had offered them, III lieu Of his own.
| J. Ell. Harris colored. resumed, when he
yielded the floor to Mr.. French, who, by
| consent, withdrew tue present substitute,
and offered the following
WHEREAS, A certain member OF the Senate OF
this State has decltred in his place, that he knew
that s. d. liars and cents had been used to iuhu
ence the votes of members of this Assembly, and
this without particulsrizing any person, and
| thereby charging Nle whole Assembly with fraud.
House to be ioioed by three ON the pa OF the
Senate, be appointed TO inves igate the said
charges, L that said committee have power to
SEND for persons and papers, ami to administer
oaths
Mr.. French said the introducer of these
resolutions and the chairman of the pro-
posed committee had pre-judged the case.
He had exonerated the Senator from Mont
gomery. Re (Mr. French) blamed all
Senators for not rising In their seats, and
asking cam I the man ?"
J. H. Harris, colored, resumed, and in
speech of some length advocated the a9op-
ton of the substitute
Mr.. WEIGH said that this discussion had
already gone on until it must be painful
to every honest member of this Assembly, |
and he would not ask for indulgence now,
were it not for the fact that certain persons
have attempted to make the impression
that this Was party measure, and that it
was an attempt to leap ohloquy upon the
Whose resolutions are these before us q
Who were the most determined advocates
for their adoption in the other wing of the |
Capitol? A leader of the Republican party
a man who stands before us as one of the !
most intelligent, honest and active men,
bers of that organization. Who are their
advocates in this House ? Are they not as
able as any the Republicans have here p
But few Conservatives have joined in this !
debate. They have uniformly remained
silent. Somebody is scared, and these
strange ebulIitions are evidences of some |
thing terrible in the minds of some men,
which, ike the ghost of BanGuo. will not
"down at their bidding" It h, UNITS them
now. They eoant innestiHntion." Why,
then. this strenuous oppoairlen ? Oh! ii
tcM ruin on, party: Poor little Republican |
party With maj GRITTY of 20 600 in the
State, they are afraid that q haudfnl OF
Conservatives will ruin them. This is all
subterfuge and they knoa0 it. Why refuse
to have this rascAlity ferreted out p?
J. Ell. Harris, of Wake, (colored, Do
you intend to say that any man in this
Assembly has been guilty OF it
MIR. WEIGH: do cot intend to say any
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