The Tarboro' southerner., 1868-01-23
The NenageriG on Exhibition in
Raleigi,-ProceedingS &c.
THURSDAY, Jan. 10th, 1868

THURSDAY, Jan. 10th, 1868
In accordance with Mr.. IIeaton's reSolu
tion of yesterday, to appoint Committee
Of two, from each judicial district, to re
port upon the best mode of proceeding t.
, frame Constitution, the President desig
mated the following delegates, vix; Messrs
Nicholson, Jones, ef Washington, Heato",
Rodman, Dowd, Harris, Of Wake (hesro'
TourRce, Cox, Abbott, Hood, (ne1;Gr";;)
Forkner Hobbs, Jones, of CALDWELL Brad
| ley, Gahagan and Garrett: ,t:,,, +,,o,I,
| nit Nr. ponI,~ resolution OF Yesterday (on
! the subject Of legislation by the ConVen-
| tion.) to Committee of three.
Mr.. Pool opposed the reference, saving
that he supposed that the somewhat butter
opposition that it had met with proceeded
from its being misunderstood. At some
length, he gave the motives that led to It's
Introduction, and lie combated the various
objections urged against it,-concluding
his remarks by faithfully drawn picture
Of the idleness OF the other constitutional
Conventions in consuming time in dealing
with everything but the objects that called
them together.
Mr.. Jones, Of Washinhton, claimed the
floor. Pre!acing lis remarks by quota
ton from Shakespeare he said that he was
not prepared to enter into an important
constitutional argument, but would en-
deavov to relutc the principal arguments
of the gentleman from PaSquotank (Mr.
Pool, J in favor of the resolution. In re-
gard to the power Of the Convention, he
alluded to Judge Gaston'S opinions in re
gard to tile sovereignty Of Conventions.
He claimed supreme authority: the mill
tarv, he said, had performed its office, and
left them untrammelied.
Harris, Of Wake, (ncgro,) was in favor
of referring, as he wished time tOr cona!d-
Grafton.
Mr.. French, of Chowan, offered, as an
amendment, to refer it to the Committee
| Of sixteen already appointed. Agreed to.
| Mr.. Abbott presented the following res
| olutiOn:
| Rcsolced, That no Reporter for any news
| paper be allowed upon this floor, who
| treats the Convention or any OF its men,
| bers with anv diSrespect, but that they
shall, in case of offence in this respect, be
! excluded from the floor Of the Hall and
from the galleries.
! He went on to say that in one of the
morning papers a distinction had been
made between the lrhtte and cOl0rea deie.
| 9nte2. lie read an extract from the Sentt-
mel, in which the expression 'Galloway
! {negro1r occurred.
Mr.. Durham, of Cleaveland, expressed
| his sorrow at seeing the resolution intro
duced. He knew he WAS in the minority,
! vet be had hoped that the other gentlamen n
would act fairly. He couldn't sit calmly
by and see the liberty Of the pressassailed
without rtering his solemn protest against
such proceeding. The nagro 1cas a ne
| gro and why not tell the truth and call him
! so?
He was interrupted by Mr.. Abbott, who
| called his attention to the Sentinef5 head
ing Of $50 called Convention"
Mr.. Durham resumed that the people
waited to know how every body voted
and who lcere negroes. He would enter
| his protest upon the record,
Hood, (negro,) wanted to know fthcre
wa a negro on the foyr. lie did not be-
licve that there vas.
| Mr.. Hodnett, Of taswel, read the cx-
! tract in question and claimed that it was a
/ sir and impartial ono. In the midst OF
his remarks, lie was interrupted by Mr..
| order, viz: that Mr.. II. was not couGning
himself to the question under debate. =
| lThe Chair sustained he poiati
Mr.. II. resumed his remarks, protesting
against such high-handed outrage upon
| the freedom Of the Press.
Harris, Of Wake, (negr0,) did not care
what the Press called him, but since so
much party spirit was manifested. and GER
tain edjtorS..Ncre endcay0iinT to cast odiHnl
and insult upon the Convention, and
would, if it We're in their power, cnslayc
the negro race again, he wonld vote for
| the resolution.
| Mr.. Durham, in few we'll chosen and
eloquent remarks, warned the Radical Gle
ment Of the ruininOus policy of entering
into such proscriptive course. The his
tors Of all Republican Governments da-
ted their downfall from the commence
ment Of such legislation. He, Mr.. Dur
ham, in giving utterance to these patriotic
expressions, only echoed the sentiments
of all the Conservative gentlemen on the
floor. In closing his remarks lie made
known his intention again OF entering his
protest upon the record.
Mr.. Moore, of Granville, moved to lay
the resolution on the table, and, when at
tempting to make a few remarks, was dc
cidcd to be out of order, upon a point
brought by Harris, of Wake, (uegro,) and
sustained by the chaii.
The yeas and h1ys, or the motion, were
however called and resulted as follows :
Aycs-2S. Nocs--77.
Mr.. Ellis, Of Catawba, said that he sup
posed that it was the purpose of the rcso-
| lutionto dictate to the Reporter ho he
! should make his report. He contended
that the Reporter had perfect right, to make
a distinction between the white men and
negroes. The Convention had no right
whatever, to exclude him for that.
Mr.. Rich. of Pitt, claimed to be Renub-
lican--a Radical one he liked to see such
distinctions made. 1t widened the breach
between the Southern white people and
negroes, and greatly increased the strengt.
of the Republican party.
Other RAIDS couldn't see it; the term
was certainly used to insult them SO,
Mr.. Forllner moved that the rules be
suspended and the resolution be put tt
| vote.
After little m ore Radical gas was le
off, the roll was called, viz:
Ayes.-Abbott, Andrews. Ashley, Ayd
lott, Barnes, Benbow, B!ume, Bryan
Carey, Carter, Gambler, Chillson, Col
grove, Congleton, Cox, Duckworth, Eppes
Etheridge, Fisher, Forkncr, Franklin
French, Of Bladcn, French, of Rockingham
French, Of Chowan, Tullngs, Gahagan
Galloway, Garrett, George, Graham, Grant
Gully, Gunter, Harris, of Wake, Hav
Hayes, OF Robson, Hayes, of Halifax
lieaton, Highsmith, HOTTER, Hood, Hyman
Ing, Jones, Of Caldwell, Jones, Of Wash
ington, King Of Lenoir, Kinny, Latin, Lee
Logan, Long, Mann, Mayo, Mcdonald, o
Chatham, Mcdonald, Of Moore, Merton
Mullican, Murphy, Nance. Newsoea, Pat
rick, Parks, Petree, Pierson, Pool, Rag
J land, Ray, Read, Renfrow, Rhodes, RicI
Robbins, Rodlnan, Rose, Smith, Stillwel
Sweet, Taylor, league, Tourgee, Trogde1
Tucker, Turner, Watts, Welker and Wi
, liams.
NAYs.-Messrs. Bradley, Daniel, Du
7 ham, Ellis, Graham, Of Orange, Grant,