The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-01-22

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to the body. A revision could be essily had,
and be hoped would be.
Mr. Watts withdrew his motion.
1 Mr.. Heatop moved the resolution be re-
turned for revision. which was seconded by
by Mr.. Watts, when 1t was decided that the
resolution must lay over until tomorrow,
under the rules.
Mr.. French of Chowan, moved that the
| rules be suspended and the resolution of
Mr. Jones, of Caldwell, be taken up, which
being done the resolution was adopted as fol-
lews: ssresS -rF.s " uer
/ Resoloed. That the President of this Con-
vention be requested to inform Gen. Candy,
Commanding End Mil. District, that this
Convention is permanently organized, and
proceeding to the dispatch of business.
Mr.. Forkner offered the following resolu-
| ton: q
Rcso1oed, By the delegates of North Caro-
| lima in Convention assembled. That the Sec
rotary of State furnish each delegate of this
Convention with copy of The Constitution,
adopted by the Convention of 1886,
for the use Of delegates 81
/ The rules were suspended, when on mo-
ton of Mr.. Hood the resolution was amend
ed by inserting the words be requested"
before furnish" 81
Mr.. Watts objected to the use of the
word State The Convention might involve
itself in great difficulty, and place itself in
! opposition to the avowed opinions of Con-
| gress. He moved to strike out State"
and say North Carolina.
Mr. Congleton hoped the word State
| would be left out. He didn't consider there
| was any State.
Mr.. Tourgee moved to insert the word
Provisional before Secretary, which was
| agreed to, and the resolution thus amended
adopted
MIR. Rich offered the following resolution:
Rssoloeta, That the Secretary apply to
Gen. Candy for full statement Of the vote
for and against a Convention, in the several
counties Of this State.
Passed, reconsidered and amended as fol-
lows on motion of MIR. Rodman; and again
adopted: ~
"And also for statement of thevotes cast
by Counties for each cadidate for this Con-
vention."e ,-e- sii,- .l.1..4,-t t
Mr.. Mcdonald, of Chatham, offered the
following resolution o'
Resolced, That committee of one meHl-
Der from each judicial district be raised by
this Convention, whose duty it shall be to de-
people of the State from the pressure Of
which must unless some remedy be Afforded,
result in general bankruptcy, and thus add
very greatly to present general distress and
operate to the serious injury of all oar indus
trial pursuits.
The rules were suspended, when
Mr. Rcdman offered the following ordi-
nance:
An ordinance restricting the Jurisdiction
of courts of this State.
BE 1t ordained By the people Of North Caro-
lima in Convention assembled, That no Court
of law or equity of this State shall have ju-
risdiction of any suit or action, founded on
any contract made prior to list day of May
1865, Except actions against public efheersr
executors administrators. guardians, trus-
tees and others acting in a tiduciasy caPae
ity, and their sureties for breach of their Re
spective duties } or of any action or process
to waive or enforce any judgment heretofore
recovered on any such contract, whesher such
action be now pending or shall. be CON-
menced hereafter, and whether such process
has been already issued or shall be hereafter
sued for, and the Sheriffs, coroners and con-
| stables of this State, having in their hands
| any final process issued upon any Judgment,
| founded in such cause of action, are hereby
commanded to stay all proceedings in the
same and to return the same to the proper
| courts
SEC. Q. This ordinance shall be IN force
after its ratification by this Convention.
| and shall continue in force until the Consti-
tuition, which this Convention has met to
| form, shall go into effect. .t
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subject to the committee of the Whole, and
make it the special order for Tuesday next,
10 o'clock, Agreed to.
tions
Rssoloed. That it is the sincere desire OF
the people of North Carolina to restsre the
State to her constitutional relations within.
the federal Union, at the earliest dsy prae-,
ticable, upon terms just and honorable both
to the government of the United States and
to the State.
Resolced, That recognizing the helpless
condition of North Carolina and the power
of the federal government to enforce the ao-
ceptance of the terms of reconstruction, pro-
posed by Congress, it is nevertheless the sense
this Convention that those measures, known
as the reconstruction acts are unuise, I'M
constitutional, unjust oppressive and
subversive of the rights and liberties Of
eight millions of people. and are calculated
to hasten and complete the destruction. Of
that wise system of government which,
faithfully adhered to, occurred SO mach hap
piness and prosperity to the American peo-
pie. eg..
ResoIced That the white and black races
are distinct by nature. and that any and all
efforts to abolish or abridge such distinctions
and to degrade the white to the level Of the.
black race, are crimes against the civilization
of the age and against God.
Resolued, That the governments OF the
United States. and of the several Ststesy were
instituted by white men, and that while the
lives. liberty and property of the black race
should be protected by just laws, these gov
ernments ought to be controlled by white
men only
Resolced, That we appeal to tbs sense ct
Justice of the masses of the Northern peo-
Pile to remove from intelligent American cit
liens of the Southern States, the degrade
, ton now heaped upon them, and to eensia-
er the dire results to the whole country II the
policy of depriving eight millions oipeeple OF
the services of thei Statesmen, disfrsachis-
ing intelligent whites, and transferring po-
J litical power to the blacks, shall be contin-
/ ued.
The Convention adjourned.
NoTE.-Mr. Gunter's name should have
been recorded yesterday among the nays on
the motion to suspend the rules to elect a
5 Sergeant-at-arms. Also the names of
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