The Tarboro' southerner., 1868-01-23

| AoJ' on Jeo'eio"J coming up, ne oHer-
ed the following substitute :: T..
Resolued, That the Committee of
16 be instructed to further consider.
and report, as soon as practicable, up
on the best method Of carrying into
effect the Constitution establishing
civil government in North Corolina'
Mr.. Abbott moved its adoption
Carried. .+ar-
dav were next reacheHSwhen ;,
Mr.. Durham said thatyln order 10
c;ve the other gentlemea time toscon-
ssa,sr the resolutions, he moved that
,hey be made the speciSI' order for
! wednesday next, at II d,ebck.s -;
Mr.. King opposed the=metioH, and
moved to lay them on the table. H.
Mr.. Durham called for the yeas and
| nays.
Mr.. Abbott said, that as he wished
| to discuss the resolutions, he would op-
pose the motion to table. ....
| J. II. Harris, of Wake, (negro,)
hoped that the gentleman from Lenoir
(Mr. King) would withdraw the, mo-
ton, as he wished to introduce a SUBJ
stitute.
Mr.. King at once withdrew
Harris hereupon INTRODUCED subs
stitute, which was 80 irrelevant az to
be ruled out of order, and it was re-
turned to him.)
Mr.. Ashley moved to refer the re-
solutions to select Committee of
three but
Mr.. King renewed his motion to ia
ble.,
Mr.. McCubbins said that the reason
why postponemcnt was wished, was
that the resolutions might be with.
drawn.
| Mr.. Durham said that be did not in
tend to withdraw them under any cir
cumstances.
Mr. Ellis wished their postponement,
as he desired time for consideration.
The question en- tabling being insis~
ted upon, the yeas and nays were cal
led, as demanded, and resulted in the
rejection Of the molten.
| Mr.. Abbott said he would vote
against the postponement to a future
day and for )ference to a Committee
Mr.. Toursee hoped that neither the
motion to postpone nor that to refer
would prevail, as he wished to debate
the question to day.
Mr. Durhamsaid he did not arise to
discuss the merits of the resolution
His only reason for being willing to
postpone the matter for few days was to
afford time for consideration.
After some further colloeuy,
Cuffee Mayo, (uegro,) of Granville,
wanted to expatiate, but was squelchcd
by the President.
After great deal of talk,
Mr.. King, Of Lenoir, offered an
amendment to Mr.. Durham's motion,
postponing the whole matter until Goth
May, 1868.
Mr.. Pool was understood to advo-
cate this position. He thought the
present debate unnecessary, and that
there would be ample time for discuss
sion when the suffrage question came
up in the Constitution,
Mr. Durham was himself earn estly
anxious to settle the thing to-day, but
! repeated the reason why he had moved
a brlet postponement.
The question recurring, ON Mr..
Kings amendment, it was rejected b:
Yeas Z, Nays 1O3.
The question upon Mr.. Durham )
motion was then taken, and resulted a:
Ayes 32, Nays 76.
Mr.. Abbott said he was in favor of
the first resolution and moved its adop-
ton.
Mr. Durham said that there was
nothing Objectionable in any of the
resolutions; that the Reconstruction
Acts were certainly unj just and oppres-
siSe
Here Harris, Of Wake, (negro)
arose to point of order, stating that
the gentleman from Cleveland was dis.
oussing the entire resolutions, @ when
the first only was under debate. The
Chair sustained the point1
Mr.. Durham resumed, and said in
reply to the ruling of the chair, that
the resolutions had an intimate oonnsc-
ton, and it was plain the gentlemen
of the other party were endeayoring
to dodge the issue.
Mr.. Abbott said that if the resolu-
ton was taken according to bis inter-
probation, be vas in fayer Of it, but,
taken in any other light, he would vote
against the whole series, and asked
Mr.. Durham if the resolution meant
restoring the State to the same con
stitutional relations as existed before
the war"
Mr.. Durham replied, Certainly
not" that he would not, if he could,
assume the moral responsibility of re-
viving the institution Of slavery
Neither did he wish to have the un just
provisions of the Reconstruction Acts
forced upon the people.
After some time consumed in furth>
er debate,
Mr.. King moved the indefnite post
ponement of the resolutions, and it was
carried by the following vote:
Ayes :-Messrs Abbott, Ashley,
Benbow, Bryan, Carey, (negro1 Car
ter, Gambler, Cherry, (negro,) Chill>
son, COlgrove, Congleton, Daniel, Die
key, Duckworth, Ellis, French, of
Bladen, French, of Rockinghim,
French, Of Chowan, Fullings, Gahagan,
Garland, Garrett, George, Graham, of
Montgomery, Gunter, Harris, of Wake,
(negro,) Hay, Hays, of Robson,
Hayes, of Halifax, (negro,) Heaton,
Highsmith, Hobbs, Hollowell, Hyman,
(negro,) Ing, Jones, of Caldwell, King,
Of Lenoir, Kinney, Latin, Lee, (ue-
gro, Lessg, Logan, Long, Mann, Nc
Donald, Of Moore, Morton, Murphy,