Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-11-26

niao'o rn regard 10 Rallroad Official, e'
charge of the disposal of Bonds ''t ma in
so11tio9S were ordered to lie printed re-
by MI. malone a resolution COLI.
convention OF the people in order t r.
new constitution, the members oS ~ I'm
10 consist Oh the same number "a th o"lcA
glslature, and voted for in the Gu, '"9 lac.
ner, the Governor to issue writ I,,'- ~ man
tons twenty days after the ratiGc 81 eicc.
the resolution. ''u''doh q
Mr.. French moved to refer to H..
tee on Propositions and Grciyo" :" Commit.
ried. Gar.
The resolution maintainino thai
and good faith of the State. and o,Cn noHo,
any further increase Of debt, iPrIln,iio'5E
Mr.. Malone moved to amend Nv aII.1L.
after the word Indebtedness, t5o Jung
illegally incurred and honestly dis"+lIo5
OF as to her bonded debt" So Tho eL LJ?'
would be read as follows ''oA
Resoloed That North Carolina womb
the reputation OF single dollar OF hnr @ 81,
edness, legally incurred and honestly i-''t.' ..
| as to her bonded debt, as yi9l9ii6., 41gi'
! principle of pighted faith, and Al nm, oy,'.I.
greatest miefortrros that could baflI' IT,, W. ~.
! pie "'' ie..
Mr. Malone said the reason ga i...
duced the amendment was 10 Urayr.'. "
State from being pledged 20 tie n,.~.' ~.
Of debts Illegally contracted. or H. ~
shape of bonds dishonesty DISPOSED OH.
the swindling manipuations Of n
Ring"
MIR. Ellis offered the following ry,.:.,
PrOcided, That the tax shall in ..,.
year exceed the sum of &C. cents a., ~
hundred dollars worth Oh propcrtv "
Guiding all tax for special proposes ayca.'.
as provided III tho Constitution. &.r
Art. 5, for special tax after 1880. t,r':.''
and set a11oat sum IS 4 siukiDr fund .
be devoted to the payment Of the Du,f.
debt AID for raising funds fox supnrr.. H..
INVASION or instruction Gg provided ro~a
Sec D, Art OF the Constitution. ~.
| rt0eCt FURTHER, That the bondsFissrel }o H..
Penitentlary to the amount of 500 an.
shatl not be included within the mrqnrr.
Of these resolutions.
Glr Pou offered the following erh.,r-.
for the whole matter
ReSO!red, the Senate Concurriug That ...,.,..
the Constitution CT this State limits t,n r.,.
taxation for State and cOuaty purpose ....
plneu, 10 thelEum OF slXty-:iX and tWu-thiri..r.
on each one hundred dollars Of prOlgyty of r..
kind, therefore the most rigid and loa4...,
economy is necessary in every department ....
State government to meet tu5 current p.......
tures Of the same.
ReSolCed, That it is tho opinion OF the Ga,....
Assembly that no part Of the COnssitutionaIlv.r.
tracted debt Of this State either before or-..
the rebellion, Will over 30 rcpul.atcI Iyil.r
pie of this State
ReSolUed, That shoIld thore be d d.i...a...
the Gum Of money raised By taxation. u........
to meet the interest on the bonds OF t. sa.
preference should be given to tho bonds w..
were IL existence at the time OK ,.n t.'.-....
the present Constitution.
Mr.. POu proceeded to argue IL. a.l
ter, when he yielded to Il motion +.
postpone the consideration of the qu.stig.
until Monday, j O'Clock, which wa aIon.
ted.
Mr.. Pou'5 resolution in roiarclc, f,.,...
removal of political disabilities, imra...
by the 18th amendment was lCN5 taken ll...
Mr.. Malone moved to amend by ulra..
ing our Representatives in Congress tg r.-.
their influence to have the lay, rcqulgiar
the test oath, repealed.
Mr.. Sinclair thought it supc.Iuol.. .
the removal of disabilities did away Mil.
the necessity of the test oath.
Mr.. Seymour said it amounted 20 Il Kin.
Congress to dispense with an oath the, H..
CURED their members to take in url.r a..
qualify. He did not think the ol.
could have anything to do with tho mat
ter
Mr.. Malone said that 40 did a5h Con.
gress to do away with this oath, and saH
during his argument
If members of this Assembly are in H.
vOr Of the removal Of disabilities let them
make the movement complete What of
lection to removing all disabilities The
lest oath act passed by Congress is oiior
to the people of the nation, it is unconet.
tutional and inimical to the spirit Of our
institutions, audit might well be proGounc.t
an act of party despOtism. am unwilljl
to see this House make what they cu
claim as lib Cral record and at the 8lI.
time do nothing for the people proposed
to be aided. Many of cur citizens are ua
der no disabilities, but IL consequence O
the existence of the laws requiring d..
test oath could not hold an Office uud
the Federal government. If tho Sou.L,
people can safely be relieved from ta.
terms of the Howard amendment, Why
relieve them from the burdens OF 4
OdtOHS and tYra1lHicW test oa'.
l hope my friends will go all tie ,rag j.
the glorious Christian work Of amnesty
and freedom, and not DO half Cny ,rur'
We want good faith in this matter and
is not proper TO deceive and further bin
the people.
Mr.. Ingram favored the resolution 3d..
was opposed to the amendment
Mr.. Pou said while the amendment spoil.
his sentiments, yo5 he thought it matter
this Legislature had nothing to do Wila
therefore he could not support it.
On motion Of Mr.. Sinclair, tic matte
was postponed until Tuesday II o'cIocl
The resolution, introduced by Mr.. 4.
go, to compel the return Of certain bon.
issued to certain Railroad CompaGica 2
the Treasurer, was next discussed.
Mr.. WEIGH offered the following proyi'
to Section I:
Provided that the Bonds so rcturno to
the Treasurer shall be retained H
Treasury of the State as 4 security toI o.
prosecution of the Roads to which they
we're appropriated, and provided fngtlp.
that whenever the bonds Of the State 4a1!
command price in the markets Of t1-
world, approximating the amount on tae
face, they shall be subject TO the order
the Boards of Directors, who control say.
Roads.
Mr.. Downing said this was offered mo
Tor to depreciato the credit Of tho Stat
therefore he moved the indefinite ps
ponement OF the whole matter.
Mr.. Argo said that he did not cars
disclose the object of the resolution at t'a
tage of the proceedings bat would do