The weekly North-Carolina standard., 1869-04-07

Mr.. HoDGIN moved to lay the resolutlon
on the table. Lost-yeas II, nays 81.
The resolution was adopted.
By Mr.. SHAVER Resolution requesting
the penitentiary committee to visit the town
of Salisbury Calendar.
Mr.. ESTES: Bill authorizing the Cover
nor to employ counsel in the Supreme Court
of the United States. Judiciary Commit
tee.
Mr.. HUMPHREYS: Bill to incorporate the
Norfolk and Currituck Railroad Company.
Committee on Internal Improvements
Message from the Senate returned several
House bills for enrolment.
On motion of Mr.. FRENCH, the rules were
suspended and bill supplemental to an act
to amend the charter of the Wilmington,
Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad Compa-
ny. &c, was taken up, and passed its second
reading. Passed third reading-yeas AZ,
nays 20.
MIR. LEARY moved to reconsider that vote.
On motion of Mr. FRENCH, the rules were
! suspended, and that motion was tabled.
On motion of Mr.. LAFLIN, the special or
der 70, l2 O'clock. being the Wilmington
Railroad bill, was taken up, and on motion
of Mr.. Harris, of Wake. postponed until the
school bill was disposed Of
Substitute for bill to provide for sys-
TEN of public instruction was taken up ON
its second reading, and considered by Sec
tions.
The committee on Education reported
several amendments.
Messrs. MENDENHAI.L and HoDGIN dissent
ed from the majority report of the commit
tee in regard to the amendments to strike
out the sections which authorize the Board
of education to prescribe text books for use
in the public schools, and in several other
particulars.
Messrs. FOSTER and HARRIS, of Wake,
members of the committee, said they did
not consider the bill in committee, not
knowing when the committee met.
Mr. ESTES thought the amendments re-
reported by four members of a committee of
fourteen, when there was a minority against
them, should not receive the consideration
and weight of full committee report.
Mr.. BOWMAN said notice had been given
of the meeting and action had to be taken
by the members present.
Sections and 2 were adopted.
The committee on Education recommend
an amendment, to insert in section 3, after
the word pursued" the words "and re-
commend
The amendment was not adopted-ycas
A, nays sc, rs follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Allison, Armstrong Barnes,
Boddie, Bowman Carson, Clayton, Davis, Dur
ham, Ferebec, Gibson, Green, Grier, Gnnter,
Harris of Franklin, Hawkins, Hendricks, Hicks,
Hinnant, Hodnett, Humphries, Ingram, Jarvis,
Justus of Henderson, Justice OF Rutherford,
Kelly of Dave, Long of Richmond. Matheson,
n, Of
olson, Painter, Pou, Ragland, Robinson, Shaver,
Smith of Allegheny, Smith of Wayne, Thompson,
Vestal, Welch, Williams of Ha.nett, and Will
liams of Sampson-44.
NAYS -Messrs. Ames, Ashworth, Banner, Blair,
Carey, Cherry, Crawford, Dixon Downing, Estes,
Forkner, Foster, Franklin, French, Gahagan,
Gilbert, Graham, Harris of Wake, Hayes, Hodgin,
Horney, Hudgings, Kinney, Latin, Leary, Mayo,
Mendenhall, Moore of Chowan, Morrill,, Morris,
Pearson, Peck, Price, Renfrow, Robbins, Rey
nolds, Seymour, Siinonds, Snipes, Stevens, Sweat,
Sykes, Vest, Wilkie, Wilson and Wiswall-46.
On motion of Mr.. MOORE of Chowan, Sec
tion was amended by inserting provided
that no sectarian or political text books shall
be used"
The section, as amended, was adopted, as
follows:
".The Board of Education shall prescribe the
other school teaching material, to be used in the
punlic schools of the State; POvided, That no
sectarian or political text books shall be used"
Section provides that the text books Sc
lected by the Board of Education, shall
remain in use for period of not less than
five years.
the section.
&lo, H.
stricken out. He thought it would be an
invasion of the rights of the people to say
their children should use certain books in
the public schools, and might be the prelude
to establishing a religion.
Mr. FRENCH said the prcviso just adopted
to section 8 had precluded the possibility of
any established religion or anything of the
kind. The object of the bill was to make a
system of education for the masses, which
the adoption of these amendments would
| defeat
Mr.. STIILEY thought the adoption of Sec
tion rendered the striking out the 4th, 5tb
and 9th sections unnecessary. Without Sec
| ton the books prescribed could be
changed annually, or could be continued in
definitely by the board of education.
Mr.. HoDGIN said during the war large
number of books were published, in which
| the politics of that time were dwelt upon.
He asked if men were willing the subject
| should be left open, and every pupil left at
liberty to read those books. many of which
are still in existence. He asked if was not
important to give the children correct i'm
pressions at first.
Mr.. BOWMAN said it was, and he desired
| to prevent it being in the power of any man
to prescribe books for the children of the
| State.
Mr.. RENFRow said the opposition to the
| bill came from those who had always op-
| posed free schools, who would not send their
| children to free schools, and would have no
free schools if they could avoid it. A good
system demanded that certain text books
| should be used, to secure uniform classifca-
ton, and prevent the cost and confusion of
| frequent changes.
Messrs. Ingram, Foster, Pou and Harris, ot
| Wake, opposed striking out section 4, and
Messrs. Durham and Justice, of Rutherford
favoredit.
The fourth section was not stricken out
yeas 43, nays48.
Message from the Senate returned several
House bills for enrolment.
Adjourned.
| EVENING SESSION.
Substitute for bill to >provide for sys