Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-12-01

posed to charaotcriZa them prlpzrly after
u full and searching investigation into
them. He wished a:id in fact demanded q
thorough examination. and lot the peopIc
Of North Carolina see their truth or falsity.
He did not wish to display any temper in
this mats T, but cslmIy await the proper
momen! to speak in terms justified by tie
charges He would beg bis Democratic
friends TO Withdraw all oil jeotiOn to tho
reading of the document. la.. .
Mr.. Jones. of Caldwell, again to * The
floor in favor Of his motion to reject. He
argned that she people of New Hanover
had no right to ask the expulsion of a
member from another county. He would
60 further, and say that that member g own
constituency haI no right to do Sd; that
tbi, Honso was the only body under the
liicaflons OF its members, &c.
Tending any final action,
THE SPECIAL ORDER
YRS announced by the chair, to wit the
resolution Of Mr.. Welch in regard to the
election of q. 8. Senator.
The rk read the resolution, WREN Mr..
WEIGH said that, while he thought it emf
nently proper that he House should adopt
the course indisated in the resolution, yet,
to free himself of the charge of being pre-
mature, and to allow mere time to Gov.
Vance to gain the seat to which he bad
been elected, he would move the postpone
mont of the consideration Of the resolution
until the - Ii of December.
On motion Of h1r. Jones Of Cald we'll, the
consideration Of tie special order was
postponed for five minutes. and the mat
ter Of tbs New Hanover Radical meeting
resolutions vas resumed.
Mr. Jones Of Caldwell, moved the pre-
V1ous question on his motion to reject the
petition ~ The call for the previous qacg-
,ion was sustained. Tbe ayes ard noes
were called, and tic motion TO II Jet failed
by the following vote: aye, 40 nays SO.
The petition vas read.
Mr.. Robinson said that he bad first been
inclined to receive the petition and give
it bearing. though his vote did not accord
with this first statement. Tho charges coI-
taiDed in the document were vague aud
Indefinite. The rseOlati9rs were drawn
up in this cisy and scattered BIO 4dcasi
throughout the State he mad no favor
far criminals or the abottors If crilae, AID
ii any gentleman has Cause to think thas q
fellow member is unworthy of hi. seat, let
him rise in his seat and make the specific
aud direct charge, and lie would assist
with all his ability. He would now move
to IT jet the petition ~
Mr.. Martin cOnourred with the gentle
man from Macon, (NIr. R0binsou.) lis
thought, in voting against the stepping of
the reading of the document, he had done
enough. He thought it very strange when
there was statutory laws which take cogni-
zance of such offences as is charged against
she gentleman tanned in the Resolutions,
that the matter should be lugged into this
hall, Sc.
Mr.. Slrud 1ick said that he had intend
cd to say nothing more as 10 this matter,
but when be saw gentlemen on this floor
disposed TO spread this infamon. cnlu 1ny
on the record to go down to poeterity un-
explained, uumodifed, unccntradicted,
ho felt a great indignation at such q
course, and he must say something. He
Lad duty to perform to his people. a
duty to him self. As be said before, he had
iasended leaving the matter TO the House,
bnt sir, he now took it to some extent, in
his Own hands. Mr.. Speaker, il i. some.
whal strange that all these Infamous reso-
lutions, passed simultaneously in seven or
eight counties, should be identical in their
language. But, sir, thai is easily explain
ed; thtJ were al written here in Raleigh,
by ono and the same person, and the came
bastard and fendish brain forged them all.
They, cir, are lies, dark, damnabIe and
w .cked as were ever forged in the brain Of
one Of tie devils in hell. He hereby de-
fed all such men and their calumuie5. He
appt aled then to the grand uries OF the
country. He asked Thorn TO meet him
before any tribunal or committee, he cared
not how constituted. They may be all
radicals ana SO one spark of honesty or
manliness is left them, and if he
heart Is not entirely corroded with pre-
jldice, of his entire innocence, and of
the cowardiy falsehood of all such resolu-
tions, then expel him. He demanded ins
ve>tigation before the proper tribunals Of
the country. Let the broad sunlight of
heaven pour It's searching rays on every
act of his lie and you would find no one,
the recollo ction OF which wonld call the
slightest blush to the cheek of en- honest
man. He had said more than he first in
tended, but believed had he said less, he
would have failed in his duty to himself
and to bis constituents. He was aware he
had used extraordinary language, but this
was no ordinary OCCASION. 1t was most
that tie names of members
OF this body are to be associated with the
mort Infamous crimes on the authority Of
persons who do not profess to know any
thing of the proof and who are too COW
ardiy and mean 70 do otherwise than stab
in the dark.
Mr. Ashe said that the rese lutions were
cot ndor~ed by any Of the good people Of
We" AduOfc1s SoOOu OpiHAOu any
gentleman on this floor need care about
having. He also thought the courts were
the proper place to discuss that matter,
&o. In behalf of the good people CT New
Hanover he willingly repudiated the resc-
utions as coming from them.
The yeas and nays were called on the
ion to reject, and the motion prevailed
by vote of 81 yeas, 50 nays.
Mr.. Justice gave notice of o protest
against the Bction of the House in this
matter.
The special order was resumed. The
question REQUIRED upon Mr.. Welch's mo-
ion to postpone until the 18th instant,
when,
Mr.. Luckey moved to lay the resolution
On the table. The yeas and nays were
called, ana the motion prevailed by the
'ollo wing vote yeas II, nays II.
By Mr.. Marler: A resolution request
ng Gov. Vance to resign the U. s. Sena-
,orship in time for this Legislature to elect
another. if he should still be refused adj
referred.
By Mr.. Mills : A resolution raising
to investigate the charges
made in the New Hanover county resoIu-