Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-12-04
90 E.N .ss,

Living IN one Of TIC most rCpuiOu
and weaitl.ie3t counties Of tie State
his Dolly experience of the evils 0
the rrraelt Constitution lead him t,
tie conclusions set forth in hi, letter
We commend them to our readers:
OXFORD, y. c., NoT. 18Th, 1874
1ucs3rs. E,sgelhGrd &. .ya,naarrs:
Oa my return home, day before yes
teriay, after ali abserce Of two week.
in atroudduce upon Halifax Court,
found awaiting r0e Jour letter Of the
ID iustaLt, IL which Yen propOuDd t
me for answer these iut.iroga gatcri2s
to wit:
1st. Do you ;hirk The Less i5tercst-
of the poop e of NOrin Carolina re.
quire their Co.'s tuition u b. ria.e,i
ally and speedily a.ncnd-d?
Answer. L d..
And as this is conceded by thpss
who Orrosc as well as by those VIII
tayOl tiie immedinte calling cf Con
| vautio-', without, 50 faS - aul iii
fOrme,i and belle ~, q dissenting yoica,
[ deen. il Il waste uf time t. ask :.
word, either by way of statement OF
fact or argument, Ill support OF this
opinion.
I'd. If, III your opinion, material
changes in the Constitution ought TO
be speedily made, which mode Of max
ing those changes, do you think the
best interests CT the people of North
Carolina demand should be adopted,
| that by Legislative enactment or that
! by Convention?
| Answer. That bv Convention.
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ability. lcar,ii,flr. tycer;r;.cn and
rsie,..t If ohaY(,..-y ara ,,rcH more
t,1.tjv :, ,5,..r 4Ls..r s3.,v....s 40 tr,a
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a,0ra j. +, T.. Transacted.
fraa; ii.a Convention r...i.o.i is Die
o1,ae7 - ~, ,,I,.f, H.. ,.haa,,est
no7l - .,r-,e..'..,,c< ,i.a :t,aSfifut:on is
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,nons;r,t,ou Tia Convention ia .
=, o;., holy. co:i3;nsoG Of one !.il,,,,r.sa
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If officers The Gru,yu: assembly
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,[.,,.,. ,.f 4;,n iu,, ?,.,,3j.. J., -, f.;vo. ci
r., Cnnve,+;o,,. frr asT h~f,,re stated
ti,rl, VII he fa}r~r GoIe9,tes hv ficty
-, . f,n,v.,,rin,, t;eD there a,a mem
Iars nf ~. .;,n,ral Ass,n b,v crd net
:,,If a. m nv ,fy;oara TO rav
A,,a;n ~. NAV ;.jr}v ,rrsun}o that
ll,,E iFr,,~. ~ tIe Gtrcfal Assembly
vi nac.rrv "a n,1cl, t;D.t, j., discus
l,nn ,-i la!:hcra.ion as tIe Cpnren-
ti9n will. II this i3o so, then twice as
,''1,l.,, t;,na viii he c9psrncd n tha
General ASSEMBLY a3 III tI... Conv&3l-
tIou, EOr is this all, Goi W know
that af.er the r.oposcd amendmen;3
i.a,z-a pas-.,l Iy}I General Assembly hv
the ,cnnirel threc-.iitIs n.ai.,,ity Of
e2c:, Horse. tlcy must likewise, pass
0uufilr General Assembly with an
aurmentcd majority of two-thirds cf
each House, and then be submitted to
and adopted bv direct vote Of the
naon!e Eeforc thew become the funda-
mental law Of the IaEI. Besides, this
second General Assembly, with It's
ore hundred and seventy membors
and lnnh1a set Of officers. VIII proba-
| hlv consume quite aa much time IN
| diScussiOn and dci;beration as its i'm
v,odiaIo -re1oceesor 3;1 for re can
have no assurance that the second
General Assembly will be composed of
tLe identical members which consti-
! +nta5 tbat which immediately preced-
"a II If This heacandid statement. and
"a conTo+ eea hnt that II is. then the
TooisIative enactment mode of amend
;,',s tLe Constitution is. by many fold.
more Cxnensiye mode Of ar1~Gi- :
the Constitution than that by u Con
| -anticn
! 9rI TIE Observation-Disclosures
,artr HAVING an undouhtcd two-thirds
/ y, oanI Uonea Of tho General
ssSe-I1b,v so ~ What DO vou think is the
IT, Of fi'at ,3ortv in references to the
caiIinr Of a Convention by the Legis-
Iature at its approaching session, fo1
The nnrnoac of amending the Constitu,
tion5
n9rHtIVH GIlty OF the General Assem-