The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-10-21

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tinately crush US, unless something be
done. The opportunity for selfish and
unprinclpled eemagogues still further TO
encuriter and plunder US is afforded by
the laws as they now stald and these
must be ciangcd-The risk OF losing tile
present majnIities, lfsnch risk would be
incurred by actlon which DO NOT believe
u insignificant compared with the great
benefits to he derived from the amend
ments proposed. The evil would he or
tritiing Import, temporary in It's nature,
and reparable at the baIlot.hox: the good
great, permanent. and lasting probably for
all time ti come. The summer election
proved a wide spread opposition TO tile ex-
isting order of things 1t was popular
upheavai nier the .chafings Of The laws
and the expressions and impoverishment
incidental To their administration. The
people adiionesily endeayored TO accom-
inodate themselves to the harness that
had been invented for them, but without
success. They had turned from side to side
for relief, bat found none. No longer able
to bear it, using the power still happily
left In them by the laws, they now send
10 the AsseniblYthe suggestive number Of
twO.thinis Of Conservative Democrats OPP
posed to these laws and 10 this rule. This
i the way Interpret the elections Of the
summer.
II the work OF changing the constitution
Is not done this winter ii will amount 10
an indefinite postponement. II will be q
confession on The part Of the Conservative
party that II is powerless for good, and
The good seiise Of constituents Will at once
call for its dissolution. A tw0-thirds
majority L. rare providence In the history
Of parties in free government. five fail
TO avail ourselves of 1t to accomplish an
acknowledged necessary good. II would
argue an indifference TO the future Of our
State unworthy of freemen.
The.objeclion to-a Convention arising
flnm apprehensions, that certain features
In the Constitution, ms IL now stands,
might be interfered with, could be obviated
In the.organic law 81 the Assembly BY
calling a restricted Convention. Az a
Convention can only be legally constituted
upon call:ofthe Legislature. IL follows
that any convention assembling without
call. or acting outside Of the call. would be
revolutionary aud not constitutional. The
Convention called ia 1885 was restricted
Convention The restriction was recog-
nized rs obligatory by the convention
under the leadership Of some ofthe greatest
minds North Carolina llas ever, produced.
then In the Convention. take II for
granted, therefore. that Convention now
called can be restricted from interfering
with certain suhjects--as for instance. the
condition Of the colored people Of the State
and the homestead provision now made
by law. and that such restriction would
he scrnpulously obeyed. Not that think
such restriction at all necessary; for the
rights of the colorcd people are secured hy
tile Constitution OF the United States
whicl, Il the paramount law. andany
change indeed would be against the wishes
Of our people; and the homestead pro-
vision, Is engrayen dseply In the affections
of sll CLASSES Of citizens, and no repre-
body would dare 10 90 contrary
10 this feeling. ButRevenIiele-s, To quiet
ALI npnrehenslon. let n restricted con.
vention t,e called. and M additional q.