The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1875-06-16

= tJtuufsOF THE DENOtkATtI WV
sERyATivE cESTkAl. Tx. C0M;
RALEIGH, June LIST, 1879.
III The People 0f NoJth, lix,Oii,su Il
| The General Assembly ut IL recent ses'
sison called Convention Of the people Z,
meet At RaIeirh on the 9th day OF Sep
tenlbernrxi. for the purpose of Suggesting
such alterations IN our organic law a,
may be deemed wise and expedient'
NECESSITY FOR CHANGE. -
The necessity tarchanging many 90 the
provisions ofihe exfstins Constitution !,
generally admitted. aud i TOO apparen,
torYquire extended argunirnt. IL is herr
y thsL.,ome ~ our prominent men al ou,
lime opposed the eail for Convention;
bot ttl,eirnction was based ON prudential
consideration, and not on All fiidisp,si,Ion
to have the Constitution thoroughly re-
! ylsed They feared that our Epnrlwse in
seeking 10 reform our F,ruaamen.al Law,
might be niisconstrned 10y tlie vi,hent and
ili.in :ormpd men then controlling gongrcss
aud the prosperity ofour people checked.
and the peace ofthe stale je,spariizal by
hronie harsh and nncohsiituiioIial acti,ni
/ on Tie part Of the United states authors
! He's. That fear NO longer exists. We now
have every assurance that the Constitution
OF the United States will be obsvrvetlby
the officers of tlle tiosernmeni, and feel a
satisfaction in Announcing u you that the
time has III last arrived when the officials
NJ Washington City c'nIcede that the peo-
! ple OF North Carolina have the same right
! To manage tiieir Ioeal eeDcerns which, the
ritisvnsvf ctlier STATES enjoy. We can
procped Without apprehension perfect our
sConstilution and remodel Il In the interest
or our people M
THE oossTiruFIoS, rHE scREArCEE OF
s.aNat h atIarARy Law.
This Constiiuilsll. the creature ofmlli-
iary dictatinn, eas horn IN iAe thfo-s vf q
military reeonsirucllon. IlsaulIiors were
. nsainly scIelists and adven,urers. WHO had
lived among a. witll"sit .rrerefment or
possession 10 qualifications enlltling them
Ia II; Others were our recent slaves. WIN
hal Eno~nno Ia W -aye che will "ftlleir
n,a-terr. anI otl,ers still we're carpet bag
glss, bolh Li,,ek and rliite-alien ln-
feeling mud Rs,lleai In e,lnsstion--who
sought positions here that We're denied
them where known --io desloil and humi-
iiale ~. And when their work was sub
nntl,.fm rIi. pos,,,le at the polls, thou
ssna@gf mr bess citizens wee a.lfivcd ef
fhe rightof yuging irlpn'ft. atisi over eighty
th'asand iguorunt negres were giyen the
Dallot a. secure irs adoption, Its mo ex-
aggrUlk,n 81 Soy ihnl not ene Iierarti w
tsn WHO y,sed or n could read tl,s Iiistf,,-
n,ebt, aud not one IN nay lad read Il or
w. even moderately amilinr with ~
prpvl.Ions. aud nauy gaveit thtT sap.
lnri, lsIlssIny II would l,ef merely tent
p.n,fy. ard % eecaIe further ngitatiol
aud rcVulnlipn II Is HaturaL therefore,
shat Consultation thu- iorlned and ai"p-
ted sl,uuId 10 found mruite,i to our cur
,lIlian. ana That ~s slinald ensLnace The
earliest ossprE;a;..;y consistent with rea.
I'M aDd prudence 70 secure such changes
ns linr aud rxperieace l.avc shown to be
neccsary. Onr organic law should be ex-
pressed ii inlsngliagueclea Simple and pers
spicuous. 20 tliat nothing may ~ lsfi to
lnfrrrucenr construction, aur rights, -
precisely defined - tobc cumrrel,eiided |
4, all men Of ordinary intellieence; aud
zach department. ~ th~ eovernat'tt-
should bv - restricted, that While ier frse
10 ,lhrl'rpe " appropriate duties, " eaii-
.,ot by unwariantcd eucnaehments em-
l,aFmSs the proIw action of The otasEs.
TmE CONSTITUTION uSsvITEr roouR euS-
piTlsS.
That the Cons.ituilcn euitaibs some
Good provisions 10 one ,hnfcs; II wouhibe
Singular ifil Did not, hut Is abom1iagIe
ehaiarletisfies were ~ manifest that nni
4 single Conservative mtnil,er ~ the Con-
sentIon that pa~e,l II csmld he ii,Aieed 10
ssslx MS signature 10 N, =. y 30 Instrument
3, he submitted Ia the peobls. hdeed, its
proylslolis are - loosely wor,led and hasily
arranged a. % esnstliatc but 4 nNdly ~
A.ronss-leaers that dehss TIE succ,~sful
esv-tu,elErt of ne cpurisy sa'faet ~ recon.
sNe the ,llffieultks nF-lng frUih' Ne prac-
seal working, the court bas In soms In
stances been sltIvet 20 supply onissions,
sn, IL others 10 htroduceA NV principle,
hAher,o unknawn in the jurlsilcn' history |
a ,uF state. iIsilngulslnst . "JlniiciH !
is,ys<,sitH, sn hnrvnsloR aniErerubliean I
III carnaassf faa lnvns1~e cfthc rights
and ,I,rtsts ufa sepcratc ,tphrtmcnt' Its
proykIohs rfe ~ olrcufc Tim whhln the
byaef 1,aee of H. sxIstemWnh'is more de- |
,s.Iaus u,s rs,s'rtiluiienr' q,s~iihns have |
Heenl j snirnstHs tIirn " The rttite pre-.
y5tosshsory ~ Nc s;tste -and Of hate sc
tlss eSrnofdthary Srec-
.,n,de of ts4ss sets o. judges NJ Isairthr ~
.a,rl sth judicial Distrita, contsHsiii,s far
,l,rsame positIsn, oaeof wii6m claiming
IL hoIdly IN appointment frpm the Gov
crninent FIR period IL len years. ~ "iicc
that the Consultation 5otInj To say Il lobe ,