The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-06-06

poets which he saw for North Caro-
lina's toining the cause of the South.
As one reads his words at this tate
day, there is much cause for Wonoer
that he was not promptly drlVeh lroHi
the floor, so little respect dlo ne SNOW
for the dignity of the State and us
peal to the right Of revolution without
for the dignity OF the State anu us
representatives.
MIR. Badgers paper was then read
It was an elaborate review Of the con
dition Of the country and the causes
which made separation necessary
and it provided for separation by APP
any mention of secession In the ap-
piled meaning Of the term. Burton
Craige. of Rowan. then offered as a
substitute an ordnance which had
been prepared by Judah P. Benjamin.
and was Introduced at the re-
quest Of Governor Ellis, to whom 1T
had been sent by President Davis. 1t
was as follows:
AN ordinance dissolvfng the union
between the State Of North Carolina
and the other States united with her
under the compact government ent1-
tied The Constitution Of. the United
States
Eve, the people of the State of
North Carolina. i'll convention assem-
bled, do declare and ordain, and it IS
hereby declared and ordained, that the
ordinance adopted by the State OF
North Carolina in the convention OF
1889, whereby the Constitution Of the
United States was ratified and adopt
ed, and also all acts and parts Of acts
of the General Assembly ratifying
and adopting amendments to the said
Constitution are hereby repealed, re-
%scinded. and abrOgated.
I'VE do further declare and ordain
that the union now subsisting between
the State of North Carolina and the
other States, under the title Of The
United States of America is hereby
dissolved. and that the State Of North
Carolina is in full POSSESSION and
exercise Of all those rights of SOVer
eighty which belong and appertain
to a free and independent State"
An attempt was now made to have
the convention sit with closed doors.
This met with but small approval
Judge Ruftin then introduced a reso
luton declaring it the sentiment of
the convention that the State shOuld
States and join the Confederacy, and
referring the whole matter of the
means which should be employed to
a committee which should be in
structed to consider the question and
report a suitable ordinance. The
minority in the convention, with pos
sibly a few exceptions, were as thor
oughly convinced as the majority that
separation was necessary, and under
existing circumstances, desirable. But
they were not prepared, except as a
last resort. to give their assent to
the doctrine Of secession, the right of
which had been utterly denied by
many Of them. They believed that
the time had fully come for revolu-
ton. and their contention was that
the convention ought to ignore any
ordinance which would not be a con-
stitutional but a simply revolutionary
act. Secession they hated; revolu-
ton they were determined upon. But
the majority of the convention were
secessionists now, whatever their be-
lief had been in the past, n they
would not hear to the plan, nor sub
NIT to any delay. Mr.. Badgers ordi-
nance was stricken out by a vote
of u to 40. He at nee left the hall
and went home. Judge Rufin, still
hoping to alter the Craige ordinance.
to amend it SO that it would
be a simple declaration of the disso-
luton Of the union existing between
North Carolina and the other States.
There was a feeling among many Of
the minority that the distinction was
not essential and many thought that
something was due the secessionists.
Consequently the resolution was de-
feated. and the Craige ordinance was
then passed, receiving the vote Of
every delegate in the convention, one
hundred and fifteen in all. Governor
Graham, as he voted. said hat he
waived all further question OF the
right Of session. Judge Ruffn fer
most of his life probably the stauch-
est believer In and supporter OF the
Union, in the convention, said that If
the halter were about his neck. he
would still vote y
The announcement OF the vote was
received with a storm Of applause on
the floors and in the galleries., and
the bell on the ROOT of the Capitol was
the signal for a roar of salutes which
followed from the military companies
in the Capitol Square and all over