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tal policy? His.le-'hfViOM against the HmU of the V. S. in the year 1S2G; was ili.it the cm;'. ;el f a man wailing t3 see the issue be fore he could take his side? The removal of Ihe depositee, and the pj'iie M'eiV'S of lat winter, in wmeh so mmy give way; and si minv other- folded their arms un til the struggle was over, while Air. Vran H iren, both hy hi own Conduct, and tint of his friends, gave an undaunted support to tint in uteri v siro!;- of the 'resident; is this also to he edled a non-committal line of 'onduct, and the ev idence of a temper that sees the issue before it decide-? The net is, this ridiculous and nonsensical charge, is so unfounded and a'j surd, so easily refuted, hut turn ed to the honor and adva i'.g; of Mr. Van Huren, th;U his friends might h ive run the ri-k of being suspected of having invented it, and pot it into circulation, just to give some others of his friends a brilliant opp utuuiiy of emblazon ing his merits, were il not that the blind record, and enabled his friends to exculpate themselves and to prove home the origin al chirge agiiusl his undisputed op ponents. To ohiigilions up in good men to unite, when bad men eonbin- , is i eiear in politics as it is in in ral. Fidelity to this obliga tion Ins heretofore saved the re public, and was never more in iispensible to its safely thin at the present moment. The elicits made under the elder Adams a hove thirty years ago, to siibvei t j the principles of our Government, produced a union of the productive ! an 1 burthen-bearing elates, in every quarter of the republic, j Planter, dinners, laborers, me elnucs. with a sjg,t illusion from lii "t commercial and profes-1 -ional interests, whether orithis! -ide or that of the Pjlom jc, wlv tlj- j er East or West of the Aileghanyj mountains. Mood together up u i he principle of common 1 ight, and j the sense of common danger, and effected that first g'eat union of' the Democrat ie Party which j achieved t tie civil revolution ol j ISOO, arrested the downward j course of the Government, and turned back the national a Imiuis- ! tration to its republican principles i and economical habits. The sairar-ious mind of Mr. i Jefferson well discerned, in the homogeneous elements of which ! this united party was composed,! the appropriate materials for a; Republican Government; and to the permanent conjunction of these ; elements, he constantly looked for' th? only insurmountable barrier to ' the approaches of oligarchy and aristocracy. Actuated by a zeal which h a never been excelled, for the success and perpetuity of the Democratic cause, he labored as siduously in his high ofiiee and subsequent retirement, in his con-' versatiun, and letters, to comment, Sustain, and perpetuate a party, on the union and indivisibility of which he solely relied for the pres ervation of our Rppublic. It was the political power, resulting from this auspicious union, (to say noth ing of several other occasions,) which carried us safely and tri umphantly through the late war; enabling the Government to with stand, on one hand, the paralyzing machinations of a disaffected aris tocracy, and to repel on the other, the hostile attacks of a trreat na tion. The first relaxation of the ties which hound together the Democ racy of the North and South, Ka,t and West, was followed by the re storation to power of federal men, and the re-appearance in the ad ministration of federal doctrines and federal measures. Theyoun rvj.M 1f , I ...... .. . . . " . .ci .in. jlucoiis LifjH nun power through the first breach that was made in the Democratic ranks and immediately proclaimed tint fundamental principles which lie at the bottom of annent federalism and modern whiggism, "the re presentative not to be palsied by the will of his constituents;"-! "constitutional scruples to be sol ved in practirnl blessings;" two doctrines on of Nj,;ch would leave the people without represen tatives, and the other would leave the Government without a consti tution. The ultra federalism of this gentleman's administration, fortunately for the country the re-union of those homogeneous elements, by the first union ol which the elder Mr. Adams has been ejected from po.ver; and this re-u:iiou immediately produced a second civil revoleuiou, not less vital to the republic than the first one, of ISOO; a revolution, to which wc are indebted for the elec tion of a President who has turned back the Government, so far as in his power lies, to the principles of the Constitution, and to the prac tice of economy who lias direct ed the action of the Government to patriotic objects saved the people from the cruel domain of a heartless moneyed power with stood the combined assaults of the Bank and its allied Statesmen and frustrated a conspiracy agaitist the liberty, and the pros perity of the people, but little less atrocious in its design, and little less disastrous in its intended eliects, than the conspiracy from which Cicero saved ihe Roman people, and lor the frustration of! which, he was hailed by Cato, in! the assembled presence of ailj koine, with the glorious appella-: tion of Pater Palrie Father of hi Country. j It has so happened, that although every Southern President, (four; in number) .nud the only Western! one (through bis own terms) has' received the warm support of Northern Democracy, yet no I Northern President has ever yet i received the support of the South,' and West. 1 1 iiherto this peculiar, ! .and one-sided result, has left no sting, created no heart-burnings, in the bosom of Northern Democ racy, because it was the result, not of sectional bigotry, but of facts and principles. The administra tions of the two Northern Presi dents were alike offensive to re publicans of all quarters ad were put down bv the joint voices of animated Democracy. Hut, suppose this state of things j now to be changed, and a Democ ratic candidate to be presented from the North; ought that candi date to be opposed by the Democ racy of the South and West? Sup pose that candidate to be one com ing as near to the JefVersoniaii standard (to say more might seem invidious to ay that much is enough for the argument;) sup pose such a candidate to Ire pres ented; ought the Democracy of the South and West to reject him? Could they do it, without showing -'i disposition to monopolize the Presidential officer and to go on lor an indefinite succession, after having already possessed the office lorlorty years, out of forty-eight: What wonld be the effect of such a stand, taken by the South ami "est, on the harmony of the Democratic patty.2 Certainly to -stroy it! h.,t would be its clleets on the harmony of the States? Certainly to array them against each other! What would be its effect on the formation ol parties? Certainly to change it trom the ground of principle, to the ground of territory! to sub stitute a geographical basis, for the political basis, on which par ties now rest. Could thee things be desirable to any friend of popular govern ment; to any considerate and re flecting man in the South or West? On the contrary, should not the democracy of the South and West rejoice at an opportnity to show themselves superior to sectional bigotry, devoted to principle, in tent upon the general harmony, inaccessible to intrigue, or to weakness, and ready to support the cause of democracy, whether the representative of the cause come from this or that side of a river or a mountain? A southern and a western man myself, this is the state of my own feeling, and 1 rejoice to see that your convention has acted upon them. And, if what I have here written, (and which 1 could not have written if I had accepted the most honora ble ami gratifying nomination of your convention,) if this letter, too long for the occasion but too short for my feelings! if it shall contri bute to prevent the disruption of the republican party, and ihe con sequent loss of all the advantages recovered for the Constitution and the People, under the administra tion of President Jackson, then shall 1 feel the consolation of hav ing done a better service to the Republic, by refusing to take, than I can ever do by taking office. Hoping, then, my dear sir, that the nomination of your Conven tion may have its full effect in fa vor of Mr. Van Huren, and that it may be entirely forgotten, so far as it regards myself, except in the grateful recollections of my own bosom. I remain, most truly and sin cerely yours, THOMAS H. KENTON. . fv T , Alaior Gen. Davu; 'Manchester, ..... . ' ' i allow the sherills the same cotn- Mississippi. I pensalion for h0tling saij elec- 1 j lions that they usually allow lor AW ACT I holding other State elections. Concerning a Convention, to And if any sheriff or other officer menu the Constitution of the PP; hold said elections State of Xorth Carolina. ! shaU .,al1 wmply with Ihe re ltT1 , , . . . , quisition oi this act, he shall be hereas, the Oeneral Assembly trk r tt , ' ' liable to a line ol one thousand of North Carolina have reason to! .... m,. .ltll, believe that a large portion, il compelef)t j(1I itilction, l0 the use not a majority, ol the free men of of l)e counly w)(jse offiiTr he , . the State are anxious to amend Anj it shaj 0e U)L. dllty oI llie the Constitution thereof, in cer-j l!0unly soiicitois to prosecute such tain particulars herein alter speci-j suits. (led; ami whereas, while the Cen-; VII. Be it further enacted, eral Assembly disclaim all right j That all persons qualified to vote and power in themselves lo alter; for members of the House of Com the fundamental law, they consul-1 mons, under the present Cousli er it (heir duty to adopt measures J tution, shallbe entitled to vole for ascertaining the will of their j lor members to said Convention, constituents, and lo provide the! And all Iree white men of the age means for carrying that will inlojol twenty. one years who sia effect, when ascertained; therefore! bave been resident in the State He it enacted by ihe Cenerali 'orih r- Assemblv of the State ol C::.r,.r..,:; n...l ir i. l,..r..hv...iM,.infi!ni,; "deel.on, shall be .1 'i ...i ri.i i to a se:il in s iid Convention: Pro- ly the authority ol the same, I hat , ,. , . . ,T , i . , 1 vtded he possess the Ireeho d re- the Court ol Pleas and Wuarur . r 1 . , .. w. i i . quired ol a memDer ol the House Sessions ol each and everv county ' . , , , r " . " . ' Commons under 'he present in the State, at the first term that r , f f , ' 1 hi . ,', . r Constitution, shall he held alter the tirst day oil x-m ,, - r l ,cr i i . I 111. He it lurther enacted January, I boo, shall appoint tvo- ,., . . m.wn.u, ' ' . .. ; that each county m this State inspectors to superintend the po U, in, . ( . , . . , ' , , entitled to elect Iwo de - to be opened at each and every: , - , , , . ' .... . te to said Convention, and no election precinct in said counties, !fl for ascertaining, by ballot, the will ! TV . c . , , t-.i f " rV .i i- ' C. He it lurther enacted. That ol the freemen ol iWlh Carolina ;r n ... . . ., c c 11 av vacancy shall occur in any relative to the meeting of a bla c; ,n '. , , ,- , , . n . county delegation, by deatli or Convention And .1 any court or otherwise, the Governor shall courts should lad to make such forthwith issue a writ o ximW appointments or il any inspector ; ie vacancy; and the delegates so appointed shall latl to act, it - shall cor.v-ne in, or near the'eity shall be the duty of the sheriff, or ; of Raleigh, on the first Thursday tin- person acting as his deputy on; m June next; and provided that a such occasion, with the advice of quorum does not attend on the one justice of the peace, or if none day, the delegates may adjourn be present, with the advice of three from day to day uniil a quorum Ireebolders, to appoint an inspec- i present; and a majority of del for or inspectors in the place of 'g.Hes elected shall continue a him or them who fail to act, which q'ir,rum to do business, inspectors, when duly sworn by; X. He it further enacted, That some justice of the peace, or free-; n0 delegate elect shall be permit holder, to perform the duties of the' ltd to take his seat in Convention piace wim iMieiny, snail nave ttie j U",M ,KI" nave iai;en ami sol) same authority as if appointed by ( scr'l)L'( l,u' following oath or afiir the court. ;mation: I. . H. do solemnly II. He it further enacted, That ",lve,,r (nr al"rm' a" ,h, nnv it sj,.,n be the duty of the sheriffs hc tlmt 1 lviI1 not, either dir. eiiy. of the resnertivp ronntie.- iW' "r indirectly, vado, or disriranl i " State to open polls at the several election precincts in said counties o.n Wednesday and Thursday, the 1st and Jd of April next; w hen and where all persons qualified br the Constitution to vote for members oi tne uouse oi Commons mav r . I II y- , r . C( ,'1'"c "line people; so he p me vote lor, or against a State Con- (;U( 1 1 vention; those who wish a Convcn-; XI. He it ftiriher enacted That tion voting with a printed or writ-1 the Public Treasurer be 'and he ten ticket "Convention," and those' is hereby authorised lo pay pon who do not want a Convention, i the warrant nf the Governor, such voting in the same way, "No Con-; sums of money as may be neces ventiou,"ort(agaiustConvcntion."!sary for the contingent charges of III. He it further enacted, That tne Convention; and also to pay it shall he the duly of the sheriffs 'acn "nber of Convention one to make dunlicate statements of1 dollar and fifty cents ncr dav flu. their polls in their respective couu-i nnS "l a,,"dance thereon, and ties, sworn to before the clerk of, fivP ccnts for every mile he may the County Court, one copy of travcl l(J a,d liom the Conven which shall be deposited in said nvIT clerk's office, and the other copy ,,,, ,Mo il funh(u' enacted, transmitted to the Governor ofj A s,,al1 ,,e l,,e duty of the the State, at lialeigh, immediately (,ov;en,()r immediately after the after the election. ratification ol this act, to transmit IV. He it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Govern or, as soon as he shall have recei ved ihe returns of the sheriffs, in the presence of the Secretary of State, Public Treasurer Comp troller, to compare the number ol votes for and against a Conven-i .i..n: and if it sl,;l .pp.., majority of the votes polled are in favor of it he shall forthwith pub lish a proclamation of the fact in such of the newspapers as he mav t?;.,i- r i ii . ? thmk proper; and shall issue a ! rit of election to every sbcriiTof provided, to wit: Th e Stale, requiring him to open j Convention, when a wi th polls for the election of delegates in the Convention at the same places, and under the same rules as prescribed for holding other State elections,and at stab lime as the Governor may designate. V. He it further enacted, Thru the same persons who were ap pointed to hold the polls in taking the vote on Convention, shall hold them for the election of del egates; provided, that if any of such inspectors shall fail to attend or act, the sheriff and their depu ties shall supply their places in the manner herein before pointed out. VI. He il further enacted, That line several ivoumy iyoi i .. . J . the several County Courts s hal i ,UK 'VdV p"vius to, and snI ... . i i .continue to be so resident at the iiim,. r.ff.1 t.,111 i ! time ol election, shall be eliriole ille duties enjoined or the limits fixed to tiiis Convention by the people of North Carolina, ils s-f forth in the act of the Cemnd As scmbly passed in 1834, entitled "An act concerning a Convention to amend the Constitution of the ci... r.i... i . . 1 copy t.) P;)Ch C0utlty Court clerk in the Stale, and cause it tn be published until the meeting of Ihe Convention in the newspapers of Ihe State. XIII. He it further enacted, That the following propositions shall be submitted to the people for their assent or dissent to the same; the form(, (,f stood as expressed bv the vm "for Convention," fcihe latter by the vote "no Convention," or "b ""cuuor and in the mode I against Convention," at the time icrein bef ore That the said quorum ol the delegates who shall ue elected and assembled, shall Irame and devise amendments to the Consti tution of ibis Stale, so as lo reduce the number of members in ihe Senate lo not less than thirty-four or more than fifty, to be electen by districts, w hich districts shall be laid off at convenient and pre scribed periods, by counties, in proportion lo the public taxes paid into the Treasury of ihe Slate by the citizens thereof: Prodded, that no county shall be divided in the formation of a Senatorial dis trict. And when there are one or more counties having an excess ol taxation above the ratio required to form a Senatorial district, ad joining a counly or counties defi cient in such ratio, the excess or excesses aforesaid shall be added to the taxation of ihe county or counties deficient; and if, with such addition, the county or counties receiving it shall have the requis ite ratio, such county or counties each shall constitute a Senatorial district. 2. That the said Con vention shall form and devise a further amendment lo the said Constitution, whereby to reduce the number of members in the House of Commons to not less than 95 nor more than 120, exclu sive ol borough members, which . fill Pmit'iMt inn fhill Loin t I . o i - v : V ",u" ,,u u,a creuon lo exclude in uhole or in pari, and the residue to be elected by counties or districts, or both, according to their federal popuia- lion; i. e. according to their res- Itl'IMll'P lli.nll,,,, .. I.'...!. ,1. -11 I. . !' uuiwui , uitii Miau ue determi.,,. t I I, . ,i i i ,,umm"-d by adding lothe whole ......j, , . i , , uiiiuli s, hiiiui nati ue number of fiee persons, iiicludinir those buund to service for a termof . ded. years, and excluding Indians noC XVI. He it furl her v taxcu, three-filths of all other j 'I'hat ihe ('ouveniun !,.,'i j persons, and rhe eunmeratioii to ; v,d' in what manner amenti.i,' le de at convenient and pres cribed periods; but each county shall have at icast one member in the Utilise of Commons, although it may not contain the requisite ratio of population, o. That the said convention shall also frame and devise amendments to said Constitution, whereby it shall be! made necessary for persons voting v. cunuui, auu persons Ciim- ble lo the Senate, lo possess tne same residence and 1 eehold qual ification respectively in the Sena torial district, as is now required in the county; Provided, that they shall not in any manner disqualify any free white men of this State trom voting for members in the House of Commons w ho are qua lified to vote under the existing constitution of this State. f. That said convention may al so con-ider of, and in 'their discretion propose the following other amendments to the said Con stitution, or any of them, to wit: so as, 1st . to abrogate or restrict the right o free negroes or mulattoes to vote or members of the Senate or House of Commons; 2. to dis qualify members of the Assembly and offn ers of the State, or those who hold places of trust under the authority of this State, from being or continuing such while they hold any other office or ap pointmcnt under the government C . I.' . . . . , . . of this State or of the United States, or any other government whatsoever; o. to provide that capitation tax on slaves and free white polls shall be equal through out the State; 4. to provide for some mode of appointing and re moving from office militia officers and justices of the peace, different bom that which is now practised; to compel the members of the General Assembly to vote viva voce in the election of officers whose appointment is conferred on that body; 6. to amend the 32d arti cle of the Constitution of the State; 7. to provide for supplying vacancies in the General Assembly of this State, w hen such vacancies occur by resignation or death, or otherwise, before the meetim-- of the General Assembly; 3. to pro vide for. biennial meeting instead "fanimal meeting of the Gennral Assembly; and if they shall deter mine on biennial sessions, then diey m;,y alter the constitution in such parts of it as require the an. nual election of members of As sembly and officers of State, and the triennial t leeti.n .. . ol Slate, and pr i j- n. election every two , provide lor ihe el-cti ( nor of the Stale by me r ,, voters lor meinhei 3 u t',,,. o . , ' ' I j ol Common ,, and to prenl,. term for which the Cu -, ,,() be elected, and the mm,!,., terms during which he ..,,; j igible. And the said c.i,vt ! shall adopt ordinances lor ( iug into i fleet the mm i),i;C, which shall be made, and c, submit said atneiidmeiiis U) . determination of the qualifif, ters of the State; but they j not alter any other ni tieit . f Constitution or Hill of I; ., nor propose any aim ndni.-,.., the same, except those uhi( before herein euumeraied. XIV. He it 1ui iIm.-i f i;v . Tiial il a majority oi votei ,:1 election hi t dnei led to i L. , by this act, shall he lohi,, "Convention, " it sltall be ClJli, ered and understood ihal ti.t. j, pie, by I heir vote :is uU,n., have conleired on thedekmt,.. said Couventio-i lht? pel( authority to make a 1 1 e i ;i 1 1 o n amendmenis m the c x m ; i . i ( stitulion of the Stiite, ii, ,,. , ticulars herein ( tiuttiei a!e;, or . ol them, but in no otheiv XV. Hi it luither That the sujd (.'onvei,ti-,:i i . i .i an! sid pn UH tio He me lJo kn W Ua nu ni( ha hi: tlx tat I)( lei ro re hit m( zo tec to m be th .gr I i lii v I ' ' I iavinir aoepie.j arnem ine; ;k ithe CoiMituhin, m anv n , Lili(j particulars, sj,;t ' , , , M some mo,;,. !nr r,1( f,,. ' H. sarri,., bv the p-?..pb , , i represent;-., ves; and m, ,ii ; , ..; all neeesn v tmlir.a'.rcaad 1 . .- . I uiauous ior tlie pu pe-e ol r u a oik or t He pu on-e o; - n ' , , Mill operation and ft t . Constitution as ulSeml and , l shall in Inline be made to J Constitution of the St ro. , Head three times and i ai;h'! lieie ial Assembly. )ih Jji, iy, 1 3:j. "if... f .11 . i r. t, , nu th St in. i iitj'iinnrf. jji flf I Tin. J). A foxed jy .V. ,v of ' of hi AN ACT T : Supplemental !o an del, pc ; ill llie nrtsent .essiun. fnii-SS an ict "concerning a Conn- m iioi, to amend the Cvnsl,1 cl tion of the State of .V ii Carolina.'''' P1 ti st tl f( if IT ii Ti k it h tl ii .1 ' n n , f r c t r i He it enacted by the (ler.c Assembly ofibe Stueot Nui Carolina, and tt is heieh cim by the authority of !U s: t: I hat the lollowmg piopjsiii" sh.sj )e MjljmitteO In the pey for their assent or dissri.t, j,-, same manner, and under the sin: torms, regulations and ictncta.i, as were preserihed and ;e.b ;:! in an act iassed at the piest ni i sion, enlitlel an act "conceii;! a Convention, to amend the'" stitution of the Male of N t Carolina," that the said Coi.v tion may, in tiieir discretion, vise and piojx.se u,,. (no amendments in the said Const;! tion, or any ol Ihem, s0 as. I. i provide that the A i honey Cint al shall be elected lor a inm years. l. o provide a triin: wnereny tlio Judges of the i preme and Superior Couit ... I, ... n- . umei unices oi tne Male, nnv ! impeached and h ied for coin1 tion and mal-practiee p. offn 3. To provide thai upon eola tion of any Justice ol the IVare any infamous crime, ( eiu.i:; lion and mal-praetire m (,,-, , i, commission haH be vaea'ed. i said Justice nmdi red Imevei ii. qualified liom holding such :: pointment. 4. To provide i the removal of any ol Ihe .ludj: of Ihe Supreme or Supeiinr feu1 in consequence of mental or pl.- ical inability, upon a eoiicniit resoluliou of two thirds c f b;; branches of the Legilaiuiv. ' To provide that the sahnies of ti. Judges shall not be diminish during their continuance in (diic G. To provide againi unneccs ry private legislation. 7. A ' to provide tbr.t no Judge ol t: Supreme orSupt iior (.om is f i.. whilst retaining bis jndicial (dlit'' e eligible lo any other excej.i ' the Supreme Couit iiench. 2. Ami be a fntber enac!n; 1 hat should the people decide i iavor ol a Convent ion, as is pn eided for in the before refer mi ' act, the said Convention is lnr
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