Communications.
FOU T1IK TAKKORO VllKSS.
Mr. Howard: I have just seen
the amendment made by the Con
vention to the 3Jd section of our
Constitution, on religious tests, or
what has heen termed by some,
the Catholic question. I have not
seen the luminous arguments ad
duced by the advocates for the
amendment, nor am 1 so vain as
to imagine myself such a master
in political economy as to be ca
pable of dictating to the congre
gated wisdom of the Convention:
but I think I mav, without disres
pect to that august body and with
due deference to their exalted tal
ents, give it as my humble opin
ion that the amended section will
have no other tendency than to
confer exclusive prerogative on
the Catholics. But I sincerely
hope the Convention will not rise,
without more fully explaining
what we are to understand by the
words "Christian religion." Whe
ther they will embrace only those
sects who believe the "Old and
.Yew Testaments to be (he sufficient
rule of faith and practice in all
things pertaining to godliness:"
or whether the words will include
also those systems that require ad
ditional comment and explanation,
by the priests of the church, to
elucidate and amplify the doc
trines set forth in the Old and New
Testaments. Without such an
explanation by the Convention it
self, the Roman Catholic church
may assert its claim as the only
Christian church, and brand all
Protestants as heretics those u ho
believe in the standard of ortho
doxy as set up by the established
Church of Kuglaud, will deem all
Dissenters, heretics IVedestina
rians, those of counter belief; and
vice versa. All sects of religion
have some hobby by which they
arrogate to themselves the exclu
sive right of being termed the true
church, and hence, instead of this
amendment yielding us the exube
rant fatness of the olive of pence,
it will be the l'detur pulchriori'1 of
contention, discord and persecu
tion among the various sects.
The cant about bigotry and in
tolerance is well calculated to en
list the sympathies and prejudice
the minds of the ignorant and in
dolent against our fathers who for
med the Constitution, but the in
telligent statesman will at once
see, that their only object was to
secure the safety of the State, i
Hence in their researches after
physical and moral abilities and
disqualifications to posts of honor
and profit under the government,
they measured them all by the
same standard, "safety of the
Stite," and by no other. In the
discharge of this important duty,
they first point out the requisite
qualifications of vested interests in
freehold, residence, age, k.c. as
sine qua nons to the highest pre
rogatives, (see sections 5th and
(5th.) Secondly, the moral obli
gation of an oath to the Stale is
required of all entering on official
duties, (section 12.) They then
enumerate disqualifications, such
as want of economy, prodigality
or peculation of the public mo
nies, so as to fail exhibiting a fair
statement and prompt and honest
discharge of accounts due the
State, (sections 25 and 26.) Then
"military and civil ofiices of profit,"-.
Then proscribe all "cJer-
trymen and preachers of the gos-!
pel, of every denomination, fiom
;eats in the Legislature and Coun
cil of State so long as they conti
nue in the exercise of their pasto
ral funVtiop," no doubt on account
of the almost implicit reliance each
flock place in their pastor's judg
ment, and the undue control he
might exercise over them in elec
tions, (section 31.) Hut what
will posterity find to admire in
the policy of the present Conven
tion, in admitting to offices of
"trust and profit" the Jesuitical
vender of indulgences, while the
faithful reprover of sin, and the
avowed foe to vice and licentious
ness in every shape, and who toils
incessantly to impress on the aed
and the young their moral obliga
tions to God and their country are
excluded:' How striking is
the
contrast of that wisdom spoken ol
by St. James, and this of the Con
vention, in inviting to honor and
emolument a believer intransub-i
stantiation of wine and bread into
real blood and tlesh, by the incan
tations of priests; while virtuous
and incorruptible Mordecais eith
er sit unnoticed at the king?s gate,
or are held up in terrorum to the
people as ambitious aspirants un
worthy their confidence. Can
the people of North Carolina be
induced to believe it compatible
with the safety of the State to ad
mit to office of "trust and emolu
ment" any one who believes a dis
pensation of the Pope paramount
to all legal enactmentsof his coun
try, or who devoutly yields to the
ipse dixit of the Pontiff the same
unlimited obedience as to the re
vealed will of his God? For one,
1 enter my protect against the rat
ification of this abrogation of the
section. CI VIS.
SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1835.
fiWe are authorised to an
nounce John W Barnes as a
candidate for the Senate, and Jo
seph John Pippen for the Com
mons, of the next Legislature.
We learn that in Pitt county,
Alfred Move and Marshall Dick
enson are candidates for the Sen
ate, and John L. Foreman, Macon
Move, James S. Clark, and Smith
wick Whitlev, tor the Commons.
&?We invite attention to the
letter of the Hon. K. M. Johnson,
accepting the nomination of the
Baltimore Convention. It will be
seen that Col. Johnson's opinions
on the Bank, Tariff, and Internal
Improvement questions, so impor
tant to the people of the South,
have been grossly misrepresented.
(ETlie Richmond Whig, re
ferring to the proceedings of our
State Convention, says: "we wish
our respected neighbor of North
Carolina well through the scrape,
and that she may not, as did Vir
ginia, make three holes in stop
ping one." This remark applies
with peculiar force to the altera
tion (we cannot say amendment)
of the 32d section, substituting
the word Christian for Protestant,
the evils that may be reasonably
anticipated from which are so hap
pily set forth by our correspon
dent Civis. Indeed the evidences
are rapidly multiplying that the
day is not distant when sectarian
strife, with its wonted bigotry and
intolerance, will be amongst the
most prominent weapons used in
our political as well as civil con
tests. In confirmation of the
views of Civis on this subject, the
Southern Religious Telegraph, of
the 3d inst. a Presbyterian paper
published at Richmond, Va. states
that the following resolution was
passed by the General Assembly
oi the Presbyterian church, re
cently held at Pittsburg, Pa.
Resolved, That it is the delibe
rate and decided judgment of this
General Assembly, that the Ro
man Catholic church Ims essential
ly apostatized from the relinion
of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ; and therefore cannot be
recognized as a christian church.
Raleigh, July 1.
State Convention. This body,
it is expected, will adjourn the
idiier part ot the present week.
It will be seen that the Debate
on the 32d Article, which we no
ticed in our last, was not arrested
uclil Wednesday, when the Con
vention determined, by a vote of
74 to 52, to amend the Article,
by striking out the word Protes
tant, and inserting the word Chris
tian. The effect of this amend
ment, if literally construed, will
be to exclude from office all (anil
among them of course, Jews,)
who deny the truth of the Chris
tian Religion, or the divine au
thority either of the Old or the
New Testament.
On Thursday, the Convention
determined by a vote of 74 to 44,
to elect the Governor of the State
by the People, biennially.
The whole of Friday was oc
cupied with the Report of the
Committee appointed to arrange
the Senatorial Districts and ap
portion the Members of the House
of Commons. The following is,
we believe, a correct statement of
the number of Representatives to
which the several Counties will be
entitled under the new Constitu
tion: S FN ATE.
Northampton, Hertford, Ber
tie, Martin, Halifax, Nash, Wake,
Franklin, Johnston, Warren,
Edgecombe, Wayne, Pitt, Craven,
Chatham, Granville, Person,
Cumberland, Sampson, New
Hanover, Duplin, Onslow, Anson,
Cabarrus, Caswell, Rockingham,
Orange, Randolph, Guilford,
Stokes, Rowan, Davidson, Surry,
Lincoln, Iredell, Rutherford and
Mecklenburtr Counties. will
each be entitled to a Senator,
making in all 37. The remain
ing 13 Senators are distributed as
follows: 1 to Perqoimons and
Pasquotank; I to Camden and
Currituck; 1 to Gates and Cho
wan; I to Washington and Tyr
rell; 1 to Greene and Lenoir; 1
to Beaufort and Hyde, 1 to Car
teret and Jones; 1 to Brunswick,
Bladen and Columbus; 1 to Rob
eson and Richmond; 1 to Moore
and Montgomery; i to Wilkes and
Ashe; I to Burke, Yancy and i
of Buncombe, and 1 to i of Bun
combe. Haywood and Macon.
COMMONS.
The following Counties will be
entitled, each to one Member, viz:
Brunswick, Columbus, Cho
wan, Greene, Haywood, Jones,
Macon, Tyrrell, Washington,
Ashe, Bladen, Camden, Curri
tuck, Carteret, Cabarrus, Gates,
Hertford, Hyde, Lenoir, Moore,
Martin, Nash, Onslow, Pasquo
tank, Perquimons, and Yancy 20.
The following Counties will be
entitled, to tico Commoners each,
viz: Anson, Buncombe, Cum
berland, Craven, Caswell, David
son, Edgecombe, Randolph,
Rockingham, Person, Beaufort,
Bertie, Duplin, Franklin, Johns
ton, Montgomery, New-Hanover,
Northampton, Pitt, Robeson,
Richmond, Sampson, Warren,
and Wayne 50.
The following Counties to
three Commoners each, viz: Guil
ford, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Ru
therford, Wake, Surry, Burke,
Chatham, Granville, Halifax, Ire
dell and Stokes 30.
And the following to fovreavh,
viz: Lincoln, and Orange in
all 120.
The Convention met for a few
moments on Saturday, the 4th of
July, but the only business trans
acted, was to receive the following
Report, on the subject of private
Legislation, from the Committee
of Thirteen, through the Chair
man, Mr. JMearcs.
All laws relating to the Ad
ministration of Justice, shall be
uniform throughout the Stale.
The General Assembly shall
have power to pass general laws,
regulating divorce and alimony;
but shall not have power to grant
a divorce or secure alimony in
any individual case.
The General Assembly shall
not have power to pass any pri
vate law, to alter the name of any
person, or to legitimate any bast
ard, or to restore to the right of
Citizenship, any person convicted
of any infamous crime.
Whenever a Bill of a private
nature shall be introduced into
either House of the General As
sembly, it shall not be passed
upon, until a tax of $10 has been
paid, by the person introducing
the same, to the Clerk of the
House, to be by him accounted
for, and paid over to the Treas
urer of the State. Reg.
The speakers on the ,3d sec
lion on Monday, 29th ult. were
Messrs. Rayncr and Gaston, in
favor of altering it Messrs.
Speight, Shober, and McQueen
against any alteration. On Tues
day, Messrs. Gaston, Carson of
Burke, Harrington, Daniel, and
Macon, in favor of altering
Messrs. Smith of Orange, Sea
well, and Dockery, against it.
On Wednesday, several amend
ments were proposed and rejected,
when the question was taken on
the resolution reported by the
committee of the whole, which
proposed to strike out the word
Protestant and insert Christian, in
the original section, and carried
yeas 74, nays 52, as follows:
Yeas Mevsrs. Andres, I3onner,
Bryan, Baxter, Brittain, Biigs, Bai
ley. Bunting, Birchett, Brotlnax, S.
I Carson, Cmdup, Cathey, Canslcr,
C Chalmers, Calvert, J. AlcD. Car
son, Collins, Daniel, Dohson, Elliott,
Edwards, Fercbee, Fislier, Frank
lin, Gaithcr, W. Gaston, Gilliam, A.
F. Gaston, Guinn, Gaines, Gary,
Gray, Giles, Gudgcr, Hill, Hall,
Hodges, Huggins, Harrington, Jervis,
E. Jones, Jacocks, King, Kelly, Ma
con, McMillan, Mel hereon, Mar
chant, Martin, Marsteller, Meares,
Outlaw, Pipkin, J. V. Powell, Kuf
fm, Rayncr, R. H. Ramsay, Roul
hac, Swain, Sawyer, Skinner, K. I).
Spaiglit, Shipp, Saunders, B. J.
Smith, Tayloe, Troy, White, W. P.
Williams, Welch, R. Williams,
Wellborn, Young 74.
Vf.v- Messrs. Averitt, An ington,
nowers, Branch, Boddie, Cox, Coo -
per, M. Chambers, Dockery, Faison,
(iatling, Graves, CJricr, Iloan, Mar
grave, Hussey, Hooker, Hutcheson,
Halsey, Holmes, K. Jones, Joiner,
Lea, McQueen, Maichant, McDiar
mid,Morehead, Montgomery, Moore,
Norcom, Owen, A. Powell, Peersall,
Parker, J. Hamsay, Styron, Sugg,
Stalling, J. Speight, J. S. hmitn,
Seawell, Shtrrard, Shober, Spruill,
i'oomer, L.. D. Wilson, Woolen, J.
Wilson, J. W. Williams, Whitfield,
Wilder 52.
University of North Carolina.
The appointment of a President
of this Institution is postponed to
December. In the mean time,
Professor Mitchell, is to act in
that capacity.
Mr. William H. Owen, of Cas
well County, is appointed a Tu
tor, vice Mr. D F. Rucoti re
signed. ib.
The late Commencement. We
understand that the Exercises at
the recent Commencement of our
University, were of a highly inter
esting ciraracler, though the crowd
of visitors w as somewhat dimin
ished by the circumstance of the
State Convention being in session.
The Address of Chief Justice
Ruffin, before the Literary So
cieties, was, we are told, every
way worthy his exalted reputa
tion. It will however, of course,
be published, and we will enable
our readers to judge for them
selves. The Eulogy pronounced by
Professor Anderson, on the Rev.
Dr. Caldwell, late President of
the Institution, was, we learn,
replete with judicious and feeling
reflection; was written in the
Author's usual style of classic
elegance, and contained many
just and striking truths on the
dignity of Literary pursuits.
Tho follnuinc; was the order of
exercises on Commencement daj
Fobenoon.
1. Prayer by the President.
2. Salutatory Oration in Latin,
by Haywood W. Guion,
Newbern.
3. Honorary Oration. Future
Prospects of our Country,
by Wm. T. Webb, Tusca
loosa, Ala.
4. Honorary Oration. Stability
of the present Government of
Great Rritain, by Saumuel
H. Ruflin, Louisburg.
5. Honorary Oration. The in
fluence of Poetry, by James
H. Hutchins, Newbern.
G. Honorary Oration. Political
Economy, by J. C. Smith,
Cumberland.
7. Forensic. Debate. The moral
tendency of Walter Scott's
Writings, by John C.
Thompson, Port Tobacco,
Md. and John Paisley, Guil
ford. 8. Honorary Oration. Chival
ry, by Henry L. Graves,
Yanceyville.
Afternoon.
Honorar Oration. The
character of Lord Byron, by
William Rose, Stokes.
9.
10. A Forensic Debate. Ought
Representatives to be bound
bv the the will of their con
stituents? By Richard B.
Creecy, Chowan, h Christo
pher C. Battle, Edgecombe.
11. A Forensic Debate. Ought
the U. States to be dependent
on Europe for Literature;
By Robert W. Henry, Hali
fax, Va. Horace L. Robards,
Granville, and Charles R.
Dodson, Milton.
12. Valedictory Oration, by Au
gustus J. Foster, Louisburg.
13. Degrees conferred.
14. Reading of the Report.
15 Exercises of the day concluded
with Praver. ib.
ffTA stranger about 20 years
of age, stating himself to be a
seaman, and calling himself
William B. Sheppard, arrived at
Greenville, in this State, on bis
way south, on the 19th tilt, was
immediately taken sick, and died
on the 25th. He has, as be be
lieved, several brothers and sisters
in New Orleans, but could not re
member their address, in conse
quence of his not having had an
opportunity of communicating
with them for the last seven years.
He said his father was called Hen
, jj Sheppard, and that he was
1 J 1 4 ...
cill tMIIIIUlU 111 IjlMMSIilllcl 1IUII1
this State. Wash. Whig.
dT'The Wheat Crop, says the
Salem Reporter of 27th ult. al
though it may be deficient in com
parison with other years, will far
exceed expectations; and the pros
pect for corn and oats is very
line.
Harvest time is now at hand;
and we have heard it remarked,
within a few days, that the
w heat crop in this county is much
better than w as anticipated; that
although the yield will be less
than in ordinary seasons, the
quality of the grain was perhaps
never better. Corn promises
well, and cotton is fast recovering
Irom the check it received during
the cold cliillincr weather late in
the spring. Ral. Standard.
Petersburg Constellation. We
observe that Messrs. Haines &
Davis, late Editors and proprie
tors of this staunch Democratic
Journal, have dissolved their
partnership; and that H. Haines,
Esq. remains as sole Editor and
proprietor. In the talents and
application of Mr. Haines, the
Republicans of Petersburg and
that section ofcountrv, have an
assurance that the Constellation
will continue, as it hitherto has
been, an able advocate, and an
efficient co-laborer in the demo
cratic cause. ib.
Our Relations with France
Resignation of Mr. lAvingston.
The Globe of Thursday, contains
a long and important commuui
vuiiuu uuui iir. juivingston to
tbeDukede Broglie; dated the
25th of April, also a letter from
,the same to the Secretary of
C! 1 . 1 rn.l T
oiuie uaieu win June resigning
nis post as Minister, and the re
ply of Mr. Forsyth, from which
we make the following important
extract:
Mr. Forsyth to Mr, Livingston.
"In the embarrassing and deli
cate position you have lately oc
cupied, your conduct and especi-
any your last ouicial note in clos
ing your correspondence with ihp
F rencb Government, hasvmet his
entire approbation, exhibiting, as
it does with truth, the anxious de
sire of the Government and the
people of the United States to
maintain the most liberal and
pacific relations with the nation
to which you were accredited, and
a sincere effort to remove ill
lounded impressions; and to
soothe the feelings of national
susceptibility even where they
have been unexpectedly excited
while, at the same time, it discour
ages with a proper firmness, aiij
expectation that the American
Government - an ever be brought
to allow an interference inconsis
tent with the spirit of its institu
tions, or make concessions incom
patible with its self respect. The I
President's pcrsiiauVri
oe sustained in t,t.M,
the undivided
"t;i.
minion
merican people,
A.
carrv into a mm'ip,. '..
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trusts mav hpiPmr,, '.' ,! U
sciousness not onlv . ,
performed your duty, hIlt ?
ing realized the ami,,-,
your fellow cm.ens. -,i
for yourself and your f0 J
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Thus it will be Sfceniu."
met ntMtrpf'iniifm ,.-.
President has taken the st:,.,.j
predicted he would. H "V
io yieni assent to t!, j -requisition
of the Frem-l,'"
ber of Deputies, to zJ
that nation, for language
his last annual message t r '
gress. In the propriety
determination, how niuc'a st- f .
some of his cmintrymea
differ with him on p0iuts cp'
mestic policy, all panies
cordially agree; and che.,
unite in supporting a Chief
gistrate, who is ever alive h ,
dignity and honor of his cou:
Destructive Hail Stormy
the afternoon of anmjHV
30th inst. parts of the coi.i,iieSf
Cumberland, Sampson, t;Kit,'
and Robeson were visitor!
violent tornado and hail Si, r,
i which in some parts has total'v
j destroyed oil prospect of a crn.
j A gentleman from the nppPr p.,
of this country, informs u?) t)nJ
j it visited his neighborhood, coin
j meucing near Col. MeLeod
j about 28 miles from this toaj
I and extending nearly an Easier.-!
j course, passing over nearly the
same ground which sulVered r
j severely by a similar vUitatieu
two years ago. In its couise r
! cut down corn, oats, he. so coir,.
pletely, that in some fields no; a
stalk remained standing. Ow
informant saw the proprietors o;
some of these fields, wherethe corn
had been waist high, ploughing-
them up lor another planting.
At Mr. Solomon Ha vies, the wicj
was so violent as to tear off pine
trees two feet thick, twisting; then
off, apparently about me abu
the ground. The hail was in
some places eighteen inches deep,
and some of the masses measured,
from extreme points. four inc'm.
Much suffering has been produc
ed. Fay. Obs.
KTThe Hilliborough Reror
der states that Mr. James Clanc,
of that place, was killed I v a
stroke of lightning about 2 o'
clock at night, on the 19th n't.
Mr. Clancy, it appears, was inti?
act of putting down a window, an!
was instantly killed; but Mrs.
cy, though in bed, the head ff
which was immediately in the ro
ller where the fluid exhibited w
power, was not injured.
C?"Thoma7Ma7shnl1, Esq. sn
of the venerable Chief .hi.
while on his way to PhiladeW :ii
to visit his sick father, was Lillet:
in Baltimore on the 27th ult. b;
the falling of one of the chimnpv;
of the Court house during a storit
He was a wealthy and highly es
teemed resident of Fauquier coun
ty, Va. and has left a wife and s:s
children.
fcr'The Western Cwf
states that the Governor ha
layed the day of execution of
Mowbry, under sentence of
for negro stealing, until some tin"
in the ensuing fall.
Accounts from Europe 'J
the 27th May, have been received
at New York by arrivals
England and France. W
possess very little interest on t l!
side of the Atlantic. The new Bri
tish Ministry do not contempt
bringing forward any other nie
ures of reform the present scssi"1'
than the Irish Church BiH,
that regulating municipal corf
rations. !n the French cnaij
of Peers, the American Indemnify
mil, remained untouched. J,"
-rospects of Don Carlos in -P3!l
ere said to be brightening 'j
consequence of which a pause t-