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tvjrv t lection preeinrt ihnulioni
::ite, tor ttvj purpose ot as-J'-
ortiiiiiiiiiX whether it was the will j
j v tree men of North Carolina
; u there should be a Conventiou
el '(it.lonates, lo consider of cer
!;.::) amendments proposed to be
.i t-!e i;i the Constitution of s;iid
S i'i; andtiiJ farther direct that,
;; 1 majority uf all the votes polled
L-v the freemen of North Carolina
j i a!'i be in favor o( holding Mich
'naveiilio'.i, the Governor should,
;v proclamation, announce the
ami thereupon the freemen
: i "Ysfkl should elect delegates to
ii)' t-t in Convention at the City
0. B ilt-igli, on the It Thursdav
;:i June, one thousand eight bun
it 1 an.l tiiii ty-five lo consider of
''" jan! amendments: And where
:'a ':i ijorilv of the freemen of
A n'i Carolia 1 did, by their votes
'ni v.ii, so opened, declare
p'i" will th.it a Convention
1 ic had l consider of the
1 'liuniis proposed, and the
' 1 1 -' i ) 1 r did, by proclamation,
1 1 " are the fact that their will
!,i !!':ea mi d.-clarerl, and an
' ' !a ! t dt"!eate; to meet in
' ' : 1 i "u : t ;i al.res.iid u ; ;ic
' : ': 'ly had: Now, therefore,
'"delegates of the good peo
r''l N'iiiIj Caroiin-i, having
!.a:.!eI in ( "om eniiou at the
li.!fig':i, on thy iirt
; 1: -: lay ia .luiif, one thousand
''-"U iiiindred and thirty-live, and
' ;u '-'oaiiiiuetl in session from
'! 'vtJihty iiii-il the eleventh ofJu-
"'"'jiuiisaiid eight hundred and
:,l'-ltve, for th(. more deliberate
' ' '"'iiitimi of said amendments,
'),ivv suhiuit to the tletermina
;' ' 1 '.'! ;tl1 thy qaalified voters of
the following amend
',' ill" Constitution thereof,
Uu i5io sav:
ABTICLB I.
Section 1 .
. ; ri'!iR Senate of this State
; i;'lin"M uf tiny Urpreseuta-
Ijsfsufudly chosen by ballot,
:" hl- elected by districts;
'""I''trins s.hall be:" laid oil" by
Z ;'l;"t'r;,i Ass-rmhly at its first
1 ''i alter the ear one thousand
;i'i' '"'"died and forty-one; and
" 'i';ir,ls, :n its first session af
; 1'e year on. thousand eight
"!y 'wfiy Ve;ll., ii,erPafierj j
:;mir'li to the public taxes
,'U;( Inl' the 'J'reasury of the
' " " the titi.ens thereof; and
,v,!""'ge of the public taxes
'' ,Jirh county into the
";''" of the State, for the five
i-di!U
the
the .listiiets, shall lie considered; 30th district, Brunswick, BlatU
asit, proportion of the public j ami Columbus; the ytstdistrit ;
taxs, and constitute the basis of! Uobeson and Hu hmond; ivi2i
ajip rtionment: Vo-iVcr, That district, Anson; the 33.1 distrie
110 county shall be dividi-d in the j Cabarrus; the 34th district, IM001
lorm ti..n of a Senatorial district, j and Montgomery; the 35th di
And when there art one or more i trict, Caswt II; 3Gi"h district, Rovk
comities hain- an exeess ofiaxa-1 in-ham; the 3?tl, district, Oranj-i :
tion above the ratio to form a , llie JSlli distrii t. Kandtlph; iU.
Senatorial iistrict, adj-nnini; a jibe 39th ilistrict, Guilford; tlx
county or counties detirient in . -40th dit-iet, Stokes; the 41s
Mich r:lh tlie eceses aforesaid district, Rowan; the 42nd district,
shall be added to the taxation of Davidson; ibe 43d district, Snrrv;
tiie county or counties delieient, ! the 4 1th district, Wilkes and
and if, w ith such addition, the Ashe; ihe 45th district, Burke and
county or counties receiving it Yaney; the 40ib district. Lincoln;
shall base the requisite ratio, such the 47th district, Iredell; the 4Sth
county and counties each shall ( district, Rutherford; the A9i dis
constitn'e a Senatorial ilistrict. ! trict, !uuco:nbe, 1 1 a wood and
2. 'I'be House nf Commons ; iMacon; and the 50ih district,
shall be composeil of one hundred alecklenburL", each district lo be
;md twenty representatives, bien-. entitled t f one Senator,
nially chosen by ballot, to be . Until the (irst session of the
elecli-d by counties according lo (ieneral As-emblv after the year
their f.-deral population, that is, eighteen bntiilred and forty-one,
according to llu-ir respective mini- the House of Commons shall be
tiers, which h iil be determined composed of members elected
by adding to the whole number of from the counties in the following
iree nersous.
me lutiiuir
those
bouml to seivice for a term of
years and excluding inoian?. not . lour members each. The coun
laxed, three-tilths of all other per- j ties of Burke, Chatham, Gran
son; and each county shall hae'ville, Guilford, Halifax, Iredell,
at least one member in the I louse j Mecklenburg, Rowan, Kuther
of Commons, although it mav not ! ford, Surry, Stokes and Wake
contain the rt quiiie ralio of pop
ulation. 3. This apportionment shall he
made by the General Asemb'y, Craven, Caswell, l.)avi(lM,n, Dup
at the respective times and periods lin, Edgecombe, Franklin, Johus-
hen the districts lor the Senate
aie herein before directed to be
I aid olt; ant
the ai
apportion-
nieiit shall he inane aceoiihuir to
an enumeration to be ordered by
the Cenor.il Assembly, or accord
iug to the ( ei:ns wh'nh may be
taken by order of '"ogress, next '
preceding lin period of making
such apportionment. j
4. In making the apportion-
m.'nt 111 the Mouse ot v ominous, j eau, .iioore, .Martin, iash, iJns-l ol hotli Houses ol the General As
the ralio of repreM'jjtaliou shall be luw, Pasipiotank, Perquimons, semhl y.
ascertained by tlividiug the j Tyrrell, Washington and Yaney! 4. Contested elections for Gov
amouut of I'ederal population of shall elect (me member each. j ernor shall be determined by both
llie i"Mate, niter deducting that
comprehend.. i within those coun
ties w hicb do not se er:dlv contain
the one hundred and twentieth 1
part of the entire Federal popula-
lion aforesaid, by the number ot
representatives I. ss than the num- j
oer assigned to the salt
counties. ,
To each county
contamrig
the .
said ratio, and not twice the said
ratio, there shall be assigned one
representative; to each county
containing twice, but not three
times the said ratio, there shall be
aligned two Bepresentatives, and
on progressively, and the re-
m iming liepi eseutatives, shall be
aligned severally to ihe counties :
having the largest fractions.
Section l2.
1. Until the fu st session of the
General Assembly which shall be
had after the year eighteen hun
dred and forty-one, the Senate
shnll he nimiiiivi'J oi' members to
be elected from the several dis-1
tricts hereinafter named, that is to
. .1 1 . r . . oi 11 t
say; the 1st district shall consist
c. . i t) ;..,..,.c lwi
ol ihe counties ot l erquiinous and ;
11 , mi r. !
1 as'juoiaiiK; me ihmuii, 01 1
Camden and Currituck; the 3d
ilistrict, of Gates and Chowan;
the 4th district, Washington and
Tyrrell; the 5ih district, North
ampton; the Gib district, Hertford;
the 7th district, Bertie; the Sth
district, Martin; the 9h district,
Halifax; the 10th district, Nash;
the 1 1th district, Wake; the 12th
district, Franklin; 13th district.
Johnston; the 14th district, War
ren; the 1 .Oth district, Edgecombe;
the lGth district, Wayne; the 17th
district, Greene and Lenoir; the
18th district, Pitt; the I Oth dis
trict, Beaufort and Hyde; the 20th
district Carteret and Jones; the
21 st district, Craven; the22d dis
trict, Chatham; the 23d dis
trict, Granville; the 24th district,
1 erson: the 25th district, Cum
berland; 2Gth district, Sampson;
the 27th district, New Hanover;
the 28th district. Onslow; the
manner, viz: The
counties
oij
Lincoln and Orange shall elect 1
shall elect three members each.
The counties of Anson, Beaufort,
Bertie, Buncombe, Cumberland,
ton, Montgomery, Aew Hanover.
A orthan.pton, Person, Pitt, Uan-
dolph, Bobeson, Bicbmond,
Bot kingham, Sampson, Warren,
oaue and i!ues shall elect!
two memhers cacti. J lie counties j
oi Asiie, Bladen. Brunswick, j
Camden, Columbus, Chow an, '
Curriliu k, Carteret, Cabarrus,;
Gates, Greene, Haywood, Hert-j
lord, Hyde, .Jones, Lenoir, Ma-j
Section 3. j Houses of the General Assembly,
1. Each member of the Senate such manner as shall be prtscri
lail have usually resided in thei hed by law.
district for w inch he is chosen for; ". The Governor elect shall
one year immediately preceding! enter on the duties of the office on
his election, and for the same 'the first day of January next after
time, hall have possessed and his election, hav ing previously ta-
continue to possess in the district I
which he represents, not less than
three hundred acres of land in fee., "I lbe General Assembly, or be
'2. All free men of the age of, fore the Chief Justice of the Su-twenty-one
years, (except as is ' preme Court, w ho in case the Go
hereinafter declared) who have 'senior elect should be prevented
been inhabitants of any one dis-j bom attendance before llie Gene
trict waihiu the Slate, twelves ra Assembly by sickness or other
months immediately preceding the
day of any election, and possess-:
d of a freehold within the samel
district of fifty acres of laud for!
six months next before and at the
day of election, shall be entitled to
vole for a member of the Senate, j
T. No free negro, free mulatto, j
or tree person tit mixed hiood, de
scended from negro ancestors to
,''c ,();,rth "eration inclusive,
(,,,0.,,I,, 0,10 a,ces,,r of vacU Z'
eration may have been a white
o ,
person,) shall vote lor members o
'
the Senate or House ol Commons.
tjtciion 'i.
1. In the election of all officers
whose appointment is conferied
on the General Assembly by the
Constitution, the vole shall be
viva voce.
2. The Central Assembly shall
have power to pass laws regula
ting the mode of appointing and
removing Miliiia officers.
3. The General Assembly shall
have power lo pass general laws
regulating divorce and alimony,
but shall not have power to grant
a divorce or secure alimony in
any individual case.
4. The General Assembly shall
not have power to pass any pri
vate law, to alter the name of any
person, or to legitimate any per
sons not born in lawful wedlock,
or to restore to the rights of citi
zenship any person convicted of
an infamous crime: hut shall have
lower to pass general laws regu -
"imp; the same.
5. Tiie General Assembly shall
ml pass any private law, unless ii
isall 1h made to appear that thir
y da is' notice of application to
pass s:icli law shall have been pv
en, untler such directions and in
such manner as shall be provided
hy law.
0. If vacancies shall occur by
death, resignation or otherwise,
before the meeting of the General
Assembl y, writs may be issued by
the Governor under such regula
tions as may be prescribed by law.
7. The General Assembly shall
meet biennially, and at such bi
ennial session, shall elect by joint
vote of the two Houses, a Secre
tary of State, Treaurer and Coun
cil of Stale, v. ho shall continue in
ifiice lor the term of to years.
A UTh Li; 11.
1. The Governor shall be cho
sen by the tpialified voters for the
members of the House of Com
mons, at such times and places as
members of the Gem ral Assembly
are elected.
2. He shall hold his office for I
the term of two ears from the
time of his installation, and until
another shall be elected and qua
lified; but be shall not be eligible
more than four years in any term
of six years.
ii. The returns of every t lec
tion for Co ernor shall be sealed
up and transmitted to the seat of
Coeinment, by the returning of
ficers, directed to the Speaker of
the Senate, who shall open and
publish them in the presence of a
majority ol both Houses of the
Ceneral Assembly. The person
ha ing the highest number of
otes, shall be Governor; but if
two or more shall be equal and
highest in Votes, one of them shall
be chosen Governor by joint vote
'n tiie oaths ot othee in presence
l the members of both branches
unavoidable cause, is authorised;
m administer the same,
AB'l ICLE III.
Stctioti 1.
1. The Governor. Judges of
the Supreme Court, and Judges
of the Superior Courts, and all
other otficersof this State, (except
.justices 01 ine 1 eace anti iMiinia
Officers) may be impeached for
1 r . . . ..r.i ri . . 1 jri-.-
wilfully violating any Article of
the Constitution, mal-administra-lion,
or corruption.
2. Judgment, in cases of im
peachment, shall not extend far
ther than lo removal from office
and disqualification to hold and
enjoy any office of honor, trust or
profit under this Stale; but the
party convicted may, nevertheless,
be liable lo indictment, trial,
Judgment and punishment accord
ing to law.
3. The House of Commons
shall have the side power of Im
peachment. The Senate shall
have the side power to try all im
peachments: no person shall be
convicted upon any impeachment,
unless two thirds of the Senators
present shall concur in such con
viction; and before the trial of any
impeachment, the members of the
Senate shall take an oath or affir
mation truly and impartially to
try and determine the charge in
question according to evidence.
Stction 2.
1. Any Judge of the Supreme
. Court, or of the Snnerior Courts,
mat- t. 1 c r. r ...
""j c iciimvfu 11 mil mine i
mental or physical inability, upon
a concurrent resolution of two
thirds of both branches of the
General Assembly. The Judge
against whom the legislature may
be about to proceed, shall receive
notice thereof, accompanied by a
copy of the calces alledged "for
his removal, at least twenty davs
before the day on which either
branch of the General Assembly
shall act thereon.
2. The salaries of the Judges
of the Supreme Court, or of the
Superior Court, shall not be
diminished during their continu
ance in office.
Section 3.
Upon the conviction of any
Justice of the Peace of any infa
mous crime, or of corruption and
mat-practice in office, the commis
sion of such Justice shall be there
by vacated, and be shall be fore
ver disqualified from holding such
appointment.
Section 4.
The General Assembly, at its
first Session after the ear one
thousand icht hundred and thir
ty-nine, and from time to time
thereafter, shall appoint an At
torney General, who shall be com
missioned by the Governor, and
shall hold his office for the term
of four years; But if the General
Assembly should h reafter extend
the term during w hich Solicitors
of tin Slate shall hold their ofiices,
they shall have power to extend
the term of office of the Attorney
General to the same period.
ARTICLE IV.
Section 1 .
1. No Convention of the Peo
ple shall be called by the General
Assembly, unless by the concur
rence of two thiids of all the
members of each House of the
General Assembly.
2. No part of the Constitution
of this State shall be altered, un
less a Bill to alter the same shall
have been read three times in each
House of the General Assembly,
arid agreed to by three fifths of ihe
w hole number of members of each
House respectively; nor shall anv
alteration take place until the Bill
so agreed to, shall have been
published six months previous to
a new election of members to the
General Assembly. If alter such
publication, the alteration propos
ed by the preceding General As
sembly, shall be agreed to in the
first session thereafter by two
thirds of the w hole representation
j in each House of the General As
sembly, after the same shall have
been read three times on three
several days in each House, then
the said General Assembly sb,all
prescribe a mode by which the
amendment or amendments may
be submitted to the qualified vo
ters of the House of Commons
throughout the State; and ' if upon
comparing the votes given in the
w hole State, it shall appear that a
majority of the voters have ap
proved thereto, then and not oth
erwise, the same shall become a
part of ihe Constitution.
Section 2.
The thirty-second section of
the Constitution shall be amended
to read as follows: No person w ho
shall deny the being of a God, or
the truth of the Christian religion,
or the divine authority of the Old
or New Testament, or who shall
hold religious principles incom
patible with the freedom or safety
of ihe State, shall be capable of
holding any office or place of
trust or profit in the civil depart
ment within this State.
Section 3.
1 . Capitation lax shall be equal
throughout thf. State upon all in
dividuals suhject to the same. '
Z. All tree males over the age
ot twei'ty-one years, and undei
the age of forty-five years, and a'd
slaves over the nge of twelve
ytars, and under the age of fifty
years, shall be subject capita
tion tax; and no other person
shall be subject to such tax; pro
vided that nothing herein contain
ed shall prevent exemptions of
taxable polls as heretofore pres
cribed by law in cases of bodily
infirmity.
Section 4.
No person who shall hold anv
office or place of trust or profit un
drr the United States, or any oth
er State or government, shall hold
or exercise anv other office oc
place of trust or proGt under the
authority of this State, or be eligi
ble to a seat in either House of
the G eneral Assembly: Providfd,
that nothing herein contained shall
extend to officers in the Rlililia or
Justices of the Peace.
Ratified in Convention, the 1 1 til
day of July, A D. 1835.
NATHANIEL MACON,
President.
Ed musd B. Fkeeman, Secre
tary of the Convention.
Jo. D. Ward, Assistant Sec'v.
Important from Mississippi.
It will be seen, by the subjoined
extract of a letter, from Mississip
pi, to a gentleman in this place,
that a servile Insurrection, head
ed, and doubtless instigated by
villainous white men, was recently
extensively organized in ihat
State, and detected just on the eve
ol the period fixed for its com
mencement. Are these whites
emissaries of the Northern Aboli
tionists? If they are, and the fact
can be established, would not the
Governor uf that State have a
right to demand the incendiary
employers of these emissaries, and
arraign them before, the courts as
accessaries before the fact? Whe
ther, however, it shall turn out
that these white wretches, (whose
summary punishment not eeti
Merry can deplore.) were emis
saries of the Northern abolition
ists or not, it is not at all impro
bable that the Emancipation So-
j cieties have sent and will continue
' to send this description of persons
j throughout the Slave holding
States, disguised as steam doctors,
j ppdlars, and even preachers for
! religion, now, as . 111 other days.
engenders fanaticism and bigotry,
and is made the convenient cloak
o f c r i me. Lynchb u rg Virgin ian .
Extract of a. letter from, a gentle
man in Clintonl Mississippi; to
a gentleman in this place, dated
Cth of July. IS35.
Uur community is in a state of
excitement on the subject of an
insurrection of the slaves. It
seems probable that they contem
plated it pretty generally, and that
last night was the time fixed on
for the purpose. In Madison
county, they have hung two
white men (both Steam doctors)
and seven negroes at least. A
bout Livingston, the excitement
was greatest the summary jus
tice, however, of Mississippi, his
probably quieted the spirit for
years.
Acting on the principle of 'salus
populi suprema est lex the good
people ofvthat place and its vicini
ty appointed a committee to pass
on the guilt or innocence of the
accused, and they acted accord-
'ugly. I lie two whites were pro
nounced guilty on yesterday,
and after the sentence was
announced, an hour was al
lowed - them for preparation,
when they swung orT. One of
them, under the gallows, ac
knowledged the justice of his fate,
and slated the plan was for a
ieneral rising- tl ;t night, from
Beatie's Bluff in Madison, to
Natchez; that the discovery there
would probably d - at it as to
this part of the State, but that
there would be a rising that
might so sure as the night should
i ome, &c. The whites appear
to have been at the head of it, and
with the foolish hope of gelling
and carrying (T plunder.