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jF J . ' mill ii - . , . - - t - .j .:Z F-S- ... RALK1GH, FRIDAY. FRBHUAHY. 3,, 181C. ."Vol. VIII. t ..... . , . , . , n I i in .1 ii 1 m I .i ..... i - - , " 111 " ' i- , i , , ; , , . mu ,. ' ,. : i ... V; 4 . !;. Laws of North-Caroliha. . lite rirhu ot'lhosc wHom I rcpretcnt, from tnc ot I hive bco fmticipttedtbv my conetgut, ml ' rrjnpe that I hav beta thus anudpaud. Fr.-n M4 coulJ the caQ opOD ihi honorable Hooe to emancipate Itself from the thraldom cf rt the tanrito Que at too tn proceed with owe aK'hwritr h pronrierr than from its old eat aorvilngaon, fromliim who has, witoess' ' lit. it further enacted, That the President and Directors and their tnccessora 1 mnmrirv of them assembled, shall have power and authority tp agree with airy rrsoil br ierson on behalf of the company to open ad improye he navigation of l. -r :.'n. n it mmitVt n far a the same ltf within this state saidriTir, and to mate sucn iroprucmcm u , IUv., ".-y" I Bait)n.., Ak) ,ltf j reJciiw ,,oan uie oppb. tolace to pitctfi. ona inwn wroc wwc, uwuvU mni,. ....... slUaa Uch tbe motjoa ot tny coIUaue has but of the said capital and money arising from tolls, pay for making and .repairing. eocotAtered. ' U this hideous Rule could have all works necessary for the wrid navigation, and also to appoint a Treasurer not - one been f4jdicicd. pire should thave.rectid r thrtr mvn bodr. but vet a proprietor, clerk, toll gatherers aruisucji jOfficetS, :Trtan. that vindicatno from the gtntkrran who- has ' !. ;.. . W fcHi! tKirVrphiiUiW alta t Ttc forvthir waires. set. i rftsCiJiu ttH. fMClay). -r Ifhiaia tie add p iointother. falhctffttoce. artd al5o to. tstabtoh rules oi proceeaing, ana rentnu'X:, -,luch. btUO& Piom Qoei. to transact an mc wi in, wuiwn; " lv '" w '"r '"b-' uon canoot dc ucreoaca. ii oeneatn nta the sam y and ant general meeting of the proprietors may allow the, President .and .' shield Mods o ligmy shelter, it must fall i Directors sudv sum of money . as th; said general meeting may judge a reasonable a victim to the just, though long delayed yeo comnensation for their trouble. Trcvided always that the Treasurer shall give gnceof awakened and indignant freedom. bond and security as the President and Directors or a'majority of them .shall direct, ,f "tfCtor cannot protect his Troy, the doom W the true and faithful discharge of the uust rrposed in him; and that the allow, j y'.JZ r - . r ' 10r ue true rtiHi iuiuuui w 6 i Lj.fcJT,. ,l -j. T It is mdispensible,' before we proceed fur. ance to ic made to him shall not exceed three dollars in the hundred for the dis- lhcf jQ the Midetoxt bf lhjs Jubjec lhat bursements by him made, and that no offioer of the said company shall have a vote ; we should P5rfectly understand hat is our la the settlement or passing his own :cconnts. . j Previous Question. Gentlemen may incau- i -IV Be it further enacted .That thh fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, j tlously suppose that it is the same with what Vonth eleventh, twelttn, tnirieentn, lourrcenin, nitecnin, scvomccmn, eigutcentn .uwn cu uw rrwiwus vtucsuuo iac and nineteenth sections ol an act passed in the year one tnousana eignt nunored nrt nineteenth. sections ol an act passed in the year one tnousana eignt nunored and t veentitled "an act for improving the navigation of Roanoke river from the totvn of Halifax to the place wjhere the Virginia line intersects the same,, shall be aIMj game are hereby declared to be revived and re-enacted for the benefit of the said company and shall constitute and form part of their charter.: V , ' V. Jle it 'further 'enacted 'That payments for shares subscribed forlin lx half of the fitatc shall be made by the Treasurer of tlte State : and the state shall stand up. come , fnotinfi' with other , subscribers as to the payments to be made for Shares But ho payment shall be' made by. the state until the end of thirty days nnder dtbate thail tiow berput.' aftertlie first trenml meeting of stock holders at Halifax as aforesaid. 'f ' BO ?,?J!TE5S J3 Thnf theTrenrernf thi state. Krw.ll renreent Snr! tUntH It ,18 d:C-ded,,tt shall r pre where. 'Jliis wou'd be a roost fatal mistake. Our Previous Question is altogether tut gt nerisj the omy One of iw kind And to know it we must consider not merely whit is writ teu(of it in our Code, but what it has been rend;rd by exposition and construction.' - ; ; Oar Previou Question "can nnly, be ad mittej when drmarided by a majority of the members ptesent." It is a question, " whether ont atrial Tht people, art to be alio w.ed te . preseotatives iff the t national eountfT, who are forbiddeo to makt known their wacts they are indulged !whhagtnu who are tefu sed ahearkgl . , ' . . .'. .-"V " Sir, anch absurditiea wiil opt bar examitl ttoa. They caa not tolerated, by thicL'ng and dispasuoaa e . tncne-T" vain to aHJgef ittthe language of. the ,Soeakerf hat-a the' .j House Is permitted - by h ' Constitution ro,?r. determine the rules cf its proceeding." it ha - a perfect right to fjrbi4;dicua, whec,nd ; at it pleases. It cannqtrightfulty.eanoo) o regulate itf proceedings, as to anii'JiiIat? ihe -CooakuuonalT franchise, either of a' weirber. i, or hii 7 cniiftiiiiienif. Theu have jOt a t5 herd btfore thtir,sm4aVdMrthe it liber ' i I L I ii I i f tfrrevtvMdVaad A is, their delegated agent . ' The "whole ongrtss caq,nct;hy.dpuye 1 thena of their' consututionai Trahchise. toVe' 'r id in case i may ap am-nclmtnt nd debate of the main vote on behalf of the state, in all gcperal meetings of the stock holders : an of sickness or other ciuise which may prevent his personal attencaucr, he. Wmt n nroxv as inthejfcase of individual subscribers. - VII. Be it further -enacted That the President and Directors,, of the said com-Miut if itbedecidsd affirmatively that the main vianv be and they are hcrebv authorised to make or construct a turnpike road around ' qnf "u shall now be put, the main question is .rlv.rr . - , i Il..i.r.. ic Ku ...,,vi to be put instantaneously, and ho member can the tails ot tne ivoauokciivci ntai wic vvii aiiaA, i iiivj oumi v. sniiic!, ' ' - quesV.Wa," li. ijt be decided negatively tuat the mam question shall not how be put, tne matn question s ot course superceded " CO De aQVSlDlw , Ulllil Hiv uaiigaiiuii vi u.tuvi vm .ihj vv , u. mvniiu J&Us by means of canals, locks and sluices, and. to ask and receive the sarne tolls for' commodities transported around the said falls along the said turnpike road ls .they titould be entitled id, were' the navigation improved for the transportation thereof in i boats and they are hereby authorised whenever the same shall'; be:' deemed advisa ble by a majority gf the stock holders, out of the tolls which shall be received to Construct one or more toll bridges across the river Roanoke, or any bf the streams which rim into the said river. i ' ylll. Be it further enacted That the rates of toll prescribed by the eighth sec tion of die act aforesaid, passed in. the year one thousand eight hundred -ond' twelve, may be altered irom umc 10 tunc ny liicsiuu. jiuiucraui amaynny ui uicm in a ge thiott Ut redrtsa of; ttrie vance ' j atid :' thi House is not competent .to', close" the H'onth," 1 through which the petitiwners speak. "Under , die preten'ce .'of determioing'the rules r.f hsX proceedings the House has aCtnort authority t ,o to deny to any portion of the people thi fai agency rf their representattves, ihati a Court - f i to forbid a criminal the assistance of. ccunse.. V i r The pbwer in either case iv givn for the pre-" , ' serration arid more effectualenjoymen't of the "- ( - a rights of which it is the; guardian, r It may reeulate, but it canoot destroy , them. ;? It may -, ' preyent their abuse, but it can not forbid their exercise Tlie court is not . obliged to hi af V ;. -c.uosel as often as they may wih to speak, nor - to tolerate , impertinence; or 'coh tempt, ( 1 ne Mouse may noi auow, ocDaie to a rj.ouun, ; r 5 ' , for adjournment, , or a question whether lasVe; irnair hie' tndecor ous But if cither forbid the '.v ,v' "iv" duly constituted agent from performing his re- - r . j gutar and proper functions, it is then usbrpa- V j. tion, not right it is abuse of paer, ooi tfcga " ' t . j J ' lation. The 'privHcgeiof, the representative -to declare7 the will,, to explain iW views, to' - make known the grievances and lo'advante" -v.-; , the interests of nu constituents) was so pre 4. dous,in the estimation of the aUihors of tuf - , Constituti(.n, that they. have secured to hhn v. an irrespobsihility, ' escherei for." whatever V a J I Lt i .LI- U i'"J ''V-', may oe uiicrcu -uy uun in una yusc- r or anv speech ordba'e in either houaeJ thry 4' rST?! precept. o,.r V ny J,:t.rt.tfh1&ntrr.: if,' . ' t A heral meeting, and other tolls established at different places on the Roanoke ri ver and thewaters thereoff'sqthat the.profits arising from the wholevof the -said tolls ihaH'h'rtt iii anv one year exceed fifteen per centum upon the capital stock afore. shall hot in anv one year exceed htteen per centum upon the capit; 1 said after payment of the sums allowed annually to the officers pf the. said company, expanses incurred lorTepau.es and otner incidental charges r, IX. And be it Junker enacted That for the purpose of enabling the Treasurer of this state to advance from time to'time such sums of money as shall be required .'under this act, he is hereby authorised and directe,d u make a loan or. loans oh be- half of 'die state from the banks of Newbern and Cape-fear, for the sum of tiventyt jfive thousandMollars, upon the te rms mentioned in the amended charter granted to fthe said banks at the last session of the General Assembly. . ' f V X'. And be it further enacted, That the several banks' in this state and all ptlier - bodies politic and corporate shaU be and they are hereby authorised to subscribe for shares in the said company , and to hold and enjoy the same in the same way with - other subscribers. . ' , r XI. Be it further enacted That the stock holders or a majorityof them in a ge ntral meeting, shall ave power to make compensation to the present stock holders ;tyhd subscribed for shares uhder the. charter granted oy the -act passed in the year ';one thousand eight hundred and twelve as aforesaid for surveys which ,they have, brocured to be made, ahd'for sach charts of those surveys as may be in their pos isessioti.. .. ';.. -fxt' '.. ; . . ' -. ,.$...' inland svW vwvwwv www wuwvwi w vv w vww wv wnww notions 01 correct it stsiatton, ana wunout a ytK' , SPEECH..,, " Of tlVeilonorfWe W1LWAM GASTON In upport of the V; prtbohioH tif Mr Sjtaaford, to ffcpnngc from the 1 uk ofthe Huuseol' Representative U " PrtvioHS pjtes. rtiov-,, , . v .v-w yi'WR. qffAIRMAX-Tte proposition which Kas been made, by my worthy friend and ,c61 Jeaglte (Mt. Stanford) to expunge from the , RoVs of ' this " Hvixse, what is there ,called TkPrxVio'cb QvESTiojj,nhnbgs diatiact Ijf forward for tonaicU ration a subject " which lai th most jrripcrious claims on the attention 6f every individual of this Konorabh; bodv.-t concerns the' riffhta of the, members ' of this Housed and the eiSentialintereBtsWtheT people wfetn they represent. From thXmo nient. sir 1 " have, been-able to cotnprchnd frhat, from that chair: and on hs floor; has "tea tiDOunaea tODe"uie ,jrrevv ,"a puts these e&ii'eSy aside.' Thi4 according to the latest improvement, is now our, rule of the Previous Q jeatiop and certainly, in your pa tent o:5ce therein no m dil of a machine eU tfr fitted thr its purposes thm this instrument f.r the ends of tyranny. It is a powr vested in die Majority to forbid at their sovereign iensuri erery, memher, ni of that friun making kwown either his 6vvn semimtnis, o- tht Wishes or complaints of bis consciiueou., inft-laUon t J any subject under con-iidvtatii ri or from "attempting to' amet'd what is proposed as a' law for' the government nf the whole nationV v, , . v . . . '. .'.( , 1 It is a fundamental principal of civil liberty, that nocitizen hall be 'affected in hiv: rights without a r.bllJrtunitv ofbeiny hearfriit iin. port ol .tnem. MJur Constitution provtdei V t:iK t ,,c:itzen (.hall be deprived of , life, 1 berty or.proj)trty, wihput due proceV of law." Every freeman is'reicogMiaidby our Const'uu tipn as possessing also the right' either by; htm Self, or peaceahly assembled with others, to pe tition the gov't rait;eat lor a redresar of grievan ces. The peculiar duties of the representatives of freemen delegated! wiih authority W bind their c.ntituems by law, constitute these repre sontatives ,'the:; agents of the people to inakf known their gdcyances, .thfir : wants and 'their wishes, that thus by- mutual and' free inter- comaiunidationVruleB of action, may be framed fitted ifc to promote the general welfare," To refuse to rectivethe petition of the poorest aud meanest member of societv: alledeina r es i- fHrecedeot iu the anasU pf any free delibermtve assembly . At difuTeut, prri"tls rj .the last Congress I h.il tught oi attempting to, pm cure some amer-jnc tit of this arbitrary rule : but I4was prevented -from prosecuting my pur pose Bv a cuavictipn that' the ipnfty feelings w hich had grown out of the, war and which had then reached their highest State of efcitemeot, forbade all hope of that deliberate consideration which was indispensable to a correct decision? The present Congress I have flattered myself afforded a $t opportunity for a revision xf ,this Rule With the return of peace to out land had returned also a spirit, of mutual forbeaw ance between the political parties of the Hiuse Now it might be practicable to discuss and de cide a great questionlupon Its' intrinsic merits! and not simply with a view to its - influence on the interests or purposes oi faction Indultt- ingi this hopt?, It was my fixed deterntfaatfoq is hs citadl-xits impregnableff rttessT Ve, hfrrJeveii here, it .is fo be- strancled bytW- bow-sxriog of the Previous Queatir,-In.'ci , i ' vain may its enemies assail it IVoin wiihout -'. -.f r; t" but within, the mutt 3 of deipb.lsm can murder'' - ' . ic with impunity s; patible xvith the. independence which befoftgs 'i ' y-. to the character cf a Representative. Called " by the voice of a great and tree people, to' the ; . .'. hi eh, and (I had almost said sacred) office cf: '.' ' i making lawifor their government, we .should,, ';"' I alf of U3 feel that our functions," and the privi 1 . torn-a cdMiti-jl m thfir 'rii.rhartr. ' flf-ik jrt.ifr-i l- ? i Vi ' lions pi uv;rcguy, nv uq icvorauic jJiecay . --f s rious grantsof a courteous .niajorityf QUTs1, own body. legislating for freemeo, we shovicl'" 'W ; 11: 11 .tciv C3 uv a.i . .. uuk " ual ui Lituaim -a. ictasi y But what crete1 nsions un he advance tp freedom,' who i . indebted f ..r -;V l) i the exercise of his supposed ifights; to the " j, J grace ad favor 7 of his associate r4 Our Kn . which' were L independent of taa other s;.wiU ;j, , :. To hold by the will of an othef,.was th'ten- vV . y t arc of aUviUaiD slaves "And has the ten v-j h- stitutional right of a represintadve of thepe'dV',' ' ,!. plel in the freest of all, free'countrie'si become T." 'K laicage1; of splendid servitude Instead bf J ' "... L.i ?j -J r :u ,. 1 a .'. ' s' the Legislator being, independent of all: but "1 -.V G:d and his c Uitry," in. the , eicrctse'lof his , :t J functions, is he to receive as,i favqr, the.p'et- V; 1) f mission of his fellows to take apart jo leg sla- ' V , - (inn f I hp flfyrnr16ttftn,i. nsv th lif hfrniii '' :.eu .-' -i. grievance; and apply! ng to the competent. u those on whom he depeftds are? equally deftra I ' , ' tWy for redrew, is an ait of tyranny prohl- fded with'himself.rEach-may be figardtd as," ' - I iciai sentence, aoy one ef Ms rights, of res- the majorfty , are tyrants. 'CCin H bethat'to,;,, ' . , - v-- v.v.-v .,.... ..vvuuiii sucn a pooyt ana aocomposed,ie people oitn N .uuwilWuieC i3 purse or nts person, until ai 1 United States designed bvtheit creat constitu- 1 .1 " . . terreguiar, process to apprise him f the aortal charter.'to confide1 the michtv trust' d r ." B charge brought against him,'aod a full hearmg curing the.bkssings of liberty to themselves, V , S of any defence he may tirge by, himself or hs 1 and their posterity - Cart .ritlbe -that'thW; ' j counsel is tonfessedlv iniqukous and;uncQn. hoold select a gatdians of their lights; those v : ' stitutional. ' Yethvthu dt.tested.Rulehhis who should have' ho right tdasser them? ; V " neighbors the, whole community ; may t.e That toeVcr Can be caUcd a Vright? whieh owes . mulcted With taxes to an Indefinite amount and its cxlstencc'to favor - J ; Tl ' ' ' - ''f . consequentes fatal to liberty, property & life, & bf being ) sanctioned 'by the"coustiKuionalJaa- v ' 1 , ..lvkubu ageois,mcir couBiuuiionai thonty, Whicfl the House: Dossesseaof makini? - . - alledg6ngrievane or oflera defence ! ' with ..the-Very 'obiccu: forUh ftttainment of', - , counsel, their representatives, not sbfiVred to iuuik luuai can oe conaemneaunneara--no in- which; this t6Wr Waa -iteleatt A. f Th t, tloni 'But thousands petitionfngV,1 through
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