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; THANKSGIVING SERMON. -
Delivered in ihe First Presbyterian Church, Xeic
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leans , 011 Thursday, Aoc. 29A,;18bO,
'. v HEV. B. M. rALMEIl, D. I).
! PsaLM, xciv. 20. -S hall the thrcme'ojf iniquity have fel-
f lowsliip with thee, which fraineth mischief by a law
r&.-v havi brduzht
iwith
. Jhcc'feven to the border ; the men That were ai pcauc
" iL dovoifcppived thw. and torevailed asuinst the ;
jthey
v ... . .. .i. i j v- .ia ,.,.,r,ri .inbr : there id
mai ie iu y meat uvc wu nuuuu uw .
1 none Understanding in him. . j j . ;
t- i The voice of the Chief Magistrate has summoncd'us
' ' to-day to the house of prayer. Thiscdll, in its annual
repetition may be too often only a solemn State form ;
I f : nevertheless, it covers a mighty and a jdooble trutjh..
the existence of a personal God, whose
' will shape the destiny of nations, and: that sentiment
r ' of religion in man which imts to Him as the needle
l,a- vt itt, tVuiso who 'srroue in tnejiwi-
"'light of natural religion,, natural conscience
.- .:a l;ar.tcafwms i,( Providence. If,
giiesa
iik ail-
v. turnn, !' extensive harvests hang their heavy hfca.l,
t -the jovous reaper, "crowned with the sickle and the
wbeateri sheadufts his heart to the " Father of Lights,
-: i from whom cometh down every g-d and perfect i It.
' Of if pestilenceand famine waste the earth, even IJigan
J altars smoke With bleeding victims, and costly heca
f tombs appease - the divine an-er which flames out m
such dire misfortunes. It is the instinct of ma re--:A
religious nature which, among Christians and heavens
-'A alike, seeks after God : jthe iiatur.al ;homag vdneh
reasoi,. blinded as it may be, pays to a universal and;
1 ruling Providence. All classes bow beneath its Spell,
.J especially in seasons of gloom, wheu a -nation bends:
' f tejeath the weight of a general calamity, and a tom-
- d rnon sorrow falls uipn every heart. Tlie hesitating
; skeptic forgets to weigh his scruples, as the ;oark
shadow passes over him and fills his soul with awe.
' 1 Tlie.'dainty philsopher,toolly'discoursing of the forces
V of nature and her uniform: laws, abandons for a, time ,
: his' atheistical speculations, abashed by the proofs of a,
J supreme and personal will. : j . ;
I Thus the devout followers of Jesus Christ, and those;
H wholonot rise above the level of me,re theism, are
v4; drawn into miimentory fellowship, as under the pre?.
- sure of these inextinguishable convictions they ptey a
' j public hnd united -.homage to ; the God of nature and
; .of grace. ' . . " i
" In oltedience to this; great law of religious feeling,
Hliot less thaifiu obedience to the civil ruler who V-
MUents this Cimimonwealtli in its unity,' we are noiv as
' I scmbled. Ilitlierto, on similar occasifffls, our language
! j has been the language of gratitude aid song. ' The
'x vy)iceV)f rejoicing'and. salvation was in the taberiiacles
X 1 itf the rigiiteous." Together we praised the- ord ;f that
i t! our garners were full-r.aflEbhling all manned of ijtore y
: i thiit our sheep brought forth- thousands au ten thou-
6 sands" in our "streets : thatmr oxen were stjng to Bainir,
and there Avas no breaking m nor goiy? out, aa no
: i1 coriiplnining was in 'our; streeta." AsT-j together surf
V yeyled the : blessings, of Providence. e joyful chorus
:i dwelled from niillions of pople, feair-e le within thj
''J walls, and prosjierity within tjy pakces." . IJlit, tof-.'
fe day, burdened hearts all ovetliis land are 'brought to
: the sanctuary of (!ol. V'..- " see the; tents of Ciiisliau
L in affliction, and tjurtains of the land of Midijin do
irw.nbie." iliave'fallen upon jmes when there, are
1. signs .in. tue sun. and m the nuntn, imd in the stars :
i "upn the e.trth distress of liatious, with perplexity ' the
;'f sea 'and tl.e waves roaring , men's hearts failing them
; "for fear, - j id for looking after those things whiqh- are
j; et)miiig'; in thejjjear 'yet ! giHmy future'' Siu:e the
;'T,. Words o -this prfK.-lsiniation were penneti by which we are
;t eonven'd, .that-Which alb nrei) drealel;, but against
which all men hope, lias been realized.; and in the
trium )h of a : stx-tional' .majority we ive coropellled to
read the nrobabld' doom of. our once" happy aiul united
':i Coafcderacy..'; It is not to be conctiit d that;we pro in
; the most fearful and perilous' crisis which has' 'occurred
m our history as a nation. ; . "1 he . ords;wJnci, (luring
;'? '.four-fifth's of a c entury, have bound together this jzrow
"; ing' Republic are how strained to their utmost tension ;
i jthe'V'jiist need the 'touch of fire to part asunder fujreveh
I'V.-Like'' a ship lalMH-jjig in the' storm, and f suddenly
; ". , groundeel .upon some' treaeherous shoal, every tjmber.
; ; of this vast Confederacy strains and groans tnnir the
; pressures Sectj(Mial divisions, the jealousy of -rival in
I terests, the lueof, political power, a bistard ambition
j which-looks. to personal aggrandizem0nt rather than to'
. tlie public;, weal, a reckless radicalism which seeks for :
i' ; the subversion of all that is ancient and stable, and a
I ""furious .fanaticism wliioh drives on jts ill-consi dtfed '
conclusions with utter disregard 6f the evil it ejngen-,
: -.de.rs; all these" combine to create a portentous jcrisis,
the like of which wc have never known beforp, and
i whrch puts to a crucifying test the viirlue, the patriot-,
!;;ismihrthe piety of the country. jj ' '
? ' You", my hearers, who have AVaitffd upon nijj pub
; : lie ministry, and have known ma in he intimacies of
pastoral, intercourse; wil do me thtj justice to estify
; ' that I luive" never interrtieddied with ' political jques-
'tjons.- Interested as I m:ght be .iii the progrpss of
' events, I have never obtruded, either pubiicjly or
: privately, my opinions uptjn any. op you norj can a
single ; man arise audsay that, bjy 'word oif sio-n,
have I, ever smight to wai p his sentiments or cjontrol
his judgement upon any political subject whatsoever.
. '? The party quest ions which have hitjierto divided the
f political w or Id , h a v e seem ed, to mOj to i n v, l ve no ds
r. sue' sufficiently momentous to warrant-my ttirning
11': aside, even for a moment, fV6m nry chosen Willing.
In thi's day of intelligentfe, I bave felt' there w'ere
thousands around ine 'more competent to instruct in?
. statesmanship ; ind. , thus, ; from considerations; of
i 'modesty no Jess than prudence, I have preferpd to
! move among you as a preacher of righteonsness be
; longing to a' kingdom - not of this world. J
t ' "During the heated canvas which has justj been
f ' brought to so disastrous a close, the seal of a rigid
and religious si If ncc, has not been broken, j I de
f --plored the divisions amongst us asj being, t it large
;' .extent, iimpertinerrt in the sojemn crisis which was
top evidently impending. ' .Most clearly did it appear
r to ine that but'one issue. was bqfore us- an issue
soon to, be presented in a farm which vfould (ompel
t the attention. That crisis might make: it imnfrative
; upon me as a Lhris lan ana a divine to
5 pea!
Ian-
'guage admitting no .misconstruction.. Until! then,
aside from the din and. strife of parties, 1 con Id only
!, inatufe, with solitarv and j rayerfu thought,- tte Is
v' tined utterance. Thnt hour has come. 'At- d junc
ture so solemn as the present, witli tlie des'iijiy of a
; great people waiting upon the decision of aiji hour,
, it if not lawful to be still. Whoever may Jia ve in
fluence to shape public opinion-at such a time must j
lend it,' or pnive faithless to a trustj-as solemn as any
. to be accounted for at the bar of Godi - .
';'; Ii U immodest in me to assume tihat I may repre
.sent a class whose opinions in such a controversy
,' are'of cardinal importance ? tile class which seeks
.' to'acertain its duty in the light simply of conscience
and -religi' n, and which turns to the moralist and
: the Christian forsupport and -guidarice. Ttt qnes
, tion, too, .'which now places us upon the H.ink of
revolution was, iri its origin, a question of Imorals,
.; and religion. It vas debated in epcK&siasucai coun-
' . cils Wfore it entered legislative halls ' If has riven
asunder the two largest religious cpminunions in the
land; and the right determination' of this primary
I jquestion will go far toward fixing, the attitude we;
imust assume in the coming struggle, 1: sioerelv
pray God that 1 may be hirgiven if I have jinisap
' preuended the duty incumbent upon uje fo-ay ; for
I have ascended this pulpife under the agitation of
' feeling natural to one who is atxtnt deviate; from.
'i; . the settled Kicy Cf his public 1'dV. It is niy purpose,
i not as your otgan, ;compr6mitting you w op.n
, ions are for the most part unknown to me. but on mv
sole responsibility to speak upijn the one (juestion
f the day ; and to state the duty whiti. fas I be.
lieve, patriotism and religion alike. renuir't'oll f. us nil.
.'1 g-hiill aim o speak with a modyrx tion of tjone and
.' feelini; almost judicial, wf 11 befitting the sincti ties
of the place and the solemnitieq of the judgment
tlay.
In determining our duty in this emerge ncy
ltis ne-
. ccssary that we should first ascertain the jiatuh of the
trust providentially committed to us. A nati h. often
. rjas A character as-Avell defined anii intense a; ' that of,
1 . the individuali This depends, of Jwurse,;-up3i i a vari
ety pf causes operating through a'long jieriod, of rime.
..It is due Jargely4o the original traits which dis tinguish .
,the stx:k from which it springs; aiud to the providen
tial training which lias formed its education-.. But, .
1ioAA-e-er deri vetT, this individuality of charac er alone
makes any 4 eople truly historic,) competent to work.
; out its-Specific mission, and to .tacome a factor in the
world's progress. -.The particular trust assigned to such
a people lec6mes. the pledge of the divine protection ;
. and their -fidelity to it determines the fate.by which, it
; is finally- overtaken. -' What that trust is, muk be as
certained from the necessities of their position, the in
' tititutions which are the outgrowth of their principles,
and the conflicts through which they ; preserve their
identity and independence. If, then, the South is such
a people, what, at this juncture, is their providential
J.uf 9 T that it is to conserve andHo nerpet';
natt iht institution of domestic slavery as rum exist-
ua It is not necessary here to mqmre whether this
...1" ,;cKr th b!st" relation in which the hewer of.
wood and drawer of water can xtand to his employer ;
although tbia proposition may perhaps, bfe successfully
sustained by those who choose to defend it. btill less
are we required, dogmatically, to affirm that u will
subsist through all time . Baffled as our wisdom may
how be, in finding a- solution of this intricate ;&ocial
pToblem it would .nevertheless be the height of arro
gance to pronounce what changes may or may not
occur in the distant future... In the grand march of
eventsProvidence may work out a solution ur.discov-.
erable by us. Vhat modifications oi sou ana cmuaie
K .'i ri uA .JlmA what. AnnKanent chantres
may iieicitii;i uc jjiwui-w, ., - 1
in the pralucts on which we, depend,;; what. political
revolutions may (X5cur among the rates which are now .
enacting the great drama of history : all such inquiries
are totally irrevelant, because no prophetic vision can
pierce the darkness of jthat future. If this question
should ever arise, the generation to whom it is remit
ted will doubtless have the wisdom to, meet it, and
Providence will furnish the lights; in which it is to be
resolved.- All that we claim for them anil for ourselves
is liberty to work out this ,problem,,guided by nature ;
"and God, without obtrusive interference from abroad.
These great questions of , providence and history must
have free scope for their solution;! and the race whose
fortunes are distinctly implicated in the same is alone
authorized, 'as it is alone competent, to determine them.
It is ust this impertinence of human legislation, set
ting 'bounds to what God only can regulate, that the
South is called this day to resent and resist. The coun
try is convulsed simply because "the throne of iniqui
ty frameth mischief by a law." Without, therefore,
leterminimz the question of duty for future genera
tions, I simply say, that for us, as now situated, the
duty is plain of conserving and transmitting the sys
tem of slavery, with the freest scope for natural devel
opment arid extension. . Let us, my brethren, look our
duty in ; the face. With- this Institution assigned
to our keeping, what reply shall we make to those who
say that its daycare numbered ? j My own conviction
is, that we should at once lift ourselves, intelligently,
to the highes,t moral ground, and , proclaim to all. the
world that we hold this trust from God, and in its oc
cupancy we are prepared to stand or fall as God may
.appoint. If the critical moment has arrived at which
t.he great issue is joined, let us say that, in the sight of
all perils, we will stand by our trust ; and God be with
the right!' . " : ' ' ' .-.' : J-7H ' ' .' ;
Tlie argument which enforces the solemnity pf this
providential trust is simple and condensed. . It is bound
upon us, then, by the principle 6f sdf-presercaiion,
that " first law": which is continually, jasserting its su
premacy over others. Keed I pause to show how this
system of servitude underlies and jsupports our matc
riab interests? That our wealth fconsists in our lands
iind in the serfs who till them ? That from the nature
of our products they can only be cultivated by labor ,
which must be controlled in order to be certain ? . That
any other than a tropical race must faint and 'wither
lieneath a tropical sun ? - Need 1 pause to show how
tlus system is interwoven Aith our entire social fabric;
that these slaves form , parts of bur households, even
as our children ; and that, tw, through a relationship
recognised and sanctioned in tlie Scriptures of G(xl,
even as the other ? .Must I pause to show -how it has,
fasluoned our nuK.les of life,1 and determined all our
habits of thought and feeling, and moulded the very
type of our civilization ? How, then;, can the hand of
violence be laid upon it without jinvoH-iiig our existence-?
Tlie 'so-called "free,-. States of this country, are
working out the social problem under conditions pecu
liar to themselves. These conditions are sufficiently
'hard, and their success is tcx uncertain to excite in us
'' the least jealousy- of their lot. : With 51 teeming popu-
ilatiou, . which, the soil cannot support, witli their wealth
dejiending upon arts created by j artificial 'wants, - with
an eternal friction between tlie grades; of their society,
with their labor and their capital ' grinding ' against,
each otlier likd the upper and nether hull-stones, with
labor cheapened and displaced by neut mechanical in
ventions, bursting more asunder the bfnds of brother
hood j amid -these intricate perils weliave ever given
.therii, our .sympathy and our prayers j and have never
.sought to weaken the foundations of their social order.
God grant them complete successdn the solution of all
their perplexities! We, toofhave out responsibilities
and trials' ;; but they are all bound up 117 this one in
siitutioh, which has been the object of such unright
eous assault, through, five and fwe'nty, years. If we
are true to ourselves, Ave shall, at this critical juncture,
stand by it and Avork ut our destiny. ! . : '
This duty is bound upon iis again as the con
stituted, guardians of the stapes j themselves. Our lot
is hot more; implicated in theirs tjian is -their ,lot in
outs ; in our mutual relations we survive or perish
.together. ;The Avorst foes of the i black race; are those
Avho have hiternieddled 011 their behalf. We - know
better than- others that eA-cry attribute of their
character fits, them for dependence and servitude. . By
nature the most affectionate and loyal of all races
beneath the sun, they are also tlie most helpless ; and
no calamity cn befall them -greater "'than the loss of
that protection they enjoy under this patriarchal,
system. Indeed, the experiment has" been grondl'
tried of precipitating them upon- freedom Avhich they
know not how . to enjoy ; and the dismal results are
before Us in statistics that astonish tlie Avorld. With
"the fairest, portions of -the earth in their possession,
'and with the advantage" of a long discipline as cul
tivators of the soil, their constitutional indolence has
converted the most beautiful; islands! of the sea into
a howling waste. It is not loo much to say that if
1 the South should, nt this moment, surrender every
slavethe, wisdom of the entire workl,:united in solemn
council. couldhot, solve the qtitistioq 4f their disposal.
Their transportation to Africa, even'i it. Av&re feasible,
Avould be but the most -re fined cruelty; they must
perish Avith starvati6n before they could, have time to
relapse into their primitive, barbarism. Their resi
dence here, in the presence of the j A'igorous Saxon
race, would ne but the singnal for their rapid exter
mination lx;fore they liad time to Aya.sle away through
listlessness, filth,; and vice.. Freedom Avould be their
,doom : and equally from both they call upon u, their
providential suamiaiis, to oe protected. lacnoW : this;
LI1Ii1bJ
argument Avill.lie scofied abroad as the hypocritical
cover thrown over our own. cupidity1 and selfishness :
but every Southern master knows its' truth and feels
its poAyer MjT servant, whether born in my house or
bought wrSi my money, stands to me in the relation of
a'child: Tliough, pfoividentially, , OAving me service,,
which, proAidentially, I am bound to exact, he i,
nevertheless, my brother and my friend ; and I am to
him a guardian and a father. . He lci.ns .upon me for
protection, for counsel, and for blessing ; and so loiig,
its the relation continues no power, but the power of
Almighty God shall come between I him and me.
Were there no argument but this, it binds upon us the
providential duty of preserving tlie relation, that A-e'
may saA'e him fromia doom Avorse than death. j
It is a duty which we owe. further, to the civilized
icmid. It, is -a remarkable fact that, during these
thirty year of unceasing warfare (against slavery,
and , wluler a ly ing spirit has inflamed the. world'
against usj that world Kas growp more and more
dependent upon it fr sustenance and wealth.
Lvery tyro knows' that all branches for industry fall
back upon the ail. W'e must come, ever cue of
us, to-the j bosom of this great mother for nourish
ment. Iri the happy partnership rhich has grown
iip in providence between the tribes of this conteder
acv, bur industry has been concentrated upon agri
culture, T the North we have cheerfully re-iun-ed
all the profits arising . ftomi manufacture and
commerce. Tlibse profits they have, for the most
part, Curly earned, and we haveiiever begrudged
them. We have sent them our sugar, and bought
it back when Tefined; we have seut them utn cot
ton, arid bought it back-Avhen spun into thread or
woven into cloth. Almost every article wo use
' from the shiie-latchet to the most elaborate and rost-
lv article of luxury, thev have made and we have
bought; and both sections havej thriven by the
partnership, as no people ever thrived before since
ihe first shining of the sun. ! Soiterally true are
the words of the text addressed by Obadiah to Edom,
" All the men ofourcohfederat-y, the men thatwero
at peace with us, have; eaten bur bread at the very
time they e have deceivea and laid a wound under
us.." 'Even beyond this, the enriching commerce
which .has built the splendid cities an I marble pala
aces of England hs well as of America has been
largely established upon the products of our soil ;
aod the blboms upon Southern fields; gathered by
blapk hands, have fed the spindles and loom of
Manchester and Bimringhitm not less than of Law
rence and Lowell. Strike now a blow at this system
of labor, and the world itself totters at the strok
Sh!l we permit that blow to fall ? Do -e not owe j
it to civilized man to staiva in tne nreacn ana stay
the uplifted arm? If theblind Sampson lays hold
of the pillars w hich support the arch of th world's
iiniustry, how many inure will be buried beneath its
ruins than the lrd9 of. the Philistines ? " Who
kuoweth whether we are not coase to the kingdom,
for such a time as this?" 1
Concluded in our next.
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS: t 1
' '. ' - Tuesday, Jan. 8.
The Senate met at ll o'clock. j '
' The bill to refund moneys to certain banks was
referred to the Judiciary Committee. -i
The foliwing resolutions were introduced and Ap
propriately referred, &c :
By Mr. Simpson, to consider the expediency pf
reducing the tax on merchants. v
By Mr. Rams iv, to have the national flag hoisted
on the capitoL Laid on the table there beig no
national flag to hoist. ' ' ' :;
. By Mr. Dickson, doubling the expediency of tax
ing arms of any kind during the present crisis.1
By Mr." Street, to inquire into the expediency of
taxing negro hire. - . .
The following bills were introduced and referred:
' By Mr. Walker, to provide for the education of
Common School teachers. .
' By Mr. Stowe, to amend the act incorporating the
town of Lincolriton. : '
, Receiving a message from the House, concurring
in the motion' to print the Report from the Public
Treasurer.
Also, a message enclosing a resolution to pay
Edward Yarborough for the entertainment of the
Ala arna Commissioners. After a. frivolous discus
si n rM-essrs. Sharp and Dockd-y objecting, because
the items were not set forth, and Messrs. Hall, Eure,
Thomas of .Davidson and Lane, in support of it -the
resolution passed its several readings under a
suspens on of the rules. . 1
MrWhedbee introduoed a bi ' I io incorporate Eu
gene Fire Company No, 3, Elizabeth city. ; Re
ferred. "'."' ' '' ' '.'''';''' :'.
On motion of Mr. Simpson, the. hour' of meeting
Avas changed from 11 .10 o clock.
' BILLS, tc, os 3rd reading.
To authorize J. II. Allen late Sheriff of Bruns
wick, to . ollect arrearages of taxes Passed.- j ,
To authorize the sureties of Win. Pollock, late.
Sheriff of Jones, to collect arrearages o.f taxes.
Passed." " -; '' I
To amend the Revised Code, relative to pilots, i
A resolution in favor of John Pate.
Received a message frn the House, tratigmit
tinr Rjxft of the Western NorthrCandina Rail
road Company, with a proposition .to print. j !
r bills, 4C, 2d reading! J j
To repeal an act of 1858-9, iri relation to Chero
kee and .obeson counties, ; . j :
To amend the Revised Code, entitled, Roads,
Bridges and Ferries. Rejected 22 to' 18. j
Message from the House, transmitting an engross
ed bill, providing for the' punishment of rape com
mitted by negroes in the county of Caswell. Passed
its several readings under a suspension of the rules.
; On motion 'cf Mr. Avtry, the proposition to print
the Reports of the Western North-Carolina Railroad
Company, was concurred in. .
The bill to prevent' the 1 falling of, timber in jeer
tain streams in Hertford county passed its third
reading, j
Also, the bill to prohibit the "'emancipation, of
slaves by 'will. ' - - h-'' :- ' '
The bill to mend the charter of .'the Western
North -Carolina Railroad Company was passed bver
informally. " ' ' !
Mr. Turner introducel a series of resolutions,; arP
proving the proposition offere'i by Mr. Crittenden for
the adjustment of our national d'fiieuUies. Ordered
to be printed. j ' 'j
On, motion of Mr. Barringer, adjourned.-. j .
IIOUSI:OF COMMONS, -''
' ' Tuesday, Jan. 8,' 18fil. '
The Journal of yesterday was read. I
A message from the Senate was received, concurring
in the proposition to appoint a joint select committee
on , slaves and free negroes, and announcing the names
of the committee on the part of the Senate. - J
The speaker appointed Messrs. Marsh, Woodard,
Davis of Mecklenburg, Davis of Rutherford, and If ope,
on the part of tlie House.
The proceedings arid resolutions of public meetings
on Federal. Affairs' were introduced and read, a$ fol
lows : ; ..- . '; .''', - ' ' .
Mr. Fleming,' the proceedings of a public meeting
in Rowan-County. . I .
Mr. Caunady the proceedings of a public meeting
held at.Kittrell's Depot, Granville' County. . .1
Mr. Ciirson, the proceedings of a public meeting in
Alexander County : '
Mr. Williams of Nash, presented strong Southern
Rights resolutions from his county. ; , s -
On introducing themjMr. Williems said that the
resolutions Avhich he introduced, had been adopted by
a meeting balled AVithout distinction of party, and after
due notice had been given. ' '
He said those-resolutions had not been manufactured
intlH!j.Qty of Raleighy as others of a different charac
ter had beeri, Avhich Avere introduced and read before
this Legilature. . Those . who composed the meeting
in'rNash, he said, were as ardently attached to a con
stitutional Union, as Avere the people of anynhty in
Nia-th Carolina.' They see, though, no hopes of pre
serving such a Union. They see in the conduct of the
northern people in the higher-law fanaticism of that
section, nothing to justify the remotest hope that their
interest or tlieir honor will be respected, if they gamely
submit to Black Republican' rule. . They think the
time has come for North Carolina to act, that the South
has borne aggressions until forbearance has ceased .to
be a. virtue that the "watch and Avait policy, com
mended by some, will- but invite further aggressions,
nd ' seeing no hope of preserving a .Constitutional
Union, they believe the time has come lor the;oouth
n,n-1fl r f.ilri 1 oi r1 r r-i I 4-l-ni-i l-i-ri Sill -f Vh-t
W y wtru .,:Ki. , ' j i
- . ... i
Mr. " Wilkersouthe proceedings of a public meetirur
held in Person County
.Mr. Harrington, the, proceedings of apubiie meet
ing in Ctunberland County':?" ".v'-'j ; i
Mr. Merrimon, the proelinof a publys meeting
held in the county.of BuncbmbeV . '; :''lV !' ' f. '
-y-ETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
Mr. Merimon, a inemortq.1 Jfrorn'tlie citizens iof 'Bun
coirilie county, praying the "suspension of theeietujion
law for a time. - - , ' -"". '
Mr: Clarke,' of Craven a ; petition from, citizens "of
Craven county, praying an amendment to th0 law on
Pilolsand' Pilotage. ',. .' '"' -f. ,..;.:. '
Mr. IiOve, of Jackson, presented a petition from
citizens of . Jackson county, praying an act abolishing
Jury trials in the- county tiourts of Jackson. l ' ' i '
Mr. Williams,' of Nash, a memorial from' Wright
Ijoeust, a free man of colorpraying to be allowed to
sell himself into slavery, and become the'slave of James
Henry Beal, of Nash county.' ' .I I
. Mr. L ive, of Jackson, a memorial "from J.;H. Gal
loway, and others, praying an act tp change! the line
between the counties of Henderson and Jackson. !
Mr.1 Ransom introduced a resolution authorising the
Treasurer to- pay to Opl. Ed Yarbrough, $109,Tthe
amount due him from,, the Committee appointed to
wait on the O)nimissioners from Alabama and Missisr
sipjH, under the resolntion passed by the Legislature,
making them the guests .of the State during their stay
in this city. -'.--.! ''.'.- ! I .
I.
On motion of Mr. Ransom, the resolution was read.'
the second and third time, passedf-and sent to .the
Senate. ' - , j, . f .
A message was received from his. 'Excellency;-the
;GoA-ernor, transmitting the report of jthe . Present of
the: Western N. C. lUHrcad,which,'on;,hi6tionj;.was'
sent ;to the Senate- with, a proposition jto print.! ; ' ri , -Mr.
Batcbnlor, from i he Judiciary Corinnittee- ref
ported back bill concerning Idiots arid Lunacies with
an amendment, and Vecorn&iended.its paskSei- '
Mr. Love, of Haywood, introduced a-. fesolutibriin"
' favor of Jesse McGee. ' ' ,, j; - . :
. Mr. Mendenhall a resolution authoriarig the ap
pointment of a Commissioner, by. ihe Governor, to
settle Avith the Agent on Cherokee Bonds. j I
V BILLS. .-".. -.'.'( :A r
Mr. WusIoav, a bill to increase the revenue of the
State. '-.; - - ' j ''. -' .; -- :'-
Mr. Peebles, a bill to extend the term of office of
Sheriffs, to four years. i -i .. i
Mr.; Ward, a bill to incorpoate the Trenton and
Dover Turnpike Company.
Mr. Cline, a bill to prevent the felling of timber in
the waters f Henry's and Jacob Fork, in Catawba
county : j .-: - - -. . ,-:r -; ..-
Mr.r Cannady, a bill to incorporate the Trustees of
the Tallyhp Academy, Granville County, rv
Mr.; Batchelor, a bill to amend chap. 93, sec. 9, of
the Revised Code. , ' . -'.- .:. -
Mr.l Jordan, a bill to prevent the falling of timber
in the iFrefich; Broad River. ' J
. MrJ Mendeuballa bill to incorporate the Concord .
Copper Mining Company. ' ;
. Mr Davis of Mecklenburg, a bill to incorporate the
Hornet Nest Riflemen, in Charlotte.
Mr.' Green pf Franklin, stated that he had given
Vnoticejon.; yesterday, that he would to-day at 1 1 o'clock,
move ito suspenq tne rules so as to put the Senate bill,
to arm the State, on its last reading, and he therefore
moved a suspension of the rules that the bill might be
read.u ! : - ;"';; -": ; -;
Mr Martin called for the ayes and noes. ."
The vote was taken and resulted in ayes 79, noes 14. ,
Two-thirds having voted to suspend, the bill was read ''
the third time, i .,..
' Mri Farrow said he should vote against the passage
of the! bill, and spoke at length, setting forth his rea
sons for so doing. .
Mr Henry introduced an amendment, providing for
the distribution of the arms among the counties, And
spoke, at lengthin support of the amendment. He said
with the; amendment he would vote for it, but that he
woul4 not support the bill as it then stood.
The amendment was put,' and the ayes and noes be
ing demanded by Mr. Henry, the amendment was lost;
ayes 42, noes 56. ' .
MrJ Wafers thought the principle of Mr. Henry's
amendment right, but it did not go tar enough, there
fore he vpted against it.
Mr, Sfiober introduced an amendment nearly simi
lar td the one introduced by Mr. Heriry, and made some
remarks lit support of the same, j ' ;
Mr -Faison thought that: the law already in exist
ence would answer the purpose of the amendments of
fered to the bill, and should therefore oppose all amend
mentsj !. ; '
xvlr; j Person said in reply to the gentleman from
Guilford (Mr. Shober) that "he was unwilling to en-
trust the distribution of the arms to any man or set or
men,'( that there was a laAv at this time providing for
the distribution fof arms, and that if the gentleman from
Guilfordj or those who thought as he didj were not sat
isfied (with the Existing law, he would gladly aid in the
passage of any pill at any future day, making an equal
and just distribution of the arms of the State. The bill
he said had passed the Senate, and passed its second
reading in the House, and he hoped gentlemen on the.
other side would let it I pass its last reading. ' .
Mr.' Crumplhr spoke in support of ' Mr: Shober's
amendment, aiid offered an addition to his amend
mentl j 'I "..'- :; --,''..'.'
; Mri. 1 Merrimon spoke at length on the amendment,
and AvasSvilling to vote fir the bill, but urged objec
tions to the mpde provided for the raising of. "the
amount appropriated. He advocated a loan from the
Bank's, pr the laying-of a direct tax.
' Mr. Shober alcepted the amendment of vMr. Crump
ler. '' . V j : j ' - .
- Mr. Davis of Rutherford, spoke - in- favor of the
amendment. -'?'- .-'.'. . '.' '' . '.. . j
Mr , Rogers gave at length, his reason for supporting
the amendment '; . , ;;
The amendment Avas put, Mr. Latham demanded
the ayes 'and noes', and it was lost : ayes 41 noes 57.
Mr'iFerebee introduced an amendment, that 5the
amis! shall not be carried out of the State, Mr. F.
tirged the passage of the .amendment in a speech of
somedehgth. ;; -T.' ! - ' ' -v: v; -
Mr; Meares spoke Avith great spirit and eloquence
in opposition In the amendment. He said that he
Avas -tin willing t;iat the Legislature should jpass an act,
to be; recorded here on the Journal of this State, pro
hibiting the people of North-Carolina in a case of ne
cessity,! from marching to the aid of a sister Southern'
State, with our arms, to help them defend their rights
and their honor. Such was not the feeling that ani
mated the people of the other Southern States, and
such yv'as not the spirit that animated our forefathers
of the revolution. He believed that our sister South
ern States would Tush to our assistance if our. Atlantic
coast' should be. ' invaded or any other emergency
should larise and he was opposed to any such amend
meht. j '; .' . -. ;
' Tlje kpeech pf Mr. Meares elicited long and loud ap
plause.j '! ' j ' ;"'... ' '.''.'
. The jiamendment'was lost, by ages 23, noes 71.
. Mr. Guthrie , introduced an amendment to levy a
direcf tax for tlie purchase of the arms. The vote was
takeri and the Amendment lest.
TJie iA-ote was then -taken on- the passage; of the
origina Senat bill, appropriating $300,000 'td arm
and equip the State, - and the A'ote . stood as follows :
Affirmative--Messrs. Albritton,' ' Autry Barringer," .
JiarroAvl, Batchelor, lilue, Jiooth, JioAA'man, Uranch,
Bridgers, Bullock, Burgin, Bynum, .Cannady,' Clieek,
Clarke pf C, Cline; CraAvford, Davis of B, Davis of H,.
Davis of M, Ewell, Faison, Fleming, Folk, Foy, Gal
loAvayi Green of F, Hall, Harrington,' Harris, Hill,
Hok'e,! lenkins, Jordan, Kalian , Lemmonds, Logan,
Ixia'c of H, IiOve of J, McMillan, Marsh, Mearos,
Merfimon Mitchener, Mordecai, Newby, Padgett,
Pearsoil, Peebles, Person, Pope, Potts, Ransom, Rogers,
RusS, t fehaAV, Simonton, Slade, Stanford, Tapscott,
Ward, jWators, Watson, Waugh, 'White, W"ilkerson,
Williafriis of Nash, AVilliamson, Withers, Woodard,
Wooten and Wright. 71.
Negative Messrs'. Carson Clarke of D, Oqwles,
Crutnpler, Davis of R. Dickson, FarroAv, Fefelee, '
Gaithe'r, Gorrell, ; Green of C, Green of S, Guthrie,
HarieSjf Henry, Howard, Horton, Kelly, Latham,
Martihf Mendenhall, ' Patterson, Poindexter, 'Shober,
Whiteburst and WinsloAy. 26.
'! Mr.jHill moved that the use of the Hall be allowed
Mn iLilly to-morrov morning, to exhibit aii improved
instEument for engineering and surveying. , Concurred
in.i ! j ' ; : t - '' .''' t.v - .
On motion of Mr. -Williams of Nash, the House ad
journed.. ! .! . ! .' j
SENATE.
'r Wednesday,, Jarr.
9.
The Senatel was' called to order at 10 o'clock1,
'ill. ' - MEMORIALS. "1
v! f .. . -. . ". :
; Mr Street a memorial and resolutions from the
citizens of Craven county on Federal, affairs, favoring
a Convention of the people and a re-organization of
the Militia j also approving the Governor's Message,
aiid denying the right of the Federal Government to
coerce a seceding' State. .
Mr. Street said these resolutions were from a large
and most influential meeting composed of all political
Lparties. Read and laid on ihe table. . .. ,
; Mr..t Waugh a series of resolutions passed at a mass
meeting of thp citizens ot Forsyth, upon' Federal
affairs ? ! ' ' ':' . : '.' ''. '
Mr. 'Waugh' said he did not .approve in whole of the
resolutions, but agrfeed with sentiment they expressed
in the main. , Read and laid On the table. ,
Mr.; Winstead a -series of resolutions passed by a
meeting of the-citizeicls of Person county, declaring the
election of a Black Republidari not a sufficient cause
for; disrupting! the Government, . but taking decided .
groiuids inii rayor of resisting the aggressions l of that
partyil Lay pU ;the table. V - ' ;
rMr Worth .'a series of resolutions from fjie citizens
of Randolph opposing the call of a Convention.; .
. s Mr. Erwin. enquired if; those 'resoltitions were the
same that he had seen published, aVcoming from that
county, speasmg m denunciatory terms t the proceed
ing's r;if this body, -upon the Appropriation 'bill for
arming the State ? .- ,:' . . L ; -
:SMW Worth tbought not; ! w ' " '
Ihe resolutions were read a second time and orderd
'to laylon theialole. - .. ' v ;
; Mr: Avery presented a'seriesof resolutions from the.
Union men of Caldwell county, rex)gn.izing' the right
of .-session opposing coercion, and .declaring their de
Jtwprtfioi'to sferidweuirig'States.
Mr 4 Avery j. said -these resolutions came from men
'who Called themselves- Union men, and he asked the
Senate to give serious, attention to their pir j
Ordered to lay on the, table. -t - '.'-"'
Mr Taylor of NasnV a series of resolutions passed
by the citizens of Nash, declaring that sufficient cause
for secession does exist at this time: Read and ordered
to lay 5ori the table. ; ; ' .j j
Mr Taylor said two 'meetings had been held in
Nash,! and he did not know from which meeting these
resolutions came. The one, which sent these resolu
tiohs was held at least a month ago, and he had just
received them, though he understood that some resolu
tions from Nash had been published in the State Jour
nal. He understood that his colleague, in the other
end of the Capitol; said yesterday, in presenting some
resolutions that ' i J
The Speaker said he could allow no j allusion to re
marks made in the. House of Commons.
Mr. Taylor said that one Mr. Williams who figuredj
in' that Nash meeting was a stranger jto him, and as j
lor J. I. ; Harris, the Secretary of the meeting, he was
named after Mr.- Iversou of Georgia, j r .
Mr. Trirtier presented a series of resolutions from
Orange. f.f ..'. - ,.;'. ,- ;, . -- . ;,
jMr. Turner proceeded to make some remarks upon
the resolutions, referring to the history of the Revolu
tion and .the action of the Regulators of Orange, in
wruch. he took occasion to remark that, forces from the
Cipe FearJ country went up to Orange to whip the
Regulators into submission to the British Governmeut,
and arguing that seceders were as fair ahead of the
times as the Regulators were said to have been in their
day.'- .': hlv' -'' ' .' ' "f " ''-'.' .' r ' : '
Mr, Hall in reply, said that, in times like these,
when revolution was staring us in the jface, he thought
it vas. the duty of Senators to counsel ;ttnity of action
among Southern men, and that the desire of all should
be, that ' brotherly love prevail. lie had heard "with
astjonisnraenr tne aiiusion maae Dy tne senator irom
Orange tb; jthe brave sires of that county, especially as
that allusn had beed made an argument against the
right. of secession i He was no less astonished at another
remark which fell from the Senators; lips, that troops
fropa the Gape rear country were sent to Hillsboro -to,
Avtjip the Regulators intg submission, to the British
GoyernmehtL! If the . Senator meant to say that the
people of the Cape Fear country were untrue to the
spirit of the Revolution, he slandered the memory of
the noble patriots- who gave their lives arid their for- j
tunes to the cause of freedom and he had no doubt,
notwithstanding; the. Senator's speech, the people' of
Orange would rally to the standard of the South, if ne
cessity required,! just as their ancestors1 rallied to the
cause of freedom; in Revolutionary days.
Mr. Hall read from the Wilmington Herald an
article taking. strong grounds in lavor of the use
of the SAvbrd if coercion should be attempted against
any Southern State. He also said in reply to a sneer
ing; remark of Mr. Turner, that a secession flag had
been raised in Goldsboro' upon a Breckinridge pole,
that in his town, ue town of Wilmington, a secession :
flag floated from a Bell and Everett pole, raised by too
Bell and Everett men, in common with men of
other political parties. , i .
Mr. Burton Called for the reading of the Orange
resolutions. He wished to know whether or not they
contained Hie amendment offered by Mr. Norwood,
calling a Convention ' i .
Mr. 'rtuner said Mr. Norwood's amendment was
voted doAyh; in the meeting. j '-..
Mr. Button askd if it. were not decided at the meet-
ing that the amendmefit jlad passed ?
Mr. Turner said it Avais so decided at first, but upon
adivisiri of the vote a majority Avas against it.
; RESOLUTIONS ORDERED TO LAV ON THE TABLE.
, Mr.. Ran say' presented a series of resolutions passed
by at meeting of the citizens of Rowan, deprecating the
course of the. Legislature in refusing to pass a bill to
arm the State.;! approving of the conduct of Messrs.
Flemmirig and- Hall and the Hon. Mr. Craige, their
representative in Confess. ; . :
; Read arid laid on the table. 1
Mr, Brown said the hour for considering the special
order hadjarrived, and he moved that; the Senate pro
ceed to collider the C nvention bill. ' .
On motion jof Mr. Ramsiy the special order was
susjiendod for a few moments to giA'c ; him time to in
troduce! otlier resolutions frOni the county of Rowan. c
The Senate then went into a? C lirimittee of the whole
on Federal affairs. Mr. Sp'dght in the chair. ; J ; A
- Mr Avery ioffered a substitute to the bill reported
by the Committee on Federal affairs, explaining the
.object Af so doing. . It was for the purpose of bringing
about harmony any unity of action, and securing the
passage of (the bill. i
The bill now before the Senate proposes to call a
restricted Convention, and Mr. Clarke called for the
reading of the bill reported by the Corrimittee.
Mr. ; jAyery said some difficulties ; had presented
themselves to him since the report of the Comriiittee
on Federal relations which induced j him to offer th&
amendment to the bill reported by them. " .
He was also under the impression at the time of
the report! of said committee that a majority of the
members of. both Houses could call a convention on
Federal Affairs ; so, also, was the late Chief Justice,
Mr. Rnffin. but. upon an examination of the matter,
he was of a different opinion, and be took this occa-
sion io say mat tne opinion oi Jir. rtumn nau ioe
wise rindergone a change. Mr. Ayery was clearly
of the opinion that two thirds , werej required to call
a convention of any kind. S '
The substitute which he proposed simply struck
out (the !5ih,"6th, 7th, and 8th sections of the original
lill Tbe 5th prescribed an oath for the members
to take ; the 6th' restricts the duties of the conven
tion ; the 7th requires that the action of the conven
tion shall be submitted to the people for their ratifica
tion : and the 8th reouirinsr that the ordinances of
the convention shall be advertised for at least thirty
day ;in the newspapers, before the people of the
State shiall be called upon to vote, j
' The substitute Avas then read. ' -. ' ;'
Mr, Turner said that he was glad the substitnte
had been ioffered, and he gave notice that he should
offer an ahaendment to the preamble, requiring that
the convention should alter the State Constitution
as to tax negro property upon an ad, valorem system.
Mr. Brown said that he was one of the Committee
oh Federal Relations,- who reported the bill, and he
thought at that time' a majority of ! the members of
the Assembly could call a convention. He was of a.
different opinion now. He thought two thirds were
requiredbut he Could not assent to the proposition
of the Senator from Burke, which omitted the oath
to be prescribed, nor could he assent to the omission
of the clauses, which proposed terms and limits "to
the. convention. Although "on the Committee on.
Federal Relations, and having voted for the bill be?
fore the Seriate, he did so with all his feelings and
sentiments; against separate State action. He was
opposed to that. He thought the Southern States
shouldjact! in concert, and hold a convention of the
fifteen JS fates. He, thought there was still hope of
.the South's getting her guarantees, if the. people
would take the question in hand. Congress could
do nothing. The nation had already begun to turn '
wjth loathing and disgust from thl body, whose
members were constantly sending out dispatches " no'
hope; for the Union. " Mr. Brown said the'effect of
Mr.; Avery's substitute would be to deprive the peo
ple of the right.of ratifying- the action of the conven
tion;. ; ... - - , ',.-. . ' ' ' .1 ' -'
Mr Avery said the Senator from Caswell seemed to
forget that the members of this Legislature were but
the servants of the people, and he asked that Senator
if he thought it'right that the proceedings of this body
should be submitted to the people for their ratification.
The Senator talks lustily about taking away the rights
J f the people, and, yet, he is in favor of so restricting
the Convention that the people in the various election
precincjts cannot instruct thieir delegates. .
Mr. jA very read from the debates of the Convention
of 183S, ithe opinion'of Judge Gaston in tbe case of Mr,
Wilson of Edgecombe showing that the Legislature5
had no' power to restrict the' action of a Convention'.
The people may do it -but the Legislature may not.
The legislature may call, a Convention the questions
to be considered by that Convention may be discussed
before the people, and they will, decide upon the merits
of the delegates to that Convention j and afterwards, the
.-Convention -may decide that their OAvn acts shall be
submitted to the .people. But the Legislature has no
right to say so; it has no powjer to prescribe what the
&jn'eriti6n shall do in reeard to its acts. He was not
f afraid o trust the people in electing their delegates to a
Convention, nor was he afraid to trust that Lonvention
after the'delegatesliad been elected. The people will
require the delegates to pledge themselves to a certain
line by policy, and the people, at last will decide this
matter. ; , ' . -'
The. Senator from Caswell can give no precedent for
the position he advocates. The : Constitution under
which we live, save1 and except the amendments
adopted in 1835, was never submitted to the ratifiaca
tion of the people. , '
He regretted to lose the vote of the Senator upon
the Convention bill, and especially did he regret to
see him exhibiting such a want of confidence in the
masses of the people,- as to doubt their judgment in
the selection of such delegates! as would reflect their
wishes in the proposed Convention. ' For his part,
he was willing to trust the people, and leave it to
them ' to instruct their delegates when casting their
votes. ' I . v . 'v .''-' 1'.; ' '
Mr. Avery said, in his opinion, there was no hope
for the Union. The only hope was in a reconstruc
tion, after the fifteen Southern State had withdrawn,
rt' ' ' li"-
will ere long, have gone outand VnA-n. "?1 Stat
be oblis
bhged to submit to such term . l uun i:
. . -" - . , t- ' VI Lll 1 ... - i
will
leueracy may see nt to dictate - to hr 1 tr- 7
fered thhv substitute, because he thonirVf
M. . ... ' . T-w. . LMH hnj
meet tn views oi tnft whl tut..1i. , rt"
't WfmU
iv.jic. ne waa
for tlte neonle of tbe Stat. tr V.o,; il
They demanded jt and they should haveTfT '
one, he was willing to trust them without rf.v r,.T I
; Mr. tirnwft feilififl avinr tU e jv . ,,l-M0ni
the arguments he advanced in favor rf . w!- n"?t .
. , j B .u utiiau r hi ..i
action of the Convention to th' Tln?tha
to speak at length Son ". inalianable rights' v
as he had done before a wait and Watch" 8pe
; Mr. Sharpe thought the matter of sufficient '
tance to have the substitute printed. He wo..lvi
'that tho PAmmit .Jo- . . '"ul(l HlOVe t
. - : t-f . i 1 1 - rin . u . -.
ask.to sit again - ! 1 - P rogre68N
Mr. Avery askel to say a few words in
lb Senator frnni CaawftH
the Senator could show no precinct where the r -lature
calling a Convention had enacted that v5"
. . . r ' . fv-TOjeu w
..tha;
of said Convention should I snbmittu.t i
- x b vt ytj Jj TfVt '
It is without precedent and shows a want cXantn 'tV
of the "Scnaftor from Caswell in the people. .
The onlv nrcedent is to! be fonmi in "rvl
art of lftSri and tbpri the reriT rf ntl'fl.
- r- vn mvu ineruseho
Mr. Avery thought the question misht bp .
secession." - f, j. ; I '. . . ;-.- '
' Hoi
M r. Brown thought :nott There were other nil
.involved. - ;.!' .'raattl
Mr. Barringer arose merely for
tliat he saw no necessity for printing the sur!'11?
vy iui. .ciy. j av w tne same bill rerirt J 1
by the committee Ion federal relations striking 't ' :!
tain sections. . ,! -, , - I -- r :-'
Mr. Erwin sari the Senator from Caswell seem '! ' 1
be afflicted with, a chronic distrust of the tt -? '
every body. Avho happened to differ with him up ( "
question. He did not know why it was; buian ob!
vation of the dealings of mankind ..had ,deinon.st'. i
this axiom, that they 'ho are always ssbu:iouater ,
others; will bear watehing themselves. ; 3. ' - -
Mr. Brown said he did not distrust the nv,f;i '
Mr. HirAvm
The Senator from' Caswell is constating
talking about the!
wu4ui-ui.owi intj wurse of certaiii i
of us who . entertain an,? -r,,,.... i
Senators. Those
certain line of pohcy, claim to have :s(ne sen and
can see as clearly as the Senator from. Caswell thL. j
oi me roan w e are iravenuj;. ne tnaa nr. rl.i .
ibt.
out tnac tne oenator was sincere,
and : fir
part he was glad to hear the able
andj elo
speech of the Senator, to-day in favor roP ;
-aule rights," but he was surprised io jieai
alieij. ',:
say that he would vote for.no convention
wn'5
uiu uoij piescriue uio uuues oi saia. Convent i m
ouppose twoH-tmras oi tnis .Legislature lacking therrti'
of the Senator slionld vote for a convention, aW te
Senator should vote against it, Vouid he not li'rlesV,-
ing the very right of .the people about which 'he talks -(
with such eloquent iseal f I Will not the Senator tL i!
oe inuug in Mieiaec oi wte ex)resse(i w ill Oi Tneperip'
He thought so. jHevdid 'not believe every mart a bi
Avho thought fcis wn opinions right, but he feared thn
the Senator's over zeal ' for the Union had kj "nhr,
astray The Senator says the people o'f the nation
beginningto turri with, loathing and disgust from Cr
:eress. ,: ' .'. ; -'c-'-l, .;' ' ,':: . i; -i '.
Mr. BmAvn endeaA-ored to explain whatj he i, :'?
- Mr. Erwiii 6aiS there were good and hohorale f
in Congress. Good men from the North,) good m A
irom ine ooutn, ana yet tne senator tells ps that ihr
" nation turns with loathing ;and disgust" from the
men, because they lell us.thai; afterharingPxhgnsH ,
all honorable means for adjusting the difficulties of
the country, they have no hope of the Union. "What
hope is there of the Uniop ? Had riot the: prop.. -tion
of the noble.and patriotic Crittenden bcenrejrv.
ted in the Senate Cmmijttee, and had not every p-n-position
so far failed? Shall we contirineto Jirk t'n
feet of our oppressors, -and hope by the grape of G
and the. goodness- of the Black Republican partv,
that i fter a while we, may, perhaps, have uv.ik
done? - He was jwas opposed to hurnbling oius(vm
any longer, for 'there ,was v.o evidence jthat th Hi'.
publican'pftrty were'at all disposed to relent tnir
warfare upon usj '; It Is true, that,- now. and then a
Lynn shoemaker1, or a Lowell manufacturerora Xovr
York
being
merehnnt,
wno uvea, movea ana nai uuir
South, will get up a Union Siafs
to blind the South, but -hp same
upon the
Rights meeting,
men, in their Schools and cbnrch?, and 'bp
sides were none jthe less B!a.ck Bopublican. lm
such men as these he . could turn with loath'.ng iml
disgust; but not, as the Senator from CaBW-ell; fr-m
tljese members lof Congress who had been lartliii;
for our rights. '.' ' ' ' .- j;-'';.
Mr. Erwiri said he would say no more, hHlhl
friend fiom Orange (Mr Turner) who had tlie repu
tation of being n exceedingly modest rn an, -ami not
at all fond of talking, wished him tp saysonifihinj
about the Gmvention bill. In- regard to Jji he
thought these were the questions! which should--be
' considered ; f Our federal affairs ; dd rr'i,'.
and the. future Status of Iree negroesJ As to nur
Federal Affairs he presumed his views were tni.'
He thought the question of ad mTorm shofik . '
forever settled, and the future basis of th free ne.-ti
determined. , ' -),- . ':'"; 4 'v.- . ; ':
As to the White Basis he did no believe it ww'i
be mentioned. The people of thej West hadonw
claimed it, but they had given it up in considpr-in n
of a compromise with the East, , and they hail no ,t
disposition to fly from, their bargain. Thy would
not ask for it, (ApplauSf.) . ; ' ; "
, Mr. Brown replied .to MrErwinVVfiayirf thai '
there were signs of a pettlementof existingdifficuk
ties, and alluded to 'he fact that the Govern cf
New York had recommended ar repent of th
personal liberty bill, so th t a Southern man might
pass through that State; with, his slave without m'
testation. '.' -;' ''. .' ;"".' 'J;(l-'- :1V
j Vlr.Barringprsaid that wa. no more than was graot-
ed by the comity of- foreign 1 nations. Any foreign ,
nation would give U8 that right ; not only tbat, tut (
allow us to sojourn in their dominions with -ur, i
slaves. He cited a case in Prussia, and read the de-J
c!sion of ,an eminent British jurist upon the ounn'T'
of nations. He thought it no'signs.of returning jo"
tice, that a State of this Union should ackflWk-V'
the right of a citizen to carry his -property ilir"U-'
her domain. Prussia or Great Britain, saiqh, 111
return your slave, but New York, Massachit'etts'"
Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire and jjhw ,
Island will not. .'..-;' .- ( . ): ' ;!'' 1 '.j'
But we are :told that we oughtlto forget thesp m j
'laws passed many years ago,, forbidding us t) arj j
ionr slaves through Northern States, becaupe th
laws are of lohe" standing. Such Mrffomeni ai I"'
f-
has a monstrous smell of. toryisrm Justw thft !''
ries talked in 1775 about the Stamp Act. He th-ught
as the people of the Revolution didhat, if
exists, time, will not heal it. We haveubmitW f"
wrong already until our foes begin tQ tallt of a
'force to keep us in the Union, just a' the Brm
did in the Revolution. He asked his political Wf''
to remember' what John Bell, their late
for the Presidency, had paid against the use of i
to keep this Union together. Let coerciop m -:
tempted and the people of the South' wMn1)""
into on t folid plialanxto meet it. The' Senator
Orange has said to-day that the Regulator? o &
county had no sympathy from the petplf ' x'.
State, . in their early utruggles for Jibeittyi
Senator is mistaken, They had it from he;P v
were met0.
their ammunitions and storw were turnt, a"(
so deep the hand of resurrection has never e
e t beet
able if find them. And so they wnuld d
aJriUP i
coercion were attempted. ? ! m ' W.-jl''
Mr. Turner arose to thank the Senator from.
combe for the speech he had made for him'. .
Mr. Avery moved that the Committee riT
progress and ask leave to sit again at 12 to-niorp :
On motion of Mr. Burton the hour of H01;1 .
was substituted. : . I ' l .
The Sneaker resumed the chair. . f 'i .
' Mr. Bledsoe introduced a biU providing fJK :
at the disposal of1 the Governor and Counsel 7PU'
to be applied jn furnishing arms for the $tatew ' p
dition to the $300,000 already appropriated.
ferred.
On motion of Mr. Sharpe the substitute
ffereJ?
Mr. Avery was ordered to be printed. '.
On motion of Mr. Walker the Senate adjourn
HOUSE OF COMMONS. .
. 1 f .. ' , Weonesdat, Jan. 9,I01'
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Skinner.
The Journal of Tuesday was read. f
A message was received :rom then w - r i
mitting a proposition to appoint J1" Vfjw
mittee of three from each. House, to take it"
and, if we delay taking action, every So'
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