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If mi .:!, -'lf f if !; Ifcv. B. XT. Palm er's Sermon Concluded,' of alL in this ! great struggle, defend the rOMsd f Ccl and rcUaion. Ine abolition spirit is un- HdeniaUy atheistic. The demon which erected its t ftnrone upon ine euuu.ui?, m iu... !AUU DJarat, WlllCn aOOUSUC-U lue oAUuaiuouu "vi.. ped reason in the person ot a harlot, yet survives w work other horrors, of' which those of the French revo- lutioa are but the type Among a people so general ly religious as the American, a disguise .must I worBj but it is the same old threadbare disguise of the advo cacy of human rights! From a thousand Jacobin clubs France, the decree has sone forth which strikes at God by striking at all subordination and law. Availing itselt of the -morbia ana misairecuxi vw :thiB of ..meri; it has 'entrapped weak consciences in the meshes of Jus treachery, and now, at last, has seated i ts high priest upon the throne, clad in the black gar ments'of discord and schism, so symbolic fits', ends. ;Under:'4hi8f, specious cry of reform, it demands that 1 vv v L.ni lnftwVr! wtuJh k infinite, and His own wisdom, th sun must be.srickeu from the heavens if a spot ia- vfl HTvoti '.l.ifl disc. The Most High, knowing ! : r KtV;-l, iTTifatlionjable. can afford to be patient. But j;;!JJtheselfnbatu;refomeremust qmcKen.ttie acnv- I frious'hsisteJr they temple um ligations sacred jas s vt 1 ir.v rr .ipnnviin. ,or u i jci ia ammuuvii. .... ...... 1 SiTinv.r whirh ra-i bind the conscience, it is nine io re- t: W'oduec the1 obsolete -idea that Providence must govern .? -s rT . -j i- .. r i, . . i i i t- :.i .- i v toan;' and 3i that imam snouia control j. ruvjucuyc mj i ibe IrarHTfeCt state oflmnian society, it pleasts Godto, j r M 1 1. . 1 : . U i tt,.., il.n(toMrrrn.lhir Affill' iiIIOTO evils, Avmcn uurcu mat wiv.i.v.. ... lihe physical world cAyects are moved forward, not by i single force, iMt by the composition of forces,; so, :ih ; Ills pioraradniinistration, ttiere are checks and bal '' luces whost? intimate relations are comprehended only. -ty hinielf.j 'vuf what reck they of thisO-these. fierce iealotsf who undertake to drive the chariot of the sun ? '-iVrfirlctntr out the sin-zle and false idea which rides thm .like' a niglitmare, they dash athwart the! spheres, nt- terlv- diHregardiri2-the delicate mechanism- of rrovi :;tLi w -V,tU mnvM nn: wheels within wheels, vritn 1'-. " C : - . pivvts ami bajances and springs, -which the' Great De sigiier'alcihe can control. - The spirit of atheism, which ikn(ws no 6irir who tolerates evil, no Bible whiich ;sucthn law, :aiid na.cOn.scitice that can be bound ' 'by jbathi'and wvenarits, lias selected us for its victims, ahdiilaVerv for its issue. - Its banner cry rings out ial- v rHdyiipou the air,"liberty, equality, fraternity," which senpiy iuierpr:ii, iijchu iuuiii.diiuii, ouu ! iiiassac're, With its tri-color waving in the breeze; it To 'the-5Miuth f-"J the high jxiitiouis assigned of defending, before 'all .nations; tlie cause oi all religion ana oi an triun In ;. this trust ; we are resisting the lower which wars aWinst," i-oiistittitions and laws ifnd com pacts, against Sabbaths andsauctuaries, against the family, the Stfte, :' anttthQ ehureh; which blasphemously invades the-pre-:.;r(tatives of God, and , rebukes the ilost High fur tlie errors of hisvilihiiji.strati.n; Which, if it cannot snatch 1 .tlje reins of empire from his gras, will lay the uni- vr iw ruins at his Suet, Is it possible that ve shall fdecliik', the "onset ?v , . ; .' : if jThlargiunent, then, whiclf sweeps over 'the entire . fciitie oil' our relations,- t,uclu:s the four cardinal )onts .oi'dut-ylYo- ''inirscln:, to our trfacex, in ihe world and to Mmhfdit (jcd. t es'tiiblishes the nature aud solemnity jibfl our present trust, to 'ji-eetve and transmit ouri ex- : mhifc &ytfe)ti; tjf 'domestic xf-rviinde. with the right tin-. chawjedbii maiito go and root itself ichrrcei-er Prn-i- dnrt qnd jialure: vMij,cbrry ( it, This trust we will i ' di-iHrge in' the 'face of- 'the. worst jkissible , jwril. TjijlrgU war thi? aggregation of all evils, yet, . should tile m;uliK'.s.s of the liiur. appeal to. : the- arbitration of -;tlfc ,sworl4 we will not shrink. even -from. thevuipusm . ol' lire. If ,ntolcrn crus;uler.s-stand in serried ranks ;. '. u(jti soine. plaiii of -Kstlraelnn, there shall ve le in de-, fe u'VifT'i ttrr :tr'ust,. . Not till the last, in an has fallen be-. V? hftid the lastMan i part shall it.'dFop from our hands, .f at d tliien iliiily in sl;rvendt-r to the God who gave il;.. - f ".V Again.sli"'this institution a system of aggression has I btcl'i pufsned tlirqi'igltthe last thirty years. ' Initiatel j i-l'.ty''a tew; faiiaticswho were at 'first despised, it .has ' '., ' g; thoittl fst .rl'iVgth from opposition until it hasv assipied ; 'L present gigantic propvr(5jns.. it- man has41ioiglit- 'tfrylv' watched, the r.Krvess of. this controversy wit noui bjing (cojvi)icwl tht the crisis must at length conic ' -: S4rhejfew. pi rhais, have hoped against hope, , 4f( gnithei-itig hupostliume, might be ijispevsed, an ; T4i rt be ehininated from the bwly-politic by ho that the ilth- :. ' ftil I remedies. But the delusion has scarcely been cllerished byj . those who- have studied , the history of r ranfii"isni .hi its, path of blood tpid lire tliroug i the ' ; ::a'es of tlie past. The .moment must .arrive when the1 1 ; conflict must be joined and victory decide for one or( : ' tlje "othefi As it has been a war of legislative tactics, . . ; alt(l n)t bf physical force, .both parties .have been ma- iiji'uvrjn for'a position ; and the embarrassmen t hs If C'n, ; whilst dodging 'amidst constitutional fornjis,,' to ') Viiakean assue. that should be- clear, simple, and tkigi- fri-Hilei-''' Snai an. issue, is at length presented in the result of thoMetjentj presidential election vBeit obseiy. ed.too, iSoutlif HiHai wlKiin, therefore . must rort the' entire j ; ' guilt pt t,he present disturbance, Vnh.a'cl "J:l ti eeii three i rational Candidate -T ti have hoic he rn Are -or :h:ss divided the vt Xorth, with -'r: ; . njie.xanipleil uns'vniiniiyt,f5!e c;ist their ballt . "didato who is secfWiai', who reifentv a p ot 'for a can- art v.tjiat is ''' ::--sctM4ial' and tlu' trronnd of,tliat-s(cti(nalisni pvtiidicc v ;! against the) .established aud..c'(iisti:feiitioual.-.righs and .: I i nmunitit utftLiiistitutipiis" of tjle Smith. WTiajt does it lis det'lare? AVliat caic.it . jleclafe,-but" that from flenceforth pis is to he ii Governnreut'.of section over -L rction a ijovenmu'iir '.using-Constkutioifal fornis only tb eniibanass and divide' the section- riled. and as fort- . i ! J risse$ through wh(se.eh)la-as4inres tlie cannon ofjlegis I latioii is to le 'employM in demolishing the guaranteed ; : Vj institutions of the Soiitli? . AYhat issiw as more lirect, f'.n crnierptc iielligibln 'than this? I tlrank. Go that,: j inithe conflict? must lw joined, -the responsibility of ; this tsmie rests not with iis; who have ever. actee upon! 't-j t)ieHlefehsive and fhat it is'iso'hst'inlilufasst d audi ; j smpte.that; the feeblest mind "k-jm . imderstai id it. - t i ;: The question 1 with tjte'.South :'t-dav is; not what! jssu?, siw Mian make, uui now 'sua i sue ineej: iiimu 'ti hich I is prepared for her'?,'; it pssH)l'' tlaf w flan hesitate longer. than a monint'i' In our natural recoil froin.Uie perils of tlie rev.ilulit.n, ";unl .wjth our fy.ijlinging fondness for .the memories f liV" psist, we ;"i ifiay perhups look ar(u'nd ftir somtthing tj softeu the isperUy,f thH i.ssue for some ground en which we: lay Idelef the Jav d evil, for;some hope that the alherjng! clouds tnav not' hurst in fury upijm the lpnd;:J :;;'.;:: ;,',- ' '' " ' j It is alleged, Xir example ...that t.he Vrejideiit elect has been chosen by a, fair majority under prescribed fbrms. V; But need I say to those vyho have, read his toty that oo despoiisni is Jnire-absolute than Ihat of an I unprincipled democracy, -nnd '.no ,ty ran ay! more ialling than that -excercised through constitiiiMonal formulas ? " Bm the plea As idle, when ihe. verv t; questiim wp debate Is the-. 'perpetuation, of thak'-CTonl' V stitution how converted into sin an engii.e of dppres-- .ioii ana trie continuance oi 'tnat union, winch is Iiencefurth to be our condition of 'vassalage. I say t with solemnity and pain, this union of ouj fore .fkthers is already gone- It existed but in iiiutual ; dorifidence, the bonds of which were ruptured jin th- lite election. Though its fonu shall be 'prerved, feis, in.fact, destroyed. . We may possibly entertain tine project of reconstructing it ; bu! it will bejanoth . er union!, resting ujon other than paf gu;irintees.. In that we say a uew covenant ive 'haVc made tin' first k Id, "and thai which de;ayeth and waxeth oldjis rea-. it y tf vanish away, " as a vesture st isfobleil up ' . For myself I say .tht. under the mle-which Ithreat ;eus' us,' 1 -thi-ow; pff the yoke of this uniiii as readily ?'as i did 'pur ancestors the yoke of f irig George III, ';4hd for causes I immeasurably stronger thau those pleaded itf their celebrated declaration. . " I i j It, is Softly whispered,; too, that the successful competitor for the throne protests and .vers his pur- noses - to administer the Gvernrn'ent in a .'onserva- - tiveand national spirit. Allowing him all credit fpr personal integrity in. these protestations,. be is. in jtliis matter, nearly s impotent for good a he is i-om- .Irjctent llbr evil. :; He is nothing more than a' figure i upon ' the political chess-board -whether pawn or j" 1 Jiniglil or king, will hereafter appear but still a si- . lent, figure upon the checkered squares, moved by . the hands of ; an unseen player.. "That player; is'the .jiatty to which he. owes his elevation ; h pariy that j .; Qas jsignalizd its history by the most unblushing peijuriesj NWhat faith can be placed in the protes !: tations'of men who openly avow tht their eon !v ! sciences are too sublimated tu be j restrained by the f bligaticias ui covenants or by the sanctity of oaths? .No. we have seen the trail of the senent five and I t i twenty, years j in our Eden twined now; in the I ' 1 1 liranches ol .the forbidden tree; we feel th pangs of jeatn aireauy ueyun, as iw nos oreatn is upon oui; cheek, hissing out the original falsehood, " Ye shall no surely die. f' ., , . , ,j 'Anotjier suggests that even yet the electors, Rlarmed by thele demonstrations of the . South, may not cast the blak ball which dooms their cotfn try to the eie cutioner. It.is a forlorn Jiope. Whether we should counsel! such breach of faith in them or rake refuge ni their ttfeacherywhether such a result would give a rresideut chosen by the people according to "the Con stitution are points :I will not discuss. But that it would Iprove a cure for any of our ills, who can be lieve ? It is certain that it would, with some shoy of justice, exaierate a party sufficiently ferocious ; that it would doom us to four years of increasing strife jind bitterness : and that the crisis must come at last, under issues possibly not half so clear as the present it us tW lr,.. to shift the day of trial by miserable subter- Ac tv;c cr.rt TT.ft iqsiiG is udou us: let us meet i . A ' at hke lmen, and end this .strife forever. , ; ; j ; ' -, v.;o w fnrtW this maioritv j-ButtTwh is accidental, and has been swejled bj accessions oi TTli-1!! iKIiIIIIIV liIMn fntjVl IAJ IUV v"-"-!- , -r.AA rt oTkt ntr ar ministration: : the party is heterogeneoua, aud must be shivertxl into r . , - fragments by its own success, i come&s, suefition lias stafrered me more than any other; and I mu&it to take refuge therein. Why should we not wait Srid see the effect of success itself upon-a party whosef elements might devour each ther in the j very distribution of the spoil? Two considerations have dissipated thefallacv before me. The first ishat, however mixed the party, abolitionism is clearly its ;nfr!,fi J.W and Krtuatinr soul, and fanaticism is a blood hound that never bolts its track when it has; biice" lapped blood. Ihe elevation of their candidate! is far ; frm x-ing the consummation of their aims. : l is It only the beginrring'of that constimmation ; and, if all history be not a lie, there will be coercion enough till the eiid of the ttgimiing is reached, and the dreadful bahqiet -of "slaughter and ruin shall glut the appetite. Tlie .-second consideration is; a principle which 1 cannot blinki It is nowhere denied that the first, article in the citeed of the hew dominant party is the restriction of slavery within its present limits. It is distinctly avowed by their organs, and iu the . name of their electel chieftain, as will appear from ah article written to pa:ify the South and to reassure its fears : j j "There can be no doubt whatever -in the mind of any1 nan, tiiat Mr. Lincoln regards slavery as a, moral, social" and political evil, and that it should 4 be dealt with las such by the Federal ; Govemment, inj every insta ice where it is called upon to deal with iff at all. On tits point there is no room for question ; and there need Ihj no niisgivuigs as to his otjicial action. ( The whole influence of the Executive Department of the Govevivneht, while in his hands, will be thrown against the extension of slavery into the new; Territo ries (if the: Union, and the reopening of the j African slave! trade. On these points he will make no, jcom proinjise nor yield one hair's breadth to coercion from .anv Quarter or in any shape.. He does not. accede to thei'alleged decision J of ; the Supreme Court, that the Couiltitution'places slaves upon the footing of other property', and protects them as. such wherever its juris diction extends, nor will he be;, in the least degree, goveirned or" controlled by it in his exfecutive action. . Heijrill do all in his power,-personally and officially, by the direct exercise of the powers of his office; and the indirect influence inseparable from it to arrest the' tendency to make slavery national and perpetual, and to pjace it in precisely the same position which it held . in te early days of the Jlepublic, and in the view of 'the founders of the Government.". , . : I 1: Npw, what enigmas may be couched in .this last., sent jncq the sphinx which' uttered them can pefhaps resove; but the sentence in which they occutj is as big lis the belly , of the Trojan horse which laid the city of Plriam (iu ruins. . -. I- j Tjhese htteranc-es we. have ..heard so long . that; they fall stale jipon the ear hxttiiever before have they had sich- significance. Ilitherto they have come ( from '4k-. binV'c inventicles and pxilpitS, from . the rostrimi, ffum the. hustings, and from the balls of our national , qon gress ; i bu t always as the utterances of irrespojisible mei . or associations of men. But now the voice comes iov.i the throne ; already, before clad with the Isanc-' tttits of office, re the anointing oil is poured upon the monarch'.4 head, the decree has gone forth that the in-, stittjition of Southern slavery shall be const: aiaed within assigned limits'. Though nature and Providence should sen! forth lits branches like the Banyan tree, to take rjxf in congenial soil,' here is power superior to: both, : that sayjS it shall wither and die withiuits own charmed cirqle. . : . ' . '" . . ' ';"''' 1 ilVhat say you to this, td whom this great ' proyideri-. ' tjialj trust of conserving slavery is assigned 1 '"Shall the throne1 of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which I framethJ mischief by a law?" It is this that makes the crisis. , V hether .we will or not, this is the historic . moment when the fate of this' institution hangs sus pended in the balance. Decide either way, it is the motnent of our- destiny ; the only thing affected by the decision is the complexion of that destiny. If the fcomth bows belore this throne, she accepts the decree of estriction and ultimate .extinction, which is made tht, condition of her homage. . : , i As it appears to me, the .course to be! pursued in this enieigncy'is.tbat whicii has already been inau gurated, i Lh the people in all the Southern States, in .solemn 1 council assembled, reclaim the powers thoy have delegated. . Let4hose eouventions.be cum posed of men whose fidelity has been approved, men wio bring the wisdom, experience and firmness of ,age to supprort and announce principles which have loifig been1 matured. Let these fconvcnthais decide nrmlv and solemnly what thev will do with this ' gr?ati trust committed to i their hands. ' pledge each othersin sacred covenant to perneliiaie what they-cannot resign wit Let them uphold and lout dishon- orj'suid palpable ruin. "Let them f'ufthei- take all the necessary steps looking to separate and ndependent existence, and initiate measures tor trammg a new arid himogeneous confederacy. Tims', prepared for evtery contingency, let the crisis come. Bared.oxi.cal it may sepm,' if there, be any way to ; saye, or raither to reconstruct the union of our forefathers, it isithis. - i ; , ... i: . i . Perhaps, at the last moment, the conseivativtc por tions of the North may wake to !-ee the ab3ss inta wttneh they are alKjut to pluntre. Feichince thev may arise and crush out forever the abolition hydro aid. cast 'it into a grave lromivhiih there shaUlncver a resurrection. i ' : I ! Thus, with restored confidencyj we may be rejoin a united aad happy people. But, before, (iod, I lieve hat nothing will effect this biH the line of Hry which the South has Wen compelled in self- e hi DIP. preservation to adopt.';. 1 confess, franklv, 1 am not sanguine that 'such- an aucpicious Jresult 'will be reached. .; Partly, , because I do not see how j new .guarantees are to he grafted upon the jUonstilution, nor'how,- if giMfted, they can be more jbinding than those which have already been trampled under toot ; but chiefly, because I do not see t ow such guaran tees can be elicited from the people at the North. It cannot be disguised that' almost to a n they are anti-sU very where they are not abidition.. A. whole geueratwn has been educate! to look tern with abhorrence as a national blot. lupon the sys- Tbey hope, and look, and nrav foir its extinction wiibin arpasnn. aide time, and cannot be satisfied unless things are .sen drawing to that conclusion'. -.-VVje, on the eon- xiar, as its constituted guardian, .can demand.rtoth- ; less than that it should be lettopen toexpansion, iiliject to no limiutious save those imposed by God- na nature. I tear the antagonism is too s?reat and ' O j r-! 7! ie conscience of both parties Mh. deeiily implicated w allow such" a .composition of the slirife. Np'vsr- fieless, since it is within the rane of !iossihilirv in ie Providence iofl God. I' would notlshut i.ni itbe ternative. - "-j ' '.'.' - . " j" Should it, fail, what remains but that wesaj-1 each her; calmly and kindivi' what Abraham said tv fii.t iet there In? m .strife, 1 prav tltce, between me land thee, and between my herdmen and thv herdmen for vte be brethren : ! Is not the whole lan4 twfore thee ? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me if thou Will tike the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if thou depart to the right hand, then lvill.go to!the l(ft." : hus, if we caimot save the' Ijjniou, .we may save the inestimable blessings it enshrines ; if we ckn iit preserve the vase, we1 will preserve the precious laciuorit contains, . f I . I In all this. I speak for the North no less than for Ithe uth ; for uiwn our united and determined resistance ajt this moment depends the salvation of the whole cpuutry -in saving ourselves we shall jsave the North If om the rum .she is madh-drawing down upon her ,ii neaa. The position of the South is at this moment sublime. f shel skve herself, the country, and the world. It will in volve, indeed, temporary prfistration aijd distress the qykes of Holland must be cut to save her from the tlroops of Phihp. But I warn my countrymen the historic moment once passed, never returns. If she Y'lll arise, in her majesty, and speak now as with the I voice of one man, she' will roll back for all time the curse that is' upon hery If she succumbs now, she transmits that curse as an heirloom to posterity. We may, for a generation, enjoy comparative ease, gather up our feet in our beds ; and die in peace ; but our children will go forth beggared fronxthe homes of their fathers. Fishermen will cast their nets where your proud commercial navy now rides at anchor, and dry them upon the shore now covered with your bales of merchandise. Sapped, circumvented, jmdermined, the institutions of your soil will be overthrown ; and within five and twenty years the history of St. Do--minim will be the record Louisiana. If dead men's bones can tremble,' ours will move under the muttered i curses of sons and daughters, denouncing the blindness r 1 1 f "I " T 1 1 V it - U.nnn ana love oi ease wmcu nave leu mem au luirenuuiw; of wo. , I have done my duty under as deep a sense ot re- man as I havVever felt l J . Mwi nf th xvhri l-1 a luu vw v UUv . v country is depending upon the action pf the South, I am impelled to deepen the sentiment of resistance in the Southern mind, and to strengthen the current now flowing towards a union of the South, in' defence of her rights. It is a duty which I shall not be recalled to repeat, for such awful junctures do not occur. twice iu a century. ' : . Bright and happy days are yet before ms ; and be- fore another poUticaJ earthquake shall shake the con tinent,! I hope to be' " where the wicked cease from troubling and where the weary are at rest." Ifc only , remains to say, that whatever be the fortunes : of the South, I accept them for my own. Born upon her soil, .of a father thus born before me from an an cestry that yet occupied it while yet it was a part of England s possessions she is in every sense my mo ther. . I shall die upon her bosom she shall know no peril but it is my peril no conflict but it is my conflict and no abyss of ruin into w.hich I shall not share her fall. . May the Lord God cover her head in this her day of battle ! ' LEGISLATIVE . PROCEEDINGS.' k . ... ';; SENATE.' v , : Thursday. Jan. 10. Senate met at 10 o'clock. ' Prayer by the Kev. Mr. Tucker, ' . Journal of yesterday read and approved. Reports of Standing Committees. :"; .. bN COKPOKATIONS.'' Mr. Humphrey, a bill to amend an act incorporating the town of Statesville, recommending its passage. , a OX PROPOSITIONS AND GHIEVANCE8. Mr. Lane, a resolution in favor of Jasper Pritchard, recommending its passage. A . resolution in 1'aVor of J. II. Gooch and Esley btalv, rccommenmg its passage. $ . A Bill in faJvor of E. D. Hall, late Sheriff of New Hanover, with'amendments, recommending its passage. A resolution in favor of D. .C Lijly, recommending, its passage.. ' . . ' I- A' bill for the relief of. Davidson; College, recom mending its-passage. ' 'A bill in favor of Washington Halrris, late Sheriff of FranklinV recommending its passage, all of which were placed on the file. - - ' ' ' ' COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS. , - ' Mr. Bledsoej a lll in favor of Ji D. Bostick, late Sheriff of liichmonl. recommending its passage. . ' 1 COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. .. Mr. Walker, a bill to incorporate the State Edu cational Association, recommending its'passage. . JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE. i Mr. Brown, Senate resolution No. 17, on Federal Relations. recoinmending a substitute Ordered to lay on the table. " : ' . j j ' : PRESENTATION OF RESi'LlTfJONS , Mr.i Bam say, a series of resolutions on Federal affairs from Diivie. . ' j . INTRODUCTION -OF BILLS. Mr. Walker, a bill for the protection of sheep and taxing dogs. - Referred to the Committee . on Agri culture. . s ! ' ' , Mr. Doud, a bill for , the better regulation of the town of Carthage. Head and referred. , . Mr. VVhedlee a bill to in 5 orporate the Independent Greys, m the town of Elizabeth city. Read and re ferred. " . . ' , ' . Mr. Blount, a bill to allow John Conner, a free negro," to become a slave.' Referred." , ' Mr. Walkup presented a memorial from the citi zens of Union Referred without reading. -; y.Mr. Ar.endell, a bill to incorporate " Old 'opsail Riflemen, " in the town of Beaufort. Referred. The Speaker announced the arrival of the hour for taking up the special order, the bill for calling a Convention. - The Senate resolved itself into Committee 'of the Winnie, Mr. Speignt in the Chair. Mr. Bairinger said when ihe committee rose yes-' terday he was endeavoring to show that while the comity of foreign nations protected the rights of foreign citizen sjourning in their domain, States of the North, members of this same Union of which we have heard so much, deny a similar right of pro tection to the citizensof.Scuthern States. He would, however, desist . from further remarks upon that point. He, was for arriving at practical results. He had said n all occasions, since he came here, that he would vote for any bill to call a convention ; he liked the substitute offered by the Senator Jro n Burke, lie was not pleased with two sections of the Original bill. ' He thought no oath should be re fpiired, aiid that the Convention should not' be re stricted. Jle was willing to vote for the substitute in all its details, for he was anxious that something should be done. Senators seemed to think that all this noise and ilarm in the country was but the crackJ iug of a few grains of corn in he fire, but he thought they would soon find out that it was the roaring of a great furnace. He regretted that differences existed in oar ' country. He would to Goa that all men were of one opinion in this crisis. Call; a Convene tion call together youf best men -submit to them the affairs ol our country and they will djo right. Mr. -Thomas, of Jacksjn, said he rosej to explain why he intended to vote for the Convention, bill, after having all. his life opposed Conventions.! When, he used to approve Conventions, North Carolina stood in a .different position from that she how occupies. She. was then .a member of a Constitutional and peaceful, union ; now she is the border State of a fragment of that Union, all the Southern States having gone out, and others going out. But we are told North Carolina will not go out ; that she will submit to Lincoln.; that she caimot be kicked out of the " glorious ! Union." It is time lor us to say i that we: will hot submit (at all hazards,) to the reign of Lincoln upon the principles of the Black Republican party; he should say, the Black Republican disunion party, that. Jparty that has split the Churches and denounced and spit upon the bible because hV does not condemn, slavery. The same -fanatical spirit which has severed churches and persecuted christians, is still persecuting the South. And yet men stand here and proclaim glorious Union ? He. was no secessionist, but he wanted it distinctly un derstood that he! was no submissionist. The cause of the. South is just, and thrice armed is he'. whose cause fs just. The Senator from Caswell and the Standard had time and again proclaimed that he was a seces sionist. It was untrue ; he was no secessionist; but he: did maintain the rights of the South as guaranteed by our forefathers. Mr. Thomas continued at considerablft I length, ably setting forth the doctrine of the rights of i State action, and deprecating the policy of those who stilt counseled us to " Watch fend V ait. Mr: Ramsay obtained the floor, and spoke against a' G invention . He was not astonished at results, for he knew long ago that the course of the Democratic party would lead to this very crisis. The Democratic party is the secession party of North Carolina, and they an? responsible for this crisis. Senators talked about 'disunion "for the. purpose of getting their, rights. Disunion was not the-remedy. He asked if we could not now get our slaves who "fled into Northern States, how it would be possible to have justice done us when those? Northern States become a foreign power. We could, not now secure our property when it fled to Canada, because w-e had made no treaty with it and could make no treaty with Canada for the reason that the whole civilized world was opposed to slavery. He thought that, personal liberty bills were wrong' and should be repealed, but he was not willing to go out of the Union if they were not repealed. He was opposed to going out of the Union at this time, for the reason that we are not prepared to go out. If we were prepared, he was opposed to following the lead South Carolina. Let her, said he, have all the glory of her own action. . - . . Wc have heard a great deal said about the Black Republican! party, !ih denunciation but he was willing " to give the devil his due." . He! did not think it so f bad as it had been represented; and he read from the ' Black Republican platform to prove what he said ; and: to show that its principles- were hot offensive to the1 Soiith. j He likewise read an extract from the speech of the Hon. WT. II. Seward, to show that the Black Republican party , did hot intend to use force for the purpose of abolishing slavery in the South ; and as an argument, that .there was no necessity for the use of force by Southern men in defence of their rights. The , article quoted from Mr.; Seward proposed that the JiboUtion of slavery shoidd be effected by moral suasion and peaceful means.; He asked Senators if they were opposed to moral suasion He was not. He defended the Black Republican party from the charge1 that they ' sympathised with the John Brown raid. He did not believe it. and he was willins to "give the. devil his due." isln conclusion, he claimed that property and , slaves should be protected in the Territories by the general Government, and that fugi tive slaves should be returned to their owners. ' He .still insisted, however, that it. was the policy of North Carolina to " Watch and Wait.' Mri Erwin arose to make a personal explanation. He stated that the Standard of to-day contained an article which was calculated to do him great injustice! He said that the personal and political relations which existed between himself and the editorpf the Standard for the last .ten years,. have beeii of the most friendly character, and he would not believe that the editor of that paper was disposed to do him such injustice. . Hejread from the Standard the article complained of, and said that it placed him in direct conflict with Mr. Avery and Judge Person in regard to the, rea sons given yesterday dn favor of the substitute for the bill reported by the Joint Committee on Federal Re lations. He distinctiy stated lis reasons yesterday, why he preferred the substitute, but he did not say, as the Standard intimated, that lie wished an unre stricted Convention, for the purpose of adopting an ad valorem system of taxation upon negro property. He did say that while in session the Convention might settle all these matters, jbut they were merely incidentals. He wished it to be distinctly und.er stoodi that his object for supporting a Convention was, i that it might -decide whether iSorth-Carolina wculd longer remain-in the Union. He did not wish to, nor would he be understood, as favoring a Con vention I for any other purpose. He hoped he was now rightly understood. : ? ; He would now make a few remarks in reply to the Senator' from Rowan, il That Senator had made one of the most remarkable speeches it had ever fallen to hij lot to listen to. He had, in- the first place, 'paid b. high.encomiuhijlO his own sagacity and fore sight, by saying that he knew tlfiii the present crisis was 'homing upon the country, and he had, in conse quence,! adapted the '' wait and watch " policy, inau gurated by the editor of the Standard, lie says now that he wishes to prepare for the worst before dis solving -the Union, and, strange to tell, that Senator' has voted against every proposition that has been be fore the Senate having for its! object such a prepara tiun or in favor of arining tue State. The position of tlie Senator .was very similar to that of the tories of the Revolution, a,n4 if in a! struggle between the iSouth and" the North jthat. Senator continued to oc cupy that doubtful position, be should accord to him veryj bad judgment, t though 'perfect sincerity. He had a right to his opinions. The Senator from lawn has read to us from Mr. Sewird to quiet our fears jand apprehensions of the aggressions of ; Black! Republicanism, lie told us, also,! thai we had nVtreaty with Canada by which, we could claim fugitive slaves, if the Senator will pardon' me I vvill state for his benefit that Canada has no power to' eiter into treaties. The Senator seemls to be well posted up with regard to what Mr. Seward; says, but seems to forget that Canada is a, British Province, with I no power to make treaties,-'' uponj the subject of -the rendition of fugitives, lie Avould inform the SehatOvj however, that even Cana da had recently returned a slave to the State of Missburi, while the State of Ohio had refused tb do so. jV!hen the Governof of that State was applied tb for a!fugitive from'iustice he set himself back upon that j pta-tion of the' Black Republican platform which the Senator r.oim Rowan failed to read, just' now,! yhile quoting! jrom it which declares that slaves are not property.. Why did not the Senator read'that clause of the platform while he was read ing jWhy did he skip ? I tell him him he is giv ing aid and comfort :jt the enemy by such a course of argument. But, ihe says, -give the devil' his due. .If that gentleman in;i black does get' his due, I am afrai;d the Senator wiill nut be so well satisfied. with the result. : .' .. "!; - :.'' " Senators had said much against a reTival of the slavtj' trade, and hadjj plied it a system .of piracy. While he was ojip' ost'd to the African Slave trade; he did not like to hear it called piracy, for it was'morally no' Ahorse, to buy slaves on- the coast of Africa than it was jto 'buy or sell in iithmohd. . Tie Senator '.'from! Ilowah also tells its that lie favors the Amendments proppsed by the Hon. J. JI Crittenden. I ask tl)e Senator if,!after having been, submitted to the people they are rejected, what will, he do? -Will-he still say, watch arid! wait ? : ';..'' Mr. Ramsay said lie wotlld answer w-hen the time conies. (Laughter:) ii it ' : ' .'.'!' Mr Erwin I did not understand the Senator. Mr. Riinisay 1 will let you know when the time combs. ; ; !' :' ' ' - . ''. Mr.: Erwin $aid thp Senator from Rowan has told us that! he endorses the ultimatum of Air. Crittenden and yet ie is not able th- tell us what he will do if the people should fail to adopt that ultimatum. He has not yet rhade Up his rhiijd whether hewill submit to . Lincoln and Black Republican wrongs or espouse' the call.: of the South. . : ' - Mr. Ramsay! said he was for submitting to Lincoln so long as he administered the government upon the Constitution ; iwhefi he failed jto do that, he would- be for meeting him at the: bW of . the Senate and hanging hini as high as Hainan. He said, furthermore, " that he 'did J vojte against money for armingthe' State, because; he was not willing to trust the Governor with so large a-n amount of money, lie did not believe the money was appropria.ted for' the purpose of amiing the State, but,. for the purpose of sending forces to South-' Caijolina and' garrisoning the." forts and arsenals of North-Carolina. ! : . " Mr. Barringer Does the Senator mean to say that Senators voted for that 'piU with the .purpose of send ing armed men to South-Carolina and not to arm the State-?- ';-., 'v.. .V.!" - ''!;.. T'!' ; "v " .-. " Air. Ramsay That is my opinion. Mr. Barrrnger It is untrue. , ' Mr. Avery said if theiimputation was general, apply- ' .ingjto eyery &natorjWho had voted, for that bill, he should resent it. j : j ' . -.' ' Mr. Ramsay disclaimed any intention of casting such imputation upon Senators, but intiniated that the Governor had these objects in view wdien recommend- , ingl 'in' his message, Jonl appropriation; - Mr. Erwin repelled the insinuation. Mr. Ramy jthotigiit whether the Governor or Senators had the ideH (f aiding South-Carolina in view in making that appropriation, it was unwise because the volunteer companies which it is intended to arm will become troublesonle to the State by seizing- arse-' rials and forts. . :! . ( &It. Avery arose tb make a personal explanation relative to a newspapief : article which he had seen in one1 ,of the papers. : ne auuaea to ine It was the first time that he Standard newspaper! had had occasion to al ude to any paper, and he did not do sol now from1. ary apprehension that he would not be able to '..survive) the assault, but, because . that article had placed hij whether designedly or not he could not tell, iu opposition to his friend Judge Person. He' did not regard the jassault of the Standard nor any other paper, for he had met such assaults before and had survived them. ' Hq hKd no doubt but what he should be able to survive , all that might come from that quarter. j ! ; ' c Mr. Avery here reajl the article referred to,'from th Standard, which plkcid him in an attitude directly op posed to the one he eally occupied, with regard to the reasons he assigned joii yesterday, for offering a substi tute, to the bill repoi-td by the Committee. He f could not see what purpose the editor of the Standard had in viewj in thus misrepresenting him. The Standard had said that all those who entertained the opinions of a certain policy were doomed men, but it aoes not ten us to wnai kiuu oi uamnation they are doome"d. He shoulil Allude to that paper no more, for it was apparent thatsjthe editor ; was .endeavoring' to make position by referring to members on this floor; He should not play'intd that editor's hands by taking any further notice of his paper. . ; -., ' -:- Mr. Turner gave. notice that he should introduce a . -' - m ! !';'f--r r. - x ! ! resolution on to-morrow, condemning the course of those who had takenij possession of fort Caswell. ! The Committee then arose to meet again to-morrow, at 11 o'clock.' '": ' --v -'"!' " ' Mr: Hall introduced a bill to amend the Constitution so as to remove restrictions from citizens 6f the Jewish faith.. .;'. '!': ' '.": ' j-. . .';..: : ' Ordered to be prihtiedi j ' ; ; ! The Senate then! adjnirned. , : .'. , HOUSE OF COMMONS. ! V! Thursday, Jan. 10, 1861. Sundry memorials and proceedings of public meetings were presented.! 1 Several unimportant bills, &e., were reported on. Mr. Fleming's resolution, providing for the 'meet ing of the House at j.0 o'clock, A. M., take a recess till 7, and adj'-urnjiect 10 P.M., was adopted ; to. take etiect on Wednesday, (to-dav.) Mr, Hill offered ift: resolution authorizing the Gov ernor to purchase a$5tate flag, North-Carolina coat of-arms, to be hoistfjd on the capitol. A motion to suspend the rules tJ put the resolution on its second and third readingTiiled to secure a two-thirds vote. A similar motion! by Mr, Merrimpn, to purchase a national and a btate dag for the capiiol, also failed j Mr. Love, of Jackson, offered the folhiwing : Resolved by ikel general Assembly of Sorth-Caro- ' Una., That 'the Unn being formed by the assent of the States, respectively, j and being consisteiit only with freedom and! the j, republican institutions guar anteed to each, cannot and ought not to be m intain ed by force i that the Government of tha Union has no power, to declare and make war against any of the States which have been its constituent members ; that when .any one or more of . the States has! deter mined, or shall determine under existing' circum stances, to withdraw from the Union, we are unal terably ; op posed to -any attempt, on the part of the Federal Government, :tl coerce the same'into re union oiisubmission, land that we will resist the same by all the means in our power. . , Referre to the Committee on Federal Relations. Mr. Williams of NaSh, a resolution in favor of L. N. B. Battle; Administrator of Win. L. Battle. Mr. Love, of Jacksohi offered the following: Resolved, Thnl the Committee on Federal Reja tipns, to whom was referred a resolution denying the right of the Federal Government to coerce a seceding State or States, he requested to report the same back to morrow, in order that this General Assembly may take a definite action thereon.. ' '! ! Mr.' Love spcike! in favor of the resolution, . and thought that North-Carolina should speak out on this question! Viri'inia had dMie so and other States, and it was time that we hadspoken. , .f'The resold iorj vhn adopted ayes .65, -noes 44. Mb. Person and the Standard... Mr. Persfn rose to a personal explanation and said in substance: A-friend has just placed in. my hands the Standard tp4day, and called my attention to' an editorial article which doe's me great injustice by mis-, represeutiou of It lie positions assumed by me in the speech which 1 dclivere.! on yesterday. Whether it proceeled from af riiis'indcrstiUiding of what I said, or from a worse mo(iv, it is nevertheless grossly unjust, and I appeal to the members of this House to sustain me in this declar; atibn. Mr. f. then read the article, and proceeded-: . lej says that I "took ground for seces- lv declared that in mv opinion the sion and oustine Convention, if cllad, should at once adopt measures for Avithdrawing Ni i-th. Car jlinafrom the Union.- "This, be it remembered comes from the .'."chairman of the committee, and ip-orn cme who reeomniends and tirges that the action oi' tie Convention shalf be final." Now it will be .,remffmpei;jd by those : who heard me, that 'd stated distiuitly that in my judgment the Con vention ouhtjto submit its action to the people for rat ihoatii.ui uiiiess the! eiiiorgi'hcv should 'be so great as to forbid it,: un ess tlie question of time became material,. and that I was willing :the Legislature should express that opinion, -Wt hat 1 was opposed to inserting a clause in the bill milking it imperative upon- tlje Con vention to do soor because I did not believe that we had the power torestrict the Convention either as to the subjects' upon which it should act, or as to the .mode of that action And that I thought. a Convention: would; ! W likely 'to be composed of as, wise and prudent inen as the present Legislature,5 w ho would use every precaution in their action respect ing matters of! such grave importance -aud yet the Editor of the Standard says ''tin's" comes from one who . recommends and urges that the the action of the Conven tion shall be final,' j It, that Editor understood my re marks then he is guilty of a wilful, perversion of the truth. ; . . ; ;' ;' . .' He further s :ateii ",wjif understood Mr. Person said 'the omission it. the first bill of the.two thirds provision for calling a Convention was unintentional ; but Mr. Avery distinctly admitted in the Senate that the idea of caUing a Convention by a. bare majority hacT been abandoned, and therefore the two thirds provision had been! inserted in the : substitute," an invidious attempt to raise an issue of veracity-between Mr. Avery '-.and myself. What I did ! kiy was this; That'the original bill was in the hands of the Comriiittee, before I ever heard the question: started .about a majority. having -the right to call a i Convention : to consider our Federal Relations ; that -n' mdtion had ' been made by any member, of the Committee, to. insert two-thirds until after the report hid been agreed upon and drawn up, and that it was then said that .it was. not material. 'tOi put it in tlie bill, as the question whether it had. passed by the requisite majority did not depend upon' any' declaration in the bill itself, but upon the deci sion of the Speaker when a vote was taken. ' And I stated further that the omission was not intended to indicate ihat a majority of the Committee thought a majority, could call it ;! that I rriy self had never thought so, and I belie ve( ' that a majority of the Committee were of the same opinion. And that I had inserted it in the substitute which I offered in order to satisfy gentlemen who might think it was necessary to be stated. j ' . " The. Editor further declares that " the secession leaders have beeii compelled by public opinion to come to our position 'tliiat a bare majbrit3r of tlie Legislature jannot call a Con vention ''modest to say the least of it. The .Editor also says, " in the course of the debate, the same geutlemen ill reply to a question propounded , by Mr. Davis, of; Riitherfml, justified the taking of the forts in this jtate !by force, in the event of any at-'. I teniit being macfe: to pcc.upy ' them with United States I troops. This is pothingmore nor less than treason, and was so ' characterimt by , Mr. Davis." Here again I am grossly misrepresentated, and I appeal to th(! gen tleman from Rutherford to sustain me in the assertion. This iswhat occurred Mr. Davis,' of Rutherford, asked of the. people of the State had. me whether a iiortionl the right to take! possession of forts belonging to the General tiovernmenti before the btate had, seceded I enquired, do iyou Mr. Davis said ves. mean the constitutional right ? I then answered no. Mr. I). then proceeded I .to. state that it was' rumored a portion of my ciphstituents had taken possession of a fort. I interrupted him and said, I know nothing of the facts, but if the gentleman wishes to know what my private actioh would be, if my constituents have so acted and desire jmyj assistance, I tell the gentleman they can have it vbd my life too, if need be, and I hope the gentleman 'yo.uld! act likewise. Mr. Davis then asked if it was - hot treason. I replied I do not wish to be catechised in this way. , I will answer the gentleman wheiij he ets through. sAfter Mr. Davis concluded, I .said I jwoid answer the gentleman's question. In Thy opinion, the General Government has no right to cgerceja .'State; and if my constituents have "good ground -to Vxilieve that the! Government is about to garrisonj the fort, either for the pur pjwe of coercing! NorthCarolina, or any other State from that poin that its occupation by, them under these circumstaijceSj yrould not be treason, but an act of self-defense against a tyrannous usurpation of power by the Federalj i authority. But the Editor of the Standard mistates tb!e occurrence, and whether-from mistake or pohtical feeling or passiorl, I cannot say. I have no objection to ( having what I do say and my positions correiitly stated ; but when they are falsely perverted as they have been in this instance,, I shall avail myself of (the-, earliest opportunity to claim the privilege, as I have done on this occasion of making tlie necessary correcti ;ns. Mr Davis, at the conclusion of Mr. P.V remarks, said he felt bound in justice to all parties, as- he had been appealed to to make a statement, and . that what Mr; P. had said was inl substance, according to his recol lection, what occurred between them. . COMMITTEE OK THE WHOLE. - The hour having arrived (12 o'clock,) the House went into comniittee jf the whole on the state of the Union, and to consider the propriety of calling a-Convention of the State', Mr, Hill in the chair. . The chair anhounced that the gentleman from Ashe (Mr. Crumpler)j was entitled to the floor.. Mr. Crumpltr spo! ke in reply to Mr. Person's speech of; yesterday, reviewing the history of thej crisis; and i charged that it was' the result of a plot of the pojiticians of the cotton States. .He epoke in favor of a central republic, against ,'a Cohventiou of the people,!aud in favor of a Convention of all the States. His speecb occupied about' one' hour and a half in its delivery, l '. Mr. Foyi rose to a personal' explanation.' He said theentleman from Ashe had attributed language used by. Mm; as referring to South Carolina, which was used in speaking of his constituents and of North-vjarolina.- ' Mr. Dortch introduced an amendment to the substi-1" tute.- j; " . .'";, !'".'''.! : ;' '-j . - ., , . ' Mr. Meares; moved that the ; ounmittee rUe and ' report,, and assemble again in Committee of the Whole to-morroW at 11 o'clock. !4 j 1 ! The motion was adopted, and Mr." Hill reported, and the Speaker resumed the chair; j " Mr. wright moved that House I Resolutions .73 be ' -made the special order for Saturday;, 11J o'clock. -Adopt- -ed.- : ' ... ' : j.f .... !!'. ,:h;' r;. !: '.'. '. bills. .' -.! ; ; ' I'..-., 1 ' The following bills were introduced and referred : . By Mr. 'Williams, of Nash, in favor' of Wright Locust, asking to be allowed to sell? himseit into slavery.'- ! " ';.. .' ; - .M ; -.; ),. ' -, ;::'.' By Mr: -Hoke, to incorporate the Salenv Camp ! Ground. J I ! .' .' , . . 1 j ;; ' ' By Mr.i Meares, concerning Free negroes. ,j . , By Mr.jDickson, to charter Patterson Manufacturing; Company!.; " ., . ' : - !')- '. '- '.: '!' ! By Mr Blue, to amend the charter of the Laurel ; Fair, . ; '-t; . ' I-. j 'J.'.:' By Mri Wright, to charter Cross Creek Compahv. By Mr Wright, to charter ;,Fayetteville Gas Ligfit ! Compxmy; ! ' ' ; ' '!' !.? By Mr. Peebles, concerning court of ; "Wardens irij Northampton county. T ! By MrcSmall, to amend charter of Edenton,1 j : By MrL: 'Bowman;- to prevcntl the adulteration of j spirits. .)- . j .'', -J-".. H' I - ' '.. ''("" . j:)'''1 By Mr, Haues, to charter Yadkin College, Davidson -county, f:' ;.- " . . :'K . .."!"' ' ;' - ' ''r ' By Mr!., Davis, of Rutherford, to abolish Jury trials i in Polk county J ' . .1 fy' - ' rj ; By Mr. Wafd, to amend Revised Oxle chapter 52. By Mr. Mendenhall, to , charter the Greensbor'1 Uemetery.- j f : ' ; j v " ':,. 1"-;. ! By Mr. Guthrie, to amend the charter of the North Carolina Railroad Company;: ' : . j On motion of Mr. Barringer, the House adjourned.- SENATE. Friday, Jan. 11; Numerous memorials presented and a number - . of bills, &c, reported on, as follows I ' To charter t$e bank of Thomasville favorably To inqorporate the Independent Greys, asking to: be aiscnargpa iroin its iurtner consiaerariou To charter the Town of Newborn, recommending its passage. Messrs. Htmiphrey and Iane were, appointed the Senate branch pf the Joint Committee on pnnting the report of the G)mmissioners " oh the Atlantic-and. G)mmissionersv oh the North Carolina- Railroad Company.. . . ' I . I BILLS. ' :. roduced a bill to mcorporate marie Guards. Edenton. Referred. !. . the A! be Mr, Erwin, rom tlie Committee on Militajry Affairs, a bill tojrevise to be printed. the military laws f the State. Ordered BILLS ON T11IUD KEAblNG. To prjevent the felling of timber in certain streams in Hertford. Ordered to be engrossed. To prohibit the emancipation of slaves by wi rill 1 assel over informally. i " j 1 Also the bil concerning the courts of Cherokee and Robesoti count.. ' .' . ' FEDEltAL AFFAIKsV Tlie hour for the . special order having: arrivedthe Senate went into Committee of the, whole'an Feilqral i AftairS, :Mr jierght in the chair. . ;f ; j Mr. Brown arose to reiid a clause from the Couyen tion act of -1835, to , prove a position . that he assumed . ;j a day or two since in regard la submitting the action '! of a Convention to the people , ,- i -; j ' - Mr. Bledso j. said the people wanted a Convention ; and he I was willing to give them a" Qnventiob, but he j was opposed t the substitute offered a day ijr tw o since' ; by the; fertator from Burke.; He was' opposedj.to j calling a -Conyentipn without snjbhiitting it's 'taction to' ; the pedrjle. and unless the Convention act stated the obiect for which the Convention was" -to-be called. With these raji frictions he would vote lor it. Mr". Avery offered an amendment to meet the bbr jections of the original bill, preference for action on the dictate to this Senator from -Wake. He wasi for the but' he wits willing; to surrender! his the sake of harmony and unanimity of j art of this body! He was not here to body, nor to offer a captious.; resistance t - i to propositions which other Senators plight! propose for the Dirrnose of effectind unanimity of actioii. J lla offered this amendmentan a spirit of conciliation, and he. won d ike to know whether-or not the benatr from Wake would vote for it. . iir. jrsieosoc saia ne wouiu vote ior oiu iiiari siaw i the object fox calling a Convention, and declared that ' its action shoald be submitted ijo the people for ratifi- McatiohJ r ',. - - j -; J ! Mr. ! A very said he Tiad yielddd much fojrthe sake of compromise, md if Senators who had expressed a'jwil- ! linguess to respond to the will of the peiople, tfouUl 1 meet him in ;he same spirit of conciliation and com- promise, he hud no .doubt but what a 'bill might be j passed' -The people demand a Convention, and if we j ! would quiet public excitement fend put a stop to re vo ; ; lutionj the Legislature of Nprth Carolina must atonce ; pass 'an act . c illing a G'mventi p. For his part, he j was willing to dp almosE anything to secure toncert of f action ' i . ' J !-' :- '.' - ' !-' "He said th(: Senate would bear witness that he had r! said nothing f , bout, touching a single clause of the State. ; Constitution. The Senator from Wake had made an ; illustration which he thought did injustice to his side ; of the house, insinuating that those who favored seces- j : sion would vse other questions to secure their election ! to the Convention ; as for instance, the, white basis. y . The people of the - west did.) not . want the . white; ! basis, j They wanted a Convention to deliberate lupon f , nationlai affais; to decide whether or not ' they will re- j main in the Union,, and submit, to the Black Republi can rule of Abraham" Lincoln,- dr. cast their vole j with those Southern States which secede and forni a South- ern Confederncy. :; 'J ' 'j:'-' ' )' - Mri Erwin did not miderstahd the Senator , from , ! Wake to be it all personal , in jhis remarks, but, that Senator had certainly misunderstood the j whole scope ; of his remarks; on a former occasion, if he undcrstocnl ! him as advocating a Convention for the' purpii of -settling the q uestion of ad valorem. He did' not fvant j a Convention for that purpose, and he so 'stated at the j time. , . If the Senator still persisted in such a line of ' argument, af;er all the - assurauces to the contrary, . ! which had been given from hiaj side of the Senate, he could not promise that any compromise would be ef-. fected. From present indications, he' dicj not .'believe j that this Legtslatture would call a Convention. !V it- ginia would call one, but he didl not .believe that this ; Legislature Would follow he example. If the Legis- laturp fails toj do it, he thought the people in their , sovereign capacity would call a j Convention. If they '; do not, the people of the mountains will secede froth tlie State and go where the people will hot submit to Abe Lincoln. ' -j ' '" . '-! :. jh k Ha thought the members of tliis Legislature if. they ;' did not pass n Con vention bill, ought to resign and go ';.; horoej. They have done nothing up to this time1, not- ; withstanding; the repeated callsifor action which had r been knade upon them by the 'jxx)ple in their sover eign iapacityl towards settling tlie difficulties upon the country. : j .. y y .' '- ' ' , ' !;:-,;:; ; The -Senator from Wake seeins to base his whole argurlient upon what he juiagjines would be a great and Stupendous fraud which ; the politicians of the State! would practice in the election 'of delegates.! ; '.Mr. Bledsoe. The Senator from Buncombe grbssly Vnisrepresenta me. , j. -..'.' :' J, ':-1 ' .. ! Mr. Erwin! said, accrding to his idea of i parliinen tary bourtesy .there was a yat 'difference between a; mau's sayingf that he was. grossly misrepresented and , that he was misunderstood. ; He wished to know whether the enator from Wake -intended to say that he hid misrepresented him. 1 . 1 ! Mr. Bledsoie said he only infjended to say that the- ; Senaltor misunderstood hirrii If he used the term-! " mi$represetit," he tlid not intend to make the im pression thatlthe Senator had wilfully misrepresented , -i him f he only intended to say that the Senator from- Buncb.misunderstood him. But he would not -re- ' retract. '";(.!.'..": Vr ! '! ' ' - '.'. -!!"' '!"' ,"':' ' Mr. Erwin; said he accepted the explanation of the Senator from Wake. He did Inot call upon him to .:'-. retrart. wheri he did that, it wonld be outside oi this chamber. i
Daily State Journal (Raleigh, N.C.)
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