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K u . . . - : - - i ' 4. , :;r'':;:: y...r. '!-.-; , - ! f: :.'-: P'.. .;;-.! i': . !:: . ' ' t. '--".'- .;!-'. r - ,'v : : i;--i ,-v.- . ; : rA ..'.'.i- , s : VV.-;:- ' '':;a ;-;':'V;::-:" wr it 11 j ..'if. 'Y . c . 1 ; . ' L . -. ... ... . . . i LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDiNGS . SENATE. V-f v ; v; . j :. !; ' '! ! k ; Monday, Dec. 14. !! Qonafa mo' f! in'i n'rlnrk. " ;!' i tV IJanSiiav : introduced sl lriill for narprt-vinincr t.li will of the people upon "the subject of calling a Con vention ayu ior uwici puipuoes. 'Read and ordered to be printed. H :;"! Mr. Turner introduced a resolution condemnatory of the seizure of Fort Cawell by citizens, of';Xorth CaroHnA;;'- f'lThe &mr of 11 ha vuig arrived, the Senate reived itself into' Cornmittee-of the Whole upon federal re-i Jatidns, the questioh beiri an amendment to a substi tute offered bv Mri A verv tn ih hill reririrted bv the -. - . f . i j s f Committee on Federal affairs, for the call of ai Con yen-j . Mr. Outlaw called for the reading of the substitute " : Mr. Morehead -suggested an amendment" to the; : anicndinent, which: provides that all the ' acts of the .Convention shaHpe or people. v.';:; ... Tl Mr. Avery said it was contemplated that the Con- ' ventaon'shotitH art nnmi no other matters than, our venuon snoiiin Act noon mi oiner maLtcrs iuim i.' . . 1 . - " . it. - X.A. , V Federal Relations, and tnat was the reason Hhe bill did. . . j not pnvide for submitting otner acts, ine ameuu- I ment, suggested by the Senator from Guilford, would ..lmt.hr that ... I. n-m mqttAH elVfilllrl n MIM 11 m 111 WHPn ; it wan only contemplated to take action u .'"Fv. "i-uc ..: . : r ' j - ' A U 1 III I C?Au - - ' - - T - I i v,htum was to be a limited one. .c'te for what purpose the Convention was called. ( to aubrnit a few remarks, in! ' : replv. to some remarks made by. the Senator from Iredell, and regretted tnai unyming use personainifsj I nau cre pt into inese aeuaies, ax uau uuu iiuift. !in harsh" tfirtns. and would not Senators differed, i , but tiiey differed honestly. We are all briye, and will, stand i side Dy side in me nour oi pern, nc ? thought a submission to Lincoln's inauguration, by I the South, would consummate a disruption of the nivarnmni nlipra 1 tTioiifrht differentl v.J and ,' he " ' : ."' "ri" ; . J. . 7 !lannraa1'll tpura an Mallf Kinief 9tirt TliAtrmfjc i iMr. Ii. said his friend from Iredell had made a most j I singular speech, and hej did not understand him upon i many: points, he brought in so many, iinless it were; the" motive f that Senator to revive the issues of all j 1 the old' parties, f He told ill that his : people were for j changing the basis for jthe' distribution of the; school ; fund. Vtv). far as his knowledge extended, he did not; believe it; and helivedjn an adjoining county to Ire- : dell, nor lid" he believd . that any of his "constituents Wanted the White -Basis. Such argument as this is; the sheerest " raw-head and blcnxly -'bones' he ever hcardV- .Why will' Senators bring in such issues, if it be not'for the purpose lf driving Senators from'a firm conviction of duty on Federal affairs? 1 He alluded to the fact that ? meeting of the whole Congressional dis trict in which he lived jhad declared that they did not want a.changej.of the Iwsis. The Senator from Iredell had alluded to the W hiskey ! innrrectioil in Pennsylvania',- and from his remarks, it. i,s to lie inferred that llie Intended to make -it anal goiis to the present position of South-Carolinat Ala ' kmat Mississippi and Florida If the Senator does think there is jthe, least analog', he must be as blind as the balls, of a marble! statue. He cwdd not. see the analogy, unless he means to say that the arm of the; federal (invernnieiit should be used- to subjugtite the South. The Whiskey insurrection 'was purely a law less'ihsurrectitjn, to put jdown which the State' of I'eiih 'yivania called upou jthe Federal Government for ti-wp. ' : '. -- y : ; - But what is the;sKiCtaele to-day ? Soiith-Girolina Alabama. 'Mississituii and .-Florida'have troiie out nf 'the : iUr, .- very saiu rne naa repeaieui y sweu uiat, in " his opinion, this Legislature could no ca 1 a limited, i -' nfini't.;rtti ti irPQtrlff ih nf tinn rif isaid Convention' , . j . rUnion -, not as lawless mobs, but "sovereign States-p I ;; , as ltklepenucnt states, but, .according, to the Senator s ; argunient, . every citizen luf those SUtcs should be hung as traitors, Sout!i-;Ui.n)I.ina is a .government 'tejacto, Mid lib would like to knbw if ' the ' Senator from Ire dell would be foi hanging her citizens, if in the for tunes of war tliey should -'become prisoners of war to the federal government.4 He would not. He Would sub-' mit to; no piercion, tending tovvanls the subjugation of he Siuth. or the subjugation of ariy single State. Any attempt to coerce! a seceding,"State- would open a breach asjwule as. the giilf that is' said to separate heaven! troni hell, tl Kverv effort to avoid the shedilinirl oTblootl ouffht to be made. -If he believed the" conrscv M-of Sputh-Clarolinathl the South were wrongs which he did not, he ivould deal gently with her. He should then. be oppose I to -coercion.-:, They that take the word shall perish by the. sword. I As it regarded the ftjrts of North-Ca'olina, he was decidedly of the opinion that they should be;hel(l by North-Ciirolina troopsj as a peace measure. The Federal Government had rone over 'o the dectrines of boercion ; Gen. Sctt, he learned, had advised coercion the whole Nbrlh was settling down in the id a, of coercion, an, as for Lincoln, his policy wJas well uhderstoid by all, counting,, as he '"does, upon divisions and foudsin tJift hrrder States TTipwIkiIa j'Jsbrth is for coercion, -ind' he Was for resisting that jcoercioni though 'it were but a sand bank on the eastern shores Invaded by the Federal troops. He was not prepared to believe that the people of Xorlh-Car-,volina would submit to ctercion. He believed' it to be the duty of the Governor of North-Carolina to; take bossession.nf all the forts unon tuir coasts! ..md . . . . . , r ( j . , ho was prepared to .vote-for sustainieg the Governor iu 8U.C.O a "course, oenarors. nave aiiuueo to tne con dition of Mexuxj W frighten Southern men from ' their duty in this crisis. Mr, B. said such attempts ;--jtd draw ;"the minds of patriots from their 'duties were ' unworthy ot the times and of the crisis. Such ar- ' , guments c.'tuld not, inrJuence-himv lie , con v fttantly receivinir letters from his-constituents irom j. - V .the eldest m?n in his county r-from life long whigs !and they brenthed-a spirit of resistance to the inau , "guration of ..j Lincoln'. They write to, nitC said he." Vthat they ' are;br unqualified disanion." ? If we. had called for a Convention at first the case imight have, been different,; but tho people of Cabarrus will not ; r 8hhmittoc4ercion now. Are we to be eternally of- feringcomproniises to the North? So help him God he would, offer no more. pHe woidd choose war and idnave? the conseqiienceaj to the Gini of battle-. ' There were m 'hiine for. this Union. -1 She will float as a 4 mighty , wreck; upon the waters; for a while The idea of Empire may gather up the fragments, but coercion! never.;! We vould not have a restoration of tljis - Union until thfre had been a thorough cor rection of Xorthern sentiment, urxin the nuestion rf . ki-i vorr " i:! V :' -1 " !--:-'" -": '. i - ! - j ' lie had lieeh itold this morning that in a lac :-.', ' ' i 11 1 i - I."-. .. ..'. .. 'l.jpeecnj mtj oewara ipfopoeea terms ot conciJiatioi!. " lie warned Senators . nqt to be deceived by such terns ; ; of conciliation,- lest thev be betrayed with a kiss! ' Mr. Seward has long jclesired to- hold a position at u he bead of this government, and it is believed iat ytlMr, Lincoln has made him Secretary of State.jlt n .fv'.liot :atohishiug; therefore, he is willing to coXcil ale, ? -jfor he sees the Irrtit turning to. ashes atJiis tjph, and' yjie would Jaiu lctray rjie South with a kX. liut he -1 ; bad not forgotten a Hfch delivered bj Mr; Seward .'."v'en since tiie,"clectiou jof Liricfilnirt which that" gen a (tk?man said; "tinust hot bejifgottin, nir -lean it be- 'denied, Uiat tlie priricipiejj "f1reedom have triumphed, ' Vc." He had n forren, neither that tliis sunn' v Ir." Seward had said tr .t slavery must. WaKtrjshed ( "Vy peactftble .means 1 stablishhig a frceiiil senti- j jiient in the border Stajes. These freesoil seeIs have already been siAvn, kud from the germs already AKing iroot, louuences r going out.. Let ilr. Seward ' i-radiciite these, and v could put me confidence in i :A ....... . . . A -i- V C 4 ins ucw iiioniirui- u.i- in'inre. ; Mr' iBarriuirer allu 11 to tlw? i.lfa .r A ri-iri Hy- yjt" the middle States, srid showed satisfactorily that '? no stich confederacj' oidd or would be formed. s- t ".otwitnstanamg tne states were Known as the New .ilngland, Middle, Boi-der and Southern States; : these Vvere bnly; geographicat nanies and sh uild not lie re A ;-guised .llie Union vill admit of but two divisions A ::nL these divisioris ar based npoji the lalxr .of th ; i -! t!Ctioti"v;fr?e and .slave. Slave labor pr)duces cotton, A !nd cotton is kiog4wh'nse throne is' slavery. 'North-i ;' ivaroliivi is a pottoii State. Her iriteretjt "is identical ! nth the other cotton SUtes, and oTcourse. in the for natioij of a iiew Confederacy it will be aik easy latter for her to decide with ' what portion lof the . T'nion she will become; attached. She will gravitate -Ai fcouth. ; . " y - i ' They tell us that, the cotton States intend to! revive . .. lhe. African? slave tratlej. He did not believe it.l The : : C otton States have opposed it for many years. ) But, ! suppose the border States refuse to go out with' the ,'cotton States, then tliey'may find it to their interest to :A,i& their slaves from Africa. He would not blame hem. llie y would - have a perfect fcght to pur clnise where they could get slaves on the best terms. North-Carolina will then be a foreigq nation with no ihore claim's opon South-Carolina than (.Africa, - .Our interest is to go with lher and have a Toice in the con struction oa Southern Beprxblici j"' p;'. We cannot afford to join a Confederacy of the Middle States, for if it-be, considered necessary! to get rid of New England, and he believed all were for that, what shall be done with Xew York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, either of which is just as. thoroughly abblitionizeii as 'Ll.iouinhticiitta fr ofmAnr V It XV( a 1 1 IT T 11 1 rftPI IPS 11 these States, our children will not have succeeded us in the management of affairs before another revolution ; will come upon the country, and the wrongs of these States will have to be redressed. : v ' The Senator from Iredell said that a portion of the nonslaveholders of that county would not take up arms in defence of the South if coercion were attempted.-. He did not believe it. He could not believe it. . He could not believe that a constituency that lived so near his could differ so widely from, those lie represented He did not see in what light the Senato from Iredell regarded the position he had assigned his constituents upontbis floor, , but he. thought it an unenviable one, and one which the people of Iredell would not submit to. .He regarded any such imputation a slander upon the people of Iredell. - I ! Air-i d. said he would nght when iNprtn-uaroiina It. . . demanded nded nis nervices, not tor the Union as it ex ;but for North'Carolina. a covernment older ists. than this Union ; he would fight ; for the prin ciples "up.n which the Revolution was fought.. He would stand by the South to the last ; jstand wh-re the patrios of the Revolution stood, when defending themselves against t'ie aggressions of British tyran ny. These were his views, and, acknowledging his inferiority to the Senator from Iredell, he Would chal lenge him to meet him upon these questions in his (Sharpe's) own-county. ' a ' y i Mr. Brown arose to reply, but presuming that he 1 would make the same od speech to which the Sen ate hna liafpnArl fur tliA fortlfirh t"m t.hfl rAnort.pr took no notes, vxcept tha he said, it came with an . in grace irom. jwr. rsarnnger, won baa always Deen a. federalist, to. be lecturing him (the Hon". Bedford Brown) on Stales Rights, having held that doctrine a;l his life. - . , - ' ' Mr. Barringer said he had not been lecturing Sen-, ators. He endeavored to make a. speech, which he had a right to do. lie hoped no other Senator un derstood him as lecturing, ' , Mr. Sham arose to renlv to Mr. Barrinorpr. and 'spoke at consioerable Jength, finallvl moving that nic wuiuiu tree aujuii ru uuiiiai i uiuqK lu-ixiorrow. - The Sneaker bavins' resumed the Chair, a mes sage was received from the House, transmitting a resolution passed by that body, calline upon the President or the United States arid the Governors of setedlng States to suspend hostile. operations, fo- a season, until a last effort was made to save .the Union. : ,, !".!..' j.) Mr. Eure 'nioved that the resolntioeia offprftd bv Mr. Bledsoe on Saturday last be offered as a substi tute.'' ' :. - ' . ' v - Mr.' Ti lPllr infriQCkH tYi a iroarA n titan s xxt I f rvAo t 1 - - uj'juovvi II V L KJ UklUII V till iL T K zeal, saying that thev were an insult to 'the Presi dent. He pr posed that instead-of se'iding a mes sage to the President, we send Cuief Justice Ruffin ina aon. v . a. uraham. 1 ; . j i Mr. Sharp concurre'd in the sentiment of the reso ut ions, and wu!d vte for them. notwithtandiiir he condemned the course of Snuth-C-iroliua. -. Mr. AVorth could not vote-f)r them. Tt-limlcpd too much like makinir a treaty between this Legisla ture and the President. .Mr, Erwin said he was iroin? lo do wrouor as lie was about to follow the lead ot his friend from (Orange, but -he could not vote for the resolutions. To vote f.ir them would be impliedly ypproving iiiiany acts of the Federal Government, whirth he (coiild not approve. What will this Legislature !;ain by it? It the.iPresident promises not to move his jtroops he would not take hU word, as he has alrea dy forfeited his word before the. put it is not likely he would divulge anything1 now. oe luousnt me rerioiutions simr.Jv mi-en ons. -'if. Avery saio he should vote against the resolu tions,: because Mr, Hu'chanan had already told the, country that he could do nothing more, and turned the whole matter over -to Congress. ' TFacp snH him' a dispatch, ' he will probably send us a copy, of his message.,, anu inavwin. De tlie 1 iSt ot it. ' Mr. Humpnrey moved to lay the resolutions on he table, pending-which motion " On motion of Mr. Outlaw ilhe Senate adjourned. ' HOUSE OF COMMOXS. .. . Monday, Jan, 14. 1861. Mr. Clarke, of Craven, introduced St. RllKatitnfo ill for the .ailing of -a Couventton'. 'J'he biil'pio- fides that the question Convention or n Conven tion shall bel submitted tn iho nur,aA v,si., ,.r,u. fctate. . :.!,' ' ;-;;-..! The bill was referred to the .ominitt,rA f tko whole, aiid ordered ti le prinfed. . ' '-'If' rat . - 1 . - l lie proceedings ot public meetincrs in the ties of Richmond, Yadkin Surry and, Beaufort were preseniea uv rneir respective members. J l ne standins committees mndp ll's referred. . " . The hour having arrived, the special order for to day, the resolution against the. coercion of a secedmo Sa'e, reported by the Committee ph Federal Rela" ons, was lanen np. Mr. Marh introduwd a substitute.' ,' On motion of Mr. Merrimon. the postponed until to-morrow at 11 o'clock.1 Ilie House resolved itself into OornmiAA . 'f .' fhole 911 the Ojnvention bill, M.r Hill in the chair Mr. Jjndgprs beinsr entitled '-'to th peech)f some length in which be trlr str,m Sf1, efn ground.- He advocated the . calf of a (convention and said he bad hoped that the difficulties between tin' sjK-tions Avould be amicably adjusted, but that all hope hd fled, and he now. favored the withdrawal of -North uaronna irom the Union.; Mr liridger's speech will ahoear in our enltimiis liprnufto.. I Mr. Love of Hay wood next addressed tne . house e sau, it was not his nnrnr.sA tn 4nfl?Af i.,,.u.. eecli upon the House. Those who ,Aj ".i h m had, he conceived coveted all the groind necessji- :rt to l)e taken, m favor of. a flivitil had afgued the question with an abilitv he did n,,!- It was due to himself and the noble constituency lie had the honor to represent on this floor b define his I jsition on the question now before the Committee . " ; In the canvass fori a seat in this Hoiise, he had Mken bold and decided ground against a Conven tion to amend the Constitution of Me Slate, not because bo aos afraid to trust the people, but because the people did not demand it. His people (and he as stmed to speak the sentiments of the Democracy of tie extreme West) were willing to stand bv the com promises of the Constitution as settled by tne Couven- tion of 1835, as long as the East ; manifested a dispo si ion to do justice to the West by carrying out those compromises herself in good faith especially on the w; bject of Internal Improvements: . The East need not distrust the West on the question of a change of . the In sis or any other question affecting their interests W ith regard to the Union, he would say! he yielded tj no man on thisfioor- in devotion to a Constitutional : inon W-Hl would go as far as the farthest . in usiu ex cry peaceable and! honorable means to Wveht ii but he must .confess he had but a "feeble hope of an uirnt . ununtiae to. ourselves. He feared th riuwoon had been rruAf1 anrl v. ta.1 r f.um i.umir tne days of the- ilepublic. I He would rtl tl- Trt .f ,a Cventinn, restricted or not T 1 W1 ' 11 iaivc lUis matu-r jutd their own Sfc a!P Plru coWou of our natiilnal ! aftairs demanded it. Ai due regard for the titutioual rtyhls of the South demand it. ' i Mr-Br-Lv-cic paid, it always with reluctance t 11 he rose to intrude himself upon he House hut thegreat and momentous questions involved in the discussion -f the qaestion betbre the Houie induced bim to make a few;-remarks Qpon the present riti Hlconiktion of the country. Represeltinirhe H he did , , he largest slave.old.ng couWyiB the St,te, he felt it due to his constituency lote thai thy were unan.mously and patriotically for tbeca a Convention and the aAning of te te. and : Z re 15" 6 YaUy furred; for in tfae present at ite of affairs, no man- could refer to Past eveni, A brahn m f fU- I isfied that te S w S nTatVrT rur.eAeional candidate, and hihol& L tJ1 nd QnPromising iri y hostility, to the S uih and Southern institutions ouldusUy excite the apprehension of the Southern people Hf and the party to which he was attach ,0 ted personal liberty .bills, by which our property ; could be taken from us in total violation of the Con stitution and the rights of the S:uth. They boldly proclaimed the " irrepressible conflict, and in jus tification of their treason claimed shelter under a law higher thau the Constitution. ' . : V i -. They denied the Southern people equal participa- jtion in ine common terriwries, which had been ao I quired by the c-iminnn blol and treasure of the I South as well as the North. They have converted the pulpit, which should ever have been kpt saced and. pure, into an arena foi political harangues against slavery. Their whole political existence was based upon hostility to us, and their President elect couia not mingle as treely and sately with the peo ple of 'fifteen States of this Union as the Czar of Kussia or the Emperor of France, with their re jpective subjects. Lincoln, he said, would not dare place his foot upon Southern soil, and give utter ance to his treasonable and abolition sentiments. Any man in the ordinary walks of life who dared, in a Southern community, express the sentiments he entertained, would be apt to receive the indigni ty of having his head sliaved, his face blacked," and himself dispatched without ceremony. , Mr. Bullock continued. He said this Union was fast crumbling to ruin on account of the election of Lincoln, and the fear the South entertained of the faithful carrying out of his policy. Yet, while this was going on, he sat by perfectly indifferent to the etenn that was raging throughout the country and its consequences. They told that Mr. Seward had sooken, and that he had made a conciliatory speech. He lenied it ; but if it were so, what would u amount to 7 coming from such a man, who stood perjured before his country, and advocating a higher iiw uoctnne. n nis oa tn would not bind hint M support the Constitution, how could we expect any thing from his mere speech, extorted from him un? der the mo-t threatening circumstance. Fnr that. and other.reasons the people of the South! looked With eleep distrust unon inv thine emanfltincr frnm the Black RepublicanTparty at the present! time. Four States of this Confederacv had already cone- out. Four; more would in a few d lys be added to the list. Others would follow. Mr. Bullock asked if any gentleman. in view of these facts, could doubt the propriety of calling a Convention of the State in such an emergency ? We, of the South, could hardly gain anything like justice in the Union, as it stood, With fifteen StatP.8 to Stand Kv na thpn -wnof hnnAn ? could4'gentlemen entertain for North-Carolina, tack- I- , .1 ' ... XT . . I . 1. . 1 1 - - . eu on io a iortuprn ADoiitipn Uontederacy, when lhe other Southern States haveseceded ? We should then have a Convention. The people whom he had the honor in part to represent on this floor, of all parties, as he had before 1 said, werk for a Conven tion, and he believed itvas th general desire of: the people of the whole State. He said he had been surprised to henr gentlemen, in the course of their, remarks on this question, indulge in denunciation o South Carolina and . other . Southern States. He could not join those gentlemen in that abuse his sympathies were with South Carolina. Their interest was our interest, and their destiny would be ourldestinv. On this greafrquetion, which rose above all j arty consideration's, all party, preju dice should be sacrificed on the altar of patriotism, for the honor of our State and common country. In the late canvass oh State issues he. had opposed a Convention, but events of such, a startling nature and momeutous importance had since arisen in our country, that j he thought now that 'the honor and safety of Norjth-Carolina demanded that a Conven tinn should lie called as soon as possible. If we failed to act in this emergency, North Carolina would lie ; disgraced in the estimation ot her sister Statrs, abd this Legislature would be resnonsible for the1 iain which would rest upon her escutcheon. He referred to thW nromDtness disiilaved hv Virginia. , , . , , - - 10 two days alter Unassembling of her Legislature we see her comiriir forward wirh coirmchdab'e na- triotisni, and passing by; an . oyerwhelminc: majority a; resolution' against coercion, and immediately ap pointing a committee to draft a Convention bill, and he had iust heard with nbasnrA that the hill bail nl- ready passed the House of Delegates by an almost imuniiiioiis voie, ne noped tneegisiature ol iorth Candina would act with more nromntness! nn that. harmony would1 prevail, t least on this great and' uu.uruuu suojeci. ve air tiat a Common interest, and should act together in this "crisis. He would rejoice h see the difficulties which surround us lion- orahly adjusted. - But iftt the Union s" ould be preserved, with the ri-rhts and honor of all seftiona respected, tho-e who have been in the babit of sing- jiignozannans to " this glorious Union " will deserve Ho credit for thegreaLachievement, but rather will mv, i.uuiii uciiiu tu inose wno uemanueu tneir rio-nts and equality in" tbe Union or independence out of it. Mr. WHmiiT ft ill nxiWl Mr "RnlWi- .ttoo;Vi Arf r .i j7iuu.i, ng ocuu aiici i moute totlieiinemory ot Dobbin, Strange, Henry and Toomer; he . was onnosed to the snWtiHitA nf fr . 1 ' -.w..i.v ..... lerson for several reasons, but chiefly because it did not suomit tne action ot the (Vnvpntinn tn the people. It had l?en amended in the Senate and ought to Ik? amended hei-e. That he came here wjth the feelings of a Union Democrat ; that he had hoped long before this, a returning sesne ' of justice on the, part of the North, would have1. yielded 4- 4.1. .. 1 "I 1 1 1 . ... W reasonanie aemanrts and just rights of the South in the Union. But the failure of the lunons (which he favored and was" williao-. tn ftrront as a Dasis 01 settlement,) connected -with the empty chairs of 16 Senators and more than 50 Representa- . - . . ;--e T' uvea ueiore tne 4th ot March next, torbid him to hope for a preservation of the -'Union, as it is, and the -wuih. was empnaticaiiy one ot -reconstruction. That we would, however, asrainst our wishes Via in a hnr less minority, and. powerless for good or ill that we oijiiu not snut our eyes to the tacts, that soon eight stars would quench their fires in our political heavens to light up a galaxy of their own that' whoever tuitued to that banner which had so long waved in triumph over theni. in that fipld of W up .Tnnln liplinlrt thjni no longer in 'their beauty, but in their place the huzs wmcn. our iNorthern brethren regard as fit tokens ot our ignominy and punishment, and from wriich they learned only a lesson of coercion. That this reconstruction would, be upon the Crittenden or other satisfactory basis.; Those States willing to accord 1 us our vonstitutional rights, -would join us, and upon thd ruins of this old, we would fear another temple, and he hoped "the glory of the latter House wouki exceed Micin.oi uie lonuer. that it that; could not be done, ue was ro the right. was for the! South, the whole South, and God defend n MT- Wright said; the revolution was a peculiar one: fho V,A It MVi-.l. 1 TIT -. .. .. - xXT 1 POUcy ! was a commenda ble one, under most circumstances ; but nearly all the 'J"rci" otHies were moving even Maryland. Our ruples were saved, if we had any, and he was for xiuLu-uHuima lining up ner voice and speaking her sovereign will nothing more,, nothing less. That ne 1 naa always loved the stars and stripes; had regarded the Union! of these States as natural as that ot husband and wife that it was. nothing but fanati cism which could divorce and sever the ties of sympa thy and Union. ; , ; j l. Mr. W regretted this state of things. but went on to show though the Union had benefitted both1 sections m the diversion of labor th i v '1 : ",u e""iug tne siapie, theJNprth manufacturing it yet the South though the . v.w,t,jr uaiieine poorer section. That this had been , theaesmt of unequal legislation and disbursement of the , pml ic revenue the South contributing two-thirds of the ; 'Xiort,s. and from tripnmnoorla ii . , .... - vi UCI aiavc lituor, lorty . 'imlhons, and getting back twenty millions the North twenty millions and getting back forty millions. That. t ie. Navigation Laws, excluding foreign bottoms, had thrown upon us the burden of an exhausting coast wisefrade, owned at the North and redounding to their chief advantage. That 400 ships were employed in the transportation of Cotton alone, and $12,000 000 were paid by the growers yearly for transportatkm. that a narrow belt of country scarcely more than two tlegrees broad, was the only reliable spot on earth where cotton could be grown. That it required alter nations of sunshine nhd sbowcr ' a I and mvofuntary servitude for successful cultivation j that in no other country did these combinations exist' I that the East India Company had spent $4,000 000 v ",,''"i,VTm' auu 4,uuu,uou ot tJntish subects depended chiefly on us for that staple. : nJhatne, W?re n he COndition to the North; that O GbnneU deplored m the, British administration of Irish afiairs. when vear after vr nni,,n'T..i 3 , r .i..iv.,ii. nowuijiciru to raise jresh levies, j to gp into an English Exchequer, and but spar 1 inglv come out again for her advantage. That thus . made the unwilling instrument of her own destruction sne was leit to eke out a miserable existence in a Union "vvluch he implored them to repeal, t That the North m her attempted usurpation and unfriendly legislation E. flA f lavery Was concerned, might wnn?, W w'Tt1 Vin-Uar Plic of Gt Britain, towards her Westlndias and British Guianas, and the Mancipation. A That thb,, in con- 4 'SrSni'116 BmandPati b the Provisional Government m 1847,Wade us a first class power, and W tfv3 lJdUl not rd d keepMt, That these things , wj;re so, and furnished only stranger t H V ?ur righto, id to L ' u, v T b nowever we aepiorea this crisis, it should nnt naaa witkA,, - J A -e ' e xi 1 a acmemem nuw frM anrs . - .. uuiu, uires naa sprung ud alsh r Jhatlor the goatofthe!one wehadf,,rebor the other. Mr. W said he could not tell, buypossibly ; t mthe good providence of Gol, the harvest' had come, ! ine luue to gather the wheat into our earners and burn t.hA tanw u ..J l.h.i cj . . . : ' nuu Ail C UU'JUCUUnaOie That it might be 'The eagle stirringup her ne4 " tnax ner young ana tender brood, might, trust to their : . s ... . - . -.vwgui, uuai uj mnr wings. he could not sav ho left a .u f,- it, and the people to declare their wishesh in Conven tion; that North-Carolina , with the South and such of ner conservative aietAic XT,u --u : work, might this go' forth to meet the demands of civilization and a glorious destity. ' , J ! The reporter has not attempted iri vA tha rww.i,! lr - ; r. y uui in hjs woutQ loin ! in Mr. Wright in full, as the space allowecl will not per- ujiL, uuv ne uas given in suostance a'lew of the heads toucnea on Hoy Mr. W. !' --. r ' - r i Mr. Stanford advocated a rail was not to be driven from its support by fear of ad valorem or. the white !bais. He knew many of the western people and believed them to be a valiant thajnianimous People them. He preferred the substitute iifTArArJ W tha tleman from New Hanover, but if he could not get that he wpuld take such a one as" he could get. A great deal! had been skid relative to the present dis tracted condition of the country , and he was not de sirous of dehying the .Committee . with a lengthy dis-. cussion upon that at this time, but as some gentlemen had demanded that members should show, their hand upon this question he was perfectly willing to comply with the demand. As he understood it, the Union yas formed- for the mutual benefit and protection r of all 'ts members,: and so long as it fulfilled its mission it was entitled to their love' and support, but when it became destructive of those end it ceased to have atiy ' charms tipon him or his people. Our people are ardent ly attached to the Union:,- and, therefore, he. saw no ,'' practicable good (to result from the union speeches and resolutions whicli, arejjdaily brought forward in this" House The only effect -they 'could have would be to convince the Abolitibniists -that they were right in ' their opinjop, that the! South could not be kicked out of the . Unioh; He believed that if civil! war. .ensues the responsibility will rest upon those who have ad vocated the watch wait and do-nothing policy. tn rPMrAcf u'ani-; i i.,i. . " .1 i ' -r .uvui hi iuc iicgisiamit iu pari, anu ne snoma ieei that: he -had not diknharcrpri k; A,,tv tn -1: 1 t 1 r.-i i -,i J - ' . themor to himself, if he; let the opportunity then pre sented hint pass, without saying 'something in regard to his pjsitiprt. ! tie said: that the bill before the House was not such a: jConventiou bill as he would prefer, but if it was the best he 'could get he would feel it his duty to support it. The crisis demanded that somd tljing must be done.! The people of his county as well as the entire State demanded action at the hands of the Legislature thev wanted a fV.n felt sure that if any mn, in his County had announced in favor Of a Convention in tlie late '.csimnnion ha in lavor ot a Convention 111 the lafe caiTimicrn lii. would notf have ; occupied a scat in the Legislature from his county,' but a: crisis had suddenly sprung upon US calculated to produce a change in the-minds of the people, and they now desired a Convention to consider our relations with the; Federal Government . ,' Mr. Rusfi spoke-in favor of theUnion. and aHmrtlv on the position of parfiesj in the late campaign. Mr. W ATEKS'Sbdke':in Irenlv! to the tMSsiHon ami !' giiage of IVlr. Buss. He said he" had determined not to take any part in the disctiseion 'of. the hill not have changed'-his purpose bad jrehtlempn not seen fit in their remarks! to charge it as the policy of the West to change ; the present basis of repe sertation. 5 He said it was not bis tmwinee tn nUnii-. any county! of the ciarge but .the one he had the nqnor m partj to represent, and he felt authorized to 'pledge his constituency against any desire to dis turb the presenti basis of representation so loner as justice was. done them! hj the East; that in the-'cau- vass for a seat oni this floor he pledged; 'himself to nn. Io!se a Cohventioft-fortthe purpose of changing the Constitution of the Sfeit, but in this crisis his con-' stituents demanded it and he regarded it Ls nn hrearVi .of-.'faith inj ! the !)resekit j disturbed condition of the country to vote for a Convention and give the people art opportunity to e.erfise their sovereignty. He did not, believe the Legislature had the; rjorht to limit the action of a Ccinvehtion. The Ijegislature may in corporate such;a elaus(f ;iq a bill calling a Convention,, yet when the Convention assembled it ronld rowm! 'if.' or disregard it as they choose ; but while he entertained tms view ot the subject, it it would, stisfy his eastern friends he would yo'te tor ;a bill containing restrictive provisions . ! He said that! gentlemen had sought for argument in the" late presidential canvass and. the action of South-Carolina, t He could see no Tmrnnse to be subservel in the former except to excite party feel ings ir tnai was not the-.object lie must be pennitted to say that he could see no other. He dpnn'pafprl anv attempt to agitate! party fpucls in the passage of this uiii. - tie said : he had sunnorted Krivk-mru w for President in order to save the Union and kppiitp Tiis rights in it . the friends !of jMr: Bell had done the same, . and all having failed in Kn honest effort to save the Lnion by promo'tinsr a irood man to' the ; nresnvlene v: if was their duty! to bury!! all party differences so' far as ' this question is concerned and unite in the best and surest policy pf securing opr rights and preserving our nonor wnemcr 111 the union or out ol it. Mr. W. vindicated South-Carol ilia as a itiaimani. motis and chivalrous Stabef: could not see whv rrpntlp- , men should be disposed to deprecate any connection with her. So far .fas he Was concerned if left to choose between a connection yith South-Carolina - or Mas: sachusetts he Would not hesitate for a moment where to cast his 'lot; That: noble Ktafp Ivrdngs inflicted upon lier.lmav have acted with nWv ; degree of. haste but he entertained 1 no dhnbt. nf the I'" - v "sj iijii,ivra uuj ui ner pniioiisin. ... . ; , X I ' . ' ie cprnmittee arose to. sit to-morrow at i i , I t- 1 j un motion xne 12 O'clock. ! Mr. Folk offered! the followinor res. ibitions Besolved. bh the General Assembhi 'nf Nnrtk-ffarti. luui, That in Iviewr of the ! imminent dano-pr nf mvil ' war, this Assembly iri behalf of the State, nf Nnrf i- :Caroliua, .ask respectfully on the one hand, of the 1 iiiuent 01 tne united states, and on the other, of the. authorities of each of the Snnth end 'that: if possible, peace mav vet be. nrpsprvi fbat' V.,y ...:n. ' i: .: fi . ' .ucjf ; "lu rcviprovauy rcommunicate assurances in response hereto to the Oehpral APmbl V f rii-tVi, Carolina now iri session that the stattut quo of all movements-tendering to .collision, arid concerning the forts and arsenals of the jhation, shall on either hand be strictly maintained for the present, except to repel any actual aggressive attempts.' . . Resolved, Thiit his" Excellency, the Governor, be requested to communicate 'these resolutions -by tele graph, immediately, to the President of the United States, and to !the Governor of each of the Southern States. j ; . - . j '-. br Folk spoke eloquently in support of the reso-, lutidns ; and they were read the second and third time, and sent to the Senate. A f ' Mr. Heriryf ja resolution on the subject of coercion. Mr. Hoke, a resolution providing for the appointment-pf 'an additional commissioner to assist the Governor in tlie purchase of arms, as pnivide! in the appropriation bill, whose duty it should be to test the arms; and moved that !;the resolution be read the second and third time. 1 Passed and was sent to the Senate. l ' . - . On motion the House adjourned. ' ; SENATE. I Tcesday, Jan. 15. The Journal of yesterday read and approved. i PETITIONS AXD MEMORIAL?. Mr. Turner a memorial for tlie relief of John and Thomas P. Devereaux. Referred. ! The Speaker announced, the following named Sena tors as Committee on Enrolled bills for the present week: MessrsJ Outlaw, Pitchfurd and Ramsay. Mr. Outlaw j was ; excused from serving and Mr. Rogers appointed in his place. ! i. ? - ; Mr. Bledsoe a memorial from tlie State Agricriltural Society, praying that Prof, Emmons may be retained as Geologist. " , Mr. Avery a memorial from the Union men of Burke county, favoring the call of a Convention and a consultatiop of all the Southern States, opposing co ercion but denying the right of a State to secede. ead atKl transmitted to the House. , Mr. Dti)Sairi a. memrTinl ghany t,jcerning the location of . the county site thereof Referred. . , REPORT OF 8TANDIKO COMM1TTKE. Mr. Avery from the .Tudiciarv CommiftAA Anfrrrtoev iMll to refund' moneys improperlv paid out bv the jr . w 4oneys improperly paid out by t A banks of Krthi A JLJL. L jf n.. .. , . - - .uivou-nua, icwjjiimeimiuji its passage.- ,5 order; of the day 1" ywwiu ,12 O'clock. Not lulnntMl IXTRdPUCTIOK OF RESnLC'IONS. Mr. Turner a resolution Timivwinrr tn ommint ftj I K .v-.J.l.w. V- UUWIUII tilt Hons. TllOS. Rllffin and , v Vi- sioners to oonte with the President of the United - ....v. iiiu, .1, VllltUJWU VjOIUUIIS- 1 J' o ! 1 vuu "1'A , f Dg States upon the present exciting atlairs i i I , -mr. liiwisoe onerea ! Mr. Bledsoe Offered an amendment declaring, that ,uu" pan- oi tne reoerai Uovermnent would destroy all hopes of DGftCe. fitirl Cflllino' nnnn Israel cent to withdraw his troops and cease all aA nf. cotinS nite in seceding States. ) . ; Un motion Mr. Morehead. the special order of -the was postponed until the morning business had . , - 1 W " - ec"v "" w umiwnjw, ne snnuiu j move an amendment to the 'rules, requiring that no ,.,,u,ii 0t.rv uivic uiiiii icii iiiuiiiiea un me bill for calling a Conventionor any amendment to said bill. ; ( 1 ;. . .' ' Mr. Avery-desiretl to know if the amendment offered by Mr.!; jBIetlsoe was the question before the Senate; if so, he would offer an amendment '; ; Mr. Outlaw rnoyed to lay the resolution of Mr. Tur ner with the atnendment of Mr. Bledsoe on the table. Mr, Bledsoe demanded the ayes and hays. Mr. Morehead thought the resolution offered by Mr. Turner was for the appropriation of money, and, there fore required three readings., ' v Tlie Chair said if the Senator from Bertie would withdraw his motion, he would rule that Mr. Bledsoe's amendment was out of order. :; ' Mr. Outlaw j withdrew, Jiis motion and the - Chair ruled amendments-out of order. v , : Mr. Bledsoe then offered his amendment as original, resolutions. , KeadL and placed on the file. Mr. Street, sjikenes of resolutions on federal relations, calling jfor a suspiension of all federal laws in the se ceding States, which conflict the State laws thereof. ; j Mr. Street g ive nitice that when the resoluthms from -the House came up he should move his as a substitute.!;. K .. ! - j : . - " " ; ' ; Mr. Morehead, j a series of resolutions declaring thatXorth-Carolina is devotedly attached to the Fed eral Union only 'upon the i-eixigniiipn of equality of rights that as Korth-Carolina accords to all other States their rightslshe "will maintain hers at all haz- i ards denoiincins tlie irrenressible conflict, and sno i ' . L j " , r ; . . . : . r C - . vi i.inijii vn fin lie. IIIUUJ111j V W Ml yUYC satisfactory to al poriioiisof the Union.' Ordered .' ''?'.'' : '-' to he printed. A Mr. W'anoh, a i . ' l :. resolution instructing the Gmrrnt inqnire into the expediencyof re tee id i i nance to ducing the tax on certain articles of merchandize. Kererred K.lOfCTlON OF KILLS. t , . Mi Walker; a biil to incorporate the Sharon Rirle Company in! th County of Mii'k enburs. Head and referred. j Mr. Uurtojn, d lill to permit the removal otfriends when buried iri! the and of another. Read and Re- ferred. 1 .vir. lavior, ot !Ura:iVilie. a t r tn1 1 ' 1 ! bill: to increase the I capital stock of the Ral.MJ-li igli and Uaston Railroad Coin pan v. . I I'eadj'atut refe roiJi the iloiis erred. I" '; '-! .1 . Mess::re fr so announcing rlie Hiuisp branch of committee on enrolled bills for the present week. Mr. Shaw, bi 1 to incorporate Fayetteville Savings Bank. Referred Mr. Turner.! a bill noncernin"- Ivnnks. Rpfprrpit The Senate then. reived itself into a committee of the whole on Federal ; Affrirs, the question beino' ofiered bv Mr. Averv. ; . the amendment Mr. Sharpe dbncluded his speech of yesferdav. f am. uii linger arose v m-'Ke some expli nations. The questioti recurring upon the amendmend, Mr.' Turner jthousrht the ahiendment would be! violation or tne 14 Constitution, and argued that the Legislature no powtr of restricting a Conven tion. Mr. Turner then went into a discussion proposition to tax negroes upon the ad valorern n'rin. ciple, and said, While he fhousht it should be adorit- ed, that it W(.)uld necessarily lead' to a changof the oasis 01 representation. An ad valorem syteiii of taxation woald destroy the equality of the west iri the Senate, j-The west, he aid, would not have1 two Senators west of Alamance, and he argued that; the white hasi would he adopted. 1 ! Mr. Avery asked the Senator from Orange if he would vote tor a Convention bill ?' ' r . Mr. Turner said he would. ; . Mr. A very X-y ill the Senator vote for an open and unrestricted Ci Invention-? Mr. Turner! $aid he had never seen the day that, he would not unfai now ; he was not willing to vote for one now, becaa Sri' be ! thought it tho nbiprt. nf flip th unionists ih this Legislature to vote North-Carolina out ot the Union. H ' 1 -' ' ' Mr. T. said: he! had been amused at the. action of the Committee on federal, affairs. Their report decided that a maioritv of! the Legislature miorbt. rail n Tlnn- vention. but afterwards two members of that Commit tee had introduced substitutes, declaring that two thirds were red wed J Mr. Avery f&vfi he would correct the Senator just- bono Ti, r,i;.; it .i. 11 . 1 mi p ii- nic vjujuiuoiice iiHt reporteu xiie uui ior caning a Convention. 'did not decide the matter, at all. and the substitute offered by himself and Judge' Person; was their own act iand not recommended by the Com mittee. j j' ; . ' ; . . ' ' " Mr. Turner continued his remarks to -some , extent,' favoring, a proposition to submit to the people whether 'or not they would, have a Convention. ' , , : ; "Mr. Humphrey' gave notice that if the amendment ;as voted down he should offer another. ;. Mr. Eure said he hoped that some medium gi-ound WOllId b . f Akeh !tliafj uinnlrV imifa-' h ' 1Zintr. - TT 1 u "VUIU Ullllfty IliC . k 1 i CXL . I thought thesuggestiori of the Senator from Buncombe,' that a proposition be submitted to the people at the same tune they vofe tor members ot a Convention, to vote " (JonveniiOili" Or "no d invention " micrV'it. an. swer. CD Mr. .Morehead said he had kept his seat for nearly two weeks, listening to the debates without seeing any prospect of action' on. the part of the Senate, All seemed disposed to bbev the demands nft.be ppnTilo nnrl he could hot SPp wli v there c K - n 1 1 he onr .i i H'it...t... xae luousnt mere was a provision in the bill proposed that would be a sufficient guarantee to the people. The only thing ti j which he objected was a single ..1 IT . J . . C. --' a:. ciause. ne asKeo: the ryjnator Irom Burke a simple amenHinpnf anA ha: wmntA i...fn r, o.. v., i v..,,.., ....v. nuum 1U1 VUV BUUSUIUIC. 1 Mr. Avery withdrew his amendment and added the rn : .i- 1. v. . . . loiiuwiug woras : r any ordinance ot said Uonvention," slum ue suoimiien po me people lor ratihcation. : Mr. Eure made! some remarks iu reply to the Sena tor from Guilford;. ! I Mr. Brown regretted that amendments had been offered. He believed they ! would weaken the bill. m. iiuiwa.nicjr nuuiu lie voteu UOWD. Mr. Avery saiid these amendments . were offered for the purpose-of conciliating the Senator from Cas well and others. He did not stand here to dictate any i parucuiar course ot plicy ior the action of this Senate. ' He was anxious to conciliate and hence he offered these amendmeritsL ; 'He had ret eatedly stated that he lavoreu me on?mai Din i he run so now hut. . tm t.hA sake of conciliation he had offered these amendments to meet the views others. : of the Senator from Caswell and t Virginia has passed ft Gmvention bill, by almost a unanimous vote: j No gentleman stood out there as the Senator from Caswell had done "here, for his own peculiar view-s, but all I were willing to yield for tlie sake of conciliation. .. -"' '. '. Tennessee has passed a bill for calling a" Convention through one branc of her Lcffislature. arid vet. Sena- tors stand out here opposing all conciliation and pro tbey can point us to. no hope of IMr. Buchanan has declared that dom? anvthinor to Rav flip TTninn posing none, whild savin? this Union. he has dispaired!of . , e J c ' . he has ClVen Un the whole matter tn fltncrroae ai.A the 7 4," . -r --- --- Hrva w Vi-j U' VUV Senator from Caswell has told us that there is no hope from that aua'rter. I anneal to that Senator to- meet me On the Same terms T , nnifm . tKpi nmenilmantu I have yielded mt preference : let him An the. Ramp thing, and let us obev the voice of the neonJe He was sorry to hear the Senator from Caswell sAv . j p that he would stand il t t . k . . . ... . - J 1 out nere against the demands of ! lhe people, because he cannot get his pecrii J - ' 'J he universal voice f the' people is for a Cr T,w,i ! and, yet. no resolutions had advised us what tr0"'1 Convention to call. The Senator fr0rn 2? ,lf by his vote, defeat a biH for calling a (vin ,nav by that vote bring about revdutian in Xonhi He would ask that Senator -if Wi' Ym ', ... i -- - I be t lf. W.M.i, Sf .g:. a revolution in Tnrtli..'iiml nai- ti.:. t . . "uol, ate a revolution in JNorth-Oarol ha?- ti,i t i . ,u a' already been denounced because nf if0' iTur? i - . ; ii in i as some action upon tlie exciting issues of our couni He had heard conservative men declare tWK Ty? the Legislature , calhxl a Convention othe rU 'i "?' decide upon their Federal affairs, there wouldPll spontaneous outburst of nomilar , are to have revolutiOii, said Mr. Avery let' f i "ijjnutMAi iruiiawuii ticooruing to the lawa of '" State. We cannot prevent a storm; but we mL tlm"1 ourselves iwit 'and direct it. If the Senator f Caswell finds that he cannqt control the storm is gathering in our State, it is his duty to oppose it a longer, but to go forward and give it direction, j Mr. Brown said he was not'for. dictating ti ti Senate, nor had he said he would Vote agailLSt all ,ofher propositions than the one he preferred.? j ; iMr. .Avery said that if he had understood tlie prnivi "sition of the .Senator from Caswell as he now states it ! he would not have . made the speech he had just mknV He was glad to hear. from the Senator that he won i'l vpte for the amendments, if he could not get his mvJ j.Mr. Avery declared again that he wanted a C,! - l-iinli'n,.' T,. ii l.l .. 1 Hl- ..iwwi, ,ui uu ouier purpose man to act upon orn federal relations. -' ;tv i- , . , j i Mr. IVown asked if Virginian had not called J fj J vention to consult upon federal affairs alone ? )) j j iMr Avery said it was possible she had, ami tw' was. just what he desired this Legislature should lln ,1n, . Vv'v ...... ,-n:.. x .ui ;. : - .1 1 a"ft conciliate, and therefore he liad offered this ment. ., '.'-";. 1 wmuig w yieui. nisiopinion ln'oVilnr amend- jMr. Tliomas, of Jackson, had made up riiWtnijiui tL vote for a Convention bill nf nv tln.1 tmt iA Ai i . want a Convention to get the White Basis pr ad Vall(. reih. The West would insist :upon no change in th .usiuuuou. ine rast has the .Senatethe )M tlie House. We are jsatisfied with that, one 'wail a chtvk ' upon the other and ought not to be changed. ! Ife'rW foil?ht.-thn Wllifp Ruoim rui.t;.. a A 1 1 4 J l r 1 . i""" ..'x-ni-iwii tiou no nau ucen en UOrseil. .- ' I : - . : 'Mr. Dockery obtaining'the floor, calleil for the lng of the pnjceedin'gs of three several meeting in read. Rifh- mpnd and ivooeson, making some remarks ir rehition thbreto, in whichxhe declared, ttat he did riot :wthi!ni self.bound to obev the instrnfti,irwwl,iVt ft,., . ... ... ...... .....v.. iHcpimRi hii)d imposed in calling upon him to vote. for!, a! Gin!.' ventinn H httwwUiI o t .......... vri.xi . uiaitvumm u- uei iue jJUlMin fe,leral relations at this time, he would vote "for a (in vention to meet some time next summer, though fe' was opposed, to a Convention for that purpose, for t'n reason that the Convention1 wmiM k'u;-A .. . the State out of the Union. He wnnhl l m r L ' Ctjnvention that did not submit it action to the. ' i T 1 . f- i f ni-n... w. am C. 1 . T . . I ' . -. , , .. . 1 ui " "u in ms c-ouniy insiructeu mm touo so. Mr. VV alknp- moved that the Committee rise. ot adopted. " i , '.''!A' Mr. 1 Humphrey renewed the? motion. Adopted ; ' Onmotiou of Mr.iWaugh, the' Senate adjouynecf. I 'I ' i- ; f -' ' !! T - . -S'. ' --. : 1 'i HOUSE OF COMMONS. f j Tuesday; Jan. I-S. lSfd. ' 1 PETITIONS AXP MF.MOailALS. j I, ! ! Mr. Merrimon nresented. ni-oce' d intra of- n mnA . ingin Brinco-nbe count v. I ' - i I ! I ! Mr. Love, of Hay wood, similar proceedings fr6m Hilvwood county. 1 , ! . : - a fr. Williams, ofc Ciimbrland. similar procwlin's iroim iiarnett county.! !. . f i ' ! .Mr. (Folk, similar Proceedings from : ' WataiWii corinty. 1 : . , Mr. Waugh, front Committed on Corporations, ro Mr. Siler, a resolution in favor of Clark IUr i ' ' BILLS; ! " : . : 'I ' Mr. H.ill, a bill to lay off anil establish .the county Mr. McndenhaU, bill to incorporate the i elvillo !.'!!, r of tht- Hill MiMng Company-. . '".'b Mr. Meramon,! bill to amend the charter town f Ashville. ( : J l - ' ; ? Mr. . Harris, hill coneorninrr s Canspwnv iri the! fco.inty of Cabarrus. ' 'V. .'"!- .'-: ':A J. he special order for 11 o'clock to-day,! the com mnjiee report on the subject ot coercion, . talpn up. : - , ; : ' L. . ; was Mr. Slatle introduced a substittite to the c iniiiif ted report, and stated that his oaiper in intrin'iipm . 1 ,t , it asto do away with some objections urged to the committee rejiort. .- - - - , . -: . f : Mr. Marsh moved that the subject; be postponed f unril t(f-mof row at 11. o'clock. , j ' ) 1 ij Mr. Live, of Jacks n, called for the aye: and nods. - '..' ': . '. - r - - .' -j . -, ; y Mr. Marsh withdrew his mbtio.i. ; i Mr. Rogers moved a slight amendment, which was accepted by Mr. Slade. r -' j Mr. Rogers spoke, taking gTPunds against the Coiistitutional right of a State to secede: - ! Mr, Love, f Jackson, look gr und for -secession, ! and differed with the po-ition taken by. Mr. Rogers. Mr. Person, as chairman of the Committee on Fed-', era! Relations, defined the meiiino-nf tho r.anlioiiui reported on the subject of coercion, and'ohjected to the resolution of Mr, Slade f ecaune it did hot de clare that, the General Government l as no-'"Contoin'i-i; tional right to c erce a! fecpd trig State. He declarpd ! the;right of a sovereign State to secede; and denied the right of t le Govermn'int 'o coerce. , A colloquy took place letwecnMr Jgersand Mr. Person, and the.floi r w;as occupied some time by, them in the discussion of the constitutionality and right of secession. Mr. Rogers taking ground against and Mr. Person for. . '. " ' - ' .'. . ""-.'"'!! . 'llie hour having arrived for the fitting of the com-, mittee of the ! whole, oh the Convention question, on motion of Mr.lYeates, the'order was suspended in order ! to give time for the passage of the resolution. 1 1 - Mi. Hoke si irimitted some .remarks on the resolu-. tionW lefore tl Yeatjes, Mr. pJrson and Mri Green, of Franklin J wheii nousti, ana was 101 lowed Dynivir : I f 11 1 i i .r the liour haym Committee uuj ,j m. mm. 1 1 iijj i vj arrived -for the . sitting of! the a ram -Mr. Bullock moved '-that! the special order be su-! pendled for one hour, in order rto come to a vote oh the 1 resolutions before the House A lencthv discussion took tilaf narf'iiMfp.1 In hv . f-p l - j- 1 X A J J Messrs. Bridge s, Marsh, Batchelor, Yeates, Ncwbyt Ferebee, and others, consuming the hour set apart for ' the further con iideration of the; resolutions. j . Mir. -Love, of Jackson, moved to postpone the special order for half an hour. j : i ' . Mr. Davis, of Rutherford, moved an aAljotirnrnent. .Xot agreed to. ' ; ,''":?"..''; -' f -j ! :' '. :-'. The Hpuee -cnt into committee of the whole' j" Mr! Hill in tin; ch ur, and m motion of' Mr. Davis, of Rutherford, ros." to sit to-morrow at 12 o'clock.- i i The discussio 1 on the resolutions continued. , ! Several attem pts were made to adjourn without ef fect, and points of order were raised, which consumed about two hour in their discussion, when, on motion of Mr. Meares, at half past 4 o'clock, the House took a recess until nan atter 7 oclx;h r. M -. ' ' ' '" r. ; I!VENING SESSION. .. .! ; Tlie House m t at 7J ofclock P. M. The question jeing; xxfu the amendment offered by Mr. Ferebee. : - ' ' : j . !.' . . . , : jj - , Mr, Merrimoi i called fpr a division of the question, and the amendment was Negatived. - - S The question then recurred un the mnfim nfiAfr Slade, to strike cut-the original rewdution reported by1 the Committee and insert ;tle one, introduced bv him ; arid the vote being taken, the House failed tostrik out, Mr. Marsh spoke at some lenrt.li wmAncf Mh'n'c against the course of the House in refubim? to striko out. j ;. . ; ' y : -. .": '-i, ', Mr.; Slade spoke in exnlanation nf the antinn fo train by him in the introduction nf hi eKnh,t avowed himself a socesHibninl. unfl or in his devotion to tlie South. V - ' . r , Mr.j Meares nelxt snoke. v Ha sition that had ; been mahifpctmt - - VA Ao As ua " --"t-v V Mia OtA(7 ,"U. HIW House to a resolution to which he could ! see nothing objectionable. He had boned th at tW jvmAA oil march up and prtseut in the vote of the Tlntisp a unanimous voicd and let it go forth to the" country finil Kara rtit MlX Al t T A. I ' 1 '.. 1 uun "uijf me uiorai euoci wpicn u was cal culated to nrodiiee: but crivn tn tho ix.nrA tho of North-Carolinal. He had fought in the ranks of the whig nartv for the last one had sacrificedlmore than himself in his opposition r I-" 1 '. r.
Daily State Journal (Raleigh, N.C.)
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