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STATE CONVENTION. COMFILEU FROM Till: I.VIlXr KALKU.Il I'Al'KRS. Friday, June 12, IS35. Mr. Swain, from the Committee of 26, on the .subject of reducing the number of Members in both Houses, reported, in part; recommending that the Senate be composed of 50 members, to m chosen by district, to be laid oh" by the Legislature at its first session after the year 18 11, and every ten years thereafter, in proportion to the public taxes jtaid ; no County to be divided in forming a Senato rial district, &c.-;-(iri accordance with the law o:i the subject;) and that the House of Commons shall be composed fyf 120 members, to be chosen bv counties or districts, or both, according to their federal population each county to have at least one member, though it may not contain the requi site ratio of population. On motion of Mr. J. Speight, order id that th report lie read the 2nd time .to-morrow, and com mitted to a Committee of the Whole. The Convention then went into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Canton in the Chair, on the 4th Reso lution accompanviug the Report of the Committee, relative to "restricting or abrogating the right of free jtersons of color to vote. T?Ir. Daniel offered an amendment to extend the right of sulTrage to free persons of color, who, in ad lition to other qualifications, shall possess a free hold of 50 acres of land, or town projterty to the vajue of S2o0. Mr. Daniel said this subject re quircil great consideration. ' He believed it was ood policy to leave the door open ft r the improve ment of this class of our 'population. By giving them privileges, you raise .the standard of their character, and offer them some inducement to take uu', interest in the goo! order of the community wherein they reside and hld projterty. He belie ved the fear which many felt, that giving privile ges to-free persons who might hold property, would encourage them to instigate mischief among the slaves, was more imaginary than real. Cive them sonic standing, .and stake in the community, and th'iy will have an interest and feel an inclination in protecting that community against disorders, iScc. ; their interest would then be. nearly assimilated to that of the whites, and they would find it to their advantage to cherish ami protect that interest. I)u .ring the Revolution, numlters of free blacks fought as bravely to obtain the liberties we now enjoy, as , the whites; and would you now deny to them all , the rights and privileges acquired, in part, by their . valor? If you degrade them t a level Willi the slaves, you cut olffrom them all hope of advancing . their condition, and you destroy all moral incentive , to virtuous actions; their sympathies and asstcia - tioiis will be with the slaves, the inevitable conse quence of which, will lie to excite discontent among the- latter, and not unfrequently, perhaps, lead to worse consequences. - Ir. Jesse Wiilson moved to amend the amend ment of Mr. Daniel, so as to abrogate the right of all free ersons of color to vote. W'c already sof ter evils enough, said Mr. Wilson, from the bla k and mixed classes among us; arid the more nearly we assimilate their condition to that of the wljites, barrier which ought not to be broken down Ite tween the two classes. If you make it your busi ness to elevate the condition of the blacks, in the same proportion do you degrade that of the poorer whites; and the consequence must be, a more fami liar association between them, and an inrrrn.se of mixed breeds It is the true policy of t ho country n t to break down the lines oj" distinction which nature has erected, &cf Mulatto voters, he said, wens as transferrable as a (lock of sheep. Mr. Fisher never believed that free blacks were citizens,' in the full sense of the term. I Jut he considered this an irrelevant matter. The great question for us now to determine and which the people of North Carolina have jjent us here to set tie -is, not what hare Iteen the rinhs of this class of persons among us, but what they shall he here after. He wished to restrict their right, as here tofore exercised ; but ho would extend no me privile ges to them. If we could raise the standard of in dustry, honesty, and virtue, among 2o,t00 people of this class among ih, justice and expediency requi red it at our hands. Mr. Carson spoke against the policy of admitting free blacks to the rights of suffrage. ' As far as his experience went, they seldom come to the polls ex cept in contested elections; and were generally brought up and made use. of by demagogues. It was his opinion, that emutcipated slaves, and their descendants were not "citizen-;," in the full mean ing of the word; although lie vas not clear, bijt what the mulatto off-spring of white women were entitled to tte so considered. According to his no tions, a freeman, an Independent Citizen of North Carolina, is any thing but an em ancipated negro. The amendment was then adopted, Gl to 00; af ter the Committee of the Whole rose, the resolu tion, as amended, was reported to the House, and an adjournment tili to-morrow touk place. Saturday, June IU, The Convention having again gone into Commit tee of the Whole, on the res !ution relative to abro gating the right of suffrage as heretofore exercised by free blacks, Mr. Shober said it was sufficient for him that free blacks were human !eings were subject to taxation, and to other public but dens to induce him to extend to them the right of voting, and' of citizenship. Whether they wen;, or not, consider ed as subjects by the British authorities of the American colonies, he was certain of this that the English were now very ready to pronounce them free," the moment they touched fitot on the soil of England ! He Iteueved that the children, at least, of liberated slaves, were freemen and citizens, and entitled to the right of suffrage. Justice de manded that we should do something for this very considerable class of our populationf Mr. 'Shober was willing to restrict them say, to vote for mem bers of the House of Commons, on being possessed of 6100 worth of real estate; and heinoved mi .amendment to that effect. Mr. Giles was in favor of Mr- Sholier's amend ment. Revising and remodeling the fundamental law of the land, which had stovl for more than half a century, was a work which ought not to bo done, except after the profoundost consideration, and the clearest conviction that the necessities of the people imperiously required it. It was with a kind of awe, that he put his hand on this old ark of our political safely, to rend asunder any part of it; and could not do so, unless sure of effecting a cer tain good, or of remedying an actual evil, lie felt jreat reluctance to deprive the unfortunate race of persons under consideration, of the small privilege of voting, which they had enjoyed from the founda tion of our government, lie had no proof that they ofteuer abused this privilege than the whites, Let us set them a good example, and he was sure they would but seldom throw their votes in he wrong scale. The nearer we can approximate the coqditioit of the free blacks to that of the w hites, the wider do we make the breach between them and the slaves, ami the greater security have we that they will serve to check insubordination among the latter. It should be our policy to hold out to them inducements to be honest and industrious. Jn the suggestion of .Mr. W. Gaston, Mr. Sho ber withdrew his amendment, in order that the di rect question might be determined; and on this Mr. (iilliam called for the yeas and nays. Mr. Morehead offered an amendment, providing that no free black shall in any case vote for incm. bers of the Senate ; nor for memlicrs of the Com. moiio, unless he possess a freehold of the value of 100. If we close the door entirely against this unfortunate class of our jiopulatiou, we may light uj the torch of commotion among oiir slaves. Mr. Willson, of Perquimons, did not brieve a free black qualified to vote : he had not the requi site intelligence nor integrity. We already ex clude a colored person from giv ing testimony against a white person. A white man may go to the house of a free black, mal-treat and abuse him, and com mit any outrage upon his family for all w hich the hy cannot touch him, unless some white person sav the acts committed; some filly years' expe rience having satisfied the legislature that the black does not tossess sufficient intelligence and integri ty to be entrusted with the inqtortant privilege of giving evidence against a white person. And, af ter this, Jshull we invest him with the more inijtort ant rights of a freeman the high privilege of ex ercising the functions of a voter? He heard al most every Imdy saying that slavery was a great evil! Now he "itelieved it was no such thing ho thought it a great blessing, in the south. Our sys tem of agriculture could not be carried 'on, in the southern states, without it might as well attempt to build a rail -road to the moon, as to cultivate our swamp lands without slaves. There are already 300 colored voters in Halifax, l.r0 in Hertford, "j0 in Chowan, 70 in Pasquotank, Szc. ; and if we fos ter and raise them up, they will soon become a ma jority and wc shall next have negro justices, ne gro sheriffs, &c. The question was then taken on striking out the report of the Committee of the Whole, and decided in the negative, ayes (2, noes (". After which, the report was adopted, (which abrogates, in toto, the right of free colored jtersons to vote,) by yeas and nays, as follow ; Yens. rMoirs. Av-ritt, Adims, IJonner, TJirringer, Rry.m, Maxtor, Hrittain, liiiley, Mrodnax, Iloddic, Cru dup, Cox, Cooper, Calvert, Collins, Fid wards, F'aison, Catling, (Jaither, Craves, (Iilliam, Gary, Ilogan, Ilar grave, Ilussey, Hooker, Hodges, Iluygius, Howard, llutcheson, Harrington, Hal soy. Jervis, Jacocks, Jjea, I-seur, M iron, McQueen, .fe Ichor, Marchant, M pares, Norcotn, Outlaw, Pcarsull, Pipkin, llulliii, Richard Ramsay, Roulhac, Styron, Sawyer, Skinner, R. I). Spui-Wit, Sugg, Stalling, Jesse Sneight, Saunders, Sprudl, Tavloe, L. 1). Wilson, V. P. 'Williams, Welch, Woofeu, Jesse Wilson, J. W, Williams, Wilder, A ays. Messrs. Andres, Arrington, Hower, Branch, Miggs, Hunting, Hirnhett, Cat hey, Cansler, Chalmers, Chambers. J. .Mcl). Carson, Daniel, Dockery, Dottsoii, Elliott, FVrebee, Fisher, FVankhn, Win- Gaston, Alex ander F. Giston, Guinn, Gricr, (J ur.s, Gray, Giles, Gud ger. Hall. Holmes, Kimhro Jones, Fvimund Jones, Join er, King, Kelly, .Morris McMillan, McPherson, McDiar tnui, Morehead, Martin, Marsteller, .Montgomery, Moore, Owen, Absalom Powell, Parker, J. W. Powell, 'Ray tier, Swain, Shipp, J. S. Smith, Seawell, Sherard, R. J. Smith, Shober, Troy," Toom -r, White, Robert Williams, Whitfield, Welbotn .Mr. Speight, of Craven, then moved that the amendment be referred to a Select Committee, to draft a provision in accordance therewith. The President appointed the following gentlemen to coin pose said committee: Messrs. Spjigjit, Brodnax, lessee tisou, iiitckciv, una isower. The resolution reported by the Committee of .1: ! iiuneeii, reiauvo io uisquaiuyuig persons irom holding different othces at the same time, was adopt ed without amendment. On the Resolution, relative to equalizing the fax lctweeii white and black polls, the Convention then went into Committee of the Whole. Mr. (Ijaithcr moved an amendment, to the effect that it was inexpedient to equalize the poll tax, as projMtsed: And Mr. Daniel moved to amend the amendment, by affirming that it was expedient to do so. Mr. (yaither sajd, that as slaves were property, and ijot p'jr suns, ho was opposed to placing them on a footing with the whites in any shape. He thought they should lie taxed as property, and a wide distinction le made Itctweeii them and white freemen, as objects of taxation. Moreover, it would be inexpedient, and almost impracticable, to equal ize the poll tax, as projtosed: white males pay a poll tax between the ages of til and 15; blacks, males, and females, between 1:3 and 50; Now, would we undertake to say that all whites, males HinfcfnaJcs, between 12 and 50, should pay a tax on their heads ? It is preposterous it would not be attempted. Or should we say that no slaves, except those Itetwccn "21 and 15, shall lj subject to taxation when, in ipost cases, they are as valua ble to their masters under and over those ages as at any other period of their lives, lie was disposed to luave the discretion with the legislature, where it now rested. Mr. Branch expressed some surprise that the gentleman from Ihuke should have so misconceived the spirit in which this Convention was called. lie called upon gentlemen from tho West, to know if this was tho light in which they viewed the com promise, by which it was hoped to settle. the Con vention question. Mr. Swain thought the views of the gentleman from Rurko entirely erroneous; he knew they were not the views of the Western memlters of the Le gislature, who last winter effected a compromise of the Convention. One leading principle was to provide against unequal taxation. What he under stood by equalizing the tax Itetween white and black polls, w'as. not to disturb the periods as now fixed ujon between, which the jlls shall Ikj subject ed to taxation, t,ijt t say, that if a white poll male Itetwccn 21 ani 15 pays 20 cents tax, a black poll male or female between V2 and 50J shall pay no more nor es than, that sum. As representation in the Senate, is to hq Itnsed upon taxation, the West would diminish, )xr representation in that Itody by making the. t.-x larger on the black than the white poll aod the rpp.esentation from the I Cast would bq increased in the same ratio, their slave popula tion being proportionally greater. 1 After some further remarks, Mr. Caither with drew his amendment; the Committee rose, report ed progress, and the Convention adjourned. Monday, June 15, 1835. On motion of Mr. Speight, of Greene, the Con vention went into Committee of the Whole, Mr, Shober in the Chair, on the report of the Select Committee, fixing the representation in the Senate at 50, and in the Commons at liiO. Mr. Speight moved to strike out 120, so as to leave the number in the Commons blank. Mr. Harrington moved to aniend the rejtort, by substituting 3 j for 50, as the number in the Senate. Mr. Swaiij said the Committee had given the subject so deliberate a consideration, before they reported in favor of 50 for the upper, and 120 for the lower House, that ho had hoped the gentleman from Greene would give his reasons for altering the number in regard to the lower House, He was not very strenuous for those particular numbers; but he felt that the relative proportion Itetween the two Houses, could not with justice be disturbed. Mr. Sjteight said, the gentleman from IuncoinIte deceived hims.f, if he supposed that ho (Mr. Speight) felt any disposition to shrink from his pro position. Mr. Speight then showed that what was called the compromise would operate very injuri ously on the Kast. In fixing tho basis for the Se nate, you have descended into every species of tax ation. Any county, by erecting a billiard-table, (on w hich there is a tax of 5o) can entitle herself to Senatorial representation. So that your basis might le continually fluctuating one thing to day, and another to-morrow. He would have been in favor of comprising the Convention, by giving one Senator to each county, and ha so the numbers in the other house on white population. Fix the nnmltcr of the Senate at 50, ami for every $1400 of taxes, there would be one Senator fix it at III, and it would take $2000 of taxes to send a memlter. He was opposed to 120 lor tho commons j since it did not comport with that economy so much talkod of by the advocates for the call of this Convention. IJy adopting that numlter, you deprive all the small er and middle sized counties of one memlter, while the Wot retains her full numlter, and will have M to 15 majority in the lower house: Iy fixing the number at 100, tho West will still have 3 or 4 ma jority. Mr. Swain, as Chairman of the Committee who reportod the numbers, r') and 120, felt it his duty to sustain that part. No one would sacrifice more for harmony than himself; but if the east, holding a majority "in this Convention by the principle of county representation, are disposed to fasten on the West unjust and oppressive provisions, the great contest will not end with the struggles in this body : the jicople, like the strong man, will rise in their might, and burst the cords that have been entwined altotjt them. He knew that prgumenjs would be useless here; bat reasons would be listened to by the people, when they come to pass upon the amend ed Constitution. Mr. S. went on to show that near ly all the States had a larger proportioned numlter in the lower house than now proposed. In Ten nessee, whose Constitution was last funned, the pro portion was 3 to 1 ; and in other States, from I to I, and even 10 to 1. He did not think tho plan of r.onniromise, nrotxjsetl by the gentleman from Green. jlri 3puigllf) wa euicuiaiCu 10 eueci me oitject desired. We might wton expect to have a popula tion of oiio million; and bethought 1-20 was not too large a body for so numerous a population. Mr. Harrington supported his motion to reduce the Senate from 50 to 31. If 4S was sufficiently large for the Senate of the United States, he thought H would do very well for the Senate of North Ca rolina. Mr. Daniej wished the Committee of the Whole to rise, and report progress; and then to refer the subject again to tho Select Conjmittee, that they might reort wh it would be the respective ratios, were the house composed of the different numbers, 00, 100, 110, and 120. Messrs. Daniel, Carson, and Williams, of Frank lin, advftc ited this motion ; and Messrs. Fisher, Shipp, Welborti, and J. S. Smith opposed it ; -when Mr. Daniel finally withdrew the motion. Messrs. Dithson and Wei born each spoke against striking out 1J0, and in favor of preserving the pro portion between the two houses, as reported bv the Committee; which coijld not be departed from without endangering the w hole of our proceedings. Afler sou.e further discussion between .Messrs. Speight and Swain, tho coiumitte rose, and the Convention adjourned. Tuesday, June 1 ft, 1 Mr. 11. D. Spaight, from the Committee appoint ed to draw up an Articlo amendatory of the Consti tution, in relation to tho abrogation of the right of free jtersons of color to vote, reported the following, which was read the first time ; A11TICLI1. That no freo ne.rro, free mulatto, or free person of mixed blood, descended from negro ancestors to the fourth generation inclusive, (though one aneesr tor of each generation may have Iteen a white per son,) shall vote for memlters, of the ScmUu or House of Commons. 4 The Convention having rpsolved itself jntoa Com mittee of (he Whole, 'Mr. Shober in the Chair, on the unfinished business qf yesterday, the motion pending Iteing to strike out 120 as tho numltcr which is to constitute the House of Commons, a very elaborate discussion nr.vse, in which Messrs. Wilson, of i'erquiioous, JJryan, ISranch, Swain, Welborn, Seawell, fcskinner.aid Jacocks pa rticipaled The Committee rye about 2 o'cjitck, rejtorted progress, and obtained leavo to sit again, After the Committee rose, Mr. Wilson, of fer quimon.s, Muhuiitted the following Resolution: Resolved t That a Committee of twelve, tvyo of whom to be selected from each Judicial district, be appointed, to rctort what r;tio of Federal Popula tion will give to the. House of Coiquons 00 mem lters, 100 memlters, 1J0 memlters, and 120 mem lters; and that said Committee report what dispo sition is to lie. made of the "residue" of Federal Population, after allowing pnq nipmber to each county; and that said Committee he instructed, after allowing one member tq eah county, to ap propriate the "residue" "tnooimties or districts, or both, according to Federal I'opulatmn," accord ing to the several numlters JH), 10,0, 11Q, 120. The question being put on" now taking up this Resolution, it was negatived, 5.5 members voting for it, and the Convention then artjourncd. Vednesdait June 17, 1835. Mr. Wilson, of Perquiuions called up the Reso lution whiUi he laid on ihe table yesterday. Op position was made lg taking mi the Resolution, and some debute ciioucd. The 'mover, Judge Scavvell, j Judge Daniel, Mr. Williams, of Franklin and Gov. Branch spoke in favor of taking up the Lesolution ; and Judge Gaston, Messrs. Giles, risher, fehober, Morehead, and Dr. Smith, against it. I he question for taking up was carried. The question w as then on the Resolution. Judge Gaston moved to amend it, by striking out all that part of it which' relates to disposing of the sur- PlThe amendment was carried, and the remainder of the Resolution was laid on the table, on Mr. Wilson's motion, who said, the amendment having prevailed, he had no wish for its adoption. The Convention then resolved itself into a Com mittee of the Whole, Mr. Shober in the Chair, and took up the unfinished business of yesterday. The debate was continued by Mr. Outlaw, Mr. Morehead, Mr, Kelly, Mr. Fisher, Mr. Macon, and Gen. Sjteight, , Tho Committee rose about half after two o dock, Tported progress, and obtained leave to sit again, rehe Convention then adjourned. Thursday, June 18, Mr, Wilson, of Perquimons, called for the. se cond reading of the Article proposed to be incorpo rated info the new Constitution, in relation to the right of Free Negroes to vote, Gen. Speight enquired of tho gentleman whether his object vyas to have the article discussed, or sim ply read, in order that the Hole of the Convention, requiring such articles to be read three several times, on three several days, might be complied with, and some progress be thereby made Mr. Wilson said he only wanted it read for that purpose, and should not say a word on the subject. Mr. Morehead remarked, that though the gen tleman bad said that he would not discuss this mat ter, they had no assurance that a reply to any re marks which might he made would not bo offered, bv the gentleman from Perquimons, The unfinish ed business of yesterday was a more interesting and absorbing question, and ought to bo disposed of first. .Mr. Wilson replied, that tlo gentleman from Guilford was right, in supposing that if any amend ment were ollercd vytth a view to affect the decision already made on this question, that he should sub mit some remarks thereon. He should feel it his duty to do so, and therefore gave notice of his in tention. Mr. Gaston said that this discussion then was an unprofitable one: for, if no other gentleman did, be should submit an amendment to the Article when it came up, if for no other purpose than to have the Yeas and Nays. The question of consideration was then put, and negatived. On motion of Gen. Sjteight, the Convention then resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, on the unfinished business of yesterday, Mr. Shober in the Chair. The debate was opened by Judge Gaston, who sitoke tor two hours in favor of sustaining the Ke- ttort of the Committee, and against the motion to strike out 120 as the number present ten tor ine iu ture House of Commons. He was followed on the same side by Mr. McQueen. tion to strike out, and negatived, G5 to 55 votes, A motion was then made that the Committee rise and report the Resolution to the Convention; but, on the suggestion of Judge Gaston, that he wished to submit a Resolution to the Committee before it rose, the motion to rise was withdrawn, Judge Gaston then said, he would avail himself of the opportunity of offering a Resolution, which embodied two propositions, one for directing the manner of disjtosing of the surplus fractional mem bers of the several counties. The other for divi-. ding the large counties into as many districts as they are entitled to elect members. After some debate, the last clause of the Resolu tion was withdrawn for tho present; the first was agreeu to, us an amendment to the original Reso lution, and was rejtorted to the Convention, which rose without acting upog the Report of the Com mittee of he Whole. Judge Gaston's amendment was in the following words. 'That in making the appointment of Represent atives in the House of Commons, the ratio of Re, presentation shall be ascertained b' dividing the amount of tho Federal jjojuilation of the State, after deducting that comprehended within those counties w hich do not severally contain the one-hundred and twentieth jtart of the entire Federal population aforesaid, by the uumlter of Representatives less than the number assigned to the said counties: that to each county containing the said ratio, and not twice the said ratio, there shall be assigned one Re presentative; to each county containing twice, but not three times the said ratio, there shall be assign ed two Representatives; and so on progressively, and that then tho remaining Representatives shall lie assigned severally to tho counties havin the largest fractious." Friday, June 19, 135. - Judge Gaston offered the following Resolution, winch he was willing should lie ujton the table, to Ite called up whenever a convenient season should occur, during the Session of the Convention; Resolved, Tltat it is ex pedient, in framing amend ments to the Constitution, on the subject of repre sentation in the IJouse of Commons, to provide that in making every apportionment, the Fjegiskv, ture shall divide, or cause to lie divided, those coun ties to which more than to representatives shall lie assigned, into election districts, consisting seve rally of contiguous territory, and of equa! federal numliers, as nearly as convenience will permit, each of which districts shall elect one Kepreseuta, live only, On motion, the Rejtort of the Committee of the Whole, made yesterday, in relation to the number of memlters which should hereafter comjtose the Senate and House of Commons, was taken up, when the amendment projtosed By Judge Gaston, and agreed to in Committee of the Whole, was confirm ed by the Convention. The Articles for constitu ting the two Houses were then before the Conveii, tion. On reading the Article which relates to the Se ate, Dr. Williams said, he was not satisfied with the provision which directs the General Assembly, at its first Session, after the year 1841, and every ten years thereafter, to lay off the State into elec tion districts, in proportion to the public taxes paid into the Treasury of the State. He thought there w ould lie no necessity for such frequent changes in our system. After the year 1841, when a new Census will have been taken, he thought it would be sufficient to make a fresh arrangement, once in twenty years. He moved, therefore, to strike out ten years, and insert twenty. Mr. Guinn said, that it would operate against the county of Macon, which he represented, to suf fer twenty years to elajtse after the year 1841 be fore a new arrangement of the election districts should take place, At present, the taxes of his county were collected chiefly from polls, the land being" in the hands of the Cherokees. He hojted many years would not elapse before the citizens would "in possession of it. When that shall hap pen, the population and taxes will be equally increa sed, and the county wilt oe enuueu iuu proportion ate influence in the choice of Representatives He wished, therefore, that set long a sjtace astuea-tx- nr after 1841. iniulit not elapse before Ma con could be admitted to a full share of the rights and privileges to which she might, in sucli case, have a just claim. The amendment of Dr. Williams w an earned ; when Jo.i-t.t Huston moved an amendment to the arti cle in question, calculated to meet the case of Ma con, viz: to add the following words after ine year 1841, "and at the Jirst session of the year 1851," so as to admit a new arrangement in that year; which was carried 77 votes to 51, Mr. Halsey then moved so to amend the article, that the amount of public Taxes paid into the Trea sury by each county shall be ascertained by taking an averase of the amount jaid for the five previous years, which motion was agreed to. The question lie'mg on agreeing o the article, as amended, Gen. Sjteight moved to strike out from the provision in relation to the numlter of the future House of Representatives, the words one hujulrtd and twenty, and called the Yeas and Nays on the question, which were taken as follows and nega tived by a vote of 76 to 5xJ, Air. "Harrington then moved to strike out the words fifty, in relation to the Senate, which motion was negatived lx4 votes to 4, The affirmative votes were, Messrs. Harrington, Wilson, of Edg comlio, Wilson, of Perquimons, ami Hunting, After a verlml amendment, jtroposed by Judge Gaston, and agreed to, the Articles were ordered to a third reading, and made the order of the day for Monday next, Saturday, June 20, 1S35. Governor Swain, from the Committee to whom bad been committed the subject of Borough Rejtre sentatiou, informod the Convention, that he should make a Rejtort on the subject on Monday next, re conunediug the abrogation of Borough Representa tives, with the exception of the towns of Kdentun, Newborn, Wilmington, and Fayetteville, v The Convention went into a Committee of the Whole, Gen. Wellborn in the Chair, on the Pm jKtsition which gives to the Convention the pnwrr of directing whether the General Assembly shall hold its Session annually or biennially. After a debate which oecujtied the whale of the sitting, the quest ion -was carried without a division, in favor ef biennial Sessions. Judge Gaston, Dr. Smith, Messrs. King, Wilson, of P., Skinner, and Shelter, spoke in favor of biennial sessions; and Governor Branch, Judges Daniel ami Seawell, Macon, VA-u.r.l.-,oiw1 Center io fivor of annual sessions. The Rejtort of the Committee of ihe Whole will probahly lie taken ujt by the Convention on Mon day, and finally acted upon. i- . . ' - . From the Augusta (Geo.) Sentinel. RECONCILIATION, derstanding Itetween my particular friend, Thomas Long, and myself. It will be seen, from the follow ing corrosfjvtndcnce, that a reconciliation bas taken place mutually satisfactory to the parties. ROB SHORT. A r or st a, , l:3o. Mr. Short: As I jtassed by a Kitchen on the evening after the proceedings of the Baltimore Con vention reached this ftlace, I observed vou in a large company of blacks of both sexes. It "is due to you to say, that you seemed to be a silent sjectator of what was going on, and that your deportment was grave and thoughtful; but, sir, it is enough for ine to disclaim all further intimacy with you, that vou wero seen in such company, THOS. LONG. , l?35. Mr. Loxo : A word of exjtlanation will, I am sure, restore me to the friendship of my most reve rend companion. I was tassing by the kitchen in which you saw ine, and seeinir the company assem bled, I felt confident it was Vice President John son's levee; and I thought, that out of respect to the second officer in the Government, I would tq in a few minutes. Yours with unaltated esteem, BOB SHORT. , Had not the squeamish sticklers tor appearances, in Washington City, Iteen taught a useful lesson 1V the " roman firmness" of the President at the time of Mrs. Eaton's Cabinet explosion, we would enter tain fears of a similar catastrophe from the intend ed introduction into that city of the "family con cerns" of the nominee for tho Vice Presidency. Hut the Hero's course on that occasion leaves no room to believe that a shade of difference among those who are honoured with his friendship will authorise neglect, or be permitted to create distinc tion or disresjtect, All men are born equal," says a well known document, and all women too," adds our truly republican chief. Beware, ladies of the Federal City Ncwbern Spectator. The Nashville Banner heads one cf its paragraphs "Hurra for Arkansas," in announcing, that a man had at last Iteen condemned to be hanged in that territory one Morgan Wilson havingbcen made the subject of that salutary sentence. The Directors of the Bmnch Rink of the United otates, in Charleston, bvn nr.r.Tv-r-;.,.i ihr.nnJ dollars tor the relief of sufferers bv the late disastrous nre m ina.t city. -Catuden Journal. The receiDts of the ni.arUct lor the month of Mav. amount win t rln- sivo qt the mad couttact. Columbia Times. - uult.a ui oiwK oi ine t;ommercial wnni" this place were made, on Monday last, at per share, being a premium of .ryJ per cent, on the original cost cL , lken Telegraph states that a s.tle of 50 shares ot Kail Road Stock was made, on the lt inst , at per share. Columbia Times, of June 19. Liahilifu oT P-v 'ei t this paper last week recovered judgment arainst a Post master f r a paper not ta ken from his office of which he neglected to inform him. All Postmasters, who do so, render themselves liable, and on -lit to be held iocuw' atle.ruladcU.Ui Ttrr.rs.
Western Carolinian (Salisbury, N.C.)
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