North Carolina Newspapers

,4 :f'r :i Editor. ; Monday. June .l,.-le.y'- TUE Sairruiu. U iasucd every inonuug (Sua dy axeeptet the following rus J , For Pally, pwyawr, T;vv;t, I V .10 00 ail li4liiril. on month, i..' w.vi.'..-iv.- 00 . two Bwtithv:rrrt 7,rr. 77.-- a Somi-Weekly, per year. Weekly, per yearyw Aw.;i.;.f 00' Our termi trt Invariably fa advene. Money . any be wot a by the Rait Iload conductor or tb Exprsea Companies. . s. Fon oovBiiNon,. . JONATHAN WORTH, OF BANDOLPH. 1 Our Iat telegraphic dispatches leave no doubt T m to tbc speedy iommencmeniof hoetilitie ; la Europe. Tba propoiitlo of "a 'Conftwiw . with the neutral power. ha been frustrated by tbo stubborn course ofA(:st H.t, snd the He ban beea abandoned. .. , ' Austria With m Immense array threatens tlx lnvssWof Prussia and Italy, and tboss power in turn are storing their forces to the frontier la order to meet the nmy at lb, threshold Prussia with a mller force than Austria, is beless poesed of a war apparatus of tie most efficient and formidable character. . u ; 1 The present contestant "will, however, not be v permitted alone to occupy the field, It s strong '. ly suspected that Kussia with ber iramens force will back np Austria. Freuoa cannot be a ! lent spectator, but most espouse the cause of It- - aly and Prassia at an early ly; The most of the Continental power wW'"pirtjaJiy,be lo- stnwqfe earls. ' " t The effect of the war upon the United States will at the start be unfavorable. The demand for gold will be increased and for cotton leetca ed. ' Should the war tontine, the demand for . breaditufft in Europe will furnish good mar ket to American farmer, " , The friends of peace- must seriously regret this eaU to arms. It cannot be otherwise than sanguinary and bloody affair, though - it bv-po- . sible it may not be protracted. Great Britain wil) preserre her neutrality and aroid all par ticipation in it, and la this she will act wisely, , . I. ,.'1 1 m e up. 1 .,,,11 ' 1 ; Basis of Esprescntatiqn. " The Convention on Saturday passed the or dinance fixing the basis of representation, here after upon the number of white population tor the House of Commons and property or taia- tlon for the Senate, :This change the West has long desired end the question has been 'settled by the above . compronisj. . There ware thoie who contended that the basis for both House should be the white people of the State, "bat the majority held to the idea that property as well as persons should be.. represented, - ' - . , The Next Xleotlaa. ' The Conrention passed an ordinance on 8at- flrdar. bhanginff the lime for the election of Goternof and members of the' General- fatem bly until the third Thursday la, October, and fixing the ratification of the amended Consiitu- tion on the first Thursday is August.' ' Mr, Contgland't Speech.' . ' ; We oecnpv much space with the able sjieech of Mr. ponigland, of Halifax, on' the bails' of representation. The question b settled, but our - ' reader will be pleased to see the argument on .V. both sides. . , , , WaJeam that at a general meeting of the stockholder of the Bank of Washington, held at their banking bouse On the 14th of Hay last, a resolution waa unanimously passed, authoris ing the Board of Directors to file bill and wind up the affaire of the Bank under a law passed by the lust Ueneral Assembly. r The Convention passed a resolution on Satu lay to adjourn tint dU on Monday, the SSth inst The people of the State will rejoice to hear thiiJy-;".; C'ORBXcrioir. The other day, in speaking of th members of the Freshmen Class, at Chapel Hill, to whom the first honor bad been awarded, " one of the namee was erroneously put W like. It should have been P. D. Walker, of Wilming ton. ' C . V'' ''-''. . At meeting of the Stockholder of the Bank of North Carolina, held in thi City oa Thurs- day last, the following gentlemen were elected Directors: George W. llordocai, Charlc JIanly, B. F, Moore. John H. Bryan, E. B. Freeman, T. II. Relbv. J. W. B. Watson, W. It. P00L - Hon. Thomas Brscg was sppointed State DK , rector, and lit. Battle, the Public Treamirer, U aDirector txcyinu. . .... ;;-.. " At a meeting f Difretorj.snbsegaeBtly lieW, Cl'eorpeW, JlordeCai, Esq.) W Unanimously tected I'naiidcrii'ol- th Bank. -- - - - - - . -, Mt . nr - - ' DrnHAM Saoai Tobacco. We are indcbTed to our friend J. II Green for a box of No, 1 "" genuine' Durham Smoking TobaceOr- ,It is a vj.Vndid srti-ie. ' . M, '' . . W. W. BrickelL Eq., of Halifax, we regret to ' tewn he bo detaineil iramjiia.,jtal in the Convention fur several uats oy lnumpoaiuum' r" Commo'lore John Ksnd.ilph Tucker, late of the Confederate avy, lias recivei tnesppoint ment of the supreme command of the Peruvian avy; with the title of Admiral, and he depart ed oa th 1st lusiant from New York 1 Pero. - '" Ci orra Fnwcls Train is staMling Nebraska j ,rr'fi nijt Morton, llie Dmlotralk Bomiuee 7 : . j . I i ourhnrried little quips" with tha StntdaiA tb other day, we, made this remark ; , But a to the soipprt f the &nirj, thaMa another question. We hare good reason to.be Hee.tht Gov, Worth would regard the snp rmrt of the Standard and of the Ex-prorisional Gvemor a the most direful calamity which could befall hlin.r J, , ' . . This remark, I made the basis of a very as- fair article against Gorl Worth, ' V We have time and ; again said, that Oorentor Worth 4e not responsible for what appear in the mfuie'except over his own signature,' or heft w say wt are authorize! to j say," .,Sr lis is in no sense responsible lor the above quo tetfcior any other remark In that paper." We should have expreseed ourselves more eorrectly and more in accordance With oar purpose,' to bete said, that In rmr opinion and In the opin ion of many of Mr. Worth's Wnwia, the sopport of the Standard, would be certain defeat to him or to any one, And our reason for this remark, is, the enmmoa opinion, that the coarse of that journal since the election la November last, iss denouncing our people as dUloyal who did not sustain It, snd in its manifest avowal of radical principle, had rendered lta,iuppotf positively injurious to any one, r iH-fn. But what had the above quotation to do with the historical narrative given by the5rnJW' If true, they were mnfiltniiaX and ehould not have been repeated. We are under the impres sion that the whole truth Is not told. Yet what S said, is in na wise derogatory to Gov, Worth. II is on principle a pacl tics torleairee to pro mote hsrmony among all classes, sect iocs end parties in this State and throughout the eoua- try."Tbe narration of he teaier show bis untelfiahness snd bis readinea for the sake of harmony, to f)rego bis own promotion to the offioe of Governor and to assent to the electioa of Gov. Holder, as U. S. Senator, if hie friends were willing to submit to such an arrangement What the Standard say, only goes to confirm what hi whole life exhibits,' a deposition on the part of Gov. Worth to prefer the peace and welfare of hi State and people and of the whole countryLtohis own personal aggrandize ment. The cWfttsI dld stats at theffime of the elec tion "of Mr. Pool, that it was understood to be the result of a compromise, he being regarded as the choice Of Gov, Holden, a&I at. another time admitted that many would have voted a readily for Gov. JTolden as fur Mr.. Poobut it was understood be declined it. But the Stand- ard will remember that at that "time Go v., Hoi den bad not" become as denunciatory of the people of the State as since, nor had he then so openly avowed his radical principle. . Later still, when tb Standard gave evidence Of its bad temper toward the people ol the Brate and h4 begun it denunciation against their loyalty, the gtntintt recommended the ap pointment of Gov. Holdewto mission to Sooth America. We hoped that the Governor would be willing then to ""leave his country for his country's good." . , ! r7 . 1 For the Sentinel. - .. Peaeo Inatituto ,,, ' V At an adjourned meeting held June Itth, of the stockholders ot the Peace Institute, in winch a larse msioritr of the etock was represented. the following gentlemen, were elected Directors of the Corporation : tier. J. K. Atamson, 4 udge Uaniet O. f owle, Vr. W. It. lUUer ana Tbad tna Un(lM.fWi. at Ralclffh. and Gen. Rnfns TWrlnnn nf rirlntt. Tl,a nirnRinra mm instructed to sroure a seal for the use of the . . ... .... Corporation, and also authorized upon mortgage or otherwise to borrow money for tbe comple tion or tuebuiiumg.: :. :. . On motion, the meeting afljourned to meet again in Raleigh on the 12th day of June, 1807. At a meeting of .the Directors of tbe Peace Institute, Rev. J. M. Atkinson was elected Pres ident, nd D: W. R AlillerSeereUry and Treas urer, , ' Oa motioa of Judge Fowle, Dr. Miller, Rev. J, M. Atkinson snd T. McGee were appointed a committee to negotiate the loan for the purpose of completing the building and the President waa requested to procure a seal for the ose of. ths Corporation. The meeting then adjourned, sub- wci 10 tu can 01 lur rrewueni. , T. M. ATKINSON, Pres. T. McOtB, See'y: -T ' ...... . ' A.Ioyi Witnei. , Th Ait say ; - " " A rumor come from Wthlngton tbat per son who call himself Csin p bell, although he icloiowledgea having appeared before- a -eoav mitte of Congress under another name, is pre pared to make a statement thst tbe testimony of himself and ethers, before the military con mission which murdered Mrs. Snratt, ia rela tion to the complicity of Mr. Davis and others in tbe assassination of Mr. Lincoln, was false. It needed no Daniel to come to judgement to tell n this, but, tka disclosures of this man Campbell are interesting It true which they may, by possibility, be. He state that the ev idence was manufactured by oneCondover, who got up the whole thing, and arranged the part that each of the confederate perjurers waa to play in order to secure the success of the scheme. Campbell claims tbat it is his exposure of the matter, before tne uouse Judiciary committee, which induced them to abandpatne idea of pro ceeding against Mr. Davis for murder. : - - , - What a flimsy web it must have been if the testimony of such a precious scamp as this suffi ced to "knock it to atoms !" .'' As Congress baa got through reconstructing the country, and basn t anything particular to do, it would be, perhaps, a good idea to appoint a committee to invettigiytliis man Campbell. GsnkraL Scott, Reilutionj were adopted in the House of Representatives oa Friday, ia strurtina th Military Committee to enquire into the expedieucy ot 'prayiding by law for th erection of a monument at neat folat to General Scott ; and iustructiug the Library Com mittee to enquire into tbe expediency of pur chasing th equestrian picture of the General that now nang ia me chjiuui a pier 01 ma Ablwotos eiata,. A. bill was paaw.t by th House oa FrWa reU'S'ing the govertmenf claim to a :untt piece of bud oa tlie Houthero tmrter ot the Ariiwct" aatate, ahh-h Uohumed snd hehl ia poeessioa by a iwro woniaa nam ed Maria Sjpbax and ber children. Maria Jy plisa was a slave uf Jlra. Wsshint-ton, and by ber devised to Mr. Cntis, hosculed heron; the land in question In l&i8., , Her, occupancy was acquiesced in by .Ueneiai ana J I. MoPrt ii Left' .- :.:'-' -. A auartette of soldier who bsd lost limbs In battl, recently gae a serenad end sang. Tis sweet to be re-mciuberTf i." "ftf , flPXXCH 0B, IDWAED C05IGLA3D, ISa; In Cvntmiit, JfHi l&L, 18C9, in reply t GenJ iAjan, ,ttuherfar Vot. &jnm, er Linevlo, en Vtt propoiUion le mult tin mhitt fqmlMiun tee Btat tht wU ha$i$ rrpr mtefSM. - ,..';...'., .. - ". - . . ,. ,;,''. ,1 ' Ma. Pkidt :-It waa not until tile amendment of the gentleman from Rutherford, proposing to baee representation, Ui the eenate and Commons, oa whit population alune ws submitted to tb Cooveatiua on Monday , last, that I abandoned tb hope of avoiding too di euesloa of Ibis subject belimre that it ouht to be allowed to sleep, and I desired that -it should. This Convention was called together tor a certain epecined purpose, which purpose it has already fulfilled. It never occurred. '14 the people of the State, that we would arrogate to ourselves' the power of entirety remodelling the Constitution. - But, notwithstanding this general power was never -delegated to as, 'We are forced. Into consideration ot a prwpo sition radically to change OBeoJhe ' must euhservaUve reatnree in our system of gov eriment We are not permitted to aroid the discnasioa of the question if we would, and, I trust, as it has been forced upon us, tb we wilt meet it la a spirit of firmness as welt as of ealmneae and moderation, wftlt the purpoeel solely or eniiffbtening our mioU. tbat wo may be better enabled to form a correct judgment. betr. In the outset, to acknowledge the cou tey of the delegate from Lincoln in submitting hisstntirtics fta my examination. ''I bav so thoroughly eoniilentd tliera, since the adjr.om ment of the question, I have been tempted to wish that figure were, bantshed from the worfd. I became, however, instantly eensible of tuv er ror,oa reflecting tbat figure are my main defence against the delegate matching down upon as at the heal of bis 'white legions." The realiza tion of the expression of my impatience would place me somewhat in the situation of the young lady, who, oer wearied by tus pertinaci- ty of a suitor, wished that were was aot a maa oa earth, but whose nervous system became ex ceedingly shocked by tbo consideration, that, if taken at ber worn, Ber matrimonial prospect must be forever blasted. Let the delegate from Lincoln marshal his heats. -' I am prepared to meet him not indeed at the head of -an army with banners, but at the head of so army of figures, ta ' eolid array so : powerful so ever whelming, and of such formidable aspect to the gmnirTHift tm vt siaejt n t me oeiegste from Rutherford himself notwithstaudiiiir the easy placidity with whit be discharged this bomb shell among aa, standing aghast, will, in his terror, exclaim - . t - .- - 1 , Aaxal n4 misistsn of (ram 4fa4 asl'' : : But before I proceed to consider the statistic of th delegate iron Lincoln, I beg to be allow ed to examine some of tbe principle eaunciatea by him.- I gather, from hia speech,, that hie chief ground of complaint ia the apparent Ine quality, 1b political power, between the white population ot the East, and the white popula tion of the West. ' He desires tbat each white person la thaJCast and each white person in the West shall have the like political power ia the Legislature of the State, arid he proposes to ef fect this political eour'Hy by trampling upon the representation of property, by placing the weight ot political po wer in the hand of a mere numerical majority, and ' that the. majority of one class or -the population only, and anat. the class which predominate ia hj own section. Ths bare statement of tne qnestion is, ot ltseir, sufficient to prove that, if carried out, it would be unfair, onoressive and unlust ; r 'j, nvV , v When the delegate from Lincoln speaks of population, be must aiway 00 unaerstooa meaning white population..' When representa tion is to be considered, the nesrro is with bim ef nature so impalpable that, he canrtot.be counted, or even seen ; but when tsxes are to be levied he 1 always round to possess tne form and substance of a man. But it is alleged, that I representation cannot be accorded to the ne-rro. I without xltnltttnz him to the t'iaA of suffrage : hy then did he have representatioa among us ' .1 a . 1 1. 1 ss a Slavs I In a state ot slavery be was represea ted a a person and aot as property. And why, let me ask, if this be tbe reason of his exclu sion, that, by tbe delegate' ystem of appor tionment, white female are represented, and the right of suffrage i denied to them.' if thi right aeoeesarily follow tbo right of represen tatioa, how can the delegate auswejL.thjJlMi tioat Besides, if the numerical majority of White must also have tne political maiority,wny doe the gentleman deny -to white female ail expression and exercise of political power t Th white female ia North Carolina outnumber tb white male by a majority of l,7. And they are excluded from the polls, and denied all voice ia political matters. 1 am not the first to submit these question and consideration, but often as they have beta submitted, they have never yet beca successfully saswered, and can aot consistently with the delegate' position, Ths truth is, that i 00 sUte of society is suf frage accorded toa majority ot the represented ejas.'?jv?r'!' vttxrrz-Tsx-rrr.T. -I ami ' onfis,"oniwht surprised to hear the doctrine of eqnality o earnestly tirped in (his Assembly." Whence did thi doctrine take its rise, or rather when was it fully developed t I answer, In those dark and.terrible day, when th ' cry of equality", in t'ae month 'of an Infuriated populace, caused to be torn down all the barrier' erected to protect property and civil rights, and caused to bo enacted those scenes of blood, at which, even now, the world stand aghast I From the "philosophers" whose writing brought about the rrenctt revolution, most of the arguments enforcing the equality of man bare been drawn, and wherever they have been reduced to practice, In the govern ment of a State, by conferring the whole pobti' cat power oa a mere numerical majority, with out regard to interest, the State has engrafted in its system principles which, sooner 01 later, will carry it dowa lo destruction. - r We, Mr. President, hare no popular excite ment on this subject -the people scarcely seem to be aware that we are. considering it, so little do tbey seem to be interested therein. Butevea if popular clamor did prevail, I stand aot here to bow to it. I will not become an idolater even at tbe shrine of the idol which the popu lace may erect snd command me to worship.. I hesitate aot to say, that, T scorn and -repudiate, as dangerous and unjust, tbe doctrine, that nre aumerlcal mlprity, which does notm brace, but is antagoublio to, a majority of in terest, shall be the sole governing power.' And evea when a majority of numbers is ths sole governing power, it is upon the principle, that such a majority is supposed to represent a ma jority ot interest But when it appears that a majiwity of numbers does aot .represent ma jority of interest, as it sppears that a majori- tl ipX.wLutf) .numoers one not in j.ortn ,ro- Una. to aiup 11 aa VE awtij inriuiiix powyi would be suiiiibil to our be-it inien;H, and against the wsrtilns pf experience. 1 What then " I mav be ke-l, ; the true ba4s'of rrpre sntatloij V To whieb I reply, a majority ot number and majority o( inter at combined. . Whenever cither unduly prtpon- jdcrate .encroachments sny ina.le tin tiie on i le and Ksitsncu U ma la on the other, a con tinual trn-"jle f ir acendiir taken place place, J, mteti, wliKb caust couLoual tu'Tjiult aud JjJCjptet ' " 1 degenerates ofUu into faction, and become des tructive of ths best interest of the State. My desire, therefore, is to see blended, ia one beau tiful whole, number a.id intcieats, working harmoriotLJly together, and witholding, if pos sible, an undo preponderance from either;"'. The Easter part or the State possest, much more property in the aggregate, tbsn the Western part, and pars a larger share ot the public ex penaea; to adopt, therefore, ihe basis of rfpre aentatkm 'propoe4y the amendment would be .asserting the power of force, would place the weak nan at the mercy of the strong man, and would present the strange anomaly of the East contributing far more largely than the West to .the expenses of the Government, and yet repre sented only by a small minority iu each branch of the Legislature. ...... ., ... .. ": Tbat representation should be baaed on a ma jority of interest and a majority of numbers xmibiuod is fortified by the authority of tbe best writers oa government... 1 beg to refer to the essay of Mr. Calhoun entitled "A Disquisi- tlon en Government," vol. lit. of his works, pages wa, x sna no, eamon ot ituu . jf - - . A majority of nombers and of interest com bined, or, what hi the same thing, a union of person and property, ie the true bai of repre- 1, I sentallon. n bat is tbe barns of civil society I octree tnan personal security. l nave never rcaa of anr state of societv. i ow rude eoever. in which the protection of projierty did not form a eoastitueot element. ', The Indina it) his irig warn, claims as his own the quiver of arrows winch bis tnirenuity has fashioned. or Ui butt. lo robe which he baa acquired by hi ekill ia the chase. The Icelander, in his hat of how, appropriate to hi own as tbe sett! which he ha captured, and the Laplander cherish, with soMcilude, the tied and reindeer which form th principal share of hi worldly goads.- Ia every period ef the world' history in every place where men congregate, and tbat is ia all place where they exist, from the dt when Abel waa a keeper of sheep and Cain a tiller of tbe ground. until thUky, tha acquisitioa-of property ha been tbe mala stimulant or man s energies, ana the' Infringement of bis right, to what he claim a hit own, tb surest means of evoking his pas sions and resentment. In the more retined na tions, what is tb main subject of deliberation' ta all legislative assemblies I Is it personal se curity t No, but the protection of property the mean of securing to every man what i iustly his owa. And yet, at this lata day, we have a proposition here which lgne the right of property to any share in the representatioa of in oiaiu, ana prppuae wj piace 11 m .iuo nierv numerical majority of white persons, which would place the East at th mercy of the West I beg to say that I prefer to have tbe distribu tion of mv own trniertv in mv own bands. I am not willing to place it in the haoils of oth ers. - A White man in the East pa va one dollar tax, while two white men in tbe West pay ouly tbe seme amount, is not the Eastern maa en tilled to protection la the appropriation of hi dollar against the numerical majority composed of the other two I Can there be a plainer prot) Milton I And vat. the Dronoaitloii before the Conrention would deprive the Eastern man of all power of appropriation and disposition over ths fund which he contribute, and while bear' Ing the larger share of tbe expense of tb Gov ernment, would maae mm nut a cipncr in cu retting their disbursement. scting Infu urther support of my position, I beg to refer to the debates ef tbe Convention of 1881. I read from tbe speech of Judge Gaston, page 133 . "Ia the Constitution of a Slat all the opera tion! of whose government art not onlv.. direct upon its citizens, but wholly confined to matter of interiorconcern.the onlv interest, like! v to be often arrayed against each other are those of propmny and of ptrtont. Such a government is formed for the purpose or protecting property nd persons, and Would bo inadequate to the end if left either at the mercy of the other." It can never; indeed, be the true interest of any Individual, or 01 any Doay or men, to oppress or Injure others: but every day' observation. 1. audit I to be feared IiafVWr dav experi ence, must convince us that a fancied immediate advantage, magnified by tlie mist or passion, often tempts us to forego any permanent good, and wrong our fellow men, under the delusion that we are benefiting ourselves. It is right tbat government should be so constituted as to bring tb steady influence of interest in aid -of the commands of duty." And, say Alexander 'rtNaTleHar have held that representation should be com pounded of persons aud propcrtv," vol. S, page 434, , itX. also refer to, the Federalist, 'Ko. 54. "; ,. t. v;;.- ' v Having thus endeavored to prove that the true basis of representation in every welt regu. latsd government should be person and Drop, erty, I will now proceed miuutely to examine th argument of tbc delegate derived trom sta tistics. I shall first consider those relating to th complexion of the Senate.7:v . ? - Hi First allegation.- Tb eight extreme East er Senatorial distriota, with ra populatina of 50,898, are entitled to eight. memUer.,Tha eight extreme Western district, with a popula tion of 801,785, have eight members, ,$60 vo ters in the Eastern are equal, to ?.VS10 ia the .Western ditricU ' .;'"-'; . T.-, Reply. The popuiatioa ot the Eastern dis tricts is, in fact, in the aggregatej one half of thst of the Western. . .. ,;;' 2 The eight extreme Eastern districts wer as sessed in 1800 for State taxation tl th amount of $86,004. The eight extreme Western districts paid a tax of f !9,749. So that one white per son in the the Eastern pays as much to the ex penses pf the State government SS thix white persons in the Western districts. . . : 'Second allegation. Hertford ha a poputa tii.nof 8,847 and one Senator. Buncombe die- trict has a population of 80,000 and one Sena tor. One voter ia Hertford 1 equal to seven in Buncombe. . Hetily. The aggregate popuiatioa of Hert ford is more than one fourth of that of the Buncombe district. .. '"'.' ;." 'v'.:r",:;' The taxe of. Hertford bsscsmkI in It 60 were 7,i:J4. ' Those of the Buncombe district were $14,702. . 80 that one aha man jn Hertford pars a much tax a four white men in Bun- coiulie district . ' . , ' , Third allegation. Martm district has a pop ulation of 8,028 and one Senator. Haywood,. district ha a population of 21,0 J and on 8 n- ator, one voter ia Martin equal to in Hay wood.;'.: ; ,. 1 ' 1 . . -' " " " ; Reply. lh aiJCregale poiiUlatioa of th Martio district le more than two-tliirds of that of the Haywood district Martin district vu asseMedin fll.na, uaywooa district was then s5.tesed 7,ei3S.' 80 thst one white man in the Martin district pajs ss much to. wai.la Ue expenses ol the Uovernment a three while men in the Haywood uittuct. Foio-ih alle"-itIoB.rThe population of nert- TJr1, l:V;t!i!'; ,lort1amptoa,an Wrtii-lirktf is tl.Osif, and has tour benatora. The popu latiun ot Runcornl, Hvwxd, Iredell nd a ir ry is 119,2'i'f, and h:re four Swustnrs,n94-lyone to ' ";""'"." ' ' -----r1: . R.-ply, The segregate population of thewiM Emisiii districts u nearly one half of that of tJ,e41 Wetcro (H trier. , 7 he ttXe.M-s.sd. on th U Ei'fnru '.!.trict la 1 v.'J. amountwl t,. ( ia ai V,'e)t.rnd y. Those then wi w-. on the as.L dnUitili'unt.J to.',00'). to tbat one white man ia Hertford, Bertie, Northamp toa and Martin district, pays more taxes into ths publio treasury than six white men iu Bun combe, Haywood, Iredell sad Surry districts. ' . But, says Cot Byaura: "Iti admitted that property must be protected but how doe this prove that the poor land of Henderson is not entitled to eomd protection with tbe rich land of Hyde f That the poor man'e little is not as dear to him as the rich man's much, and tbat he is nut as anxious to protect it by wholesome UWSt" ' . -'.'. ', ..... t ; To "-which I reply, la the words of a great tatetman and a great master of the English language. I read from the works of Edmuml Burke who, speaking of the true rights of men in society, sxys: "la this partnership all men have equal rights, but aot to equal things. . He that has five shilling ia the psrtirshlp has as good a right to it as he that has five hundred pounds hss to his larger proportion.- But he ku not a right to an equal dividend in the product of tbe J joint stock ; and as to the share ot Ihorttr fttKft direction, wltkb tsmih individual MAM ought to have ia the management of the Btete, that I must deny to be among tbe direct origi nal righta uf meu ia civil so.jty ; for I hare, ia my contemplation, the social man aud no other. Itia thing to be settled !y convention.", J commend tla who! l esutiful .esay teift which the above extract is taken, to the consid eration of those who bear me. - n y tnlitled reflectione oa tbe revolution ia Prance,' J ask for nothing that is unjust, 1 duaire hi give the West that due weight in the council of the State to which her number ant entitled, but I aak for th East that protection to which ber' interest is entitled. I protest against the prin ciple which would phice that intcreet at the mercy of the mere number of the West. If a white man ia Henderson pays a tax of but one dollar en hi land, and a white maa ia Cravea Ciy two dollar on the like quantity, it ia revolt g to every man's sense of justice that the white man ia Henderson should not only be equally protected ia the enjoyment of hi property, but should also bar th right of disposing, as bis will, af two dollar belonging to the White maa la Craven for every one dollar of his owa. I was greatly edified by the movementa of the gentleman trom Rutherford ia his introduc tion of the amendment under consideration. Aa amendment which deprive tbe East ot. all representation of ber property, and of alt pro tection says the generosity of the West! The air of sincerity with which h enunciated, his political dogmas was admirable. Ug wh uateqby r tJproawwWa) taterest t her mistakes, he hoped that the West would be allowed to come to her. and was so very affec tionate, that I thought h would open h is -arms ana give ns on long ana jovtog embrace, i watched hi countenance, ander ths impression that I might detect a smile lurklna around the 4 earner of hi mouth, but no, he we as cata at a summer morning. 7: l envlea us consummste oomposur. I ' have not had tiri teexaia the benevolent provisions which tb gentleman's ordinance would mak for i,rj the printed copy was placed in mv hands ouly aftw minute before I got ap, but I tax aa example there from, alntrw at random. - v . , To Halifax and MorthampUm united the del egate propose to give one Senator, and to th County of Yadkin be proposes give one Sen ator. Those Countiee have a white population of lt.MO, aad an ageregato population ef $3,814, and were assessed ia the year 1800 by way of taxation, $33,0tf5. ' Yadkia la a whit population of 9,100, aa ag gregate population of 10." 14, and was assessed in ISflO, 1 4,4 31 So Ysdkinwith a little over wo-4liir.l ba white population of Hait&t and Northampton, aot one-third the aggregate pop ulation, and not one-seventh tbe taxation would, under the delegate's amendment, be entitled to aa equal representatioa in th Senate. ; The re mark of tb delcgato, that should his purpose to serve the East, aa well s-tjths West, be detest ed, he thanked God be had done hia duty, can now be duly appreciated, It reminded me of the Quaker' prayer : ,,..! - -Of" blw m mI y if. - rv v mq mm wiia, IT km uii mm awiw, . !,..... gva4 forrraMaa i . Am." "God bless "Rutherford and Polk and McDqw- ell and Burke and Yadkia, but let Halifax and .Northampton stand outiu the eoU. - But, not withstanding tu delegate placidity of coun mijl..,i, 1.1 1 ,s .. . . rjOTirerfw.trwatsasawrtaas 'Will yna watk tntai aiy parltir, sslJ Ui spidsr to tns ay 1 We all kno w tbe fate of the fly had he accepted tbe invitation delegate can . make the appli cation. ' '.'; t .f, I will now proceed to examine the complex ion of tbe House of Commons, uuder tb report of tha delegate from Lincoln, apportioning th repreeentatiou on the white basis 1 " , Edgecombe with a whit population of 6.879, an aggregate population or 17,8; 8, and taxe eeessed a 1800 to $24,819, is allowed one meat. , Wstaiiga pay an aggrcga'e tax of $ 1 ,408, and with leas than two-thirds the white popuiatioa of Edgecombe, with a little over one fourth the aggregate popuiatioa, and with b.u than One- tuteenth tne taxation, is allowed on meiaher. But it may be said that the source of taia tlon have diminished in the East; to which I re ply that It la reasonable to suppose they bsve diiniuwhed in the West in a like ratio. - But to meet this objection I will add the tax on real estate and polls. The real estate tax nf Edge combe, $5,407. Watauga, $778,03. Poll tax of Edgecombe, $1,680, Watauga $133, so that E lgecomb pay seven times a larfrer land tax than Watauga and more than ten time the poll tax, and yet they are to be equ-il in the Com mons.;.' '' ';.'? : Halifax has a white population of 6,641, an aggregate population of 18,4-ji, a taxa tion aiwed in 1800 of $18,033,- tax on real estate of $t,500, Snd on polls ol $1,017, an t U allowed One member. J - ' - - t Polk has a whit population of 8,S17,snd an (.r-rreitat of ,ua, na apu'reate tasaium 01 $1,502, and a tax on real esinte of $739, snd in ; polls of $303, and is sllowed one member. . . . 80 Halifax with nearly twice tiie white pop. ulstlon of Polk, more than four time tbe air- gregate population of Polk, more than twelve time th aggregate taxation, six tirre the tax One real estate, and more than twelve times the poll tax, ha only the amereprwoiution in the CotuniOn.'-' '' r'" .it ........ ' Pesufort with on snd one half the wbit popu lstioe of Jsckson, nearly thre times the se gregate population, nearly cine times the ag gregate taxation, four time the taxation on iral estate, and seven tibes the poll tax, is en titled only to the earn repreilioa in tl.e C'nm'a-. ' -- Eeitie, withe white pcpubit'o: of 5 ' -'10, si "et'v,TM,'atrvB fif .$MI.X.?!,4 ,,'-"' ', I T.t-'X-. sion In 1 ) $ll,27J, ta r al eata", '--.1, on the poll t jfi 1, i allowed one member in the CoinmotiS. ; - -i - A!lr"''ry wish twOwtldrd ti.e !,'! ppi!v tlon of ilvrtie, one-fourth the s: " -site popn'a. tioa, one ninth the ""rregat tas...on,ie-ti:'ih the rcij,! es 'e tr-v, a , i to s-r h t-.e poll tax, is i lowed one nii-tiift-r. '' " '' - But lest U may be siiJ that I eiie extrera esses, I ill t'i( t three smrrj t.,t itn !et coun ties in the Eit in while population, snd com pare them with nme countie in the West. It rnunt always be remembered, ia this srguinent, that the proposed smendment to the Coimtitu tion apportions the Senate, naWflJ as Commons, oathewbite hiv:,':-"--j.-'-- 1 ' .- .- -. Jone Hertford and . Wanv-nv have an a.-irrs-gate white popuiatioa of 11,074, a whole popu latlon of 20,t, an aggrtTrute taxation of $27, 854, oa real estate $8,3. on tlw poll $7,950 snd are allowed three members. -- Tbe three' toimtie anecified f&m Aii!ii in ?. gregate taxation to YaaocV. Wilkes, Polk, Ma eon, Haywood, Cfccrok.e, Buncomlav Hender on, ami as tay, Mitchell and Tranylvatli were formed fioin those csmnti.-s since tha as-' eeaament. I artd. them alno.- The counties are nl-, tiiwcut llitrAM mm.L . . " .. ...n.. ... . On,t w1iIa ....... ... : T ... t t r . Warren pays taxes than five white per tins in.the couutie spceitled. , ,,v : New HanOver, ine'u.ling Lillingtoa, which hiwnever ln emitblbthml, was swenaed $W,--' 878 in 1880 lu gn'regat tnxes, and is allowed two tnrml-ra, ,. , . ';;-,. Iredell, pavidna,;Tadkln, Wilkes and tn ion are allaweti ten meuiWt, ami p:y nearly the same aggrec ate tax of Kew Hanover. The whit populate nt , these counties, is 6C,8iS, " the whit population of Jv'ew Hanover is 10,. 17. One white person In Kew Hunover pays ' - -. v 1 v ...t w J " . 1. 10 ... ,u WUU : tie specifiexl . ,''',! . ' ' The delegate from Lincoln selected psrticu'ar ce fr coma iwrn. ' I Hlave Ixeu-fiir more general. 8trt tor put the matter beyoad doubt, -I beg to submit, that the, white 'population ot tbe East ie almost two-thirds tbat of the West, while the ggros.'Ht popuiatioa ia about equal. Giving, to tbo West he central counties, ach ,wbite persoa in the Eaxt pavs about $1.60 to -the head, in the West about 73 cent, Divl ding the aggregate taxation of tlie East by the aggregate popu'ation, it 1 diacovered, tbat each white 1 e.aoiijiiejrro, mulatto and quadMoa It, tK. V.o. ... m. 4A 1 1.. .... . . .. . . I. - aa mtii h t.v . . e w . u I , 1. . .. eminent than each white person ia the West And yet It i seriously proposed here to exclude the whole colored race from representation, vtot only depriving tbe East of the represent. tiv benefits to be derived from one-third of ber population, but also depriving her of. all repre-' eentatioa for her taxation. To consummate such a meaturv wqU;,i violate every principle of justice. ''H-f- '"'4 '' ':'',':' : - "5v We have be, oited,4lr. Prcsideiit, to the er ample of other Mta n.. r.i. r.. ; i,incoin cesire vt tttejr wlnpit f Would general contentment and k,p,rfnMs of her peo ple. their publio and Privav. I nnaof tham labor wealth and ps, Woking va un, i.i.iriiM,.Vir tUem any better fate than to live In a land suvM Nnh Varonmi, wHii wnacrvawrOrjirtncipiy wuirn preserve net people from tue munu leptv. 0f ' thoa States . whose cxamplt , we sreVj,. I them hare given up the conservative principle 1 01. ineir Lonwiiuuomv anu, wum, luem, tueir I publio virtue also, politic with them Is uow VJoti, snu tue puiito. servant ua become tne .fi u . , .. ... t . 1 !.. . 1 1.... Jiuiiliu pecuiLur. Lsifvm uvuvaiitj iu acv ih j; ui u,- ed here thoe principle which have there con taminated the btwly politic 1 I know he doe not I know he has n eye single to the honor and inten st of hia State, Of all men in the Western delegation noted for their conservatiHia and ability it is to him I would have appealed " to stay th progress of Tsdiealisiu. But v w hen van k. .TinmiMhM . 'ith HtiltriMt -fliiiv. ger,.to strike tue uie out. or tne constitution. In an sifony of ,desJk.l ), f jned to evctsim ' ! i :- .. . "' I Ihave no purpose to cripple the resources of tbe Wrt My lKsom never glows with warm er feeling ot patriotism tbso when contempla ting ber unbounded treasures aud the gen erous 'Character- of j her jeoplfl. i My , voice shall ncvor 1 raised against any practi cable end' honest eifort to aid her indus trial energies, and 1 hope to live to see the day when, stalling at Weldon with my children -and friends, I can go on a pic-nic excursion to th Blue Uidge, there to enjoy the hospilalitie of its people and inhale heal ih from its turigora ting atmoephere. -The whole State requires our -.. whole exertion every section of it need our aid in it further devclopement. While I pic ture to ffituelf the sublimity of the mountain scenery of ths West and her exhaust leas mineral resources, w-faea I ilexire to aid her people by I, "wy ativanuige ma. mioiinii iii.provemeni can mMi f every advantage tuat lnlerntil Improvement can East, fur which comparatively lime has been done lying on the shores of a vast inland sea. interspersed with Que river, th lower Koanoke, the broad and deep Chowan, the Perquimans, the Pasquotauk and the North river, all capable of floating abips of heavy burden, flowing into' the Albemarle Sound, and yet almost shut out from the Ocean, - Let me hear the echo of the steam whistle in the tunnels of the mountains ; but let ma see, ali, the commerce of the Allte marle region make Us way in ships and steam boots thriBr;h a magnifkaut canal, into Kortulk barbfirand ..past the f apes across the broad At lantic,.;. '.-.....-...V.: r r I - ' " Letusutiiteour.aiiergie,U!tu doequaljustici; , but kt ua spen-4lie Const itution spare it, 1 beg you touch aot a single Conservstlve iea ture,nd ere generation parxe sway, you wilt thsnk God that you resisted temptation and re tained thoaepriuciph which, in t heir operai ion, prescrvs this food old State liom the demoral izing radicalism of the day. 'j TtfPOhTAKT' DtCfUBATIOH JIT TRR FaPKCH EiiPEnon. The Vienna journal )tihllih pea from Paris stating that, dining the Vt financial .panic in .London. Earl Cowlev, by order of hie govern men., m li.-itcil the rrmrgelie mediutlnn of the Emperor npolv-,m in favor of peace, snd received from l.ia " IV tii" following ri ply r "In the yeir ls"y an I 1804 Eniftand opp..w, my proposals in refrriii. eto thcsctilrment of the Venelian 'and Sclueswiar l'-d-tien question,' Sow Engtan'f' want peHco. I u : m de.n ru pe ice; but as the mo-t f.ioii'e 1 irtunnna laft leen frittered awav, and is tlie conflicting 111- tercta have let-n peincie.l to run h a point at whk-li tli" v iiiii-f c ii-'i, I can on Wnger assume the nsponsibiiity of cv- :'. . A CtitE tor I-Cr.o ino Sail. A nuin ber of person tfirr from thi eopiplHlnt, we append the folio win ! sdv whielt we clip - j fn-rn an exehae!-" : v "Put a sinuli 1 m c 1,1 I u iu S fyoi.u ami hol.'l it over a biuin until it Im'Coiiics veiy Jmt, snd dro)) to or lur- e i!i'ii I,, twi--n t c nail and the crumil.it 101. . J i.e h'i ct i aiiwe-t mat iral, 1 1'iiiri and t' n ', i"f hUmc i ml, and in a few liavs t.e ..:.,, n l ) nnf -leivtnz the iii-e -.e-1 . v ii-l . of all fvfciiosr, and loo e-.:.:e ol 1.,.: u.,u i- i I so ns to sdtiiit of h p.rej a ear, ft, loit any- iufnnvi'nirf!Te: '1 on - t I, - puin if tbe ta'!w is proj.ei-lv b !- 1. Dasoi k or v. t .ttrul youna; men 1.1 1. by weariiig ptipcT fu ennn.e !iog the r..ii.i ofti p! ys- is. , v and rr-i'l e- t u t 11 b 3 b 1 .6 r r i I'm ..h Cot I .41 h. . ei! ) 1 1 mien re.