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V: '( 'J- ftEATO CALK Editor. Tbirry, June $4, ISC. OUR TEEMS. THE Sbxtixel U issued every morning (9ub dsy excepted) at tlie following rate: " ' m months,, ... ... . on month, " IW1P ..... S'mf- VVetkly, pdf yef, . . r-- 8 00 J ftO , 1 00 ' 60 ?. HendtTSOfcvill Pioneer. j'Wa.ftave received several numbers of thU paper- published by. Hon. JL IL Jones, tn Hen derson eoUBft, in thi State.- We hav brteto--fore (imply announced its publirstion, and,un )ik om of owr eotcinporaric in tha- State,; bvnot endorsed iK. j Ur. Jone i member of thY State Convention, and ." mcmlxr elect to Congrea from tb Mountain1 District. Mr. Jone bs not superintended, In person, latfbpo''!i-ttoB of hispspw-tine it commiwwl, Oor terms are invriWv in adveixk.sMoney .. irav'b vnt u bv thfl.it iH W1 conductor or Ths riioa .life of efferton DaTi. Tb Diary of JPos Purgeo CraVerCtbe med eal attendant offi Ex Presfl5t ivis ,fur!tbo , , - j - mtp pactional nooa ot tooping, roesing -.- orw seven montb ol htt priaoa nie, jh Just and fro, sod mntteriDg at brief intcrv toe floor. The harsh clank of tie et riking chai n Mem first to bv recalled bim to bis siiustion, find drr.iMiina bis fa into bis hands, be barrt ;' . . . . . . A . . . LI : 1 . ,' "Ob, been pai.IUhed, and will be read will) iucrnso tbe shame, tbe ahaoie P .rtditTtb o.tbi. and. the other .iient j I, Fottbe 8.W Tb!papfr,gnrai!jr,ibrotigboMtUMj coiin.j Ladiea of Sortli Carolina. try.rgi,mir eoiIoo,tCt. frw-U.L moatj ,g Z,hn tx PnviaiX El. remarkabia book, .. W brrH to-Uar, for .i .i W. w. H)l,ln tnrinir tha late blobdv onlr ono; but may girt other Uirrotter. coram, urped upon the men of the Bomb the e: : FOH OOVKH.NOIl, JONATHAN WORTlf, l Or KASWLI'U. . j.t Wber ciu a B w Constitntioa go into Op - y .: erBt'out . "Make busfe tlintlr" it an -aid maxim origi Ball; riH B La(io.,TbC'Urfnitron, intbe Important work they hae ondenak' n of it-cm tint And ttMiwrtuttv mtitr'.ni thm flttf llttnn - ... A .... -.j m act !) ff ir uliwrraiice. It i mWl t .an qn. i Umt d ly ma?iT. Vb (her Jie Conven tion hi. i ntii JjV.rii tutio more than it bad done, anil waa aef'-l at tt hand tv the Preiiileiit iftba Cniud Siites, in Octo lout; and. . wbetbar. If any birui of cnntit. Urn it may adopt and acod forth slia I ever become tbe law of tbe land, it will not, like tbe treaty of peace . wiin Mtjico at Jodrlntijie-Hidrfgv V; 'uthwty solely .toil railflitinn by a bgiii mate tribunal, an J not to tbt' agency u bicb pre pared it. Whether of ' not. this opinion be cor rect, we take it for granted, tiiat tbeConventin will not assume to gir to tb Btata C'oU'.i tation witb an oiher sanction than tta own de- eras of ordination ; but" tbat it draft f a t on tit utioq will b aubniitted to tie people fi their approval or rejection. .Tills being aacertalned, we det'ra to stipgest tot consideration, tbe question whether, suppo ing tb Constitution to b at3Sl by the peo ple, it ia possible to bring it Into operiion at tb election in October, or during tbe present yr f 8uppnlng tb Contention to adjourn by "the 65- f Jirwe;rb)H be an t Mo-b taken I To publish the proposed Constitution for a sufficient Urn to be considered and under stood by all tbe voters of the Btate; not witb lag to plong i country into war, or to rearm It out of one; but for patient and convenient scrn tiny, and calm and intelligent deciin.-- How long should be allowed for such a canvass I In 183S, Convention, limited tonpecificd sub jeeta ol amendment, adjourned on the eleventh of July, and ordered tbe election on ratification Bpon the second ; Monday of WomiFr;'fHS(iir?fg: At preaent the whole Corstitution is open to amendment, and tbe canvaa may be expected to be tbe mors searching, by reason of tb fact that tbe authority of the Convention in the premise cat Deen (toutited. it would seem therefore, that the work uf the Convention may aieet with some disfavor, if there be any attempt to hasten result upon mature of such moment. It appear to os, therefore, that no portion of Bw Constitution csn I put Into practical ope ration much earlier than the time appointed by law for tb Legislature to awenible ; if so soon. And that tbe election In October, as now pro posed, mnat, of necessity, be. made onder the OoDslitutlon a it Sa. . Any attempt at I sate, by -departing -from tha rUiffary' and; ilelibetst tn'Klea of proceeding to which the people have been arcuMomed, will lead toeomnlk aiiun and jeopard the succeo of the appeal submitted UK the popular judgment," I ; The plan proponed by lb Convention, tbat ths people shall ratify the Constitotion Jn Al gust, and mnk tbe lurtlona under it in October, it appears to us, will not afford any thing Ilk tb tin which should bo allotted to tb peo ple, for the careful consideration ot an amend ed destitution. 'Organic changes, when spe ciflraMy suggested by the people in advance, should be carefully sud patiebtty coniideret so, bow much time should be given for the consideration of a Constitution, entirely re- sod therefore it would be ungenerous ton'oTJ'! him strictly repotiai)He for whit appear in it. The who la tons of its selections stamp tb character of the paper a decidedly radieal, of favor. Brow blow' sever attack upon f'ltdent j from tbe most foriooa of tb Radical pfpers- TSo editorial has appeared in it, Dicing decided ly It editor' ttatu, yet ita selection do onmis tktMf. From a letter of Mr. Jonss written from, Raleigh and published in the Pia r, b?, real staas is bowsver fixed. He ay: " We most f rnestly desire that President John son wid -, i tti tiu and place himself, that wecan iit mistake his position. It he is tor Miing his influence in order to place n politically on an equal f-ioting with those who were fitr proecu tiug the war W tbe Miter end. and who were for TM-rsectiting. snd did persecute, us for advocating pifu'e and restoration, and for raising our bum hie voices against rebellion, w desire to know tbe fact. Burnt children dread the Are. and we are not ailiing again to see political power thrown into tb bands of those who bate been i instrumental in our ruin; and it is natural that we should wstcb with a ioalotit eve those who affiliate with, and court the politic i Influence of those whom we fear to trust. We hope and be lieve that the PreW lent will at an earlv dav. ha e an npiortunity to give an expression that The plain, simple, unadorned record of Dr.) "' vigorous Craven sustsJiis ao.re.irrulHL,L, I.ILI. Ij IfV ' ' " 'I'nir.rn pert of bissnor-cwif in-offltae, D Ci-'fv. : p OT EDGECOMBE, ' .' " ' Ja Contention, June lUh,tn (A ytofmid thing ' fotfo Unit ,qfJprtaintr7"'r.-r-JTk. PniEamiiXT : A few days ago, when we had what delegates are pleased to call; "love feast" over what they considered a jut and fair compromise tf this questjon, fueling tbat it would. be naelpss t atteftipV to stem the com mingtsd tide of Knstern and Western irifluance, and thinking that in a tew moments a vote roaecutionof th o ar. It ia not iwould place the terms of the adjustment on re- ., . hile it u gratiOmg to know that, Si.)ice tlie l oa fbe 13th May, 1863. which oo that daypassed report or tbe latter, the rigors of Ir. Iavis ! nimnimousiv, as appei ejrfrili.(Hi in tliefoncention of orth p pears from the Journal, pae pttsotrmfe' hrctes1rtmtyir is difficnlt to conceive that any.m.n.-any State Tl"fr' VfT' 7 cord; i arose simply to enter my prole t against fluence f ' were, adding thu. u th. .t l ereasinsr the chance of a souai) nd7t.kf. ernment f if this i. , mere Xrttfi .rard in tb same course, , i.vltarwTCTiK'TrHre t'srolma, I true principles,, aouna cocservativ gvrn. T n ber weakened conditin. .1.- u ""V"" prineipie. ment I should have been content with this,' for which Mr. Pavis is eailei npou to sufler, could have been the vletftn cf s'icU -horrvole brutality a marked the .earlier suae of bis rononontnt, - J j ; j.. ' Hueh recitals as tbat which we iibjala.--Sjid which is but one out of many, r-tes'l tiie pic ture wkicb the historian baa left us of the ter rible priooL-hours of the hnptevi I.ouia X'l. STAKTOS' IHON. On th morning of the 23rd. of lay. a yet bitterer trial wa in store for the proud spir t, a trial scrertr, probably, than has ever in modrn 1iuie been ilifliet!d ttpnn any one who had enjoyed such eminence, Tkii morning Jtffertttn Duri tent t)uvlL,i. It was while all the swarming canipe of the srmles f the Potomac, tbe Tennessee and Georgia.-over two hundred thousand brouzed and laurelleVi v --rerrrna, were preparing for tbe Grsnd BevicW of tbe next 'morning, In which, passing in endless succession before the man sion of the President, the conquering military Kwer of toe nation wa lo lav down Iti ladies of .the State for the cottlribut Lona which theyhsve made to the Conftdemte cause, and fr the patriotic ardor which they have exhib ited ia behalf of the country in the provscution ' of tlie war." " , Our fair countrywomen bare been sometime cmiired by the Northern people for too mueh of wur filing. If they bare rendered them -m justly obnoxious to r-proarh, by reason of thi-ir conduct in this particular, it may not b 4ini. to refresh the recollection of the pub lic as to w ho if was that enccurasred them to purshe a course of zeal and activity in the mat t' r. A FltlEXD OF THE LADIES. uuiuirr HwivpaiwH us, LI I i. n.'nf BlUaYlilBnl- t SSTtfsinT jt. !. a . proceeded to its consummation. "But Ittlid not. XM West' rraina mneh tn .-..a.- . ;'jf.J?,,me froq ''iH-f 15 l ex. rcise of power, regnrdleas of hrtr arm aid ch ar all doubt as to his political svtuna- rat the fi t of civlir suthoritv. hat tha followiio' thles," I scene was eiiacted at Fort Monroe : 'ow, it appear palpable, that the prridcnt . Capt. Jerome E. Titlow, ot the Third Peon- rji,aujn iirmiery, ciuvrai me pnaoner a tin ' wriUew, containing ereral important change I It, ?vfor1 appear to n, that th action f the Conrentlori should be reversed. The. reg ular election should be held, as heretoiore, in Aagust, and tb ratTflatioa of th Constitution .In October. 1 v''-il' Ja making this (QggrMjon, w are influ. ' eseed by no merely political motive. - So far a th Convention ha gone in thamatter of mending tb Constitution, we bave ttoteriou objection to it tn itseir, yet trom the general tone of the people it la clear that tb uecess of th amended Constitation i jeopaidsd by n . eariy suomisaion oi it to mem W are aware, that the present arrangement wu effected, to meet in the first place the wish- of our Western friends, and recondly. to ena ble tbe majority in thai Convention, who ar sup posed to b jmpathl?r with Ex. Pro. Gov. - H olden, toperlect their nrrangement fora po- . iitical canvas against Gov. Worth. The aaxie tiea of onr Western friecd were natoraL They V d long desired a change iu the basis ol repre- , wsttation, and, w are f re to aay, tbat w efn yatWso wfih them in their aaxnety. Their 6 "ire WsVavowfaifWpiWu ha so defloed hi position o firmly and ;n quivorally asserted bis principle and policy, that fur.minded, liberal men have no doubt as to their tneaninir. The Radicals every n here iv til ..i.K... .i,..-i.. v . venun 7, V r .L'i L KT-4 ft1 P'1 him th idiug ilayixill deal he doe not aav. The wih la n donl.t 1.1. u. i !...: . ,r. ,'! . . . I ItMlK U father to th thought. Th President' real friendi have no doobt about th meaning o his ntterantV. They are too unmistakably plain for that. If any anxiety is felt at all by them, it ia, that he will tand up to what he has said, and carry but bis policy. u'rwiTrtmore Mr. Jones and bis fellow Union men, both old Whig and old Democrats, will atand up to their own hitherto avowed principle. Th ohIt tlange. to tb uuti-ytwtyrew, wffl .rise front 4JripjcMmjcJwl v . whjkhj, tb. otter 1,.,-kio,- dn- r am n- (. .a I M b,,erf -P.,T1uT,' Jr-i Whig from their tlmc-bonorer principle and sworn pledges, . . Mr. Jone say In his prosper to of th Pio netr, speaking of it eovrse, "it win cheerfully and earnestly support the National Government in it rightful authority n4 powr in maiutaln- uig ana sustaining Itself from an enemies trom States, After such declaration, can Mr. Jon, or any of bis former or present political aaoei- area, vote ior tn Howard C)ntitntional amendment A chem which so nttcrlv d. nude the Slates of all right, can tb; rot for followed by the blacksmith of the fort and his assistant, the latter carrying in his hands aome heavy and harshly -rati ling shackles. A they entered. Sir; Davfct was reclining on bis beu, f- vertnh and weary after a ieeiileiw mailt, the hlmr untouched on it tin tdatcnearhis bedside. "Well !" ai(f Mr. Dari as they entered, lightly tsising bis head. "I have an unpleasant duty to perform, sir," said Cap'ain Tit low f and aa he spoke the sen ior blacksmith took the ihacklei trom Ins oasis- Davis leaped instantly from his recumbent t 4jtW4Uish piisiiu.nr. Ais.igf .SMjm. ment, and then hi countenance growing livid and rigid as death. lie gaaped for breath, clutching? his throat with the thin fingers of his right band, and then 4 W,rfrl ilti p to us iuii neikiit now aiiiiear- lng to sweu witn indignation and then to shrink with terror, sa be glanced from tbecaptain'sface to the shackles hs said towly and with" a la boring chest : - "My Ood I You cannot bav been sent to Iron - "ftach are my orders, sir,' replied the officer, k i 1 . .1. li t t.i . . . ' necaomng mi oiarnsninn to approacn, who STATIC CONVKN'J'IOX, AOJOCBKED SKSBI05. I " WtiiKESDA?, June SOth. i860. Mr. Orissom introduced w resolution that the session of tb Convention commence at 8 o clock A. Af., that a recess be taken at 8 o'clock FJLrtsltJue Convention reasesmljlc at 4 o'clock P. M , the resolution to go into effect imrnedi ately. Thik resolution w-.s adopted nnler a suspension ot the rule. An ordinance to incorporate tbe Wilmington Railroad Bridge Company pi.Wl its several readings. Mr. Wright, from the committee on Finance, reported an ordinance authorizing the pqjpty Courts to borrow money in certain cases. Or- oerea ro oe printed. Tbe Convention pioceeded to e insider the ordinance to limit the action of thu Railroad Companies, on its second reading, Jlr. Settle addressed thfl Convention in sup port of th ordinance. lie adverted to the un JU monopolies created by contract. b. tweiu the railroad and Ex press Coiiipsnied -the ex orbitant rate chargad by thu inner for the transportation of Expres freights iinik.- these exclusive, Oppressive contracts, &c. M aa4 rvnriurt ir . V. U U !! I. i tT"T mwiii, ui ,r hc, gjiuviaiuu i40jecuugl to modification or repeal by the It,iiilature. Mr. Ward advocated tlie measure, and cbar acti'iized tbe existing Expri ss tHonoolies as vio- laimns pi tne raiiroiid charter, Tid jjrmi inipo- tlie pub itionsupon tlie puiilio. Messrs. Boyden, lloorc, of' Wake, and Cald well, of Uurke, oppo-ed the ordiuiuice and de landed the action of the railroads. Messrs. Conijrland and Mclror also oonosad t!ic ordinance, and on motion of the latter it was laid on the table, as follows: ATEff. Mesttr. Auama, Alexandir. Bairlev. iunMr, narrow, uerry, tiingiiam, Boyden, Bry. forth tbe considerations which shall influence my vote. - -" "-7--1t - -t Before doing so, however, I. will candidly ad mit that when I first earn, to this city, sud befor I had fully invetignted and well ronnid frsd tbi qnotion, I did express to Eastern delegate a probable willingnws to accept the j provision aooui to oe anopieu. Ann i win aiso state, that I still believe, that the Went, under the' new apportionment of pQwer, will, t.e inca pable of inilicting wrong upon the East, except by the desertion of bcr own Kpreseutatives in duced by the honors or emoluments of office. Were this, then, a simple matter of Stale pol icy, I would add nothing more; but in my opinion, it is not only Ho compromise, but the unjust disturbance of a compromise, not only desertion of the gr&iT, oineervative principh-s of government, but a rejection of every princi ple upon which a jnst, a fair, a successful re sis1 mice on ba made to radicsl sn. B-fre the Convention of -ffliS. there was much agitation in this State upon this subject, and justly so. The Convention met, and alter mntnra consideration, hy mutual concession ef fected a compromise. Considered as a nare distribution of power between sections, a com promise vj'ise and just, for it gave to CRch sec tion a branch of the General Assembly. Either was powei less for aggression on the rights of the other ; both must evince kindne and good will to effect the many ol jettsof legislation a majority of numbers and awiajority of inter est roust concur. This w a compromise in deed, in substance aa well as name; fVut it was much more than a compromise it was a per-fi-ct-embodiment of the highest, 'eonaervutin principles of representative republican govern ment Let us examine its principle. The Sen ate was based on taxntion, th.o Commons on population. Adopting tha well c insidereil and eatablikhed division of the political character of the slaves a class combining therighw ol per- -. "t.u, turee vowera in and 1 stable , power, th march of n. k .iJ-V""00 f just compromise; And with Vh '.how usticc Ca yon disturb it If the C hf W her power in the f3ente, . ."J s final adjustment, by aocldn howca, ,"' fairHr tlcpnve her of that which ahif eaih! tbeAame event! tin. uiilW.. .v. J61" "J tax- from her not only what T.Ta. " DUt ala deprive her of much r h. uJf. ' r1 rtormeriy bad? A-compromise nAmA 4?? iueu vooiuiion ana ta ii,.i.i . - give all she gain in th Common bv th (-- i ti r i itirwHrii nninririTtrr in nnntnir mrr t r n . , , - , , . i within or without: but will ewf..w.e ... Irf'. tVZr.-Z. " T... ?"' J""1"'. ou"?"' vlw.welt'.ot --T.iii.-.i nr. "1..." i r "v ,i gy-jry" " .v'jLy'." 1 7- Mcsey, t,nton, r.uia, mirclnth. r iiruhes. tiar enienti npon tlrrvad rights Post Oflloet 'Opeaod. Wre Indebted to Or Jobe. th Special Agent Of the F. O, Department, for the follow- Ing list of .Post Master, recently appointed in tin Bute: Mr. Baml. L. Raboteau, Barelayevill. nr- Mine Angelina BhSclda, Woodlawni Saston. John II. Bell, Jamesville, Martin. Wm. 8. Beard, Westminster, Guilford. Tristram Bostick, Bostick' Mill. Richmon-1, EliXaheth A, Poindexter, Red Plain, Vadkin: Ms Dacy R. Freeman. Loean'a 8to. Ruth: erford. . .. , i" Martha A. Barrell, Gam Branch, Onslow.' Mr. Mary Green, Warrenton, Warren. Iwi Hornaday. Sandy Grove, Chatham. ' Geo. a Klng.Aroit Hill, Iredell. Ifcib't F. McGiifliu, Dobson, Hurry. Bmj. Brewer, Pleasant Bill,, Northampton. France Brvan, Cherry Lake, Aahe, ; W. D, Crllon, Morrisviila, Wake. Jna W, Terry, Bear Branch, Richmond. Ml Salli A. Fella, Wbita Plain, Cleveland. Jacob Rearden, McNeill' Ferry, Harnett, ( lemmie F. McLaughlin, Miranda, Rowan. Norman L Shaw, Bam-Trarllle, Hertford, j J: .. f pepolation In th popular branch of th Leg islature, was Loth natural and Just, and w are ready to grant it to them now ; but their asxie y baa led then, we fear, to hasten an eppeal to ' tb people, at the baxard nf th mnded Cob- tltntion. end in to doing tbey bave unwittingly played into tbe band of political organization, whoa defeat before the people of NorthCroIl is, must be as inevitable as the rising of the sun. T keuabu of Mr. Griiaom, of GralviJ'e, Bpon th proposition, to abolish ' the property joalificatinn for kenibfr of tb House of ( on- jjons, are neOesaariTy excluded to day, but (hall .f?ar to-aiorrow. ' - J .! EllaaF. Wyatt, Forsatrille, Wakev Tnr. W U,.K-.. a .iX Owen Hadley, Poweltoa, Richmond. - W. Goucher, Bath. Beaufort Jaa. K. bcroBira. LitrtT II ill. Iretloll. Jno, L. Gordon, South Creek, Beaufort, Wi Sarah J. Lea, Fair Grove, Davidson. Alexander Jackson. Williamston. Martin ii Mary JT. L..r.g,P1eant Grore, Alatnancw. Erastus K. Aiosbur, Mitcbencr' Store, John- lO I. . ( , . J. R. Cloud, Columbus, Polk. J. H. Leak, Wilson' Store, Stokee. W. Zachary, Saxapahaw, Alamance. Jo. W, Bland, SanwU'a Store, Kw Han. Over. . Joaiah Bradsbaw, Buniurvlll. Tancer. MU Luclnda D. Bectrorttaf Oak fWfn t.i.-,...j . - r---a auiuvriuni. JoephinQ.BoTter, AllenvilK Persom' Mr. Naom Smith, Fairview, Buncombe. Ilcnrv Dexter. Arcadia. Davidson. Mr. Marth L C Smith. Bioomahuri- TTali. fax. X 1 . Robt A. Stewart, CsrbWtoa, Chatham, rv Mia A. D. Upf hureh, Green Level. Wake. ; t Mr. Rachel ilitchell, Woodsdale, Psrson, Jno, C. Pulchett, Monticello, OuHtbrd. . Jaa. it. U. Houston, Dry Pomi, Lincoln. -Jno, A. Mcilsnnsn, South Lowsll, UraRga. jf an wen in inictrvM, h4 conuteUd logetktt hy Donald, of M-mre, McGebee, Mclvor, N. A. Mc a thai of hktteeight. I hclieve Ihey are now in I Lean, Nat McLean, McLaughlin, Mooni, ot iue Fo,.iib or sjor-uenerai Jtitu, ana will Wake, Norfleet, Odom, Patterson, Phillips, l0' ? l,nlfre"t,nS rch0- - Kh, Satterthwaite, Sloan, Smith, of Anson, . ' "'""", Ki.ueu mo pnaon. rtuiuii, oi iviiKes, BtaroucK, MepUonson, Walk- K .K ,,,unu tun room, as ior i up. v siren, Wilson, Winston and W riaht. 47 , - . " " wiwura. i nATs. .nessrs. Alien, uainea, Bradley, Brick- demand, Captain, that you let me see the com- ell, liynum, Caldwell, of Guilford. Clark. Cow- manning omcer. tan be pretend that such per, Faulkner, Fcrebce, Foy.Gahagan. Grbaoin. oi s weak old man, o guarded and in ion a tnt t tat Ion a population,, three-fifth!!, as property two fifths while every: freeman or freed man Was fully represented. The rights of person and the riylits of prope. J&ft2&!!l!L!w.rt KJt interests of society. The government'wIiicTi a3ort!8"fh"e suiTsrpijtectii?fr to both is that which is most entitled to the ad miration, the love, and adoption of mankind, Disregard the ri"ht of person and the poptt- rlar heart swells with discontetft until physicak power upheaves the loiimlationa of the social1 and political fabric Diereg'arfl the ' rights of property end that "equality" which the dele gate from Lincoln seems spprovingly to evoke. liulDS IB the t.'ommAn. . j . of what power she had before. Hn. . ..." the other takes all; Strang eomnromin But it is .aid ih Weatrha. tho-power here ui can take ad and ,thtrftire he i magnanimous la this arririgement. Were this so would it rs leane her from hf plighted faith ol 1834 1 But it is not. Facts are stubborn thing. The West demanded the Whit basis entire, the proposi tion to ably argued by th delegate from Lin." coin, and fought for so long as there was bop. ' She demanded the proposition of th delegate from Jackson, whit basis in the Commoha, and mixed basi in tlie Senate, and fought it, until defeated by s ded.hs vote. This was all that was left. She proposed to call it a coaipro miseJ It and took it without a atrtiggle, it wH tossed in her lap by Eastern members. -1 bfame not the Western delegatea, viewing it as a mere ' matter of State policy, He who stand finnlv by his own people alwaya command my re' speet.- . - . . , - But. Mr. President, thi is wot a question of mere Stat policy. It is not era a mem waa. tion of policy. It la. matte of principle. Ia' one particular I concede to it correct principlr It gives to property proper representation. But! sir, it contains two Fatal error unjust in prin ciple and perfectly suicidal to na. That repre sentation is dependent on suffrage, and that tax ation is not dependent on representation. I not this so I Tbe delegate from Lincoln says "th right of suffrage being denied the negro, be can not jutly be represented." Here the first prin- ciple is announced, and with conclusion that' once admitted, eiiuts the mouth of every South ern man. No one would exempt tbe negro fiors taxation. Is he represented t It may be said be i in the Senate, but thla is not true. A poll tax is paid for the protection of personal rights, ' and always exercise it power and claims it -repnientation ia the body representing persons. It mnat be in proportion to population, surf therefore diminishes rather than increase ths n t li tiA i Is m sast VrrVALtt if 1 . I" . . - 1 i a' . irniusiiiiguitiiica irom person., j . - ; The true principles of gooll government ar exactly the reverse- of these, two principles, thus embodied in this settlement, Repreaeutslina i not denendent on siiTrai7e. . Th ri.rhi. -,.i . "itsiataesygry iep nueni cai u on tne ocner Ior mutual pros perity, that the interests ot each may well b repreaenred. without universal suffrage,- and tb fair 'adjustment of the rinrht nf iiffrm . fVinattcr of convention; and in an airricultnrsi j Community like ours, where land is so plentiful irarnprer-Uciicatu its ilewrratin; tread ewy material interest which man has enshrined in his heart and consecrated by his affection. The distribution ot constitutional powyr should har monize and protect all. This ia true conserva tism, and most happily is it adjusted in our present Constitution. "Yet founded in justice, approved by experience, binding as a compact of compromise, it is proposed now, when every southern voice should be raised tor the :vred and labor so scare, tlie infvreata $1 the employ er end amnlovea. of ejiiiitnt TinA I1ia h-,.. hak?it red cap in tboce of authorrty-id-t morrldtta; awl thertghte of the one clasa will b trarnprc-l)eiieatli ifs desecratm;' tread every as faillifullv1 inaintitmpft-aM tha -i,i. f it.. ' replied Captain ivaslungttin, a "My order am peremptory," laid the officer. "and admit of no delay. For rour own sake. let me advise you to submit with patience. As a Miiuier, air. vavts, you snow 1 must execute OMere." ustody Harns,ot Rutherford, Harrison, Hy lies, Hodge, .t fiw mh.tt sucba ilowird, Jackw)n,Jonea,ofDavidon, Jonns of . S J' ' ' ; ' Mcudeman, Jovner, JjOiran, Love, of Jackson. V ..jv, -. . iMunun Lyon, Manly, McCauley, McCorhle, McKoy, oimpson, ilcliay, or Harnett Mctiae. Moore. Chatham, Murplty, Pearsall, Perkins, Person i'olk, Richardson. Rumler. Setthj. Smith, trf jonnstpn, Bpencer, ot Hyda, Spencer, of Mont gomery, Stewart, Swan, Ward, Willcy and Win uurne, so. EbwiidilDeecE' urrander a portion of our epaee, to-tiay, to the speech of Judge Howard, upon th que-. tion of the Baai of Representation, j Judge II. presents hi riw with great clearnee and force. and his remark will doubtless b read with intertx Acik o wi.xrx-, wi wTa. W ar reqoMted ( t y Mr. Mary B. Clarke to announce the receipt of 70, forwarded by Mr. Virginia L. Coboon, of Ellxabeth City, tlirouh he, tq the Stonwall Cemetery Association, at Wiochester, Thu nobly progressc tbe piou work in our good old It could serve no purpose.' Titlow ; "hi order are from mine art from him." 5 "J3ut lie rau telegraph " interposed Mr, Davk; eagerly ; "there may he onie mistake. No auch mitrage as you ttrretn me with lion record in tb history of nationa. Beg him to telegraph, j , ... i i it tt. i i . it would appear that the nays, and not the yeas, prevailed. Ed. The Convention proceeded to further coni' aiueraiioo oi me Bllienuou tOllSlltUUoD. "These are not order for oldier." ihoitted I The question rccutrinii on the amendment of tn pnsoiitr, Hwmg alt control of himself. I r- eettie, to see. 4, or art V. tbat no person "Tbey are orders ior Jailer for a hangman, holding office in any Bank or Railroad shall be wnicu no Soulier wearing a sword should as-1 entitled to a seat In the Ucoeral Assembly. Mr. ceptl I tell you the world will ring with thi Bynum offered substitute therefor, excluding disgrace, Tb war i over, the South is eon-, frora ct in theGeneral Assembly salaried odi queredj I have no longer any country but ccn of uch corporation in which the State America, and it i for the honor of America, aa hold tock. ' . ' for my own honor and life, thst I plead against I Air- Caldwell, of Burke, moved to amend tha this degradation. "Kill me.! kill me 1" b substitute ny adding provision excluding cried, passionately,' thro win tr his arms wida I Stockholder in such corporation who bold open and exposing hi breast, "rather than in-1 ,tiKi t0 lhe Talue of $1,000. . , flict on me, and on my people, through me, thi I ;Tb amendments were consecutively rejeo- insult worse man aeatu. - t mi. - . , Do your duty, blacksmith." said the officer. Mf- Moore, of Wake, ffiiraL aatan addition- walking towards the embrasure as if not carina 1 sec. to art 3, digest of the ordinance in rs to witness the performance. "It onlv irivra in. I istion to ueuu or the State to be bereatter ere- ereaaed pais on all ide to protract thi inter-1 te- (Ordain that bill appropiiating public view. - i. 5,i . ; , ; , "Hi. raiauiir revenue db rcaa m each At these word tbe blacksmith advanced with 1 House of the General Assembly, on (three ev th shackles, and seeing tnat the prisoner hail ir' daya, the yeas and nay to be bad on each one foot upon the chair near his bedside, hia reading, the rote of a majority of all th mem right hand resting on the back of it, the brawny ( tars of each House being tsecntial to their past- mecuanic maae aa aiterrrpx to np one of the I "87 -, hackle over th ankl o raised, but aa if with I Ur- Love, of Jackson, moved to amend by tn vencmcne ana itrengttt which frenxT can providing tnat usual! not pulv to auDroncia i . . . . i. , i . i . . . ' l.i r i. x i... , . , iinpan, even w ium weaaeac invalid, JUJ". Davis I '"u '" " inwrnat improvement nere suddenly seised hi assailant and . burled him I toflr chartered, and in process of construction: half-wsv across ta room, i I tu-lected, yea 83, nay 83. .;' On this Captain Titlowf turned, end. mhi Mr. Furcbetnoved to amend the mendment tbaf Davit bad backed against tb wall for fur I "T substirutiag tbcrefor the ordinance in rela tor tiitsnce, bga to remonstrate, noiiitinir I tion to debtMof the Stt to be hereafter crea- out in brief, clear language, tbat thi course wa teJi ' tbword in which it passed ita aecond mulnea, and that order must I enforced j reading. ; L , v. v any cost X" Why eompl me," he aid, "to add i Pending the consideration of thi amend- tbe further indignity of personal violence to tl.l ment, message was received from his Excclb-n necessity of your being ironed." m I cy, Governor Worth, relative to the dtstituti id "I am prisoner of war,"x fiercelr retorted 1 existing in certain Western couiHiea," which Davit; "I hajs been t soldier inthe armies of I wu reierred to the committee ou Finance. America, and know how tcdin. Onlv kill me. I The Convention took recess until o'clock and bit last breath shall be a bleaainir on voor I P. M. . - . ... . .... " i . . bead, uut wnne l nave lit and strenirth-to of the delegate from Lincoln. Analyse and view it Kis monstrptis,, Insert it iu tt Con titution and it amounts to tbis-tlie nctrroes si.au nave napowcr ciinerpnmarx that. How,I kVj?ill nicy ueienfl usr HOW CanTUey t l th? white ahall constitute Damoer: c and tbe will of the numerioai mnjoritv shall lie i. Ar ,i.A i.n.i v., i t. U :i.k .1.:..,. " " i-w v, ivv iaiiu. mvi m UlCtA Willi ft men rsat.B0ij!.,dt BUI UVUUIIVt .v ' uereupon Captain 1 mow railed ih servant and file ol soldier from the next romn( and x!i mrrx-nu I ihiwhtii w maim 1MB, irOIier. lm- meiliately Mr. Davii flew on him. seized hia Diutket nd atU'mpted to wrench, it from, hi grasp.- i, . ' -.' Ot coun-e wen scene couui nave but on is sue. There ws snorts passionate scutlle. In X latter from Lexuurtaa. V.. to the Baitimar San. Toy tjCTiOTtTW--riiTratt-1 eiw. n w-rtrst- active, working and moat efficient President Beside attending to the general interests and administration ot the institution, he vi4ts, from time to time, th different lecture rooms, attenda recitations, ana receive weekly report ot the standing and progrea of all the tudeott in the several school. &c I have been informed,) by good authority, that the Gen.nal keeps (itch moment Davie was flong upon 'hi bed, and ' enUnt and attentive aupervkioa over the af before his four powerful assailants removed their a''f oftBe college, tht Tie is alway familiar hands from him, the blckmith and bis ewl. ,ne relative standing in hit classes held by taut had don their work -one sectirina the riy. ch of the pne hundred and filty student now etpn the righfankle; wfrlfetlieothMnnThe t,enanc, -" kcr on th padlock on tlteleft l.i -. - V - ; thiadona.Mr. Davis lav for moment if I The Prussian army consiatflof 5S tiattalllons in stupor. Then slowly raising himself nxj f infantry, 320 squadron of cavalry, and 1,0S! power? Will it not ftlso have tauuing round, 'ht dropped, hi hackld iaei tlpec of tuUllary. t (i.,it I giving to th middle eounliesa e to defend the rights of a minority or the rights of property an absolute negation of - tho es- aential purpose of constitutions. Well mloht th delcgata from Halifax aay, they dare hot iopt it u tney count. Constitutions ar not, except iu a delegated government to contcr po-rcr lut to restrain it, Without Constitutions the majority rule.' Such are the imrcly Democratio governments of his- . -. 1 I.K.. - I. . . ... lory. uoueu mai ucn iroTerninents at tins day found no advocates, save among tho reek-' less, tne iianxrupt or the revolutionary. Tlie delegate from Lincoln is fr from either, and yet he utters such sentiments as these : "Whv should property lie lea secure or justice worse administered when confided to the majority of the people of the whole State 1" "Our novcrn- ment ia baaed noon fafrA in mai iritien Tl,. context how that be speaks ot numerical ma jorities. He can find no su,ch sentences among the writings of the rocognued tatemen of mod em tim"S ; and I am aure they accord not with the settled" conviction of the delesrate himself The able manner in which he ha discussed this question show too cleariv tbat he i too wise and I know be is too convrvative to deire the adoption of such principles. What ia it but the rejection of all Constitutions 1 Vet the pride and boast Of ottr lind have been that those embodiments of ctnVk and balance in the exercise of power have wielded an influence more conservative of th right of minorities nd property, more powerful to prevent the wrong which passion, or prejudice, or mis. Uught philanthropy or unchecked fanaticism could inflict than all the "pomp and circum stance and authority of royalty. And to day weitand power!, unprotected, beneath the impending wrath of S numerical majority,: if this ahleld held fW powerful band,, nerved by indomitable will, l ttricken from abova na. Our only help now is in God and the broad, fun damental, constitutional principle of Justice 'i ud right established by our father. 1 I not, sir. t'resiaent. l eu.i not ante to rei.to t the delegatefrom Lincoln. This its been mast happily done by my trieqd from Halifax, with th marked ability .which he alwars d nd with that thoroHghnesandebse adfart lieu a fu'ulifully1 inaintatoe(t-a the rlcrht of lhe other. Icon not foresee what time may develop, bit I doulitnot that interest will accede to.aya, ; that Interest will demand, whatever i ju'at, whatever U right, ccord!ng to the fundamen tal principle of sound, republicttn rrprestnts tive government And of those fittjdamental principle thsr is one tlwt the Amerinan people will surely re turn to and abide by. Taxation without repre sentation is tyranny. Where, I ask, do the friend of this settlement propose to tk their standi They cannot torero taxtion-r-th . "white poptiluBon" will not euhrnit to that, Taxaiioa witlioutreiireRentatioiLf thev cannot ' fie that . Representation demands sud rare sustain us in any contest with radicalism I How can they asK our proper rcjn:senttion in CongreMwith. out grunting universal luflraget I appeal to the delegates from the Eastern, the Middle, and the Western Counties to pause before they oohJ siimmatethia deed to pause before they de- prire rj of every plank of reason, or Justice, er principle on -which we now stand. ? , But the delegate from Guilford ay the re- lection of thtft will Mnu n.irplit Anttaiinn i.I wm are that he it mistaken. Ou the other hand adopt it, and you will inaugurate an agi tation much more powerful, much more uncon trollable. Sir, th negroes are in Eastern Caro lina, and must remain for year. ? The peace, the prosperity ; ol ,out section depend on the cultivation, on our part, of tbe best and kindest relations, Their interests are our interesttheir welfare otir prosperity, and whenever permiXfed, wo will show to them and the World that what ever justice, ricrhf, or common internet de mands, they ahall have,. -ttrspepse-wTth-the iit'iirT-4 of an alN I will now consider thW comnromiae : Ol'B Dead ix BAr.Trvomc. A letter from Baltimore, speaking of the late strawberry feat! val, gotten irt bv the ladies of that citv tor th tienefit of the Southern poor, ha the following paragraph: ' " '" -s - i , "A number of beautiful bounnets from North Caro!ina,and fromCburch Hill, Wchmond, ram one day too lute f and on the evening of the day on which they were received I accom-. nied eome" friends who have charge of evoritl grave of Chnfedcrate soldier in our beautiful Greenmount Cemetcrv. and they decorated their Jart resting place with them. On grave, ia which reposed the bodie of three North Caro lina soldier who fell together at Gettysburg, was covered With fl ral tributes from their owe hired Slate. A careless passer-by would hav little thought that strangur' liand had laid them there." , j . - but befor doing eo,,! would cail the attention of ,, toe convention to on lad whioh h 4s been ov!ooked,-be . effect of the alxilitioa -of lavery. Gentlemen say the West, is dissatis fied. Little has been heard of this dissatisfac tion. With full control of one branch of the Assembly, he could onlv be dissatisfied a twit th Senate. It o. ha not the abolition f lavcrv already effected a next happy compro- uuan. iui tn win loose mucu of Her pre ponderance. It i true tho Will weaken some- bat fie preponderance of the Weat In th Commons, but will not this tend to ei'inlir the effect ot controllinir In- Tbe Johnson victory In Nebraska teems te !'k i , no element of completeness. v The return of ths election are not all in, but enough to how that "State" has Ix-en carried ; that probably Morto (Democrat) and the whole ticket iselected, nl the Leirisfafure about equaL When iti re membered that thi has been an abolition Ter-: Wor. -wmTOe mtl!HfgaWriraw tlectod - Miller (Democrat.ytw'Vyear agSJHtwut-t 9 - miiloritY. Tou can annreciate the wonnenui change tf sebtiment.- ay lettor to, th Ne '. Tub WttBT Cbop. tiecent advice from all iections of this State authorize th announce ment that the wheat crop now being harvea! exl, though short to quantity, will prove su perior in quality to tho crop of any previous year situs- the beginningof the late wr ; and M consider it sltosjether p"rolableit will eimmaru ap ice satNfvciory even to the farmer1 them tives. Jiclmond TiiiM. . The British Admiral Pannock, just deceased, wa tough old salt, aged Dint-va J- ,1.
Daily Sentinel (Raleigh, N.C.)
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