i i M : 1 -LE GI8L ATjTjS ' " HOUSE "OF COMMONS DEBATES. REMARKS OF Me. HACKNEY, Or Chatham, Ott the passage of ti Bfll to transfer thefcxternal Improvement Fana to tne ramie a rrnrory. iff. RrXaf Notwithstattding the adverse esmrt oxhe Committee to whom this witter wgj referred a nope. ! mis w . Coestnittee do not disapprove of the principle contained in the Bill now on its passage, end which I had the hdnor of introducing, but state " U thIr Report, that the reason they recommend .i rejection is that another Bilk reported in the o ther branch of thi General Assembly, embraces " in part the provisions of ihie Bill 8ir what does thiiBill propose t Why, sir, to transfer the In ternal Improvement Fund of the State, to the Public Treasury, to meet the wants and liabilities of the State, on account of her endorsements for the Raleigh and Gatton Rail Road. Then, sir, iff understand the object of this Bilk it proposes to take a Fund, set apart by Law for Jfrnal Improves purposes, to pay the labilities of the State on account of Internal Improvement- Wt hate been told, in order to meet the lia bilirite of the State, we moat resort to a jstern of Taxation, or issue Sute Bands, payable in I860. New, sir, our desks are loaded with printed Bills, U carry out nrojects of this character. But, sir, pass this Bilk and it will supercede the necessity of any system of taxation. And, to eatahlish that position, sir, let as come to facts and figure ; ' these will determine thj liabilities of the Sute, ' and exhibit the resources to meet the liabilities. Sir, in the first place, the Treasurer's Report ' shows, that the Sute is liable on account of tbe .Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road, 727,000 dollars. Now, sir the interest on this debt is due semi annually ; the principal part of it, to wit : 8300, 000, is oot due until the year I860, the remain der is due in insutmenu of 30,000 dollars annu ally. The Treasurer's Report, which lies before me, sir, states, that if he is permitted to borrow $68000 from the Literary Fund, there will be only 122,000 more required to meet all the de mands against tbe Sute for tbo next two years. Now, sir, let us examine this fund, and see bow 4ar it will enable tbe Treasurer, tf this Bill pas . ses, to meet the liabilities of tbe Slate. First, then, what does this fund of Internal Improvement ' consist of? Why.sir, the Cherokee Bonds amount to 8 175.000; and by an act of the General At serably of 1SS4V5, the interest on the whole a mount of these Bonds, and one-twentieth of the - principak is to be paid on tbe 24th December, in each and every year. Now, sir, these bonds are perfectly good ; the sureties to them are said to be perfectly solvent. On those bonds, there will fall due, between the date of tbo Treasurer's last Annual Report and the first of January, 1849, a boot $53,000. Tbe next item, sir, of thia Fund, is $3,000 (as I am informed by the Treasurer,.) paid in since his report, at this Session of tho Legislature, derived from the Buncombe Turn. . pike Company. Another item in this account, sir, is 711,200 dollars Stock in the Bank of Cape Fear; and, again, there are Bonds on individuals for loans, to the amount of $15,000, and $3,1)00 of Stock in the Buncombe Turnpike, yielding, opon an average, for the last eight years, 10$ pr. cent. We have, also, unsold lands in the Coun ty of Cherokee, which the representative from that County, (Mr. Hays,) informs me were sur rendered to tbe Sute by the act of 18445, which will sell for at least one hundred thousand dol lars, besides 30,000 acres of unsold surveyed lands m the same County, and 30,000 acres unsurvey ed, which the County of Cherokee, as i am credibly informed, will Uke at nine thousand dollars, making in all, an amount sufficient, from this fuud in the next two years, to meet the liability of the State, up to January, 1849. Thus -far, Mr. speaker, tbe 1511 on your table, and the one reported from the Senate, are 'amrilar; but the provision of the Senate Bill does not provide the ways and means, beyond the first of January, 1849, while tbe Bill now under con sideration will still aid the Treasury after that period in meeting ju heavy liabilities. Let us see, . sir; what aid this fund will afford the Treasury from 1849 to 1851 1 I have carefully made tbe calculation, and find that in the next two years after '49,' ending tbe 1st of January 1851, upon Cherokee Bonds, there will be due $34.000 From other sources, stocks, and sales of lands. and excess of revenue, over and above the ordi nary expenses of tbe State, 1 have no doubt will enable na to meet all our liabilities for tbe next four years. Mr. Speaker, I may be asked the question by those who favor a system of uxation, bow the State debts are to be eventually paid? To this I will reply, ' that we have abundant means to meet all our liabilitiearof course, if a prudent .Legislation is adopted. Sir, tbe Internal Im prpvenSent fund, the items of which I have just presented to the House, the Rail Road estimated ' at cost, (and it is believed it will command more,) the $500,000 in Bonds due by Stockholders, their liability under the act of 1833, all- amount to one million two boodred thousand dollars. This, sir, is tbe reply to the question of uxa tion ; and I have shown from tacts and figures. as I sat out to do, that we have near $500,000 more than our liabilities amount to. Then, 1 ask, sir, why are our desks loaded with Bills to Ux our people, when soon, fear from the signs of the times, tbe uenerai government, with Folk policy, will come down- upon us with a system of direct Uxation, unparalleled before. Sir, it is not to be disguised, that an sunning expenditure by the uenerai uovernment ior ibis War, fore shadows this result. But, air, we are told by oar friends over tbe way, that this Internal Improvement Fund is a sacred one, and set apart to improve the condition , of tbe Sute, and ought nor, therefore, to be used V, to pay our debts. Well, sir, an easy answer to this argument is at band." These debu which .we are now discussing, are debts incurred by tbe ;JBUte in aid of Internal Improvements ; and I . 'contend, sir, that this fund is the legitimate source, ifrom whence must spring means to meet debu .of an Internal Improvement character; and upon this subject, sir, I wish to be distinctly under, stood.. I am no enemy to Internal Improvement, neither am I an opposer of the Western interests of the Sute ; for I should be grateful, sir, if the Sute were able to furnish that people with means to wake roads across every mountain in tbe Western part of North Carolioa. But, sir; I stand Upon this floor as a guardian, humble though it W, of the toteresu of the people of the whole Suu ; and I believe that Legislators should, in questions of this sort, act am prudent and wise men do in their own individual matters of policy in finance. By way of illustration, Mr. Speaker, oppose an individual bad set apart a certain amount of funds which be designed to use in improvements upon his form, and by that system .bad become invoked ; woo Id it bo wise and pru 'dentin him to say, T will not take this fund, set apart for uuprovin? or farm, and nav thn r)ht.. but will keep U to nuke other improvements ! I v'j prudent man would do it, . f neither do I think this Hou.e will refuse to tfans fer and use Ue Internal Improvement fanoV so . much needed at this particular juncture, when ,fhe result of that refusal will drive as to Uxation. Mr. Speaker, I am aware that there is a dowbk ful influence exerted, to. operate against the paJ esge of thia bilL I have reference, air, to th Report of .the Committee .upcu this anWecL-! flow. sir. it has been remarks I upon thb floo . that the Cmnmiuee appointed l. ar 'stigato th matter of finance, had as wuej iiencs n sVillln such matters as other gentlemen: and that after a report had been prepared and made to this .House, others, not members of tbe Commit tee, brought in prujecu of tbeir own. in opposi- tion to tbe Committee.' , Sir, in reply to this 1 have limply to ay. that it.iav due to myself, to sute, that no man on this floor entertains higher respect for- the constituted authorities .of thia House, from tbe Speaker, down to the Committee men of every grade, than I do ; andV' sir the Journals of this House will bear me witness, that on subjects where the- Committees have lhe ad nntxM rriHn bfbro them, and - wnien is excluded from os, on account of our position on ibis floor, I hate always made it a row, .. -r in th; RormH, nnU. I had osrsoosl knowledge r,h. r.. Mnnti with the subject. JJJt, sir. upon subjects where tbe House is in posses sion of all the evidence which can possibly come before any Committee, it has been always my u: ir i tnr nrivile?e. and trust will ever be, to investigate subjecu for myself, and act ac rarA'mrr to the honest convictions of rnv own un. derstandinjr. : And. sir! as' to the case in noint.' every member here has a plain statement before mm, in me report o: ine treasurer; sua, sir, u the doctrine is to prevail, that members of this General Assemblv. because not on anv Commit tee, are to sit here and ratify the edicU of Com- mitteemeo, it is time, we snouid go nome ana leave legislation alone to our Committee', and save the exnense of the concern. I hooe. Mr. Speaker, that this Bill will pass. SPEECH or Ma. WASHINGTON, or CaAVKf, "OS THS BILL FOR RE-DISTRICTING THE STATE, lie tbs House or Coxxons, Dec. 1846. Mr. Speaker: Tbe bill now before the House is one of no ordinary importance. It involves questions materially affecting the political rights of the citizen, and intimately connected with the cause of -popular government questions, in which the people of this country feel a deep and abiding interest. Tbe gent!eman from Rowan (Mr. Ellis) who addressed the House on yesterday, spoke (he said) in behalf of the forty thousand freemen of this Sute opposed to the passage of this bill Reluctant, as I always am, to engage in tbe de bates of this body, I feel constrained to make a few remarks in behalf of the fifty thousand free men who demand at our bands a restoration of their violated rights. The law now standing up on your Statute book for tbe arrangement of Con grcssional Districts, and which it is tbe object of tbe present bill to repeal, is an act of flagrant injustice to a majority of the people of this State. In Us passage tbeir political rights were violated and trampled upon; their wishes disregarded; and their feelings outraged. They now demand at our bands a redress of these grievances, and a vindica tion of the true principles of tlie Constitution. And shall we not obey this tbeir reasonable command Shall we not do this simple act of justice to them, to ourselves and to the country? "That is the question." I hope and trurt we shall. Yes, sir, 1 confidently believe this bill will become the law of tbe landnot because it has been thus decreed and settled by a midnight caucus" as gentlemen of the opposition who have addressed ibe Hooe, have been plesseJ to intimate, but because its passage is demanded by justice and propriety. Mr. Speaker, if anything had been wanting to satisfy my mind of the conscious weakness of the grounds assumed by our democratic friends in their opposition to the bill, it has been furnished by their constant appeals to prejudice and passion, and tbeir studied effort to cast odium upon this measure by vague allusions to a M midnight cau cos." Sir, you and I know that all this idea of a midnight caucus is mere fancy sketch having its origin and existence only in the distempered imaginations of the gentlemen themselves. If, in making the assertion that the fate of this mea sure has been fixed in caucus, gentlemen mean simply to say that it Is the result of consultation and conference among our friends,' then. sir. is tbe assertion most true. But if, on the other hand, they-intend to intimate that gentlemen on thia floor had been driven by caucus dictation in to the support of a measure which tbeir judg ments disapprove and tbeir consciences condemn; I feel it my duty to say here, in my place, that, so far aa I am individually concerned, and indeed so far as my personal knowledge extends, the as sertion is groundless, and the charge unfounded It is true, sir, I love my party; but tbank God ! I love my country store; and in all questions deep ly affecting the rights of my constituents, and vi tally important to the best interests of the State, I pin my faith upon no man's sleeve. I submit to dictation from no quarter ; but with an eye single' to the welfare of the country and the best interests of the people, march inexorably forward in the faithful discharge of what I believe to be my duty. What, Mr. Speaker, are the objections urged against tbe passage of ibis bill? Why, sir, it is alledged, in the first place, by the gentleman from Rowan, (Mr. Ellis.) that we have not the constitutional right to pass such a law. Mr. Speaker, while I could but admire the tone and temper of that gentleman's speech, and while I frankly admit that he made the best of a bad cause," and in the goodness of my heart wished him a better one, I must be allowed to say, that some of his positions in this part of his argument struck me with surprise. He has done himself injustice in the grounds which he has taken. He is too good a lawyer not to discover, at a sin gle glance, the feebleness and fallacy of his argu ment on me consuiuuonai question. 1 under stood the gentleman to contend that although, under tbe first clause of the 4th section of tho 1st article of tbe constitution of the United States tbe Legislatures of tbe several States bad o riginally the power to prescii'ie tbe limes, pi -ces and manner ef holding elections forRe. resentatives in Congress, yet as that was subject to such alterations and regulations as Congress might make in relation thereto, and as Congrens has undertaken to alter the manner of holding such elections, the Legislature of the several States are thereby precluded, from any further action thereon. 1 wish, Mr. Speaker, to do tbe gentleman from Rowan entire justice; and if I have either misunderstood or mistated his posi tion, I hope he will correct me. Mr. Ellis here nodded sssent to the sutement Then, sir, let us see if this ground is tenableif this position can be maintained. ; The 1st clause of the 5th section of 1st article of the constitution of the United States is in tbe following words : u The times, places and man ner of holding elections Jor Senators and Repre sentatives shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof ; but the Congress may at any time by law, make or alter such regula lions, except as to the places of choosing Sena tors." . . v. The phraseology of this clanse of the constita tion is somewhat peculiar. M The times, places and manner of holding elections for Senator and Representatives shall be prescribed in each Sute by the Legislature thereof." By this language, our venerated forefathers, who were jealous ol the righu of the Slates, and who knew what they meant, and meant what they said, intended to provide in the first place, that the people of each Sute should be allowed to consult their own con venienee and wishes in relation' to the times, places snd manner of choosing their Representa tives to Congress; but at the same time, lert th Lgialatures of tome of the Sutes iniUi eithei fail to exercise this privilg, or might abuse ; m - i r at aa.taa. . i ir a n n mA nnni pl w ii ifxu iir iim. utiwww i .i,.:. nn?vr. and ine people m inwe ou i - -r t . . . . . their por, n renreaentation ' in accept tbe challenge and luviisTlhe comparison, thus deprived .fTa fall JfP"1 c 'I Tho fnileman complained bitterly, bat certainly Congress, bey took car to provide that . ,C?n. . - - iHeTh.pe of the ninth J-rint ; gres mj - Utkns, except as to the places of cbonin toena, v.r. Under this provision. It is weil known- "'"6 , . . f ljj : . . MSftaw irMSt Ml BVSB tfaS SI IT KHf-n rPUU 1 1 hat the Legislatures of the seven,! Stat" r- KiVed sole and eccluttce uriMliCiKHi over ino 1 iect from tne lormaiion me oovernntfai uimr ; feet' the year eigmeen n una re a ina iunj-rw. Congress for the first time acted I hereon."' Some f the States. disiardTHg the true principle;; of tbe constitution, setting, at nought the spirit -of our government and seeking -local pwr and party sggrsndixement at the sacrifice uf the twst interesu of the country, had resorted itb gen eral ticket aviteni'; and Congress, jo counteract this evik"nd sverf the dangerous consequences which must have inevitably followed such a course provided by law that earh Represent itiv in Con gress should be elected from a single d strict.' . In all other respects the power of. the Slates is left untouched by the Yaw of Congress. The gentleman from Rowan (Mr. Ell s) laid down in another. portion of his remarks, as a well estab Ifsbed and firmly settled principle, that the States may exercise any power given to Con gress and not prohibited to the States, until Con gress shall have used the power thus given - Now, Mr. Speaker, let us take the gentleman up. on his own ground, and see if the power to pss this bill is not clear and unquestionable. : The act of Congress is in the following words : j That in every case where a SUte is entitled to more than one Represenutive, tbe number to which each State shall be entitled tinder the apportionment, shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory, equal in number to the number of Repre senUtiTes to which said Sute, may b entitled ; no one district electing more than one Represenutive." From an examination of this enactment, it will be seen that Congress has not legislated at all in relation to the timesor flacesof holding eU-ctions, and has interfered witn the manner in which the same should be held, only o far as to prescribe that each Rep-esentative should be elected trom a single district composed of contiguous territory. But what particular counties of contiguous tern tory shall form such districts in the severaScaies, Congress has not undertaken to prescribe but has left the arrangement of the districts entirely to the State Legislatures. If such is not the fact, and if the Legislatures of the Stales have not this power, I should like to know by what authority the Jaw of 1843 for the arrangement of Congretfsiooal Districts, was pasvd. That law was pased not only subsequently, but in obe dience to the Uw of Congress. But. Mr. Speaker, cau you suppose that lhe gen tleman from Rowan (Mr. KHi) really brheve him self that we have oot the constitutional power to puas the Bill ? For hs has warned us in aubther part of his speech, that if this Dill does pass, he and his friends will repeal it and arrange the Congressional dialricls to suit themselves wheu they get the power, which I hope aud believe will uot be soou. Nowif, before a member of the Legislature w allowed to lake his seat, he is required to lake au oath to aupport lhe eousuiutiou of the Uuiled SlaUa ; if it is uucouxtiiu liooal now to re-dixlricl lhe State, il will be so them ; aud would auy one suffer hiiTiawlf to believe that the geulleinau from Rowan (Mr. Ellis) would publicly proclaim an iutention on the part of hiawelf and his frieuda to do au act which be believes to be uucouati tulionalT I ahould hop uot, Sir. No oue certain ly acquaiuted with his character and alaudiog, would do him such injustice. But the geulleman from Rowan (Mr. Elli) inaisU that by the pauag of thia bill, if oot the letter, at least the spirit of lhe coualitulinu will be violated, and the rights of the minority put in jeopardy, if not sacri ficed. How, I ask ? Il is said, that if the power ot the States to leginlale on this aubject be once admitted and recoguUvd. tbe larger States may be lempied to abuae it, and by cornbiualioa and iraud. deprive the smaller State of tbeir couatituiional rights aud priv ileges. But how is thin to be fleeted f for, accord lag to the gpuilemaus own argxrueut, Cougre r viug altered the manner of electiug Representatives by providing for single districts, the Stales have uo power to enlablioh either double dimricu or the gene ral ticket system ; aud in no other way could the larger Stale (if they were so uup-ariouc as to devire it) accomplish the result winch the geuteioan eem so strongly to apptehend aud so deeply deplore. Again, wr, it i said, if we pass thia bill, the State of Alabama may be iuduced by the precedent to e dixtricl that Slate, in ruch iiiaooer aa to deprive th Whig party of the only representative wiiicb ihey now have. Mr. Speaker, I was aatouiwbed to hoar' an argumeul like that used on this floor. Are the tep rexeuUtives of the freemen of North Carolina to be deterred from doing whal is right, because the Legis lature of some other Slate may do what u wrong I Certainly not. But siuee the State ef Alabama has been alluded to, let me tell toy friend fiom Rowan that he need give himself n uiieasiueas on that sulject. The doiniuaot patty in that State will not dare to do any such flagtaut act of injustice, aa he has suggenied They learul a leason ou that vubjeet in I&4I, which Ihey will not soou lorgel. Iu lo4U, to save the seal in Congress of a distinguished gentleman who was trembling iu his shoes aud whose defeat as it then stood was inevitably cartain, bis friends in the Legis lature abolished single districts, and en t a blinked the geueral ticket system, bul warned by that still amall viice to which the gentleman from Orange (Mr. Smtlli) so feelingly alluded oo yenterday, aud which he says is the inouilor of mua," they provided that the law should be submitted to the people at the next election fur members of the Legislature; and.1 sir, such waa the indignation of the people at the outrage which had been perpel.ated. thai with a Democratic majority of some 10 000 in lhe Male, the bill was rejected by a majority of nearly 15,000 votes. -, Tbe Slate of Georgia has also been alluded to by the geulleman from Kwau, (Mr. Illi) who seems to auppoaa thai if this bill should become a law., the Legislature of that gallaul Stale, eiuboideued by our - I A k A a . a . I. a. r example, may re-arrauge . their Cougreaciouai ; dis tricts, so as to give the Democratic party a majority of the representatives iu Congress 1 can aure the gentleman that his fears are groundless, aud his anx iety unnecessary. The Stale of Georgia hs sel au example oo the aubject, which o her biates might do well to imitate. At the passage of the law uf L'ou grexs prescribing iugte districts, the geueial district system prdvailed in ilial Slats, aud the Democratic party adhered to it as long as they had the power. But as soon as lhe Whigs obtained a majority, they laid off tbe State iulo single districts wait such re markable fairness aud ud justice as to give to each of the political parties four representatives , i, Congress. The gentleman from Rowan, (Mr. Ellis) insisted, Would to God! the same generosity ud magu.,.,,,.- however, Mr. Speaker, that ?f ws are suffering a ' 7.k v?" mm ,---ieB,OCr"1?, t grievance, tbis iTnot the proper Forum fer its re el this state in t43. 1 there would have j dres9r We sbouJd appeVrsays) to Congress beea no necety for the introducuon of thn. bill ; do us justice. What, pellet Deocnuic members! hen, r. there would have been no nece...ty lvr all Congress, and then ask'.Aes. to chgs the d2 Zlnn'SLni? tricts fwm which the, tiemsehes werT Sected, X unagiue. The State, (say. he,) beiu-euiiUed to pj?? ?lT-fl?" hUfJ ?f gfnm nine repreaentatives, the Democi.u loo four and JJ" t?hllhJ ober but this would be gave the Wh.g. four, leaving an odd Tau lo be ap- VS??? .. fm Jropriatedbyiomeoue; andias i immnjSr he JlP 'PW11'P drunk." I was surprised, Ski. for th-rDemocr.lic pt, u i.kX7tSS vet "chorine avowed on this floor by the ihooddmon? Mr speakerf 1 wi'l cwle ih" Ueman frotr .Rowan (Mr. Ellis) who claims to be kee over the gentleman? end answer bis question bv n""2 SUt R,ghtV 1 tru8t ia God asking another. It U this : Jf it was fair, iu ld-13 , DC.Tcr colme.wbJen PP1 of North Carolina, Tor our democratic frieuda iu a minority ol 4000 ,or2eU.n8 wat " U her sovereign chAracter vote to take lo themselves five representatives civ- f?r8ett,n8 is &eir own dignity, will he wil ing the Whigs but four, can it be very aA,tr for the- H- ?P7 to.ConSrM for the passage of any law Whigs, now representing as ihey do a majority on wahln th fgWtfve jurisdiction of tbe 8tate. A pomiiarvota uf uri, mkki i. i.v. .-..,.... commendable State pride forbids it: the ht int. rire representatives aud give iheir opooueuu four? And since the gentleman has area fat to adorn this' mode of argument , 1 will propeuud io faun . another question : Jf it be, as he aavs. aa act of lor the Whig majority here new to appropriate lo themselves a majority of the represeutMfves iu Cou grese. what species of tyrauny .will bo deuomiuaio ibat, by which a Democratic minority did the same thing in 18431' . Mr. Speaker, my friend from Rowan (Mi. Ellis) m th course of bU remai ka. challenged a comparinou of the districts as arranged ui.H.r n.- an as proposed in tbe bill now before the House, 1 wrw imDraovniiT. oi tnc wnmvw fo that dirict is left by ths prswot mil exaeuy h iBlBaia uod,c rlirtiUf; mw . ;.od the guiman is. ..i from find f.ult with th ninth district, a ivwas laid' sffby hi swn fn- od. -nd is j now rsprrseoted by a geutlemas) for whom my inena from ruowau voted at Rowan voted at lb preseut Session u U. & Senator. "''!' .. He alluded also to tbe third district Mr. Speaker, I will shew the gentleman a diagram of that district. as it was arranged under tbe law of 1943. Mere il j f sr v -" s Mnch laughter! And in the language of an old nursery game. I would ask what does il lok like It b said to- be more like a rsgged shoe-siring than any thing else, ex leu -ding as it does only oue coouly deep for over two hundred miles along the Virgiuia line. Under the hill now before the House, that district is much ahor tened, and is made two Couutiea deep. But, Mr. Speaker, I would call the attention of my friend from Rowan (Mr- Rllis) more particularly to a diagram of lit the eighth district, which I have. Here is " tbe critter ! ! It has been said, sir, to resemble a certain species of i-hell fish which lhe immortal Dr. Shankliu was so solicitous to protect a few years ago. called and known in my country aa a terrapin. But I coutess. Mr Speaker, that I never conceived th resemblance ve ry Mriking I have viewed il attentively, and have come to lhe deliberate conclusion, thai it is like nothing iu the heavens above, or in tbe earth beneath, or iu the waters under the earth. Look at it, Mr. Speaker,' and say if it be not u A monster, of such hideous mein, u That to be bated, needs but to be seen." Sir, a distinguished Democrat once admitted in ray presence, that tbis eighth district, ugly at it u, wus made for the express purpose of depriving the pres ent Speaker of this House, (Mr. Sutnly) or a seat in Congress ; and, lest you might forget it, Mr. Speak er, I will simply remind you, that not only was the plan well devised, but admirably executed, and f- I fectuallv answered the tmr..oe.nfrw..vt .1 1 ..nht f eonnt,1 r opposed to it; and the cortH 7 1n? "at ren of ths people would con- , PPCation, and repudiate such doc- trine. But, sir, it is said that we ought not to pass this bill, because bis Excellency Crov. Graham did not discuss the question in his canvass hut summer. Has it then, sir. come to this? Are We to sit her simply to record the edicts of the Executive I Is th Legislature of Nortb Carolina' to be restricted ii their enactments to Such topics only as the success ful candidate for Governor may discuss before tbe people ? If so, then there will be but little of ths; home legislation, which" the gentleman from 'Orange . . J - .... . v.. 3 n -r 3 O at f - - Edgecomb J X X- 7 -Ji V wijj. (Mr. Soil h) so highly commended on yesterday ; for you know, Mr. Speaker, and the House knows, that National polities are chiefly discussed on such &cc& stops. Mr. Speaker,. I regard the present custom un der which tbe Governor of -North Carolina is com pelled to canvass the State7" for a rejection, as not only onerous to the incumbentbut degrading pt the office? and it sir, be is required to discuss before tbe people ell the subjects ope which the Legislature is to act, kis duties will be made intolerably oppres sive.: It was my goad fortune to bear Gov. Graham address, tbe people sereral thnes'during tle last sum mer, and I always heard liim wha pleasure. He ac cepted the issues which, were tendered him, manful ly met Kis opponents, and gaUautly sustained bis po sitions."''' " . : A rain, sir It is nnred by the jrcntleman from Rowan, that tbe people have not been consulted on I tV nktaa. mnA tli oi-sfne thik kill ontrht not to UtV wiapaa u.au, aiw-.a O pass or, if it does pass, a provision should be made for sabmitting it to the people for tkeir ratification, This position of the gentleman, most; satisfy every One, 1 mina, (Sac US IS naru run iur vujtxuvtu 10 tuis bilL ; Two years ago, when tne xenenuary qnes- tion waa under discussion in this TlotiBe, the gentle man frorarRowan. in a speech able and eloquent, ex pressed opinions diametrically opposed to those which he has thrown out on tbe present oecssioxu- tbave that soeech before me. and bee leave to read a sin- gle extract therefrom: 1 ; nearly as practicable, to fairnww and justice thu ttMr:ElUssaid he opposed the bill at present, itfwswltftnuin ,h fa h to the vtovle. to ho acted m at the W wrw ww-" -" " r ' ' i O - - - - next election for members of the next -Uenerai Assembly. He had as high regard for the opinions of the people as any one, and when their will was known, none wcremoreVcady to carry it intoeffect than himselfi but tbe mode pointed out by this bill for consulting, rr that will, he regarded as an infringement upon our t.. t.. ...lnrn-nMv,Mit nnon one Constitution and laws, and a dangerous pei f U sw.m an. Ammrw ftf All rvAa1TKTnanfL r :..:.. .'a . a4-nMm. Mmmnn . 'UiiKi -aa. u Liuu m xa a auiui mm usiua-Vi voay w s,smvs u a A; e aZmm,nt. To bis mind, tbe provUionsof this bill indicated on tbe part of members a fearof legislative responsi- u:i: -j - .v r w mrv.n.iKnitv .. . . . - -. . Ha then, insisted that the mawrityC- this floor were oouua w wm me rep-wiuimi y s-sm. j ... x.i " ..:v:i:-. e l. taws u luty u.iincmu iiuctcihij vi ,uv wuumj q aired, or the exigency of the times might demand. i . w.i . - a-v . n MIlll.TV M Sir, we do take the responsibility of the measure, and ' . M " ".. a. t. . - .1 I ror weat or lor woe, are wuung to go ocioro p pie on the question. . V- v . - - But sir, I think the gentleman from Rowan is mistaken as to tbe extent to which the attention of the people baa been directed to the subject. It is well known, that at the close of the Session of tbe Legislnture of 1842-'3, by which the law arranging the Congressional districts wa passed, the Whig members of that body published an address to the people, in which they denounced thai law as unjust and oppressive,' and declared tbeir intention to re peal it as soon as they bad the power to do so. Ma ny gentlemen on this floor inform me that' the sub ject was fully and freely discussed in their respee- ,a.a I aii ntiai rf n m n aw tda loaf KrlmmM. tlln fn-mM i of the most prominent issues on which the elec- is were made to torn. In my own section of the te, while I frankly admit that but little was said fc Zv-rV . i, l ati al V tiona State, while I frankly on the subject during the last Summer, yet you, Mr. Speaker, will bear me witness, that in the Congres sional canvass of 1843, :and the subsequent 1-canvass for the Legislature in 1844, the unjust and unequal law of 1843. for the arrangement of the Congression al districts, constituted an important count in tbe long indictment preferred, against the Democratic party. And, sir, the gentleman from Rowan. In tbe course of bis remarks, made an allusion to a certain debate in the House of Representatives of the United States, upon tbe resignation of a distinguished Sen ator from tbis State, which I thought unfortunate for himself and his friends.' Sir, what a spectacle was there presented ! Mr. Haywood hid spent the vigor of his youth and the prime of his manhood in tbe service of his party. He bad labored by day and by night, in advancing its principles and promo ting its success. But, sir, in an unlucky hour, he is called upon by his party to sustain a measure which bis judgment disapproved and his conscience con-. demncd. What did he do, sis? Did he vote against bis party ? Na But regarding a private station, under the circumstances, as the post of honor, he re signed an omce second to , but few (it any) m this Government, and. retired to private life. For. this, sir, he was abused, vilified and calumniated bis mo tives assailed, and bis integrity questioned and tbis too, at a time and in a. place, when and where he had J not tbe right to defend himself, tientlemen oppos ed to him in politics, came forward and vindicated bis motives, and attested tbe purity of his private character, while they did not pretend to endorse bis politics. On the same day, however, Mr. Benton-did endorse him in the Senate, throughout, in a speech which I would commend to the attention of my De- : mocratic friends, for its good sense, generosity of sentiment, ana tta excellent taste.' But I have suffered mvself to be drawn off. Mr. Speaker, from lhe main object for which I alluded to that debate, which waa lo shew that express no tice of lhe intention of the Whig to pass this bill, was given immediately before the election last Sum mer. Among ine apeaaera -oo that occastou. was Mr. Dockery, of this Slate. I have a report of bis remarks before ine. and will read a few extracts.:; Mr Doekerysaid, " il i true there are in this House six Democratic and three Whig Represents lives, from the State of North Carolina. That was by uo means to be taken as an exposition of the po litical aentuueuts or a majority of . the people ; .the matter wa; easily explained : ' - The majority accidentally obtained in the "Le gislature in IK42, aud by which Mr. Haywood waa seut to Uie Senate, dstricted lhe State into Con gressioual Districts. Iu doing this, that Legislature completely gerrymandered it; the result was, six Representatives were given to a Democratic minori ty, and three to a Whig majority. So much for tbe representation ou this floor, speaking tbe opinions and sentiments of the people el' North Carolina. The next Iegulature. which he was happy to . say ha Had little doubt would be Whig, would remedy this gritcMitct. into act oj injustice Ut the petple, and mane wen a aieirtouiton oj the Uounlieo into Dis trict; ms wuuld be just in itself and fair to the two great parties in4o which the country was divided. Mm. MOO a a . it wouia be tne amy oj the largtslature to do this, and he had f ear e that it would shrink from this duty. A majority of the people should be-repre-seuud on this floor by a majority of the Kenreseuta tives, holding opiuious aud profesxiug. seutimeuls identical with themselves" "' " These reiuaiks were published aodv circulated throughout the Stale ou the very eve of the elec tion And can my friend from Kowan f . Mr. .Ellis. gravely contend, in tbe isce of these facta, that the people nave not been apprized ol this issue, or thai our Democratic friends have been taken by surprise oo the subject T 1 do uot be.it, a be will. Mr Speaker: I ceriaiuly do not wish lossy any Ihing on thi occasioo, calculated to wouud in tbe slightest degree the feeliug. or any of my Detno cnuc incuM u is loreigu from my nature lode so, tor many or uiy wkrutesi p-rousf 'friends are Democrats. Besides, Mr. Speaker, 4 willlak thw occasion to repeat what J b-Ts often said bt fore thai . I believe the groat, body ot the JJemocraUe party to bo honestly wrong ia 'the opiuiona which tbey entertaiu ; and I am willing to accord lo them whal 1 claim for myself, a right to enjoy puiitical opinions noueaiiy entertaiu. Put, air as inyseif ana my irienda have been tauuliDgly told, Uial while wa claim to be the law aud order parly," we are pursuing, a deatrocuve policy ou this iW. I will simply refer the geulleman from Uowau, ,Mr Lis) aud the geuUemaa fitMii Orange, (Mr. SoiiihO lothe Sute of Rhode Island, and enquire if they know to what political party a Certain Thomas Dorr belong ed -'-lo New Hampshire, Aikwoun. MlMissippi aud Georgia, and ak if they remember lhe fact that the Democratic party in each of these Stales, resisted as long a they bad the power, the operation of the law of Cdngreas abolthtrfg'ih general ticket sys lem, and estoblisbiug slugve Distticts; a law -which my friend from Kowan seems to regard as a sort 'of strpptemental Cousiituiion au instrument loo sacred, to be violated, too huty to be touched 1 .- - , Mr Jepeaker. a good deal has been said in tke course of lui deDate. upou be preseut condition nd luture prospects of the two great political parties of a....f-P ' tn.. t r a a ' ... be .HUth.l represented the Urmocraltc banner ss fl,.i oglu triumph from Maiue'to Mexico; and, err, joutd but thiuk how fortunate he was ia not having eard the result of the recent electiona in he Northern States j for, where ignoranca is bliss .'tis fol!y4o be wbv tie was. however k -.-I r.Jla. ataf V. il...; .1 i Cr UtflliBil town j ih, nniirmil Imm i rM rRroedek.) who. in meUnehol inn.. . wo did jjunfbld- He recounted the various j 1' and disasters of Ins party, and famished a foI, rt of the killed and. wounded : botby solation to his friend from Orange, he House ih conclusion. Ibat though "iiorm.j mo II party had been deieaieov was not discou- and though overcome it was not diband?d. corrifort, troly,- and mat have fallen upon ihe and enthusiastic gentleman from Oraur cm. lX Orange (Mr. S, very moeh like a wet blanket. II Was rpli in the rentlemaa from Wayne, thus in j-,-.3 ? deliebJfnt rsveris of bis friend--,v... or i Now, Mr. Speaker, In all Uie discussion tiui trovemy po this point. I wih to have no part 1 I declare to you and to the House, th.t : .L0r V ' nort of th menanre.'! am 'inflnaiia..j 1 - ' ' - JOl JtQ w. by a wish to advance my party; as from a d-v i do justice 1q a oiajority of, tbe people of the . Many sf my, personal frieuda of both Dn4tt urr rw. wimrw mmi. : nave aj ways said l Woilf voie mr no diii io re-mstnet uie state. tvi.:-L 't; initistiee I o'mV noliticai oooonents rn. --. l:,, aw. uu Dm fcl,- r sought political advantage at the sacrifice f Co nieoce and justice. I am -far. sir. from K-i;..H thai tho bill oqw before the House is D,rf. . "t Jhat tho bill oow before the House, is perfect fair belie viMg." as 1 boneetly'do. that it anprnaei.' . sir believing, as 1 honestly do. that it anDf.,i' I a aC" II a "7 coruiai mpjwn. , ror, r npeaK.r. i long enongh in this WorU ls t..r tl... " expect to have things exactly as we - waB I II B l was .... . , -.i.i- . ... . vsi mVJT I ?x "W"1 Pa con,pr,. LuSi P,,IMS1 the beajtng property in the institutions of the ai. . snd wijicii aione can preserve tbem, isto U fJl ! oono tnn xiroug iraiw tne law, not 1. -1 :. i - k l l . phyaicij t wree -and violence, but in the conservative infl,' I 1 mot oal. forbearance .the breast of every I, i with seutinients of pea I a - a s il " . : ts a . ori s ana uoerai pnnciplM. u law-maker in the land Jf peaee and good will tov... l' f fellow mau. and then, and not till then, ; .. :. , violfj( ' f -I j- "".' vrr imrn noun. , m and true patrtotrm become the diii,.-,,L,.: ? the diKiiupui.i,;,,. characteristic or every en eo or the Staia thtl will every variety of soil and climate and scfnn -: and every diversity of taste, interest and pursuit, idj'j. each another cord to bind together a contented aj happy people. ' ; ' t - , - ' " i esssasasss'ti , ' I . . eag-faassegsa i TATE OP 'KURT A CA KOLIN A. Cbts4,I 3 Out Tr.-oeri!or Court of Law and tqum KaU Term, 1846. I ' '"' t Redding Hstby and others, v ... . ,, , . .. vs. ' E ' urittn Haitev. Petition for Sale of Lands. W It appearing to tbe satisfaction ol the ("ourt. tbti !t the Detendani, Drittou Ha ley. is not an inhabiting .CL.. -1... I is iberrfore ordrred, that pijbiicaiio. x- mad inihe Ksteigb Kegieier lor six we. Iu. r . . tiivi ( r 7 ' . ; u tbe seal Blittoo Hailey,to be and appear bt-: tbe Honorable Judge of our Muierir ourta' mw anu buiiy. iv do neiu tor ine cuiitj ol ttni. bam, at the .Court House in I'iitfborough.on tbe :1k Monday in March next, then and theie to pteail,in. war or demur to the Pnitton ot the Plainttfisr thi; frame will.be taken pro confesso and beard ex jarte W itness. Josepb Ramsey- leik and Ma-ier oT, said l:ouri. at Office, the 3rd Monday in Septrmbcr,; A. D.. 1846. - fc- JOSEPH RAMSEY, C. M. E. Pr. Adv. 05 69 - 99 6w T , t'. -'.l . 1. . f a.. ; CfTATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.-Cht.uii? fcf . CouirnL-r Soperior Coort of JUaw, rail Irrm r 1846. Hannah Mr bane Allen Mebane, Petition for Divorce. ,; j It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court llin; Allen Mebaoe is not an iobabilaat of this State : hi is ordered by the Court that Publication be made ia! j the Raleigh Register and North Carolina Staudard,! : published iu Raieigh, for Uie space of three Muuthi, notuymg tna saie ietenaaut to appear at the urn Superior Court of Law to be held for ibe Couutj of Chatham at the Court House in Pittsborough on lhe? third Monday in March next, then aud there to plwj -answer or demur o the said Petition, otherwise tin same will .be taken pro confesso and heard ex parte. . . Witness. John I hompeou Clerk of our said t u. at office the third Monday iu September A. D. 1.45. ' '. JOHN THOaMPiNON. C. S. C. VT Standard ropy; , '(Pradv. 8) 97 3m fOTATB; OF N OKTH A ROLl. ACs t ax 1 Q.CJovxti Court ; i.f Pleas and Quarter Sesiuni, November Term. 1846."; '''T' i I Sophia 5 A Mriilge. Parson Ahlridge and wife Elizabeth, Bala tin Mt Vay and wife Lydia, Margaret Moun, V illiamMoser and wife Mary, . . . ;'' -.4 r ' t$tli4non Fx and George Fox. Executors of Ma Fox, dee'd," and in Iheir own riant. David- tot, David tot, r ;hiemaa ni T rife Sopiiii, I John Fox. Jacob Fox, Uhuiian High wife Polly, Leonard Uigbtrman and w Balaar Isley ami wife Catharine, and fleurv Une I Petition for Account mn4 ': Settlemtnt, and for , . Legacies. -V . - 'fr it appearing to the eaiidactin-af the Court, (hit tne D. feiMlant. Betsey Lane, is not att-inbabitant f this Stale : It is iberelore odcred, ttsst pubucaiioi be made in the, Raleigh Register for six weeks, notilj-' ing tbe said Betsey lane. to be and appear beliirribi Worshipful J notice of our Court f Pleas and Quir tar Sesshsjis. to he held for.4.atb.ttn County at tbe Court House in Pntsbora', ott the 2nd Monday in I retiruary next. , then and there to plead, answer r demur toihe Plaintifis Petrtion.or xhm ssme will bs taken as coi.fessed and heard exparfe ts l h r. Witoess. Natbaa fA - ? tednianj. Clerk f Court, at Office, tbe 2nd Monday in November, A. D . 1848 2. , - t j, N. A. SI EDMAN. lerk. Pr..Adv-f5 .62 j . .-ii.i uM.- 99 6 (glTATE OF NOUTH CAROLINA Okpwv kan9 'CoCntv. tii Equity. Fall Term, A. D. 1846. lyudoua Lipsey,-vs. Isaac 1J. Lipsey, eU al. . y -Petition for Dtvorcei -' In this case it being made appear 10 the satinfaclios of lb Cotirt; thai a stiSpofina aadsJias subpo.ua had regumrly issued as directed by la w, to the defeudaut, tasae'la upsay, cointnandihg hat appearance in ths Court, to plead ar aoawer te the peitlawer's peiitron, aud thai a copy of tpa alureaaHt vubporea had bees left at tho last plate af abode of lbs said defendant, Isaac D Lipsey ,4n this State more than fifteen dyi before the day of the retara of each of sard subposDia prodamaiioii was therefore made by the aberdf, t lite door of tbo Court. House, for Ibe said deJeadsB t, Isaac O Lipsey. to appearand answer as eowmsS' dedby tba said subpoiuas ; and the said deleudaot, Isaac IX Lipoey being so called, jmade default. 1 ; ibereforewdered that (be clerk, cause notice of tli pendeucy of. tbis petit loll to be.pubiisbed iu the Ne- berntau aud Jfaleigii Register for three moulbs, tnl lhatai the next lerm at? issue be submit lad to a Jurj , 40 ascertain the worth of Ilia material ct" chared iH ibe petitioner's petutoa. AViloeas, Joseph Al. French, Cierk and Mailer in fcuity, for the County of Urn 1 low.-, JOSKPH At FttrCH, C. Al & Dec 22. 1846 vtPr. Adv. $dj . IU4 3 ATE OF -KORTH JgAKOLWA--1.6- mi to.iTi--.ln U.a l ourt of Equilv. M tot an account and setikmvtil of the Estate of tb Isie btward H dt,tleed, .i - ".. ?- WiUum Hillrf Evan HamihoA and" wifo Catbsnn. Daet Monua and wife, heady Everilt Hill. Ptte . Hill. and. John Hilt, b bis Uuardian, Marj Hill. .'-t.4.4;i-.r. imXHyvs, f, ". Joseph C- Lee. Administrator on the Pstats of &1 - ward Hill tSnffio.Taj lor and wife . Elizabeth awl r -Roderick -HiiL-' In this Casr.it is Voofed thatjpuilicstion be mad lo "I t w ka in the, Kaleull Jifgisier, commsndmf 0e aaid Ufiffio Taylor and wilo Elizabeth to sppr at t be next.Te. m of ibis lnVi ia i bm -. held for tM Jaunty of Kbtiesoti.'at tbe Court House in Luoibsr- .., iyos lounn Mondsy m Msrcn next, tnen ano there to plead fof, answer or demur, or the asms will be Ukm prrr cunfesso and beard cx parte as 10 tbeffl. Wittiest Ureteral V. K bodes. Uteri and f Mastef in.our Couriof Equity, at Office, this 29th Decv- i ., ' "m. ''-. Iiliilt ,7T. . nnrmnu n .. V '4 ..'- 1. 5 .1