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, t i '.- s- . ;yva;--.-ft; - ' . , ... . . - - ' : , .. 's - . - cy,. si ;1 .-.- 7 t . From, the Ainericaa.Orgao. -v UiLtwa. N; C..lke.:28;iS5 1. J Mt Deab Sm : I hw propos togo ovi with my review of Mr, Wife's manifesto again the " Know-Nothings," at that place, wberer I .left ff in bit laat.. i v f Mr. Wise says " this secret polities! organi sation U against the'spirit of our lawa, and the v fact of oor history. i In attempting to estab- V lien the Utter branch of hi proposition tbat it is against the feet of our history--I am not willing to do the injesticetoMr.Wise'siatelJect, ' to suppose be is serioas ia his method of putting the argument. I can only regard it as a piece of pleasantry, for whieh I know Mr. W. h re- Y markeMa, sometimes, ia the midst of the most tenon discussion.' Uir position is thisthat, inasmuch ki we are sach a youthful nation, all our ancestors having been only 200 years ago "foreign born to the soil it is.- therefore, " against the faete of history." that we should ow show anyjealousy of foreigners. ' j If Mr. W. is serious in this, he certainly does not mean to insist thai dor right to guard with the most stringent provision oar instinmons .rinat foreirn inflaence. is at all impaired by our youthfulnese a a nation. He mav argue it . as a matterof tatUvtieHtiment if he does, then, as I hare said before,! demur to such a method of dealing withqoeetionsot constitutional ngni and pritilege. ""But I had always thought such v. tii teachings of history, as I hare ... i ht it ha ever been in their early bis- Itory, that all nations bate been most jealous of foreign tunuence mow - th. enervation of their leeuliar institutions. ' The ancient Greeks were Wufh more teoacious of their freedom, and jealous of barbarians, (as .v.- Miu .11 the rest of the world) in their early history, than in their latter days of splen did effeminacy, when their arts and sciences and luxuries had" incited an influx of foreigners from all parts of the world. So with the Romans. Itis true, Romulas fret' invites the refugee and outran from - all. Italy to assist him in founding his colony And completing its- defen ce's ; but when Rome grew strong, and became 4o hare a dtiaotiTcbaraeter,vwhere was there Ter a people that possessed a more marked and ' isolated nationality I And it was when the.ti tle of Roman citiien began to loose its once priceless value when the millions of the;con qaered provinces were admitted to equal rights ' and honor that decay sad degeneracy com menced their work. - According. to Mr. Wise, the early Greeks were a set of upstart pretenders, in their jealousy of - barbarians They should have recollected that ' Cadaos and Cecrops, and Pelope, were men of J yesterday, foreign adTentarers from Phoenicia and Phrygie. ,Tbe history of nations is. to a nt extent, the record of the migration of races. How long mutt a people be in posaeea sioa of a country, before they bafe a right to consider themselres the undoubted lords of the oil, and to provide against foreign Intrusion 7 How long, according to Mr. Wise's theory. - ahoold the Israelite hare been in Palestine be fore they adopted their stringent laws against WetgA. influence?, Mr. Wise must think Mo- tl Tses was sadly contravening the wfaeta of the his- ry" of. his country, in the jealousy exhibited against foreigner, in the commercial law. He '.seems to be in eostaeies at the right eitorted by Magna Charta,at Runnimede-but yet accord ing to the doctrine here laid down, the B&rona were a set of heartless foreigners for it was not to the people at large, to the British or Sax ons "Aotocbtoue" (to use one of Mr. Wise's law words) that King John yielded those right ; hut to the Barons, a set of quasi foreigners, whose ancestors bad come over with the con " qneror.only one century before. Mr. Wise says, further, by way of showing the inconsistency of jealous opposition to Ro man Catholic influence, that only two centuries go our ancestors took possession of this coun try, "by authority, either directly or indirectly, of Papal power, nis Holiness the Pope wss the great grantor of all the new countries of North America. ; i If such an argument as this had come from a bigoted Papist, I could have appreciated its bearing; but, coming from one, who, in anoth er part of his letter, boasts of his Protestantism, I confess I am utterly unable to understand it. . That the Pope of Rome, as the pretended vice gerent of the Almighty, has claimed and still claims the ownership of all the-domains of- the earth, I am aware ; that be bas from time to v time affected to grant to his chosen followers immense territories, I sm also aware ; just as I am informed from reading my Bible, that the Devil ones offered to give the whole world which he had just about as much title to, a the Pope of Rome has to the Savior, if he would wnrahin him. Bat. if Mr. W. intimates that this ridiculous claim of the Pope has ever been recognised in the public law of Christendom, I deny it. Discovery, possession, settlement these are the criteria of national title to wild and savage lands. How were the charters granted by the British Kings, tor the settlement of North America, derived from the Pope T . Did the early English explorers of North America plant the English flag on our shores, r ia virtue of any papal bull ? Were the settle ments at Roanoke, at Jamestown, at Plymouth Rock, made in virtue of permission from Rome 7 Certainly not. This claim of ti Pope to dis tribute the domains of the heathen has never been regarded even by Roman Catholic coun tries, except when followed by settlement and established dominion. Mr. W. says "foreigners, in the name of the Pope and the. mother church, took possession of North America," &c., " and now their descendants are for' excluding for eigners and the Pope's followers from an equal enjoyment of the privileges of the same posses sion." The first part of the proposition is not warranted by history. The country was original -It settled by a Protestant population. As to the latter art of the proposition, if Mr. W. is seri ous. he must mean that ws are under obligations w. . . r.t . to the Pope and mother church for granting to our. fathers this great domain; consequently, en tsliligation rests l on U3 in return to recisrocate the boon. T must mAflfl V ta, t It mABnsa anwftins - k,t me ask Mr. Wise do yon believe the Pope's v ..ii : v i j n r luu gnuuug u-uii imuua ui lor mwer OB earth, bas any val'.diiy ia the publio law ot na- tiona, in l-tue of hie Pontifical character, or in the unbiassed coincidences of mankind 7 If you dj not, why do you gravely contend, that it it ungrateful in us not to appreciate what yon have just before lermed as - fiction?" If you do, then sua aannot ponaiBtanttv call nuraaif I'.nto.t. i ant anr longer In speaking of this pretended power of the Pope, to grant heathen lands, he savs. lurtner. "what would, have be what would have become of enr4 national titles in the northeastern and north- western boundaries, but for the plea of this au thority," t,7 Here Mr. Wise is again at fault. No such doctrine was contended for by etiber power in either of the treaties with England, settling our vexed questions of boundary. There Papal bulls were referred to, and very usefully ton. in settling disputed questions of date, and aiitoki leeognitra boundaries, at certain times at certain timet merica or their he doctrine that infemwl anv. Cut neither Lngland or A diplomatists ever advanced the . i. . ..r . V- - n f , ma uwrn xruii I'l un row eoniemo int.. e'u'ice power, but that settlement and continued pOMesion were the only evidences of national title. -' ' Mr- Wise next goev oo to describe very graphi cally, and beautifully too, the trials and difficul ties of the col n!c, their energv, patWnce, and devotion to the principlee cf liberty, their reais tance to unjust taxation by the mother country their final appeal to srme, and their fraternal concord in promulgating tfce Declaration of In dependence. In every sentiment here exprees ed I heartily concur, but it is cut of place It has nothing to do with the question at issue I cannot see any possible logical connection "be tween it and the dedoetion he attempts to draw from tbat clause of the Declaration of Indepen dence which in enumerating the grievuncee cottrpjaioed of on the part of George lit, men-tiona-hie "endeavoring u, prevent the popula tion of tbosa States ; for tbat purpose obstruct xng tLe laws for the naruralixarion orf .reignersL refanng to peea others to encourage their em igrauoa hither." - . v 1 ,TwJ.!kp!Al to ? T"?" enior' k him Wuthatcomplaiaed of on the part of the e - v -. .f ---- -Colon ie, a matter of principle, involving any quest ton vlJngltati liberty, or a a mere mauer of policy! v Mr.W will hardly deny, that it was urged on the ground of policy--if soit had spexnal f rPrre noe to the lime, ana the etrenm stanpes, and the. condition of donntry.T-t that time, we did need population : the country was extensive and sparsely settled t there, was-great neea lelt tor laborers, mechanics, capitalists, w subdus the country, and promote the arts and improvements of civilised life. At.' that time, the African slave trade was in fall vigor. Any interference with that, on the part of the Crown, would, no doubt, have been considered a griev ance. But because they were grievances then; is.no reaeoo why they should have been griev ances frecer. '-The framers of the Constitution thought not, in regard to the latter, for they pro vided for its discontinuance after 1808. and the whole country has acquiesced in it. Why 7 Because the great inereass of the slave popu lation, together with the knowledge that there was only a . portion -rjf the country adapted to slave labor, convinced statesmen, and people, too, that we had as many as could be usefully employed. Well, the people of this nation are beginning to think pretty much the same way a boul foreigners. Because it might have been considered good policy to encourage the emigra tion of foreigners in 177C, is no more reason why ws ought to pursue the same course now, tbao that the toleration of the African slave trade till 1808 is a reason why we should remove all restrictions upon now. Mr. W. will not deny that the policy of a nation is changed by time and circumstances. - But not only are time and circumstances different from what tbev were in 1776 but the charter and conduct of the for eign immigrants are entirely changed. Ihis cannot be denied. Up to within tno Inst thirty years, they were an industrious, enterpri sing, and orderly population, who came here to better their condition in a new country, where labor was scarce, food abundant, and liberty secure.. . These) was hea no distinctive clsss or ganizatioaiaaotiglhem for political purposes; no 'concerted action among them as a foreign, contra-distinguished from an American party ; do disgracing the streets of our cities with scenes of riot and bloodshed ; no driving and beating away peaceable and orderly American citizens from the polls ; no emptying the prisons and almshouses of Europe upon our shores ; no huck stering with parties, corrupting the political morals of the country, and selling the ballot box for the rewardor theprotmseol reward. Uence, no one objected to their coming, receiving na turalization after a short probation, and enjoy ing all our rights and privileges as freemen. And so with Riman Catholics. In the early history of the county, w ien they were weak in number, thy were modest and unpretending. No Jesuit horde had then inundated the land ; no Pope of Rome had then parcelled out our country ino provinces, over each of which was placed some foreign minion of his own, claim ing all th church property therein as vesting absolutely in himself; no arrogant claim was then set up bv them, that a portion of the school fund in the States should be specially appro priated to them, to enable them to teach hatred to Protestantism ; no prelate of this church bad then dared negotiate with the leading men of rival parties as 4ow and for what considera tion the Roman Catholic vote should be cost ; no bloated menial of a foreign potentate had then dared to arraign before the nation, and challenge controversy with, grave Senators In Congress fr'their efforts to procure from Amnr ican eUin dying in foreign lands the Chris tian burial foreigners received in ours. And lionce, no Protestant was in favor of interfering ' witn tnera, or ueniK iem uny oi me ngnt, privileges, and immunities common to all. And what has been the result? These for eign at id Roman Catholic vipers, that we have taken in our bosoms, and warmed into life and energy, are nw trying to fasten their fangs in- j to our very vitais. Ana as is ever tne case with ingratitude, they seem to bate us with the great er intensity, on account of the wrongs they have inflicted on us. And, notwithstanding all this, there is, as yrt, no disposition with the Know Nothings to deprive them of any right secured to them by the c nstitution and the laws, and I defy their most violent opponents to show say- 1 l . 1 fPL . 1 ' I - tning to ine conirary. lor mow joinings wage no war. but a war of defence, in order to i prevent their foreign-amd Roman Catholio ene mies from cheating tnem out qt their rights. Mr. Wise lays great stress on the fact that Roman Catholics fought intbe same ranks with ' our Protestant fathers in the Revolution ; and I that the signers of the Declaration of Indepeu- ! deuce, one of whom. (Carroll, of Maryland,) was a Kman Catholic, gave a "pledge which bound them and us their heirs forever to faith and hope in God, and to charity for eaoh other, ' to tolerance in l elijrion, and to mutuality in po ' litical freedom." Exactly ! Exactlv I And I that pledge, the Know Nothings, if 1 understand ' them, are resolved to keep sacrad and inviolate foreter! peaceably and quietly, by means of the ballot box, if they can, but as I trust and ' hope, by shedding their heart's best blood if they mutt. "Charity for each other !" Does Mr. Wise believe that this church has this char ity for Protestants 7 If he does, lei him read Bronson's Review, sanctioned and endorsed by every Romish Bishop ia this country; he will there sea that all Protestants are denounced ss infidels, and atheists, and as without the pale of alvation. "Toleration in religion ?" Does Mr. Wise believe that Romanism, if it had ths power, would tolerate Protestantism in ! this country for a day 7 How can he believe so, when it is a fact in the history of the times tcai a noman wainonc journal in St. Louis, on ly a fer months since, boldly declared, that when the Romish Church obtained the ascen dancy, no other religion would be tolerated ? And this, too, under the eyes of the Bishop ..... ..... - i TVU n"! " lr aaom lual "berty of con- i science in rewgious mailers means the liberty OI. wop nip -in seen lorm, unaersuch ritual, aud Wl,n ,Hen, ,un V Cin8C,en'e dictates to be i right r ile certainly will; and yet does he not j know, that Archbishop Hughes, in his cootro He certainly wdl ; and yet does he not an nntrfi T"J . ,T. CaM rroKntiy promulga- I ted to tOM world . that "lihartv nf on.i..." "libertv of ronsoin." uunj oi conscience : ; . J .w-.m:iji j i men nothing more than the "liberty of! i tgbt, and that it did not neceasanlv imply i ' the right of corresponding action 7 "Mutuah- ! I ln political freedom !" Does Mr. Wise mean j I stananor class mutuality or individual mu- ' tu&ll,J upp"se. of course, he means the j If he does, does it not imnlv th rl,l.t f ry one to cast bis vote in accordance with what bis judgment may su J l,8g aamost conducive to 1 .1IL,DJ """"V"0 10 aP" any one-of -r ; And dbes'be not know, that ! '',9 nbertJ ? "leeted." For the sake of the ' lolic vote Of this countrv i. argument, I will let him state his proposition on uuuitu (uuu i the Roman Cath voueu, ana generally cast as a una, according to the directions ofthe hierarchy of tbat Church" It., 1 . . J Would there be any "mutuality of political free- aom: -in allowing the claim ot the Komish Church to appropriate a portion of the school fund to teach their sectarian views and denv " jrinrgn io mo imuu rroiesta ! nominations, wj,o, by tha'way, have never ' 'd lt II very "charitJ oT eacli c i this "tolerance in religion" this "mut the same privilege to the various'Protestant de claim- other" ! Kion" this "inutu!iti, ! a puiiiicoi iictuuui, ui whibii ill r. 188 Speaks with such rapture that tha Romish Cburoh is waning against, and which the "Koow Xoth ings" are determined to assert and maintain ? ! But still, thev'propoee to assert it. nat hv ..,. ! : i : .T r a r i. i in- J ' ting the Roman Catholics under the ban of the law tney propose to ao it oj toe lndiritn.l right secured to freemen by the great tive remedy of the ballot-box. If Mr. W. withes to know the ncdus o-rM. (ft, the how, and the where, and the when as I "Aeotf nothing" about it, and, therefore, 'can't tell him, lie will have to join the order, if thev will receive him, which, perhaps, they may do if he will bring "fruits meet for repentance " But, even if the "Know Nothings" did propuee by way ef ,-eeeority for the futo t," to guard against the designs aad tendencies of the Ro mish and Foreign influence, by a change f the constitution: and the lawaMf. Wiet argT meat, that some few Roman Catholics and hir. eigners having been good eoldiers ia the Revo lution, aud cue Rom a Catholio having signed the Declaration of Independence, should forbid euch action, it worth nothing. There? it only no" q Hence to era and Roman strumental reason wards, who happened to have been bcrn in the same lands, and to be followers of the same faith, should be 'allowed to destroy in peace the freedom which the former maintained in war. .. . Mr. Wise next proceeds to say "But before the 4th ef July, J776, there were laws passed of the highest authority," to .which this. secret organisation is opposed." lie then goes on to enumerate- provisions 1n tbs ' Declaration of Rights prefixed to the Virginia Constitution. The first'of these provisions to which he ad veru is the fourth section "that no man or set ofmsn are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments of privileges from the community, but in consideration of public, services, which not being descendible, neither ought the offices of magistrate, legislator, or judge, to be heredi tary," and then be asks if the Know Nothings do not claim for the "native born set of men to be entitled to exclusive privileges from the com munity, as against, naturalised and Roman Catholio chitons," Jta. Mr. Wise has positive ly asserted in the preceding sentence, that "this secret organisation is opposed" to this provision. He ought to be more careful how be makes such ungenerous charges against bis own fellow countrymen, in the absence of all poouf. I answer his question no! emphati cally no ! The j not only never avowed any such doo trine, but bare uniformly denied it, and, in the absance of proof, such charges are unkind and illiberal. Under the constitution and laws, as they now are. native born citizens enjoy no such "exclusive privileges ;" and I defy Mr. W. to point to any evidence showing tbat the Know Nothings are in favor of so changing oar insti tutions as to give them such. This provision in the Virginia Declaration of Righte was intend ed as a restriction upon th4 Legislature ; and np one sorely can contend that it ever was de signed to curtail the privilege of the cititen, in the exercise of the -right of suffrage. Mr. W. lays stress upon the term "set of men" that evidently means a class, constituting an inte gral portion of the body politic, and has refer ence to the hereditary magistracy and legisla ture of the English constitution, which it was intended to guard against. Even if. the Consti tution of Virginia were so chatged as to declare that no foreigner or Roman Catholio ever should be elected to any office ia that State, it would be no violation of that provision of the Declaration of Rights, any more than the pro vision that none but white men shall be so elec ted is a violation of it. Has Mr. W. forgotten that the very eonstitu- tion of 1776, to which this declaration was pre fixed, provided tbnt none but freeholders snouia be eligible to the Legislature, and that the privi lege of voting should be confined to those who owned a certain amount of property. Will Mr. W. contend that tbat provision in the old con stitution of his State conferred "exclusive privi leges" on a ' set of men,' and did a roan wb J in herited from his father property sufficient to ren der him eligible to office, or to vote for those who of elacti&n to the office of magistrate, legislator," j wero, thus, "ny virtue oi Dirtn moerii toe ng;n He will hardly admit that the great men who formed the constitution of his State, in 1776, thus stultified themselves. Does the present constitution of Virginia, declaring that none but a native-born American shall be governor of that State, conflict with this clause in the declaration nf right Hoes it thereby constitute native ' ciutens a set ot men who, - uy irme oi ! bii tX, inherit the right of election" to that office? j And if the principle involved in that clause of il.a declaration of right referred to is not vio lated bv this povision, how would it be violated by extending it to every other office in the Cora- I I.L i monvreaiiQ : ! Mr. Wise next refers to the seventh section of i the Virginia declaration of rights, which forbids j " all power of suspending laws, or the execution I of laws by any authority, without consent of the ! representatives of the people," ka. And be ! asks, how can "a secret power suspend the lews ; or the execution of the laws, which say that Catholics and naturalized citizens shall be to-! j toJ ald aHowed the privileges of citizenship and eligibility of office." The Know-Nothings are not in favor of any such "authority" having the power to suspend the laws or the execution thereof. This provision, like the former, was not intended to impose restrictions on the Leg islature. It was nothing more than the assertion of the same great principle secured to the Eog lih people in the bill of right. The revolution of 1688 annulled f i ever this prerogative of the Crown, exercised by the Tn- d anJ cllt,n,ea "J "' Stuarts, ot suspending the laws and of 'he dispensing power ; and so I jealous were the revolutiona. y men of L ,6 that they determined, even inframing a republican ; goveriuent, iba , no autAortly should ever, under anypretence whatever, be armed with thjsd.n- gerous power of suspending the laws. So far. then, from its being a restriction on popular lib ertv or the right of suffrage, or the nrivilereof tl.o people to control and regulate the action of the government, it is a provision in favor of pop- ! ular rights. The restraining clause applies to I any aulh nty. What means the term author ity there 7 It certainly does not refer to (he ! 1 people as the great source of all power through ! I their action at the ballot-box. But jt implies a ! power invested with certain official functions ' j provided for by the organic law. Mr. Wise has ! ! confounded a concerted effort on the part of the ! ;' people to counteract the evil tendencies of a law with a suspension of the law itself. Suppose Congress were to pass a law for the establishment of a national bank (which Mr. W. now thinks to be unconstitutional ;) suppose the people of this country, or any considerable portion f them, were to form a combination, 1 that they would not only never deal with it in nov shnpe or form, but they would never vote for . . . . any on".who Qlj- woulJ "" "tabhshing an ' nuiuuru iui uir lusiruwin oi a law r Let Mr. Wise answer, for the case suDttosed is I directly in point. i t Jw-L A. .u. t-.-.- , , tion of rights. He refers to the 8th section . which proviaes "that no man shall be deprived of his liberty, except by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers." Mr. Wise sa'vs liberty here does not mean mere personal liber- ty but his franchise of any sort ; and asks "If : i private and secret tribunal has a rieht to im I P09 quhcations for omee, and enforce their I it.. n n M.A0.&n.l T ...... XT I ' " "J. o i i rhoonstitutionalonecandefinequalifications i for oBlce " ,ecret "trtbunat" has any power : ; iu euioree iw m mis country thank Uod for i it. And the Know-Nothings don't intend tn al. . we imii ouvu sju tT7 vjniniutBllOU 1U iniB CODntrV if they can help iu The hierarchy of S . have established such tribunal IZ ' 1 1 1 av a n r tliiAI-i Ia ka aaAkltk.J ! it have had Hie power, and with the rack and the 1 - -t . W ICf stake they have inflicted the penalty of resis tance to theiT behest. Although it does not af fect the-merits of the question, yet Mr. Wise is wrong in supposing that the term "liberty" does not mean mere personal freedom from restraint or duress. The same language i used almost ! rr,a'nB ia oar constitutions, botb Federal nod Stare. It base historical significance. It also is taken from ths English bill of rights. It ' was intended to guard the English subjects a- ! gainst the tyranny pro iced during the reign of i the Stuarts, in the issuing ef general warrants, ! and the power assumed by the privy council of . imprisoningfheeobject withoutndmittingtoball, or even mentioning the cause to arrest. This right to "liberty" bekags to the foreigner in England, where he bas no franchise, either .of voting or being voter! for. It belongs to ba free negro in Virginia as well as to the proud- anysueh conclusion.Eveo tf tbreiga-'gua Catholics had been mainly ia-i Y-Mr, wise asks lurtner, -u,in asowi-R ,ff in securing our liberties, that is- ne; organisation in not in connici witn t - . rkioxr. January a, I bv others, ssventT-eiehtreart nXter-J tioa, of the Deelarat.on ol.uttttvwnieii- P. J v.t.--iij h Metsre. Freest e citizen. r-.. s k ' --' But even if it did 'mean' the "Kberty "to be V Jt-hmr it ri- J . ' ' "r are not dwpoeed to interfur- with it. They do K. tn August IftCdVntchT sSt7 n9tlDbjeet to other, toting for foreigners or Ro- Pttaoj. focac.en yu., has)ewveyed m man Catholiea if (hey choose ; but if they do ' Sing, where, it is understood," he wiU be pstWto not tee fit to tote for such themselves, lav ' theuiaedical department of Out priao rsittant - . - v -"-.V- ?;'-" . vPhysieiaa.;;- , ;..i7d.-V- ' J. ,1... A..nn..n unaMts frnn nrlnilMWC' t a aauii-i. ...... , . .; 1 that fna government sens, rate from. orlndeec dent of, that of Virginia; ought to be erected or established within the limits thereof?" ' He an swers the qaestim himself in the next sentenee, for he says, "ft is not a government." "But," be goes on to say, "will it not govern the portion-of the people belonging to it' differently from what the portion jf people oo belonging to it are governed by tneTsww-ef irginia V Certainly not. They bavs no legislative power over the law:' therefore they oannot make the operation of the law on themselves aad others different. ' . They have uot, and do not claim, any power of suspending the laws, as has already been shown. If' Mr.' Wise means to ask whether their rules and regulations for their own gov ernment as an organisation, are knot different from those of the statute law of the State, I answer yes ; and so ' are those of the literary societies of the colleges of Virginia. It is a little remarkable, that every one of those provisions in the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which were intended to be in favor of the liberty of the citizens to restrain the power of the. constituted authorities, and to leave that powerkwith the pocple, 3Ir. Wise construes as a curtailment of popular rights. ' According to his doctrine, theDemoc ratio party has for the last twentv vears been acting in direct violation of all those nrovisions of the Declaration of Rights, to which he has referred. According to his doctrine, the Democrats who meet in se cret caucus, and resolve to prevent the election of Whigs to office, thereby claim for the Demo cratic "set of men" "to be entitled to exclu sive privileges from. the community as against" Whigs." 'i According to his doetrins, "when the laws aav" that, according to the sjaalifioations for offioe, Whige, in common with all others, "shall be tolerated and allowec ui ipnyflegea of. citi zenship and eligibility to office ;" and yet the Democrats resolve, in secret council, that no Whig shall be elected they (the Democrats) therebv "have organised a secret power to sus- nend these laws and prevent the execution of them." According to his doctrine, when the Democrats resolve ia secret caucus that no Whig shall be elected, they thereby "annul that part of theeightb section of the Declaration of Rights, which says, "no man shall be deprived of his liberty.except by the law of the land or the judg ment of his peers "if, as Mr. Wise says, "liber ty means the liberty to be elected," and if, ai 1 suppose he will hardly deny, Whigs are en titled to cliis liberty as well as others. This, mind vou, is Mr. ie a argument, not mine. Mr. Wis treats an effort on the part of the people to influence the policy of the government, or to o nerate on oublic opinion, through the peaceable and orderly method of the ballot box, as a seditious movement on the part of a mo tion to interfere with the action of government, or to thwart the operation of the laws, bv Vio lent and unconstitutional means. The right of suffrage is the private individual property of toe ciusen, tor sue proper exercise 91 wnicn he is under high moral responsibility, but for which he is accountable to no human being. Alter tne people nave maae tneir organic law. ana put ine macninery or tne government in motion, it is only though the ballot box that they can make their power and influence felt at all. But Mr.W ise's doctrine, carried out to its legitimate coawequences, would destrov for- or? r . i a ii . i . ever tile efficacy of the ballot-box as the great cuuuuiimn puw Tt-r puunc opinion, as the great corrective of evil political tendencies. The great and prominent fiction of renresenta tive republican institutions ia tbat the people have a right to know the opinions of those who apire to represent them and to have their own views reflected through their representatives in the administration of the government. r reedom of speech, and freedom of consci ence, are among tne greatest blessings known to a una ot liberty. Our constitutions have guarded these righte against the danger of all pains and penalties under the law ; yet, for his thoughts and options, no matter how honestly entertained, a man is responsible in his repre- euiauvo vuaracw. xiieu u ui people err, in pi uuuuuviug juugmui uu puona man, it is their ngnt to err i oo sot mean their moral. , uui lueir cuDiianuoaai ngnt. I Mr. Wise says, "when our constitutions for bid the legislators to exercise a power, they in : tcna tnat no such power snail be exercised bv .... - u it M- ur v .. "T J i uj uuo, Ag iui. n . ulceus ui me term "mw er any amrmauve action, invested with the means of binding others any functional exer cise of authority, 1 agree with him. But he cannot mean inau xrom tne context, the tnat. from the , ,u Xr.v,. j . uo? in9i.t( the Constitution has left untouched The congdtution proacribe. no one for hi. piDion,. All are equal under it, no matter how variant may be their opinion eUh?r Utical or religious. And yet every fndiiidSS . k-. . ii:L. fj? Da,11?u1 . " j .T u:. V"j. 1 . Tore.Kt, and to persuade his friends to vote against, and to unite in an organisation for having defeated whomsoever mav differ with hhn in opinion. And what would the right of suffrage be worth without this free, independent, and unquestion edeierciso of it? The constitution does not forbid any man to be elected for hating south ern slavery with all the intensity of his soul and yet that same constitution allows Mr. Wise to vote against such man, and to concert with others either in poblic or private for preventing his election. The constitution, in prescribing the qualifications for President, "forbids" the idea of his being ineligible on account of his being a Whig; and yet. does Mr. Wise tlunk it forbids Ibe people of the country from fpting nainst him, on that ground 7 Thee cases are put, by way of illustration to show the fallacy of Mr. Wise's argument. Th lawmaking power cannot add any dis qualicaiion for office, other than that mtntinn. ed in tcetunaamental.li aw : but. vet. tha nan. i - . t ' ;. -- " exor- cise of an unauesuoned nriilni tn mt- i. ehao- pracUcally impose a diequahfieatlon for Plnion ; whilst at the same time, this ,tdo, ? Pai" secured against pains andfPnalue" bJ th organio law which ?"nfrfs on th" oter the right to disqualify one . . "f".1" nia oe not so, then the exercise of suffrage it a mere idle and unmeaning ceremony. Here I will stop for the present. I will s manifesto here- after. - With mack regard, you rs siaoerely. R. i o ', .sq v trginta. arAVe leant that agreeably to an appoint ment made tome time sinoe, the Hon. Kenneth ruyner delivered an address to the Know Noth- Jra sen. . . ?K 0rdrr ' i A? x? ThuniJ Qmnt hftd Mr. R. came on purpose to counteract the influence of Mr. Wise and keep the party straight but thia an Dears to b mr. ronous; Mr. Rayner declares (as we are infor med) that he did not hear Mr. Wiae'a wherea bouts till he arrived within the neighborhood of Norfolk. The Know Nothings say Mr Wise answers their purpose very well, aad that it would? be idle pastime for them to employ a special orator to reply to him. . AVrfofit Straid. BAcnm. We had the folle wing beautiful an tidote in the editor's table of the January number of Graham : We knew a beautiful little bltte-eyed glrL of seme three years old, who was nestled In her mother's arms, at twilight, looking oat at the stare. Mother, said she, it is getting dart! And what makes it darlc u .l,D. T " Iuseaodhasahutiuaerii.lL-- Mr. Drake, Irom tne-uommntee - on v" repnrtea tavoraoiy upus mo uwW...ft tiona, whch passed their . second and third readingst ; ,,. A resolution in tavor oi vtiuuuo , JL resolution ia favor of Samuel .W. Chd- wiik. '".. t i" Mr. Fisher, from the Committee on """-f Improvements, reported favorably upon ine u. to incorporate the Salem and CleimnonsviUe Plank Road Uomoany ana tne diu e road in Wilkee County, and the bill to amend the charter of -the Ashvilie ana ursuw""" Plank Road Company, which paasea tneir sec ond reading. - Mr. Wilder introduoea a oiu to - act entitled an act to incorporate the ieuse River Manufacturing Company at the great falls of Neuee River, which passed its inree readings. Mr. McDowell, from the uommmee wnvi- poratioos, reported favorably upon the Din to incorporate the Newborn Mutual Insurance Mr. liokefrom the committeeon menuunimj to whom was referred the memorial of citizens of Uilleboro, reported a bill for the better regulation-of the town of Hillsboro, which passed its first reading. Mr. Fisher introduced a bill to incorporate the Scotch Ireland Lodge No. 11 of Ancient York Masons in ths County of Rowan. On motion of Mr. (Jrabam, the bill to incor porate the Mcl ter Copper Mining Company was taken np and read tne seconu anu mi times and passed. . Mr. Biggs, from the Uommittee on tne xv vis ed Statutea, reported a number of bills which paseed their three readings. The tol lowing engroasea Dills were reaa iur first time: ' A bill to amend an act to incorporate the town of Plymouth. A bill to aathorise the collection ol arrearages of taxes in the County of Jackson. ... A bill to amend an act-paasea at the session of 1852 entitled an act for the better regulation of the town of Wilson in Edgecombe County. A bill to amend the charter of the Western Plank Road Company. A bill to prevent the ranging of stock irom any utber State in Yancy County. A bill tc number the Western regiments in Madison County. Read second and third times. The engrossed resolution in favor of Warren Winslow waa read three times and passed. Mr. Mitchell introduced a bill to appoint com missioners to view and alter the road from Wilkesboro to Trap Hill in Wilkes County. The bonr of twelve having arrived, the special order, being the bill to lay of and establish a new County by the name of Vernon, was taken ap and made the special eider for 11 o'clock to morrow. The bill to amead an act entitled an act to de fine tha do ties and powers of turnpike and plank road companies was read the second time and passed. A Message was received from the House of Commons, stating that the House had passed the bill concerning criminal proceedings with an amendment. On motion, the Senate disagreed to the amend ment. The bill to regulate the floating of timber on Roanoke river was read the third time and pas sed. Mr. Wilder introduced a resolution . appro- Sriating $4,000 for the repair of the Governor's louse, and enclosure of tbs lot, which was refer red to the committee on Public Buildings. On motion, the Senate adjourned. HOTJSE OF COMMONS. FaiDar, Jan. 5, 1855. - The House came to order at the usual hour and the journal waa read. PiTiTtoivs AJtn Minolta ls. Mr. Walter : a memorial concerning Inter nal Improvements, which was read aqd referred to the committee on Internal Improvements. Mr. Rolen : a memorial concerning the ex tension of the Western Turnpike road, which was referred to committee oa Cherokee Lands. Mr. Shipp: a msmorial to re-establish Polk Co. Read and referred. Mr. Sharp : a memorial in favor of Qraham Co. Re roars mom Stanpixq Commjttxm. Mr. Lyon, from the committee oa Cornora tiona, reported favorably on a bill to incorporate the town of Henderson. . Mr. Settle, from the committee on Claims, reported favorably oa a resolution in favor of Joan d. Debnam, with an amendment. Same com mittee reported favorably on a re solution in favor of Thomas N. Alexander, Sheriff of Mecklenburg Co., with an amendment, which was adopted, and, on motion of Mr. My. ers, the rules were suspended and the reso lution passed a seoond reading. - Mr. Dortcb, from the committee on the Judi ciary, reported unfavorably on a bill authorising juacomora ana Administrators to sell tne prop erty of infante. On motion, it was laid on the Rksolcuoxi. Mr. Norment : a resolution authorising the Literary Board to loan one thousand dollars to the Robeson Institute. Oo motion of Mr. T. II. Williams, it was referred to the Committee on Education. Mr. Shipp : a resolution of inquiry to the Committee on Banking. n proceeded to re mark that he did not think this Committee bad done its duty. He wished to hear from the Committee on the various bills to establish new banks; some fifteen or twenty in number. Mr. Steele said he was a member of that Committee, bat yet agreed with the remarks of the gentleman from Rutherford, (Mr. 8.) Mr. D. F. Caldwell followed, expressing the same sentiments, but said Mr. Steele was mis taken in saying that he understood U to be the intention of this Committee to report favorably on every bill for the establishment of a new bank. - . Mr. Myers made a few remarks la explana tion. , Mr. Rolen : a resolution in (Vn a v-n t vard, e Chjrokaeeounty. Referred to the Committee on Claim a . Bills akb kksolctions. -Mr. A. H. Caldwell : a bill authorising free holders of 8albary to hold stock ia the Salia bary aad Mocksvills and Western Blank Road Companies. Referred to the Committee on Cor porationa. A bill from the same gentleman to amead an aet for the bettor government of the town of Sa lisbury, with same reference. Mr. Selby : a bill concerning the transfer of certain lands to the Literary Board Cor the ben efit of Common Schools. Read first time and referred to the Committee on Education. Mr. J. O. Shepherd : a bill for thebetter reg ulation of publio roads, streets, bridres and JL vers. Read first time and referred the ConvJ . Z7" M uu vrifvancce. Un motion nf Mr. Waagh, the biU was ordered to be printed.- . Mr. Patterron tooted to take up the nnfinish d business of Friday last, vis : a bill to extend the tune for the paymeat of money Ton public lands. Adopted. Bill paseed a? thisd reading. SrxoiaL okoxk or m Uar.t A biU to iaoorporate the Wtijnfcgton and Charlotte BaUroad Company. v . Several amendments were proposed by Mr. Steele, aad adopted. ' - . r 3 7 Mr. Steele addressed the Bowse oa the me riu ef the bilL He explained the before of the project. The proposed rosd is to-run throagh a country fruitful in asefal eommoiitka, tton aad naval etoree. It is a North Carolina work, the object of which is to develop the Vesoarce of the State, earryproduce to our owa toarkets, aad build an xaaauXaeturee ia ou evn,Sute. - t Q nW & &k 'rti& does' not Siatie.rH wifl keep A. v-;irn.ntm' , he- best grocery rhaitr vrharikge tbart Jharlesto, and eontin-4 ial iriterct withew.rkltHl be t,l,umt to merchants ta bring their gooda to tbatiiir; . Fuithermore, tend- tofiieaa. vaioemen t the pP tS the present age, js a very desirable .,l;,ecfc;ish anDr.,oriAtioh askd from the public treasury is only $3,000 per mile. It may be ojecwa .inav '.. J .' A -...1 utirM.'lut iHlcil'WlU limes are jumu '. - .- , -- , not always be the case t by the limetha sorer will be called on Jo endor-e the fi'st bond, eomeeightepn'iuonihs will have elapsed. Times must Letter. The exiort of specie from the country U decreasing. The. export U-l montn, was only fa.70U No bond will be sold at less thin par value. He said became from the border of S uth Carolina, frum a cuiinty which had alwats toiled for the benefit of that State, while loving North Carolina as much as anv people within her border. : and that people ask some assistance to enable' tbem to benefit their native State. U showed the destructive ef fects on the monetary condition of the. State by exporting our produce, and the beneficial effects which reault from improvement in our markets and protection to borne trade. He spoke again of the devotion of the people of his district to the State of North Carolina, notwithstanding the opposition which he, thpir representative, had olten met wi:h. and appealed to the gene rosity of the State to return such devotion, by granting the assistance which they pray for, in order that they may, together, with other por tion of 'the Stilts, subserve its interests. Mr. Shipp proposed to amend, by striking eutCharlotte, and inserting Asherille, and made some few remarks in its support. Mr. V hillock desired an explanation from Mr. Steele, concerning the 42d section. Mr, Steele explained, and remarked that the amend ment offered by bis friend fiom Rutjilrford (Mr. Shipp,) was rather envbarrassingr . W. F. McKesson offered to amend by insert ing Swaoanoa Gap" instead of Charlotte. T. A. -Norment spoke in support of the bill; it asked little, did not increase the taxes any where in the State, and it was an act ef justice to naps it. On Mr. Shipp's amendment, tbe ayes and noes were called by A. U. Caldwell, ot Rowan. I Ayes 21 ; Noes 7. Amendment lost. Mr. Mtfbaoe offered an amendment, to the effect that the endorsement by the Public Trea surer shall not exceed sixteen hundred thou sand dollars; which was adopted. Mr. McKesson remarked that in giving his vote, he did so with a good deal of unaffected embarrassment ; that he felt a great interest in the State at large and particularly in tbat por tion of it from whence he came. He therefore could n t omit any opportunity of sincere ly urging its interests upon this liberal house, this house composed of North Carolinians, net Ea tern. Western or sectional member, -members knowing naught but the good of the State. He said : ' As gr atly as I venerate the old Key stone. State, that gave me birth, I am a friend, and trust to God I ever may be a true friend, to North Carolina, and. as such, Mr. Speaker, I tell you, we want proper means for the communication of intelligence and for the transportation of our resources from East tj West, and from West to East. Rail-roads are all essential in peace and doubly essential in war. Suppose we now were engaged in war with a for.-ign nation, how long would it take our hardy mountaineers to reach the sea-shore, and with all due deference, Mr. Speaker, to that party, to which you have tbe honor to belong, we will soon be thus engaged, as your party is travelling onward towards Cuba, Cuba, right or wrong. I am franka admit I am rather Cuba myself, unless the great Leviathan of the other wing, who will toon be clothed iu hit im perial purple by the Know Nothing! of tbe Country, impede you in your progress. He would, however, vote for the bill ywith an assu rance that the friends of the Wilmington and Chnrlotte road and the friends of the East would not -forget the main trunk, the Western Extension. His Ex-Exoellency. the other day. in his message, recommended the erection of two smiil monuments in Capitol Square. He meant no disparagement to that gentleman. He would recommend two other monuments, the Eastern and Western Extensions. Such monuments are calculated to develop tbe re sources of the State and add to her honor and prosperity. W. K. Martin moved to strike out all bill after the 36th section. of the MessrE. Shipp and Patterson made a few re mark. On Mr. Martin's motion the ayes and noes were demanded. Ayes 45; Noes 55. Amendment rejected. On the passage of the bill on its second read ing, the ayes and noes were demanded by S. A. Williams : Those who voted in the affirmative were : Messrs. Amis, Baxter, Black, Bogle, Bryson. D. F. Caldwell, A. II. Cansler, Chad wick, Cook, Davenport, Dunn, Furr, Garland, Gentry, Gilli am, Oorrell. G. Green, J. . H. lleaden, A. D. Ueaden, Horton, Humphrey, Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Lancaster, If. Leach, Mann, McKes son, Mebane, Myers, T. J. Neal, J. W. Neal, Norment. Oglesby, Patterson, Patton, Phillips, Regan, Rolen, Rose, Russell, Shepherd, Shipp, Sharpe, Sherrill, Simmons, Stubbs, Steele, Sutton, Turner, Vance. G. M. White. N. B. Whitfield, Whitlock, Wilkins, B. F. Williamf, T. H. Williams, Yahey 59. Those who voted in the negative were: Messrs. J. Barnes, A. Barnes, Bad ham, Blow, Bryant, Bullock, J. B. Bynam, Gotten, Cra ven, Daniel, Daughtry, Dortch, Flynt, M. Green, HilL Holland, Jarvia. Jenkins, J. M. Leach, Long, Lyon, March, Martin, Outlaw, Rand, Selby, Settle. Shaw, Smallwood, Thornbdrg, Tomlineon, Walser, Waugh, Whitaker, Win ston, T. A. Williams, C. W. Williams, D. Wil liams, Wright- 39. The House took a recess till 3 o'clock. AFTERNOON SESSION. BILLS OM TBX1B TBISD BXaOUtO. A bill to incorporate the Cape Fear and Wa camau Lumber and Canal Co. Passed. - - A bill to prevent obstructions to the passage of fish in Blnnt's Creek. Passed. A bill to -incorporate the Yadkin Institute. Paseed. A bill to amend the Statute concerning wid owe. Passed. ' A bill to incorporate the Chatham Rail Road Company. . Mr. Outlaw inquired if this bill were not per petuating the corporation. Mr. Jill. Headen : Yes ; but if the ' gentle man wishes to amend the bill, he can. -do so. ' Mr. Outlaw said he would propose to amend by restricting to sixty years ; and there was anoth er point he wiahed to amend that of exempting tbe company from taxation. He moved to strike out that portion of the bill., ; - Mr. Headen said tbe liberality of the Legis lature was in great dsxger when such an amend ment came from the gentleman from Bertie, and when he voted as he did on a similar mea sure this morning. A small favor was asked to put this company under way, to put a Railroad ia operation which will be so important to the commercial prosperity to the State, and itis objected to 1 - ' s . Mr. Qutlaw replied. He said he was account able to no one but his constituents for any tote he might give. When the time came, be would show this House, and the people of the State, that his vote this morning was a reasonable and proper one. ' v v i-."1". Mr. Headen, in reply, eaid he meant no per sonal disrespect to the gentleman, but he was surprised at bis hostility to a measure which asked to little from the State, r -.-i Mr. Outlaw moved to amend the first section coiH;eraing perpetuity, and subetitotieg ninety years. -Adoptoa, ' ; -NrV. J--?:, v " . Mr. Headesi moved to-amend in several un important particulars which were adopted. Mr. Outlaw proposed another amendment.1 1 Mr, Tamer opposed the amendment, 'and, in tha eoorse af his remarks, said he was tery so .-4' - .. . . ' - : r- ' to diffe with ti friend from Bertie, who a at generally; right-TLV hilt or lyj asked that the mmDMiv Im ;; exeatst 'from taxation for fifteen yearly which was asking-very little in bis esti- Mri.S.AJ. Williams said since rt would afford a precedent ; for . utherv rKailrc.!., he would call MrlBarringer said he thought his friend from Bertie;'. -IJH rfi Qutlaw,) bad gone too far in his eunendment, -and would inform the gentleman from Warren, that this case was4 not a solitary insUhcetfxThis'-prpvision- for- exemption from taxation; has been - uniformly inserted in Rail iRoadWlls.beretofre in North Carolina. With out it, the Companies are now bound to return their property fortaxation He (Mr. B )thoughi that the ditjdends and profits only ought to be subject to taxation, and that for a term of year, at least, the real estate and other property nec essary for the use of the Road ought to be ex em'pU . M-. D. F. Caldwell supported the bill in a few' remarks. He appealed to the generosity of Mr. Outlaw as a North Carolinian to withdraw his amendment. . Mrl OutiawV amendment was lost by 40 to 34. - - y ' . .- . Mr. ffarringer-Snoved to amend, by exempt ing the di . idend and profits of the Company from taxation. Adopted; j Tbe bill passed its third reading. On motion of Mr. Jenkins,-the House adjour ned. ' .. :.V ,'v ' A '- SENATE. , ,T. Satdbda-v, Jan. 6, 1855. Mr. Drake, from the Committee n Claims, reported favorably upon the resolution in favor of Thomas J. J udkins. - Mr. Biggs, from the Select Committee; report ed a joint resolution to divide the State into eight judicial circuits, which, on motion of Mr. Ashe, was made the special order. 3Ir. Boyd, from the Committee on Proposi tions and Grievances, reported the bill concern ing -Salaries' of certain officers, with several amendments. ' The special order, being the bill to establish a new county by tbe name of Vernon, waa taken up and rejected. . Ayes 10, noes 21. Mr. Mills presented a memorial. Mr. Gilmer presented memorials, from citi zens of Pasquotank County, praying the repeal of the law passed at this session giving the jus tices of the Peace the power to grant licences to retail spirituous liquors in Elizabeth City, which was referred, j-.rfirjj' .I:s. ; "Mr. Wilder! from the Committee on Banking, asked to be discharged from tbeifurther consid eration of the bill to establish aj bank in Wil mington; also from tbe memorial pf citizens of Orange praying the establishment of a Bank in the town of Hillsboro'.. Also, unfavorably upon the. bill to establish a Bank in Greensboro'. " Mr. Biggs, from the Committee on the Re viaal, reported several bills which were read. - The engrossed resolution concerning a flag was read twice and paseed. A number of engrossed bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred. Mr. Boyd, from the Committee on Finance, reported favorably upon the bill to provide for a uniform valuation of lands in the State, which was made the order of tbe day for Tuesday, 1 1 o'clock. V The following bills were read the second time and passed : A bill to amend an act incorporating the town of Plymouth. .. A bill for tbe better regulation of the town of Hillsboro'; , ' A bill to incorporate the Newbern Mutual Insurance Company. A bill to appoint commissioners to view and alter the road from Wilkesboro' to Swap Hill ; read third time and passed. Tbe special order, being the bill concerning the . Fayetteville and Centre Plank Road Com pany, was taken up. Mr. Christian remarked that this bill asked assistance from tbe State to enable them to complete tbe Fayetteville and Centre Plank Road. There are now 35 -mile under toll and 30 under contract, making 65 miles in all. The bill pledges the proceeds for the payment of the State's subscription first That section of the State bad never received anything in the araw nf Tntarfka.1 fmnvnaAMAR, - Tk..: & I had heretofore been with Sooth Carolina, but' this measure proposes to divert our trade to Wilmington and Fayetteville. .This is the best Cotton growing section of North Carolina. This road would carry 8 or 10,000 bales of cotton annually. . It should be the policy of the State to build np her own market towns. This region U J OOflA AVY .1 f , S? wuum kuu iwtvw wurtn oi proauee to Wil mington, and Fayetteville. It has been tbe policy of the State to neglect that section. South Carolina, at the present session of the Legislature, had appropriated $3 or 4,000,000 to build roads through the Western part of North Carolina, He had come here as an in ternal improvement man. and waa read tn oa as far as the furthest tn'developiog the resources of the State. He would go all measures to de velop the resources of all seetiona of the State, whether Ea st. West, South or N orth . Our debt is only between 3 and $4,000,000. Virginia haa a debt of about $23,000,000. This biU does not propose to sell the bonds until they ere at par. lie believed this road would pay a dividend. The Fayetteville aad Western Road paid 8 pr cent. It would have a tendency to throw tbe balance of exchange inonr favor. In Mobile, it was notorious that a merchant could pay a debt of $1000 ia New York with $990, while iv required $1010 to pay a like debt here. It would increase our exports, by carrying our own prodactsto bur own markets. He hoped this bill would pass. Remarks were made by Messrs. Haughton and. Hoke. On motion of Mr. Mills, the Senate resolved itself into the Committee of tne Whole, (Mr. Boyd in the Chair,) when Mr. Winalqw, of Cumberland, addressed the Committee at some length ia favor of the bill. Oo-motion of Mr. Graham, the Committee roae, aad reported the bill with a recommenda tion that it pass. . The bill paased its second reading. The bill concerning tbe salaries of certain officers was taken ap and amended in several reticulars. The bill was rejected by Ayes 20 The Senate adjourned. . '; HOUSE. OF COMMONS. SarPBoar, Jan. C, 1855. - wmmv uiuvi uia nsuai nour, and the journal waa read. . N FXTITIONB AHD MBVOBIALS.i . Mr. Yancy presented a memorial signed by 400 persons, to establish the town of Marshal, in Madison county, which waa referred to the Committee on Propositions and Grievances. J, IL Headen: a temperance memorial ; refer red to the same committee. ' ' t" . " KcroBrs raoB stabsixo com vittxss. Mr. Shepherd, from the Committee on Fi nance, reported favorably on the following bills: A bill to tax non-resident traders, which, oo notion, was laid on the table for the present. . A bill to compensate justices of the peace for making Ux lists." . i i - Reported on a bill autboriring County Courts to tax property lor county purposes,' tbat legis lation was inexpedient - " .- i -: Mr. Dortch, from tbe Committee on the . Ju diciary,, reported favorably on a bill ia relation to bills of .exchange, ana on a. resouiUon in fa tor -of J- W, Irvin. .:, . -;c;v;y5 . : The Committee asked to be discharged from further consideration of a' biU tomend ' the charter of the University which provides that the trustees may Jill op vacancies in their body; also, praying discharge from the consideration of a bill to exempt the property of wives, from execution for husband's debts. The committer reported unfavorably on a bill for a laborers and machaBW lien , law ; a. bill to amebd an aot ineorporatiog the McDowell and Yancy turn sike eompany ; on a bill to amend the Stat'uto relative to rrea persona oi sola peddling iathiat . . .
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