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an MO mjj TU011S J. LElUr tililor.. MluTU CAROLINA "Pawrrful Id Inirllc'lnal, vm and ihysir;tl rcMiirm, the land of our lirrs and liomr of nr affrrliom.' i. rulilic rmilrr. VOL. XL1I. ? WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH ( 18.51. ISO, 13 nn - ra l,4W OF KORTH CAKOLI.V4. t V M-TMOHlTr.- ax An; f; . . . , )ilT17-f and eiiltilih -tVuntxAii-llic nan i.f tluojr. '; Sit. 1. lie ii enacted by the General As-' -emhlv ui 'I"- Suu" Noi-th-t'.irn liua, ami uk hcrel'v cnae'ed by ifto authority of the . , 'I'll .i a ciiuuiv be and is hrrubv laid out mil cUi'i i-:i'-1. ) tlie name ol Hooper, (in lnumr ui i ' signer of ihtrDccUratiuii ol In - .i ,. ..,! i in' constituted of nans of the .. .,,i,;n iCiefiuiuud auj Robeson, beniniiinu ,i ihe point ol separation of llie boundary ol 4 Mimueii.nid and Robeson counties, ittnii'thc I t, .,,Hkr I r.iljre, on l.uinlicr rivt'r, anil run ,,,1 lui iii'i' a HireU line tn ililchiiiuali's mill , ., i.u-u Swamp thence' down lite run of . ! Si iiiiji to M;illiy' null ; lln'iiiT a di ; i ir Iiixii said liiili to tin; Uockilalc ilidl ,,,, J.ir's lreck ; thencd' alon llie IJaatem .l ilie AdaiiisvilU.' road lo tta inii'Meiuio:i w nn ilir Si ue boundary linu of -jSorlh ulid tS .uili I' irnliiia : ,theii:e alojiif r said boun i h . i..ii.il ni:ir.idl til 11. i: I P.ir.iii-i l'i du t iluij; house, m Marum Disiru i, s.iiili I'iriiliiia; and In ml auud point,' u direct ,iin', m ill.- twelve mile post in the Southern . ill ol Mr. .Mi'li.iui'liliu'a line, on llm sl im idt l lJiii)er rm r; tlieueo.- a. direct Hue, in iIk- Kmu rii end of tlii: Did t'ortcauau- m n .11T09.4 Ibu K.iH Kwallip ; llu-licc, a direct Inn-, A, nili iluriy ilei;re4'a cast in llie '4;uini be.-Uuil iMiuiuy .liiii4 -Usiktst witluliirt-linn to llir lirgllillill. : - ' ' . ' Si r. tie it further enacted, 'J'hat the ,1 niimiv ul lluiiiH-r bo in vested with all the rqrhts; piUegiiuduiMMnilic'M'jliellici:,. ruiiiiiu. ol liiia Suite:, vui'iiff " a rinajoriiy il tin- iuali!ied luttiM for Ai nu :ier ol Hie ll,,i,i ui i uiiiiiiouii, in the ejuuiie of Hich i.i ,,i l ami Idi'ii si.Ml, li ill ioiu lor lila Uniiuou l'!l':li la jjcid jiei'iutluitf. v i?ir I'm iKioiis of un net to b. pjiud iiji-jdi-mi'iiial lo th.s aeU --. ; 1 l( ,'i,ir,l si." Jauu.irv, ISjI - 1 AX ACT ."...' iii. iiiiiI iu all Aut, passei by the present iK'iieiai -Visemtily, eittitieii Mit Aa ui ui- l.llil-il il Unit' Uuuuly by lilu llmC ut iluumC. Mix. f. IU U eii.iCii;ii.hUliLjjtatraMj semlily i,l llie Stile ol . ,ii l UaMllila, atul II is hereby enac'ed by . Ibu iiuUiJi'tty ol Hie -nn -, 'ln:t the Coiiuty of Hooper shall lie, ami i bewoyitisswa-wtlir- tfi'-tlia-riif)ti, jrlMli'tes .ill J iuimiilllties of ill j olli-'i', euuu ,,, iil ilie duile, j except as furjiuafier provi- .:ed. . :-;' : .;'- : ;."."., '"".'. sec. Batt finrlltiTtr;icierrr'l'h'rt John II. Vlliiul, t illi.iiu lirown, Uaiiici Medici ..alder.) AiexV McMillan and John lid uiriM. ..leu'r., ol Hoeimi county ; John 1. I''airl , NVilliam Graiuui, llUuieTlkicrACitt'i .vlili.iir li'TintfeTI.'Of'ISictiuioiid'tVmn norelit aijijitne.il Couiuiissiout.'j's tusleciaud lieii rniiuu ujiou a site lor the ereciiuii of u i.,iu!i,i. I '.i.a't Home and Jail liirsaid cuuuiy, mi a iirotier lucuou u llJllu ill j circuuilureiKV I fi.e iiiil.S: rum Ceuue Ci.urcli, to ueliSO i i-...rt I'm...... n.itiiea by , in yooiy,f .uiwausstoii;!,,,,.; KxkH aHj KobeMi, onlm limt ''. ' " , 4 -.............-; sf..l.t- i.l i.l,Ar,-i.i: it. .....-.. , S.... ?1 11., Il III. IlMP ll1,.li..l rll-,1 n 111 i. jinny shall f'-Ajl' . . o.uiauoe, a o. mua conainiiii i,u l.-M than twenty jiv acres, ii-ir more lli.ni niie iiiiiiiii'i u, io no coin cyeo ui ino euatriuaii im llie eiiumv coJi'l ol said coililiy Slid Ins nueerKois iu ulliee, iijioit which a lowu sli.dl In: laid.otX.wherjijha JlJoiiri Jlouse aud jail ii.ill hi crucu-u i au.j ulivr their, coiupk'u'ju, Hie, court ol said couwy. sliall-bo- luH.lv ni i.'ie clerks and registers snail keep lliciro.lices. The couiiiiissioiiers shall also ly oil' the lol I said town and lo in a olni thereof to be lih-d inTtrtHitfirt W" nn rt, und after dcniuitinj; such us sliall be kepi lor pitiilic Use, sll.dl i-;i is'! lo sab, alter due noiice, the rein under ol tlu lots or such portion of them as they a;-y Uecm necessary, irom tune to lime, at public' auction, on a i-ivdit of six and twcLc ino.ilhs, and shall take from the pun.'liam-rs bonds wiih good security, for i the : 'purchase money, inidc payable lo the rluiriiiiu of tbo County I'otirl, aud his successors in olli.-e ; and the chairman shall execute lilies fur the s mm on the paytuciit of the purt;hasn mollies shall be applied ioliiiil money, which j iliuildiiiilf the Court House and jail. . v, . : - ' , Sec. 4. Be it 'further enacted, That the utice of ihe- piiare end uUicers ' ol the' militia, who reside wilhiii llie coiiniy of Hoop er, shaft hold and exercise the. powers and au .i....:.: : i i ' , . ., - i,iimiiii-.h in nun iur sau eotiuty, mat nicy rc .pectivcly held in the counties of liichmiind and Robeson;".-' ..' . Sec 6. lie it further enacted. That Coiin ly Courts of I'leasand Quarter Sessions shall be, und are hereby established, iu and for the 'oiiuty of HiHiper. toba held by . the justices sif said eotiKtf un the thiol iimud iv in May, August, JS' oven acr und Fthruiry, in each and icsory year nni! tiiat Ihe first sesniou of said WourKliaU (be Inid a the, 3rd .Monday in Niyy JiS I, at such place as a majority ol the 'be comiuissioiiers may ilesiinu;. jvi been tered of record under tie direction of the court, and at the same pl.nu,, from lime lo tiinc.1 until a seat ot junlice . si'illt be established lor eaid county, as is hereby iirn,vided, unless the said court, or any suhsfyijest .one, sliall ap point the p!ee ! its nciisessiiii: ; and at the first session "of said cut, a majority of the justices flf Booper being present, the. court shall electa clerk of ilie county eut rt. a she rif,.cerdiicr, reislerf entry laker, surveyor, .coynty trustee, and wardens ol the por, kIhi .'hIJ enter into thi bsnds renuiretl hy laitr : j: id ihey shall bold anil cuiiliuue j office wpiil tM . C -ssnrS are lllllv nnoillllfeil aj,.ri1in .l! I... r . .. ! '. ... juifiacia an ineieneral- Assembly m ea, j yr-f. in me aim provtneu. . 6." Ilij' i( further 'enacted. Tlsi ilie J cuutt of plea, and e uartear. hcmiuiui iiureh u es. i . ,i.ki.j ,i.n i - . i. iiisiiiu udii pimiu-Hs aim esercisre uieianie powers, authorities and jtirisdiclioiis. s are possessed and exercised bv olber count! i rouru ia ibis ,SutP. undl'r ilie. mililic I:ii,'a nf the State, etccpling always the Uiat f issues j- i ut iaci oy Uie Intervention ' of n iore : nml I , . . ,,v r.inrr niititi no Digued , sumtuoil jHHir lo say of nd i ouns : 'roci Ud horn , Uut an 'inquisition bv a jury, on ihe sanity or Insanity of-pi-rsrmvi snspeeled of be ing Hon ftmpot nuulU, shall not l iui-lu.lMd ii the above cxceptiou, but the courts of tbs rnprruva-nmimies in Kieiiinnad aud Robe- n baH eonlinue to hold jurisdiction iu all rase heH ihn intervcnliim of a jury may beajssMtssaryi-w-fifare-ffitticti dose ot the next estaQ of tho General A. seinbly.' ' ' . -, -.- t' Sec. 7. Be h furl Iter enneii, T!14 any .In ... I . , ... " ,rson or persons within the county Hooji-J . ,'er, liable to imprisonment on am' nrnecss. (civil or criminal, thai! be 'committed to lheo the juneiion of .'Big Iw and Little Ivv; j iiii n mi, vi"tiii it.iui wiiiciiiuc icrruorv i was detached, oil which he resides, or the criminal m-t was perppn-.itm, See. 8. Boil further enacted, That noth ing in tlii act shall be so construed a to pro Ii it jit the sheriffs of the coumic of Richmond ami Kiboson from reforming their official dunes in tlie detached parts ol their rcspsct' iue counties us Heretofore, tinder the name 1 itaUilitie m heretofore, and fur llm-saule fees, nwil the clow of thesatiinit of the next ticik- ! er.il' Assembly, except as hereinafter excepted. SW. 0. . Be t further iuaeted, That noih-! H"? ibis- el -shall -oaWvenU the slmrifla ol K'.chninnu and Koheson from collecting ar- ivdinui iu&e in nie nouieiieu naris is wnr ..I , .1. .I....1 . . ..i j...:.. re.iM-elive counties included within the conn-) ty of Hooper, in the sam5 manner as they J eiHild tiavw ilone previous lo the .erertiun ol" -- . , , . i .,.., said comity i'rovUt.i, MewrfA fir, that the aid sfierifls sliall not collect any taxes iu the county of Hooper,, orNif ,lha eitiieus of .said couutv, ubicli hive been imposed bv the county courts of Itirhinond" a n .1 Koljciou, which are to he collected in ilia year 1K5I, but lhat the said taxes shall be' Collected bv the sheriff of Uonper county Upon the lax 'duplicate of Uia county court clerks of tfic resptsciive coutiues nor ahull vlhc shenlfs ntj3JdioivaW buwecn the ctm'tily M Vancy Uk'hinoiid and toteson be allowed to collect any other taxes in lite county of Hooper, ex cept as hereinbefore, allowed in rerd to ar- . Stc. lu.' Bif it fiirtlicr cnarteJ. Thai lite county of Hooper shall continue lo be repre sented in the Genera! ' Assembly as hereto fore, under returns of Kicliin.iiul and Uuli"- sou, ,auu mo, eiecltoii !-; tnei , inemoers of the ' General ? A ssemlity, ' membtrs of Con'irress, .electors j)fI,resideit and 'A'ice. I'rcsiilent and Governor, shall ba held by the shenlfi irsorHieb specttvc counlics, iinuer lli 4sa inc . .rules audi regulations as hereioluro t ami llie county conns of Itiebinond and Hobeson ere hereby authorized aud required to appoint inspectors for huliliii'j- eleclioli as liereiofora within those detached pans of their respective coun ties, included in lbs eon illy of Hooper j and the literary fund shall ba distributed in .the detclH!d-paru.uf..Bicji tnond inid Kobe n as heretofore.' ' ' Sec. 1 1, " Bit it. .further nuae'ej, .That tb commissioners licretiifufeoppoHiieih or ina jorny of them, shall shortly alter the 1st ses sion' of the county court of Hooper couniv, eoitirael for and superietend the huildtnjr "f a Court, llyiise jwd foralicxnuutv of Hoop crj ittid the Said county court, at its first ses sion, shall impose, the public and necessary county' taxes for the cnniity of Hooper, sub jeel to such rules, .regulation nj restrictions aai.Axbta: DtltiT cniuily; acts, both for impositiff, collecting and pay ing over an linucr me kviiuhu. , laws in sucu cases made and provided.,-! S-e. 12. lis it further' enaclej, Tlial an nti.nli.iii aii.,11 hi hl1d. at tflP li'VPr:,! lii-Mc'inild t- i,'.j.i:-Tuii.m. : k. ........ I J liuiaa.i in .nil ii.... ., anuiMlH nip wtiii: I . . ll.n nit-JIti,,! vnlurl ill n:i'll lninilia' iIia I hold anclTcoiitinurc in said offices" (r,n p, r Umse counties, as described part ol lliose counties, as uoschbeil in the act to which this is supplemental and it shall be thj duty of tits e.iunty court of Rich nmnd, at its session in April, 1831, aiiil alio it shall bj tha duly of tha county court of appoint judges and ijisjteetwrsjlorjtu re pec tire'counlics, to hold and superiutend said election, at the several precineis 'albresaid the said judges and inspectors, who, after tak- ! ... .i. 'i.. .1.. r l : .:..!!.. ... UWU,1(SIsWK diiehariio dieir dittv, shall hold said election at the tiinboveiuefitinned; and thejudg-g 'and inspector of each county shall report the resuli uf ihe same to tlie slientt ol thetr re spective couniies, uniler tlie same rules and rcunlations and liauilities as are now required by law for holding elections for members ol' the Genoral Assembly. ; J' Sec. 13. : Bull lunher fvaetcd, lhat il shall, ba ihe duty of Haul sheriffs lo meet on the hrst Saturday after Mid rleatpon, at btew- artsvillei ,in liielim.md 'county, then , and mi;rej. ia,; iho pre.eiicof three ' freehold- ci s"'Srtitnrnone loe iliat purpose by. tae sberift of Richmondto compare, the polls in the said counties of Richmond and Robeson , and if, after examinalion. it shall be fuunt! lhat ma jority of votes have been given id favor of e tablishitig the county 'of Hooper then it shidl bo the duly of iaid sheriffs to forward tq the Governor of the Slate a certificate of the same within ten day after said election, stid ilien the Governor ehall make known the fact by proclamation ; upiu which, ibi acb nd the aut passed at this General Asscmhy, to which this act is supplemental, .shall be operative and take effect ; otherwise both of said acts shall be null and void. . ' .. " S-c. It. Be, il. furilier enaet;d. That thts Sherilfs of Richmond , und iiobeion counties shall bceulitled to tho same compensation for making the return of the result of said elec tion lo the ..(.jovcnior that they, are now by law .allowed for making the return of theelce ticmjif members ol the General Assembly. tmSfBrf4h-h further cnacle.1. That John Ii. Fairly and Ailcoiu 1'itreell lie appointed surveyors to run and mark llie boundary lines of said county uf Hooper, audiliultbcy enter on this duly a ..soon a may ..be practical, upon iis being ascertained and proclaimed by the proclamation ol the Governor aloresald, that a majority of Ihu qualified volis of t'e couuties of Richmond and Robeson are in fivor of eslaldishiiig the county ot Hoopur, i,mi.a,I Uv tlm ,H fi, ulneti tfn l ami. " l"V'V--- - " 1- pleitietital. See. 10.. Be it firtHer enacltil, Il'hat ibis art shall be in lores from and after i;s raltltca- lum. JB ilified 28ih Januarj, 18SI. , i , An ac r 1 . - To lay Tsm1 establish n I'ounty by tho naias of Madison. iliffr-B -lc'4 biJ 4b,t semb of lle State of iNorih-Caroi una, aim .. i lierehv euaeted bv iheauihority ol the same, Thai a erniuiy Ly die naine of ...Al.idiSun sbU be. and the nine is hereby laid off and estab lished out of portions of Buncombe and Yan cy jMuutii,,, in-Ihe fdliwiog" bounds! Bejjitv nmg on the l'aiitl Rock B the Tenrfsssee line, and running with that, line -East to ihe lop of ..tlwjtJAliUlwt- 'dii'iik.lli9 wjteroi f -Uy and Laurel frem lh wafer of ('asey River ; llicn, wiih the top of said ridge, by the way of Ivy Gap and Point Gap, and passing tbe ame lo s riilirA (tini itii-iili.llia urnlfM ilf Jti IvV from Aose rf Little Ivy. heinga .pur of die Black I Mountain : dieiieB with ihe Ion of thai riddel , iiirm c uirrri ninm- io me mount oi ;inuv Mush Creek tlunt-e up said cn ek in the forks thereof ; thenre w ill) l ri.. thai divides the waters of Bit and l.nilir Sandvmutli t'-rHcks, hi the 1 lav wood line; tbeneewilh said line liithelini of iln State of reimessee aud with the s:in)e to lli bMinniiie; and the s.iid eoontr "lull he, inl is herein invested wilh ui the rights, privileia an.l im uninitiea' of the other couuiioa in this Siale. Uatilied 37tli January, 1851. -i v i! f -(; , ; AX ACT : , V and csuWish cml, by the of St idi. son,'' ; ... - .,., , ,,i s a . .Bun,'',.! , . . , i . . fJ,., . II,- it eani-led bv the General As- sembly of the .Stale of North-Carolina, und it; is Itereliv enacted bv ttienullmrite nl thesnm" . J . .. ..... . , j That the county of Madison shall be' and fa hentby invcsiej wiih sill the rights, privileges Hud iiiiinnnlit's uf oilier coiinlies is litis Sute, ejieepi as is licreinafier provided. ,; tc-a.t He it ruriherciiactedVrhat Xelie miah ISIacksloeks, T, C. Profit and John W. Peck, be, and they are hereby npioiiifeJ eint missionersto run aud 'in irk the line between I the county of Buncombe and the county of i,,.i. i. - and the county of Madison; and thee shall make report thereof, under -their hands and seals, lo llie con m v courts of each of Said eouti tiesyTvhich Tepnrtir shall ;foriii rccordil iu said courts ; and said couiinissioncrj shall eacli be paid by the county iu which be reside mb coin.icnsalign as the county courts shall allow. justices of the pence and Militia, officers, who- reside within the limits ol Madison. Iiall con tinue to hold anJ exercise all their official po crs, for and in said county, that the v have of Buiicotuhp iitd I ancy respective!. i .: , See. 4v,Be it further i enacted. That the constable now residing in the county of Mad ison and ihRShcriffs of Taney tin I Buncombe, in theirrespective portions of said county, shall Continue to hold and CKPrcisc their said Oificos, and pcrfmm nil the duties pertaining theretn. until the first county , court to bu held for said couniv, under the same ruUs, legula'iua aud H'iiatile as Ttiey ure iiottrsiTlij't to. -' See. 8,- Be, it furthor , enacted,. Tint the first coumyrntin fur aid tniiity, h;tU)ehBia Rt the tavern houso .if Adolphus K. It lird, nn the last Monday in Febriiary. 1831," wi:h power to adjouni my jilace lhat a inajoriiy of tlie justicesotbe e-.tce foe s;iit county : may delt'rntiui(,-anil thereafter on the second Monday idler the tourtli Monday in June and December,: und on the third Monday after the fourth Monday ill M arell ,-3Trderttembrr tn4'' rTid irt aiwh plaaaoi4e-4'w?ml majority of the justices sif .the ciiunfy.courl of said county may designate, until the Court House for said county shnll be built.. -And at tha first term, of said court, a majority of the justices lining present, .they shajl proceed to elect a clerk, sheriff, crironer. register, coun- 4rrttee iiiie or laore.surveV'tra.. coo stables. soTOR tuhnl ttti.tlt mitnp inl.k twin,! ?ia lniilriil fit.' flu until successors ire duly .chosen and qualified,:! according to -aeta of Assembly in uch cases niade-and providcdi:'i''i i-;inn&;i ' See. 6. Ha -it- further ' enacted, "I hat "the eourfof plea and ijuarter' sessions establish- ! cilbtf-thia-ttct. shall exSicka Uie some powcrj.'bat goycru JtiUhorily and jurisdicliou, lhat 4 possessed . eouiiiy- ui another,-; except that no iilTl and exercised by , Oilier courts. tol jileas and Jv'f P' order of the court shall bo necessary; ouartcr session in oilier couniies m inisntaie.j and shall possess exclusive jurisdiction of all .f . . -.1 .1.. I:.. :. . .e l: son couniv, of which the county courts nf other counties ia tlii Stale have' jurisdiction, until a Superior Court is established in said coun ty. - - '. - .. v t - . See. ?.;:Re, il further enacted,. . Thai -all criminal cases which may be committed : in the eounly of Madison, which are cognizable only in the Superior Conns of Law, sliall be cognizable in the Superior Courts .of Bun combe atiJ Yancy respectively, as il this act had not been passed, until the establishing ol the Superior Courts of l.nw for said eounly. , ,Sec. 8. Be it .'.further "enacted,. That'' nil persons who shall lie liable to any imprison-' menb iinilur aiiy proH-srciiIi..,r civil or eriini inal m Madison county, before the eoinplulion of a jail for snid county, shall be . committed to the jail of Buncombe or Y'ancy eounly. - : .. jviSec, 0. Ba it .; furtlier s enacted, That , all process is-ued to either of the sheriffs of BtineiHnhe of Y'ancy,- before- tlm election of a sheriff for Madison, shall be executed by them .respectively, as if ibis act and that to which this is a supplement had not been passed, Sec.: 10.. Be il further at enucled,, That un til otherwise provided, the distribution of t)ie school fund shall be made'-in aid cixinty as if ibis act and the act establishing' Madison county had not been ised. .. ' '. ;t ''. ' Sec. : ll Be it further cliacteil,That that portion ol the county, of JMadison lhat was taken from Buncouibucounly, st dl. iiniil oth erwise provided, be rcprescnled, as heretofore, wilh and us a part of Buncombe ; and that por tion taken from Yancy ehall continue to vote and be represented with and as e part of Yan cy county, ai hereloliire; and all elections of Mcinacr ol Ass'iinhly and jlcmncrs pi Con gress, and for electors, of President, nn',LVic'e" President, shall be held by the sheriffs olliuu- Combo and Yancya heretofore. .. See. 12. f lie it further enacted, I fiat Jofui Rolierts, Ksq., Joshua Y'oung. John At Jagg. Noah jNIorgin, William Baldwin, Thoinat Gardner and Charles M )orj, be, and they are hereby appiiintitd, commissioners to select and determine upon a site for a, permanent seat' ofjusiicl ...for a.iid co-.itity, having dau regard lo the territory and population and all the in L'xeaiUaj.aiA.cuuuty.iand.in. case, fiveaitaaid comtiiissii-ners siall not concur , in any one paint, then they shall name two points, one, of winch shall not he within two miles ol the French Board River; and in that event the oiit "or tbc'iiilie'r air such' ' ndihis shaff be dc- vn'tcTS u.lorjiie jiouse.oi ,vopiuioi t i ... i." i. . 1 1 . . .i . ouiuinus m s.iui, cijuiiiv. m elections to be held ns, the county court of said county shall prescribe; and when it is report ed to laid commissioners, by the sheriff of said county, thai either of said points has re ceived a majoliiy nf the, votes ImftedYll fchall b the duty of said .commissioner, or a ma jority of them, to locate and lay 'off said town woJiwnrmief orlr'-rwhiv fl1rli;rt.''a'Yidtf ceive bv dointioir, or purchase, not less than than twenty-five, nor more lluin' one hundred acres of land, w hich shall be rtmveycd to. tbe chairman of ihe county court aud his succes sors in o hce, lor the use M soul cihuDV ; and the five first named canimis oners shall lav off the lot and street of said town,, which snau ue mueu niARSHtLi.. aim .nmii or to seal of jiiKiire for said county ; and nl'ier ile i l rr i ftlie I iu as sbah WHterrt-tiTt'C$.lhrTiirTTh-r public purposes, the saidcttmntissinnersahall. arter ony days puhlir notice, CKposcsaid bus (or such of them as lb may think nhnlibl be sold) to sale at public auction, on a credit of one and two years, tukiti bond and security of the purchasers tlu-relor,. pavable lo lhe h.iirin hi of die couutv court fir nud cnuniv. j and the Ixrads ' hall ht hanJed orer to said t chairman for the use of tlie i-oimty. v - K Sit.' 13.'' Hp it Turdli-C i.nel.sl. Tint llie 1 l ''' Jf"-" Nuuf present,. l.all .pprpp j Ml builds receive J lr the sale, of uift In iriale i I""'1 tltereuf as i u eessiiry for lh build-1 ,n(f Pf a totirt llolisa a-ul jail, on such lot or-i t "iH wiwn-ninti oe nssijnie.t mr rnc i .1. .i i.... t. .. ... 'i nurnose: sfitl i t ie said ootids arc not paid i i i at maturity, they may be put in suit, and ciil - U'cted intfiA name of lh chiunnan or his sue- ...! I t... t: I I...... . ran, ri.iiii, mi. iihkiiii. yu . Ni'mi fi.-inii-,. in before nrovuled. Sec. It. lie tt further enacted, .Thai M least two convenient bus in said town shall be set atmrt hv s-aid c nninissiotiefs,: for the purpose of building male and ('made -acade- T mv, and ihey '1ia.U.cLiliiyl nJLiia-ll.fout.Jit-! wiiichllie eounly court shall have couveved to tlie use of such chureho as apply Iur the use j name of Little Hurry, said eounly to he "call oftluni as place, of public "Worship all offd Yadkin; und lhat -said comity ! u( Yadkin which shall be conveyed wiilirjut charge.' j shall be invested with nil the rights, privileges ' Sec. 15 Be it further enacted,' That there nd immunities of the oilier mumics in ibis shall be a Superior Court of Law opened nd S;a'e : provided a majority of the free while hold for thee : unity of M idison, on the Mini, t day afler the fourth Monday in Sei)tembe.C nol. U'lil on ilia seytmii ,vi outlay alter uie liiurlh' M'inday m March and September in j each and everv year ihen-aftort ami said 1 court shall be iicld at siicli jilace is. "the Jitsti intf the coirutv courts of said cotlntv, ..until a Court Hoihc is completed for said cutmty, and thereafter in such Cimrt Hoise.. i vsiv Sec. HI. Be il further enacted, That the county of Madison shall front part nf lbs sev enth judicial circuit, a nd the Spring and I 'all terms of Ihe county courts of Madison county shall be held on the same, week, w ith the Suv pcrior Court. ,.''. ;j s...H' ; , ncirr ITr Beitnirttinr7Tnacleiir rtcnTlhC Judge who holds the courts of the seventh judictitiireuit,,'St tprtiiiJ; TWidriSSI. "shall appoint a clerk of the Superior Court u( .:, for Madison eoiiniv.flnd shall take bond and security of, and administer the oaths of office lv such elifki cWict-in- cmrrt in BtinroTilhe 'or Yancy, und make a record thereof; und such appointment and bond shall be as valid ns if j liken III court ill Madison; I rovuleil, Ilial one but a cilizeir of Madi8on rainniysTiaTl' a ill office linld the successor is qualified afler the next regular ''election of clerks; mid said clerk shall have power lo issue writs and all other process to tint fall Term, 1831. of said court, that other clerks v( Superior Courts of Law have, v V - -; ' "-' '; See. .1 8. Bifi il fturther Enacted. iThaf nil hhpeiyitTiinsM itrarstiiittw fior cnuii..,uH'kjtt -f Beneombrf Of " 1 aiicv" county, after llie 20ih day of A. iigust, J8SI, in which both plaintiff and ilclcnilaiit nreeili x iiis of Madison, shall he transferred ttr the county ol .Madison for trial, hy the clerks re sneciively of said "court' (if Buncombe and Yancy, under tho aine rules and regulations i oo h mi.ui im inn niiivui nam iiitmi iuiuuy er the transcripts ot record of such suits to lha..clerk. of. tho Superior .. .Court jif, Jam -iil' Madison county, at least ten ilnj " before the I'all Term, lHS l.of said court; and all of said causes sliall then stand ready tor, liial, , at that lenn: and it shall be llie duly of the , clerk of said court to prepare a .(locket lor tho trial causes, nnd to placs the cmses transmitted in the same order that thev stood on the dock is i ot lliineonibe and ancf . ' - " v RilifiuHlSilt Jiniury, 1831. 1 ' VX ACT. To establish a new county by the name sf Jackson. Sec. 1. Be It enacted liv the general As sembly of the Slate of Nofih-Ciirolina,- and it m iierenyenactmi iiyniiemmtorny-oniie ffiiiie; 1 lull all mat part nl Ihe counties ol Haywood and.Maeon ; iucluded ; u i.l.in . ib lollowiii bounds, to wn; Ilcgtniiiii ,on tltc'exlrciiiu height of the Scotl' Creek. mountains, where tho Stale road crosses; lliennu wilh the top of that niogntaiii, which divides ' llie .waters -ol Pigeon river from the wsu-rs ot Tuckasegee, near lo the line that divides' the cutinties hi'! Henderson and Hay wood;";lhej:ee ' 'with said liufi til the liiie which divide ihe Stales of f, X or ill and Soulh Carolina; thence with a liu ' to bu run from said lnl'i lo Ibi: Ion of the I'o.l- dcrsuck inounkiin, so as lo indudu -William Barns': i laiitation within- the?' newcoimtys thence wilh ihe lop iif 'said mountain" to the V hilemile miiiliitain; thenee to the top of Ihe Cowwce mountain, to where the Stale road croMi ilj ilienec with the lop of the said mountain, which divide the waters-of Tuck asegce river from tbt Water of ihe 'i'eniietsee river to the lop i of the inounlnin at the head of Alarka Creek; thence itloitg Ihe top of said tiiouniain, and the ridge that divide' the wa- fJr of Alarka creek from those of Tuckasegee river to the l uckasegee river ;opposiie ihe mouth of Fnrncey's creek; thence wiih the top of the first ridge -bclowp iid creek ta the top nf the Smokey inouiilaiii. hn ihcTemie. sue line; ibeiice with said lin and the lop of said mountain iff wliere iliellconalufta' I urn pike road crosses) it; .thence wiih 'the' top of said innunlaln to the Udil mountaiii, lli.il di vides the water of "Ocon'aliif'a'.froiil the wa ter oi vji moocni jOe.V J .iiwnce aloug 4li lM.aiA which arecon.ilmcdUiercatjLice IUte'UttjJitw.;iha ,l.(wi oml Joiti'jni''s,, inueli of llie Vitimate cnnslituenls of than creek road crosses; thence on the top of ihe Balsam mountain that divides ihe .water of RicldauA' creek from' ihe1 w aters of Tuck asegee river to tb) bcginniu;, at lhe 'State Md;lndlVam irsairattliiMd'ttisUm tame of J iek.-on, w ith nil, the limits,, privileges and iiiiiniinifie iha "iilliei avaj.i.iiieiu 1 ilii. "tjute have aud enjoy. .. s - a: .' Itatilied itUth January, 1831; ' : ' ' . . : a X, A-G T v -'" 3 - Providing for tbe sduiiuistnttion of public justice t,,, i : ... 4 ' in the count j of Jackson. . Sec, I, Be it onacla-d bv the General A WirtryJrvtJirytW'df'i is hereby enacted by llie authority of the ame. Thai the Superior Court of Law and l'qui:y and Court of Ph;as and Quarwr Sessions fof Un; counties ol Hay wood and .M aeon, respii lively, tbuli have the same jurisdiction in nil I matters perlaining to the administration of pub - lie justice, Wnlmi the i-ouutv of Jackson, as said courts heretofore had and exercised there- ui, , ... , , . - - .. . CnacU'd, 'lTi-.it the lii9ii,;i-s ill t in on.ini.- niiMf itiloa" nn, iiilmr public olhcers, lierrtofoivappoinird and liviiii! within the territory of Jackson, shall haie and exercise the tame powers aiid privileges, and he subject In the sumo n.n ,ln....l u.,?,, - able lo the name tribunals, as hereloliire. ' ' ? Nih J. lie u , further ; cuacled. That the cmiirraltnn, compiled o huropiail ai;ivul!u slieritl's of Aheoti and II iv wood counties ' re-; risl will (akn their places, and thus restore syeetivelv, shall have Mower lo cic-uin nil process directed to tliein .within ibu territory i under the. s'lino rules, reeulalions and cestrii-. ikMirjiiiiits, as bcliire the pasiaije of tha act estate lishintf the said couutv of Jackson. Katidril Sttth Januarv, 1S1. - i 'A.N ACT." - i fund ttiilibh new emttilv bv tbs 1 I ( - ' l,l , ' Sec name uf i ad kin. Beil cuacled by tho Oener.U As. mblv ol llut sl ile ot Xnedi Carolina, and it ' ' ncrtfny euacicn ny tiieaultiorilroltliesnma; f ''hat a county be and tlie same' is hereby ' laid off and esiabtished out id" that n,.nioa of the roimty -of Surry, which lie SoulU f the VadliUl'tU'Br, and also including that nnrtion ,JlJc county f Surry, knnwnaiidcallcdhy the) nieu entitled to vole for members of ihe House J.pf - rulUillians,in Uie-p "" "' ir me sanie, in site lor lite new Gmirl Houses being first fixed on AT or" ntur 1,1 'he renue of llie new couniies; the manner and time in which siiclPvoic sh dl Tie taken. H. no prci-riiirii u ,u supplemental law to be passed at this General Assemhlv, , Uitilied 38th December, I8SI.J . : .faK. .. .,...'..'!... A;KU l'I.Tl'HAI Hha'pOIT The following appeal by Professor Ma pes, cdilor of llie Working rar.uer," is wudbv liie cttiticsl Consitleraiton of our readers. . h ' estimated by an extensivo observer, that the Soil iir, tills JtuUulry, is now wnrih, on the average, five hundrad millions of dollars Irts "a w'"'n. rlymomh was iirsl seiikd i "3 I,,iif"l,Ci'" '"r- although few spots have. oern inerc-mcu in icrnuiv since men, (tie treat i. i .. .1. i.:. . . i i , . , " body of the euttiv.dcd oil has been permitted to ileleriorate until Jin incuse ' tracts i which would bear bounlifol entns -of wlieai. trill lim nTwrertrm the seed, nntl whole SliSRs tiTch I wotdtr-nm-e lra-e. viraged- flmy -lillshets. id' corn lo the acre. Would not now average fif teen bushels, '"And yut the ruinous process goes on, unheeded by the great mass, aud uu rcsisicd except by the faw.' - ' '.. , When w ill onr statesmen nwske to the ne cessity of viewing Agriculiiire ns a fundamen tal source of our natioittil piosperity T So hmilTM W ttirtimiM'ta'riff inTahfvat'(,;ihcwe-aniig"M older States seems to be looked upon a a mat ter of little eouseipienecj ''The. older Slates, with all their best lands in cultivation, do not al this time raise half the 'fltiantityVif wheat they raised a' few year ago; and llie con- sumers in the Ailati;ic Slate arc paying near- ly as much for transportation m targe pro- poriion o( their , hreadsmtl's, B..iIto farmers w ho grow ii reeoivo for . their grain.' The wlieat crdjis of New-York' lire less than half per acre what they were thirty vearsago, and mill Baufliirt M.wailc. Jil., dissemiuate lhe nr-. !epsarv infonnalion for iirreslitur the em. Stem necessity lias rendered such action j we shall soon requirii in llus country, tinpefa livo iu lvurope. Ohio no longer surprises ihe seaboard fanner hy large crops, and the same course of cropping and Miotic nr tillage which have impoverished Ihe lands ot older State. jare daily producing similar results imhc Far (,'st,,. ..Many JariiiPrs are sltll Hung and cart ing manure upon their- pour farms, who in die Mohawk and denessoo sllevs threw their manures into the, river when younger this removal of manures from the 'vicinity nf iheir stables,,aiHl Jlliriiwiiig il- tittT'thc river, was ,.,dl, vas called a Uf. end Ihe winter lime was elioscu for litis Huicitlu!froltcx ; Whole neigh-, borh.nufs w;ouiil get logether wilh their teams and sled for this purpose, and the sami prac tices are nuw followed in the. Wabash Valley; tho 'Iributaries of the; Mississippi and 'olber! rivers are suffered In drainlhe tvery ' essence nf . illr fuliiMi liriiSniltv. llltlll ' II, .lni'nir If til ,ilrt ,.,,. vbiri,s laws 'lull ih .i dm ,1,1. cay of the crop of sme? year . furiiishr the raw material for .tlm . creation of those of the t next year ; but wo inust. retain .tho resuli of this decay, and not suffer Ilium lo part from lis prcwitl individual enterprise being nn wered, must not cause" its' to forget die debt we owe to posterity and"' that wo have no mocm Tight to permit the ultimate coiistnu mw of plant. Iht agricultural tapitid of our towitry.ia find lis way, Ut the ocean, or into the ocean of atmosphere, by sheer ignorance and 'negligence, ; It - may be answered lhat 1'urope, when necessity demanded, fmind Ihe mentis to restore the Worn out soils to fertili ty this is true; but how will the same mentis continue through nil limc j If it bad not been for the, importation from,, our Continent .of brcudsiiiffs. raw material of all sorts, guano, saltpetre, cubical nitre of Peru, and other ma liTials, the resulis of which, by decay and by di cct application lo their soils, recovered llieir j lost ultimate enlistments of plants, they would . .1 '. I. . . .ir I r e ..-. - ! long ere mis nave suiicreo irom i.uuine,, cry bushel of corn... bale .of cotto.i, barrel of resin, or other commoilily we now. send Ui pianis in their soil for continued and repeated repr'iHliie1ioi,""ariiJ .remove ii from otirs.i If the jniportalioiis were al nil equal to the ex- porlalious, or if we took, t ie saute care that haustion would be -lowcr; but, at ii is, we are rapidly parting-with our capital, never to return. ; The ultimate Cnnsiiiiicn's of vegcta- J 'lie pay at least one hundred , per cont.' (irrilil when re-used lor prmluei ig new growths, and this may be, roptiatfLLaljnuat yearly, v-hut fart wiih them to tbe ocean through our rivers, and they are lost forever. ; All' ihi may piear very .farvntal to the' casual (Siservsf, hut nev crops is only unobserved froon mtr great area of our territory and conncajneial continuance ot: Mipptiingi Sliould we tie rontented lo ren ib-r it nocesmiry each vcar to ttrilig our suri- oliwe fusilier troin the M-a'ioueiif. Or sbuuld I J we adopt the prupi-r means to produce an ex- ?ccs hy Keeping otir b isleru l.inils lit liieiri present, or in an ' improved condition .' and i thus, lv cheaper products, lie alilc to coiiiik-u- ' wiiTTMurnp'e n iii inuUciiireri, tc liiJivnliial t inners in i cniitiiiiiii to move ! " em as they wear fM lliftr liild; but, as a : nation, whatclfcft must Ibis have oil our ficn- era! properity ? ; ,.; " . ' ; t , ; ! It iii.iv lie unswered." th it as our enteroris- !"nS I'ariiiers look fof heller l ands, the t js.li- of the old lands by 'Knrnpcaii styles of firuiiii''. v J If the best inner f Kurope vcrc amonj; "j lihssMt - hti-mne; -This-tilif 1C true ; Ttul ! I'",sl, 0 'hi uiidersiand lltpi business seldom mitjratc,"- It is thel.ibori only who'totne to ! us; .the more intelligent" and bctler educated ! remain at home, - .'' ' . . ' . .. ,.. I - Wo ll.ll'M llllt f,lta Willi xl.''- 1l,t tli'if IQ All. lindy within our roach. iA "our legislator ' snend ftin (it the ' iiiiie-tenlbs "ol the whole national income, winch is lui.v paid by for mer 'in placing proper 'lustfucti'ous wilhiii the resell of those H hiiiill lhe land and that, loo. ill a way to bl iniiiirifi.itly" I'lrective. We must not wait to remedy the difficulty hv cdiiCilifig the rising getiralinii; wc iiuis( in ' form the many What lYdning by "the few who rSili'cTfssfiir ns"griciiliunsir Some far- mem raise one hundred 'bushel' of shelled corn lo the tterc, and some raise fifty bushels of wheat to the acre, but these aiv ihf puc in ten thousand. Send competent persons a mong the ten thousand lo tell them how llie one manages his crops -let any well educated practical man tie cMled Jronubii iikivv. and und uisseuiina- ting information, and Instead '"of raising large er-ips himself, he can came a Ihousaii l ut ktra to do so, - Kvery farmer should bear such Iiciurer:iiAcas't oh'ee" lit "n VMTi'iind sh.nild hav,,ijijojm,rjtjiiJj'jX JUpmindinjurs lions for, bis " examiiHtloilsiiuh ., teachers would soon know' what the farmers re.iiirwd. and could uhtsin the iuf.iriuaiinu for them from other and more successful pracliiioiicr. ' It need not be urged lhat farmers w ill not listen lo nceredited teachers; we have le tun-d lit lliaiivrtniiiiles' "lit "New' Jrrs v for i, I three years, and iu those where. we first leelne- ed, mrtsrpVideut iiuprovemcnts have ensued, Fanners cannot leave home, and hence do not learn of (Ii? iniproveni ' i's ol tha day. unless limy occur in their own immedjaie lieighbnr hoods nor will the v h ive 'confidence in the reeeint of mere book makers ; thev must sc.- those who would teiu'h 1 tlieui, and have an opportunity by listening, and ipieslioning, to form their own estimate' of their .capacity to It-ach ; nnd, if they - approve of lint teacher no set of hieti are more ready In be instruct- eil." The improvement in agriculture iu Ku- ope "are grea'cr (tian at any former lime die free trade system, "by lowering the pi ice .of larm product, has rendered jil imperative on Governments lo enable the farmers to pro duce proportionate ine'reised quantities to compete wiih foreign prices; find did they nol pursue Ibis course, revolutions would be inevitable, or their farm products jutjsj be urue. imert iSynlgh duri crop lime been yearly -decreasing, those ol England have as steadily increased, until the opponent of their new school of politics are daily becoming convert to' fhe' hew syslem, Every couniy in England now 't receives tier annum more benefit iu liie firm of ngricullu nl inform itiim, disscmiiiateJ at the public expense, iliau lhclol.il amount paid for simi lar purpose smce the foruialioii of our Guv-ernnienf.'1.;.!','-:'w'f ",;l"it ,'"'";, ':. '"'Our politicians fit Washington say iliat the power nf tha General . fiovcrnmeut do no' reach the lyse, aui) IliaJ jl sliiiuld be . tlii)e hy the Slates. if i, the Status shoul.l not he in active. ' New York does much by publishing large editions of the trans actions of her State SocietvrTind Of the American Institute, but not half so' much ns'she should and could do hv the uppoiiitilicnfnr a few' lecturers lo visii each ecitnty,olle 'ling and disseminating in formation, nlarylalid has appointed a State ASricitlinrist, ' and already Ihn good result', hnvereiidered bath tltri oifief and llie incum bent popular. So oilier Stall has acted as yet in onv way to improve llifir greatest so iree of'weallb. Two men might i xehaiigb their lial once rittf hour for "a year, and neither w'niild be improved iu for:uii' "at the end of Ihe Jiiite, bin if each of iheui could produce' new merchandise a does ihn firmer, not only themselves, but "lhc"'hody politic, ol irhielt they form" a parf would be b aicfiiied, and as hn& per 'epnt; inereaseaif criips would be more than Ciilal in value fo Iho whole of Ihe pre sent receipts of thu Government, it is least proper that less 'Ihan ' one llniii,iiilli part ol lhat receipt should bo spent to produco a probable gam of mane tunes one percent, ' .i sfi-T c ir nv till. ItJtlllLlI,, 111 .iltiltlt UtlU.. i i On the prnnjKition lo liaiie the (.'onstituliun by i .Legislative enactment so a to extend. to vo ' ters for niciulsir of lb House nf Cuinmons ' tbe right In v to fir imtuibers nf tho Senate. " In the- Ibmsa of Cmnmons, line,' 1'Jth aud r'JMt, iH.W. ' - ' ' v " ' ' ("The-majority of the ('omniillee to whom the subject had been referred, having reported1; a lull to en nice tlie roirstiliinoii In- legislative enactment, so as to exiend to all, .voter-for in Mil!" rs ofMllCr HotMii of Ciltlliooiis, Ihe right to Vote for inembcrs rif 'the Seiialcv'iin J Mr; Ravncr having offered h ii slisirtme, a bill ro provide for first taking the setixe if ihe people? of the State, on" ilia pmjxiwtl elxingc ol tne eoinilttitioil and lor callng a cotit en lion" limited to Ibaf oiie objo'ot mvi no olber, nl Ctlsft liiajorilv 'of .ilie pewde nf the Stilt shmilil vbte iu favor "of i the linestiou eiuii-l .. .. .. i, m np-n wwstrtnttn'Tr, Itiyner lull lor tbe bill' of the "teniViiiiiRee, Mr; IL' spoke as follows '' 'j;;; .-; Mr. R-iyiier aitrln hearlijy concurred wilh what had been declared liv olber cehlleincn ...I... I....I ...l.l... ....I n... ti ... :.. i , .'. -i'-"i which llie House was engagisi. wc nrej (said Mr, It.)' employed- in no ordinary work.' of legislation, ' "The usual work of legislative duly here can be as 'easily '' undone as done. I lie people have but lo pass oil our sets, and u wy tuttiot approve, nr trcocstm cm, nt the end of Two short yeufs, reverse our ae tioiv ' But in the (crioti business of changittg one of the provision of our fttiilnuiciti:d law mtW'rfielr-awvth which -we have lived so secnn ly ami happily, the eao is entirety difltrenli (iStr prescm action i iniend -d kirli Ihng-ilislaia biitjer,- it I to anVct'lli 1 wrv v:iinii lyorlt, aMr m rial orc.inu.Uuiu ill I'M oiM'Kiin fins modi or j fur cut. upon our posterity afT we lialt all nave lell tlus,,buy tlieatre, anil our very n-tmes be furgor.erl; Serious ' and unnosinr tbfijsndjraiiglii wjth he nios! in imentotis t'nuseqiicnces, is ihe wifrk in which we are no eitsraged ; and heavy indeed is the res ponsibility which ,es:s urlor! us nil. . v I am decidedly npposeal lo amending the ' constitution by legislative, enactment. 1 ad mit llie amended constitution of 1"'I3 pro vides for further amendments by tin,' Legisla ture but J think that a proper interpretation of that provision, and one most itl tirconjaiira with the llienr.- of our institutions shmlld eon- line sucliamendineiilj tif the txcr-jtiioiU jul allndeil to. 1'liosc cxeepttoin are knell it in- volve itfere convenience, when ihere is i gVn eral eoncurrence of opinion iii regard id ilia necessity of some slight change, in Ihe mere macljuicry ot Ihn government and when there is un ereat vital nrineii.l" of ihe oriniinc . aw involved. For instance, if it should he found by ftxperieiice, ibaf in order lo avnul tbe incoitvenience of a tie in tbt Senan, and for tbe prninpropiruiiailton of lint bmli, Uie ollice of Lieutenant Governor Ijjhoidd he ess t.iblished in this State, ih-ti it w.mld imi only be mure convenient, but eminently proper lliaj . llie cllartgo should bo ell'-cted by legislative, enactment. , So, in regard to allowing any 6ne member to" havr Ihe ayes and noi res corded in ihe Journal if llii shnujd be found to Work nil inconvenience and a useless waste of time, and il should ; by something 'ike a general eonctinenee be ronsidnred best to lim it ibis in tbe c ill of one filth a in litest other -legislative bodies, ihe ehangn could and ought , lo be. wVlq liy-foglatiVw--pTOTrimr."" In bdllf'"'" of the ease put, no (Jrcit principle of popular rights, iir i)f freo governin Mil, would be inva dedthere would ho nothing involved iu the change conflicting wilh the' settled habil of llie -.leopuv tio'.bi.Ug-Violative of the great prin ciples which' constitute thu basis) of llie polm r irf dine.'"' 'XorTSiTTiowWelf",1il' Teg int tif those ea din d elements 4 ouf e'nl polilvj which ever have been a ftirt uird p.ircel'of lArr -social sys'em hot so, Jfl regard !n (picslinfH w hich nlfecl the rights of 'the Ciiix m, wbidi : strikc at thri SourCj and f.iuulain of power This v iew of tin subject seenrs id he in "ac'--'-. e.ml.i.iec with the hisliiry-of-tltf'cwsveutiim t(- 1313, ' An examination of llieJi-fiaie nt lhat body will show that the iliihguilril men ii ho eomKwiiil il looked iijsm llw eouiprn. uiises iberein agreed upoiA as a final smile, nient of ihe distracting (pi est ions and nocturnal -jealousies which had for veajs' disturbed the couiic.ili ii.f ..llio S'alCv" A!! the. Jjricvauccs then cnuijdaiiM'd of were considered to h ive settled. No new clement of disipiict, eilher' of o siionalinlcrestorof popular privilege s-'e ir ed to bn eoniemplated for the next h ill" tiinit- ryj" Read the debates' of tho convcniloti, am yoif will see tjtal (j was', willr tlu si cheoriii! .... hopes thai the members of that body tcrmiualeJ , their labors. How then tire wc to undersiand . that pr ivisi in of the ronstiitilion providing for . aiiumdinents by the legislature ' Why, that il was intended to provide for thru immateri al changes of the moie lnuehisry of the giA--crnnieiilu withniit inierforir; with any great! principlcon; .hii;ll ..it.wa tawd it w.n alfr ibis provision hud been agreed on (in roinoHi tee of ihn whole, if I recbllect aright) th it Ihe . -able and lamented MoarMmnve.l the addition al provision which; wa also adopted, provi- -ding that no eotivctttioi should be called, c eept by a vole of two third of all Ihn inem- bcrof brMh Htmsesv-"' What are wcto under-: stand by.thi tint thil ha who nitivcd it, mF the coiivcnliou that adopted it, foresaw that nt' some future lime ut nn attempt might be mad ', nol merely to improve ihe'raiehinirv of tin . govcrmenl, hut lo change it organic principles, , which could only - be done' proporiy- hy Hi i . jie.iiptoliii collfentiblV tlimligh ',Wrr9"':,of -:!if'"; bars majority of the two Hou:s? Lillle did ,,, lhat rouventiim aupposo thai in lilteetr year . llicii foresight and wisdom would be b.-utt'rlit-. t(i. lhu test of Irial.T . '- - -.-,: : ..Am 1 not Iberefore war.-anted iu saying ibnl' this attempt iu change one of ibe groit fundi- r mental principles of (he coiiiiiiuiioti. by Jogi laiivu iciioii, is not only contrary u lbpirit '' and purpnse of the provision of Ihe conven lion of '33, in regard lo amendint; the constU tutiou hut that it i also . repiiinatil -to tb veryj theory of the goveriiineut iicdft . 'J'he , very' .first grcaicardinal iiinxiiii iol', fre and , reiireseiilalive govcrnmunt laid down in ihe - 'declaraiion of right,'' which i deelarctl to r;.. a part of Iho constitution, i tins, ihal sli (io",;, liliual power is invested in and derived from lho.peoil8.only.'.' llcra i H. grout ipieslion i ' ofpolitical power all'ee.ling fur nil lime lliose - fromiwhom we derive our. torlcf tenure ol'aji- ,, thortiv, avitli w hich wo cttnntrt rightfully interiors-, except by inakiivjr provisiot,' to con- ' suit thosij whose .servnntf wn'nri, witli, vhiel ' we were nol soul Immw loiuierfere,, and with J, which wu dare not inlerliHrn, mile we ansume, to onrSL'hes a prerogative which ihe people have reserved lo. rbei,iheve. . This assuming to know w but nro the' people's - rights .better s lhaii lljoy.illiilbfiijmulvesi. ndho' rosiing on an1 .. allccl.itioit .ol greit love' for "(lie people, j an. i- , repiilJic'nv arid contrary to iht docirini of ocnslitirtioiiiil freedom. iTbis doling out f e vijch lk the .'iidu by pieee-meal, is eonniitii- J, ling (itwselves their maslewe instead of their "wvanl.. The g'intluinait iVnny-Burke ( Mr, ftvvrvf said lhat it was ( videni, ihn coiivcnliou . -iif '35 m'endott that nil specific ameudincnt iHHiJiivofi nig un enlire overthrow nf organic s. law, should lie by legislative eiiaclmen,t, Tim t pnipnscd change or involve a radicul rlleia-.., lion nf tlie,torgaiiio.,Jaa. in one partimilnr. il jbat i: Hi iro importani, - what, more, snfely tuanled, what more intimately iuterwovcu Willi llie f.niie work of civil lilairty-. than tbe . i uneiilioii of nffr'np? ;( .And lh ebiigt; eon- teiiijil.re I p opuses an entire nbandoiiiiK-nl nf a svnteni ilnl Jias beiMi csiminensuraie wiili,.. ri-'cr -.":.-.-.' . i ' .....t.. ...k:-i. .i --. . (iur FiTslorv ns a people, under which lis gin rious deed nd our revoliiliiin try history fere ehinved, ii i. -r w hich ihe peoplu have lived con. Iei)l( 3 nil I Jiappv. wlliell wu never heard of ill the e.ii.'iln in nf eomplajnM.tn retires which M i, 1'iniM. H o l ,il '3.1 was c.i ed. IL did l i , i th-g iiil. iiii;i ft .;ui. Hut ke in ' ui that jhu pr'r.4 vision i" ill o nistilutioi for culling a conven tion , was u m il. sigjied for nn amendment oC ," llio (onsiituiusi, bat for the framing of an- nv tin new one lo suit a new system of gnvni-. . im iit upon sfii entire overlhrow il it'.e present fnptHdicsw formf - If sn,n ;is,mit;iit's retire - lion w ill leach the geiitlrsuaiv Ihe ibsurdily of , ?i bis piisiiiou. Siieli uie oerrfAroie aii bespeaks ;, of cotdil be nolittKi; ImiI revolulionui-, , which : ' idrwi4iHtn - ': MTt-U ft lit ,1 iiiiKy laws.. mm.mliueiit of r. eoimiiiiiiiou pro. supfxits'S dial Ihe groal principles wluili eon" " IiSlilutc lis orgaiiM! extsleurs arc to reitl'im uu- cfoinjed. "An etittre overlhrow of lb ur esiiMu law," fur. wlntd), Jbe centbuini Iroins . '