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V 1 vil f Ul -t. iinli; Ufl ? i )UV ( iMAtirx PPProvlsioamoro Of thorn H W'i i'WHiWIlMllj; xzhy thahaayvojhcrffirmr.tive vitality. . -Jn. the "a&SHt i i ! auujueit arucira ou.ww, HUDjew, I "i" .. . t . . .u y, ucxufU mmvuB.ui wi vu suiuuon, a plan, practical t yet un shrinking, analysis - of tho amend-. "iPP03 t0 l.h0 .9n!.titution 0"",ro,1.";Ry ino ?ven- eiMftend uiiil but'',tions are , earnestly re- ... ili rte ii 4ruuiy ru luujiotl from all persons, who by xaminatlon of the Amendments have honied to insider their ef- to. Speakers and , candidates are Invited to corrc8iond frcvlv ubon thi.ssuijtx:t. ; . - I THK CONSTITUTION OP i77o. 1 cons jtituUoii .Was framed and y a body of delegates, r ti. iti Il.lf rtho JtIjpttil by whose right, to act iu behalf of the inhubitauu 'of the late colony, or infatit 'i itupublic. socins to have kcii oi uixiUt uie tame cnaracier as that-of.'otlier legislative bodies of that. day. irood . enough because approved by the result of . revolu tiunH Iu these days, when an hun dred y ears Cf careful and intelilgenjr scrutiny, has deiined so closely the limits and essential pre-requisites of -l ' A M i-' !1 it 1.1 ueit'gaieu auniuniy, ineir auixiun- nation ol thi3 instrument it will appear, that it Was 'as remarkable for what, it did - not contain, as for what it enacted. 1. Those who or dained its 'provisions, ;wcro noble, wi.seanu valiant men. xney were in holemn' earnest in their inten :en- .in tion' to bulld a new Government thu' liinifs' of tho Colonv; and thev were equally, .sincere in ; their de-; it;i iiiiiuiuuu ' iu ua) i uiu .uow.uuy ru merit freed from certain of the evils, which they believed existed under the', rule of his Majesty, the King of England. iHunts their minds were 1 tie provisions of . the Constitution they ordained are explicit and un inbiakable. It fact, its negative provisions cbuld not be excelled for brevity, clearness and sufficiency to amjuinlisli the purposes of their I enactors. It is true that the.; merit of those provisions is not exclusive- I v tn i hp men wno iranjfHi thfim. i Tho had the benefit of every bill I of ritrhtJ' which had ever ,'been I and of every .discontented , address I to tho throne, which had ever einan- mooieti iu mo 13 n iisii x aniameni. i A 1 ' T J M 17 tiled irom a restive -House of Com- I . ' I Aiw. ..irm . rfi A ordained. The distinct declarations UUlv UUJNorllUl , n 6f soma of ,th m.Tshor this to have hellion - .mi, a iiivt)Tntf 7 ,u Jl beenthft. rVotstrnrvnilv enough. I Iho t. f . -...I..,,. Li "ji - I Experience, of men ofjii3t1c3And the t. A1 II 13 TUOIXJSUU III 11119. auu uie I zaiion wouiu do reiraruea as uuenv i nnncipio-wnicnan xaier umes je- mat an v person oi mer iYiucan insuflicient. The . constitution cab! tknoWft'-'xi''8qaatte'over' :hfad voted' in ; Uus'State ; the which they framed was regarded etenty.1 - Against i these troubled of time in its" history thkt"afrioi as a model of ' those times when f the-peace or their TCspectiVO'seirier- race had) been -nermitted to written constitutions, were a new tdnties,' the provisions-of 'the'1 con-i' electoral powerj arid. thV first time thing; upon the face of the earth, stitution ' they nen&etclu -were-'di- that ciny of them Jiaftyenjoyed offi- Chief Justice Marshall, in the early rected wlth! ani intensity ofiiur-' calielegiDiIty'of?percise legisla- years of the .present century, pro- . poser 'Which-' 4s' characteristic Of tive functions. n" ji) noumxl it a marvel of simplicity strong''ineri j -he 'they -feef JJ,(24 Jtf was . thOj-first pmQ'.-tat and completeness.' By an exami- deeply. fB6tti the citiisenJahd the manhood wa made4 the test .'of. 'Do luoiis. The immortal sentences of ity or duties a harmonious but JtttffniartilyieV .as.tHg ini1 useless appendage of the State or pitsrtioned. rhetoric of the IX-clara ganlsmrr-notrmirchhistDTy- iin wtucii. . Jenerson .nau- laieiy, ' m W M-ufm . panned, were in their ears.. They know well what they did not want, or at least, that they did not want certain things..'""; ' ", As a result, wc find their utteran ces in resard . to the rights of the Deoulo to some form of free Govern inent; the independence of different branches of the Government : the right of xetilion ; of trial by jury ; against exclusive privileges ; against the suspension uf. laws; against genend t warrants; against excessive bail : in favor of the writ of habeas corinis; in favor of the riirht to bear arms: in favor of open and untrammelled courts, and nirainst hereditery emoluments and privileges, simply perfect, in their brevity,- jorce anu couaprenensive ness. All these referred to wrongs, were those which they had known and felt, which they could measure and appreciate. In these they were .specific because they, were treading unou well known ground. These wi ro evils they could destroy the negative elements of the Govern ment they sought to establish. 4 When they came to the positive el ements of the structure, their hands at once began to falter. . .They had no model, which had been approved by experience, on which to build. '1 hey could not foresee the necessi ties of the Aiture. Whether the new imperium Would . remain for over aiasolutely . independent and autocratic within its own borders, or to an extent be limited and modi fied by an unin with others, for the purpose of defence and the de-' uiands of ' commercial prosperity Uiey could not tell. ...t . . . . . 'l'Ji6y, were'inthe main wise men. They had. provided, beyond ques t ion, against the subversion of those rights, which they knew, from ex Iericncet that monarchical govern ments were most likely o infringe. They had a vague idea as to what a Itepublican governmentshould or might be. They were too wise to try to evolve from' their own inner consciousness all the details' of thi3 glorious dream. .They therefore provided only .'the skeleton of the eastlo en Esopagnt which filled their teeming fancies, and wisely-under tho circumstances, most wisely- left tho details of its fieshing and coloring to the legislature. They established a partial framework, and cave to the legislative, branch of the new government the power to com plete tho structure. - There were some things, however, upon -which these wise men had very positive convictions, in" rela tion to the syhthcsisofthe hew government, aud, as is usually. tho case,' upon those points in5 which they were the moat positive they were most iu error. ' 4 ; ' v 1 ; ' (1.) The were, first of all,bigots. Iteligion, that moat dangerous of all ideas in the foundation of funda mental law, because a-most impor tant , element . of their- work the hand the crucial test of ciYi right Christian Iteligion nay, that pnasa of the christian religion,, know" as iftnntismbeciune. under their hJL.,rTTTr.:;i.KitftKiii. ..frkw ii euaL t lilt II . I II I 1 ItT lfllll.LILULllJU LI 11 eIopment;:ofv republican ideas -I uv iuijujuh , ampnff- their, .descendants, set - seal of condem rvmdom nation. i ; :u V They had a profound convio tion that the.rjcfr;mq3t. bo protected. ajrainst. the encrpachrpents and op presiionsof thexoonv Thus; boldly tJ b irUT t torecognize its fallacy, .in justice , V?Tl anti ronnhllMn tpndpnov nrl SSij? ntSeSeo SbuSh S; ZrttuXg- ?Ll???. 55?" if5?t5i 'SSS wsfciabput rself governing state, as the sailors of that dayJknew nHriiit nfivifrjitint? ..a steamshfn: oHnnf tiavirroti'niT , RtAATYiaMr. wraii .u u . gtopefyInff elrecta of slavery upon thoy politic, had kept in: force They were men of substance, subIii This bbdy't marks 'an era in the proDrietors.. most of, them. of larse I historv of self government, in the estates, n .They - were surrounded, I arinoyed and harrassed by landless neighbors. whoJiacL.beea. brousht iro n .England to constitute a peas aiuryjancwiio siuuDomiy perzisica tnrobtalnfnjr subsistence by the less menial pursuits "of tho chasei'br by practical application to the domains ofi their wealthy neighbors, of the officer iwcreji required to' possess a certain amount ofreal'rjroperty be foro thd one: could exercise I any electoral power In Xhef i State, or the other could assuino'the-runctions-)f office. But? these fathers bf the reDUb . - Hcj were'rfiot theonfybneSwhoihavel rijinnberana proportion,! of foreign 1 been-frightened i byitheear Of the : rbokrn citizens of the State in the Con4 I Onnression and GXfff&'ton&-fVjf''CtKn I poor !" No doubt ithos& wise men, i aiuiw utiuvciv uuwaiu wuuiu have been astonished beyond' utter-c ance, could they have foreseen tht in less than a century the Ameri- Upon' . these I can Republic wpuid havodovoloped 188 : was equally i careful, iniguard to clear, and I its! highest prosperity, wealth and ring against; the; evils of iwhich its plantation had shrunk to a farm. I and the average., holding toA lessf than a score of acres! s - I .' This unjust principlo' .was (he next provision of the constitution tojyieid to the, irrepressible growth I oflrepublican ' thought anions: the Doonin. - f i !' ! " ? grisly (3.) Another phantom of ' import in the minds of! these men, . 11. t J- A ' ' r was luo icar ci executivo acirrra-. sibns. They, therefore made the Chief Executive a man of straw;-f- a mere figure-head, without author of the State has the Governor been able to do any good or any harm by reason of his official position ex ceptwhen, m 18G1, he usurped a SfcSJSS Kip and du""8 the:war, when he became a military satrap of the Confederacy, and: by reason of his ex officio power as chief of the militia, became more a Department Commander than a civil Governor. (4.) Like all strong men, they had a good opinion of themselves' and wio crauie iuey were iuaarin, raigni become too cramped for Uhe limbs of the young giant who was to oc- cupy it. They had no; idea of hav- ing the futuretho inborn genera- tions of whom they knew nothing -meddle with their work. . What ' From this analvsis it Will be coilf 0m n if WnSa Sf great men, and good men; yet they were only men,, and their, acts did not partake of the Divine attribute perfection. Hence ';; ' :i '.. ;t ; j THE CONVENTION JoFvio&iyi:;; ' This convention was5. a natural and. inevitable revolt against the inflexible nature of the old consti tution. It shows conclusively that ri 1 able in a constitution, as in a gar- mentvas a resultof growth.- It was called for and accomplished, for. two widely different purposes; the aW franchisement of Catholics and the (frtfranchisement of the free ne- groes ! Such is the. partiality and fnntmrtpfv nf hnmnn notion, that. in thasame body justice and op- pression, li beralfty . andr oigoxry-, j freedom and tyranny, stand side by side, and are advocated, with equal zeal by the same men. - 1 I ly TjEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS, lfck4. After a fierce struggle, running throusrh many years, the property qualification, required of electors of ine senatorial' orancn oi me ijegis- lature, was abolished. 1 ; "Manhood sufl'rage was recognized to an ex tent which must have alarmed tho fathers who framed the: first consti tution i if -1 they - had cognizance of the 'fact; unless4, they had Jeaned something of tho nature of freo; government,' siqco - they 'founded .t: TlIC0NVrENTIQNOP,18Gi!;, was called, both ,lndefiancO;' o(;law and for an unlawful purposevVlts grant of .an authority was .the wriH: ui a LUiuurijud , ..xucu vivo, iuia .lis purpose was to afford him. in con-l juucuou wnnai.sorjcucjiu!Liear:i:imy' dollars ! on- imprisonment ior ciiiw ouwunun. u eAuuse 10 over" ride and ccferce thoVUiiioh element of tho State. Jft was remarkable for tno arrogance, dash and1 unscrupu- ions recklessness or Its majority and I tne strange, nesitaung,. uoubting w mkuu oi its minority. will bo noted in. history .chiefly, as the grave oi iw promoter hopes - and the inausolcum of the fame of its members. Of the majority, -in tho short period of:fl(fcii .eitrs, every .lntSA h t??. into 4he fcU -state. V I ..- - ) - . very inucn. ;xneirm;iiu". former rofe may, be summary ysentences:- I:"-; Thechangeof "United States tq -'uoneaeraie oiaira," ' the " urruu; ' , L;r.u - - r - iwiirt ' i a2 i.ne removal ui mcuiiu. 1 of Jewish religionists 1. i - tiie convention" of 18Go ; J; - X'm r"wh?? thft'nerlod im hile tnteresting as a .staay w uc not necessary to copsiueit vuio 'AmVinrtinn fnrther1 than to say it ""econ, iariner ui w. 'yvaln effort to Perpetua in a ?.v free community, the Jnequah- or power emDracea in iuo j constitution and which only the ? -a orDe"lon L - , '- :;' i i r THE CONVENTION OF 18( begin J - i ; THE CONVENTION OU' lOOO. it - - - ' r- r r State- only second to that of "1776. I Apy, prolonged consideration ot the circumstances attendiher its call and - 1 session , is u necessary, since ' every t voter, wrnc wuiupernsenese aruciti f hrw'but Xrr refer to iiia own. memory I torecalUhcnw 'fewcqnsideratibns may be hrieflo&etl 'rV , ytV v: - I ( I.) ; It was the first time since 183a race first ;.tha.t exercise liltical riirh'tiri thb,State.i,rrV 1 (3.) It has,, beeaJaimed to have I been very largely composed of per- sons not iwrn ;withtno:the olimits of the State.) As d cw, there -was ; a, rr trreater, PreDonderance: hoth in livphlfrtn nf 177R than in'this. . t I , (4.)iAstheConventionof!177G: was fcartJlul. uuu. uii-viuua jixi i itkumuiiHihT and suppressing t the, wrongs i from 'Jwlkich its members; and r; their cont temporaries' had suffered,: so this in edke.lc We therefore find, the instru hient, "Which they, ordained,;to ibe as Explicit upon the idea of. personal I Hqertyi as was ; that i of . the formerJ lipon nersonal security,: instead! off guarding the rich against the poo'rlf I it seems; anxious .to protect the poor! frdni tho.poweri and avarice of they I tichV -PQlitrcal right i3 as jealously guarded as thoirighteiof' property. homestead ; for the care of the Deaf I Mute, Blind and Insane, and for the i 'rhornmrojj iiiftjirrnviinns?. fnr;. n 1 Cn . . , , . mm n. xeiorinauou oi cnmiuais, marK ic as the productof a new era of polit ical thonghtjwhitih -seek for-gov-i Vation of individuality and personal independence in the citizen : to pro mote - creneral 1 prosneritv bv nre- venting individual , pauperization : neral security by the1 'elimination rimtnA-F.fAf-.i-t0j eeheral J intelligence ' by : universal education, and general harmony; by a purity of political power, thus compelling the1 strong to respect the weak:'.1; '::i--i:;s:,Jt ;;:;;;tf""; Qf 177g to fr9mpr(; tnpto; wuf thpv Sand' th 55 is g5ldriDTiirS rrh-npr? nf Llmrt i PAnr r fi! fnf ?jSilin gLS JKS' ttt rnoseffSve'mei tfe 'r VA " "weuce, ?nto a science whose formula) had been tested "and approved. , 'From this experience , it appeared, that the structural form Of the govern ment ought to bo more1 sharply defined- than4 had. been done by the Old constitution ; i n order to guard the rights1 of the citizen from en croach mertron the part of the dif ferent brahches o the governments It was especially apparent that the lesrisiaiivo branch was'ouitp as '. ar to usurp authority, or exercise that conferred, to; the prejudice of the common Weal,as any other. It wa evident, that this needed restrictioL well as the other. ' It ;was appa ' rentfrom the same experience, that ty of Constitution, and uniforms W I of Junsdictlon, was desirable in the .courts ' We find, therefore, that J ypiy 1iaiiAalids) VAVP. tliALt . . 8, rited the organization and j tll(?Mon,of the courts. uns ,THE AMENDMENTS. ;!AiiTici.E IV OF THE CONSTlTU '' j .t: : TION. ;:h.v-:".; ' Among the proposed Constitu al Amendments is the following : ; That sections fifteen, sixteen and seventeen of article ' four of the Constitution be ; abrogated -and an- nulled i':rM,r') -.V-" v u"'" " : The : following are the three sec tions in the present Constitution to be struck tout by this amendment; ,.Sec. 15? The Superior Courts shall have exclusivo original jurisdiction of , all ci vi 1 actions, whereof exclu aive i original : iuriwliction 13 not given to some other Courts ; and of all criminal actions In which' tne winishment mav pxceed a fln?of pnuinODin."' ; ' ..tv.' i. ' Seci 1C -The Superior Courts shall have appellate jurisdiction of all is- sues of law or iact; determined by a Probate Judge or ;a Justice of the Peace, whero the' matter in contro- I versy exceeds twent V-fi ve dollars, Land of matters of law in all cases. . Sec. 17. The Clerks of the Supe perior Courts shall have jurisdiction of the probate of deeds, the gran t- ingof i letters ; testametitary 1 iind of inning l&zizTa apprenticite? nt& tors' SthtT'acccQata Tpf sxe- rSLif spotters a shall fact Jinod hdfrtrtf tinn4 1 k.n , trans ?rW Itofgp 16? ll?" matters of law. " - On ana PW A wM ; that rir,??ai?yay nn( takepuUet: tep.oradministration op, an estate: ? ean & ay day and get a fltt11' - aPPQted for i rqinors ; m& QQ can; go any, dav and tret or-- .pflaapprenticedllLhatAe oapigo Ftnje.Uerk's flffipAnf hia orvn(D lex-cctor, aniinlstrator, pt smr- llli!n,,withn!it thftnifl nf o I ET7he(pnoqs to finite- oe.itwr I'T.PIUUIB ' Will ! UHnriVtHlinTfl I tit ?esrreat conveniences- and.thev can Iwndo j themselves yi tliyjhe "TI )' ti it . (ima nil onvr kIcixt ivf fVir wea 1 ,And;yefc tUCj peopleVarQ cajl- ca; U fUJPj abplis.h. , .th.cQn vyenjent and pnQmical arraugementand ;t6ji4 upon, themselves greater; ineo wiencesi costs ana , ex penscsj .Let 1 ipeople remember ( they can 'gate Pfchingnpy ;thp, adoption-,o( these tmenarrjenis. t xqp usi ypte agai? :tho amendmputs and agajinst th0 c 4idate3 who favor. them, and wd T savet Ouri CpustHutjion as it . 1 1 i . I 13 , 'yi t' j 'J i n hi Emm;, i i? fiu CQN1TUTI0NAL AMENDMENTS; i? , I 1 ' fuo!j .ill :i nu 'jiii'; I hil for some time. LeoA .looking to your ivvf; wj; some, exifinupn pxe tfccLcj 1 1 "had 'hopkxl ' tliat Jme : abler pea hai mine had assumed' tho -work; but ime baa worn , on,, the' peqplo-j artj 111 a iiuivai tupr noiDouuuvou, Mtm andyvaitingtoiiear, thee tlmgs, . A rinvA Trh. fimu Ia lof Iropose, tlierefpre, ln.-tnis'ana other oiiiunre'atidhs to. f6ll,ow to clornt but s sccitietlT Wl am able. 'sdme of the? eac'ng1 obj ections' to v the' pronosedi I bjecfc- tq them ; Jirst, ibecause! jthe jCofrentipn, which .passed Uiein iwaa fcalld without the consent of the Deoule fcf Mrth Carolitia and pii 'the contrary. oih 18CS,' "Was ratified i by &n invert rVhlming majontyi Inr JSistboWemor ?craic party succeeaea m electing asua- Ert M J1 1 J. ;n'criy;. of the,Xenera", Assembly, " antl fther submitted to the voters, pf the State. a ppposnpon to can a jonvennon.' That Wciositimv 'Waii Vbfwl !down,iJF5nhsif qaeitlyby common consent the bbhsti tuton 1 was amendednot through j;a, cofirention, but by jflc rof ,the HGreaeral Amblv submitted to the beonle for tue iomocrauc pany raa auf iu me asqeldency. - In that campaign the peo ple fere called Xlpon to decide, no issue conrnhig the calling of ia convention,! anihe.prppriety. pf o; doing, .wasipt' dipssed, , j .The ;maiter. jwas , debated , ear in tue session pi io-o. t j,ne put call ng',the convehtio Was itttl-qdUded' and postponed fromme in order toasVv cen dhr'thei publlcwill (t isuppose7 IV" ie and iDivi3, iaiidi other .lekliug: me ,. in; the Democratic, party pwblisjh ed 'i jeb .letters aqd. apip letters they Weif protesting' agaiust . the jCallngf a cinvention. "The .entire Republican pre- andalargeportidn of the lDyititi era; cpressr,inveighed against it. ' Pablic meings were held to ascertaln the sen thrtfnt of the people, and they Jiroested against it, and ypt wi-h, all these; Jights befoe them,' the bill was . paed (pr wasithis all. If. the .Democratic, party had' not sufficient evidence" 'to. satisiy theih that a majority of the people 6f this" State-were opposed to 'the calbof a coh vection, there was fcertainly enough to raiso in their minds a serious doubt upon that point. And yet hey passe the bill caiimg mt? ju , lfnj. ivi the people no chbice in the mattdr.11 tNot only is this soy-but4 mdhibers' bC? the General Assembly, ' rep reseh ti Ag' con stituent who were opposed) tofthe scall of a- convention, vpted for thd bilj, and5 when called uppn tp.vofo, dedare1 thaV they. believed a majority .pf heir coristiti uents are, opposed' thereto.' "Such' vas the case with members 'frdrii i lasfr anil Wake counties.;4- ,,i!'v 1''"' !iMi f ' I am j therefore,' i opposed- to tlie pro-J. posed constitutional) amendments ia-t cause the convention that passed xthem Was called, withput rthe consept,. and against the known 'will of tle people of this State: and because I think the peo- nlfl oucht not to ratify the acts of those Jrion who: having beeri ' elected as ser-4 vahts of the people; I violated' their alio the whnn th6ir servants n.Ati stinri V5frtrrrtiSiiffl thfell- kYlOWtf 'Will IT.twftHlnii' B. . ' . .i T 1L! -l 11. .ll. punny, anaioecause x uiuihl h is a uuijf of the people. or ; JNorjJi Carolina to re buke these menivho have assumptl ,tp dictate" what they shall do antl (wliat they shall leave undone, y . " ! ,(" . Second. 'I am opposed, ;to tli6' prp pbsed amendments, because theyweref passed by a majdrity"of a convention J which majority twas obtained iOnly by; mo perpetuation j pXi.au outrage, ana fraud upon the people pf.N, oiih Carolina. of the nebDle hit' Nbrth Carbliha We're opposed to amending the Constitution.2 ae popular J vote of the ' Btato snows that.. It cannot be denledi Chut , a ina-i hrtty of .the i votes i legally .awt wii tounty ofMobpsont jve're for , the Repubn lican, nominee for seats in the.,' Conven tion. ' And yet, the Democratic Coin missionctrs of ' Robesoii county' threw out and refused - to county " enough' of these votes to select-Sihclairi and; Mc Eachin, the Democratic nominOGAiIt cannot be denied thatGoqoral Cpx.tcle-j. graphed to Kppespn, county, &&tiitpik. words tb that effect," 'It'cinnot be de Died that without the' votes bf. Sinclair ud MeEachln, 'the'Democratib party would have been in! a minorityiin the Convention. It cannot he denied .that resolutions were introduced, in the Cpn ventioa declaring ..the; seats of Sinflair fnd AlcEachin vacant that thesb rbsd tutions were referred tor the'Cdmmittee u Privireges and 'Electidnso the votes' f Sinclair awliMtEZtchinsvtid ere flowed tb vote tenon ! t heir own cusp, against the prptesi jof Republican mem.-. ' Tfc .annoL.ber denied that td this dav the Committee On Privi1wcUa fanfl1 v iff 1nni hnvn1 not L - glance tQ the.peopie ana seea, tp.act as tiieirmasters..j. t.., ;t? 'j iHilnif;-, el am opposed to Jhem bcuselthink liberties of the people aro wpu nign ;swp 4r,ca.-'),fJ is -cannot ;i o aeniea inpmu- p'f .that Convipf top j moved, W VU3dto adjcarn sins ihfi, and , hit paone, preventea Wieacljourr mcnt . . X .am opposed,, therefore,, to ;the jsrp poseOj amnaments, herati-V. I Vlhiri the people of North JCp.roii sboiiMfst UP ,fWi r.9V Vft i pro-:scd ihyj , any .ww .uit-ii. wiiu am. not c " :r: aua ,ynifh ,"Bn a most alanna Olllhi?o rver rcrnlratA(l ome Of the ! orobosetl . ainen Jniejib in I In my first ttommunkkliorfPT Rsanrrf-- pcwuion mac ine people ought not to ratiry the proposed amendments to' the Uuiiktitntlori, because : ' 1 -i: -f'- r"--'-1. The Convention had been called CDntrary to the Hvlll tof the" people." -'H f i )2. UecanKO they hful been passed only by the votes of Sinclair and McEachinJ ii - . : ... . . BiucrtBomo'OP in amenamenm Jsena- . . . . . . S. m ' . 1 i . - ' .. . rtetyj Jfiefore doing' 'so however,5 1 Will briefly advert to them iri'genraU1 t When the hill calling the Cotrventiori sv,as- under' 1 consideration; ' one Would1 have thought lh;it tho vproper time had arrivedt to Inform :'tho' ' peopror5f thl f3 (ate. What " irreat' defects 1 And raveer-' 4 ln the Oonstftuttort; the DemocraU o vj rpcH,w io c ti rt?,1 'One Would' have thought, that so J irraVo a vrtw.. cunary remedy ' by Udnveotlon.woaid hate well t warranted 'khe Deknocratio 'party in tolling the 'eopltfbfiNdrth Uaroiina vwhat' "changes HheVdeemed: .necessary tO be mside in tho fiindanldn-- tai'iaw or-tiie land.1' u at strange to: say; the Uogislatuii djourned.'ii atld uf &iastcrs did not inform'' us Of these thingaj -The Democratia pTess-'didiiot; ' . m a a . - ; - -1 . .. j , j : wmiui ioc : miurm us. -atio canvass 'eaihes'onji aidi DemocratiO.'Camlidates did not; would I not iuorni ; and many bf nsi slaves ai ithof ' i would" have- Us: willingly obeyed iiheir t oommknd4 to vote for men who had disregarded oui .Aviii: ana gave tuem powen wy-uo wnat fwetuen iKnwr nos, we uave iearnea something since'theni iWe ha vb learn ed how apartywhovidlaljedoui?'Wil In cillini a p Can ventlonj iHver hoho too tiure to violate thb'hbndr Of onrnrbud bliX Stateand to stain her fair fame Svltlr tho sduin and tilth of a Itobeyon' county from other what this (bnee tomtibafta should ih'atei .told ws1 f themselves WC have learned that.their- design were so all varianco.with; the accented principles of fred government, that ithey. dare not; openly, avow 'tbir intentions but mi3t neeus ' cioaK nuein unuer mo sirauge phrases And labyrinthine technicalities bf the lawlrt the ihopeand: belief that thd great, massed bf thd Vebple cnlghiibe nlisled thereby, o We ravei learned tuac ott inastera believe that we are SQlgno xAiiti hr soi -dettraded'bribothJ that wo wiU'ratifrtherractSotlshowever'muchi thefy mayije at variafne-with commoii I il0cencya t1 OJ '' lJi,'i '''O mm -ir-'-f1' !, dof not preienae: wsay Mrj laiKor, that-alb of the oronosedcamfeiutiheiits are objectionable.-'There mdy beahm6 that would teaUy prove benett6lafctbihe poplel : Jiut these Uneu,wrlib(rrdgalb. to themseirBS-tne Tignt-tOi aicuiie xo lue people of tthiS(Statet sbilt bd theifc. iunuameatan lawi'poar. aeiuaea moxn bf mo uirinsr what features of the ahiebdH mexiteiMwm-uajtoi- oux;jcacnjnenaa. tion ixTlieyiiiave isaid you. snauitase the whole doseJ Iiike iwisei physicians they have i.said;iyoa ar! sick i'.hera ia tlie medicinei i youi must either; take it or die.u flfj tbu take any, you must take alii uA'part might cure you Alia wholb may-Kill ;uuu uiium wmouK oft. .uu.uo bate no choite, jeiceptUlat between all whati5a there vobjectionableir in I these amettdtnentsi passednbyr a-convention) existing onlyi by. the perpetration -of the vilest fraud iand most sgianng! outrage knpWn ia- the Jpolihcal. Jnstoryjdf jUus State,yl say; thp vilestfraud and most gjariug Outrage known in the political bistoryibf wtliis State, because a-attTen tioh. purporting to: represent .he pebpld of North uaronna, j assemuica 1 ihi odo 'dienee to tlie law of the land with sworq . evidence jbefore them v disclosing the m inute details of th U outrage,: ratified adopted and used it effectually, Cor the purpose of stifling' the voice of the free-, mon of ' North Carolina, .lawfully ex, pressed, and did this under the seeming guise of regular. proceedings, vHoVot mo 'Of course. the convention had ia riglit ib refer. the Robeson county casb to the committee of -poured t the i cpmmi tteo. had a right -toi . fail to report uporJ that case, before 1 the 'Convention adjourned.? A . t t-. A. AW - A. .01 course it am nocauect ixb reguiarny. OI lllO aCUUIl US .&lK) UUUIfUllbW,lkU.tIWUgU thore wasufulli and isufiicientevidenbe of the fraud before tlieml from the i first daV ohtheiri orgaiiizjatibm oi . t . , What : i& ike ret i 11 - ifa e s . . work 1 bf ; .this- con ven tion that, is liable! to objection? Section 2, of tho Bill of liightsfdeclatesr ,That all'political power is vested in, and derived from, the people; all gov-1 ernment of xight original from the toeonle. is- founded btWti'-tlKil r wilPPnlv. rf.I r propose jtol tostucertainiiof i these, ' 1 r t xi s -ciplelnd- the "DbYnocratlb party has 110 right to comnlalbibf tho tet,bocause democracy . . -y; -1 i I The iprbposed1 anietMlm ent ' to section ,25,0 tiie Dill of Rights, declares JBut secret" political societies are tdngerous to UhdiDertles dr:lfrdo peoplena should, npt bo tolerated .J J j 1 pWi I have f w'illap" pear ii ' the1 cbhstitutioni'shohld lit ever heM adopted v iddeod;;! should gather rejoice that the Democratic party,, with its sad ana uisgraceiuiTocora con corning 'ttiecfat political1 spcieties,"had repented jfor ;the many irtuVdersftahd' sco urcings with which therihaTb stain: Vl the, past history pf , the late,- hMtl 1 conipssnat a. inaye, samxsgiyuiga.asiay , give tp ,iaese courts , charge, ?pf, i .to their sincerity, .when .1 remcnber. Were, of course, read advoted upon in open , fpnvenUon.vhUt' they(5erf : cann jvassed and voieu upon in caucus jjo- forej tawai itAva) Rjjawdvnerore 'nana bow many pencrats-j wpujd, jvqe fe'i llf i& kMaC t XJ - ' r r. menisam iipjt' ' MnniciDai Conxuratinn. The amend- ment .to. these, .two .articles, .comprise really5 the Importa'iit 'changes sbbght h m aue irvi tne i imocraui? pariy. - x thftsa uirerdrt ratified!' Jthe Dm:oerats nir. litnr. Rut itwas necessary mj nave Sthers of minor liuporlance.-inorderto I ..trhn .nrtunnaniM lira wwyw f malke.Sh&ese'repec Khey adoiied ihany others uf prderlu that all of these amonanienis wera real ly passettid the hiosl secret pink of'M litical societies, to-wit, a caueus." TfieV wPuld,wUliBSlyj8rpnaex) tne..ouicrs..:iKiasS;P.i.ieiepp,anow not a mgr.; j;i if Tliembs d.the .other amendments hiiThe eul.t1i3,4hs.iMr.vKaitpr.i.iTlie make 6ut i very little chanse 4 thef egiafaturp . may , re-establish , hei old A f is(J and mislead thosa whn i ft, Airt.4Yi3sotoamend section ,2 J as tb t jnase reaa aa.roiiows : "I'ho ludiclal power of the JStata shall bo vrfLi i, Court for the trial of impeachments, a t v V ? M"Frvr iouro, ijouris . courts interior tO.tJie Shprenxe" l0jierr ai' I fr.rTfct article of the cohstitut16n1,iihs;jr:;;' oWi3, readaai fdUowa: "Th judicial ' "J power of the State shall bo veil. J ih a v : ooartfor'tlie trial'cfirhpii:ch;:chts,'7. : Supreme C6drt; Bur - ricr Court-, Co izh0iU of ? "sticea .of thd i'eaco; end, ; obh 1 "I gaaranteea Unto the pec o piece ail or their indicia plo- tLj tl -he I oUccrs froui'i1' ine mghest to' tho lowest. ' Tho great'4' principle of -Democracy "manf is capa--11:0 blOOf Self mvpmmpnt wjo h&n. 1 i.l pauded 'Into practical 1 resnltsl 'and tiirt ' t- ideri of an; elective1 jadrciary,1- b long '-'' apd sa fondly cherished by the DieWiai" " ' uruuu pariy, was ar last secured."" H 'r-' ;M I 'shall attembt! to shftw' ihaV'fivJoi.it - amendment is" an indirect1 attirk our elective judl clary. -v ,v- vo-i-iin o , ,4ne important words of the amend- hienti arb aa follows'; f 'ncf iikch others "' ' COrtSfiftHottO lhe Sknrtn ncrt A Osil mc(y 6 established' by-tab;'! Here!areM, xfngfbo'iv 1 tholaw-mikirigpower.1- i whieh ishilietrlslatnre.' thw'Uiiii kLi.i thdrity.to create as many courts1 as they deem propery . No mail can jor will de-1 1 nyjthi. ; If this-amebdmentls ratiaed,':! rH iconstitutloti Iwili!have"unbridlet ( -r tpa legislature--and -irwilt frim'' the pofev to 'make asicmany courts as they -.L: uuoose; -y naxmuof ; courts - can thtr legislature icreate?- Courts laferlor to 1 - "-Ctoimi -They nay ' mak'w 1 cot ;rtt' inferior tothaanprom coutt:-" bu ; superior to theSnperior Court,' in- f- Tar or to) the Superior Court.' hhtsupe-i'' rfo :.to a Magistrate's Coutt The' km "- -J create'theoburts' but how many otflcera pf these' courts j bhall therebeahd bv 1 ' wiiom- 'snau iney ne eieecea r 4 ' ieti' xx seel iSectIda-2 article IV. of thei ebn- stilutibu, as amended; reads as follows i" "in ease ' the 'uenerai1 Assembly' shall V eiUiblish other courts, inferior to tho J' SAipreme ' Court,' the presiding tilHcers Jatid ifilerk's "thereof lbhall be eleeted in U jjw manner- as iiff 'uenerai 'JLSsetnoly-' liiaw frbyn, 'time to ' time inreseriby-kntt .uiuy-tuiu-uoiu ineir o races ierlja terni nol exceedmg eisht vears."-i i'nnir ,thq right to create as many !cb arts' as is: "il ddins l, and W have as many 'bfficeM 1 far! each court as ftaAt limnnn mi n , iiw wwesisoaion iio,1 ana- comers " ' upAn-h&Xegislature theipo we ta elect ' aTlbf thiiomoors oP'theseooarts 'So it- ii wm beseen tUatiwe are nb longer to- '! have Jiai fudtolarittdeDeridbnt of thnh 1 fjbfeislature; and seleatea bv the beobiw: : Jiut I have drawn-out thisoomiriani- ! cation longer thaa: I tnteudnd 'aiwl Wi!i ;i clofeb;:. More anon;'? f.i e.-: ...!.. MR.rf, Jj trrnf 4 "Tt. .. vUf .t nj v 1.. liqWny. last communicatioini enUoav-i edlfPf PPtlbUt hqw the late consUtu-f . , tion at cbnveblibril W.W nflm." " iCiV. ti0gl?latt,lr against the known i WiJhf'theepler yhis.SuH apdin, ' nniuo uarvy ian.axiia- . t LQrlty; fhy Virtue Of. their ratlhcatl m of " ' thdinfaWods Itoheson cbiinly fraud 'and J !" PUCrage, had so . amended, the copstUd -. , ' tipti, xliat If the propbsed aniepanients , hate the PP wer to create as man v nmirta" 1 1 as theVsaW fiL anl to elect the officers : ' pf Wow courts by i;heir ow rt yote'. ' j;1;1" " ij,J4upw propose ,to snow that ifmese . , ajnbaamerits; a?e adopted, hot only; can ' .e o VCe of the veovle. shall be trans'- f erred to these new cowris, to be created oyyie iegisiature. ani whofie officers are l i mong the proposed amendments to ' , the censtitutfpri; is ope tp the foll6wlng "" in' i!?'rJdt1WinA Von-. '" vdniidn assembled do ordain: "'.Tliat se!-' .tieo fiftceni; six teen ,aud seveoteen; of article fpiir; Pf the cdnsUtutlon, be af- ' in3 substituted .therefor : J ? ; : ' . , 4 1 '' .;J-1Sec. f;rv The , Uenerar Assembly shall have no power to deprive th3, J p'- aiciai department pi any power or iu- , , risdiction which rightfully pertains to it, as a' co-ordinate .debaTtment ol tho V ' government bull, the :lleneral Assein- ! ' !bly! shall allot and,' distribute tliat porr ' ion ; of this power, and Jiirisdictibiu . whiciidQes not, pertain to thejSipj-enio , :jCotir t-i auaobg "the oUief. courts prescrib- '. ' : ied in' dlS;'pblitiQO,Vor 'which ' aiay' ' ai it 4ai deewfestf -prpvide ald prop-. er syteihj O appeals,, aud', regulate ,py; iaw iwiiepr nepessary '.'t$Ql methods , of proceeuiog.in ue exercise pi ineir pow, rs pfLail, the; courts OelpW; the Sdprenie Court, sn far as ,tbe same mav be dono withprit conflict, with Jother'prp yisions ' '; Another! pf ypdrl ?prrespendents Jias' ho wh' that the'4e . three! sections which' . s lito h6mWh.;croated,' whatever jUr- ' , ! fdictipit laeys-proper.fThat isrthV" 1 .when they i ha ve prdated the cd it rts and " jeleited' the otflcars; they have (ha ljipitfci 1 : itofay.thtt. a ,reat part, of the buside.is ' Apw Cr4ncd'hy theuperibrCOuks; .''! iPribatb Couifts and ; tho Oo'urts'bf Sub- ' tlpis'off ,the( eace the 2 pincers 'of alt f. l' whlcli;cotirtS tire now elected Zw VZiVWZ f they propose to strike out, h x the j uris-' . ', . diction, of ; the several; courts, . beyorjd , . the cohtrplbfthegislature. 'He lia. . ;. ' sho whjthat upde'r the, 17th, section t' it. fa f an easy, ipatte' tot prove a will, to prp- . , f bate a deed,.to appoint a guardian, die.',. t, itbi iiialf refer to the octlOU whlch.it . Liprppse4itpsubstItuU.ir) the place pf Iheserthree sections, ana. consider; H iu t , connecioH yy" -tuose wnicn x nayo al ready mentioped. ;,,; v j, ,r ,:. . :,,v , :;; i-i Ii(depUre3 in so many words that the Xienef al; Assembly rfshaU, allot and dc-, strlbjUe Uiat, portion of, this power ami the Supreme uourc among the other -rf pourts prescribed, ,m vuns- constitution, ior which' may bp established, bv law. in iuch manuer,as it j may deem besU'f , Iffpw see theycpnpectlon. , They, niay create as inauy .courts . as x thy . see , liu ; 1 They way.j elect the pfficers of t thesp. : themselves.: .and finallv tliv 1 . rvrhatever matters they see 1 fit.. , Thev bnotdepriye. thpiSppreme Coqrt itrf,,.,? present ijqrisdictipn.,. v, o,, .,; f . yvija W hum iawi.ua yon .., ; say ? jWhy, simply jtbpi, iur. judici- , , ary is np w eiected. by . a t direct , vole of , . ho tpepple,r The , Democrats iar opr. liA fie. y They dare-. npt openly assail pur elective judiciary, but as, 1 have . before B41U, IUVV ftfy. 7' v' v. f a ,WH VfJIlT 'UPncontraryto.the.wiUof, the people ;. ... pf the State, and this party which bad a . , t , .majority iu hatnventipp.only by!f , faUfying and adopting .the Itobasou , ,; t coamy T raupj ,1 ana a. outrage, j seek m 1 1 cripple ajod destroy pur judiciaUystnin, iu hhdef the ppyexj.pf tjegal technicalities Vi . . tthdiilegal;phra3ea,: pf, iwhich a greatMMi, county fiouriijsystepi .iay an;ive txe 1 H . . - m AT . " wiiicn is now .so, eaiiv aiui ,fihP3niw .. transacted in that court, and transfer it, theCounty .r Court, or to ! uw. i.(onrJW.) o! i:u:V err MI 1 I- biri'i