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i4 - fit at of J hi r.' be !lt' to i tit pa re sr'' Iff moment the effects of the system we are aWout to introduce. Take Wilmiwgton. as an example for ill&svralibn, tier population iseqtuhto more than a third of the aggregate number in. New. Hanover, she pays more than !ilf the reveimv whfelt wilt nt.tle that county. to' a Senator, and we are about to deprive her iotelligent'and pa triotifc ttitnofhfrpriyjlegif4be el'her, heard or felt in UrLegWative Hlki!rlt U use Jest to tell me,ht ptyinjf nftre-tho half he ta A'he:'hHijM!rtkwhXi Ue Senate t f;tHe f oiir ; hu mired; fruleM f i hit ton nt y , jabt more thanfifiyYate -to be found a morig tr, e y juxpagtr of ilmhgtoniierever the inter? ;jL it the town aduunly come inC(41isUn, it irq''t? hUtleorecast,ito pirceive,? that the ,4 liutere.ttuero'wiiiliiioWolr-he) unrepre- ?'. ftvtl but. mi r presented. -Kb,' ir, neither VlroSnKtoil,lewb'rn7Fivetevi2leJor Edehton wilf 6 bd rir 'mtet;iV protected in either branch if "He ha dcairt-d to sf e county refsentat ion ?bolibed, and the number of nienTedncetl. riot ;tmplf Us change the hetin of power,-or be- Miae?.the frg islariyef budy . wartbvtbb oik -jneruslbAJt underlie Vpe that,, the alteration wf eotityJinejt,f would4 destroy ; the imaginary .boudrywbicb separated the interest of the East and the V est, and thHt by enlarging the rang? mnseiecium in tlie creation. ot districts, greater intelfigence gml liberalitt would charac tertsl'our, WgiUitUm4Ifmppointed in this i5ti;un wcuui regreimore inaniumseit the trnfer of barren aceptre. V UmUMsioiv he rtinarked thi rren aeptre f- , : remarked that they had aa. redhris pnb lie grievancea. !el (err to at ml '.life a h i . I.. . 'it i. .. .Jm At?.Stitrl.; 2 ,UT repFcciwauve t iy werement : Wiere correct yrhi i yras evilr not to tlest roy 1bt af hicfc wai geod i to act upon eolirged prin ei&Iet.f liberality, not to thak uir.unon the 5Te J3 iieii-iess.,: S Uiajhn frromv consideration the piiple of nilrttirir.til ll - i J . i . Y na Kica, ooea any one t J.eve tnai five thousand vote would have been given for me can oi i tnis Convention No, sr, not one houaand .Thi$ . was jlie KPMt -object, nd if they did hot command ua to atrip the biaot of , Ins coif I ad?Strike ftie torch ffojp the hnl- of perseutoh, thev did not at J!et not at-Ieast expect ua to Inch duru.g h.lfa cento- itest lustre to our Public j "extinenbh the lights ty hie f hren the greatest ' toy ttaaxcii, did notx cons"der?the present lri question w important as it had beea represent . ed by the .Ktrttteman who had just taken hia aeatf and vthers. lle ""'tboughf oneof the most i iRtptfrarobjects tobe accomplished, a to . ie itie the ejuettion of representation of the two Housti, )n lespect, to theSicctional interests r- eornplfirted of Hinder, the present system, he . believed de evil isTiot owinir to : any defect f io the original -formation of tlie Government, - but had i isVn by degrees, to be an .odious fea ture in it-v We have come here (said Gov. B.) to lay a new foumlatioH for the Goverument, on federal numbers and taxation, and he Iroped Ve ahotild hK no time in fTectingit: Hcwaain favor fpi the motion! fgr abolihing Bcrouj;h re ' presentation, as incomisteot with the baaia pio- Judge Sfawtll a aid, he id Trot intend to : have nc a' rem rk on this Mibject. -His mind had been in doubt as .to which side of the quea- tion he should take 4 and when a motion was yestertuty made fcr the Committee to rise, he was glad to hear it, as he, wanted time fur fur ther consideration oh the; subject, tie had at tentively listened o the remarks already made. He was. sorry he Could not' hear the remarks of . sthe. gentleman from Halifax, (Judge ante!..) 3He,spoke in a low tone of voice, and was at , : aon.e distance from him. He should lurve o tote on the auhject, and he wished to offer tire reasons wiuiii wouiainnuence nis voie. ne - tsr;nntit;uTomtvolmgut. 'kpril on the jpietiih; Convention I'Vlbr " no Convention,' froin scruples a td his right to do so. Hd he voted, it would have been in the ntgattve ' from (Use conviction that the period was an in auspicious one for, holding a . Convention ; but a majotity of those who voted on, the subject, v haying (Wcided in rvrof a convention, and aa our Government can iret alone in no other way, lhan the voice of majority, hecwas in favor ofactngon the subject agreeably to the di rection of the Act of Assembly, " " Judge S. said, no gentleman who, had spo ken on ihe subject, had met his viewa so nearly as the gentleman from Halifax, (Judge Daniel) so faraai he heard him. 'The Judge smd he was ieithcr n Kastern man jiora Western man, and he whiied to .God that every man in that tConvetition could nike a like declaration, lie did not : k now whet her . te propofed amend ments to' the Constitution would benefit the Kst wtUe Wtw He shcAikl ct from princ'i plr, and he wished alwayito do 50. Nothing has yet been dermined in relatiqn toltfrming the Senate and House of Currnvms. The proposition t present before, the Commit tee, had relation to the Borouch members. It U as id they are rtecessanri to look after Com merce iri. the fieneraAssemi . This was doubt. less rigfit, Vhrn the Constitution of this State was (irstorrned ; but after the? Congress of the United States dttei mined to tke commercial matters into its own hands there was nothing left lorjhifc State to do in relation to Commerce, except to paits inspection laws. - Oneiroiier areure.ent inJavorof the abroga tion of Boroughs, wa that the Representatives of the counties contaiinethese towns, were them selves of .opinion that itshould be done. , Tliey were acquainted with the laconvenjences pro dnced b this .Kvstem. Thev have witnessed the hostility existing between town .and coun trv, and the unc.omtortsble feeling produced bv this Mate of things.'; It is said, however, if We aboliait Iktjrough representation, our men of tlen, who reside in towns, ui l be excluded : Irom Ibdls . of Xegisiition aa effectually as if tliey ; tyere inhibitel from appearing there S ir he thought tb a would be tne eflcct, it woubl !, jiujit j nu iiini id uc lur rcianniig the svstem. liut when the towm become com po iein parts of the, counties w hen these dis- .il,4 1. .. A. A.L. . 1 1 t . y u resis critc io xisi' uicn inese ioot- .i.h-jeah ities . wilt 'vanish, and. the strongest menwi; be chosen as being best qualifjed to serif the public. jVe; will not lose, these liv ing light ho surround us, who have etna Itatd tu spl?ndor frim the ashes of tbose whose rn? mory he revered as much as ny individual in;)Jbihuse. He should vote for the amend -fnet ofTerd by the gentleman Irom Onktrge, ainl, against, that, submitted, by ther gentleman pm-Itichmond. y. ;r. Mown said, he wnuM go hand in . hand ''. vUf thcgetitlentaii from Buncombe as rgarded KdCMiion; but he differed with him in his no lion abotil Internal Improvement. He doubted 'Hbe;capacity of North Carolina to become a great &otnmrci) S&te. She had no pood lrt, and the toer part of it was too tckty. For the aMine reasons New-Orleaua Could never rival N Vrk. ltut we could diffuse the blessings of Krfucution and become vittuoftsif not a great peppie. He expressed a wish that the Uuiver- '" Of the Stut. uc liuilrll it Mfileiilh. for he rtiu not Ivehtve in rhat kind of Education which was obtained n cloisteta. - The manhera of bojs should be aitendfd io m well as their minds. We referted otl;e Civ of-Wdlianiburcr in Vir- giniir, which wassaid to have been the rnost pol- islw d i America, and whose College had Inrtted out more ci lebrted merMhan any olifer Iabtiiui tu.H Within his trnnwl-.i- . , v iu was opposed, he ud, toe amendment, had anyseparate and disttnctlnterest requiring it the people had not j irtue enough to select to bererlfesento l. There wasa cogent reason their most talented men, this provision would wb 'they hbnfefiiot.l -i Who had not witnessed J '",urf rt. Before the Kevolution, our teg- the excitement caused by these borough Etec UUve HIU were graced whh diatingsu-hkd tiot? Who had not seen the worst pasaions of tnert as wllfwm'CAuntiesB tbw&sV Ite instan. Ced GoyX:asweU froni the small, tbuntybf tV$ Jioir.M !io he said, wa certainlr one ot the mont mui .nn(Mv t in m Mr una or ny Olll erj;onntrJ , . -r' - M r. Docbery xaidv that g reeahle to the Rules fote f oTertHnent of deliberative' Kodiea, he bada right to tnodify hi ame&dnlent now under discussion. - The rnotion Tof therntfeman from Orane(Dp Smith) hd for ita object to deino hh - BoKuKh jrpreFenratiorrJ akojrether. His ftmendincH except ed the towrta of Newberri, Y ihjiinftfon; anrf;Fayetteril4e ttenow moved a modiflcatmn of tlint, nvotioh w a to.excludein ComputinK ihe federal population of a einy, contttinihg a HnrtHti entitled to representation, tht.cJiHtenf;ef suck 'llunHtgh, ' ill MA11 111',, Ki.l I iL'. . . . . M. ' tfOte to ab rrgte Uoroiigh representation alto. ' Aether r but he confesaed the , disruvSi0n vliich J TtUrl UlraW K..V... ....it;..U.I... .!... .1. I termination dial he now feltdisposed i possible, tw admit thrrn? at least in pH, to the right'lle mored that the Committee rise and report the Resolution And amendment to the Convention; and that a select Committee be raised on the subject.- ' Jr-f .v'": " - Mi; TJrWiamst :f Pitt; insied upon some test qneRtionbeinfr ptpented 10 the Committee. No doubt, jrrntieRien hd nmde tip tlieir minds, j. fxy i nV ana were reuriy to act cten-nniveiy. w ny pro-; cratifafe matter f i inhere waK as he bellev. a decided marjority in favor bf aholishtnp the iMtgh s ai f rriy le t it he nrode to appear. If Uf wanotihen U could be reierred to a Dr, Smith, of Ontnpe, ssir rjo advantage to accrue from a reference' ton sub-committee after the elaborate difcuCon sduch tlie oncstion had urmrinoiic. i ie Yiroiiiu me oBiiercourse wouia j uu loW.. i...i..i:. t . . i. . ... .t. i ' " ' II, iy nvi VWHIIIH H v rmintrrk country' w, here these Boroughs were situated, haaiullv expressed thetr views and some decis ion was had. IF his amendment were rejected some less exeeptiboable proposition might then perhaps be offered Nothincr was to be ifnined I bv hnrrvinc mof lrt. lift slinnlrt nrffr I h f.nm. m;tte.et repnrt profress antt a?fc ieave to ;n and xh. - for thr nnvent;on t!tke , sorne rtlber point for conrdeW.on. It was an erroneoiis irleas, that the business should be taken up in legislative order, and that a de viation from this course would produee cHnfu sion. In the Sbnyentipn w.hich adopted the Constitution of the United Spates, this legislative order was Jiot observed. J ' Mr. iY.er thought with the gentleman last up, that nothing was to be guined by pressing m.t ters. The mere work of determining upon amendments was the smallest nart of the busi- ness; but deliberation was necessary tcf enable tiiem to say wuat was best to be done. When that waa ascertained, the method of doine it ' would easily preseht itself. For himself, he thoueht the subject had hot been discussed suf- elently. He had heard 'many things,' which if not altogether new to him, had yet been present ed in so imposing point of view as to make a strong itnpression on his mind. Mr. F. sad his sittiation was a peculiar one. The county from which he came .( Rowan" con tained one of these Boroughs. He lived in a town entitled under the present Constitution to send a member,. and he had frequently had the honor to represent it in the Councils of the State. For these reasons, he felt bound briefly to s'jite the principles which would influence his vote on the nrODosition now under discussion. t He would not go iack to the origin of Dorough representation; for this there was no necessity. fAlI admitted that it was a scion of the English viiinnu I a 9 V4I Vt'TIMlUHUII I tix material question for ua to consider is Shall we abandon it wholly or in part ? If in part, then what part ? No matter how it originated whether it had its birth inthe bold strife of lib .etty, or sprung from a spirit of traffic we find it here. He would say o the Committee very candidly, that he came to this city, with his mind almost made up o abolish the system en t'rrelyl With equal candor' he now confessed his mind was undergoing a change. No one, he hoped, came here with his opinions so firmly fix edas to be de-f to conviction. ) Ie would in a, brief manner examine the prin. cipal arguments which had been advanced in this discussronf by gentlemen opposed to the abrogation of the Borough system. v It was urg ed with great zeal J hat the Boroughs had inva riablv furnished the highest order of intellect in our General Assembly, and the conclusion must; be, that if the representation from the towns cease, these distinguished gentlemen will be banished from our Councils.. The inference he thought an erroneous one. vile did not deny the fact that the Boroughs had been ably repre sented, and cheerfully acceded. eveiy thing in their praise which had hi en stated by the gentleman from Buncombe tbut he thought that abolishing the system, instead ' of quenching V these shining li&h's, would diffuse their brillian cy oyer a wider space and enlarge the sphere of their usefulnesa. - -. . It had been said that there was always a jeal. ousy; existing between the Borough towns and the counties in Which thy are respectively situ ate! wh'Ch would prevent the selection of town gentlemen, as Representatives for the county, however capable..-; He feared the admitted jea lousy h-id its origin in 'Borough Representation. Take aw-.y the Caus and the effect would cease. Now the citizens of the towns keep theirfeyes .upon tlst Horiiph Up'resentatives alonef but takeaway the right of representation, and they will hegin.to extend their vision they will take greater pains io enlighten the people. r than they how 'dbj being dependant upon them for elevation, instead bf a few citizens of the town.: vThe next argiiment advanced, he considered, had great force in i', f nd was the only legitimate one which had; been adduced. It was this f Tbatjthese towns; hating a separate and distinct interest from the; country, call it Commerce, or whitjou will, ought o be hentd in sthe Legis lature. 'F.very interest he thought ought to he represented. He dd not siy with the, gentle man from Craven (Mr. Gaston) that the object of Government was to protect the weak against the strong. V This might beSjfoid with more pro priety to be the prownce of the Law. T he ob iect of Government might more properly be de fined tof 'protect i the weaker -interesis against the stronger interests. In all Governments there are diversified interests, and; there can be no security qrhite these interests remain' unrep resented. This' is the -very principle of Repub lican :Governmens. jf thire be then this sepa rate interest, he could; not hesitate tossy, how ever jMnall it might be, or wherever located, that j it should be represehtetl that it should be heard and felt m tloperattbns of the Government-f-1 he true question then is--l thefe this separate and distinct interest ? He hoped to hear the question fully dUicwsse , :lf -S Het did not think that tjie' intelligence of a coioromv'y should eigh aaythingj tih arrang ing the fiindtmehtat lawW (he land, in favor f extending the rght of Representation, 'when i-p- ped by gret principles. iLjthis constitutea a le'pitimate claini. fwhv not csrrV outthe' rule and divide counties by separating the enrightened f from tlVeijmorani tiortion civine a. Renresenta. tiye tatlie foitner Mod drsnehisjng the latter m tm-Pil iltj-rJ 'ilifij-J pllrt Crfidufi fearfcedthafhe efltne here de- ; w......iu v mr jrnrrai principles, flna in- j fluenced hy that detftmination had Intended tnl mir, nature brought into active' exercise bV them? 1 Vlntt 0 HVn.niW nrM;fi ia . ,1f,.,M. no lias not neam tnat corruption ot ine rjasest ' . . . ful content He kneW thesethinesatd howthe whole ystem wotkedffJ Every tohi is known a sre fn. tailing and necessities. Ilia weak SMie tfl sotighx out, that he May be Miocessfuily. ap proached. Sir, (to the Chair) you know all the things. " Have you" not witnessed1 at theelf'e tiona in yetrt ronglii , scenes of the - nioatvio- lent c'ar.icter, 'Which not unfrequently terminal -ted : in bloodshed. Have! S'oti not seen' mew pressed for their debt's inorderto drive them to pursue a. course in direct opposition to'theii convictions of rght ? f llave yoit hot, ' sir, likt; mvReW. aeen tne tiee'tve rranClme abnstfX m every variety lf form t The asierti6n of the eel ebrated Iiritish Minister, Wafpole, that every matv has tiis prce, eems to ne the governipg spring ot action in these; Borough contests noij .always innvney, rirj No, no, the cri"nsid-r.ati6n4 are various. I havejseeo in these contesf him ily. arrayed asrai nst family, carried to the ex tremes of bltternes. 1 hVe seen n'eiguTjors se pa rated and estranged Mid social intercourse de- stved, ves, sir, even ; has this pestiff rbus in floenee penetrated the Church arid disturbed its hsrmnny and? brotherhood. 'This--is nut Iht ca-se-rn cfountiep, jiml vhv ? Ti sphere-of ac tion i enlarged lte limifs within which jhf cahdidnte operites, arei not so circumscribed and he: must contest the election on broaden groueds..1 r 'These v'ffws brought1 -him to. the ennchtMorj that the iWouch's in the lower narf of the StnteJ having ..eparair and dihtmet interests, otight-tS be represented i but so far as Salisbury waj concerned, he wanted it, and other town's, in th.e;: State similarly sittia'ed, to he clenied the right Mr. Meares had not intended to say one worr on this -'question- but, some - of ..-the observ tjons wliich fell from the jrentlemari last up induced himto make a few remarks; in tn-a mam, he agreed with him in his views - He wa of opinion !hjt Borough Towns had Interests sejj nara'a and nistinct trom ; the counties iu wlucl thev were .located often adversary interests interest ests f which the Agricult.,r,l portion ol immunity knew noth?ng--which cou Id no! Ine community knew not lung be protected by county representation. 'The. gentle man from Wake (Mr. Seavel!) harj 1.. ik. u.i i S - remarked tru foreign Commerce we are dependent on the an " ': r"'ll- "'T2L ' thonty of Cof gress.ibut ro,t ao with regard ti the ordinary tnnsaction connected with oul State marine. The domestic regulations gavt? r'se to'a feeling of jra'ousy between the fownt and h counties, which ail must have witnessed a jealousy between the buyer and the selh boh having the same tntetest but viewing if in a d'fferent ligl-.f. : . j He alluded to . the subject of Inspelim. V. ) ery year attempts were made in our Legislature on behalf of the county to alter the Inspection hiwsaiul resisted on the part of the town. Whyt: The grower wants a loose inspection- the btiv er a rigid one, because jn propott'on to ther? gor of the Inspection is the value of the articl abroad. Kvery Eastern man knew,'lbt Tu pent ine, inspected at Wilmington, would eonri mand 1 1 more per barrel in Liverpool than th ' same article frcm any of the Eastern couni,?s beca"ure the Inspection is known to be rigid.4 The jealousy .which this state of tltipes P'odi ces, will net he removed until every mihdjs er lightened. There is no radical d:fierence,nv j true, between these interests spoken of, if cot4 sidered in a proper fight, but they are regardel as different and adverse He alluded to the Quarantine regulations. 1 wm of the- utmost importance to Conl merce, that tl.ev should be well understoq ana rigidly enforced. What ni country go n 3 tlemen know about this matter f Jt could be expected to be understood by any but co mercialmen. ion cannot enlist the uttentici of men in the examination of subjects which ,o not concern them. J Again, what did the member from a eouny know about the subject of Pllotape, so essen tial to the safety of bur navigation ? He ref u. red to members of the Legislature presen'.p sav, what occurred "when any discussion toik place in, the' General Assembly on this aubjec . Why the great mass of members, being total ignorant on the suhjecf, applied for inform! tion to the commercial gentlemen. Thee questions were often highly, important, not u -ly to the towns themselves, but to the whdje Stae. Here then were grfat interests whiK could not propeily be represented, if Borough members were excluded. He agreed in opt ion with the gentleman from Rowai, (Mr. Fish er) as to inland towns. The causes wh'ch i dueed the framers of the Constitution to g'yje them the right oftrepresen'atinn, no lonMr exists ; but the large commercial towns shoiftl have some person to place their interests irfa proper light. j Much had' been said a'out the probability cf returning gentlemen of inform:ition from tie counties, if Borough representation were abil ished. These instances might occur, but thfy would be rare., Who has ever known a me Merchanr sent io the Legislature from a couni ? So fur as neiknew, not once since the Cnd tution was framed. Very frequent 'y, prnfs sional men were sent, but it would most alw-Vs , hefoundt that though residing in towns, tlf y 'ereextensively engaged in agriculturd aflijrs also, and have i considerable agricultural inter est at stake. But even when there exists his Community of interest, the instances are re. He acknowledged the heart burnings nd bitterness Which were sometimes engendered by. these Boroiigh contests. The smaller the number of votete, the more vh lent.--. This fas an evil, he confessed, but it was confined? to the. Boroughs, alone. What should these in conveniences weigh, contrasted with the geat interests' of the State, which he was advoCrtfag Interes's which required to be fosteredsnd demanded to be represented. Mr. Holmes remarked that he had been fir a Jong time, opposed taM he system of BortgU Uepresrtation, though a -Repreaentativ of theenunty which cowtsined the largest ton in the State. "Hi mind, it - is true, was yetjpen to convictionand if hf-coud be satisfied, that there was this sepsnte and distinct infere. of which. 'gentlemen had spoken, hewoulcnot hesitate- to say that it should bejepresented. He understood some one i- to say, that it - was not only the interests of the towns . whici re quired thus to he represented, but thai the greatinterests of North Carolina were concern-, ed in the; issue of this question, lie thought all the commercial regulations which exist in this State, wer the subjects of private legisla tion, and were fimiied in their application. ' Kiir instance, Sir, the Inspection and Quarantine ls. n Is North Carolina so deeply interested h this local legislation, that her Boruuhs muit be d gnified with the privilege of sending a Re pre-rn'ati4ve to pr' tect tliat interest ini?sVLe. gislaturein the face of all the ev Is y&td been so admir ibiv described bv the4UKT tt-om uowan f But, &ir, ai great vasftratriWe evils which he 'pnurtyayed, thev are' wfimlejy magnified in , our Commercal twna.- Our po pulation is of a more abandoned cast we hare more dependent and more pliable materials to Work;Upon. 'He alluded to seamen and others, who went tb their ethployerjijto know how they should rote," Nothii'g was more oromv than, a daVjoHtwb before the election, to house the f voters as they; Imused their? Cattle., This was no extravagance t ne nad participatea in inese contents, and knew the, fact. ( Though living in Wilmington, he hadever since 1819, been op posed to Borough representation. In reply to the argument,1 that if the sA'stem was destroyed, thf men of talents would be o- vcrlouked; he would temark, that the people were Donesrr and woukl aiwavg'tiar what wajf rights f tntilmmoiv the J sarnereittlemen inu reprcaenieu own &mt cuiihij, ana inis naa: teen jfjie cae elsewhere! - Tie was not aware Jhati VVilminjrtofi iiVd evtf been rupresentecr" by a mere Merchant t "d as ta any jealotisy. hich existed, both 'aides' were eautllv .to bfime. v C-mntry gentlemert " were nt "afvvays treated with noiitenpM hv frte inhahtianta of the towns in trade, they each strove for advan tage, and thus, httle matters produce consider !bjidifficultiesv' i.-f- - -.---. with recard to' th Inanectinn laws. he rllf- Jered wit h Jthe ge ntlemao frirrt S ampsoni f ( Mr. litres. ) We thntirhrit would be better ifthe Whole svatemuf Inspect ioa were abolished. or it operated -unequally , On Jthe farmer as it 3owt es isteI. , Our 4'ur Pontine, it Was true, commanded a higher pricein market han ' hat iihuc ni ojner piaces,our - ior,a verjr poyious reason the Barrels re larfrer,? and they -are sphl by weight. fVery frequentlj', Turpentfue was ij condemned,; as unmetcliantable, because a: ; handful .of 4lrppings Was found in it j the .maker; of it as put pff with an inferior pr-ce, ,aH the mech int profited bit. , , With regard : to Qiiaflfttine regulations, Ire Ivel'U that "wherejver a ni.n's. busines or inter. esi leads him, he: should go. When. a Vessel arrives, it i tlesi table: to all eonceruer!, that its cargo sjmuld be discharged as soon aaposMble. H?e b?lievcd that if thexe Quurantine regulatioiis wrCpCornrnitted to the guardianship of gentle- tnjen repre?entingf both' .theagricnlturaf"- atu comtnercid interest., much mor eflictcit men- strc..would be adopted to pVeVent the 'intra dr-tin ef diseases' than a' e, npv'ro force. :Ato Pilotiige. it w:;said ttiat the Borough members w-.re at homeliolh's matter, but it wis a fact thaf , however con vernt with it, no regulations had been made to give satisf .ciiotn y'f ar ftr year were petitions circulated for an- alierdion of the system.. There were two ktjhds of Pilots, called Branch Pilots, and Bar on Ocean Pilots. The latter exposes his life to the fury of the angry elements and brings in a Vessel to the Bur ; he is permitted lo go no ' ", K .iauge, la?,e 'eing allowed i-jMt. jii i csci in iie wuar t, ne is corapeii- ri' tn T ? Jt X? , r? .n? w?Tgt to aopVher.? I this tight Sir,is it fair? 'tfTW ne. genflem genfleman from KuncmnheCGdv. Swain) had attempted he ihought,tu army partiei here. Fbjr himself he did; not com , ta produce excite ment of any kind, or with the desire of influen in any 5odyv Th'it gentleman remarked that the compromise of this question was owing to the magnanimity of the Members representing Borough Towns This..was true, but what was th compromise ? He could see no compromise wltere jne party could possibly losefnothing He; called it a "sacrifice of tlie interests of the smaller counties. He had voted against i', for he'would infinitely prefer an unlimited Conven tion to such an one as this. tr. Jltearrs k rose to a-ate a single f ct which woUld show the injustice of proscribing the Bo rovghs a fact no d.mht equally true of other towns, but he would confine his remarks to Wil mington. The c nmy of New-Hanover pas a tax; of .abnu $2,500 to $3,000 a year, of which suta the town of Wilmington alone contributes abOut,$ir00. In consequence of this tax, New Hajiover is to have a Senator,. Now how many people in Wilmintpn own the necessary free imtdiito entitlethem to vote for a .Senator. In I88, he was a candidate for the Sen de, and at thJ time, out of about 250 vo'ers, there were only 48 possessing the right to vote, llere then were 200 voters paying a I rge tax and deprived of 0ie right of Representation. " "file gentleman last up had advocated the opi ntoi, that everj' man ought to be his own In spector ! If there were no Inspection, we should see Bbls. of Turpentine half filled with smd, belapse the chances of detection would-be so vsml'. To illustrate the value of the Inspection laws, he referred to the counties of Columbus and Roheson, the Turpentine made in which was floated through Lumber River and the Lit tle pedee to Georgetown, S. C. where they have no inspection. This Turpentine , is as well made and ; ti-om as good materials as ours. That which goes via Georgetown, & that which goes rfa Wilmington, both ultimately reach Charleston. And what then, sir r l hey are both sold by weight too, sir, and the Wilming ton brand brings' f i more per bbl. simply be- e-utse if Am ban inspected and the buyer has conhdence that aHis right. As to the dissatisfaction of the Pilots about theiSjstem, it is' perfectly natural that men should want to get $2 instead of $1. Not content with conducting a vessel to the bar, the Ocean Pilot wishes to accompany it river the bar to town- But the Commissioners jof Navigation say, and with great, propriety, ! you must not come beyond your prescribed limits. The coast must always be guarded ; you are bound under a hetavv penalty, to be always on the aleit to rendr assistance to vessels which. may require you services, and you must not abandon your amy under any pretence, is this not correct policy, sir? Oae more remark and he wasjdoh'. Lock at the uluties paid by Wilmington to the General G jvrnment. She pays, sir, $100,050 in duties, a greater amount than is collected in the whole Slat besides.- Is hot this another consideration and ?a weighty one, why she. should be repre sent'Hl in your.Legislature He Was'dope Mir. IMmef said it wis true that Wilmington paid U0O tax, but only about oUU were paia by thetMerchantsT - With respect to the Heve nue accruing to the Generrd Government, it constituted . no reason whyvWilmington should be represented in the Stte:Leiris!ature. The Grtvrnment would take Care of their own inter ests, and he wanted as little interferencert its pari with our State concerns as possible. , Ttie debate was further continued by Mr Jllcfyt'eri, Gov, Branch, Mr. ffifstn, of Perqui monfj, Judge Gatton and Mr. Toomer. Their re. marrs mihII appear m our next, being shut out this week by oitr confined limits. The Commit tee havurg refused to strike out tor the purjose ofinierting, ort Mr. oyou's motibnv Ihe whole subject was referred to the Committee-raised on the basis of Representation, to consider and re port t and the Convention adjourned about past 3 o'clock. r f ?Tbc Cbrnrnittei who were appointed bv the Convention to consider ami report the manher in which it wili;be expetlient to take-up the business of the Copvtsntion, Report r ; ; ..." r It appear to youtfCommtttee thatfhe business of the Convention will, be most conveniently brought belfore th'e Conven tion Ibv their proceeding to consider and to afct upon the (oUowing Resolutions, which are therefore Veprted'isi'mpjjr' is presenting a pjan of ojierations and 'not as iridicating &n 'pinion on the merits of any f the Resciutiops: '. 1. mttafceci that so much of the Act; entitled Ajh Act concerning jk Convention to amend tlie flonstittdfon of ItSta'te," which act, has heen'ratified by the people, as d-fects' amend ments tojbe "made to trre ConstUution "of Hhis State so as to reduce the number of t he mem .be,rs of tlie Senate to not less than thirty-fbur nor more thah fiftv. o be elected by thedi- trKrto he latdbfr'at convenient and prescribed 1 pKrtoua by Counties in pruportioti to the public taxerpaittintd the TreasfrVotate by the dfizenstnrfre6rd1bxa i as tlirectsari amendmenf toflie made to the Coflsti ufiomwhereby to reduce 'the ntiraber' of rnerrf f er iri f ue If ouse of Comwions to noilesa t han Mnetvnor mote thaie hundred and twenty. exclusive oflloroitgh MembenCto beprortiohed apcording to federal, population aiwlf aU 'so much thereof as relates to the reaKiepce and Qualification of persons voting for5epators and of peHons" eligible to the Senate, be referred tot a Comrnittee of 15 members, one of whom shall be selected from' each of the. Congressional pis triets tf this State,with instructions Joj IVatne an-1 report the amendments as by said Act reqnied. . 2. fiftfrarethat; so .muclv f fhej said Act Js djrecf, a mode to be prescribed for Hhe ratifica tion of sudh. amend not nts as may be recomrn,nd ed by the Convention : aho, so much thereof , as directs necessary oriUoances and rei'dat ions toTe prescribed for the pdiose Of giving1 opera tion an reflect to the t'onstitution as altered and amended - and also V aguish thereof, as directs $.n the Convention U4I provides tn wiat man ner anienIm:Mitssh ll in future be nude to the said Constitution be referred to a Commit t ee 1 bf thiiieencmentritfris to he,se!ected as J'i Jbe 1 and report the necessaryprbvis5ons for thepur po6etif carrying the stid direction into ex-;cu tiotl. r i'--"' ' I: riff- ' N S-' o. Itettfved thutVCommtee be appointed to enquire arid report, wheer any and if ati v, m haf amend-nents are. proper to be m tde to the Custitut)on of thisSrateats t the exe'usiori iu whAle, or in part, of Borough Merobetafrom tie House of Communis. J ; , 4. jRcsolved. that a Committee be appointed to enquire and reportwhether anyv and if any. what amendmiits are proper to; be mtde to'the tvi lyiiiiMi iiiKin, aviu trie apnigauon w rcatriu ion of the right of free negroes or raulatoes to vote for members of the Senate or Huse of Commons . ."l - 5. Resolved, that a Committee be appointed to enquire and report j.whet her any,-. and if -ny. wh it amendments are proper to be made to the sud Colnstituti n, to disqu ldy members of the Assembly, and officers ot the State, or itunse who hp d places of trust under theutbority of this State, from bein-; or continuing sqcli wnile tbey holjtl :ny oth'T office or appointment ui der the goverment of this Sia'e, or the United aiaies, or anv otner g'lvem'nenu o. Resolved, 1ha a Gommittte. be appointed o enquire and report," whether any, .and if any. what amendments shoti!d be mule to the said Constitution, so as to mike the, capitation tax on slaves and free white polls egual. 7. Jietaloea, that a Committee be appointed to enquire and report, whether 'any, and if anv, -h:t amendments be necessiry in the mode of ap pointing and removing frm office Militia Officers and Justices of ths Peace. : , . . ' 8. Jietolnfd, that a Committee be appointed to enquire and report whether any, aid if any, what amendments be proper to compel the mmer of the Genera? Assembly to vote viva tfpee, in the elec' ion of officers. v 9. ?ootf, that a Committee be abnointe&to enrjuireand report.5 whether any, and if anv. what amendmtiRts he proper to be mule in the 32rl article of the Constitution 10. ficsoiverl, that a Committee be appointed o endiiire and report whether any, anrd if any. what amendments be proper to be matle in the Constitution for supplying vacancies in the Gen eral Assembly acc Ming before the meeting of the General Assembly. V 11. JitjgoloetL that a. Committee be appointed to enquire and report whether. anV, and if any. wnat amendments be proper to provide for biennial instead of annual meetings of theOener arAssemblv , and for the biennial instead of tri- annual eh ction of Secretary of State. ' 12. Resolved, that a Committee be appointed to enquire and report whether any 'and if arty, what amendments be proper to- provide tor the e'ection of Governor bj the qualified voters for the members ot the; Mouse or Commons, and prescribing the term for which he muy be elec ted, and the number of terms during which he snail oe eligible. ,-,.. -v 13. Resolved, Tnat a Comm'ttee be appointed to enquire and report whether n, and if any, what amendments may be proper,- providing that the Attorney-General shall be elected for a term or years. . . . s4-- 14, Jtcsolved, mat a uommittee- oe appointed to, enquire and report whether any, and if any, what amendinents'snould bf made providing a tribunal whereby Judges of the Supreme, and Superior Courts and other Officers of the State mav fe impeachev! and tried for corruption and mal-praciices in office. 15. Resolved, that a Committee be appointed to enquire and report whether any, ami if any, what amendmiits should be mide vacating the office of a Justice of the P-ace,and disquahtying him from holding sucti appointment upon con viction of an i nfamous crime orot corruption and nrvd practice irt office. 16- Resolved, that a Committee be appr::nted to enquire and report Svhetlier any, and ij any, whatumendments should be mde providing for the removal of any of the Judges of the Supreme or Superior Courts for mental or physical ina bility upon a Concurrenf ltesohition of two thirds of both brahches of the Legislature. 17. Resolved that a Comrnittee be appointed to enquire andtreport whether any, and itVanj , what amemlments should be made providing that the s:fries!f the Judges, shall not be di minished.during their continuance in office. 18. Rtsnltc(lt that a Committee be appointed to enquire and report whether any amendments oujjht to be made, and if so what amendments are proper, to provide against unnecessary pri vate legislation, .i , . .19. Resolved, xsX a Committee be appointed to enquire and rt port whether it be proper to make any amendment, and if so, what amend ment, so as to provide that no Judge of the Su preme Court shall be eligible to any office, hor any JiidgjMof the Superior Court to any other office thanthat of Judge of the, Supreme Court, while retaining his judicial apgom: ment. . RALEIOn, IV. C. TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 3 835. STATE COWVJEWtTIOif. Our columns are filled, to t! , exelusion of almost evsrythiog ele, with tha proceedings of the Con vention, than which, we presunie, wecoUld gave nothing more acceptable to our readers. &ut though we use a small type and condense as much' aa pos sible we aretmabl to keep up with the Debate wrdch ha taken place- We will endeavor however, txtVeekj to bring it u,'if praccable. ' : It will be that the question of; Borough Re presentation, Jias bean pretty extensively discussed, but no decuipn has . been. had.' 8hould a result fa- -vorableto the interest bit Certain Borough "enaoe it will be justly attributable to the zeal and ability with which that interest has been support&L -. . Thi policy of extending to Tree persons of color the right of suflrsgCf under cwatn rsstrictions, as been Utoroughly discussed, and the qoostioq has been carried by a email majority fr abrogating the rbi of persons of this description to1 vote for mem bars of Assembljr A sketch of the Debate will his iron lu bur uexfc TUe Com:rjtoae to-w;h havmade a Report, eonga?rsdiAg that the 8roat shafl, eanaUt of 60 land &HSua jCmmoam a(J- I20,m2mbers'.lt wKI detrbtless olie'it an ammafed - --'a?-:; -v7'-!- -1 W.y Hrtrar Wi Miit ::XtrJ has been seloefed te deliver the Oration, iri tbisryionr aprosd National Anniversary.' ' '."f . JS WjT. We Efiixcopal Convention fast faetd atlttuTav borough; wavwelearrv ; man, 25 Ijty Delegates, and a number of tisitorsj Bev. Dr. Avery, of Edenton,; presided, The Convention dec";Ad alnttist ttnanimoOsly o lert!"" the EpkcbpaiFund to the Episcopal $$jfa t enable the Committee to complete the buildings necessary to camr on theperationf ofthis 'fiouy. nshing Institutiotv. Rey-Af essrs. Buxton, Jnt Wiley, nd Davis, andcTkfcssrs.-Geo, .-141'DmttL' C. Millett, E. L: WinsloV and Aferhr son ' eTe(app6inted Delegates pt$t v'Oei?erl ! 1 onventin. ! .. V ; ! School and Standing Committees, same! ai taat vear. Thi nex Cbnyentioii to be..lwld'igerii, , The m ist ealamitotH Fire thkeVer Jt uuaneston. s. c. Has iast taken niaca tnere. - fit - '-r - .... .c- V" '!' ''T..- .i-vr . ' "I JThe namher of buildings deatroved ta stiiatod'' at from three tfour hundred 1 "mw-"A ' , r t1-- ' ' - VP- " .' ' r ' . I'. ' ., Abraham Kencher and R. C Cottoit, of, Chat ham, and Burton Craigs,' and R. G. Pirbn !,of f Rowan, are Candidates for Congress,in the9a!iis bliry district. " ; " fop'KMtCwpJtiik H-Watsbn,Ncetn and Thomis S. Ashe, of Uillsborbughi hare tteieA a Imittcd to County Court licence and Balis Ed iey, of Lincoln', Leonard E. lb.ompsan.;atMl LJohn Gray Byndm, of Rutherfordton tb -9upa nor uri licence. ; . '-.- f'-;. -1 ' 'Saiith-CinroHta Ctdlegjt 6ryyij?EB! . bf Columbia College, N. has 'jbeen'pind Professor of. Chemistry and Mineralogy Or Francis Leiber, of Pmladelphia r Professor of H istory and Political Economy t Isaac W Stuf art, oi cj. u. rrotessor oi ureeK anu .iaun f Thomas S, Jwiss, of West Point,. P.rpfesaor or Mathematics, and the Rev, Dr. Capers Professoe of aaered Literature. The appointmenl of Pre sident was postponed v"" ' .. j''-:-! . ; It is s id that the Baltimore ConTentlotj con sisted of 600 members; of whorri 195,web from Maryian and nearly 100 from Virginians that twf States, and neither of themjf tie -fifft m'ig n.tude, sent nearly a moiety, f the ektire (idele gation! What a ridiculous faj$e, te prejtend tbat a body, so constituted, could! give a fahrxgoai ;1 tion of public opinW'-y f- ' '1 rW.'--s'. Tn thia'cityi on Taraday 'lsat;W? aniss : LltfihliJri, Rw m iv.kr. n ,rftii.---jri-rJs.--'t:r--f-':- ' H ATA.. V PIAi4CT VV. VLWV , On Thttrsdaj.mairninkat, MraBVH. Osbornsv CousortKof the Rev. MOsb Presbyterian. Church, ta this' City. m The decpased was a native of the, . ' :y of N-rfe ndsister of the Roy. Samuel Hutchins, now a. ; Miaaonarj' on the Island of Ceyfon. At anajsrl age, she tnado a profeaeion of Religion and connectod birself wiUi the Church of Christ. Itrlier JDhruau character, consistent and exemplary, thrbb' jlbsfeb bbT her last mckneas- with a meekneand alibasatoa, Characurnatic.' of a child or Gotland Vjf elyifig oa the merits of a crucified Savior, v aba descended ie the Tomb in peace, sustained by the borjea'tad consolations of, the Gospel of Jesus CSrisf. ' -' Tlie State Convention haying adjourosd af art early hour, a Funeral Discourse was- delivered on the occasion by the Ref. Dr. M'Plxeeter ia' the , Presbyterian Church, and her remains 'were, attend- & ed to the tomb by a large concourss of citiic. and fto8.CotnmuMcatcd. ' Vv.J- LOOKATT - i ; ; , .; r, , 'i.' st'w piio UCSCKIBEB is now opening ai JL his Store, 3 doors above1 the Post-o&ce, a j beautiful supply of - . ; A- Stftio; &Suoifttr " t -Consisting of-- V-?-- ' COATS. PAXTALOOHS andTCST Of every ooloar and quality. Persons; wishing to supply thenUelveat will do well to call, asx he is determined to sell tbw,for- cash onhv'- .;t-J ty-- p Together iWith a general anortment of ' FANCYAITICLES, STOCKSy 'SCSCND EKS, GLOVES,' SHIRT COLLARAND : 1 bosoms. 'yf fr-' KnA many other articles kept by Merehanf TaiioTS- -' '' -: - '' - " ' i ; THOS. iU OLIVER; (aoaaY.) i -- ' ' Merchant Taylor, . r ayetteviUet. . " ' i. - A'.. V.'jRaleigb-;N.ar- - - i t- - - ' - Jiankthe StmJ Carolthai - i DlVlilF.Nf 'bfiW i, -(fa&tfa:1at. xV profits' made for the half year ending the v Zj.l day ot. May last, has aeen declared, and wdl be paid at tfe Bank, on -the first Monday irr July nfxt, ada the Branches and Agencies fifteen days thereafter subject to-the tajx off went v five cents on each 8h re of S'Opk owned by io- uiMtia-s, according u rue VOarier. - u. ucivKY. casruer. Raleigh, June 12. 1S35. t SUtc-of JNTorth.:Crblia Court of Pleas and Qusrter fls1oap . ';MtyTermflS55,--, ":-p WilHatn Hill and Cyrus Wbiby 5 ':: TheHeira of James Orard Patition to sell Real Estate: IT appearing to the satisfactibif of thli Cottft, that Jams G' ant, jr. oneT)f tfte Defeifdants, , is not an irrhtbita.it.'of thilSnt It is there fore ordered tfut publication be pridslefhe . ! ttdeigh Register for six. week,.ffloufingr the said llefendant to be and appea, before ,te Justices of our nei Court of Plesf '&i Quarter SeVens to be held for the County ol Wake at the Court !Ius in. Ralelgfiy en the third MobdavluiAugnst next arid v plead, answer, or demur 'lb the PlaintifPa peiUioptherwpte, it wilt be heard ex fart asfohinwaird decreed ae ceding to the prave tf-the ftdobers'rf t v rviiiicss, u m, ,, crjw Wwnrfn, tfaUethe 3rd Mtndty 0f IfjllSJt ttuJ. S3NG. fA - a ft ffi!' 1! ft 1. ft J r-.. Yc;-,-r" '" '