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" 'w ' -0) ' 01 MTM (DAflML ABJEOTTJE. an Published eterr Friday, by MS" il SJ SSBA2L3SJ8 Editor nud Proprietor, at Throe Dollars per Annum. y xo. io -Ae.j MA lie. - ', f lh.! - 'gaAiiiaiiiimiiiwi niiiinn 1 tit ml il her., lu be) Ill ' 1b 4 u ell Ms 4 er. 4 s le Ire t ng he re nd Nt srs ft; 9m. at.anapA.rW 1T low' r U flew MitW??'' Unaarpd by forty ragt it - icsday, December 81846. tht? RITPREME COURT. -Ifal U -en, that the Bin .0 J Terms of the Supreme ou...- - F ' . , . .. n.i.t.t. Mnnranton, has passed i Senal by the easting vote of the Speaker. .tfultw V ' IM IVBlQlkU ! O A BiUhlsoheen introduced toamue me oBlneJudlclsi Circuits, and provides, in add- tWthe Supreme &mrt shall hereafter consist . - J . .1. - Di.i ,11 the Judges, as wen muse ui jf Court, m of tho Superior courts: ATTORNKY GENERAL. There has been no choice of this important Law fcer yet SU votes have been had. two of which -re jnrblUbed in our Inst, and four arc given in natter. There has been, it will be observed, but iUJe offliffcrence in the several votes. 'THE LEGISLATURE. Yesterday, 'in the Legislature, nothing of impor- nce wae done, out to count me vuir -v-. overnor t the August Election, when it was ojficwl- proclaimed that 'Gov. Graham was re-elected for U yesre, from Jmiaary next, by the following te,- tU: - Williira A. Graham ' ' " . 3!787 I James B.Shcpard 35.627 i'Xfaioritv for Graham 8,H0 JTlie Bill hlin an annual Term of tbo Su- ana Court in the Wsst, was rejected, in the oust of Commons, by 1 votes. ' , GASTON COUNTY. A. ftW County has been established by the Leg- ilature, tearing the above honorerl njune. tobecom- JkfA of parts of Lincoln and Catawba. WTc feel teatly erntifiod in announcing this result, on ac- v W-nt Of the deep interest felt in the enactment of jau ef JLincolnton. Had the Legislature ftiilod to krken to their peculiar situation, they would'have ten guilty ef an act of cruel injustice. 3T Congress assembled yesterday. We hall Obably receive the President's Message on Thurg- f GOV. GRAHAM'S MESSAGE. "V had intended to publish the various notices, hich have appeared in the various Ncwsjwpers of lie eountry. in commendation of Gov. Graham's ad orable Message, but our columns have been too en Irelj; engrossed; to admit of it. It has received, how- few evafry where, tho highest praise, and but one ir fwo. even, of the Democratic papers, in the merest ipirit of fault-finding, have ventured to criticise, or irp at its contents. ' SENATE DEBATES. A very interesting debate occurred in the Senate, few days ago, winch our engagements prevented us pom hearing, but a friend, who was present, has irnished us with the following sketch. The debate iit'r.'red upon an amendment, ottered by .Mr. I Hour- is, the Senator from Wake, to the Hill, to incor- orate the Charlotte nnd Camden Uuil Road Corn- any. The object of the amendment, (and wo were I'artily sorry to see such a narrow and demagogical nirit evinced towards our home prosperity by a Wake member.) was to make the Stockholders inoli- dtially liable, in case of their corporate insolvency, o the amount of their Stock respectively, for debts ontracted by the Company. Mr, Wiiddrll oppose.) the amendment strenuous! v. 54 urged that it wmild.have five cne-t to dele.it the "lieo.ts of the Bill, inasmuch as capitalists would not ibscrihe or take stock in n Company, in whjrji they id not the power to choose their associates if wr- onal were superadded to their corporate liabilities. t was unlike a copartnership, in which the copartners auld choose their ussociat.es, and by such, a choice ould protect themselves in advance from the hm.f- e.ncy of its members. In a work ot this sort, re- nirinz means beyond what individuals could lur- Fiish, the books must necessarily be opened to all the rorld and men. Bit the most prudent, or solvent. aust have the rmht to become Stockholders, thconly requisite beine an ability to pr.v for the Stock. Earewd Capitalists would never risk their funds in nch an investment. He besnuzht the Senator from Wake to withdraw his amendment, and asked for rrhat purpose it was olfere 1 ! Could it be possible hat the Senator was willing to wage a parli war- Bare against a crcat public work, whose first creat "bject was the public good ? He begged him to dis- ru;rrom his bosom a feeling jw small and contemp ible, and come up to the work likcjv man and a ratriot, and act for the good of the Country, &c. &c. I Mr. Thompson replied with some warmth, and rc- ndiiited all oart-v feelinz. It was.,a lonz t hcrishe.1 t'Wnillinn nl' kio .oneonneet.e.1 with rtll.prv .that nil nfcorporationsoUgnVto have this liability clause. He aougnt it necessary for the protection ot the pub lic against this insolvency, and alluded to the diffi culties in which the State was ahmldy involved in LcoBsequcnce of the absence of such a provision in the icis oi incorporation or theKaleigh and Uastonand Wilmington Roads. He closed by protesting that he was governed in his course by no narrow party views, but by a thorough conviction that his course las right in principle. He had no hostility to this particular work, but should have offered, thisamend laent to any other act of incorporation. Mr. IVaddell reioined. He was elad that the Sen ator was not governed by party. The convictions of an hone-It mind might be reached by reason and ar-fumcntr-not sothe behests of party madness. They are not reasoned up, and cannot be reasoned down. He Would, therefore, address aji aecnimntit to the gen tleman, and thought he could convince him that his Position was wrong in juriously wrong. In alluding 4 Senator flPora Wake, that he did not mean the allu- J 'o on ottensive. He was above attempting to "'J provoke the embitter! feelings of party, and bring " near upon great public questions, and be re joiced that the Senator stood on the same high gvound. Let us come up to the question like men and patri ots discard all petty strifes froin our hearts and our etr and do as becomes men who seek only the good the State . our common mother. Let our contest, then, if we are to have t contest, b? distinguished by ft loftjr Wring, by high courtesy, such asj become Senators who ask only to do the State service. , Mr. WaddeU then asked why this Rail Road Char ter wae to have this suicidal requisition, w hen it hud been engrafted oa no other Charter heretofore grant ed? Hoe the success of our other Roads been so e;reat, that w should now be called on to impose bur je,' and disabilities and unusual liabilities on all future1 attempts at Improvement! Besides, are the creditors ol Rail Roads, who become so Voluntarily, the only ciews of .North Carolina whose interests are to be regai ned ! In case of insolvency, are not the Stockholders hemselvcs. who have sunkall their etonk, perhaps all th'!V nre urt b, to the last dollar, as has sometime? been 'ho cilsc, are they not citizens too? And do thev need no to ection ? do they tic- joined in it, do not wi itoont and publish thoirspcech serv none, because, forsooth, tln-y were fiiolish enough es. they will do great iujus-ticv buth tothoinsclrej nnd to thinkther nuoht bono.it the hlate, enlarge her rr- sources, and furnish an artu'eial outlet to market lor her lockel-iip treasures, witu'ut pirjonal loss to themselves? Kor this is all the ever expected. Few, who have heretofore invested tueir f juds, ever dreamed of profit to themselves. Few, who may do it hereafter, will think half as much of their own in dividual interests, as of the common good. Ad are s.ich men to be hampered nnd trammelled ? Men who are willing, from high and patriotic motives, to risk the stuck they subscribe fur the 'public benefit. Aro they to be told, that before thcW.y.flaMo hcpnl lic "spirited, they must not only risk what tlfey are willinjf to risk, but it shall be dmtbl.d upon ilicm. by Act of Assembly f Where arc the bold tpirits of uM noble hearts, who loved their country an I pray ed and strove for its prosperity? Poor old North Carolina! said Mr. Waihkll. with Virginia draining her on oue side, and South Carolina on theother, she is like a strong until bfeedingat both arms. Her life blood ebbing and when patriotic hands are stretch ed out to restore and resuscitate her. they are told by a son of her s too! "Touch her at your peril p' Sir, let us nobly dare to dit what is' rilrht. Let ns leave thjs guerilla warfrtre for other and smaller oc casions; and let us now inagiiaiiiiuiiti!y tr.ui!ile un der our feet every feVIIng that would detract from the honor of the State, whose welfare we caiae here t promote. Mr. W. alluded to the effects of the Rail Road up- ; on hie uatixoTiiwn Wilmington. Ho pru-1 aplen- j did tribute to the cnergv and eliterprize of her ciii- ien. lli.it town hail trebled or iiuadrnpled her populatiou within the last ten year-, nii.l was the : gem of the State. He spoke, beautifully and with , thrilling etlect, of the feelings with which ho revis- i ited his birth place after nu absence of years; during j which the Rail Road had been built. It was no Ion- ger the quiet town of his boyhood. Haunts so fa miliar, the pond tif water in the heart of the village the old shops, scones of juvenile spurts, all are gone: And Wilmington is now a busy mart w ith an active, industrious und thrivine population. Prince- J ly dwellings have grown up aa bv mazic. And it has now the air of ft city. Such men deserve their reward and he rejoiced that such had been to them the result of their enterprize. Mr. WariJtll's whole effort was admirable, and I regret ejctrenu-ly than I can give you only thia mea gre sketch1 of what, jri the speaking, were gloriou bursts of impassioned eloquence. Mr. Francis came into the debate w'uh tils battle ae, and though he would not use it w.th all his force upon the Senator from .Wake being governed therein, doubtless, by n very praise-wo:.hy and gen erous feeling he read extracts from a Protest, w rit ten by B. J-1. Moore, Esq. and entered on the Jour nals several years ago. which Protest contained ar guments ae-ainst this '-'liability clause" which he said had never yet been answere I ; and w hich, he begged tho Senator to answer, if he could. Mr. Thompson replied, that he was not convinced ' yet by the arguments and appeals, (tbo' really elo quent.) that lie was wrung. Neither would he pre- , sume to be astute enough to answer the ingenious! argument, contained in the Protest, but he declined j ... 1... . i.rn . j ' vo piiii.iij. inn lull. Iiutie in. (Jen. Patterson, the author of the Dill, advocated its passage, and opposnl the ntneii 1 nif'ii t with grent zeal and ability. He repented and enforced tho ar guments contained in the Protest, and challenged any man on-that th.or, or elsewhere, to refute them. Me appealed to the patriotism id' the Senate to pass the Bill wit bout the amendment. The interests of the section of the Country from which he came, de manded the execution of the work, rid thisaninnd nieut. he was sure, would 'he its destruction. Why was the Senator from Wake, 'suvitr.'iiu-ly solicitous to protect the intere-N oi another section of Coun try ! What is it to hiui. if some of my constituents silid :rr. ratterson choose to trust a I Mr. fiittorson, chouse to trust a Kail Road ot their own, even if thev should be un fort unittc enough i to lose the debt .' It is their oWn business. Would the Senator interfere by law and say. ovr people ought not and xkoll not credit, any corporation which is not sure, doubly sure to pay all its debts ? Would he. carry his notion a little only a little farlhcr and provide I Irii his iicic-hbors in the Mountains, shall ' not individually contract any debts until they have his party ! Had hi' seen the numerous uneiirivocal, first given bond with surely in doubt'- II" amount t hat I unqualified declara! ouis made for t he last ten years they will certainly pay ' And would he provide for ; by the Democratic party , at their primary meetings. my constituents, that not a soul of them shall have il j at their State I '.invent ion, in I he State I,cei!at urc. ill his power to trust any niii.u who has not so given in the Halls of (j'on(ri a'-s. and in nearly every De li md and surety .' Wcof the West, arc proverbially niocr.atie paper throughout the laud of ino.i.qn.T thankful, eve lor small favors. we have had i.o able, iriveoncilealilo aversion to B:.iikj and Cu-po-other,) but we may not iis.ibly lind it our henrlsto rations generally ' The Sena1..!- h a surely ; en loy tiiiuk the Metropolitan Senator for the very kind i od his time to better purpos-e. (and I uppl and him fur care he has chosen to take of us in this matin. We ' it.) than in reading and h.-ariii. w IrU I lhought.va might possibly choose to nonage our own matters in familkir to every politician in il. un'ry. No sir : our own way. my friend st.e.iks fur hiine'.b - he .Iocs ni--l -peak fur The Senator has alluded to (he losses sustained by his party. I aver, that if any p oit ion h:w been more the State in the Raleigh anil Gaston Koad, for want labnre.1, promulgated, blnroii-d-abru-id in leil.-rs nf of personal liability of the Stockholders. A short . light, than any other, as one of the great cardinal answer to that, is that the State is not asked for doctrines of the Democratic creed, it i uneuoipni. aid tr to incur any liability in this Road. Consc- misitig hostility to Acts uf Incurporaii' o, It has quently, he could nut conceive, how she could be been proclaimed on the boiiso-tuj.. It has-le , n a loser whatever may be the fate of the enterprize. theme uf discussion at the eross-niads nnj-c ui.er-. f Mr. Lamrron opposed the amendment. He re- streets.' It has been circulated with untiring indu gretted that his friend from Wake hhd thaught it try among the people. The porson is in every vem bis jluty tu introduce it. He regretted it, because it aud artery of the public mind. Opposition tolianks was uuusual in Rail Road Incorporations.. He re- and Rail RoaiK and to associated wealth in hat.vef' gretted it because it would ruin this Bill he regret- j shape, has formed the text book of n 'arly every De ted it, because it cume from the Senator, nf the Me- I mucratic political lecturer for years. Still, tho Sen- tropulitan County, of whoaj bethought bellefthings might have bccii expect" I i And he regretted it be cause it came from one ol" the Democratic party. ThisJfus not Democratic doctrine. He was, on all proper occasions, a party man, and his friends might deem hiin a pretty stiff Democrat; but he protested tliattMaamcndment. npplicd to a great and desira ble pnblic work, was not Democratic. Hedrew a dis tinction between a work like the present, and incor porations whose sole arid ostensible object is tOmake money, which have no peculiar View to the public goody Such Institutions might be properly saddled with this liability. That was good Democracy. But where the first object as in the present case was a great public convenience, the Democratic rule is far otherwise. He said the principle contained in this amendment to be applied to such cases, had never, so far as he knew, been adopted by the great Democratic party to w hich he wad proud to liclong. He, for one, never would assent to a dogma which he deemed most unpatriotic, Slc.. 6lc Mr. Ashe, of New Hanover, made an able and el oquent speech against the amendment. He drew the distinction made by Mr. Cameron between corpo rations for private individual profit, nnd great pub lic iiicouporationjj whose primary and principal ob ject is the public good. He was in favor of attaching the individual liability clause to the furnier, but not to the latter class of incorporations. There was this distinction : It wae obvious enough, though it was sometimes difficult to draw the line. Of the Bill un der consideration, there can be no doubt. It is an in corporation for great public purposes. Individual profit is a secondary and incidental consideration contingent, and very remotely contingent) if we may judge from the bitter experience of some other Roads Mr. Ashe begged Senators to open their hearts and come to the good work like patriotic won, Slc. Mr. Gilmer entered the lists with a very gallant bearing. Though young in legislation, his spirit stirring appeals in behnli of the Bill, and his with ering denunciations of the narrow spirit that would retard and cripple the State in her onward march to greatness, told with grent efiert on the pour amend- i iiient the "specie clause." us it was en 11 d nnd an lead ooni- j der all these well-directed attacks, it f. pletely ovirjlaughed. The vote stood 1 9 for and 29 agdnst it. I send you the shove poor sketch, from memory, of a very interesting debute nnd, if the gentlemen who , the country. M'liC 1 AlOK. We are indebted to the same source, as the above, for the following graphic sketch of a Debate on Sat urday last. Edit. lir.o. Several in',proni:u drhates arme in the Snte, during the last eek wfaieh crt4 eeiMwUtreble t.r.i ),,. neerr..d ' Su. l.e.ween Mesaie. teresl. One occurred on (Saturday, between Mfsiip, WrareiJUuiJIVrf JfWiil he Ac nnw leded leaders of the respective parties in ihalJw-dr- An amendment lo the Charlotte and Camden Kail Road Hit. meted hv (Jen. H'i7ko, requiring one- half of t be st ick sub scribed to he actually paid in, before the v. oik slienid be commenced, was the theme of discussion This had been said by some of Ibe friends of th- Kill, to be only a new edition of Mr 7V'imy.?y,.v,-indivi(biiii lia bility clause, ',' revis,l'mnl corrected iiHjeed.hu! buviu like it, the same iusidir .lis design to cripple and destroy the Bill. It had also been thrown out bv some pre vious debaters, lhal an opposition to corp 'lalinns to associated wpuitn lor vvh.ti.vrr purp e was a car dinal doclrine of I lit- 1 'en mcr.it ic partv. yi r. 6iirrv repelled n il h indignation, tire charge made ngaiusl the ..ijty with which he usually acted, of indisciiinuiate ho.-tilily lo acts ut incoi jioiation .lie charge, was unjust anduntiil.-. The llemocralic party are not opposed to co.'yoralions. for pubin- or uneful purposes. They, were equa'tv the friends of such bodies us the bigs. The d.U'ereuce beiween tbein, if any, consisted in the more conserva.ive ten dency of his party reeaidine Ibese C'burters. They i wished, bv suiieraddiiiL' persmiiil lo ornornte liabili- ty, and by the amendments now under considerat Ion, to place them ou a sulid fuund.ii.ou : tu nuke Ihem and keep them solvent tiud s'long, and not as has been insinuated, either lo strati ele them at their birlh, or m weaken them afierwards. Look at the diy,irrs brought upon the Slot kholilers of the Komi within sight of this Capitol, as well as upothe Slate, and eay whether they would not Jlrrvve been avoided, if there had been I lie NHlutaiv provisions., in thai Char- ter, which we have detw'ed to engraft on 1 h in N o sir : we go lor slrepthenilii; incorporations; we seek not their ruin. There irube ibere is n wide (bl leience between us aud the Wings, when we regard the ho.tyes condition of our own Roads. A few yerft ago, we were all wild on the subject of Inler jial Improvements. It was no jnnti erroc. Whigs and Democrats united in schemes feasible enough to our over-wrought fancies bill wdiicb have piuved to be visionary and fraught with ruin. The Democrats desire to correct their error. Thev shrink back from Ibe precipice. Tliey now wish by the restrictions proposed by Ibe Setiaior from VH'aka and the Sena tor from ICdgecomb, to shield this Road, which we really favor, from a catastrophe similar to tliHt which now overwhelms us. How ditlcreiit is the course of ibe Whifr? Misfortunes seem to have maddened litem. Tby grow wilder and wilder, as the leinpesi bowls around ibem. lie desired to draw no parly lines on these great questions, but if the Whis Kill insisl iqion giving a party character to this Bill, and others of Ibis u.tfire whv let them; anil let Idem take the consequences. Our designs, said Mr. f.'rvics. me nol " iusKlious'' : they are flank and frankly delrared We have no forked lonno. We speak what we lliiuk, aud shall vole according to opinions honestly euterta ined, and fi aukl v expressed, lie rejoiced at ibe improved spirit evinced by several gentieinen rwer Ibe way since this debate commenced. There was at lirst a violence and harshness winch fated upon the ear. He rejoiced that this intolerance bad been considerably mollified, mellowed down, by those w ho had since addresned'tha Senate, anil he hoped that, in fluenced by akiudiici'firod belter spirit, they'wou'H vole for the amendments proposed. I, el proper guauls be placed around Ibis coip.,rjlioH, and I fur one shall vole for ihe lb!!. .Ifr. HWi. replied in tint bland and courteous and iliirnified manner, which always i 'n.riciei izes the efforts of this truly cloiiuent ni.in 1 le said that i hi friend, the Senator from Caswell, in tossing oil' j so disdainfully the charge of Hostility to Incorpora- i linns, had truly spoken tho scutinu nts of his ownj ;.g:i..rous nature. He had ifonsiiltisl his own candid , ; heart, and found there no unreasonable hostility to ; Cori".r.ilions But had hi: consulted the records of; ator says il has never been recognized as Democratic doctrine. II' does nut so recognize it, but how few eC.hisfp.urty run lay their" hands on their hearts, and say the' Same ? His ignorance of the acts of his pari ty dues hiin honor. H' has not poisoned the public mind, lie has not attempted to array the rich apiinst the poor. But he may not exculpate his parly, as a party, from acts of which I know him to beguiltncss. These things 1 aver and when a similar restriction is attempted to be laid upon other Charters, which will soon be before ns. I w ill offer proofs, such as the Senator can" neither deny or explain, which will make his ears tingle. I doubt uot the Senator wishes to build up the Charlotte and Camden Road. I doubt not he deen; these provisions salutary. His known caieior eon vincca me, that Ait only object is to "perfect ihe Bill." But as a means to accomplisrh a deoirahle end. it does seem to me, that hjs notion is little les than a hal lucination. I speak not now of the -liability clause'1 that has gone to the tomb of the Capuleis there let it sleep. But why should one-hall the Stock be actually paid in, in cash, before a struke of work is nlluwed to be done ? Does not the Senator kin.m- that dollars are f'-W and laliorers plenty, in the Country through which thi. Rond will pes? Dues be not know that the Stockholders will much more easily irori out their stock, than raise the money to pray it in advance? The Road is designed to be built, in a great measure, by tha Stockholders themselves,--This will be the most convenient mo le of paying for the Stock. Why shall they be forced to raise the money to py for doing what they can so conveni ently do themselves? TBe Senator admit that in OurownS'ate inTrlte. nients, bth political parties ninst share the responsi bility, inasmuch as all parties without distinction I contributed to these disastrous results. This is an ' ailruisMou. I will remark in passing, which some of his party leaders have not always been willing to uiake. It does credit to bis camlor though I fear some arouv. l him will not thankhini for it. We all united in producing the present state of things. We meant well, h it Were unforlunate from causes not necessary uow to be mentioned Let panhui to each other tho past. But what shall we do P-r the future .Sli.dl we fuld our arms in sullen drpnir, and give np a!l as lost? Sir. -ill j. not lo't. We may yet retrieve our disaster, an I rie li'.cr a strong man, and tons from us the burden that oppress us ; a glorious prospect is before u Patriotic heail were once appalled at the possibility by no means it-mote.-that this Union of States composed or' such i . verse and conflicting interests, might fall by itsov n increasing weight. .Nothing tend move to a consoli dation of this I'uiflii. than the various Rail Roods j intersecting and interltging each other, traversing I the States, binding nu,J grappling them together as ! vtitli hooks of steel .. while with lightning speed, in- rniatjott WMCI1 jptbci-S Wantj and dangers, will ; soon brcoiBn.i,WiTft-om o ne niMf of ihe Conn.:! poon oeoiiiniii.j(teffn,om one extreme ot melons try to the other. Our destiny is onward end np- want. Let not a few reverses niuuau Let nerve our-elves to the work before us. We hit told I by Ihe S-;:ia'or from Caswell, that as ruin stares us in the face, and the storm is howling around us, the ) Whigs be.'onie-"wilder and wilder." Sir, it becomes 4 us to net like men to breast the Storm, mil not cower bein'.i'.h its pollings. Let the Senator he as- smvil vi :.i not mad. There w be a difference ( between the parties. Th" Senator may be cc.ii-ci .ns of this d,:'. rence. Our I leiiiocr.i'.:.- rii.nds who la bored by ."ii side in Yuising the Storm, may if they j choose, shudder ut the l.nvoc, they huc mrnle rind j I tremliliii:;'y exclaim. ''I'll. ni canst nut s-,y .11 I n . V lns s. i-ii to sin in!i fr.-iii any l.nr r sM.n..il.!lity. Sir, I s i , it wii h pride, the Whiv' party is a iioidc prir- ; ty. 'I'll y ai . Lrovei I by a lofty patriot ni That they are i. soinel i.nc- mi taken. I do not allii'in. If they have !':iil."l to a- wuit li1, ;i'l the. . isbed on a foriuer ".'Ci' ii'li. they will not therefore conclude j that not Inn" te.u e can be done t i h- at e :iud en iioMc the good old Si aie that has the heina ;r of th.ir Ir-art-. They will dntv lo redeem themselves and the State from the coiiscjueiices of an error not intended, by devoting anew the l.et emMyies ,.f their mind-, the holiest wishes ol their heart-, to her service. j 1 1 c irii e 'niauy reasnus why th' present Pill, if pass;' I v. itltoiit the amendments, would I f benefit to the State, am) conjured the Senate to discard us unworthy the occasion, all narrow views, and to vote again! t lie amendments mid tor the Mil. ibe a- nicndineiils were lost, and the Bill pissted soon after by a hirge majority. ' SPECTATOR " P ,S. '.Neither Mi. (;r,ifs imr .17r U'a.i. kit. arc at all responsible fyr the hiuguagc of the above sketch. The sentiments are theirs, and Ihe laneanigy. i-o f.u as my in in.uy may 1e trusted. In both cases, groat injus! i e i -lone to the Speakers, n.s those who lis tened lo the debate will at once perceive. S. The Merchant's Bank of Newborn has d clared a scuii-aiiiHud Dividend of lhrec-anJ--hali p ant. THE GREAT MEASPRE. We have tho pleasure of presenting our rca lcr, to-day, by dint of considerable effort, with the lie port of the Select Joint Committee, on the .subject of re-districting the State, the great political meas ure, as we conceive, of the Session. This masterly Report is from the pen of the Chairman. Hon. K. Uavnti;. and contains, in a very brief space, the mo tives .'iiid reasons which have influenced the Whig party to decide upon a step, which has been denoun ced ill a Ivrmee by ah interested l'r.-sg. as an act uf " I'olit n a! iii olli'-acv " Bui the Whiirs. appealing I ' I the Po.ylc of the Stale, for the conscious rectit of their ;nle.i!i',is. are not afraid to meet tl. respon- nihility which tiie passage of the Bill will impose. lThey know their right and know ing. tlaie main tain then:."' A J. ieobinic.il paper in Wlilllillgtnn. nd- vises t In n;oiiil.c-s i the I ,oj.'is!al urc to retign rather tli.'in " u ittic-s i he per jet r;.t ion of such an m( rae ' And ti..s i !)etii"e.acy ! 'l'bat a member hIioiiI I a baud',:i Mir in, r. stsof hi cunstituenf s. and go u,i bicaii-i' distasteful measures towards hi" pr i't .V may b... nilupted ! How many Duuucrats will d.;ic to adopt this doctrine, or carry it out in practice ' Not en", we opine. Wc knew, not how it is w il U ol hers, but Ibis muck thunder of Luco P.wuism. en thi- sub ject, is m..ir to our ears. "Groan, my heart ie, It is guud for your wholes.. me.' By the way. (he last ''Standard" says, that Iheub J. at of :Iii- i e-.btrirting. is. as i very one can s e. v. ho has lull f an e e io secure x i'e 'ci al mem b. -s nf ( 'u; -grey.." If.,. irli a remit should be ejected, vi much the belter. bu how do.-n 1 be Ivlilo;- i!ou!aleJ The 1st, '.'-I. 'el an l 4;b Distri, as propo..-! lo l established, a ll be Whig, any way yon can fiit. The 5th i-'-e- Pliinj gave I b-Kt. a majority .over ('h t inn of 5'.r", an I cannot In- Whig, without a . bailee The Htli.' w ill probably be adnijiled by t li o Stan dard" to be decidedly di niocratic. 'I be 7th, dil'o. The Stb we admit to be Whig. - So far '1 hen. the Whigs have only ie Distrust. Then, where is the Sijrth l It must be Asa Bc.-'is', the only one re- : maiiiin:;. and tht.t is not at all change 1 ir) (,, m w Plan. Does the ''.Siandru I" cali lhat a Whig 1 i -trict I Wi ll, well, what will Mm fiai-suv,. .. the I Ion. Asn, say lo su. h an admission ? Does he j admit, that he represents a Whig Dial riot f 'Do his Vote, show that he so e .ns.-lers t he uiat'er ? And is he like a true democrat, carry ing out the will of his (Whig) constituents? Mr. Biuus will nol thank the "Standard" for raying that he cm nut be re elected from his Distri -t ? How can l. fail to be sue aressJ'nl, hen Democracy' has given him such a hoist, by voting fur him against Mr. Badger ? That was a very strong endorsement. Let us weigh thern together BADHKR against Big.i; Bingt ag:iin-t BADGF.lt. Pretty much of a muchness jiutalike except Asa ie a littlo more so But let us not forget to state, that the Districting Bill is made the Order of tbe day, for Wedne'day next, and will, probably, give rise to an animated disrussipn. REPORT. The. Joint Selec. Committee to whom was referred the Bill " to refieal an set. entitled an act (o amend an aci roiiceruiun ine iihkjo oi cnoosing .-seneiors anri Representatives hi the (.Congress id Ibe Limed Stains, Revised Statutes, chap. 72, and tor ttie purpim uf .a. curing a just and proper division of the btale into Congressional- Districts ,".httve cousuiered the same, aud beg leave ,lo REPORT. That altera careful examinntinn of Ihe subject, Ihe Committee are saliafied that the bill referred lo Ihem u right in principle and just in its details ; and they recommend thai it be pawed into a law. At a proposal to re-d:lrii-t the Siatt during tl.a per od fjr wbch an allotment of Reprewutaiiveshas been made is for the fir.t lime to be considered in Ibis State ; as the proposed measure is oue of no little importance, nnd us (loulita have been entertained by some, as well in rrpeet to the power ns the necessiiy of resorting to neh a course, the ( oniniitteti propose to submit, ii briefly as possible, tbnr views as to tha power, the propriety of exerting it m the present instanre, and the tit ue.ss of the prpviuMis contained in the hill. Ti. ..r. .- i . . ... .... IV., ; ,i , '1SWIT 'rrn,or l,,a Pistrmts, may. in H,e jiHlctnent o the Committee. be eiis,y .cnmnsiratcd. I be whole autborily of suite ..eclation on , ,b,ee,. i. conferred bv the be 1:Z s 1" ," "-l""lto f l'T S,al""-,. '," w'"'1" : l"el..iie.,.la- ee.. and m.i.ner o bo!d;e eiecon, for Senator, and lb. -eeisUtnr. tbere,,, ; ,,o, ,he Co,.e may any I.,,,, by law. make r alter such rrila.ions. cept as to the place of cboosmg Senators." Wha.ev- er ,,wr conl.rre.1 by .ins clau.r, a, to the lime. and PUCK, ..conferred as to tb.o m ,er" of hold- iK elections. , wubo,,, .y dnWnre or qualibcu.iou ... ' ,u euner il i ne power once eerteu bv I he LegiJature is gone for ten years, aa to the man- Her. w. 4. i. .. .u- ' ..,.i ..i ,r - ; mriTOatto is it ss to the Inn .nd plane; and . regulation. (,ne made, may be altered in the ten years as in any one of these Dartirulars. so mav Ihev be altered asturo bers. T gr,,,,, , tlr i;,,!,!,, i of one power, embracing three pailicular., and if one exerlion of it exhunsts that power as lo one of theso particuhirs.so must il inevitably astoall. l'l.ey.lhere fore, w ho maintain the Legislature cnnnoi aher the manner when once regulated by law, must n,n n.ain lain that the tunes and places once fixed, are also unalterable nnd if so, (hat during a period of leu years Ihe day or the place of holding a separate elec tion in any County cannot be ajlered. But il is nd milled by all, lhal the times and places for holding elections may be altered from lime lo time, as the w isdom nf the Legislature m'.iv dacule ; and the ad mission ol this must imply that the manner may be altered also. Without, liieref.ne, offering any of llioae renaral are inteiiis, or i efen iu; to the prece dent, by which the power is established, tin Coin in. lice ileeui it sullicieni lo submit Ihr view here ta ken, by w Inch tbn.-e who deny the power, are reduc ed to the nece-iiy of rnaint a' u i n r a plain absurdity, or ol resisting iba common consent and general practice ol Ihe whole eou.itiv lor ball a centniv. Whether the power so dciuuiiF Ira bly possessed (bo ild be exerted, dep. . vis upon the enquiry, wheth er the exisiing a I i 1 1 1 1 1 1 . n' is calculated lo give to the pnbl i e sent i me til ol i be St ate ii fair cxfafessioii, or was c.iK nliiteil and designed tu producaT a contrary remit. The Committer In. Id lhat all representative republienn guveruiueut is basisl upon tho pusili.ui, lli.it the pe.. le uiiebt tu govern : and when the peo ple arc divided in opinion, tho voire of a luajorily expressed fairly, and in piii'su.iiiee of the forms of Ibe ( '.institution, shall b.- ubi y ed ss the judgment of the whole. Certain exceptions exist, nut necessary lo 1 e here cniisi.1. real, nnd ill these, other elements aro !n( induced from motives nf political expediency. Hut in regard to choosing Kcprcsfnlal ives- to Con gress by Diilricts.it is inanilcst that il was designed lo give in Ihe I louse of Representatives of Ihu I'ni te i Stales, a just eiresioti nf the opinions l.lld w ihc.s uf the people. I bis result c.,n only be at tained by lelloiiing Ihe Slates into Districts founded on the triple consideration of coinpaetni-Sf. of territo ry, community ..I inter.-s's, and ipi ility nf n uiili u s. Whint'ie.sc cn-i ler.it ions" are, with the nearct (f)q l uncli te CVaotliO. s. ,ny coiislllteil a.l I i umbilici. j llic allotment b cunies jusi, fair and consistent w ith the principles of our g.m rnnieiit and tbu rights of I Ihe people; and so f.u- as these cunsi.e.,itiui..s aro ldisrcgiirded.il) any allotment, n far dues sneh al lot incut become unjust, and incunsis.tenl with thuse : principles and those nht ,lt jf this departure ; be designedly made fur the piirpn-c of defeating the ; just a, eiidency .d a iiuij. ni ly , and nf elevating a ini norily to ibe irovcriiing power, it is a fraudulent ef. j fort in subvert (he very principles on Inch our free in' il utions rest, and i juVlly liable to severe repro bation. To apply these ,.,,ti.,iis In the pre?e,it a. lo: ni' id under tbc ad of 1 .'- I.j. tbe lint fact which I .1 i I es 1 1 ( 'umillll lei. i-. . hill while the people of I 1 1, . S'lii,. I, ,m. nol unh n, tl,.- elections uf PriMi.l. ut ! and l. I two " j cast d ; p.diti. but al o t. r M enibei , ,f Cungi-c-s un 'in. .. H,r ir. .,ent uHnlnient was made, polar niiiiievi, ;il me j. l it u t for uue ci.b d , il . i't rh in a minor. part uf tha been an ae uiaii of tbi j n- h, Ii siece, ,eU Mi seclir.Og li;e lu i u . i II. at I s j i, ( ungl a --, I (as thi- t il r. -u'l ' A n 1-,-i ti ei of tin i; idc .st and a n g am e :,l l,,- .diapetmd colllpoli. lit ... tl,.. .i-e-cut I ii.si i-jci an.,wer this ipiction n c.a! ni' I list vict appear of the mo a in -on nt b-ngth with just breadth ertunL.i tu .u.-.-i p.vt in i! III. 1 1 V tbejaiiuisilinn of the net uf uniuc- that ry late. i.-v shall be compered ef contieuuiis leriii I biiimiiig; together portionsof the euple ..fihe I not ullly wilhu.lt silnibirilv nf pursuits and r- niiy ut inter. .sis, hut aluv-st intitt'y wiilmut inter course or iieiiiaint.eiice with each other -di-lrii Is . siiigiilariy cons'itutcd, with such a total disregard of cuiiveriie;..'! compact ue-s. ...id mu'ality uf inter ct. a. ..rcc ii.i,i: lb- mind t be nnvict i,.n. that the leading niul i o of the wbole arr.-iuteuu nt was tu sup pi es. the voice of tbe true majority of tliu people, and give to a niinoi-ily the j.ort.-r vf . r.pit-.sui in the National council ., t ho-jKilii i.-al v. l tbeSrnte I nii.-cd. if nny one v.ill iiink the ep. i iuii nt free liuiu nil political hia. be will find it impossible to ;t 11 .-I t lo-. territory ol i io- State iulo nine I li-tric s, a uci joriiy of uiiii Ii b ,'l i leel r. pi . sentaliv. s . .iter ..lining the political opinion-- of I lu- parly. bicb the successive eleel ion before referred t jn-ove to be iua decided numerical miuori. i uules he makes that the mam object, nf the allotment, and utterly disre gards I ho-e othei; lending .. ons id e rat ions which should prevail in the ad justn.ent. I f eumpactness of t.-rri-lui y and ' iuiilaniy of interest aloue bo regurd. d if l.uili tie cou-..-re. the lurmatioii ol a majurity of I i.!ric!s. entertaining political opinions console-lit w ii Ii t be islu ol t lie political numerical ma jority of tin- ,i .,,e ,,(' the Stale, must be Ihe result. It therefore appears tu the Coramitt.-Cj that the pre sent .allotment was -kilfiiliy contrived, with Ihe one leading purpose ut 'giving a majority of the liepre eiita.i'...s from Ihe State In a minority of the voters, . and i hat to accompl.di t bis purp..e. fvcry conside. ration which should properly h.iv e.eriti red into the allot menl was totally disregarded by its frruners. If Itiih be so, it follows-, nut only thai tbe lifginla lur mny rigbllully change Ihe present arrangement nl the t oiigre-siunal Disincls of Ihe Stale, but that I il la absolutely bound lo do so. If it be anal lhat a , change of Ibe law i. an inuovallon which will work an v 1 1 , Ihe Committee would ask, wou.d il work a greater evil than I h permitted subversion of the irincijiUs of our Government? If it be said IbVt w proiose to se( an example of uuseltbng regulation, winch ought lo be permanent, we answer lhat unjust leg il.iliuns ought nut lo be permanent, and that no example nan be worse than that which would give peinianent success to a wilful attempt to disinherit a majority uf our people of jhair undoubted rights a. A rue i ica n citizens. And the Committee answer fur ther, that it is one of the greatest benefit, lhat our system of go'eriiment secure, to u, that law. are nut unalterable that ihe people, through their rsp- reseniatiV., have power to alter or reuejl had law. and lo substitute or lo make wi. or just ones, and lhat blame ui auch case, are not lo b attributed lo I hose li i make Ihe cbango, but lo Ihose, who by their nutclnevou. legislation) make the change ne cessary. I lin a calm consideration ofllie whole que. lion, the Committee are clearly of Ihe opinion thai it is Ihe duty of Iba (ieuerai As.etiib'y In alu-r the present ar rangement of the CoiigresAioual Di-tricis that a fair representation of tbe people of the Stat requires -urh iu altera! ioa - - i:td tb'. tit to nrj'tie. aueb a'teratiou would he to disappoint the jmt expectations of the people, and Jhibil a culpable inattention to the ra lue and permanency of our rvpublieaa eystem. Of the particular plan embodied io the bill, which the Committee recommend to the farorable Seaside ration ef the IIou, the Committee deem it neceesa. ry to say hut liuls, ai it speaks for itself. Ill a just and fair allotment of the Slate into OtitrieteMptatf in vie the nearest possible combination of the three) ' ' " 'Sfeet leading considerations of compactness of form. ; enn.munhy of interest, anj equality of numbwTll is. of course. im,,asible that all these obieTtaet. hi r,llt accomplished; but the cl, i "t ' -.approach ha. been Z. to . ZZ practically attainable, considering the size t id Veo! I graphical mrin of our Slate, it. diversity of pursuitt i,t8d. Tll, Committee are elro of oniln the all.tn.enl proposed In the hill will iv. a fair I pression of eh, pllllca ,pinion. of N4 Ciroj , the llous. of Hepr.taii, of til. United Slate. j And in recommending il. adoptiu,,. yoa, ComraitV. are influenced bv no unworthy desiji, to eZnT i due oo itica linger i.. . k... l.. . . I v.clion, lhat the nlan nronoJrf i. !. I eV . "". ProP" ' eocordanee with if , tha proverbial luteriiy, hone.ty ,B(I jrtice, ef th. r'"r ' guou oia iionu Slate. R.ectrully .ubmilted, K. RAVNER, CAairman. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS .it proposed ,n the vlan tuhmitted by tht Commit t,t. Federal population of the whole Slate, S55.J75 Katio of representation under Act of ' Congress. ' 7rfo9(t Nine District., a r...i.,...i . . ""'ii w ncieteuoral population of Ihe Slate, 636,129 19.25.1 fi.r.5.37,1 9)65i ,37 Surplus In be dilrihiiln!, federal population efih, whole Slate, Divided by 9, Ratio of federal population to each PiHtriet DISTRICT NO. I. Cherokee, M acini, I lay Wood, Buncombe, Henderson, Kutlierftinl, Burke, (iududing .McDowell,) , Yancy, Cleveland, Caldwell, ;j,bi9 3,347 4,72'2 4.853 8,604 4.943 13.920 10,513 .1,869 6,621$ 5,000 C9,3S 7.'.'6 II. 005 H, :ifi8 ,S1!) iu,76;i M,I90 III, 100 74,013 . 10,190 .15,744 ia,953 4,709 S,397 5,07 7 7,357 7,3U 71,813 13,19a' 11,013 18,11: 12.313 Vd,tol 7u,4 13.33 11.H63 8,050 21.574 14,1 IS T0.95T 17,120 (i,H5J 0, .')!) I't, 1 1)3 12,73'J 7.6IH 9,209 79,02-1 I. 1,127,' 9,21(1 3,6117 6,65? 4.4IT 10,76'J 10.37 11.3 1 1 6,431 73,815 9 I -' 2 :. 107 4,1.13 a.is II. 157 I. 017 I0l.'hi rJ..')47 5,573 3.R34 4,0ft.t 73,47a! Ii,.". 1 1 ,PjI i, i ;.. Hl.f.n.'l 70 t 5.224 ol(in 7,300 4,900 5,S6.'I tusrntci no Ashe, Wilkes Surry, Diivio, R.i wan, Ir.slell, Catawba, (eatlmaterl,) MSTSlfT No HI Lincoln, festirtaled,) Mecklenburg, (including Union,) Anson, Stanly, ' 'abarrns, Montgomei-yj Richmond, Mixue, - Stoke,. RockinjrhAtn, fiuilforiL Randolph, D.rvidii( flranville, Caswell, Tersou, Orjinge, ('bulhain, BieraitT xo. rv tTit n. r. M.ra.rr no. vi. -Wake. I' i auk I. il , t iirren, Halifax. I'dgecouib, Nab, -fohn.ion, Np. Tit. fumherland, liobwfion, ( 'oluiribu., Bladen, Brunswick, New llatiovar, .ampiiou, Duplin, t lu.law, MslHtcT ir Wayne, ( reeiii-, Lenoir, Jones, t 'riven, f 'arte ret, Beaufort, Pitt. Hyde, . Washington, Tyrrdl, i.niart r -3 iv. Martin, Birlie, Hertford, Nortlnnipton, Gales, ChoWan, . Perquimans, Pasquotank, ''auiden, C urrituck, 69,183 I'.Vc omit (he Bi!! jeeotnliny!ng this Reiort, M itmffv .-iirrii-s out ill detail, the principles therein embodied J D.fiJ In Ofsed, on Friday, the 4th inst. after an Dines of thirty dvs, M-s. Margaret Ann, wife of the Rev4 Edwin Geer, an I daughter of Dr. John Beckwitbj of Petcrsbure;, Va. " ' In Oxford at Ihe house of Hon. R.1J. Gilliem, of Paralysis, Capt. James Hcrwze, aged about W yeare. In .all the departments bf life, the deceased SUttMned an irreproachable chancier. For a number of eare he represented Ihe County of Franklin in the State. Legislature almost always without oppositioSi Me left Ihe w. ! l very highly esteemed by ull who kMlf him ' f s' t . 1 ,s I 4 f rm.:'- '"', I
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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