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.-..-..:.. ' .- i-C -v.; -.. - 's ft ' vol ja.-Mo; J 1 " - I ' ... L" - . S. W. JA3IES : MiLLJiii &: JAMES, . . - .EDITORS 4 PBOPJIIETORS. , -, ' " 1 TERMS.-'f - - - VUI f TV fT VkwA.. -I , : r . ; wJ-wiiisir paid within two mouths; Two - -BolUn and Fifty Cents if payment be delayed a 4 Three Dollar if not paid within Cyeir Arrangrement of Advertising " Terms. , . PrP"etor" of the Newspaprs i SalUibnry, J agree paih following arrangement of un- - iueni aayertising rates. . - - . - " 5' , c a .2" - S o -3 a S ! 0 ..v .-g t! .- JZ? v s I S M ... . o j ' " .- $ctal$et8 $cts j !:- : inure, 25 33 56 o . s a -J - o ctsi lebi.$ cte 62 . 75 f S7i cts V4i 110 175 3T50 !20 7200 1400 leoo 130 225 U2 673 8 12J 23 29' 36: 44 53 525 700 S0O;844 .;'932i976 875 900! 953 1006H59 3 months. I 6 months. 9f tnonths 1 year. . " " 62 88 100 1 100 120 150 r I t J , 200 250 300 V".f' !.-$ 300 375 450 ' H 400 500 600 : - 500 f 600 750 . I ! B vvU (3l t AAA I - ft.. A - ' .liqaare, $3 12i $4 75 , $6 37 J $A 00 W J aqnarea, ' 6 02 . 9 02 12 01 15 00 . . 8 76 12 53 16 30 20 00 4 10 96 15 64 20 32 2,5 00 1 . 12 84 - 18 56 "' 24 28 30 00 ! -r'14 30 21 19. 28 08' " 35 00 Longer advertisements in th game proportion . A square is the space occupied by sixteen close liaea. . . i ' An advertisement making I or f squares, charged in proportion to one square. Ana making 2j or 2 J squares, charged in proportion to 2 squares. All fractions of a square equal to J or! h, charged in pro portion to the whole of which the are a part Occasional renewals without additional charge (ranted to those who advertise Regularly through the year. I - , Three dollars for announcingcandidates-for office. ; Court orders charged 25 per cent higher than the above rates. Orders for divorce of husband and wife, $10 each. ! . Persons sending advertiseiuenlis are requested to state the number of insertions require!, or they will be inserted until forbid; and if it is wished they ahould ooeupy the least space possible", write upon fthe back "close." ; Otherwise thy will be putup in . the nsnal style and charge J accordingly. .' J f& No discount on these ratos. .. v State of North Carolina. - f 1 i November Court of ,Pleas and Quarter Sessions Term, 1851. Jeeepb Spurgin, Adm'r sof Heul)enJ.Iason, vs. John Mason, Keuben-Alason,. Isaac Mason, iua- rjr Mason, Joseph Mason, Sarah Mason, Abra - ham Mason and Margaret Mason. , Petition to sell Land ; It appearing to the 6atisfactiontpf the Court,'lhat, Isaac Mason, Joseph Mason, sarah Mason, Abra- - hani Mason, Lydia. Mason, Mary Mason and ' Margaret Mason j defendants ia this case, are not inhabitants of this State. It is therefore order- . ed-bj the Court, that publication be made for air weeks m the Rowan Whig and Advocate, printed at Salisbury, that they personally appear ueiore me Justices of our uourt of Pleas and 1 vim n5Wi Bftt-ttintin the second Monday of February next, then and there to plead, answer or demur or the petition will be taken. pr? confesso as to them and be heard exparte. - ' ! ' ' Witness, C5. F. Lowe, Clerk of our said Court, office, the second Monday of November', 18S4. " C. F.LOVVE, C. C. a : 6w8 Printer's Fee 5 50. ROYAL LETTERS PATENT! The Ifyflroiiienn, 1 - , - , - OR, ; " ; ' ' - Water-Proof Anti-Consumptive CORE SOLES, : MANUFACTURED BY lliR COURT. BRADLEY & CO., ; 44 Market Street, Manchester-. ' Principal Warehouse, ". 102 Wood Street, Cheap aide London,. England, American Establishrnenta. 38 Ann Street and 102 Nassau Street, NEW-YOKK, U. S. . - THE Hydromagen is. a valuable discovery for protecting the feet from damp or cold, and therefore preventative from many Lung diseas es without any doctering whatever. The Hydrom agen is in the form of a sole, arid worn inside the boot or shoe. Its medicated character is a pow erful antidote to disease. if For Gentlemen It will be found agreeable, warm and healthy, to wear in the coldest orrain st weather, as the foot cannot become wet if the Hydromegan is inserted. Ladies may wear tne lightest souled boots or shoes iii the most inclem ent weather with impunity ; while Consumption, so prevalent among the youngh of o'ur country, may be thwarted by their, geteral adoption'. They entirely supercede over-shots, and the, latter cause the feet to perspire in a very unlrooltliy - manner ; and, besides, are riotdangero:us wear to pedestrians in icy weather, like Iudia rubber. While the latter cause the feet to appear extreme ly large, the Hydromagen, being a: mere thin slice of cork prepared, peculiarly, placed inside, does not increase the size of the bootor cause xtremeiy vamame, ns taey mayengagem oxer- oise with comfort and health v cliects. . Their ex - pens, is so slight as to scarceiieed mention; be- iaes, inse who patronize thejh will fiud their yearly doctor Lifts much diminished therein. As the Hydromagen is becoriiing moreinown, jsmeaam, Jjiverpool, uiasgowi , Glasgow! Xeete, Dublin, Fans, Antwerp, Hamburg andUerlm, our sales .reached 1,732,450 pairs Cork ;so'es. This year he number will far surpass tleat. L - Ask the Faculty their opinion of their value as preventative for Coughs, Colds, : Bronchitis, .Asthma, and Consumption. j , Men's size per pair, 35 cents. ; Ladies' 44 . " 30 44 . jBoy's and Slisses " 25' 44 , -WoTita. From the retail prices we -make a rery liberal allowance to jobbers and wholsalcrs, .ao th&t any storekeeper may make a fine profit on their sale, while they are an" article that may jbe kept in any store among any class of goods. For terms, apply to - - f HARC0UBT, BRADLEY & CO., ' " - ' 38 Ann Street, New. York. . -Not. 3; 1854. ' - - j - 3m TATE OF SOBTil CAROLIX, ' 'DAVIB COUNtY. i . In Equity- -Fall Term, . ' laham Gaithfr and wife vs. Daviii . Leach, badoc Leaeh, jrv Oreenbnry Stroud arjd his wife JInhnlar Joan Stroud and his wife Elenoh Jabei Irwm and aU wife Elisabeth. Henry Leaehl Caleb Kerfuse and vu.fi. M. nfciMirTl TJn,!,.-' aa nf full aee, and Wilson, Leach, Guardian of Ladoc i Leach, dee'd, and John Leach. Itevid Leach, Frank I lia Lech, Sarah Leach and Catjiarine Leach. T-w llltl mm It. iiftnAft.rinrr tn tlp. ; Kjit sfiirt inn nf IT. n i Court, that David Leach, Jabei Irwin and his" wife i EUaabeth, defendants in this -caeej are not inhabi - t taate of this State' " It is ordered by the Court, that t-tM-blieatioabemade for1 sis weeks in the Rownn VTkig Md Western Advocate, foi- the said defend SbahftforTC Hoose, in Mockaville, on the 4tU Monday in March ntxt, and plead, answer or demur to complainants. MIL or the same will be taken pijo confesso, and the esuue act for bearing exparte, osjto' them. ; Witnesa, L. Bingham, Clerk ad Master of said ', Court of Equity, the 4th Monday of September, A. "D. 1854, and in the 79th year of American Inde - ptmdeaea, L. BUSOHAM, C.M.E. pa Printer's fee $5 SO - . T rp rrrrtv.oT - . . n p.i . n a I w lis u hi M - i w r VTin t nelHerediathe Swutt, on theUtDe- I, cemler, 1854, .on the motionoMr, Grttl - iai to strike out all of Mr. ' BoytC Btil .. . - ij i, . . i tT provuhnq for F,e Suffraur L T vention. - Mr. Speaker:-! am o- f.rhr.7 f 'tVi i leading provision coutainedia the bill int'roL daeeH by. the Senator,' (Mr:'" Hciyd.) the ' extensiw -of saffriire. bronfrlv ..frL-i freedom.. I conceive it but rm.r...r tl. ..ll vita ..! a. accr-rda enurdy with- my feeling to iivrti-,; imt all, who vote. at 1j .mil! Lux,- to v-dfe ' i, - i ",. . r , - ' , . also at the oiliorr it uoinin iiiore i ,-. i . . e a- ,, too extension or sunrtiw;wa rffixt.-f b tw . ... , , J . . bill, 1 would be the last to nnse uiy voiue- .-' A ... a . , . ' f , . i j against it. liaised and educated as I have i ,fc . ,. ; been, it would be contrary to my lncliua-! . , , . , J J , tion ana natural . impulses to oppose: any.1 ... ' tl . " R ! measure tendmg, to secure to my fellnfr . c,t,zcnst equa rights and equal privilege, ; Wherever and .whenever the. samexairbe done consistently with the rules of. jM v: - f-' roifii i iriiii . r- I - - This; bill, I admit, hasla title, an lprjo fessos a purpose most facinating ailil im posing.? 'To refuse it iiiyi suppuit, I mu aware, will expose me and my --friends Ito the most hitler criticisnij and the must un just and illiberal .misrepresentations as to our true designs and purposes. All this8 I am willing patiently to bear and endure. I have a duty to perform to hiy const itu ehts, and the State, atlanre. In.diseharirb of tbis duty, I desire to explain, in brief, why I jam opposed to the bill, and iu favor of the amendment. : ; I admit, that to amend the Constitution, of the State, in the manner proposed by the bill, is clearly and certainly within the Ex press provisions of the Constitution..- But to this mode we have hot as yet been com mitted by any precedent. I hope and trust we never shall bo: precedents hav a great and powerful influence as well) as binding force and effect, fur good or for 4.?vil The fundamental 'maxim- of American freedom is, 44 that all political power is ves ted in,r aud derived from, the people only." This is'also part of our Constitution. How can this be true, if. the people, as thepeo plr. themselves, have given up all their pow er and control over their fundamental law, their eotistitution, to their General Assem bly, tpeir governor : reserving to themselves mm which three, fifths ot the members of this Senate may In their wisdom and gracious condescension submit fr their npprov.il or rejecti3ji? j Would this" be reservinjil all power in their own 'bauds? Under" jthi.4 :.i;ule, could it any longer bo truly said that f -ait political power is vested itf the people? j.ne senate ot the Lnnea btates has; the power of passing ou the nominations of the President- But by tbe exercise of tbis'ap- proying or rejecting power, can the benate secure wbat tlity-want, tbeir own tlioiee I Can 'they by the exercise of all their' power' secure the appointment of the persons that thc "deem best qualified to discharge the duties of tbe office to be filled ? Can it be truly jsaid of the said Senate, that all the appointing power is. voted; in uikI derived frourjthem onhr ? . Let us once be comniit- ted by precedent to the lljixhjthe. in ue of amenouig our fundamental Ltw; the cinsti tutiou ; of (be sovereign peoplej auM my word for. it,. it -can no b'liger be said in. truth ' that all political power fs vested iu aud derived, f rem' the people. only."' tf the .peoplejof North Carolina carii neveT5 any amendment to, or. alteration of, constitution,, except suc h as-'t-ha'H", on vote, luect the appvrfibafion.crf two-tbii lave their final. ds of - T this Senate, organized as it is, they iiire.i 1 presume, less free and . independent j than. they bave heretofore supposed they were and, whether they be really iso, they cai . t. : - , - - ... - not on inuuecd to enquire too soon. i;0 m mind the proposition that. seventeen" bena- tors iu this chamber representing (a-s I will i . . .- . , ; presently show) ouly one hundred and; nine teen thousand of the inhabitants Of the f 'Sanators representing the unanimous : . . ' e. ... aud Wlsh ot t,,ur I-uudred and thirty .mousana mnaouants is mtinstrons. any true republican rest easy uudejr such doctrine? .Constitutional freediw indeed! " M 1 Mave ever.lie.cn, aud ever ex- pect to be, opposfc-i'io making the censtitu tion bf the State,- the "Palbidium of our lib erties, depend on the suddenly formed and expressed opinion of " a majority of the vo ters,,I would prefer such rule to the admis sion that a diminutive minority of oh liUn. dred and nineteen thousand ; ".,' haughty jn their tone aud b " i ee. euieeu oeuau rs, . snouiu control nrl n.m- f, ...i ,t.:U.. . o-- , i i ! fcJ y ; ?' . b-...Tft,t Jiftb .t ; -ftk i .1 J 11 tnou.ana inhabitants with theirthirty-three o fri; , : .. . , ' . 7 -"..-ft. .v habit This 4. , rr ' 1 . ; -i -I, . . - - j - . r.v" " Vp,i ' rn,; ,Pie proposition to amend so as to let .all plectfera yote: for Senators. But it -must be borne in mimJ-that the 'method or mode, to which we shall now commit ourselves,, by 'preced ent,, will be cited aud insisted on as to all other amendments now or hereafter to,, be proposed, and it becomes, an immense ma- jority of tbe free people of North Carolina I - 1 , , j to enquire aermusly whether they are not taking an 'extension of suffrage at very great abridgement and .sacrifice ..of political freedom and popular rights, especial V when t all this can be more easily, "surely, cheaply aiiiend- I and quickly done by adopting the ! ? nrnroi 1 J-.-. f:. 0 . ' lu.e proposed . -r - f - Are Senators in earnest ? v Do they real vote for Senators? : Do i they, wish to have the privilege e-flended ? If so, then' why not ndopt tbe ameutf pient ? Lretthe people be crulrtd, and aiif theui to call their conventifiu, iu case 'thejr want one4 .Does any "one doubt that the! inven tion! would give this very Free Suffrage proposed by the bill and that, at the very . i - - . . . . . . . . . tvjxt cleot.oil 1of uieaibeH ut he Gtm'ialj House,. would also-vote foe "Seaators ? 'WW of the I oiktitatiori ' iuh secured - ?1? "H msult,thep(pk,at-n'cidjgtintia4 IUM,w?eoiwu tn xue iaorat Ka&ia,- a tlte j . I- 1 I " - 1 . i . ' n juai -and rorius inftbe course of the.uext year. 8iV0 da?orou3 preoedcntfr and, let ; the PPu,r "nJ become again quiet and sat ,f,Ld with their ,own cmisfcitution still in . 11,11 ior ea-iinw atKlriv o ote fur SeiuturaJo jill 1 - 1...,.', Tl. .... .l ! : i.:..ai--w.i;'.. 1 4- , 1 I.. .. lini.ft tmiA 1 l.i.rft as li ft ftti.r .1 q o-i .- - i? a- "-J. .certain f I lie qu sti:n it rree sunnie, i i . . r1 i i . by Legislative fiiactiiieiit has once liad its J . f : v . i. i t. , ciisiitutKiiiul ts!t an. 1 trial. It passed one - e , i . , , i 'rn session ut the Assciiibly. At the next, it e , ' i -. fiiile(F to jjet th requisite liiajnrity. oeu- . i p n(u,U ators ueuouuee inaiunties. J he-eentleman e : fro. n Martin, (Mr. Uigs,) in :nne sense, . - m8 t() bu lh at the i(ea of fa j,. and tti,d will o a(n,rgori- t Ui , howVver grea that majority " bo, prociJ it shall not be.sufficicnN i. Iv larnre to c;iriv;iue irtD(seu adi.eD'Wiient 1 - - tli rough two suecesive Assemblies, by the majorities prescribed,. and required by the constitution lt.elt. He seems to oe in dread of hnviii.' th.e popular mind often . -ww 1 " an 1 reneuteulu aritatedi with a desire to change or alter their organic -law. Is he sincere ? . D his cojirse and conduct ac cord with bis own doctrines ? ; Have not the people of-the State. ;' through their members of the last session, ot the Ueueral Assembly; decided against this very pre form ?' On what! ground .d.ws the Sctiator from Martin uow- iusist tUatt we should pass this bill and reject the amendment? Is it not ou the ground that a majority' "of the ptiople bave iudicatcd their! auxicty for it ? If a majority is to prevail in securing, by ligislitive enactment, whyjshould not the deliberate, settled, and well considered, will of a. majority prevail in other tiling? Suppose Free Suffrage, instead c? being de feated on tbe final vote at the last. session, bad passed, the .honorable jSenatjr, I pre sume, would now pronounce a proposition to repeal w-bat tbe people bad constitution ally sanctioned dyitation, and' the mover thereof a dmreroiis ay tin tor. lie certain ly makes a difference in his respect for de cisions fin ' constitutional questions. If a decision is made, as he individually desires, then it is a determination that be will re srject if against him, it is entitled to no consideration. U . - - - f tates or is likely , to agitate ttie popular mind? Will the - anxiety of a multitude 011 the State, to elect their Justices of the Peace, their Judges, Comptroller, Treasur er, Secretary ot'j State, and a Lieutenant (joveruor, be quieted by the passage of-t his fFree Suffrage Hill? He (Mr. Biggs,)' iu sists aud argues tb.it by legislative cuact- meut, the Assembly cau ; submit but one specific amendment, at one time. Grant this to be correct, and look fairly and hon-'--tbat shape- that will be acceptable to the estly at. things as they ate, and 1 would freeholders t The Senator from Martin, ask when are wt to get rid of.constitutiou- has in bis speech failed to answer that part al question? IIow louglwill the system of the argument of the Senator from Or of law-making aud constitution amending j angepointing put to him the injustice of continue ?: Sliall any mlm liviug see the ! the biU. IIj lias- not attempted to answer end of it? What respect' will .the people j this. Hedcsi.not even -'deny . this injusf have .for their Constitution, when it shall j fice,. Iusfead of this,- he raises the war become mixed iind comniiugled with the j cry of party iHe!'; reads .'documents, mes fdiuaiy 'iegislJitiou of the country ? If : sages, amiolitical . rewdutious. on other tbe system sliall once fairly obtain; 1'would 1 subjects. "He levels his artillery at the inquire bow long it wili: continue, before j Whig party,! seemingly under, the impres some Governor ;will submit to the Assem- sion that if be destroyed that party, t bly the propriety of appointing Commis- j w6uld be a good substitute for an answer siotie-Vs to .revise j not oiily the .Statutes, : '.t'hat he-ouglit to make, but could not. He but the Const it lit ion itself. U i 1 j is ;evidently -in willing that his pet project W-vever considered the Constitu- ! sb.oulJ be anjended or in any way modified tion the'safeguard of the people a guarau- eVen for tbejbetter. ! He is opposed to the fy again.t tueabuMi of power. ; In eoaVorr -1 as'sun),D$ a sbnPe that would be more n.itv with this notion ti,,i n(oU I.:,vm nr.,. i acceptable to; the land owners and certain-;! 'tided and' required all !whmu they; trust with power, from the highest to the lowest "fflif fivil o-4B.irTt.-.rv'- itn tJ,l. : 8(,U,n sl-a.; i k 'i. c . J a i i..' u i.;u.,, ,(,.; ,. . i . J ' 1 s long as the people riiuu nvV li I'uv.ii v. t onstitutiom the work of, iheir own. in their own hands, and under l . 7 - ili-ir-Wii i.imtril.'Sf.r.:.riiift .1 rlisti.-t tVoin the ordiuary legislation "uf the country, leg - islatnrs. their servantc'nnd t hems.d ves ti' sovereigns we may expect the constitution to answer tlie r.nrnnses for which it; was rattied and adopted, conjiman lino- "thi rpti eration it deserves.. When it shall go into 1 1 1 e .- i 1 . '. - iue nanus 01 putjtisan legislators, its rerorm r,p ..m.nJntt.a, inttmrnJ K-r lti.. questious! of legislation,! become the foot l.-.ii f r,,U,r t,.tv ft,,c.i,lo-r,ri -,t i lies made: for or against lit. and the success or defeat of this or that? reform in the or- ranie law made to denend on nartv tri umphs oti party defeats, I anticipate a very j:ff..- !,.... ..f t.. p . . m difl'erent state of things j Speaker, when. I take thy oath of Senater, : ! the idea of co 1 l"e mea 01 commeucinff lortliwitn to tinker - - j . , . , . -i ft , , 0 . . ! wlh aod amend the.jvery: constitution, '"'eii 1. nave sworn sotemniy 10, support, is ! . . ., . rtJ ' -contiary to all the idea I have ever pntpr- .. i : r 1 , ' , v v hi 1 y t,v ail lUC IVaVJA L UU wJL tamed of constitutional 'i freedom and leis native responsibility. The Federal Conlti- tution, made to define powers j granted by l ed to condemn. Why did he not dp sovereign States to-a limited Government ' this? H doubtless, on a more careful to secure the welfare o(all, may more safe-; examination found it a differe'nt document ly be altered or amended by the action of . from what he had Supposed, having formed Congress and tbe ratification of the State j bis opinion pf it from the false, illiberal as States. The idea of a majority of the ; and. unjust criticism of his own party pros people of the! whole Union altering or a-' ses. . " j i v v i - - mending tne Federal Constitution is at war j It is true, that .four years ago, after raem with: the very nature . sfnd character of a r bers in the other snd of this Capitol, com goverument acting for States, in all things j ing fCom the same section of the State, in sovereign except so far as, (for the com istaturei having power to make,' alter, limit, extend and repeal ber counties, and, in amending or al tering her constitution should be cautious in following the example of a government limited and. circumscribed in character, acting for States, and not for the people of the whole Union, en masse, iiKo our own fctate Government acting for all the people of North Carolina as one community.- . mon good,; they nave yielded power to a j where his opinions and influences prevail, Government common to all. ; North Caro- had attempted by resolutions indirectly io liua is a consolidated Government, its Leg- j destroy the prospects of tbe North Carolina 31r. Speaker .as'.tbrCoostioii now ". .. a. " y -.t. V - . . . .Ilk' - -, tfor w latid by the.Brovisioa llitiand hold . . j r t- "(j l . .. f 'r1 " land bolder loss! bis protectiogainst hia vj.ua oexng uneotiany ana exe:veiy laxr ed Tbe proteiCioa to slave )L!perty re-1 i. The: protection, in land s rcujaved. I mams Jrftolferg''eciea 'C!sJairiB whom 1 r""friar m imm we are to uepepa Jtor our . re-seieecion, ana they understatld.tbat we have set on foot a plau of free siWraye, by which is removed all restriction Lai tbe power iof the Assem bly to tax tbefr lands, (now z a time when the taxes of tre State are to be greatly in creased,) whilst itbe slave bolder retains his protectionl that they will be satisfied? 1 expect to huar the ireeholuers or all par ties who sent fne; -here,- say that they have no objection to all voting for Senators, pro vided you, in snaking the change, give the land the's'amjp protection against unjust arid unequal taixation, .that is given to the slaves. 13ut if f you have done tbe one : a I L I J i A I. a 4. 1 I. . ,. I. ; wuuout provjuiug ior iue oiuer, wuicu j could be so easily done, we are dissatisfied, and in the selection of Senators for. the next Assembly, we will try to select mem bers, who haie regard for justice, as well as equality, and 'who, when they give the j latter, shouUsecure the former. 1 cannot conceive Seu:tors serious in iexpecting this bill, iu its prison t shape, to be sanctioned by' the next Jsenate,; to be elected by the laud holders, frim whose lands all protec tion in levying cm taxes-is removed. How ever anxious fanid willing the freeholders, who own land aiid no slaves, or laud and a few slaves niay be to 'allow all their neighbors to iii them in the selection of Senators, I conceive a change, that even party ties canboit prevent, will come over jhem in relatforj to this subject, and incline them to .deuiijnq that .when they yield ta this just extension J of suffrage, that their lands shall b placed on an equal footing with polls anil the large slave owners. In all sincerity submit to the' consideration of Senators aid all who ' feel an interest in slave property, and its peaceful and proper enjoyment, as i is my interest and sincere desire they creij should, whether this bill, in its present shape, . is not calculated to excite feeling, j jealousies, and discussions much more, to be dreaded, than any that could ever grw 'out. of' the amendment of- Srf19yWHf Martin, (Mrj Biggs) seems to beidriven in to such horrors. " If it is thihbnest, sincere design of Sen ators to cointtiit: the State to tbe the lcgis rlative mode of amending and altering the Constitution a'nd by piece meal to keep the country agitated for years to come, leading off with .Free Suffrage, wLy not ! permit the bill to be amended and sput in do hurt to its leading Mature, -lest it I 1 .MS"1, aPFt,a.r lu no. nee men oi me oiate uial a" vvisaom am itoresiglit did not Oe i i 'f . li-trWj? Li ' Tl .. !U i u,uo lo ms ow? PartJ menas. tie win ac- H"."" '"vi,u,utul? sme- "e uc" , ... 1 , . . : terminea to rule or ruin - i The Senator from Martin, argues at ; length to show that now for the first time I tlie ,ssue ls tlistinctjy made, Free Suffrage I h$ Legislative; enactment, or a free and un4 ! restricted Convention called on the federal ' basis, the basis of the House of Commons: ! aaiore ue ge s .tnrougn ne laus upon . i tup V nafprn Ad(irps5. belabors it. but ad-t i , - . ' . . j mit3 that iu it, fout years ago, this issud ! wa? clearly aVf distinctly made Ho hold4 up this address as containing something 'i dangerous and monstrous : and yet, ready '- he:18 at reading from books and papers, - ' Le reads none Kth8 Address, and points. ' n0 . part-tbtreof, that be deems objec tionable or censurable. i- I am glad, Mr. Speaker, that the Sena a i .1 1. . ? 1. ,m J : . .1 i .. . , ft ... i t ' a u 1 ; this address heretofore so much misrepre r uir, in mis aeuaie, uas cu.u'-iw;uuou i . 1 .11 .1 J T ' x:n : oeuieu, perverieu, auu auuoeu. x aw uu i li , ,r . a !,; ' the more eranfied that after giving this pa- per bis attention ana review ne cannot, I find any portion, of .it,- wbich he is prepaij - j which resides tbe Senator from Martin, and prospect I Rail Road, and to ' repudiate the Statefs subscription to this work, and after the feelings and views of Western Vmen bald been outraged and misrepresented, Western members, upder the excitement of tbe oc casion, did get together, agree on and pub lis.h that address. ; And here I would call attention tee the fact that in this meeting werenooe but western, "gentlemen, Whigs and some Democrats. Their deliberations wu control. - ! 4.1 is is ceemea: nsecessarv ana prf-iijtoMWnCoraing. u ui-s yi-yy!. - . .1 1 . t t jk.i.ir'"""", ' --ssisdrv i execuixa ..j..wA.)uu Tbey shewed . 1 . i , V, , r itllru, p mat notTvmisranaiag tne iaue-anammcrai j .. . ... . jnuvi .'pv ftjpw rr-n-ftj . l were theirovyn-exclusively wester. .Xbey were bqI checkered, influenced, or modified by conference and intercourse, with western . menf Yiews and influence, .-. And -after; ajl tbij, 'did they agree -and insist Upon any thi ngXlrar. igiradlcal.. revobicnlr. dajigdroa J; " Dtd thintitpa0"orasist nnii rfisLairp'nf ttiflfedexal basia in lhallease iof Commons f-vNo, 'sir; .'nothing of ,thak kmd.x Did they insist on ihe ymte . ..Dasis in ther Senate ?Ko; -tbeV- -ipsisted: da fno f siibh 'Wng.Ttbey stated in4 fairopen and nVantyway the advantages which tbej coBceived the aBrkwtljQ.iIwebt, Re east, and that the protection to the instuu tion of slavery, mainly I to" be rli6d- on must be found in th6 west, a section never having had any great favor in the eyes of the Senator from Martin." In no part of th'e address is there an argument tending to establish the white basis in either House, oit any basis that would not be.more favor able "to our eastern friends than the. basis established in any of the Southern Slave holding States, far more favorable than the basis contained in tbe bonsfitutioris of Ala-, bimia, Mississippi, Louisiana, TexaS,' Ar kansas, Missouri, Ktfutucky, Tennesse, Siouth Carolina, Georgia, or Florida." . The address, in substance insisted: tb(it the s rength of a State was made, up of two tilings men and property. Thatij men, soldiers could do but little without proper ty and moneys waHs-f that nieans were of little avail without men -and in their esti mation the only basis' that they felt inclinr ed to suggest would be one in which both taxes and men should be estimated and counted. The address.also gives assurances that upon this, as well as all other subjects of constitutional reform, . they arejl ready and anxious to go into-convention on the federal basis with their eastern - brethren, entertaining the; confident belief that there by all these questions would be settled at once, in a manner iuch more "satisfactory .0 all sections of. the State than they had over been before, all? sectional strife and jealousies entirely done away with and an aihilated because a token and pledge of confidence would be given and interchang ed, producing the most happy .consequences and effects on the future welfare and pros perity of the State, if , :k r The Senator from. Martin assails Gov ernor Manly for the expression of I his re spected regard for the popular will, fairly and deliberately expressed, seemingly scouts at the idea of 44 the mpral e'jfect'': pi such expression,, and exclaims most startlingly 44 ail this may do for the time and the oc casion." Whether he will alwavs feel at I grant, Mr. Speaker, that it would bl unsafe and unwise to; alter or change the? Constitution of the State, at every niove mem, oi popular majorities i am, a aisci ple of no such school- But I do j believe, in a government like ours, that where, af ter mature reflection and deliberately e-x- ' . i i i i -' . . rcssion, it. ought noi only to be respected, : t'fc,iplc themselves, ly th'e aid of iheir to. this body, than those who would be elect ut proper aid given ;to carry it into t-fioct, ' aj&nbe - Gdrieral Assembly in other ,' eu Oli these' fractions by the joint vote of b aud that it will, in tie end, require more than the cry of revolution to defeat the set tled wishes of a large majority of the free white citizens of North Carolina, j It may be attempted for'.a sesison with success, but for how loug, the free. republican spirit of the people must determine.; ; ' - : ; In my .opinion, all kgisltion is w hole some when properly j directed to, (advance the public quiet, to .suppress and avert1 ap- priaching-evil. There is danger in with standing the reasonable and just commands of majorities';' but when goaded to madness by delay,! conscious of their numbers, they may be driven to excesses. '- L Suppose it had befen declared in the con stitution of 1835, afterwards ratified by ;th6pev.ple, thatno4onventionSbouldeverP T:?W be called by the General Assembly.; would j f t0r F'W tue mounta.os ot orth ; they forever preclude the free people of aro hna. Bubhen these same people,; xMorth Carolina tlieniselves from calling a Convention to amend 05 modify their or- ganic law, however ebaflged their Condition and circumstances njight become, and their representatives forever and under i M cir - cumstances forbid to give the people aid - . .ur ' .1 . o; ii -v iu cainng ineir convention.: ? isuctian wea is abhorrent to my feelings le u. i of North Carolina can never have a conven tion, except two. thirds; of the members of tbe Senate shall first "graciously give their consent, let us, for a moment,! enquire whether, from the very organization of this body, they bave not substantially debarred themselves of this rigbj, in all time to come, however pressing may bo tbe necessity. Take tbe following counties : Berti", Beau-' fort, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, CJaawell, Chowan, Celumbus, Currituck, Du plin, Edgecombe, Franklin,; Gates, Green, Halifax, Hertford. Hyde, Johnston, Jones. Jjenoi ampt Pers' rail thirty-six counties, having, : according to the census of 1850. a white population; of : iy-2.141 only ; Federal population. aU4,3S8 only; 32,261 voters only; paid estate tax es in 1851, $77,767 only. ; And 'yet, ac cording to; tbe ratio of taxes adopted at last September, they are entitled to 27 Senators. Take the counties of Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Ashe, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, n.. f1,.llinm Pkn.Atoo Cleaveland, Craven, Cumberlaiid, Davidson, Davie, For sythe, Gaston: Granville, Guilford, Hay wood,- Henderson,!' Iredell, : Jackson, Mc Dowell. Macon Madison'.. Montgomery, Rt.hn.rd Sfnli. Stokes. Surrr. UoioD.S Wake, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin and Ian J ' , ' cy tion 154 ; voters 53,217 ; taxes paid in 185 $79,659, and Khese 46 couniies are entitle to 23 Senators only. -So here We fortiehich have only 2W ators out of 50, although they contain .. . iJ..aJZa ..cSvtirevenii dred and forty-four thousand majonty. of Federak population, .morei tbaqCipeteen thousand roajontr of the yotera, nd-pay more than halt the taxes; wuusio wuui twenty seven qui oi tiiiy tseuaiora - i- beme in a njinorily. as ta votesr taxess, .ana t 'wbite,' well as Fedecal population, batB other section ot oui incnt are more readily perceived,. wteirj he K I ouldhaYe restriction on the; eonvenv. true stat? of facta "to wbictf they apply)- is j tion furtbetjhan tbat provided in tbe amend also, resented ; when the number of voters' ment, lS3l the delegates shall be elected ou -and -the" population represented .by k his 'DCDails. WaoWiKUi u uavuu-uiiw- ment, arecounttitu vi woma inquire-, wueiur erfrom' the foregoing, showing as Loth6 or-1 gsizatiow'ol tneetrate, a-tote ojsnoh ma iority of the .Senators would norr indicate the moements of each majoritvlfiti pe" rUwXi'i'i.rjM" 1 V ":-h t At ! rir arguelanbeeoplO vu utjHTuatu wmea iioat- uuK'sa- t wo thirds, to-wit j 34 Senators out of 5Q ball first vote for it": that the vote of 17 Sena tors; on this floorcan stay the wishes tf any. uiajorny 01 tne people however desirjuus they may be for a couventionJ Let us see how this is. I b kve shewn that 27 Sena tors represent only one hundred and nine ty-two thosand, but of moire than, live bun tired and fifty thousand of the white, arid a striking uiinoriTy of the-federal population: t i.'j.jc tut; uuc uuuuicu anu uinciy-iwo' thousand white population by the1 27 Sen atirs, and the result gives to each Senator in round numbers seven thousaud, which mdltiplicd by 17j makes the population tb'ey represent only one hundred audi nineteen' thousand. So the real effect .of the Se!na- tor argument 'is that cue hundred and I nmAeeu thousand population are tbe mas-J to thirteen siators, and yet they are allow teisif the other four hundred and -Jtlnrfy- j ed' seven only, sixt less than they are enti- lurtiiuousaaa. 1 say this is the tendency j and actical effect of the'arg'umcrit. Had j the ptiple in 1835, when they adopted fthe i amend constitution, for 'ou'j uionieut sW ! lir.n nf OK k'.rUU"., 1 ' . uyu i "jr -"c peupio uiu, or ( was; ln- alienablegh ts iu other words to maiie tuuvvft, .Ua lu fiiiivB lueiu oi tneir in to uu pui inn pracncai eneet. it may tor- j nish niateriaV foftlcbate, but it will never accoru wuu tUiieokiUKS ana views ot enhffht- ? ened freemen. iaures and statistics. got up in a hiirryiistynot be in all things correct. To thcinK Would have Senators' attention directed,lfVr no other 'purpose but to correct theii, I aw "satisfied that this e.nt, the a'meuded constitution would This state of things has been increasing, never fcve fouiul favor in their eyes. To I abd will" continue to increase in the future " rw niioiyiuK uij iueir iioerues to are en i:iea 10 rirnt sen a to -s. two to meh UlSlSt tt the ratification of the .inititii. i m'nrc 'rniwllir ,,nA, tl, ;fl.fto.-ft ..r ttiem siavt 1S to say that they were. cheat- When the counties, wbicb,Trom their po ed and deVud'ed. The doctrine of the sition, attract citlzcnsnd wealth, pay Uiree gentlemen the'iOtber.side will never, do or four timr-.s thn fiftir-tb t r 11 .l.V. Will t.itra: lk lirfttft .1!.. -l :4r.:wrr uu lu,s rm wuu senatorsr And, m fact, that property Tu y J --V" . . auu rce i we iairiy an 1 justly represented and or.tnearjumeuinia- would' have im- pr6teeted,.why not reauire that each pressed by their exaiiition. . He jdnjtordk 75 1 1 lull iui I icouventio leu can receive any j atcf - T " i mu a majoniy of this Senate, will and.1 iver must have avery decided and safe - l - jority of the people on its side Piie Senator ifrom "Martin seems not to fctrebend the differeyce between a con- lion caiteu oy iue ureuerai assciuuiv, F I 1 I F A. l AHn n n n. 1 . I n i convention of the people, called by vrds the people tnmselves calling a con- , mionTwith approbltion of Uhe j existing j n. Trn i . ft . m. f he a-esents. the f . .i i .i. i leaie-fjroW'Ol a Cliaugfj.- IU - bafe ; this is b bloidy bones." araases section; i up as 44 raw head alid : lie appeals to party. He ; fears, prejudices, and jeabJ ution of the school fund, , ousies, the di'st to supply -the elciency of bis authorities ! and reasoning. t one moment be declares Lis-full confidefc in the honesty j, . patriot-I Ism, and integ of Western men. He ! bespatters tbewitb praise, lie repeats j " - ,u u" , i -J .co.1 to g? nto con- and his constituents,- he J fW by no n ,ns, not agreed,, .you are ! f 7. , Wr v , ; Jing but yoian tome m. ; In effect, ; that, it vro ift vl irtl pfinvf --ntuin with n i h ' . 'T i --.J.-' ft-"".v-" ftfto. you will steal eitx you will steal eiix poitical power. , ft 1 . -: - Mr. Speaker, Irerfesent-an enlightened ' ;and intelligent plJ a covin ty containing " a very large wht population, an mdustii-1 discussion ot thiiestiun; ana let me as-; mm a .. J I'l.. sure oenaiors tu js iue peculiar compound of meBd. thltias.Jn'. Guilford," that she. eannot.1 far as she is tcerned. ft fti. .., rwt r r. f fbo trbirF-- ! federal, mixed, f taxation basis. gain or iose, wilder you Ify ou ! take either sbet&S her htlietn part, or if; grnments. J.-l'ls llSlSlS itiai- tuis amer- j umiou or argumeu., ueiuiu longer uie ocu eil cannot existvithout running into rev- j ate, who have' so politely favored me with ollon ; but aptife from his Massachusetts 1 their attention," the subject having been so delion, which 1 conceive, poorly serves fully and ably discussed by ' the Senator hislurnose, aMi most imposing argument' from 'Orange, who has preceded me; but 1 ous, thriving, hlestj people; a community peat, and so connected together that both v. identified m feugnd interest with the rack and foot brprd can bo inclined toony . West, if any WUlere should be in the j anirle. or placed horizontally so as to form i ;ift.u.v ft"'- T- i p . ' I.Ulliai.v p.- I,- -, -. . - - . , - ;,i nL.riiove our end of the State,.; ., :rx Anutod so that not only the that has be4 jven to the Eastern end, of the basis; a.fl in fact even should this aid be denied withheld, the Uest.n d they will .tffer oe. ,7- convention with ,tne jj-1' " . suspected n'tV?reBueu -S-'"'" , " V .A w attempteel to .be excited on the hjf iueslion ? i When and on- Ljftvw-.w . - what sion have t .western gentit men t of affection or concern tor whfc--' h. "f' cal1 for '?S, i il .nA y i., n rT AAniP 11 T Tfanil lUllV VJ - tl -- - .in.. W W eign LfTfV ZTVluUrh wnom are yuu ,hort iu vour east and ern proud, " erT i L interest?- VV.esten voters. .j. ke so much Look, to tbe !. amine tbe vou: in iavor - . the basis or any other qu"on- insist ou , medical - correspondent of the yew any thing which the-4 themselves would.. 'hjnajifiane. that consider unfair or y4ast- Pyr- i fnr three years be has used alum in croup, q.,i bpySweateru men, so much s j. h ot a fatal signed, to advance the interest and prosper- ivv ut iuc-vuoi, auu iucto dvuiuai wilt Mill ' & tale that jill -put -to shotne all who in- - aiuuate vuuipjiuu iuicic&i- ui me eas, r any r common ctato, will ev- ."r .i" r .y "j Ube present basis m the House of Commons, - -. ;- j 7 . - .""iuifcunavctjigucD that confidence. 50 necessary to happy con ferenee and deliberationsj-randbesideaeven ' tb'presenV' basis-of taxation- alone" might pioperly W imptovedaed rendered niorp" satisfactory-to'its bwn'fiduarevs -andVota- give tttcsira bU pay 'ihUtmiro I part of the taxes-enator b . the - floor. JNow, let us see bow this is m practuce. The ratio of taxes necessar- to ir senator, as per session of 1852, in round numbers, is ?27, GG. Now, to illustrate, take the counties' of Caswell, Craven, Cumberland, Edge combe, Grann ville; G uilford. Halifax, 5Ieck lenburg, New Hanover, Wake and Warren,' eleven counties, which in .1851 -paid into the public treasury public- taxes to ; the amount of 50,321 25, which; divided by $27,66, shows that thete eleven coun ties are entitle 1 to eighteen .senators and yet they have' only eleven less than theirtruenumber, to w h i c b t b ei r t a x es j u st -ly entitle them. Again, take' Wake, New Hanover, Edgecombe, Cumberland, Craven, Granville and Halifax, seven counties, in 1&)1, paid tirxc8jD,Sy-2L3,tntitlingthem' tied to.. Again, take Wako.New Hatover, Edgecombe and Cumberland, f. ur cotintieH, in U-51, paid taxes S22.432 41. which, di- vided by the said ratio, shows that, thev ! provements; juanufactures and trade, the uiciepaiicy uetween tne population and taxes of these counties must beco such counties are never to have but the one j-senator. butbe compelled to furnish to their neiPhbormrr w.nnt; r.,i ' pei haps, 'these very mjighboring counties thus supplied with senators from a diversi ty of interestelect senators to vote' in. on- position tb the interest and wishes of the county, by whose taxes .they are favored v-. f--- - - ft, . - - fcibAjraci.i.ojns ot contiguous district amount to the ratio ot a se n a tbrr"- .all these contiguous districts furnishing ,tbe fractions vote together for - one sen ator. By-this means, the taxes and those" who pay "them, would be justly and fairly represented. What better and. more use. I'ful senators wou!3 then likely come 1U- tne contiguous aisincis mac iurnisn mem : 1 will not, Mr. Speaker, by further illus- . i ,. , .i' n ,..,..11 .1 j:.;j if u : : . . uuan ui- gicauj ucicmvu li uic uuit I3 uuu near at hand, when the bitterness oi party warfare shall subside, tlie east and tbe west get nearer together, and-or friends on the' otberjside be at a loss for a reason why they ever opposed the' amepdment now proposed to be substituted : '"; - w . , Improved poiaino. ChaiR '- ' . , , , . V brought before tbe public! at is, chairs convrtiWe at win iito a , T,,ey arc no douU - usefu, for 5llvaids;anJd on this account, if well made, have solid claims pubHe patroaage.. Some defect mart haraczcd tboe heretofore con- q , . would have come in- to more general use; this at least is a reasonablefeconclufck.n An im oved t.hair - . . - - . . , . . ,.i. ,.. v 1 v.. e ,, 1A T ,. r t ut 1 rpth I) nnri lniiftv nt .rnn Macs mini haa- taken measures to" secure a patent for the same. The back of the chair and thv foot board 'are secured .by hinges to the a couch or clia5r for sitting or reclining at ease in any position desired. Scientific yimencan. - - SiiTine "Ralances. An improvement in &princ balances fia been made by Elisha P. Beekwith f VJ ondoti, Conn.r wu -. in surrounding the spring . cylindrical funnel of sbeef mnpr material, auu u of the artitlc h determined, bnt ato .; )VJ) ; its cost, at a given price per puuu.--...- men can. i Cfonp. erase wmcn was uedivu - , i - n-ith ir irntn iur i . .... .i. . i beginning, -.' He. usually gaw.i about teu , rains. once in icu minun.!) ui.w -? , , -n t the game time tar- ' ; , hive the hive eyrup. Freely the ?! alum h'kb- more of. reputave utipn. ' , . - - 1 1 . - L ' - "L . 1 . "X. ' ' L ' 5 - . Cnxe for Palpitation. i , - Journal of Health, who has suffered severe- - 1 ly from periodical attacks of palpitation of age 0f twelve yea,b found immediate ana pennaBtui uci n vu the use of soda water. It appears from ex periments gince .made, that carbonio acid gas is the active curative agent. . , ! 1 J ' UUUVI lut lUUUCUbC IUI- me great. J, ( C ?a:sl ( i 1
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