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A li-lt GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, JANUARY 20, 1855. ' 1 ■ | I .• '' ■ • I ■ 11- 1 ' ' Kales ;>: '-ilvortlslus. . . , . • .•-;. for the f»«t ,jj ,..,■- r *>\ery . ■■> i le .:i lavor w • ■••*. -.lie re-standing diver that the convention would give this very Free bera of the Senate, the bind holder k*es his pro- be found in the west, a section never havTiip had thoiisaroi white popuktmuby the2i.ienaWr5,and tided to. Again, take Wake, New Hanover, Suffice proposed by the 1.111. and that, at tin- tection against his land b-.nng unequally and ex- any great favor in the ey«oftha senator fro* Iharesuljjttve* to each Senator m round !.• u- >,!,.., ,: .- ;,-,j Cuuibcrland, four counllas, in very next election lor members of the General ce^ivelv taxed. The protection to slave proper. Martin, h DO part of the address is toereait ar-,, hew seven thousand, which multiplied by I, 1**1, i-ud taxes 922,422 41, which divided by Assembly, all who vote for niembersof the House, ty remains. 'Ihe protection to land is removed, iromeut trading to establish the white btu.is.in ci- wakes the population tnoy represent only one 11 hi -. . i , .:-..,. ,,. .ws thai .;,. v Bro entitled^ would also rote for Senators ? Why not cousull If it i- deemed necessary and proper to protect tlier llou-e, or any basi- that would not be more haottreaund nineteen thousand. S» the rial ■ ;- :ht «-oal rs| two : .each. This »Ute of things .i _i ■ . ._,'.: . . . .1.. ■ ■ i .... :..:._. ....in- -n.,1 i,-.m.r favorable tii luir .»:~t.>.-ii friends than the basis cs- I i n! the senators argument is tint o:ie nun- o. - h-en incrra •,:..: ,.;n .....: .. ;"_ .> MONTHS. - t.50 -.(ill 1, MONTH*. .....0 10.00 1 v r \ it SX.00 14. (■!! Id '1 15.H0 20.00 1S.HI) e.i.'.n tl-J.OO us. anu JDWX A.;GILMBR, ill ILFi :: ''• SPEECH OF ...... •/..,: ."•. 1*,.'.'( V ■ u i '■ .•/.. ■■■■■■■ ■■ r \l /;.., ■'• Hill /.!'■■■' liai/fi ., /, _//.',.'.-. ... 'uf ni. ...it ni /•'.- the j-- -.1- at once—s»o into convention on tic the slaves, is it not e |ualiy necessary and | federal basis, as the amendment proposes f Give to protect in like manner the lands 'i Mas free and equal suffrage, supply, by express con-stitutional provision, a fair protection to lands against unequal and exorbitant taxation, settle all questions as to constitutional amendments and reforms in the course ol the next year, save* dangerous precedent, and let the popular mind become again quiet and satisfied with their own constitution still in their hands and under their own control. 1 am for exercising and giving this right to vote for Senators to all qualilied voters now. By ,r to »ur eastern t of Senator's se hnn- i .'.]■;. tablished in anv of the Southern Slave bohlirig dred and nineteen thousand popuiati.in ;. ■ i tors beli. vc that when we go home to our coustil- States, fiir wore favorable than the basis contaiu-uents, th'farmers, the frnMil-n wh> elcutod ed in the constitutions of Alabama, Mist isippi, ' ii whom we are to depend for our re- Louisiana, Texas, '.". . \|n ~i : vM :• ' -■ ■ ■ :' .'ft'li' "W'ting ■ uiucd ill the I ill i i .-.-•• I by th.: Mr. Itoyd.)—tin extension of suliragc, ,.., |' .,...: .. mti i in u manner -il^: ,,, IVi : .in. I «-..n.- I— it bul j... ;.■•■■ iii it :,li free '■ hit. i - "•'' ' '"'•-' -::i "'• ■'■' '■' adopting the amendment, if the people desire it. they will certainly eet it. and in a short time. Then why not, ;:t uiicc, adopt that .course win Ii is speedy and certain« Ihe question of Free SufiVajii' hv Jjp^slativcidnactnipiit has once had its constitutional test and trial. It passed om ..---ii.ii :.: the Assemblv t ' ■.!■'. ilf requisite maipritv. Senators denoune election, and they understand that we have set Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, or Honda oil foot a plan of frte inffm-jr, by which is re- The address, inaubstauce insisted thatthe strength moved all restriction on the power of the A-,-.*.- ofa State was made upof two shings—m/m and bly to tax their lands, (now at a time when the property. That men, soldiers, could do but little Uixes of the State are to !.■• gieatly increa.-cd,') without property ami money, m<««*—tlial ii i-whiUt the -Live holder retains his protection, thai ,v « oflirtle avail with«ul wen—and in tln-ir es thev will be satisiied ? [ expect to hear the free- limation the o^ily basis tint they fell mc'uiied i holders of any panics who ■ ni me here, say that surest would be one in which l...'li Iju-ni thev have no obi< - ti-n to all voting lor Senators, ""■■ shoul i be estimate i and c .untedj I ue aU " ■<• mcrea ...... and will continue to in- • - •• m the future won rapidhr. aa under tl.o ' ' ■' of Lupr .»i.-.: luunufacOaiea und '"I - U - '■■■ ■' |*ncj li!-:\,.-.'n :!.,• ponulatj m ,' ,' ' •'•- ' ' '«< •■ ' IHtW* I-.i. I \ i,;- ..i.e. _,.;:t. '■ '■ ' i:'' "«»IM '■'■'■ h, f .in their p»itioo, u.ion. lor uue in-.-n.-.it suppoe.1 ihey nere t_. —: att-ri ;eitucns, and- wealth, paythree or four times iptlicir liberties to this extent, t-eameieu I (lie Jiitii-tL j«an of the lajtes, sucl unties arc '' '' ' ' "'■'••- I •■' 'hi one .- uotor, I ut bcci m-provided you, in making the change, give the kind tlie same protection ajr.iinst unjust and n.i-i- i>«u] (.:....;- n. thai i- given to the slaves. iJut masters of the other four hundred and tliini three thousand. I say this is the tendeii y .-• l Arkansas, MLssiiuri, Kentucky, pract cJ effect of the :.r* imetil Had '.U- ; pie in \-'■'.■>. wii MI thi y ado] ted the amen l< ii . •• -':- tu.ion. for .'ii!- moiueiit -ii|.]--,-l they i , istitution i.ever would have found lavi r in llioir rv.-. To insist that the ratification of the c institution of I -■!•"> by the people did, * *us iu- ;• ,. . I, th - i ' di ] ::.. tliein .•'. tin :.' i....' ■ . rijrhts, i:: i t.her words t-> ma!:e them s!av< •. is ;.• say tii::t thi y were cheated and defruudeil. '< i,e sitrine or the peiitieiueji on the otln r Bide will never ■'.■' to be put into practical effect, it may ' -; -: h to thi ir :>. i^hboriu^ counties is, . It ii, ;■■ rhapa, tfa ■ i -ry neigh- I ad-dress al.--. gives assurances that upon this, as well as all other subjects ol < ■institutional reform, they T ii ion have nine the other, which A; ill- next, it failed dwailislsed, and i the nexl Asse.n'i! Hie \,,te for luembei - ■ '• >' <■ ■.hoold be also all >w '1 to '• n-c-nrds entirely » th m; I who vote al th : > ■■ ''■■■•■ '■ It nothin<! more ih-oi the W1. ,jf„i.,/i.y th.-l.il i r:n-i- my voice i :,- I have l« en, i (■iiiiatiou IIIMI II vnre tcndiii; to .. in,.] t-ip -I i • ilousu 'i' t'otuu -. •i.- i .r •" eiuiorj. IL . .ii. . ;.. _ rmil .i I, .-, I ,..; :. ol In r , ..,.-., i HI ..I Kullragc be : lie kist i.i ILIIM I ami idui ated , '. i ii.I I'M". I . tllY ill-i - - ,. ■ . - - • . n. uica- .... —>•.:./! II- i qiial .. e\ er ■ i.■■ « In n- .. .II . ., ut'\ w si Ii the ■ould [»• so easily ilone, wo are the selection of Henat. rs for . we will try !•. scle.:t inem- ,;,,.n,;-. iihejtcnifcu.au nom Mai tin, (Mr. >• who have rc»ard lor justiee, as well as [;; ,..s in one ^ense. seems to be terribly alarim.il equanty, and who, when they gne the hitter, hould secure the former I cannot conceive are ready ami an .if.:- T-. go v.' • convention on ' furnish materials for debate, but it will never ac-without providing Ii r the federal i. -is with tli -ir eastern brethren, en eord with tl.e feidinap an I views of enhght:; tertainin^ the confident belief thai there >y ail these questions would in- settled at ouce, in •: manner much more satisfactory to all secttous ol the State than they laid ever l.-n before,—.•:'! sectional striie and iealousies entirely dun- aw-.'y I ■■■ ii th • ■ \ ■ itie.ii thus supplied with senatora, from '.• ■' ■"" cat, cii . seoatorato vote in ••)•;• iiioii lo the interest and wUhcs ... the eoun-ty, by wh<->e taxes they are favored with sena-r.-._ .vi. !. ;.i tict, thai property may be fairly . ' . i: iiy rep r-i uted and protect* !. why n it re-quire ::..:•. i...:i seualoriid district within itself livi.ne i. My figures and statistics, pot up in a shall e< ntain :ti i ast the Gflielh i irl of the taxes hurry, may not be in all things correct. To and when the fractious of contiguous districts ilie:u i wi'iil.l have Senators' alteutiun directed, aieoiiiit to ihe ratio of a senator, let all the ir ::■ if for no other purpose but to correct them, lor I iigu< ut ii:-:.: :- furnishinj; (!,.•■ fractions veto lo-in sail-.it'll tii.it ail who will take the ;:.in> t trcliier : • ii..- idi -i of the deliberate and settled «i!l of a majority preva■iilling, how.-ver prea i' .'.. - and >.■!.-- in. :.n I mi :.r. ,i --I- a il,:| .-111-. To lU'are, wiil expuM- : bitter criticism, iln-ial niisre '.n- " - ■':i I iiilmil. h'- ■ ' i la.- -in it {~ ■'•' : !;- ' ;"" '■ ,,\A my .ii-ii- i iiiiju-l ami in' lo our ti ... Ml iln- I am wil \\v£\'M i.l.i I l,:i .i dil } I ,-ni-. ami ill • Si: Ir. itv, 1 di ire i" ' !-■ am opp..M-d t i tin i i :' mint. . . | .„| - I the! -■,.:.: It loll ol ill i that majority uiav I"-, /irvriilfl it shall not be su.llcieiftly huge ■■. ■ irrv the pr .pose I amen liueut through two suc-ee-.- ivc Assemblies, by tii" majorities prescribed, :.i..| reipiircd by the constitution ii.-eil. ii M-I-II:- ID be Hi dread o/iiii and nj«ii!n//i/ aj; i!::ni- • alter their oi-jja : '.i i:i- course an I ci.ni -I :riues . 1 la\o not through their ir.ein'oei - li.-iii :al Assembly . dei form? On what fireu Martin, now insist that we should rais* tlii: ."i iiators serious in expi i-ting tiiis biil, in it« ptes- .'iii -Uap--. to lie sanctioned by the next Senate, t<. be elected by the land holders, from whose lands all pnitc-iion in levyiiu! laves i- removed. IIo»vver anxious and wiilinL.- the freeholds s, lly this means, the ir.-i-v. i-b and aunihiiateil—becauso a token an I pie L-• i '!'is will be thoroughly isatislicd of the troth and is, ai I those wh i pay them, would be justly and of Confidence would be given and iuterchan .-.i. ' lorce of the argument, which 1 would have im- fairly represented. Whal better and more uso-proditciii> 4 the musthappy consequence and effects : !"'- ted by their examination. _ lie wiil be fully fill .-.:. tors w u.rJ then likely come into this I sly, oil the fu.ure welfare and prosperity of the Slate, jsatisfiid that whatever proposition for a conven- than th-ise who would be elected on these The Senator from Martinassails t/ovi rnor Man-r ti«m. Miichcan receive any aid fro,n a majority of fraction* by the joint v.:> of the contiguous dis- !v for the expn - ion of his respect and regard li-r ': this SHiate wiil, and forever niusl have a v ry de- tricts thai furnish I hi ui ■'. -ids 1 ::n I <afc majority of the people on its side. 1 will not, Mr. Speaker, by further illustration . mi p II|H-M-S.— to Ii i and i-ii- ... IIIV .-ni: ' itU-il. Ige of i- i. A hv I the auiend-i :i ina defeated on the final vote at the fatal session, bad passed, the honorable Senator, I presume, vv.-iii I now proiioiiuec a preposition to repea , |, ' citizens of North Caroiina. it may i.e attempted injt At one inoment he dochircH h , lull confi-i fora season with success, but for how (ong, the j denoe in the nonesty, patriotism aud integrity ol ( "'!:■. i • raham ■ and by Martin, (Mr. liiir.-i teems to b driven into suet picked up somewhere and extended their ap-hi- full confi- plica lion BO as to make thorn suit this mar-ket:— rived from, the | • •>; If only." 'I his is also a |wrl ,1 i.ur Coiistilulii n. Ii"» can this be true, il r, their Judges, Comptroller, i 0t' tin lias nut attempted to answer the iieopl|eo, ... th. r »> th I heir )-"«i r and law, their con u ■ lloverti . . . ■ .... I |,i-i> . ti, ir lli.:t.wliii'ii .... ti,i« :•. II..I.- may xi /...-. hav e ifiveu i\. r Ineir fuuda- , t i lie i. t ienelal .-.-. ■ II-- to lliem- - . ii;-_ . mil ih / of tm, afterwards ratified by the people that no ; 9 „ , our^^ should bier be called by the General * e:iil-c l couli I pet a few cents mure, and - ih ii :i ■ their aw II eii ■ • IIVI ■I I'l , ii- . ■ : li.ll ! ult- IV ollill tins hands ? I ti-er truly sail! ■ .. . i i I ■ ■ ! ; le ? ■: .' il - ■ -. • j- .... I - - - • ,. lileiil. : or rejeel-he_ ::....:. II tl.ey by lli e .- rci«i i f i ll nf .ii I lie '- • .,-■ ! • ----- I li -e I > i. • ,.': i . ('.ill ii '■■•- ; i i iVola lla'lii I by Jl-.eee lent fan.- i : i ■■■' '■ ■ - ; II - ' • ... i i"ii- 1 I . ■ : I i (' . trill ih.' -v-teiii of law i|,.,| |,i- I,.-I nroieel should la amenileil or in anv :' 'w"n•y' n' iod.!i.h.ed' ev•e' n ,f.ar .t,he ibet,t,er.. HIIe.:i.s op..p.ose„d'i nI fc of North Carolina can revcr have a conven-iiiq; ■ - ■ said : i i-i. n v i i", i i :.'. il : I I all ' i -■ ui -. I lid of the I ■ -.\- 1 ,. ■./ . Let s" once • • i - 1.1 W, I hi ' -:-•" : , VV ol ' , . '• ll..ll II . . \ rallev.u 'I . • IV -:.. - ' I I I I hail t| . .. i'i| I., i |.r.i|...-. - :•■•!• repp - > ■ . '/""'' ' .- ami .. I : 1 : the iiiliNtiiUI i '< : ll -- leis. I - : thi.! a . . . ■ ; ::. . Ililll i 'CII ::-..!■ ...- :.!: 1 , ii '■•-.-'. ml i , _ . i li'ti ■ and thirty-five - - with :. ii ihi ty -ihn Si ia i . '■■.:•:': !.. •;• ami : ■ • , : !.. prop siii-.ii lo a-im iij . .- ■ • . -. • ■ ['or Si II ■:■-.-. • t! im ihisl or ! :, -.. - - -..'■: our elv -. -ted on as to •'il "th- r am' - : . :;:•!" be pro-id il h • in. - an i i • ' jorily ol the free pc. i I i.-i In i nijiiil' • !i -i |.e ., i. I' . ii y I i . I . ' .- ■ ■ n ;.i i!:i . '. .i" - s-1 ivv i nly i.l i I hi iiiii ib- . . . • vi te ol . . ... II iiiiiuou- ■ | •: ir • .: rec ' ii any . . Itli.l tl ll dlH tl :lle f '.,. ■ i '.'. ':■■■ \ with such \- mill ii as I have . \ ■ ■ ■ . !. . i ■ • I t.. I. . ..: _ ;' Male. I in I ladililll oi I II.I I •:; leiilv li,i im i and making and eon-titur.oii amending eoiilinue!— Shali anv nan living sec the end of iii' V\hal rc>pect will thejHople have i'r their Constitu-tion, when ':: shall become mixed and comimng- |, . ,.;I!I i! rdinary l^i.-lation of the country .' ifllie sv-tern shall once fairly obtain, I would LIU.W IOMS il will ciaitinue, liefore somt nor wiil submit to the Assembly the pro-, prietv ofapp inting Commissioners tor.-v.se, not only 'tin Statutes, but th ■ Constitution itself. \\e hav r c nsidi red the Coiistitut the Siifeouald of the ppi-p1'—a g'uiranty nguinsl the :::-. i.fpi.wer. In eoiitoriui'y with this notion, ,}„. -.,-.-, :' have provided and i*i|uired all whom (luv tiiM with l»>wer. from the liighesl to the lowest officer, iivil or military, Intake a sjewn „,lh to support il Aslon-ras ihe people shall . I;,,.-. li.eir eoii"i:.i iion. the work •■! ihcir own, ,;, lii.-ir iivffi i •is.iil'd under ilieirovvn t ntrul, . .„ . te :.i--; il si'nii-l IVi.u. the ordinary l< ::i-ii-li.- n of the country, l-ii-) .t.-rs tlieiT servants. .., i t| emsi-lves the soverci ns. we may expect 1-onstitutii u in answer ti.-- 1-1 '-"- f«r which -:- ;;-, .. -1 and ad •]■'•• 1. iiuu » ling the ,..„;,„ j, deserves- When ii shall ■-■■ into .'-.,!' j-ni-•" lesislatoi-!*, i:- reform or w-v lli.iiili.ti! i-v.-ll a" I " I.I-II'-I. in- >.- '-■'.'-.'< i ,.,,.. i- .1 »..y in .mi MI ... t HI rsccDt two thirds of the members ol the lo the bill assuming a shape that would be more """'"'"I. . , ,, • ,',..!.:,- i„ the land owners a.,d certainly do no I ^"""' •"■" first ^""'"^ 8»« *•» ««««. r„;,'toh fcaliim feature, lest it might appear W ns, for a moment, enquire whether from the il:, :.. „„ n.Tf ihe Si:..-, lb-it all wisdom and very organisation ut thi. bodjr, tn.-y have not ' ' ,'X, did ,,., bclomrU. his own p:lrtv substantially debarred themsel-veso .« right. friends. He will aeeepi no'aid Irom this side I lie seems determined t>. rule or ruin. Tim Senator from Martin, argnes at to come, however pre ing may be tl necessity. Take the following counties: Bertie , | Keaufort, Bhden, Brunswick, Cainden, Carlcrel "'"r1",.'"(;:,-veil. I'iu.waii. Colun.bus, Currituck, Implin. sl„,w thai now I-.- the first time ihe issue is dis- j.-,,..,.,,,,,,,,,., frankliii, Ca.-s, Ureeu, Halifax, tinctly made. I-rec Sulli-jju by l.e-i-laiive en-, |,(.|I|i>|.ll Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, act incut, or a free and unrestricted ('oiiventioii in.. it vei ll.. an! I by other iiiu .'lions - . ,. ,., .; , -.: i, le in. leneeo oy oun-r i|i ,f I, jsLiiion, 1« ilie'f.«'l ball of jmriy, party 1,,. - :n d party rallies made for or against i.. :,,„! ihe success in-defeat of thi- or :)■ I n form in tl- • organic law made to depend on parly iriuuip* or pnrtv defeats, 1 antieipate a very .llfTereiit state of thimrs. In fact. Mr. Speaker. „h. . I lake the nalh of Senator, the idea "I com- ,1,-ii.i.!-.-. forthwith to linker with and amend the ion:onstilutimi. which 1 have sworn solemnly to support, is contrary to nil the idea 1 hav entertained of constitutional freedom and legis-lative responsibility. The Fi leral Constitution, ...:.-;,. lo define rs.wers. grantid by sovereign .-•:'.- m a limited ISoverniuent lo secure the Hhre of all. n av more safely la alb red >;r „„ , .;, ,1 bv the action of Congress, ami tie- roti-f the States as States. The idea of a fed. ,ai basis llll-Wcii ol the lb.: ." .,1 Coiiuii .ns : ami before lie ■-■' • through he falls upon ih • West, .n Address, bidaboiv ii. bul ad-mits i'uat in it, four years ago, this issue was . i.-aiiv and dislinctly made. He holds up this a! In':-;,. coiiiiiiiiing si.:.., ihin; dangerous and monstrous, ami yet, n idy as he is at reading ii,,:,; i,,,; . and |«pcr«, be reads none of this Ad-dress, ami p.im " pft thereof, that he dcc.ns i bji eii hie ol censurable. I am dad, Mr. Sin-aker, that (he Senator, in ihU debate, lias called attention t-i this addrcv<; heretofore so much mi - represent",,, perverted, and abused. L am still ilie more gratified tliatalVcr siving iliis paper hi- attention and review be can-not find anv portion of it, which he is prepared to condemn. ' Why did he not do this? Jle doubt-less, on a more carefulexamiuation, found iladif- I'.-ieiit doeiiineiit from what he bad supposed, having formed his opinion of it from the false, il- tJM1 ,",,• 3541,217 ; !- ii!,.-,: i and unjust criticism ol Mecklenburg, Nash. Northampton, Unslow, I .1 qnotauk, l'er<|uimaiis, I'erson, I i;t. llocki cannot, so far as she is concerned, gain or.1 ■-. whether you adopt the white, federal, mixed, or tax:-.!ion "basis. If you take either she has h.-r litiiodi part, or ifyou compound th • whole. I 1 her the result is about the same. What I say lor (juilford, 1 conceive may be safely s.id for the ereat I. iv of the ft'est. Uivo u- but the same aid in improve our end of the Stale, th: I has bei 11 given to the lia-u-rn end, and th ;. --\. I nevtr he heard to complain of the basis; anil in tad even should.tlris aid be denied or withheld, Captain Smith wbo has recently bs*n convicted il.-- Wot in 1 ventioii with the Kasl would nt- al New Vork ofhating been engaged in tbeslavn veroii the lwsis or any other ijurstioii i.i-i t on trade, states thsl New I'ork is the preat head-ii ,, ii.i:-- whii '1 ihe Kasl them.-elves woul 1 eon- quarters, from which the trade is carried on He that recovered under my care a remarkable cure. 3rd. If I were an old bachelor, I wjulil make every exertion in mv power to get married, or hang myself, if I eon-1 Soil an old maid hard-hearted enough to tie the ropo aioiiud my neck.— Tmni Svirib. Sam]«a>n, Tyrrell. Warren, Washington, ami Wayne, thirty-sis^ountu-s, having, accoiMiu^ to the census of lHoD, a while iwpulacion of !•*:. i 11 only : Federal population «ll4,of - , nly ; 3j|,^'»jl voters only ; paid Jftnte taxc* in i -.1. STi.Toi And yet.11ecor.ling to the ratio of taxes ad p-ted at the hist A.-semb'y, they are 1..:■:!.• to -7 Si-uatois. Take the eouliticsof Alainaiice. \'..^- - an-ler. Ansim. A-!,.-. Bunc :./.„,. Uurkc. labar- west did not .-.me up manfully l-i ... vus. Cakl-'.;. Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, I Wl Clcaveland. Craven, Cumberland, l-a-.i-l-'-n. Da-vie, l'or-vth". <i i-ion. Oranville, Guilli'i-d, llay-woo. l, llenii.-i- -i. Ired.ll, Jaek«on, ik-Howt-ll, Macoil, Madison, Montgomery, "'! :.•..'■- H11 - over. Lincoln. Ora -. -. Ilandi.1] ' . Kobe on, llicl - ,„ond, Rowan, Kutlictbrd, Staiily.Sto .■.-. Surry, Union, Wake Watanga, VVilfces, la ■•••! V'ancy, tbrtv-six counties, with a white popul.i-si. ii-i- 11 :i.::r or unjust. V. i, ., pray, Mr. Speaker, are ii.-' -.- western men. s-> much suspi ■■■• id and drea le I, ngaiusl wh im so ninch preju lice 1- at- ,...•; .; tube excited on ibe l.asi- IJUI siaui,' \Vh-'ii, and on what occasion have >'-.,..;. ;.. ;,- ; |i ■ •■ ,vvi any waai of af. :ion or n for 1 heir i.'-'•-,,; o:-eihn 11 ? When an 1 al time did the cast call for aid and hi Ip ii-ii t!i ' ; ■ Ul . I '■ ! your Wibiinglon .v Ifcdeigh Kailroid.' West- ', .11 voti rs. To whom ITC you indeb ed f»r yu ir Unl,..]. !, ; ml *•■ ton RaiiriKid. in - say :— Ni ii.!..-:- in Cuba nor in the Brar.ilcslsitcs - 1 on «o extensively. Ships ihit convey slaves lo — "Ii" WV.i Indies and South \>.icri.-.-. srelilted • •; an th»T'nii"d -•'! a -. Now and ilw-n iri ■ ."- '.- en I Irl '• Iphix : 111 irn :'•■ -vi 11 . iraore ; 1 ••• 11 1 from New Vork. Thi - •• .... . .,, ;, -.,, cements, oi'whi h we 1 ;■ id! ; n I. :; . 1 in arhi.-h y ,u now Like . inu 1: iub ri : '.— Western voters. Look to the Joiirn: Is of your " i --iv. mister, ran you tell me Iiow old them chickens were, you .s- '.i to me yester-day?" •• Why, f'iein!, what made yon ask sucli a fj'iPstio'i'.'" ■• NoV.io •, only T thought they night have P Jti 1! in I he ark." •ra! p onlatlol) 4'-'-,.-. 1 : us ownparty pros- voten,§2,217; taxi-s paid in 1> 1, ''■'■'■'■'■■'■ -"A these. V-, counties are entitledt"2S Senatorsunl; . Jo here tliere are forty-six counties whi b b Doctor," inrjuired a rerysicls person, wl,. ■ recovery no h pea were entertain-under ' twenty-seven oui of tity .-1 nators . The value, force, and effect ct'i>:> argument are ,....; ,,s Assemblies, examine the votes 111 lav r , i- :' •;,,; ,-!- designed t-> advance the intore-t ,, , -,'•• *.]..■-.•!-.- ..i the east, and these Jonm .- « ill ii .' a tale thai will pul ! ■ -:: me : ll who i 1- sinuaii that i'. ■ 1 •' •" ■ of tha v-t, or any O|IKT .,. |i,,;, 1 -..-1-....ir...11 Stale, will evi r be a •:: •- ed, " ia there i". succor for mo''." t. 1, iu,j dred, or .- ■ :riSced by going into e ■:>•' n- " j (.;in assure you. air," replied t!;(» doc-tor, "that a leech would be the worst tbing "■'■ n that I could apply!" re;.,,,:, : A ?"n'le:nan a few evenmgs sinco wai Iv • expatiating eloepiently to .1 yoon^ladyon --.!'. 10 the merits of a | tiea ly inclined acqmaiut-aml '-. - ' , lance, who he said had Burns u: hia tongu i'a 1. ..-1 "dangerous? Did insist 011 so- change of the federal ba*is in the House of Coin- ^tL^Su-from Martin, in effect arg rHauo • 1 ; • ■•• '■■ J»-rruy:'01' "".•••ss.'..•lim<it;e;d,.!a:uadii,cir,cu.mscribed in dangeronsr flirt they intimate or 11.--1-1 0.1 a ...^.. .0..... ■ -- . _ ,v , , Vi.,,.,,., ,|,...,r, e-.m, • . r^P. ha r*»«*.**■«*.g-.-0-.• ih^;^:^:; S£«-«"K isx£i«i^m..*.,.u-;• _^,:: enoth acxteiiMon ';'•"•':.'.,.;.,-• ,,„„,,,.. Ike our own uious.' So, sir; nothing ofthat kind, leiihey 1h.1t the p. 1- •'.',.;„.,.,. .,.:.. :;l v. |ic tax., to the amount of «.»0.321 2o. which di a'-ridg ; ent and sac }■■- "< «»" ^ ..,':, ,V„. fiw all the.l le of i„>i-t .... the while basis in the Senator No, a convention unl.-- .-.o .,.. - t - v.. . ., 1. 1 , ,,,.. .;_..,. ,,.,. , ,. „,. - H '" ^" • J " N %. ("-'.V '■.":■ ne communi.'. ' they insist, 1 0 such thing.-They staled in tors out oi o» £all hrst J*^J. « . ■; [ ; , ,"'...j ,„ ^ „ ...... „ ,.. , , ,., ' ' , - 11 Islavi l'"i'":';.'- '"• "- au '"'N1" ■'" Perpetrated by an invalid about bed-time. What is the difference between a rheum-at-tic and an attic room ': One is always up -taiis, and tbi other never wants to go up.
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Title | The Greensborough patriot [January 20, 1855] |
Date | 1855-01-20 |
Editor(s) | M.S. Sherwood |
Subject headings | Greensboro (N.C.)--Newspapers |
Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
Description | The January 20, 1855, issue of The Greensborough Patriot, a newspaper published in Greensboro, N.C., by M.S. Sherwood. |
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GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, JANUARY 20, 1855.
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Kales ;>: '-ilvortlslus.
. . , . • .•-;. for the f»«t
,jj ,..,■- r *>\ery
. ■■> i le .:i lavor
w • ■••*. -.lie re-standing
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that the convention would give this very Free bera of the Senate, the bind holder k*es his pro- be found in the west, a section never havTiip had thoiisaroi white popuktmuby the2i.ienaWr5,and tided to. Again, take Wake, New Hanover,
Suffice proposed by the 1.111. and that, at tin- tection against his land b-.nng unequally and ex- any great favor in the ey«oftha senator fro* Iharesuljjttve* to each Senator m round !.• u- >,!,.., ,: .- ;,-,j Cuuibcrland, four counllas, in
very next election lor members of the General ce^ivelv taxed. The protection to slave proper. Martin, h DO part of the address is toereait ar-,, hew seven thousand, which multiplied by I, 1**1, i-ud taxes 922,422 41, which divided by
Assembly, all who vote for niembersof the House, ty remains. 'Ihe protection to land is removed, iromeut trading to establish the white btu.is.in ci- wakes the population tnoy represent only one 11 hi -. . i , .:-..,. ,,. .ws thai .;,. v Bro entitled^
would also rote for Senators ? Why not cousull If it i- deemed necessary and proper to protect tlier llou-e, or any basi- that would not be more haottreaund nineteen thousand. S» the rial ■ ;- :ht «-oal rs| two : .each. This »Ute of things
.i _i ■ . ._,'.: . . . .1.. ■ ■ i .... :..:._. ....in- -n.,1 i,-.m.r favorable tii luir .»:~t.>.-ii friends than the basis cs- I i n! the senators argument is tint o:ie nun- o. - h-en incrra •,:..: ,.;n .....: .. ;"_
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the j-- -.1- at once—s»o into convention on tic the slaves, is it not e |ualiy necessary and |
federal basis, as the amendment proposes f Give to protect in like manner the lands 'i Mas
free and equal suffrage, supply, by express con-stitutional
provision, a fair protection to lands
against unequal and exorbitant taxation, settle
all questions as to constitutional amendments
and reforms in the course ol the next year, save*
dangerous precedent, and let the popular mind
become again quiet and satisfied with their own
constitution still in their hands and under their
own control.
1 am for exercising and giving this right to
vote for Senators to all qualilied voters now. By
,r to »ur eastern t of Senator's se hnn- i
.'.]■;. tablished in anv of the Southern Slave bohlirig dred and nineteen thousand popuiati.in ;. ■ i
tors beli. vc that when we go home to our coustil- States, fiir wore favorable than the basis contaiu-uents,
th'farmers, the frnMil-n wh> elcutod ed in the constitutions of Alabama, Mist isippi,
' ii whom we are to depend for our re- Louisiana, Texas,
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\|n ~i : vM :• ' -■ ■ ■ :' .'ft'li' "W'ting
■ uiucd ill the I ill i i .-.-•• I by th.:
Mr. Itoyd.)—tin extension of suliragc,
,.., |' .,...: .. mti i in u manner -il^:
,,, IVi : .in. I «-..n.- I— it bul j... ;.■•■■
iii it :,li free '■ hit. i - "•'' ' '"'•-' -::i "'• ■'■' '■'
adopting the amendment, if the people desire
it. they will certainly eet it. and in a short time.
Then why not, ;:t uiicc, adopt that .course win Ii
is speedy and certain« Ihe question of Free
SufiVajii' hv Jjp^slativcidnactnipiit has once had
its constitutional test and trial. It passed om
..---ii.ii :.: the Assemblv
t ' ■.!■'. ilf requisite maipritv. Senators denoune
election, and they understand that we have set Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, or Honda
oil foot a plan of frte inffm-jr, by which is re- The address, inaubstauce insisted thatthe strength
moved all restriction on the power of the A-,-.*.- ofa State was made upof two shings—m/m and
bly to tax their lands, (now at a time when the property. That men, soldiers, could do but little
Uixes of the State are to !.■• gieatly increa.-cd,') without property ami money, m<««*—tlial ii i-whiUt
the -Live holder retains his protection, thai ,v « oflirtle avail with«ul wen—and in tln-ir es
thev will be satisiied ? [ expect to hear the free- limation the o^ily basis tint they fell mc'uiied i
holders of any panics who ■ ni me here, say that surest would be one in which l...'li Iju-ni
thev have no obi< - ti-n to all voting lor Senators, ""■■ shoul i be estimate i and c .untedj I ue aU
" ■<• mcrea ...... and will continue to in-
• - •• m the future won rapidhr. aa under tl.o
' ' ■' of Lupr .»i.-.: luunufacOaiea und
'"I - U - '■■■ ■' |*ncj li!-:\,.-.'n :!.,• ponulatj m
,' ,' ' •'•- ' ' '«< •■ ' IHtW* I-.i. I \ i,;- ..i.e. _,.;:t.
'■ '■ ' i:'' "«»IM '■'■'■ h, f .in their p»itioo,
u.ion. lor uue in-.-n.-.it suppoe.1 ihey nere t_. —: att-ri ;eitucns, and- wealth, paythree or four times
iptlicir liberties to this extent, t-eameieu I (lie Jiitii-tL j«an of the lajtes, sucl unties arc
'' '' ' ' "'■'••- I •■' 'hi one .- uotor, I ut bcci m-provided
you, in making the change, give the
kind tlie same protection ajr.iinst unjust and n.i-i-
i>«u] (.:....;- n. thai i- given to the slaves. iJut
masters of the other four hundred and tliini
three thousand. I say this is the tendeii y .-• l
Arkansas, MLssiiuri, Kentucky, pract cJ effect of the :.r* imetil Had '.U- ; pie
in \-'■'.■>. wii MI thi y ado] ted the amen l< ii . •• -':-
tu.ion. for .'ii!- moiueiit -ii|.]--,-l they
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istitution i.ever would have found lavi r in
llioir rv.-. To insist that the ratification of the
c institution of I -■!•"> by the people did, * *us iu-
;• ,. . I, th - i ' di ] ::.. tliein .•'. tin :.' i....' ■ .
rijrhts, i:: i t.her words t-> ma!:e them s!av< •. is ;.•
say tii::t thi y were cheated and defruudeil. '< i,e
sitrine or the peiitieiueji on the otln r Bide will
never ■'.■' to be put into practical effect, it may
' -; -: h to thi ir :>. i^hboriu^ counties
is, . It ii, ;■■ rhapa, tfa ■ i -ry neigh-
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ad-dress
al.--. gives assurances that upon this, as well
as all other subjects ol < ■institutional reform, they
T
ii ion have nine
the other, which
A; ill- next, it failed dwailislsed, and i
the nexl Asse.n'i!
Hie
\,,te for luembei - ■ '• >' <■
■.hoold be also all >w '1 to '•
n-c-nrds entirely » th m; I
who vote al th : > ■■ ''■■■•■ '■
It nothin•.:./! II- i qiial
.. e\ er ■ i.■■ « In n-
.. .II . ., ut'\ w si Ii the
■ould [»• so easily ilone, wo are
the selection of Henat. rs for
. we will try !•. scle.:t inem-
,;,,.n,;-. iihejtcnifcu.au nom Mai tin, (Mr. >• who have rc»ard lor justiee, as well as
[;; ,..s in one ^ense. seems to be terribly alarim.il equanty, and who, when they gne the hitter,
hould secure the former I cannot conceive
are ready ami an .if.:- T-. go v.' • convention on ' furnish materials for debate, but it will never ac-without
providing Ii r the federal i. -is with tli -ir eastern brethren, en eord with tl.e feidinap an I views of enhght:;
tertainin^ the confident belief thai there >y ail
these questions would in- settled at ouce, in •:
manner much more satisfactory to all secttous ol
the State than they laid ever l.-n before,—.•:'!
sectional striie and iealousies entirely dun- aw-.'y
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th
• ■ \ ■ itie.ii thus supplied with senatora, from
'.• ■' ■"" cat, cii . seoatorato vote in
••)•;• iiioii lo the interest and wUhcs ... the eoun-ty,
by wh<->e taxes they are favored with sena-r.-._
.vi. !. ;.i tict, thai property may be fairly
. ' . i: iiy rep r-i uted and protect* !. why n it re-quire
::..:•. i...:i seualoriid district within itself
livi.ne i. My figures and statistics, pot up in a shall e< ntain :ti i ast the Gflielh i irl of the taxes
hurry, may not be in all things correct. To and when the fractious of contiguous districts
ilie:u i wi'iil.l have Senators' alteutiun directed, aieoiiiit to ihe ratio of a senator, let all the ir ::■
if for no other purpose but to correct them, lor I iigu< ut ii:-:.: :- furnishinj; (!,.•■ fractions veto lo-in
sail-.it'll tii.it ail who will take the ;:.in> t trcliier
: • ii..- idi -i of the deliberate and settled «i!l of a
majority preva■iilling, how.-ver prea
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in.
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mi :.r. ,i --I- a
il,:| .-111-. To
lU'are, wiil expuM-
: bitter criticism,
iln-ial niisre '.n-
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I iiilmil. h'- ■ '
i la.- -in it {~ ■'•'
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,,\A my .ii-ii- i
iiiiju-l ami in'
lo our ti ...
Ml iln- I am wil \\v£\'M i.l.i
I l,:i .i dil } I
,-ni-. ami ill • Si: Ir.
itv, 1 di ire i" ' !-■
am opp..M-d t i tin i i :'
mint. . .
| .„| - I the! -■,.:.: It loll ol ill
i that majority
uiav I"-, /irvriilfl it shall not be su.llcieiftly huge
■■. ■ irrv the pr .pose I amen liueut through two suc-ee-.-
ivc Assemblies, by tii" majorities prescribed,
:.i..| reipiircd by the constitution ii.-eil. ii
M-I-II:- ID be Hi dread
o/iiii and nj«ii!n//i/ aj;
i!::ni- • alter their oi-jja
: '.i i:i- course an I ci.ni
-I :riues . 1 la\o not
through their ir.ein'oei -
li.-iii :al Assembly . dei
form? On what fireu
Martin, now insist that we should rais* tlii:
."i iiators serious in expi i-ting tiiis biil, in it« ptes-
.'iii -Uap--. to lie sanctioned by the next Senate,
t<. be elected by the land holders, from whose
lands all pnitc-iion in levyiiu! laves i- removed.
IIo»vver anxious and wiilinL.- the freeholds s,
lly this means, the ir.-i-v.
i-b and aunihiiateil—becauso a token an I pie L-• i '!'is will be thoroughly isatislicd of the troth and is, ai I those wh i pay them, would be justly and
of Confidence would be given and iuterchan .-.i. ' lorce of the argument, which 1 would have im- fairly represented. Whal better and more uso-proditciii>
4 the musthappy consequence and effects : !"'- ted by their examination. _ lie wiil be fully fill .-.:. tors w u.rJ then likely come into this I sly,
oil the fu.ure welfare and prosperity of the Slate, jsatisfiid that whatever proposition for a conven- than th-ise who would be elected on these
The Senator from Martinassails t/ovi rnor Man-r ti«m. Miichcan receive any aid fro,n a majority of fraction* by the joint v.:> of the contiguous dis-
!v for the expn - ion of his respect and regard li-r ': this SHiate wiil, and forever niusl have a v ry de- tricts thai furnish I hi ui ■'.
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