MIR. sPEIGHTs REMARKS.
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On Friday, the 9Th of January last, the orders
of the day were takensup in the Senate of North
Carolina to wit: Bill to alter the time of hold
ing the Superior Courts and Courts Of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions in the Second Judicial Circuit.
This bill was opposed by Messrs. SPEIGHT and
Howard, both of " hom addressed the Senate in
opposition TO its passage and it was advocated by
Messrs. Street, Carter, and Gilmer.


Mr.. SPEIGHT said that as the bill had been laid
upon the table and made the order of the day for
today nj his suggestion he felt it to be due to the
Senate that he should state the reasons that gov
erned him in making the motion. The bill now
under consideration he said he had never heard of
until few days past, and it was with view of
ascertaining as correctly as possible the feelings
of the citizens Of Lenor County in relation to the
change proposed, that he had moved to lay the
bill on the table He said he had written to several
prominent gentlemen of the county, and they were
decidedly opposed TO the change. The bill pro-
posed 10 hold two terms of the Court in the coun.
ty in the same week, and he did not think the
time allowed, sufficient for the transaction of the
business of the Court


The gentleman from Guilford had said that this
bill was gotten up by the bar, and he understood
it would be great accommodation to them. That,
said MIR. Speight, is'true. 1t l0Gs q movement
on the part Of the bar entirely without con-
suation with the people of the county he had
the honor to represent; and though he had as
much respect for the bar as any gentleman, and
was at all times anxious TO crafty them, yet in
as important change as the one sought to be
made by the present bill, he felt that the people
should be heard and consulted, and not the gentle
men of the legal profession.


The bill proposes, continued Mr.. Speight. to
allow two days MONDAY and Tuesday, Tor hold
ing the County Courts, and the Superior Courts
to commence on Wednesday of the same week !;
and he was decidedly of opinion that The people
of the county were opposed to the change. And
further, that it would not allow time enough to
transact the business. The gentleman from Gull
ford had said that if we were to judge from the
action Of the other House, the people of the coun-
ties in which the change is to be made are in fa'
vor of the bill, the members from those counties
having voted for the bill. He could assure that
gentleman that he was entirely mistaken. The
gentleman from Jones had voted against the bill !;
the gentleman from Greene voted for the bill as it
made no alteration IN his county; and the gentleman
from Lenoir was absent on a visit to his family.
In view Of all these circumstances he did hope the
Senate would not pass over his head bill, Of so
important character, without allowing the peo-
pie of Lenoir to be heard.