Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-06-20

ter their election take an Oath "hat they will DO faithful
and true Allegiance bear 10 the State Of South Carolina
IL unconsitutions null and void, IL becomes the duty
all Officers entrusted with the execution Of the Law t'
conform TO that decision until the Constitution shall be
amended, or the decision reversed. Under system o
Government IL is The province Of the Judiciary TO
poand the laws. and OBJ dencc 10 the constituted suho
ties has always been trait Ia the character
OF the People OF South Carolina All Officers OF the Mill
Tia. therefore, whose Commissions may have been with
held I'm consequence oil their neglect refusal 10 take
the oath Of Allegiance prescribed by the above act
will. on application to the proper Officers, be en-
also decided that the Oath prescribed by the Act
the 10Th December. 1894, (he only Oath heretofore
taken by Militia Officers in this Siae) is likewise uu-
constitutional. end that the only Oath which said Officers
be lawfully required TO take, that be found i'm the
4 Art Of the Constitution, Ia the following words. viz
III DO swear (nr strm) that duly qualified accord
ing TO the Constitution OF this State exercise the office
TO which have BEEN appointed, and will TO the best Of
my Abilities discharge the duties hereof and preserve.
protect and defend the Constitution this State
| the United States"
IAN Officers who have not heretofore taken th. Oath,
whether they have received their Commissions not,
WILL accordingly take the ssid Oath, before Justice
oi The Peace, other Offccr authorized 10 administer
Oa'hs and cause the to be duly certified and endors
measures will be taken by the proper Officers,
the same 10 he filled up and. as the Organization
OF the Militia shall be completed under the late Act
ports thereof will be made 10 the proper Officers, aud
through them to the Coinins nder lin. Chief
"Thc Governor is well aware that he might have
erred to others, the responsibility OF deciding the
course proper 10 be pursued this occasion Under the
power conferred by the Constitution upon the Executive
the Legislature might have beea Immediately convened
and The whole question submitted their wisdom. This
course he would have felt himself bound pursue, If the
decision oil the Judges had been regarded by
the State wi bout officers aud without any military
ganizdiou, exposed TO all the dangers incident
cusr situation But putting different ction upon
the decision, aud believing that its only effect will be,
prevent the enforcement OF an oath Of fidelity and ale
glance to the State until such time the shalt be-
come part OF the Constitution by the final ado; Of the
amendment already agreed by thirds Of both ranches
oil the Legislature at their last session. and now aw ait.
ing the ratification Of the ensuing Legislature be cho.
by the people i'm DC Governor has
ed more advisable to refer the great questions arising
OUT OF The decision oil the Appeal Court 10 the Lee
gislature, coming, they WILL fresh from The people, than
TO impose those whose Office is expire the
duty OF revising their acts. deciding an existing
controversy between the legislative judicial depart
ments OF the Government. II is deemed decisive argu-
ment In favor OF this course, that in submitting these i'm
poftant Notwithstanding they supposed do,
the rights and duties OF the citizen the the
State and the relative powers Of the Legislature and the
Judic'ary)-io THE PEOPLE. appeal is made to the
highest 'rbunl known to our system, the OF all
power whose decision (no longer delayed than may per-
maps be necessary TO secure gent Tree
rom all undue exciement,) will come with tRREsIs-
TITLE WEIGHT AND AUTHORITY. Nor is il believed,
that the example OF moderation and respect for the
and constituted au,horisies OF the country thus arded
at perio@ OF much excitement, and under
OF peculiar trial aud difficulty, be without saiutary
Influence on public opinion. both at home and abroad.
lie Governor and Commander Chief, in presenting
n'se views TO his felIow-citixens confidently relies
their cordial cooperation in giving effect The laws and
preserving the peace and good order OF society.
ROBERT Y HAYNE."
The Albany Argus gives the following recen, evidences
oil the signs OF Distress aud Pressure the Money Mar
keith York! 1.-The subscriptions 10 the stock OF The NJ
6dny City Bank amounted 10 900 being S642 900
more han the amount Of its cspslThe subscriptions
the stock OF the Phenir Bank in New York. exceeded
three Zines the amount OF its cspiialThc snbscrp
The stock oil the Commercial Bank Of New York. arnoun
ed 10 one million three hundred thousand dollars nearly
three times the amount OF its capal-The subscriptions
The stock of the Orleans County Bank amounted to
lie mia
tons 10 the stock Of the Sdckers Hay5vr Bank amount
ed 10 about three times the OF its cap,a gain
For the last six weeks, the tolls the NJ " Canals
averaged $50 0ooa week And again, The Geneva Ga
ze'e gives the following fert from Mr. Webser's Distress
Speech:
10 thirty three per cent since the with
proportion /. U 10"
% G from sI s.. % ,s s' same csg Us
property ,S people, .. asoi
whss wbathqy s' .'''' Of inc
Inc Gdzette accompanies this ferf with the following,
among many other facts, by way OF commentary:
"a farm Of 100 scIes was 5scen,y sold tho Of
farm ,ms The nesb"'
S 10 ~Gn s ps acre Increase IN value il two SO
The p r'a'Sa h %'s nis
in the 'o~@ Of Marion ~ pa.
'' 50 SI pS two 'a ago was valued
%edsy a,srwasd SO eS'ie o i S
Yn'.s SS,, 81 asd per OK cen" !. fam
per acre has been sold hi. month Alay per
IN New York in an octave form OF 1l6 pages un-
der the title OF a Letter to his bu IT, Feni-
more Cooper the celebrated Novelist relates To the
Politics which sgitae the u s., touching the Depo-
sites, the Bank the of the Senate the Pre-
sideni tie Protest. &C. IL excited much curiosity be-
fore its appearance and from the spicy extracts we have
seen, we presume IL is calc uaed produce much sena
ton. Ii defends the Administrator Party spirit had
thrown its poisoned Mr. Cooper by way of anti
cpsion and Mr. Cooper repels il in the following Card
which has just appeared:
"ALBANY, June 18th, 1894
"GESTLEMEN: see that OF the New York Jour.
nas in anticipation OF letter Of mine which is shortly 10
be published has stated that il understands am seeking
office, and that what have done has been done under an
arrangement TO that effect with MIR. Marlin Van Buren,
Were this idle tale confined the journal in question
should not deem answer but as similar re-
ports have been circulated elsewhere Fbeg your aid in
eDabling me 10 contradict them.
:" The letter have venured 10 address 10 nv country
men will speak Tor ITSELF its motive and
and would have been safer had The journals m
It, before they commenced their comments on its con-
tents. = - "
Asrespecs the charge of my ,eekng Office in or ou
OF me country, IL is untrue. lave sought nor
wished for Office either home or abroad unless the
empty commission OF consul, which held Tor a short
period, can be considered Otherwise Mr. Van Eur.n il
an entire stranger 10 never had any comrnupea-
ton, ether directly indirectly, with him. never smoke
TO him. nor do believe that with the exception OF pub
lie places, in the same room with him in my
life. ~
The letter in ques ion has been written without con-
cert OF any sort audi whatever may he lis errors Of res-
sonng J.. contains the unbiased sentiments Of man no
perfectly free from all party connections, party feelings
or party desings.
"Your obedient serv't,
81. FENIMORE COOPER
editors Of Evening POST
here has been serious Rev in srv,rd