The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-10-20

From the Louisville Courier,

ar appropriate committees. There will certainly
very stringent provisions in the new Constitute
oil agsinst dnellng, and all will be done which O.
u" be, 10 suppress every kind of violence and bloc
shed.
Mr. Gray offered resolution favoring specif
anendments, save upon the subject OF SLAYER
&C., which was read and REFEREED
Mr.. Preston offered the following and ON n
motion il was referred 10 the committee on misce
laneous provisions, and ordered 10 be printed:
al hssotped, That II be referred 20 the commitle
on The miscellaneous Provisions OF The Constitu
ne ton. 10 inquire into the expediency of amerd ain
~ the 10th section OF the 9th article OF the preser
-, Constitution OF Kentucky, SO that:
lst All judicial officers and all ministerial q
IT. executive officers, whose duties and powers ar
al connned to counties, who may be elected unde
the new constitution, shail be chosen by ballot
al %. In all elections by the people of governor
j. lieutenant governor, members of the general as
!. sembly, and officers whose duties Ielare TO Ii,
State at large, and in all elections by the legsla
D. ture, the votes shall be personally and publicly
IA given ufud Uoee.
Vsroas other resolutions were read and refer
~ red, many Of which will never be heard of again
!, MIR. merriwether, from the committee on The
revision OF the constitution and slavery, made The
following report:
v ARTICLE SEVENTH.
SEC. 1. The general assembly shall have no
power 10 pass laws for the emanc paton of slaves
without the consent of their owners or without
A paying their owners previous TO such emancpa.
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emancipated, nor shall they exercise any other ur
greater power over the after born children of slave
mothers titan over the slaves then in being
> Sic. 2 They shall have no power TO prevent
emigrants TO this State from bringing with them,
nor citizens thereof VT may derive title by mar.
riage, descent devise, from bringing TO this State
such persons as ars deemed slaves by the laws OF
any one of the United States, or any territory
thereof, so long Az anv person of the same age OF
description shall be continued in slavery by the
avs of this State.
SEC 8. They shall pass laws TO permit the own
els OF slaves TO emancipate them saving the rights
OF creditors and preventing them from becoming
| charge 10 any county in this commonwealth -
thoIisins the emancipation Of any slave or slaves
| without provision ter their removal from, and
/ against their return 10 this state.
| Sic. L. They shall have full power 10 prevent
slaves being brought into this State merchan-
| die.
SEC. g. They shall have full power 10 proven,
any slaves being brought into this State from for
eig0 country, and TO prevent those from being
brought INTO this State, who have been, since the
hist day Of January, one thousand seven hundred
and eighty nine, or may hereafter be imported |
into any OF the United States from a foreign coun.
| try.
SIC. G. They shall have full power to pass
such laws as miy be necessary 10 oolise The own.
ers OF slaves 10 abstain from all injuries TO them
eI ending 10 life or limb, and in case of their neg.
ieet or refusal 10 comply with the directions
OF such laws, 10 have such slave or slaves sold
ioI The benefit OF their owner or owners.
Sic. !. They shall pass laws providing that
whenever slave or slaves are executed, a full
equivalent IN money shall be paid the owner out of
iund 10 be raised by special tax on slaves lie.
wed TOT that purpose, and providing that when
any slave or slaves shsll be executed for the De-
struciion otProPerty, pro rata distribution OF the
value paid Tor said slave or slaves shall be made
between the owner OF such slave or slaves and The
owner OF The PTope.ty destroyed.
SEC. S. Tney shall have power 10 provide BY
law, for the removal of all free NEGROES and mn
iattos new in this SlAe.
SIC. y. They shal. pass laws providing tina,
any tree negro or muauo hereafter emisratins 10,
OF oeins emanciPaed in, and refusing 10 leave this
State, having lefts hail return and settle within
this State, shall be deemed guilty of felony ana
punished by confinement in The PenitenIiary there
of.
SEC. 10 In the prosecution Of slaves for fel. :
ony, no inquest by grand jury shall be necessary
regulated by law: except, that the general assem-.
oiy shan have no power TO deprive Them of the ,
privilege OF an impartial trial by petit jury.
Mr. Meriwether moved that the report be refer.
req 10 the committee OF the whole and printed, O
and made the special order for Monday week, the ,
I'D instant.
The motion was agreed 10.
The President announced the special order. be. v
ing the resolutions Of Mr. Turner in relation TO the
importation OF slaves, set down by order of The .
for confederation to-day
Tie Convention then resolved itself into COM
miilee OF the whole (Nlr. Barlow in the chair, up.
on tie sixth resolution Of Mr. Tuner which Is as
follows:
g. Resot,ed, That no person shall hencetorth be C
slaves within this commonwealth, except such as il
are now so, and the descendants OF The females of
hem, and such as may be brought to this State BY
bona hde emigrints and the descendants of the :
females OF them, and such as citizens Of Kentucky
shall derive title 10 out of the State ty marisse
ieSise, or descent, ant the descendants of the !,
females OF them.
Squire Tanner first addressed the chair in c
speech about as strange as any have listened TO
or some time Ii was a singular medley of abol- C
Ion declamaton, pro-savery doctrines, laudstion A
81 the peculiar institution, and densnciaton of
slave usficeH and "dealers in flesh and blood e
. tact, as he sPG Ike it, the speech emed bun
lie OF contradictions How il will read do not :.
anow. g
Mr.. Meriwelhsr followed in a speech more
'mooth, logical and correct in point of diction Fl
hsn supposed ne could make. +,
Mr.. Nuitall also made a speech, in which he
SAID some sensible things in a very rude way.
ms whole discussion land the continuation of h
I to-dsyl yod will find reported in full in the C.
COMMONWEALTH, and il might be as well to copy =
lortion, u not The whole, in the Courier. At any
what you think of it. "
Mr.. Dixon gave notice that he desired to be q
heard upon the resolution, and then moved that =
ne committee rise, report progress, and ask leave
o sl sgaln, which was done. The subject will c.
ONE up .gain to-day, when an occasion will be
'horded Delegates 10 reBpout all the pro-slayery =,
iPeeches with which they electrified 'buncombe'' u
Turing the past sumner. tc
Mr. Phillip Trplett protests against your CORES
'ondent putting into his mouth such an unsenteel
'hrase as "tooIh-and.toe-nails." The gentleman %
must consider that, al the distance your cores. 10
'ondeEt ls compelled to keep from the speakers al
oy Mr. Inpiets vote, as we'll as others,) he can g.
rot At ali times catch the very words of debaters -
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