Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-09-28
resolutions; which were referred to the
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resolutions; which were referred to the
Committee on Ordinances and Resolutions
Inasmuch as . fundamental difference d
opinion in reference to the characters
powera and policy of the, Government q
the United States and Of the State Gov
ernments, which existed in the Convention
which framed the Constitution, and, aftei
more than three-quarters of century o.
political contest, resulted in . bloody and
exhausting war; and whereas, when .
people draw the sword, appealing to the las
and highest tribunal known TO man, theJ
should abide by its decision in good faith
and, whereas, it is neither wise nor polite
in the people of the South to continue any
longer contest in which they have beer
twice defaated-once by political msjoritiel
and once by the sword; therefore, We, The
people of South Carolina, in Convention
assembled, accept, as the results Of the war
the principles embraced in the following
resolutions, and will sustain them fully and
faithfully as national policy:
| /. Resozuea, That the Union is the frs
and paramount consideration of the Ameri
can people.
2. RESOLVED, That sovereignty, unit
absolute and indiyisible, which, in all
nations, must exist somewhere, resides in
the American people, and its authorized
| representative within the limits of ths
organic law--the Constitution-is the Fed.
eral Government
8. Resolue6, That it is an incontroyertible
fact that slavery has ceased to exist through
the exercise of the military power of the
Federal Government, and that any attemp,
by US to revive it would be impolitic
unBise, and, not only futile, but disastrous
4. Resolued, That it is the true policy Of
| the American people to con6ns the Genera
Government strictly within the limits Of the
Constitution and to acknowledge the ina
lienable right of each State to regulate ii
own affairs in its own way.
5. Resolued, That the late war was no,
one of an oppressed people against tyranny,
but drose from an apprehension, on the par,
of the weaker section, of oppression and
tyranny in the future, and :was. carried on
under an honest conviction, co-existeni
among statesmen in every part Of the coun.
try, with the adoption Of the Constitution
itself, that State had the reserved right to
revoke the powers it had delegated to the
General Government, whenever in the
judgement. of such State there might be
danger that those powers would be used to
its disadvantage. The war, therefore, not
having been strictly in the nature of rebel.
lion or insurrection, we most respectfully
suggest to his Excellency the President,
the justice and wisdom of not enforcing
the pains and penalties affixed to.those
crimes by the laws Of the United States.
6. Resolued, That We endorse the acts Of
President Johnson's administration, and
will cordially support its wise and patriotic
efforts to restore to the whole country the
blessings Of peace.
Mr., Smart introduced tho following reso-
lutions, which were referred to the Commit
tee on Ordinances and Resolutions:
ResoZued, That we earnestly recommend
to the citizens of this State the immediate
formation in each District of force of
citizen militia, to actin concert with the
United States troops as general police for
the District in which they are raised, to the
end that order and civil authority may be
restored and enforced.
Resolued, I'd, Thattbe forces thus raised
shall, as soon as their organization il
completed, report through the proper
channel to the officer commanding the U.
States troops garrisoning their District, and
be subject to his order and direction.
Resoluea, 9. That His Excelleney the
Governor be requested to prescribe such
organizations and adopt such measures as in
his judgment shall be necessary to carry
OF: the above, and to urge on the United
States authorities the acceptance of such
organization in lieu of the colored garr;sons
now on duty.
FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS, SEE INSIDE.
pa The following order is published
for the benefit of our citizens, who will per-
ceive by it that civil Law reigns supreme in
our State;
HEADQUARTERS,
DEPT OF SOUTH CARoLfNA,
Hilton HEAD, s. G.. Sept. 8, 1865.
General Orders, No. 80.
In order to remove all seeming conflict
of jurisdiction between the civil and military
authorities throughout the State of South
Carolina; promote the preservation of quiet
and good order; relieve the people as much
as possible from all unnecessary restraint Of
Martial Law; and reduce the expenses Of
the military establishment; it is hereby OF.
dered;
First. That the Superior and Circuit Pro
vost Courts, will continue in operation as
heretofore, and shall have, as against any
and all courts, exclusive cognizance to try
and adiudicate all cases wherein Freedmen
apd other persons of color are directly or
indirectly concerned. This will not be 90
interpreted as to restrict the authority Of
the agents of the Buresp of Refugees,
Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.
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