, 1865-09-04

i tu1l We tAl AlA EpuutAAA SAA FANAH%S'@0AS"
We all desire to retrace our steps, since It Is a
common practice Of legislative bodies to re-
1 peal an act whose constitutionnlity has been
| questioned. )"
By adopting the minority report, ths; end
desired can b accomplished, which viii sc--@
Judge johnston said the words "null md
void' had meaning and object. He never
had admitted the right Of secession. II the
committee had said srepealedn Instead Of
"nnll md 1old, It would have been recog-
milton Of such q right. We say there Is no
cessionists would agree with u.s. We are
willing to make this The issue; We expected 1t
would be made SO.
Gentlemen say that by adopting this lam
guage We would stigmatize the men who
passed the ordinance Of secession: Bnt there<
Of opinion. Il 50, they slow the same toward
Us, T We should "rcpea1" the ordinance, It
would be saying that We still belfeye in the
right Of secession, fact which would very se-
riously prejudice our cause. ,~
This report brings up the Issue between the
State rights men, and what was formerly called
the Union party.
II does. not deny the right Of revolution:
That is not a constitutional but q natural
right. Any people can revolt. If they ,fait
they must sutlcr the consequences; ifthcy are
successful they gain their independence.
wv o4C Aob AEtll&e ACIE ~ y AoAJ~
We can cnact without repeating what has
been enacted by some other body.
!, Gen: Martin said: II anything has been
settled by the war It is this doctrine Of seces
sion. 1opposed It In 1861 80 strenuons!y that
= 5 WIS accused Of not .be1ng,a itie11 Ct the
South, though there is not dropof Northern
Tie rieht Of secession is hight don't
want, It Is rope Of sand. It ii Indeed, no
right at all. No State ought to have It.; II
any one has, AM In favor Of taking it awny.
.Revolution + right no one can tske from rs,
men talk about secession it simply
means var, With all the horrors Of var. It
means long. and hazardous marches, un-
numbered sufierings, starvation, death. That
Is what the "peaceab1e SECESSION Us
offered to MS, means, Iwant no man deceived
tn tho future as our people were h the past:
! do not want this people ngain. for compara-
tlSely trivial Offences, to- 60 into revolution,
for that Is wflnt It was. 1t was because I re-.
gnrded It as revolution that er.ss..asd It. and
because my sympe!...;i,es were with the South. \
But hereafter LET there be no secession; no rev.
olntion, unless without i we are called upon !
Eo Into war agafn, Iwant those who pcfsuad-
ed ING to take sach step to 70 with me and |
anatc the haraships-uot to stay back and |
talK anont p1sceable separation, which Is IN |
lmpossibility: No, SIR; this Is dangerous.
Men are deceived ~ 1t; and IT ever mad ans !
sneh tdea, It would hare been whipped ont Of |
me ere luis. hope We may bury secession |
beyond the power Of resurrection. Many
tmes, ST, after Victory, when VIC were cx.
ultips, did the cthought come overmc, J" what, |
after oil, are We fighting forsr What will be
the result: How long viii the Government
ne are trying to establish hang together with
It's rope Of sand, Knit by the doctrine Of se-
:. It Is the first duty Of this Convention 10
throttle forever the fallacy that there Is q re-
served right to these States. l wnnt no more
or 1t In the future. There Is not, and cannot
be, any such constitutional right:
Judge Yergcr also spoke In opposition to
the motion, and sustained tho original report
a vote xas finally taken which resulted IN
the rejection Of the minority report. A half
dozen other substitutes and amendments oi
similar import were offered aud VI crc similarly
. !, The previous question was finally called ard
the section as reported By the majority was i
adopted by 81 to II. Several Members who
voted m the negative explained that they
we're not In faror of secession, nor did they
defend the ordinance, but they were opposed !:
to stiglnatizing. the action Of their preaeces-
sors who passed the ordinance.
JACKSON, MHs., Aug. q.
a memorial, signed by four thousand ladies
OF this State, begging the Convention to take
some n action in behalf Of their felow.cltIzeus,
Jctf. Davis and cx-GoT. Clark, was read, and.
On motion, respectfully referred to the Prest.
dent of the United States, with a request that |
q copy may be transmitted to each Of the ren-
tlemen named therein. -
:, Whatever" says the memorial, "were
the ct1ors OF Messrs. Davis and CLARK, they
are all tho more dear to the ladies Of the
South for the suderings mud sacrifices they
Lave undergone tlieit crime may
have been, the indies Of the South had sym
pathized with It,"
And that is very gracefully said, for GER
-clcntlessly hurried men 10 their fate than
hose eamr ,4otebloodel Southern women
1roEe their husbands, fathers md brothers
lto the rebellion.
WORD FROM PRECEDENT IoEssoy.
W request, Gov. Sharkey communicated to
he Convention that he had just received a
lespatch from the President Of, the United
'tates, Stating that he congratulated this T.,
'ody On the progress already made, aud said !
would have wholesome influence on other {
'tates. He suggested that the State militia {
'ad perhaps better not ba organlzed until some
u!thcr progress had been made In re-estab-
roops might be needed to preserve order in
he State could be had By calling on Gen. slo-
um, commnndant Of the Department.
The Sn1edictory Of President Yerger was 4
Forthy Of the occasion. He cxhorfcd the |
lenbers to exert themselves In the great
7ork Of restoring peace and harmony 10 tie :,
hole country, TO uphold the Union of all i
te States. ~ .
>, NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR. 4
Aftcr the Convention had adjourned, an In
ID Judge FsRcr, formerly Of the ish liz estap eoaqi
Errors and Appeals In this State, was
unanimously nominated for Governor Of the i
late. I
Judge Fisher was IN old line Whis, and op-