The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-08-27

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known, and am not aware that any % Sc
them have enacted any Vagr*nt Laws = Il
.hey have they have remaiued 8 deeu =
letter, for want of objects Tor the laws 10 n
operate on. But the apprehension OF
trouble from the sudden emancipation Oh O
so many negroes, has induced the Lon a
yention TO confer power ON the Leglsla' h
,uEe TO pass stringent laws tor the punish
| meDt of drunkenness, Nagrancy, 1dleness' y
and in short, those lesser wees Wnlch i
chsracterize a demoralized negro popala .
| ton. The Legislature OF the state OF /,
| Mississippi is empowered tn proVlus TOT {
,he trial OF that class OF oil noes otI lore :
Justices of the Peace or other INFERIOR {
courts, and TO r. guatr such Trials oy law
Yesterday, after The hual vote was UaKeh
| IN the abollIlon amendment 10 tn1 0CH-
stitution, the ordinance reported oy tn
committee of fifteen for the o'Jrc'e men
toned. WAS adopted The measure Was
demanded by a regard for the bet Inter
.sts of the State Power Is also gwen the
| IapiS allure TO pass laws for reg ulating the
l.hn, system OF the State. Aud nothing
~ more necessary than some system Sc
curing qually the rights OF the negro ana
his employer.
/ On motion of Mr.. Hudson, thu Conven
!. | tiof, looku for consideration tC'1ay the
,rdinanca reported by the committee Oh
i fifteen, declaring the ordinance OF srces
sion of. 1861 null and void JUDGE lrot
% / ter from the minority of the com ni'tee'
made a report some days ago, declaring
., hat ordinance repealed. You will read
,lv narce,va the difference between the
two reports. The declaration thai, III
The opinion of this convention. tue
I nrdinance OF '6l was null and void from
,r the beeinning, is one thing. and simple
Of declaration that it is repealed IS anothrf.
ng The first is founded on the doctrine mel
by one school of politicians, that there IS
no such thing as rlgnt OF stcesS.oh
at recogniz ID by the Constitution OF the
"A IYni.ed States: and that secession Is
simplv an exercise of the right OF reVo
IN ION, which in popular governments no
ono denies. The other avoids any tx
81 pression of opinion tor or against tue
le ,soaI validity of the ordinance now, or ut
d. the beginning, and simply declares
repealed. Of course the two proposition
bring up the whole qurstion--one as ol
as the government itselt-of the rieuU :"
aa' .ecession AS a reserved constitutions
lay right of the States
SLY This being the question, Judge Ir'tte
NJ sant to the clerks debk written arsu
m4nt. the substance of which was t"a
mo ordinance OF secession created a gov
IL ornment in fact AS well as law. 1hat !
was government which the peopl
= were bound TO obey. and In regard
our L;oh ,bev had no choice That in tn
ro0ress of the war which had ensure
the State had been overcome oy IN
try, nhvsical power OF the Unlted ota,es'
their THAT Whatever d ffarences OF opln'o
su,~- -xisted with regard I" tint of''hanc
o and this Convention should not ny A'9 49,
, sell r, Acct on that. The Opinions vi III
Convention were now shared by lar!
numbar of people, a. while we scqules
in the decision which the WIZ had mac
AGAINST ue, il furnished no r~aeon
0eo' casting odium on our predecessors, VINE
Cot IN amendment of the Committee ""u
giDg do. Oar OH Ct would De oes ~. S0c co..
plshed by simple repeal OF tue or
nance which would meet the VI "s o!
the and secure general acquiescence' SIN
las !, declared the ordnance repealed
iona. abrogAted.
NJ R.rr commended that the amer
went of The committee was not true
This hat there W, re two parties In TINS cou
will try one who believed in the right OF
oc,sd c..sion a reserved right the other
h,l;evad il Il, be a right of revolution.
wiz [cassion was q reserved right. then
, are o.d;noncp WIS not a nullity. II it was
est to he exercise Of a right OF revolutton' -
tits not nuIlity FIR no one VIII a.
~ r;oht IF revolution. The techn
'ne " t.n,uape of legislative body in repf
Apprr nos law is not null and ooid but renee
boOls, that belongs to the courts when tney
nuni;s eide on the validity OF statutes. ouL
nroper abrogariug word is repeat Ii
las iaye body Of pe pile in the SAFE
xfCrd believe secrssIon TO be resprVe' Tl'
e, " II II is due to them 70 ray III md v
thu % nance rs 80 not 20 saw that v
I'd the how believed to be legal was NUT
a az 10 IA The Committee report that
ools il various other orar n, ano l'J 90
IT, na> .,ntanded that repeal WAS rs apple
,acher. ~. ordioance OF secession IA tn TT
al pat He could see NO ""ason tor declaring
null and h tther repealed.
Mr. ] n, son, Kinds, remarked
'e car he words null and void IN the amsnn.
10 to renorted BY the committee OF MI
,wn a. vrr.. not used by the committee VII
IL consideration of their full for
1"0 rhere was An extended considerstlo
y osnua ,horo in commi tee, and the reason
of our na;no them grew out of the pecu'ia
20 in a r-,stoncpa in which we were place
,La act Of SECESSION. II the comm
had used the word repeat, 1t Wuoio
heeu lacit admission that ne "f"''
chants 80 :. cass;on had bad s..ma sort of leg
donreaI The amendment brought up the
New Or a,os,;on Of the right of seceAsIoI
rade they sdn;tt~d that and expected the qit
gold quo - 10 raised. Tle.w ,uld not enter il
argument of. or revive the debate o
question Of the right ct state 10
arlv or IT, re Union That question W
ad lead h.usted. The adoption the "o'o
Every and void was no r, t9c ION on a"y
on The man who oeilevso - IN ~ lords used
on the on ,,arhai cr;,ic,su. but aubst'
lion was If we use the word REPEAL. our er
yes, who will say we adhere TO the Tlen. -
~ o.. ion. and il will preiudice our cause