, 1865-11-07

The Abolition of Slnvery-Paymcnt OF
the Kebcl ynr Debt-SignIlcant
Speeches Of ,Unsubdued Rebels and
Hebcllious Untoni>f%-Thc President
ON xAe Debt Qucstlon-ymportnnt !Ac.
tlon in respect to tie Freedmen's Rue
Feau. ...
IFrom or Special Correspondent
MlLLEDoEv1LLE, Oct. 81. 1865
n inI.e pous VI LIE LuuytnLiun uelGl3ultS
hare signed memorial to Hon. Charles Jcn-
kins, OF Augusta, asking the use of his name
for the Goyc1norshlp. He has giycn them no
formal answer, bnt understand he will con-
sent 10 be candidate. The choice Is an cx.
ccilcnt one In every respect, md his election
would reflect honor upon the State, and give
the general Government n needed guarantee
OF her good faith.
FOURTH DAT. .
October IS.
TIE Convention got into needless strus-
gle about the reference Of m ordinance Of q
local character, which was only settled by
raising special committee for It's coosfdefa-
ticu.
THE SLAVERY QUESTION.
The settlement OF this question cost the
south Carolina Convention the best part OF
two days labor, lut the Issue Of the war was
scarcely two minutes. The committee Of sig
teen this morning reported the Bill OF Rights,
substantially as Before existing, with the fol-
lowing additional clause, which wns agreed
10 without opposition or debate:
asD. The Government Of the United States,
elayes held CT owned in this State cmancIpat-
ed from slavery, and having carried that
proclamation into fill practical elect, there
shpll hcncefortl be within the State Of Georgia
neither slavery nor involuntary ecrTitude,
save as d punishment for crime afAcr 1cgn!
conviction thereof; Prorided, That this DC.
4uiescence IN the action Of the Government
Of the United States Is not intended to operate
as REIMBURSEMENT or waiver or estopcl of
such claims for compensation Of loss sustained
By reason OF the emancipation Of his slaves,
as any citizen of Georgia may make npon the
justiee, and masnaninity Of that Govern
Here is Southern Justification Of Mr.. Lin
coins Emancipation Proclamation--'ha having
carried that proclamation into full practical
effect" say these Georgians in their organic
law. Who now shall say That his clear eye
and true heart did not comprehend the sltua-
lion when he Issued TINT documents Wou1d
God he were living now to sec through the
ho1lowness of much profs&sed Unionism, md
lead The nation ont OF the jeopardy In which
1t Is placed.
THE WAR DEnr QUESTION.
Mr.. Warren, Of Pulaski county, moved
resolution Tor q committee OF fre to wait on
the Provisional Governor and learn whether
he Inns any information from thp President to
the effect That the reputation Of tho State
debt, created during the late civil war, Is
essential to resumption OF amiable relations
with the United States.
1r1%f s>F$ $N~ n1Y s-kr
The Convention like bombshcll, and dozen
delegates rushed into lasty speeches on the
question, It was not grapple with the
main pofnt-the payment Of the debt-but
the sEi1mishfDE around 1t showed that this is
the chief question before the Convention, 80
concerned. The debate exhausted itself in
about an hour, and left d few matters Of more
or less general national interest.
Mr.. Warren was opposed to reputation,
and didn't want any Presidential kilograms
sprung On The Convention ut the last moment.
Il the Governor had information Of the kind
indicated In hfs resolution, he wanted It be-
fore the body at once, 10 that Reputation
pfGM rft 1rhtre cmaact patton docs-on the
shoulders Of the Fcdern1 authorities.
Judge Simmons, of GlsiDette county, the
kcndirg un.onist In the Convention Of 1861,
earnestly opposed the passage Of the reso'u-
tiop. He would not even seem to admit that
nitted 10 q dtsqraee deep enough aad dark
ereggh already. Onr meeting here as ne do
under the proclamation Of Military Governor
is humiliation enough to satisfy any reason
able mnn. Let US act In dignl6ed manner
act for ourselves, and not admit
TINT we are utterly without rights. Sc
eession was not my fanlt-eyery delegnte here
will bear We mitDcss that never favored it in
any shape. But when the State went out OF
TIE Union, we all went with her-her people
stood as one man for her defense and now II
would not be fnir, wou1d not be decent and
honest for us TO turn around and repndfatc
tie debt We all helped her to create. never
eaw the day when believed the South would
be eainer in asserting her independence, AID I
5f,r tcs arc Ieitfr aT nor than IRE mould hare
been had Ire gained Il !; but would as soon
steal Is rcpudiate this debt. Ne hare lost
about everything but honor-let US save that
Let rs do our work here as becomes men who
have ccnscienees. The President stands as .
wall between US and the radlcailsm OF the
North, and am sure he would not ask Us to
repudiate this debt If he knew how anxious
VIC all arc to pay 1t and keep the fair name OF
the Slate untaEnIshcd. If the Congress re-
quitcs Of us to rcpudiatc precedent to the ad-
nilsson Of our representatives, then We must
do It. But let us whit and Fec If that further
disgrace is required Of US. Then rhe7 re get
10ek into f* Union, and arc orc more }fst
Wt7, 1lE IttN CUH 0s.osttEf &VHke'ttt1s Hst~ ""4"
tie reputation. But let us not beg them to
put upon rs further humiliation. ..
AIr. Charpel, Of Muscogec county, took ex-
ception to The idea that there was any dis
grace In The defeat OF the South. We made
The war Ike men, We fought 1t like men, and
when wc were conquered We surrendered like
mon. In ell this there u not to ME, md
should not be TO any true Georgian, any dis
grace, any humiliation: TfSnSsd S'Sen ne e rresi s.
a air hintNpot as dictation, but as friendly
ing out the policy heretofore ennciated beth
by the Federal Congress and President LIN.
colE-that no part Of the debt incurred 10
carrying on the war must be paid. AtfT hart
tEg s.rd1uned the edtat3 let ts not stTa1n al lht
decree Of emancipation, which buried all our
fortunes, will 1t debosc us to accept this small
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