The Vicksburg weekly herald. [volume] (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1864-1867, 1866-04-27

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HAye You any .opinipa ~ ~
ctmpaled Win tii9 wR0ie II IL tia5 4
beeGIsaBhis TO the fsee action III
lie pcppleF' 81 & ,f91 iasgg.yA 81.
Witpess5-N JlO jon aeaH afleT4
3Eay \ yss a sadoptsSgdl olpesg ey As 'Asspf
AffJ Bsatwell 4Ygs 'iafEsrs itsi
adoption by thk 6oiitGiIth6BTdf git
had, been. Submitted, forthwith qor;
within q reasonable time. .sa...,
A. Taking the new state ofthiRgs |
lnt0e0AsideEt 3oBthEG GaFeiinaC
Florida and Mississippi 4 think
having seeded, inydpjIioM is. that
B majority of7 The people Would
have ratified IT, and Perhaps de-
eided 1t BIZ d, large majority If
however, South, CalOlipa ), and The
other States had,p0t radOptedftlieir
ordinances Of secession, l ami very
well satisfied that q majority OF the
people of Georgia, and; perhaps, a
feEy decided ma lOTity, " Ould haYe
been against secessidigsif the Orii-'
nance had been submitted 70 them
but rs matters st0od At TINT time,
had the ordinance been submitted
to q popular vote, itawoIhd .4iave
been'sdstaiAed'. that Is my tudg-
ment and opinion about that mat
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| o.swhdt 'wssthc date ofthsGGbr-
gia ordinance; was il the 18Th or
10th? '''1'' '' '''. .,s.
/ A. Ithink the 10Th of january,
1881, thought am.not certain.
/ q. The question ,df secession was
involved in tho election of dole-
I,gqEes 70 that cohycntiops was II
lott ,as MA r.,r
I Al. Yes, sir, y -, Z Z
| Q. And was there, on(thc part of
the COufederates, pretty general
ayOWal Of opiniens? r. J..,17
/ ~ Very genefta. 1. 49,. ~. ~ q
| o. What was the result Of the
election SO far as the convention eX-
pressed any opinion upon the qA'''s-
lrtiOn Of secession? ..ol,o,,,
Ithink themaJerity was . aoout !,
! thirty in the conr-nlloh III llVot oi u
snoo:s;as. 40 not rccollect the
HAs"iS v. ~ a convention of how many I
: A. In a convention based upon
the nTiRber Of Senators and mem
\ ,bers of the House in the General
Assembly of. the State. Ting exact
,IlAnbolll ,dOafBfec6heek but tlfhk
.Ilit was near three hundred perhaps
4Ia few over or undeE;
II Q. Was there any'diRerencc in the
different parts of Vie Htae in the
4 strength OF tbs Union SEQ tihiCut at
! that time -. e1s - ~
~ A. In SONS pf lie m6nntain conn
7 ties the Uhi6h sentiment was gen.
orally pfcYaIeMt.. SIhe cities, towns,
OAd villages were generally for Sc
!. cessiOn Stnr0agtlbnt She state, |
4 think, With Some .exceptions. The
anti-seCessior sentiment was more
general in rlhstF districts md in the
4 moRntRAa peFti0E sf tlIa stalc Y ct
| the people Of some of the upper
! cbHnties 4weee very active and de-
\ cldod secessionistal There was moth.
/ ing like q sectional division of sne
State, at all. For INSTANCE, thPdele-
CATION from FIoyd county, ia which,
! the City Of Rome Is situated, in the
upper pOrti0n Of. the State, was an
abie Que aud strong ior secession,
while the county of Jefferson, in the
interior of the cotton belt, sent one
OF the m0st pi5lainent, obligations
for the Union. / could designate
other particular oodhties ilr that
way throughout the State, showing
that there was not what might be
termed a sectional or geographical
division of the State on that ques-
tioh, b, '''. .......... ...... s,i.'
q. In what,particular did thepeo-
pie belieys their constitutional lib
critics were endangered or assailed
fiOm the Union r o,ab q u sts =. /.
IA. / would say In thsiF Internal
social laT ahd AIeir apprehension
from fhe r0ueril cohspl llaAtilig ten-
ahnciss of thb doctrines and prinei-
j plea Of TINT political party which
!. - recently snoceeded in the choice
+. 81 4 President, aud Vice President
!l6f the Eafised States. ) LtiwAs he
serious apprehension-that If the Re-
phblioan,, organizations - then CO.'S
n slsiataA should anCceea 70 power, 4
would 1ssall'sulBhnatgiy 20 3 aYiftual
sIbyepsiDna OF the, LAR stitnll0a I d
!, tic UaiteAi Statesiqnftail its .esselsl.
: tihI puafantees of phpiic AbSfty.tsl
) ,think stllaE was tine ls1eere,, hgnes'
I at,ednT4ction6 6f tue tifli1Is bf sppFpeo.
\, ynle. Those NJ h0s oppressed secession
nj didnet appRebelld tint ans, snch, ,ii,e'
al E1lt 0sIId Ie0eaallfiIy fell0W6 thl
! I.elhatioIis 4YiiieA bad talscfl Isaeg. =.
!. ThsF sill EilS1ghE tisg Eak ueiI
! rihilts might be maintaiHpa N fiil
] IeTIRiBn ftsd liilcf ttDe Cons itatiQn
.tflRapeeialIy as there were majpriHe'
iilA bbtli fIby Rs dc Whl
I / aara6d with She On Gefistih'Aons
!. q w III Game OSflislBghtGsfI
Z nal social policy did.they apprehen'
: dangerg 50 NaaBe 2 H'F
- IA, Rrlncipally theasuborlinalioi
ll5t 69 tie African race, As II exiBtcl
tIadsr 4li' irs titntiptih. T,
y ~ q. Fh what spirit e me elnlqilel l9l z
I s4giOd 0f tlie lRRe1 EeaaREath
J !. pGSpIs M GeneralIg Il III I'D, i min
Y / inl perfect eood4aish sGllwitha dil
y noslaian, 70 do The Gast thatsennah
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q. What at pfesent aFe the ftlll
- batfs ED A.
= ihiae people espeeins N dhgitHl'
sr tikss of enpleger end emplogea RI
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