The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-03-21
STATE OF SouTH CAROLINA: ):
ExEcCTIvE DEPARTMENT,
Calunlbia, December 10, 1865.

1s7. Prssi8eAt ard Ten tteHaeR Of tie Senate ::
O., Il cannot approve the Bill, which originated
II. the Senate, Quilted AN Act to amend the
Patrol Laws, > and the Constitution of this
State makes it obligatory on me:to retarnsGit,
with my OBJ SeilosIs, ITO that House in which
Il shah have originated. y = ..,s<,. - :
p" Aa Ordinance was ratified by the State
Convei ton on the 27th. Of September last, en-
titled ''Arf 0rdinanceztodecta in force the
Constitution and laws heretofore in force IN
this Stats, aad The Acts, oficiaL public and
private, done, and appointments and elections
nade, ugder1 authority of the same" The
second section declares all laws, &C., Of this
State iiE,Fce which were of force on the 18th
of December, 1850. The third section declares
that all laws passed Siuce that date are offorce
until repealed. &c; -FroUided, ho0erer,. That
all laws, resolutions, orders or rules embraced
within the terms of this and the preceding
section, whicE recognize the existence slave
ry. and regulate theSrelati ms of master and
slave, aud detiRe aud enfurce the rights and
duties growing thereoQt, OF create and punish
offences against such rights, or against the
public policy of the State in reference to slave
ry, haveshec0lue 9f no further or future force
or effect, by reason of the extinction Of slave
r., ~ : 3. -. .... -,
hesAct-of 1889 is entitled An Act to re-
d,ice all Acts aud clauses of Acts in relation
to the patrul OF this State into one Act, andto
alter and am nd the same, and was intended
solelv to secure Sal!jectiou and subordnations
fthe negro face. Every section in the Bill
TsS inte1ded 10 snStain ''the public policy ot
the State in reference to slavery" and the
ColventIou, by. snlenln Ordinance, has de-
,cIarett that laws for that purpose Shave be-
canfe of no fureher Or future force. y Is not,
therefore, all the provisions oft the Act Of 1889,
and amendments thereto, as effectualy reF eal-
eslsas the Act of $40. or any other law recog-z
.Fiz5tig sta regulating slavery !? lfan Ordinance
OF q Cangcntian can repeal law, there would
seem to he little doubt that every enactment
in4rtIiS State aSsto a patr has been efectualiy
swept froJn the Statute book The first sec
tfofl0f the Biffmider consideration, IN repeal
ing 4he eleventh, twelfth thirteenth and ff-
teersttl rSec.ianS afthe act of 1889, assumes
that all the other sections OF the Act are still
of fsree. 3 T. 49,. E'.-..,v.:. ~.
The Constitution Of the State recognizes
the uGie eer<lt Freedom oi the African race, and
prohibits their reinstatement, The Oral.
nance of the Gonvenlion expressly repeats all
laNSsregalEtiatg the ir>titution, and this as
suy,pliau,,if the Bill is entirely inconsistent
uith7haIh. ) l. rat. the provision Of the hEth
secrion Of the Act, which au ho'izes the. pat
rol to take up ali Saves found without the
=, limits of their owners plantation, and give
them nt0derate whipping, and in the sixth
section author ziug aud requiring the patrol
.nter into any di<orderiy house, vessel or
boat, SusyScted OF harhoring, tratficking or
detlirg g-wlth negroes, whether the same be
occupied By white persons, free negroes, mu-
iaitoeS. ,lneSlizneS or slaves, and to correct all
slaves found there, and 10 report the free ne
yroeS to a magistrate, and to retain the pro-
ducts nf traffic till inquired into, just as incon-
siStent with the freedom of the negro as the
sections prop, Sed TO be repealed by this Bill =!
am entirely satisfied that the whole Act
for tie reasons stated, is no longer law in
South Carolina, and am unwilling to raise
question by now repeating some sections and
allowing others to remain. .....
object to the second section of the Bill,
Because it undertakes amongst other things,
to interfere Whh the private rights and bnSl-
ness Of the citizen, when the public safety
does not require such interpoSition.
The citizen, resident. or SGjourner, who hires
fifteen or more lahorers, whether white or
colnred, IS most competent to determine Wnat
supervision his laborers may require. II his
laborers become troublesome to his nelghoorS
by tnmuluon< or diSorderly conduct, they
nav he Indicted and punished. II they roo
and plumber, the law will avenge the outrage
on the individual and on society.
Nox that Freedom has been accorded to the
African :sce in our midst, duty and policy