The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1866-11-30

seventy are otherwise permanently disabled.
| The printing of the Journals OF the extra scs-
sion, together with the joint resolutions then
passed, could not be completed until within
the past week, and my attention was not
called to your resolution Of the 18th Scptem-
bcr. :. directing the Governor to invite pro-
posals and specimens of artificial legs.
Proposals have not been invited; l am, there
fore, not prepared to report "thc name of
that manufacturer who will present the best
and cheapest models, with the price there
Of" -.. -.
| COVERING TIE STATE HOUSE.
In conformity to your resolution of the l9tl
of September last, advertisements were pub
lishcd inviting proposals for "estlmates OF
the cost of covering tho new State House, and
Of fitting up therein sufficient number OF
rooms for tho use of the General Assembly,
and its officers, upon the most economical
plan. Bids have been received from three
builders. They will be laid before the COM
mittccs of the two Houses charged with the
subject. together with their respective plans.
specifications and estimates. Wcll-inlormcd
architects represent that the building, in it's
present condition, will rapidly deteriorate,
and recommend that an appropriation be
made TO carry out the purpose of your rcso-
lutien..
| GENERAL INCORPoRhTIoN ACT.
respectfully renew my former recommcn-
tlatons, that u general Incorporation Act be
passed. Capital should be invited into. the
State by every legitimate means, and ready
facilities for organizing chartered companies,
where it may be concentrated for cnterpri-
scs too large for individual effort, would pro-
mote the end, and arc greatly needed. Such
on Act would save much of the time which
the General Assembly is now compelled to
devote to granting charters, and would re-
duce, very materially, the annual cost of
printing Bills and Acts of incorporation.
TIE INSANE AsTLua.
communicate herewith the report of DR..
Parker, Superintendent aud Physician of the
Asylum. You will learn from it that there
are now in the institution l43 patients, Of
whom Sc are paying and 81 arc charity pa
| tcnts. The latter list will soon be increascd
patcrially by transfer from the former, ari-
sing from the inability of present paying pa
ticnts to raise funds ftllfhur to support them
selves. The institution is admirably mail
aged in all its departments, and l commend
it to your continued favor.
THE DEAF AND puMD AND TIE DL1N9.
Tie Commissioners of the Asylum for the
Deaf and Dumb ard the Blind at Cedar
Springs. III Spaltanburg District, met in JEnc
last, and made the necessary arrangements
for putting the schools into operation, under
the supervision of AIcssrs. Henderson and
Walker. Tie clearinghouse and schools
were opened carly in November, and they
have now resumed tlci4l long suspended func-
tions under the most favorable auspices.
The schools are rapidly filing up, and prom
isa TO reach, at an carly day, the maximum
number heretofore attained. The reports of
tho Commissioners and Snperint cndents will
be soon transmitted to you l beg to coni-
mend this noble and humane charity to your
fostering care.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED GY
CONGRESS.
transmit herewith communication from
the Hon. YIN. H. Seward, covering the Con-
stitutional amendment proposed to the sever
al States the Union, by the Congress of
the United States. History furnishes few cXam-
,plcs of a people who lave been required to
.conccde more 10 the will Of their conquerors
than the people Of the South. Every c0nces-
sion we have made, however,so far from
touching the lnagnanmity or generosity OF
the yictors. has sharpencd their malice and
intensified their revenge.
In the Surrender Of our lasterganlzcd army
of the late Confederate Government, Gencr-
ais johnson and Sherman, each representing
the military powar nn,l authority his re-
spcctive Government, agreed upon certain
terms of capitalization. While exaeting i'll
some respects, these teGng we're in 'tEe main
such rs lbcraland generous victor would
conccde to fallen foe. They were accep-
ted in good faith by the Southern people, and
every organized body Of soldiers i'll opposi-
ton to tic laws of TIC United States were III
a few days dispersed. Sea rccly had the fact
uf the captulation been made public, however
before itMas announced that the terms were
rcpudiatct by the Executive authority OF
the United States, and u proclamation was
issued, offering amnesty, with numerous cX,
ccptcd classes, to those WHO had participates
in the war These classes also ncqlicsccd,
and conforming to the requirements OF tho
Chief Executive generally, made application
for pardon. Then followed Military Cover
nors and the military occupation of the
country, under which the rights of tho citizen
were regulated by no known rules, and he
was tried and punished by no known laws
This condition of things was also ncqleseed
in with remarkable patience. pEoSisiona
Governors were then appointed, whose
functions were performed jointly with tho
military commanders, and conventions callcl
by these Governors were assembled to change
the organic law Of the several States. Thus
did the people of South Carolina assembl:
and oblitcrate the Constitution that had been
made and lallowcd BY such men as Rutledge
Pinckney, Marion and Sumter. We were rc
quire,l to abolish slavery, Which had existed
for two hundred years, and was intimatel,
4 interviewer with the wh9le social, industria
and financial fabric ofthe State. We obeyed
When the Legislature assembled, we were
required to ratify the Constitutional amend,
mcnt abolishing slavery in the United States
and were made, in part, instruments to &C
complish that result in Kentucky and Della
ware, when those States lad refused co do 81
of tI,n;r own .nlition w ohnvrd Tn oLdi