Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-09-29

beginning to beg to be excused" and unless
some moro practical propositions arc made, aud
| more practical men undertake their support,
an adjournment will leave the State in cpndi
ton worse than she was before the call of tho
extra session was issued
Nothing has been done yet to meet the i'm
mediate necessities of the poor. The House
seems very much disposed to act favorakly on
the plan OF its Special Committee, which is to
i provide fund of two hundred and City thous.
sand dollars for present emergencies, aud post
poning the preparation of more permanent
| plan until the regular session but the Sen
ate has already decided to take no steps what.
ever at this time The only reason assigned,
so far as have been able to learn, is the in
inability of the Legislature to make proper
! estimates of the appropriations which would
be necessary to provide the rclcif that is re.
qnircd.
mveal'nady mentioned the passage Of the
| Stay Law dodge by thcScnatc to-day. Almost
simultaneously with that event. the same Bill
was defeated in the House hya vote Of 10 to So
| This does not however, Indicate that no meas
ure will be adopted for the relief Of debtors
The objections to this Bill were founded on its
unconstitutionality, and not upon its Intentions
Some stay TO the collection of debt, will be
made by the Legislature, but it is impossible
to say in what shape it will come. The de-
bates already had upon the question has been
conducted with great ability and carneStncss,
but any synopsis of them could not do justice
to the subject, and beside very few people,
imagine, would take the trouble TO read
report of the speeches. albeit they would lis.
ten to them, if possible, with great deal of
pleasure.
The resolution with reference to the pro.
posed inquiries by the Attorney General and
Solicitors, into the ovrrchnrgcs of rates of
freight by the Rail Roads Of this State. have
again bccn given into the hands of Special
Committee, with :thc following additional res.
olution to be considered ut the same time and
| rcporEod on to tho House.
Reso!ps1, That in order to effect the pur-
poposc of the foregoing resolution the Comp
troller-Gcneral is hereby required to publish
the same in the newspapers of the State 1.-TWO
insertions in each,) and to invite all persons
who have been nggrcvcd by such ovcrcharg-
cs, or who may have knowledge of the same,
to furnish information to the Attorney Gcner-
nj or To some of the Solicitors, that proceed
ings may be instituted against tho Companies
FOR forfeiture Of their charters"
have already informed you by telegraph Of
Mr.. RUrLERs plan of rcpndiaion. | pre-
sumo it may interest some of your readers to
be informed Of its details which are as fol-
lows:
a Dill TO DECLARE TIE LAW IN REGARD TO
LIABILITY or PURCHASERS OF SLAVES.
Whereas. the people Of the State of South
Carolina, by their delegates in Convention
met, did OH the 9th day of September, a. ID
1865, ordain and establish Constitution for
the government of the snd State, the clev.
cnth Section Of the Ninth Article of which
is in these words:
Taa slaees IN Souh Carolino huuing been
cmunciputcR by the action Of the United
.Stnics authorities, ncHhcr siavcry nor inrol-
"ntdyw serr'tn'e, rrccm as a punishment far
crime, vhereof the party shuU hare been 0u.
" con Usctcd, shuU cUcf 6e rc.estuJiished an this
State.
And whereas by the said action Of the said
authorities aud the said Convention of the
said people, all property in slaves was destroyed
without any compensation to the owners there
Of and ii perpetual prohibition was placed up.
IN the re establishment of Slavery, thereby
lepriving tho purchasers of Slaves Of all fur
ther beneficial intcrost in slaves altering the
law Of the land under and with reference to
which said purchasers of slaves had contracted
in the purchase thereof, and virtually destroy
| ing all contracts Of that nature.
| Thc,rf1re be II enacted, de-, That nll con.
tracts involving the payment of money for
the purchase of slaves that have been made,
are hereby declared to be null aud void,
and that all parties indebted therefor under
laws existing anterior to the said 9th day Of
September, A. d. 1865, are, and are hereby
declared to be not liable for such payment.
| have no other comment to make upon the
proposition, except that it sounds rs if it was
made toappcase sentiment more morbid than
honest; nor do believe that its author had
the remotest idea that it wonld meet with any
other fate than its eternal reposo in the bosom,
| Of the Committee to which it was roforred
A GRATIFYING EXHIBIT. .--From an official