The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-12-08

appointment. In discussing this rs-
solution, colored member said he
had been q slave long enough, and
now wanted to enjoy, soma ~of the
lnxuries of freedom. He said he
wanted all the money thss could ba
got i Resolution adopted yeas 65,
The following was offered yester-
day as an articleof the Constitution:
ResolUed, That the faith of the State
shall never again be pledged to pro-
tect the landed monopoly Of the Mis-
sissippi bottom, by the erection of
levees or otherwise but the State
may assist in ,redeeming said lands
from inundation, whenever such q
system of agricultural economy shall
be adopted as will secure to the real
,tiller of the soil, the Just and leeiti-
mate fruits Of his labor, by an eauit-
able distribution of the right Of
ownership on homestead farms. Re-
ferred to Committee on Internal I'M
provements.
A series of articles for ircorpora-
tion in the Constitution, were offered
and referred to the COMMITTEES ON
Schedule and Ordinances, of which
the following are extracts: sThe
system of laws in use in this State.
and known as the civil law system.
together with all statutes enacted by
previous Legislatures in accordance
Herewith, together with the revised
statutes of the civil code and code of
practice, are hereby abolished, and
the common law of England is adopt
ed as the law of Louisiana, and all
statutes of a general nature, and not
local to that kingdom, passed prior to
the fourth year Of the reign Of King
James, are also adopted as the laws
of this State, until repealed by future
legislation, except the common law
statutes and provisions for imprison-
ment for debt, which provides that
no person shall ever be arrested or
imprisoned for debt in this State;
that the common law, as hereby
adopted, shall go into operation and
be in force within six months from
the date of the PRONUNCIATION of this
Constitution; that the laws, public
records and all records of judicial and
legislative proceedings of this State
shall be promulgated and preserved
in the English language. Ali publica-
tion of the same, in any foreign lam
guage, is hereby forever prohibited.
ALI legal papers, proceedings or con-
tracts, drawn or preserved in any
other language than the English,
after the common law goes into ope-
ration, shall be null and void. CAPITAL
punishment in this State is hereby
forever abolished.
Aresolution that no COMPANY or
corporation now existing, or hereafter
created, in this State, shall make any
distinction of race or color in its
rules or regulations, was referred to
the Committee on Bill of Rights.
The Committee on Bill Of Rights
reported Article I, Section 12, which
provides that no public funds shall
be bestowed upon any charitable or
public institution in this State that
makes any distinction among the
citizens thereof.
Section 81 of the same provides
that the military shall be in strict
subordination to the civil power.
Section 80 of this article is as fol-
lows: ''To guard against transgres-
sions of the higher powers which we
have delegated, we declare that every
thing in this article is excepted out
Of the general powers of Govern
ment, and shall forever remain in
violate" !" Article ordered to be
printed.
The following resolution was Of
fered in the Convention to-day by O
negro member:
Whereas, by the Acts of Congress
known as the Military Reconstruc-
tion Acts and Acts supplementary
thereto, this Convention is empow-
cred not only to make Constitution,
but to found a civil government:
therefore, be it
Resoloed, That this Convention
shall Immediately take prompt mea-
sures to form a civil government
loyal to the United States, and 80
enact as to have it thoroughly organ
lied throughout the State previous
to submitting the Constitution to the
people for ratification. Laid over.
A resolution endorsing the levee
bonds came up for action to-day, and
was tabled by vote of 76 to Is.
New ORLEANS, December Tn
the Convention to-day, in discussing
the preamble and resolutions deny
inc the statamenta contained IN tia