The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-12-11
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| Gov. Stevenson of Kentucky has sent
| in his annual message to- the, Legislature
He is opposed to- the reconstruction
| policy OF Congress.
a large and enthusiastic conservative
meeting was held in Montgomery, De.
.cenber 9th. Four members of the Con:
| vention made speeches and pledged CO.
operation in the effort to defeat the Con.
stitution. They believe any government
framed in accordance with the provisions
of The Constitution by the Convention
will entail upon. the people of the State
greater evils than any which now threat
en- them. - =. .. = -.-'->~ = = ', .-c '-
There was a good deal of legislation
BY the Convention this week, looking
20 the maintenance of the Radical party
in political power. d:
e. The Conventi"n adjourned at2 o'clock,
subject to the call of its President, or
the Military Commander, If convened
before january lst, 1869. "
The radicals held grand mass meet
iag>ae The Capitol tonight, to enlighten
frtr'Fmcn, touching their rights under
the Constitution. =. ~.,- - = -.
The tinaacss committee Of the Virginia
Convention, it IS said, agreed to-day, on
IS per dir,n for members, and the usual
legislative mileage and officers salaries.
The resolution fixing the compensa-
ton o. racmbcrs and employees of the
Convention, in New Orleans, provides
that compensation shall begin from date
of election or appointment. In discuss
ing this resolution, a colored member
said he had been a slave long enough,
and now wanted to enjoy some of the
luxuries of freedom. He said he wanted
all the money that could be got. Reso-
lotion adopted-Yeas IS, nays %.
In discussing the preamble and resolu-
tions denying the statements contained
in the memorial to Congress- expressing
fear of q war of races, a negro member,
named Cromwell, declared we will rule
until the last one of US gees down for
ever that the negroes were going to
have their rights, if it was by revolution
and blood, spite Of ofsAndrcw johnson cor
any other man., He declared that he
was ready. for revolution. =. -
Pinchback, also cflared, deprecated the
remarks of Grom welI; but declared tat
the coiorcd people OF this country could
get so rights the whites dials2not see fit
to give them ); that talk ofsa war of races
WAS all fudge. :, He, alluded to the dispari-
tY Of numbers. of the two races, and de.
clar. d That the shareholders of the South
had bee2 in the past and were still tie
friends of the. negro !; thatit was the pro-
vince Of the radical Congress, and not of
this Convention, to discuss questions of
thisSkind. - u, Z -.-2s: 1s:
5 The financial statement of the Radical
caucus Committee on, and to consider
the state Of the party in the Southern
States reports that forty thousand dollars
had been subscribed. of which fifteen
thousand had been contributed by Sena.
tors and Representatives in Congress and
their attaches. Two million documents
have been distributed since the organiza-
ton of this Committee, .szs.s .: :; :
The Committee recommend an. active
campaign in favor of the Constitutions
which shall be adopted BY the Conven-
tons held under the Reconstruction Acts,
and, also, that twenty orators, white and
Slack, be put in the, field to help the
work. The Committee received report
that the; question of Convention had been
carried in ali the States Of the South ex-
cent South Caroii2a. wherc, they say, lit
was defeated by the shSrt' time and few
places allowed for voting. The Com.
mittee expressed the belief that Texas
would go largely in favor ola Conreation.