Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-03-09
BSg- A gentleman who reached here on

BV- A gentleman who reached here on
Wednesday last from Millican, kindly
loaned us copy of the N. 0. Picayune of
the 23d ult., being several days later than
we had previously received. We copy from
it the full text of the Military Government
Bill as it passed both houses of Congress.
The bill will be found in another column.
We take from the Picayune, also, the fol-
lowing comments on the bill:
The text of the military bill now in the
hands of the President, will be found in
this mornings paper. If it shall become
law, of which there seems to be very
strong probability, the condition of the ten
Southern States will be, as we state below,
condensed in brief from the provisions of
the act. These afford much matter for
more extended comment hereafter, conflict
ing, as they do, with manifest provisionsof
the constitution of the United States, and
recent decisions of the Supreme Court.
!. The existing civil governments are
permitted to continue, but under the char
acter of provisional governments merely,
subject to the paramount author ity of the
Federal Government. They are made sub
jec t, in all elections hencefortb to all the
conditions in regard to suffrage and the
Acknowledgement prescribed for the con
situations permitted to be made hereafter,
A proviso is added at the close Of this
section. as if to repair an oversight in the
BODY of it, by which il is ordered that no
person shall vote for the Convention, or be
a member who would be disqualified by the
third section of the constitutional amend
meut. which is not vet ratified. The clause
referred 10 proyides;
"Who having previously taken an oath
as member of Congress, or as an officer of
the United States. or as a member of any
State Legislature, or as an executor or iu-
dicial officer or an officer of any State, to
support the constitution Of the United States
s,h:ii nave engaged in ipsurrectiou or re-
belI;on AGAINST The came or given aid or
comfort 10 The enemies tbereofn uH |
Tn onotber nroyiso il ia subsequently
nrovided tbat no nerson shall he ueiioibler
Is 70 a,v office under The nroyisioual govern.
ment who would he disaualified as an cleo.
Tow under The same section of the amend.
ment 80 - III + n.
The ten pnrenresented States are dis.
trihuted into 1--WE miIitarv districts over
rh;ch maria, law ia attended The dis
tr;cts arc la, VIRGINIA. 2nd North Carnli-
ard Sontb Carolina. 8d Georgia Flori-
da and Alabama: Am. Mississippi aud Ar
kansas, 9Th. Louisiana and Texas. IL ia
remarkable that In ALI This distribution. and
tbrouqbout the bill. the descriptive word
estates" is applied without disouali6ca
tion Each of The Eve military districts is |
70 he mt under the command of an officer
Of The United States army of a rank not
under a brieadier general. to be supported |
bv an ADEQUATE military force, 10 DO detail. |
ed for the purpose. The appointments are
10 be made by the President
By reference TO the army list va find the
range of selection "a yL;nb .he. President
is limited in tae ASSIGNING Of officers 70
these commands. 10 include these names
pnder the Lieutenant General:
Ma;orC;eperals Halleck. Sherman. Meade.
sheridan and Geo I, Tbomas-b
Brieadier Generals Nc Dowell, Rosecrans.