The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-12

ha sbsu bave tak en- said OATH and the Court may
require any juror to take it, unless Nc Shall swear
tndi ns THAT II shall be the duty of the Presi-
dent of the United States to direct and require
the United States Marshal for the District OF
North Carolina to appoint for each county IN sala
district one Deputy Marshal, and the Deputy Mar
sbal so appointed shall, each in his respective
county, appoint keepers and inspectors OF Polls
and other necessary assistants, and on the first day
of NAV, 1867 the said Deputy Marshals shall each
open polls in their respective counties 1or the
election of delegates to said Convention at sucn
places and shall conduct the election and give
certificates OF election under such rules and reg
ulations, except as herein otherwise PROVIDED, as
were prescribed for the election OF members OF
the House of Commons by the laws OF the State
of North Carolina immediately previous to the goth
day of May, 1861 ; and any person VINO snail DC
appointed Deputy Marshal, or Inspector, or In,
spector, Keeper of the Polls, as aforesaid, ana
who shall refuse or neglect to perform the duties
leuuired of him under this act, shall be guilty
of Il misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
before the United States Circuit Court, held IN
the district of North Carolina, shall be fined such
sum, or imprisoned for such time as the Court III
its discretion shall fix.
SirfH. That the said deputy marShals, keepers
and inspectors of polls, and other necessary as
sistants shall receive the sum of five dollars per
day, for every day they may be engaged III the
discharge of their duties under this act, to he as
certained and paid by the United States Marshal
of the district under the order of the District
Judge. And the United States Marshal i'll adj
dition to his present salary and fees, shall receive
such compensation Tor the discharge OF his duties
under this act as Congress may hereafter allow;
and the Treasurer of the United States shall pay
to the United States Marshal fsaid District, upon
the order or requisition OF said Judge, out any
moneys in the Treasury not otherwise approprl-
ated, such sums of money from time to time, rs
may be necessary for carrying out t lie forego-
ing provisions.
S.renM That the present organization set up
under martial law by the military power of the
President and all officers i'll said district charged
with the execution ofcivil regulations therein, cx-
cept the regular officers of the United States,
shall cease to be such, and their functions and
powers shall terminate at such time US may be
provided by the said Convention after the recog-
milton and approval by Congress ofthe State Con-
stitution and civil government provided for and
sought to be established under this act
Eight. That the President of the United States
is hereby authorized and it shall be his duty, so
to dispose and employ the military and naval
forces of the United States, from time to time,
and in such places, as to enforce the prompt and
efficient execution of the provisions of this act;
and to preserve peace and order, ana obedience
to the laws of the United States, in the said dis
trict, formerly comprising the State OF North
Carolina.
We publish below Mr.. Stevens bill, as
amended, to reconstruct the insurgent States.
1t will be remembered that the bill intro
duced by Mr. Stevens on the 18th December
prepared at his request by North arolinians,
was referred to the Committee on Territories,
of which Mr.. Ashley is Chairman. But mean
while Mr.. Stevens has amended former
bill of his. by ENGRAVING on it the main tea-
lures of the North-Carolina BILL as to give
his bill thus amended, which We publish he
low, precedence on the calendar 1t WILL
therefore, come up at once as soon rs Con-
gress re-assembles. 1t is probable the Com
mittee on Territories will report bill SINH
lar to the one below.
1t will be observed that the amended bill
differs in several respects from the North
Carolina bill. in Its machinery, but the oath,
which is the gist OF the measure. is preser-
we'd. Vet'"d tie 0ah uW not. in uny ecent. he
altered or omitted. We are satisfied from our
knowledge of the South, that it is the best
oath yet devised. Provision should be made.
however, in the bill for furnishing those who
may succeed in taking it falsely
Another very important improvement is,
that Mr.. Stevens amended bill extends the
oath not merely to office holders but to r0ters
We have conversed with many Unionists, and
heard from Others, since our return from
Washington. and it seems to he the general
wish Of our loyal people that unrepentant
rebels should be excluded from the ballot
box, and that loyal men only, without re-
gard to color, should be invested with the
ballot. If Congress would do its work
thoroughly, and would extend adequate pro-
lection to the loyal whites and blacks of the
South, let 1t by no means omit this oath ::
buG let the oath he a test of suffrage with
out regard to color This we believe to be
the unanimous wish of the Unionists Of this
State as well as of the cotton States as
shown by the Address OF the Southern Re-
publican Association, which We publish to-
day.
MIR. STEVENS BILL FOR THE READMIssIoN OF THE
SOUTHERN STATES.
BIZ IiIeggGDh to tie Tr$Jn,,el
WAsHINGToN, Dec 2l.-The following bill in
troduced into the House last session by Mr.. Ste
vens, To enable the States lately in rebellion to
regain their privileges in the Union," has been
amended considerably and in its amended form
will be called up for action by Mr.. Stevens in Il
few days:
A Bill to enable the States lately in rebellion to
regain their privileges in the Union.
Whereas, The eleven States, which lately formed
the Government called the "Coniederatc States
of America" have forfeited all their rights under
the ConStitu tion and can be reinstatcd in the
same only through the action of Congress there
fore,
Re etacted 5y tie Senate and House of Rz,tSe1.-
tatiyeS Of the United States 81 An.erica ~ Congress
assembled, That the eleven States lately in rebel
lion, except Tennessee, may form valid State
Governments in the following manner:
SECTION 2. aud be ii further enacted, That the
State Governments now existing dc titctO, though
illegally formed in the midst OF martial law and
under duress, and not submitted to the ratiiica-
ton Of the people, and therefore are not to be
treated as free republics, yet they arc hereby
knOwlcdgcd as valid governments for municipal
purposes until the same shall be duly altered, tand
their legislative and executive officers shall be
recognized such.
SEC. ,. And be 1t further enacted That the ten
States which were lately in rebellion and have not
been admitted to representation III Congress, shall
hold elections on the first Tuesday of May 1861,
to choose delegates to II convention to form 4
State Government. The Convention shall con-
sist of the same number of members the most
numerous branch of the Legislature of said State
before the rebellion. 1t shall meet at the former
capital of said State the first Monday of June
of said year, at II o'clock noon, with power to
adjourn from time TO time, and shall proceed to
form State Constitution. which shall be submit
ted to the people at such time as the Convention
shall direct, and if ratified by majority of legal
votes shall be declared the Constitution of the
State. Congress shall elect Commission for
each of said States, to consist Of three persons,
who shall select or direct the mode of selecting
the election of officers for the several election dis
tricts, which districts shall be the same as before
the Rebellion, unless allotted by said Commits
sion. The officers shall consist OF one Judge and
two inspectors of elections and two clerks. The
said officers, together with all the expenses of
the election shall be paid by the United States
and said expenses shall be rcE- by said State or
Territory. Each of said officers shall receive s.
per day for the time actually employed. Each of
SO, 900 per annum, and their clerks s., 900. The
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