The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-07
The Louisiana Convention.

New ORLEANS, December Especial Orders No.
2O4, appoints Clas. o. Duge Judge of the Second
judicial District of the Court OF Louisiana, vice A.
Cozsbat declined The latter rot being willing to
take the oath prescribed by the Reconstruction
bill. which General Hancock requires OF all ap-
pointeos
The resolution fixing the compensation OF men,
Der, and employees of the Convention provides
thai the compensation shall begin from the date of
appointment. In discussing this resolution col
ored member said that they had been slaves long
enough, and now wanted 10 enjoy some OF the lux
uries Of freedom. he said he wanted ali the money
that could be got. The resolution was adopted.
Yeas. 61; nays, %.
The following vas offered yesterday as an artl-
Gle OF the proposed constitution Resolved, That
tie faith OF tie State shall never again be pledged
to protect tie Landed monopoly CT the Mississippi
bottoms, By the eroctioa of leTee7 or otherwise;
bat the State may assist in rcdeemng said lands
from inundat; N, whenever such & system OF ag1-
culture elali be adopted as to secure to the real
tler of tho SOL the just and Legitimate fruits OF
MS labor, by an equal distribution OF the right Of
ownership in homestead farms" This was re-
ferrei to the Committee on Internal Improve
ments.
A series OF articles for incorporation into the
constitution wore offered and referred to the Com
mttec on Ordinances, Sc. The following are ex-
tracts:
The system of laws IN use IN this State. and
known IS the civil law system, together with all
statutes, enacted by previous Legislatures, IN ac-
cordance herewith, together with the Revised
Statutes of the Civil Code ana Code of Practice, arc
hereby abolished, aud the Common Law OF Eng
land is adopted as the law of Louisiana, and all
statutes Of q penal nature, and not local to that
kingdom. passed prior to the fourth year OF the
reign Of King Japes, are also adopted as the law
OF this State until repealed b. further legislation
except the common Law statutes and provisions Tor
| imprisonment for debt, which provides that no
person shall ever be imprisoned in this State that
the common law hereby adopted shall go into ope-
ration and be in force seven months from the oa'e
OF this Constitution, and that the !a"a pubic
records. and all records OF judicial and leg
slatiye proceedings OF this State snail
be promulgated and preserved i'll the English
language, and all publication of the same, in any
foreign language, is hereby forever prohiolted
All loyal papers, proceedings or contracts drawn
or preserved il any other language than the
English language, after the common law goes ih'o
operation, shall be null and void.
! Capi,al punishment in this State is hereby ior'
ever abolished.
Aresoution that no company or corporation now
existing, or hereafter created in tis State, shall
make any distinction regarding race or color III i's
regulations which vas referred
The Bill Of Rights, as reported, provides that 40
pubic funds shall bs bestowed upon any chari'
table or public institution in this State tint ma.es
any distinction among the citizens thereof
sechon q cf the samo provides that Il: mihtaiy
.ha! be IN strict subordhation to the civil power
Section 80 Of this article is as follows; To slard
against transgressions OF the higher powers which
We have delegated, We declare that everything IN
this article is accepted cut Of the general powers
Of Government and shall forever remain iny:olate
The article was ordered 10 lie printed.
An amendment to a resolution inviting Thomas
" CONWAY to address the Convention was offered
Inserting also the name OF Miss Edmonia Hlghgate
an intelligent ladg of color, of New Orleans. The
whole subject WAS tabled.
General Hancock's order OF yesterday, reTokine
sheridan's ury order, was elected by representa-
tens Of eminent judicial officers that the course
OF justice was lmpeceu y. 'H"' ''"~'' 60
under it it was almost impossible to obtain lune
that can neither read CT write; and it was amos
certain that should convictions be Obtained b.
them, the proceedings would be set aside by IN
Supreme Court
The following resolution waa offered i'll conven
ton to-day BY Z neg-o member
Where's. by the Acts of Congress, known q
the Military Reconstruction Acts, and the acts sup
Elementary thereto, this Convention is empowered
not only to mako a constitution BIZ! to found
> civil government, therefore be il
Reao!ved That this Convention shall inlinediatel.
take prorap: measures TO form civil goverlmen
loyal to the United States. and 50 enact rs 20 havi
i. thoroughly organized throughout the State pre-
vious to submitting the constitution 10 the peop
= for ratification.
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