The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-08-03

revision Of the entire code Of laws and tfs.S.
organization of the courts.
6. That it is just and proper TINT taxes
should be al paloren,, and proportioncd to the
property of tho citizens.
q That the ballot being the surcst safeguard
of the rights of the citizen, all executive and
legislative officers of the State should be elect
ed by tho people; therefore,
Rcsolvcd That in our opinion a purely re-
publican government is maintained oa,ly by
making our rulers, responsible directly to the.
people by frequent clcctions-not by the Legis-
laturc, but by the people themselves; there
fore, ri i$ ~
Resotccd, That the delegates We shall send
called by the Commanding General, be insstruc-
ted to 80 frame our new constitution that the
Governor and Council, Senators and Represcn-
tativcs of the State Legislature, and all subor-
dinato officers, except those Of tho judiciary
department., be chosen by the 7,coplc, to hold
their respective Offices not for two years, bur
for one year; and that in the election of Presi-
dent and Vice President of tho United States.
chosen every four years, the electors, as they
are now i'll every other State in tie Union,
shall be chosen by the people directly, and not
by the members of the Legislature.
S. That the poor and destitute those aged
and infirm people, houscess and homeless and
past labor, who have none to care for them,
should be provided for at the expense of the
State; and that, i'll the reconstruction of our
government, VIC will sec TO it TINT they arc not
neglected and forgotten
o. That the unhappy policy pursued by AM
drew johnson is, in its effects upon the loyal
people of the South, unjust, oppressive, and
intolcrabc; and, accordingly, however ardent
ly We desire to sec our State onccmorc restored
to its proper p sition in the Union, VIC would
dcplore restoration on any other conditions
than those prescribed by the Fottieth Corr
gress. toiwhich we give our cordial and entire
sanction, believing the principles enunciatcd by
the Republican party, through that Congress-,
to be just and wise.
10. That the adverse discrimination towards;
the agricultural laborers Of the Southern States,
rs manifested by the enormous tax on Cotton,
is unjust and oppressive, and should be abroga-
ted at the earliest practicable molnent
II. That We sincerely cxult in the fact that,
as nation, we arc now absolutely nation of
frccn:cn. and that, from the ST. Lawrc, &C to
the Rio Grandc, and from the .itlautic tn the
Pacific, the sun no longer shines upon the brew
! of slave. }El
II. That a wise care for the public s,fcey,
sometimes renders it necessary that those who
have sought rcsolutcly to ovcrthr.w a govern
ment should not hastily be r-tpred To the
privileges Of which they hurc deprived thcnt.
selves BY their crime Of iscasc.,---rcrsafhls NOT
until they have shown evidence of sincere rc.
pcntancc and disposition as cncrgcticnlly to
support as they havcr in time past sought to.
destroy Tie I'ninM; and that We consi,tcr VII.
linsness Oh the ..ri Of tIscsc mcn 10 elevate to
power the plsn who preserved unxwcry:og ad-
hcrcncc to the government iaril. the var, us
the best test Of sincerity III Froisaio::s for the
future. "a,
1'13 That We will hot support any candidate
for Office who will not openly irtorsc the prin-
circs adopted BY the Union Republican party;
ami Int We pledge ourselves to stand BY tho
rc.uor r,,, nations of the party, ai
reservation whatever
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