Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-12-07
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NEW ORLEANS, December Especial
Order No. 204 appoints Charles O. Dnge
Judge OF the Second Judicial District
Court of Louisiana, vice A. Casabat, de-
clined, the latter not being willing TO
take the oath prescribed by the recon-
struction bill, and which Gen. Hancock
requires Of all apPOintees.
The resolution fixing compensation OF
members and employees OF the Conven-
ton, provides that compensation shall
begin from date Of election Or appoint
ment. F
IA discussing the resolution q colOTed
member said they had been slaves long
enough, and now wanted to enjoy some
Of the Injuries of freedom he said he
wanted ali the money that could be got.
The resolution was adopted by yeas65,
NAYS %. lIlJ El.ttH2 Ni
The following was offered yesterday,
as an article TO the proposed Constitu-
ton:
RESOLVED, That the faith Of the State
shall nege again be pledged to protect
the landed monopoly Of the Mississippi
bottoms, by the erection % levees or
otherwise but the State may assist in
redeeming said lands from i~nundation,
whenever such q system Of agricultural
economy shall be adopted Is will secure
TO the real uller Of the soil the just aud
legitimate fruits of his labor, by an
equitable distribution of the right of
ownership in homestead farms. Referred
to Committee on Internal Improvement.
A series Of articles for Incorporation in
the Constitution were offered and referred
to the Committee on Schedule and Ordi-
nance, OF which the following are ex-
tracts: "Tns system of laws heretofore
in use in this State, and known as the
civil law system, together with all stat
utes enacted by previous Legislatures in
accordance Herewith, together with
the revised statutes, civil code and
code of practice, are hereby abol-
ished, and the common law of
England is adopted as the law
Of Louisiana, and all statutes Of a gene
raI nature, End not local to that kingdom
passed prior to the fourth year of the
reign Of King James are also adopted as
the laws Of this State until repealed by
future legislation, except the common
law, statutes and provisions for impFison-
meut for debt; provided, That no person
shall ever be arrested or imprisoned for
debt in this State; that the cOmmo law
as hereby adopted shall go into operation
and be in force within six months from
the date OF the PRONUNCIATION OF this
constitution that the laws, public
records, and all records Of Judi
dical and legislative proceedings of
this State shall be promulgated and pre-
served in the English language only; all
publications Of the same 10 foreign Ian
guages is hereby forever prohibited; all
legal papers, proceedings or contracts
drawn or preserved in any other Ian
guage than the English, after the COM
mon law goes into operation, shall be
| null and void. Capital punishment in
this State is hereby forever abolished"
A resolution was offered that no com
! pany Or corporation now existing, or
hereafter created in this State, shall
make any distinction Of race or color in
its rules or regulations. Referred 70
Committee on Bill Of Rights.
The Committee on Bill Of Rights re-
| ported on Article /, Section IL, of which
il provides that no public funds shall be
bestowed upon any charitable or public
institution ia this State that makes any
distinction among the citizens thereof.
Section p, Of the same Article, pro-
vides that the Military shall be il strict
subordination to the civil power.
Section 80, Of this Article, is as follows:
To guard against the transgressieu of the
high powers we have delegated, We
declare that everything in this Article Is
excepted out of the general powers Of
government, and shall forever remain
iuviOlate.n Article ordered TO DO printed.
An amendment 10 the resolution in
viting Thomas w. Conway to address
the Convention was offered, inserting
also the name Of Miss Edmonia G. High
gate, an intelligent lady OF color Of New
Orleans. The whole subject was tabled.
Gen. HancOck's order of yesterday re-
voking S~heridaHis jury order was elected
by representatives Of eminent judi
cfal officers that the course of jus-
tice was impeded by that order.
Under it, it was almost impossible
to obtain juries that could read or write;
and it was almost certain, should convie-
tions be obtained by them, the proceed
ings would be set aside by the Supreme
Court.
The following resolution was offered in
the Convention by a negro member:
WHEREAS, By the acts Of Congress |
known as military reconstruction acts,
and acts supplementary thereto, this
Convention is not only empowered to 1
make a Constitution, but found 3 civil
government therefore be it
h6SOtDC0f This OOHNculOn snail
Immediately take prompt measures TO
from a civil government, loyal to the
United States, and so enact as to have it
organized throughout the State previous |
to submitting the Constitution to the
people for ratification" Laid over.
The resolution indOrsiBg the leyee
bonds came up for action to-day, and
was tabled by s vote of 20 to Is.
LOUISVILLE, December 6-Fhe river
IS on a stand, with two feet nine inches
in the canal. Weather clear and tenn
perate.
NASHVILLE, December 6-The Cum
beTland river has come up two and a half
feet and is still rising.
The Senate to-day postponed further
legislation On the question of admitting
negroes to Office and the jury box until
January 18th.
The omnibus bill appropriating s., O00,-
900 to S., 1000, 600 for State aid to railroads
has passed its final reading in the House,
and is o a law.
The Republican caucus at the capitol
tonight, passed a resolution requesting
the State Central Committee TO postpone
the State Convention until Monday,
January 22d.