The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-04-23

SECTION g., An6 be it, artther enacted,
That registers in bankruptcy shall have
power to administer oaths in all cases, and
in relation TO all matters in which ;oaths
may be administered by Commissioners of
the Circuit Courts of the United States, and
such Commissioners may take proof of debts
in bankruptcy in oil cases, subject to the
revision of such proofs by the register and
by the court, according tothe provisions of
said act. ,:o,Ist5s n .s ..s.r.s, 80 -
Passed the House Tuesday and sent to the
Senate. esfsss Z, i d q e.ssszg s,If2Es !.
THE PEoPosED FOURTEENTH CoNsTIrU-
TIoNAI. AstENDM NT--REsoL UTIoNs OF. THE
NEw JERSEY LEGISLATURE publish
below the resolutions adopted by. the Legis-
lature OF, New y ersey I'M referenceEto the
action Of che House of Representatives, in
| the presentation Of the joint resolutions
withdrawing the consent Of New Jersey to
the proposed fourteenth constitutional
amendment s.: A. -. ~ -s53 ~. sf 4 :
/ Whereas Communication has been re-
ceived from the Hon. Charles iHaight, one
of the Representatives from this State IN the
House Of Representatives stating that he
had presented to that, body Joint Resolution
No. /, as requested by the Legislature Of
New Jersey, and that they had been re-
turned to him by the Speaker Of the said
House Of Representatiy before the reading
of the same was concluded, under the fol-
lowing resolution: ,fz--5s 81
g RESOLVED, That the. resolutions; of the
Legislature rof New Jersey, purporting to
Withdraw tthe assent of the said State to
the constitutional amendme emit, known as the
| fourteenth article be returned by the
Speaker of the House to the gentleman who
presented it, for the reason that the same is
disreputable to the House and scandalous in
character, and that its title only shall be
referred to in the Journal and in the Con-
qressional Globe.n 2 !, = Re- ...., IL ~
/ Bet sresolped By the Senate {the House
of Assembly concurring) That the return
Of the Joint resolutions of the Legislature,
withdrawing the assent Of this State to the
proposed amendment to the Constitution of
the United States, entitled article fourteen,
to the representative who presented the
same, by virtue of the resolution of the
House to that effect, and the passage ,of the
said resolution pronouncing the joint resolu-
| tons of New Jersey g disrespectful to the
House and ;scandalons in character, when
only portion of the paper had been read,
| was o violation of: the natural and constltu-
tional rights Of the people of this State,
| oppressive, arrogant, and imperlous.
| That the manner in which the; said joint
resolutions were received demonstrates the
| wholesome truths contained IN them. 1t
confirms the statement that g the origin and
objects of the said proposed amendments
were unseemly and unjust; that the neces-
sary result of it's adoption must be the dis
turbance of the harmony, if not the de-
struction, of our system of government; .
that the objects Of Congress were to absorb
to itself executive, Judicial, and legislative
power necessary to secure to itself lmmu-
nity for the Unconstitutional acts it has
already committed, and those it had since
| inflicted on too patient people, !.
r esotUed, !. That if it be true, as stated
tby the House of Representatiy es, that the
Joint resolutions sent to them by this Legis-
| lature were 6 disrespectful to the House and
scandalous in character they were only
disrespectful to the House inasmuch as they
recited its acts, and .scandalous only be-
cause they recited the scandalous proceed
ingsof Congress. GO tzrrs a'a
Resolued, That the order made " that the
title of the resolution should only be re-
ferred to in the Journal and Congresssona.
Globe, after aportion of the resolution a mao
been read, made the record untruthful and
.;;esa,ffait7ttai. It recorded not what tran
ispired; but what the prevailing faction gle;
sired to be recorded. It was an effort tt
close the ears of the people at large, as they
had closed their own, to o fair and constitu;
tional statement Of grievances TO Q recital
of their own 'actings and. doings-by dlmln-
Fishing the grecord, and making itsonly Q
partial witness of their proceeding s NJ.
Resolped, That the statement made by
the mover of the resolution on the floor OF
| the House Of Representatives, that it was
done 80 as "a rebssEe to a disloyal Iegsst0-
ture," should have been sufficient 10 have
prevented any representative fro rom 4, tnls
State from voting for said resolution. I Il
NE, on the part Of the Legislature OF New
jersey and NIL the people Of the State, deny
| the truth of the statement that the Leglsl "a
ture is disloyal, ser ever has been, but point
ling proudly to the record for the evidence
| Of our past devotion to the Government OF
onr fathers and constitutional Liberty, we
soleminly appeal tosthe people Of this state u
| 80 maintain unabridged the sacred rights O
freedom, Of speech and petition, SO grossly
violated by the action Of the House on III; fne
presentation Of these resolutio ions and 4, g
That end we call on them so to speak at tn ,,
Ipolls, that the House Of Repre VII
he obliged to hearbe they neyerso un INV
and SO 70 record the protest. of New Jersey
aeaingt the unconstitution acts Of the Pre-
ssnt Congress, that no resolve Of the House
| a Raprsse ntatiyes can mar the record. "
General Meade having decided that.al
, ,s elected in Georgia e the state
fsuislature Or to gil county Offices ; 2 "
tafe tIs test OATH by the proylsions q tn
r,.aeonstruction laws, Foster Blodgett, tht
aha irman sof the Republican State cen Y
| Committee, has published card requesting
Il, Rapublieans thus elected, ind unable z
sake tie oath to forward their names TO MN
II A,iprsta Ga, as soon as the result OF ths
s,ect;on ID nude known, that steps may bs
mined atsly taken to have their disapi lite
remoYed..by Cong 81 ,ss
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