The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-01-29
VOIx1TY.
GovSJsnRins andGen. Meade.

GovIenkinS and9Sen. Meade
The reply Of GOV. Jenkins tc
Meade. IL which he declines using
monies ip:tbet Treasury to pay the
expenses of the Convention as di,
ressed, will be found highly inter.
esting. The letter fally explains
the whole affair without the ne,
ceIsity odf giving the entire
eerrespondence:
~ExEcUr1vE DEPARTMENT,
MILLEDGvILLE, Jan. 10, 1868.
a9sand George G. Meade,
United States Army, Command.
9as 1Knd Military District:
GENERAL: Your communic:. ton
ofJAeH b Instaut, inelosing, for
my consideration, an ordinance Of
a eonVention,, nov sitting in At
lanta,sto levy and collect tax for
dsfraying the expenses of the con-
vention, and for other purposes"
having an, Endorsement thereon bv
Major 1Geaeral, John Pope, then
eemmanding the Third District,
aashogszipg aadeinstructing John
49,
JeRes, ESD State T! easurer, to
pay thef fdisbursing officer of the
eaaxeBtion $40, zoo, to pay its ex.
penses, and the pay and mileage
ofltsniensers and officers, up t.
tlses23k day Of December, 1867,
and the reply Of Ar. Jones to Gen
eral Pale was aeeeMeds after tee
o'clock P. N yesterday, and NJ:
merous, unavoidable Interruptions
have prs5ented me from replying
in time for the mail Of to-day.
Aftsrsresiting the substance O.
the enclosed papers, you add.
'anaer ffase cirtuanstancesI I deem
is'proper>to request yop to issue
an executive warrant on the-State
Treasurer for the payment of the
amount, and for the purposes
speeifed in,sxid derdinance."-
After careful consideration, and
with~-the- elearesS conviction Of
duty, ,Imust, General, respectfully
decline to comply with your re-
quest: With a tuIlappreciation Of
the courteous termsin which your
request has been preferred, I ask
your consideration, of the reasons
whiehshase prompted the answer
here given. They apply to three
aspects Of the subject under con-.
sideratien. =. 49,.
First 7 have considered it as
arising under the Constitution Of
thesstate of Georgia, adopted in
1866, and the, Constitution Of the
Bnited States, both-of which, up
on my induction into Office, | took
a solemn oath ITO. the best Of nay
abilities to preseroe, protect and de-
fend." One Of the provisions Of
the former is, expressed in these
words "No aaoaey shall be draTn
iron the Treasury Of this State. ea-
. cepa By appropriations made BY la". "
Here IS an attempt to draw from
the treasury Of this State a large
sum of money. Has an appropri-
alton of this money been made by
law? Certainly not, according to
my5eoneeption.' I venture the as
Ssertionthat any learned, upflght
jurist would hold that the term
Jsslaso,p as used in this connection,
signifies a statute cmanating from
She law-making power established
by that constitution, and none
other. What else can it mean?
Yousayy ain this view" i. c. in
view of the necessities of the con-
aEention) II regard this ordinance
as an appropriation made by law
: in the sense used by the constitu-
stiens Of Georgia" From this con-
clusion, general, l most emphatl-
@cally dissent. Whence does this
ordinance emanate From con-
srention assembled to make a con-
stitution for the State Of Georgia
which is intended to surcrscdc
that IN which the above prohibi-
tion is conta;ned-a convention
net assembled either in TIE man