The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-03-28
ARTICLE I.
DECLARATION oE. RIGHTS.

3E i5. ARTICLE T..
.inyr DECLARATION oE RIGHTS.
Section 1. All men are born free and equal
endowed by thoir Creator with certain inalicn-
able rights among which are the rights of en-
joying and defending their lives and liberties,
of acquiring, possessing and protecting pro-
pcrty, and of seeking and obtaining their safe
ty and happiness.
Section p Slavery shall never exist in this
State, neither shall involuntary scryitude, ex-
ccpt as a punishment for crime, whereof tho
party shall have been duly convicted.
Section g.. All political power is vested i'll
and derived from the people only; therefore
they have the right at all times, to modify
their fern Of government in such manner as
they may deem expcdicnt, when the public
good demands. "t
| Section 4. Every citizen Of this State owes
paramount allegiance to the Constitution and
Government of the United States, and no law
or ordinance Of this State in contravcntion
or subversion thereof can have any binding
force. IS ~ ~ t'1
Section 5. This State shall ever remain a
member OF the American Union, and all at
tempts, from whatever source, or, upon what
ever pretcxt, to dissolve tic snid Union, shall
be resisted with the whole power of the State
Section 6. The right Of the people, pcacca-
bly, to assemble to consult for the common
good, and to petition the government, or any
department thereof, shall never be abridged.
Section Z. All persons may freely speak,
write and publish their sentiments on any sub
jcct, being responsible for the abuse of that
right and no laws shall be enacted to restrain
or abridgc the liberty Of speech or Of the press
Section s. In prosecutions for the pubica-
tion ofpapcrs investigating the official conduct
of officers OF mon in public capacity, or when
the matter published is proper for public in
formation, the truth thereof may be given in
evidence; and in all indictments for libel, the
jury shall be the judges Of the law and the
facts. e
Section 0. No person shall DO deprived of
the right to worship God according to the die
tatcs Sf his own conscience; Provided, That
the liberty Of conscience hereby declared shall
not justify practice inconsistent NTH the peace
nnd moral safety of society. 3q ,ly -
Section 10. No form of religion shall bc cs-.
tablished by law but it shall bc the duty Of
the General Assembly to pass suitable laws to
protect every religious denomination in the
peaccablc enjoyment of its own mode Of wor-
ship ',5f 'tsie
Section H.. The right of trial by Jury shall
remain invioate.
Section 12. No person shall be disqualified
as a witness or DO prevented from acquiring,
holding and transmitting property, Or be hin
dered in acquiring education, or be liable to
any other punishment for any offence, or be
subjected in law to any other restraints or dis
qualifications in regard to any personal rights
than such as are laid upon others under like
circumstances! tI t3 ''0s'' s'i''1' o.'
Section 13. Nopcrson shnll bo held to an
swer for any crime or offence until the same is
fully, fairly, plainly substantially and formally
described to him; or be compelled to accuse or
furnish evidence against himself; and every
person shall have II right to produce all proofs
that may be favorable to him, to meet the wit
ncsses against him face to face, to have speedy
trial by all impartial jury, and to be fully heard
in his defence by himself or by his counsel, or
by both as he may elect
Section II. No person shall be arrested, i'm
prisoned, despoied or dispossesscd of his pro-
pcrty, imnlunties, or privileges, put out of the
protection Of the law, exiled or deprived of his
life, liberty or estate, but by the judgment Of
his peers or the law Of the land. And the
General Assembly shall not enact any law that
shall subject any person to punishment without
trial by jury; nor shall he be punished but by
virtue of law already established, or promul-
gated prior to the offence, and legally applied.
Section Is. All courts shall be public, and
every person, for any injury that he may re-
ceive in his land, goods, person or reputation,
shall have remedy by due course of law'and
justice administered without unnecessary de-
lay.
Section 1G. All persons shall, before conyic-
ton, be bailablo by sufficient surctcs, except
for capital offences, when the proof is evident
or the presumption great; and excessive bail
shall not, in any case, be required, nor corpo-
real punishment inflicted. 9H
Section II. The privilege of the writ of hd-
bcas corpus shall not be suspended, except when
in case of insurrcction rebellion or invasion,
the public safety may require it..
Section IS. No person after having been
once acquitted by jury, shall again, for the
same offence, be but in jeopardy of his life or
liberty. a
Section 10. All offences less than felony and
in which the punishment does not exceed u
fine of one hundred dollars, or Imprisonment
for thirty days, shall he tried summarily before
a Justice of tho Peace. or other officer author