Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-13
The Charleston Convention.

Hhervas. No consti'u ionnl md legal asscm-
k'y u the 0enerni Assembly Of This State h ~
t.en convened since the commencement Of the
rebellion against the authority "f the Govc'n-
nrnt sf the United STATES; nnd whereas the
h'dy assembled from time to time ut tn, cn,i :
'ni Ut the State, s,nce the co,nnlc u .rncnt Of
aid rebellion, assuming to possess uIl exercise
the powers Of the General Assembly of the
ftats, had no authority to pledge the faith and
.ofedi Of the State for the bin, fit Of nuy c,rrn-
. rate body or private Individual, and ia action.
%qn lie validated only hy tle coufirmnlnry au-
:: .Lority of the legal government o, this State;
and wlt' ess it IL ssp-Jient that when the credit
81 the Slate IL sdvanceJ or pledged FOR iii" Een"
TT Of public enterprise and w"'ks j" which the
people Of the State are Interested that power
should be lodged in the General Assembly to
exercise saIutary control over such rn'.rc cn-
tesp, ises aud wokr, To the cud that the cria-
tnetcs and industry of the Stste should bs sd.-
gustely fostsrtd aud rrcnicted. Therefore I've i,
ORDAINED, That all acts or pretended acts ot
Legislation rurporting 10 haze hcrn passed. by
the Genera! Assembly or the Stats. since
a0th day Of December, A. ID. leGO. p'r,iyin a
She faith nnd credit cf the State for the ben-fi
OF any corporate body or private i'd vilnul Mr.
hereby suspended ard d. cursd imperative uu, II
the General Assembly shall ASSEM- IL und ia ,ify
OF msdity the s"rae.
On motion of Mr.. N. G., P,rkcr Chairman of
the Comnitte Oh Finance. the President WINS ~.
qnss.ed through General CAiri,v to draw on the
Treasury Of lie State for S3s.ouU, 10 d.fray
the expenses Of the cnn, enliou.
The special order was n ruis Iiiute for section
10 Of the judiciary article Of tho cons, ,u,i.,,
snd after un animated discussiUn j, wus re-
j-c.rd.
Tho question then occurred on tho n.lop,inn
% the original secti"n. which ,-ai nr follow. :
:. The t;rncrsi Assembly shall provide by lnw
pr. ihs rre.ervation OF tie Courts of
1:Iin:y. nni also for tha iran.t.r TO
;he ton.t "fComnon Pleas aud Probxt. Court.
f'r finn! decisions Of all causes that may re-
lnau unds, erinin ed
Mr.. d. II. Chamhe,ain rff.r.d the following
amsndmeut, which was, adopted:
VI shat! be the duty ot the Julpca Of the
SufIems and Circuit Courts to file their l.ri.
isma within sixty days cf the last tenn, of The
sSurt m which tho causes were heard
The consideration Of tho rpecial or.lar wos
resumed. namely. scc:"n of the report of the
siticle on education. which was i cad as follows
eEc; 4. IL shall lie t'," duty Of the General
Aas-mb y I" provide for the c"lnpuisn,v u,t.nd-
ancr. at either public private schools. Of all
children between tire agvs Of elk aud sixteen
yrnrs. not physically mentally disabled, Tor A
term equivalent tu twenty. -four 'lonsY. =.
, Tie h"nr If one O'Clock having arrived, the
convention adjourned.
The evening session taken up in tlisrurs
Ing ssctinn Of the article "n e:cn,uu. re-
curing compulsory Attendance ut .chm,i De-
J.arg.. Richmond. Cniu, Jiil>on, Wright and
Leslie orposed the compulsory feature, M ii
wssno' III accor dance wall, true r. 'puilran =, in
srIas, aid believing that it would }notu... ~
tagenism between The races. Cnli,z-, ilc::,: .
Chrenu'. Elliott s"d Whiltemorc spike in f4vo,
Of tho measure.
FoETr-REcosp DAY
T. W. Lewis. outside, white prayed. The ,o'l
was called and the minutes OF Tup.I lay a.,r.-
n"on an! Wednesday morni"s wc,c read aud
confirmed.
hnnl,iin rl al l. or
The 9Th section Of the educ. .,;ounl rcpnrt waa
passed IL third reHang. iy-x SI -Nnvx IT,
lhe Comm,Itce on Petitions reported unta vnr.
ably Oh a petition for the dit tiiution of rnv.ru-
n,~"' lands among deserving citizens OF Sou1l,
Carofina. on the ground thar il WAS wi,bvut
signatures. Adoprd.
C"rd"z', hy permission. presented the .arn.
petition !" PROPER firm. aud IT wax referred to
ah. Judiciary Committee.
The oIdinancs reported by ,iro MiscaInneou.
Commit GO passed it's secon reat,ng
S-ctiona 10 10 Of The rduca tio.al report were
passed 10 n third reading.
FoErv T:I"D DAY. .
The debates in The Convention yes ert1ay were
unusually hrnvy aud InutrncteI. Tie great
fight Of the day was upon the ,.ti:iuu offered
ny +. |. Curd.za and Beverly Nash, (huth If
wh h"1i have recently return-i from Nm,i,ing,u on
praying Congress tl,ut certain tracts Of land in
the FosseSsion Of the United States Tax COM
'AHtASloueEB De hllo.leu destitute cIt ZclS.
Que party was lead by Beaufort d.!ry.ics
and it was plainly evident that they regarded
tho appropriation Of. these lunds 10 the Fort
Royal Railroad NJ being far moro essential to the
practical welfare Of the State than IL they were
sold for small SUMS 10 freedmen. and The re .rr-
R.te applied 10 educational purposes. The "p-'
posite side, with tgrnl v-h. ncf,ce cnai cn,l,si
that it was oil iuportmht l the int erc.is of ed
nchtion, that the fund for publ &c rthunis shuui.!
lie increased from every possible snurc.. If rev
enWe. and tlIut no better means could he aiiust-
ed 4, senl-r double ben-f, upon the iln,,ov.
ersiod freedmen ard ignorant ch.'tlr-n oi the
State than by securing these isnls from Con-
Kress and selling them at low aud ren,uu.ru!
prices 10 the po'r.
During tie discussion. r I. Cardeza stated
that having been il Wnsllmgto,, he WINS u.l-
xised TO dEaw np and ptes-ut .,,ci. a petition,
aud he f''t satisfied that il.won:d ,be iapuraby
sntertuintd. The q@esiou w.s no: i"c!.h
vail the evening ses'inn. when Mr.. e. G.. Buwcl.
chairman Of the Judiciary Commit e., TO whom
the petition had been recon,,IIltrl tor further
eonsidera,ion. made a REPORT, T.. commencing
tho adoption Of the following rrsoIutinn.,
1. EesotreG Thut this conv en,intI' 10 ccum-
mend 10 tho Congre-s uf' the United s: -, cs tha.
tho prayer Of F. l.. Carioza and ~. b. Mas, b..
uen. ''
- q: Resolred. Tim, this Conren,ion do further
pray Cor gress that the proceeds of the sale Of
WhhHi tue SthIe ol S0uth (nrOl: t!a Tor thNcs
due the United Stntes, or eo much thereof ns
may now remain unapIToiria ed; may he grant.
sd 10 Souih Carolina for the supP6r of the public
tefuois 81 the Stale. under such regulations as
the Congress Of the United States may prescribe
3. R,ao'sed Plat a copy OF the r.t,io:,
rfu-etnI''. together wifl, copy Of In. f,r-goinr
Ia.oiur""s. tie forwarded nt oncp bv The Pr.si-
dcui Of this Convrntiun 10 the Pr- si.l,nt OF tho
Senate and Speaker Of tile House Of Represent
aGycs
further attempt was nude by +. s. Langley,
OF Beaufort. to Po.ipomc the cons.1. rat ION Of
: NE resolution until they could te printed, tut
the usual amount Of "flhLust ering" followed,
and The r I'ort Of the committee was adopted
The consideration Of section FIVE Of the. ...iu-
sationai ariic'o Of the Consultation as resunrd,
the Tn.stien l,eing Tho motion nf Is. r. LINN
dpdpt' t. strike uui the proviso OF X. Is. EIliott,
adapted on Yesterday, which reads ur follows.
"Providsd. That no person si,a J be deprived OF
the r:eh' cffutfrace for tire non pay ,ncnt Of lis
poll tax. On The yens and nays beinR ordered,
thoy wsFe taken. and ~ vute of eighty one
9sss Io twenty maya. the ttioiion 10 strike vul
was not agreed 10. The ssciiun ~ aui.uJed
wss passed 10 iss third rcatiug.
=. The Charleston EsE5 sum, ue III. proceed
aag' Of ths>forly sixth day as fo'low.: :.
Tkr Coh-ent'o,,, ycst~r.lsy, with t.rree Of
saaaimi.y which was wholly up.xp.ci,d, ~.
vised i.sh ssf1sn Of SATURDAY,, in adopting
the ofdiHsnee whch lms,- t4..re.isrS 10 pre-
s'nt the orainancrs ard Censlitu,ioi, On ono i.
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