Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-06-27

Iniiol states Euffrnmrni as o.
titled ~ the rights ~ eonqasruf
A. dehned W tho lublie lass o
nations.
o That all laws passed ny social
81 legislatures ~ Texas daring ih'
rehcllion, which were ia violation o.
the Constitution or aIy Ut tho law'
0f the United States, are null and
Void, aud were never ofany moment
OF validity and il is eomPient ibI
this convention 10 declare nall and
void all pretended laws which wer,
passed ia aid Oi the rebellion, ~
which conferred privileges upon dis
loyal men at the expense 0i the pub
lie or to the injury Of the loyal bat
such legislation as is not ia violation
OF the constitution and laws of the
United States, or m aid 1T the NO.
bellion, or purpOsely injurious 10
loyal men, aud under such private
rights have grown M, is 10 be res
pecled by tho courts not because
such legislatures had any o0nstilu
lional authority or legal capacity
to make laws, but because the inter
ests Of society and various consider
aliOns Of public aud domestic policy
and convenience make it necessary
respect such legislation.
10 That this convention can do
no act which is not sub eot Ia review
by the courts Of the country, and
which may not be decided by the
courts to bc invalid, ifin contrayen-
lion of the constitution or laws Of
the United States,
Tho vots will DO close, Evans,
of Mo.cnnan, opened for db miiio,
in n long, weak and wcai isomo ar.
gument, Jack Hamilton speaks to-
morrow.
AUSTIN, June Is, 1868.
Rev. W. Il. Faylc, of Harris. in.
troduccd n resolution declaring that
all editors aud publishers of news.
papers which advocated secession
aud rebellion, prior TO and during
the war, and have pcrsistently since
that time denounced tho Congress
Of the United States, loyal men and
tho reconstruction acts, be aud the
same are hereby DISTINGUISHED. 1t
went TO the Legislative Committee.
This effort TO punish men for speech
'avors of the Spanish Inquisition.
II comes very appropriately from
.hc source which introduced it-one
which, when il becomes ianatical
md rcvcngeful, always goes further
han any other in that direction.
L has been held that the constitu.
ion of tho United States, in guar
lntecing freedom of speech and the
'rcss, referred to the common law
caching on the subject, under which
10 man can be ever punished Grim
nally for written or spoken words;
nd it has been held that the free.
ON provided for, so far as the &C.
ion OF any legislative body might
C concerned, was absolute; but no
Iatcsman has ever imagined that
'eedom of speech and Of the press,
4 contradistinction to written libel,
Duld DO constrained by law, much
'ss punished after an er post .fdcto
lyle.
Evan, Of McLcnan, introduced Il
,solution appropriating twenty
70 thousand dollars, to be placed
nder the control of the Governor,
, enable him to offer suitable re-
ards for the arrest of dcsperadoes,
nd to employ detectives to ferret
ut their hiding places. 1t went to
10 Finance Committee. !
Nothing else was done except
'utine business. A. j. Hamilton
,mmenccd his speech against ab
tito. He will commence again at
o'clock this evening.
AUSTIN, June 19.-The Convon-
,ntion, without transacting any :
adjourned to 9 o'clock to- /
orrow, to attend the negro ccle-
alton. The negroes comprising a n
rye crowd "A. j. Hamilton and
ldge Bell, are of the speakers. :
amilton spoke yesterday against
initio, though of great length,
rs weak effort and was not sat
(actOry to his friends 7