Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-01-25

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FrsNf The chair presented o
memDrul frum the Mississipri
board of Registration, settling infih
10 general dcstitulinn Memorial
isis say. " something Is not done
som, the government must provide
large buryins grounds Morton
presented = petition from thousand
nf negroes Of the district asking for
labor on public works, stating, that
they were excluded from competl'
ton and white men refuse TO work
with them,
WASHINGTON, Jan lG,-The Pros
ident has taken no steps in the
Stanton matter. No business has
been done at the War Department
duriug past two days,
1t is confidently stated that,
should the President adopt aggres'
siye measures, the bill already de-
fined for tho recognizing to the
War Department and defining its
powers and duties will be rushed
through,
Stanton is represented as saying
that he has no intention of resign
ing.
Tho Maryland legislature had two
Intellectual senatorial ballots to-day,
The State Department has cable
adviccs that the people of st. John
have voted enthusiastically for an
nexation, only % negative votes.
Stanton's official drafts were hon
orcd ut tho Treasury office.
MEMPHIS, Jan. l6.-The publish
ers of the Ledger have been arrest
ed by order of Judge Hunter OF the
ca iminal court, for commenting on
official acts,
SELMA, ALA, Jan. l7.-Hon. p.
G.. Wood has decided that he could
not comply with Gen. Pope's negro
jury order; without violation of his
official oath, and yesterday tho court
was suppressed oy military author,
'ity. At q meeting of the bar Of
Dallas county, Judge Wood was
unanimously sustained.
RALEIGH, Jan. l6.-But little oc
Cured to day in the convention, Of
interest. The Sentinel had designa-
ted the races in the convention by
negro and white, this eXasperatcd
both races among the Radicals, and
the following resolution was adopt
ed by 81 to l6:
Resoiced, That no reporter for
any newspaper shall hereafter be
allowed upon this floor who in his
reports shall treat the convention
OF any of its members with disre-
spect, but that they shall in case Of
oflense in this respect be excluded
from the floor of the Hall and from
the galleries by the President.
SIEVE. al Conservative members
proposed to enter protest as fol-
lows: As this resolution is q step
towards restricting the liberties OF
the press and keeping information
from the people, we protest against
its passage. This was not allowed
to be spread on the journal.
AUGUSTA, GA, Jan. 1.-THE cor.
respondence between General Meade
and Governor Jenkins is published.
&c cral Meade considers the ordi-
nance passed by the Convention to
levy and collect tax defraying its
expenses, and requiring the State Of
Georgia 10 advance forty thousand
dollars, the same to be replaced
when the specific tax is collected, as
an appropriation made by law, to
be used in the sense prescribed by
the Constitution Of Georgia, which
prescribes no money shall be drawn
from the Treasury except by appro-
priation made by law; therefore re-
quests government warrants on the
Treasuary Tor the amount called for
by the Convention, and further says
he is clearly of the opinion that the
Convention is authorized by the re-
construction acts, to exercise such
legislative power as may be neces-
sary for it to discharge the duties
which said acts impose.
Gen. Meade cites the President for
the action Of the reconstruction con-
vention in appropriations made by
The constitutional convention which
assembled in 1865, and concludes
by asking the cooperation of the
Executive Department in the per-
Torrance of the difficult and embar-
RAISING duties devolving upon him
jenkins after citing the substance of
Meade's communication says, after
careful consideration, and with the
cearests conviction Of duty, re-
specially declines to comply with
Meade's request, and states his rea-
sons for refusing at some length.
First. He considers the question
as arising under the constitution of
Georgia adopted in 1865, and the
constitution of the United States,
both of which he has sworn to pre-
servo, protect, and defend, no ap-
preparation having been made by
the legislature and the Convention
not having been called in accor-
dance with the Constitution, but
Congress cannot comply with its be-
hests, Congress, cannot by its SIM
pie act appropriate money from the
Treasury OF Georgia, and cannot
confer on it's agents larger powers
than are possessed by itself, does
not consider the ordinance of the
Convention as an appropriation
made by law.
Second. There is nothing in the
reconstruction acts which saddles
the Treasury with the costs of their
novel enterprise they provide that
the Convention shall levy tax for
their express purposes.
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