The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-02-01
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war bonds of the State null aud void And
that General Candy be requested to advance
funds by order OIL the State Treasury, and be
reimbursed from the amount raised by this tax
And that the President receive $1,000 per
diem, and the members $500, and 90 cents
mileage to and from, tho Convention This
Ordinance was passed to second reading, aud
was made the .special order for Tuesday at 12
o'clock. f3i ~ iO'} 81 5
The Chairman then stated that he wished
tobc roleived from any delicate position in
which lie might be placed during the dcbatc
on the subject of pay aud mileugc, by explain
ing that when first nominated by his coilstitui
ency, he had determined not to receive any
compensation, on tho groand that as Collector
Of the Port, he received a salary from tho
Uditcd States Government, aud he did not
think it right to receive compensation from
the cenventiou Mt the same time either rs dele
gate or. chairman, and his determination on
tiat subject was unaltcred and unalterable ~,
The spcciul order, being the ordinance TO
divide Pickens District, was then called, and
Wright moved its indefinite postponclncnt. L..
B.Johnson called for tho ayes and noes, and
the call being sustained, the Secretary pro-
cecdcd to call the roll,--which resulted ayes
38-nocs 20. inefp
X. w. McGrcgor Mackcy then offered sub
stituto for tho ordinance under consideration.
T.. j. Robertson offered an amendment to
tho Substitute, which would merely consent to
tho division of tho Pickons by the Legislature
aJamcs NJ. Rutland, from tho Committee on
thcFIcgslntivc Department OF tho constitution
explained that they were preparing section of
the constitution which would render this ordi-
nance and all discussion on it unnecessary. q
After some further debate tho amendments
were lost and the question was put whether the
ordinance should pass to third reading aud
bc ongrosscd. The ayes and noes were called
and rcsulted-ayes G5, noes 40. tro,
1t was then made the special order of We'd
ncsday,2 P. NJ. tate a-.aea
E1W. NcGrcgor Mackcy offered rcsolu-
ton, to bc Incorporated in the constitution,
that hereafter land be sold Mt sheriff sale in
tracts not larger than one hundred and sixty
ncrcs' to give all classes an opportunity to pur-
chase. ttrstu .lr.l
The rules were suspended and an effort
'namc to call the previous u,stion, which fail
cd.,d Ir~ .A tt 0rtC f,. t.f..j.,,
4. j. Robertson expressed surprise at the,
effort focut off debate WHOM the delegates did
not understand the question d, .r gsiEti
DeLargc said lie wns surprised at such an
insinuntion against the intelligence of the con-
vontion, and also at any opposition being made.
IIe'believcd that all were prepared to vote,
and he did not sec any use to spend moro time
antlmoncyin it's discussion r,liu-c ,dr
Beverley Nash said he hoped That the rcso-I
luton would pass to give the mover, Mac regor
Nackcy. an opportunity to set himself fright
with hiss constituents On Saturday lie had
voted toprcvcnt, lands from being sold at all..
aud now lc voted to have the land sold in
smhll lots n a Nnia ,At }iugu. 4;
There was considerable further debate but
finally tho resolution was amended to read one
hundred acres instead of one hundred and six
tyiand referred tot the Legislative Committee
Whittcmorc introduced resolution to the
cilcct7that, ms the convention had passed Il res
olution to request General Canby to stay exc
cutions, and thus relieve the landholdcrs of the
State, that the convention now request the
same officer to prevent the Withholding the
laborcrs share of the crop on account of debts
duo from tho aborcr to the employer, and also
to-prcvcnt the enforcement Of claims asaiust
laborcrs for four months. Referred to the
Committee on Petitions. 48 U
The 1lourTo 3P. NJ. having arrived the
chairman declared the convention adjourned. Il
Sni* ti7. n TUESDAY 2STH. ti. p Il
Thc'roil was called and quorum being pre-
sent the asscmblagc proceeded to business.
The minutes Of the last meeting were read
and confirmed ' ia"
E.'W. n. Mackcy rose to personal cxpl,-
nation, and said that he had to opuogizc for so
far forgetting hinscll'tha he had made Il per-
sonal attack on an individual in the house, but
he plead MS his excuse the excitement under
which lie laborcd owing to II low and scurril-
GUS attack made upon his father in certain
dirty and indecent sheet, but while making his
excuse to the convention he had no excuse to
Makc to tho low and contcmntiblc individual