The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1868-06-09
REPEAEl OF STATE CONSTITUTION.
"a REJECTf0N UFsBIBLaOF RIGHTS. L

q ,5uen, however was not the purpose nor
onae llne, or or conduct co pursued BY this most
s4fThey claimed and asserted Jurisdiction
over the entire body polite sfhiey have de-
elared a total repeal ef the present constitut
tion and adopted another radically tiifferent
an MANI vital particulars. Sections l. 2,5,
2L525. 70, N-parts of section 10 and 90,
and the conclusion of the Bill of Rights are
follows: nst 3s1id iaio2's p p s 51e q
SEC. H. That all freenlen, when they form
social compact, are equal im rights; and
tnat no men, or set of men, are aeutitlea to-
exclusive. separate pubic enioluments or
privileges from the community, but i'm con-
sideration of public seryiees.s1JI .llsoeoss ~
SEC 2.aIThat all POLITICAL power is in
nefent la the people, and all free govern
ments are founded on their AUTHORITY and
established for their benefit, and, therefore,
they have, at all times, an sinalienable and
lndefeasible right to alter or abolish their
form Of government in snGh manner as they
may think sexpedienJalnAa eli .szzzsa 1e8 3
SEC. 5aI That ne person shall be fnolested
Tor ms oplnionson any Observation-Disclosures. nor.
suffer ANY acivib or political rfneapacify, or
acquire any civil OF political advantage in
consequence of such opinions except in
cases provided for in this constitution. 1o
Sec. 49, No conviction for any offence
of estate; the Legislature shall pass no bill
Sec 2I.siT That the estates of suicides shall
descend OF vest as imeases ofnatural death;
and if any person shall be killed by cas-
uaiity, there shall be no forfeiture by reason
thereof d. hIe 4a,goa 4sff sfrt- -, s.r-t I
Sec "A. No standing army shall be kent
up without the sconsent of the Legislature.
Sec. %. That no soldier shall, in time of
peace, be quartered in any house, without
the consent of the owner, ,sor in time of war,
but IN the manner to be prescribed ylaw.
Sec. 20. That no hereditary emOluments,
privileges or honors shall ever be granted or
conferred in this State. b haa .a-asgo1s, li
Sec. 27. Emigration from this State shall
not be prohibited, nor shall any free white
citizen of this State ever be exiled under
any pretence whatever. 3ald Ga s1idE .ueu "a
Tie rejection of all these important pro-
visions of our present bill of rights, neces4
sarily gives the Legislature supreme control
over all these topics. and would empower
the Legislature to declare tie reverse of all
these inestimable liberties; and as large
number of oul most useful and valuable
citizens are disfranchised and deprived of
holding Office by the proposed Constitution,
we are at liberty to suppose premeditated
design of tho Convention to persecute and
punish this class of persons to any degree
that malice may invent The Legislature
is also given unrestricted power over the
organizationlOf the militia, and are required
at their first session to make it Immediately
efectire. The Legislature is required to COM
vene soon after the election to be held ON
the 22d of June, next There is no limit
placed on the terms OF its session, or the
compensation of its members. The terms of
all county, township and precinct offices are
made to expire in thirty days after the Con-
stitution shall be ratified. All these offices
l.,
continue i'll Office until the Legislature shall
provide by law for an election of the same
but no time is limited within which tie
Legislature shall perform this duty. The
Radicals, thrOug gh the lnstrumentality, of the
Oath-bOund freedmen now sworn into their
Loyal Leagues, claim twenty thousand
majority in the State. They are perfectly
confident of success; they expect to WELD
all the despotic powers of the proposed
Constitution for their own emolument, and
the oppression of the people. 9Tsgt haa 8u.
ia ad .LEGISLA TIVE DESPoT1sM. sAi g
n In the event the proposed Constitution is
adopted, we may therefore expect perpet-
ual session of the Legislature, with an enor-
nous per diem a subsidized press, which is
provided for in the same Constitution, to
be located in each Judicial District,
under Legislative patronage; a standing
army of negro soldiers, with pay dd tibitum;
Legislative consent for the federal govern
ment to keep standing army here also; a
eoRtinuation of all the county, township
and precinct officers during the will of the
Legislature, and subject to its orders;
school system that viii compel the white
people. by taxation, to educate all the ne
groes in the State; system of public works
with large number of salaried
officers, without any occupation what
ever :. a forced social, civil and political
eli IA
negro officers, spies and detectives in all
the dep rtrents of the govornment-the
oath bound Loyal League established by
law and protected by military force--a sys-
tenn of taxation unparalleled and beyond all
endurance. A brave, virtuous and enlight-
ened people reduced to penury and political
degradation, or compelled to raise the
standard of rebellion and slay the oppressor
throughout the limits of the State
Such are some of the leading designs that
crop out from the Bill of Rights, and its
connections with the Legislative and Exc
cutive Departments
TEST H-WHITES DISFRANCHISED.
| The test oath for electors, in addition to
the ordinary form, requires the voter to swear
that he is not disfranchised In any of the
| provisions of the acts known as the recon
struction acts of the 39th and 10th Congress-
4 and that he s'ddnlits the political and cirh
eqality of all men so help me God. -
Any intelligent man knows that all men
are not eivi. aud political eqnals-the al fri
| can race has never been admitted to. a civil
and political equality with any other race
the barbarian races are not the equal of the
! civilized races-men convicted of high
| crimes and inearcerated IN prison are civilly
4 dead, and not the equals of freemen-the
/ Indian race are not the equals of the white
race. Besides, large majority of
persons never saw the acts OF
the seth and 40th Congress-they do not
know what those acts contain. The dis
qualifications of the whites in those acts
were temporary, applying only to the cleo
tion tLen to be held for delegates to said
| Convention, and the approaching, election,
and not intended as a permanent disfranT
chisement after the adoption Of the amend-
i ed Constitution. Yet the Convention
| lead the public to believe that these dis
qualifications are permanent, and make
them so by the proposed Constitution, with
out any authority from Congress for that
purpose. - 81 E -,
This oath is unnecessary, absurd and
4 wicked to the last degree. 1t is evidently
intended to confuse and defraud conscien-
4 a,,1 fo Rayaluda a malOrltV OF