Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1868-04-04

ArAt section OF tue thlll attE'V W
q power Of The government Of the Stat
7e Of Alabama shall be divided into ,breu
distinct departments, namely +; legisa
tive. executive, and Judicial. it proves
d, IN the 9Th section Of The eleventh ar
at tiele, that "the Board Of Eduea,jol
Of shall exercise full legislative power II
d reference to tie educational ~iuslitu'
le tious of the State, and IFS acts wher
" approved by the Governor, or when re-
enacted By two thirds Of the board, IL
: case Of his disapprsyal, shall have III
!, force and effect Of law unless repealed
/, BY the General assembly,
9. Because it divides the militia 10,
e to two classes namely, volunteer
e militia and reserve militia : and it
is made the duy Of the Government,
by an ordinance which was NOT publish.
: ed SiIh The constitution for the infor,
nation Of the people, as two others
we're which wera less objectionable to
organize Immediately one hundred ard
thirty. seven companies Of volunteer
militia, which IRE TO be armed and
paid when in service, a. the same rate as
United States officers aud soldiers, and
out Of the State treasury, the moua>
ted men TO have fifty cents per day for
their horses.
10 Because " the twentieth sec>
ton Of ssid ordi anee, which goes into
operation with the constitution, "all
proceeds Of the sale Of contratand and
captured propert;, seized or captured
by the militia" hall constitute a part
OF the fund out Of which they are to be
paid, thus iaoiting the volunteers to
harrass the 1eople in time Of peace BY
unlaTtn! s%eiznrcs, and SO provide the
means Of paying tbemsolvesi if the prop.
erty sszed is hooestly turned over.
H. Because this constitution pro
yIdes for a government which will cost
annually from ore million fac hundred
'hoc-ardto two million Gyllars, a sum
The taxpayers Of the State are
unable to meet in their present
condition.
And whereas said registered voters
believing they bad the right to defeat a
constitution SO d ;criionable as this. in F.,
either of the ways pro,ided in the
'ioresa'd acts and relying on their
aud the good faith of Congress in 5
his behalf, they made public their ro>, |
hutton, some weeks iu advance Of said c
'leetlon, nc. 70 vote at said election c
'ut to stay away from the polls. And {
'Oerea'' this majority OF the registered +,
'oters for the reasJns aforesaid, were q
opposed to the adoption Of said c5nsti. r
uIlon, aud did not vote in said elcc II
ion and did not 60 to the pills, there. i
y avoiding all occasion Of violence or u
i'order. Ard whereas it is bow Il
aarged By those who favor tho adop,
Ion Of said constitution, "lhat there is .
0 reason to doubt that a majority of n
I'galiy registered voters reading in
ne State actually voted at The said +,
and believed they voted for '
lie constitution and that q: least ten t.
lousana legally registered voters at
'mpted to vote but were unable to do y,
> Tor reasons set forth in a paper ii
loIIshed in the Daily Globe of March h.
1868, and sworn to by Albert NJ
rlfin, John G. Refer, and Others bp. II,
re a notary public Of the ci'y.'of W ash. So
g'on' on the 29th Of February, 1868. ed
nj whereas those registered voters
20 opposed the adoption Of said con. III
have 20 desire to avoid a 70
and searching investigation
an matters connected with said elsc. en-
~ Aud whereas there is good rea. m
q to believe r.
| That tue freedmen 10 large mum 70
rs 10 all or most of the counties in
State refused to vote for the adop,
Al Vi S"ld constitution when they saw NJ,
igreat body Of old white citiz Ms. no
when they were well acquainted,
ong whom they had always lived tio,
with whom they expect to contin, inn
TO live who we're. permanently in. {
es'ed IN tue State, were opposed to ito,
q That their purpose not to vote CO..,
strend bened by the fact that those .
tie men who we're most active in If.
If favor of its adoption were new -
ners' to whom they knew little or mar
hing, and who had no visible inter- D..
10 the State or the freedmen. ex. 6
t TO get Office, :.