Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-02-21
Reconstruction at the South Tho Do.
feat Of the Alabama Constitution.

/ ''iote Act. 10 give validity io the new cons,i-
cation, and proyniux f.r III" admission or the
S'ntr Under II c""s'itui,nn which has in been
rePuiat"d hy m"j j'r;y of h'r ci''z'ns. giving
i esrr~-s'on To their viii in the very mole
which inns ''een i.r"sc-;hel by ,ho.- Ac's Is
there any Thin. IN III. hisury Of party ic;.i.ia.
tion 10 equal hist !, can 6nd lis parallel only
: i'll She neasu Q. which have recently in,r ro.iu :
cel into Cunrr.s ~. and iur,m. rnrt anl parcel Of
n reckless ..l."y wi:ich s"sn,- to- he tn. ,nfa.u
aii"n OF despair. First in the series we ilsvr n
Bill Introduced in,o Congress. whi-h. =, ,ompted
by III" far that the wi.nl- Eoco, .,rur,i n pol
icy will tie 's-r,ltewu i,y nu a3v-,sr dcc;si"n
. OF tbs Supreme Court mnk.s six out OF lis
eight jude. n-crsAsry I" such a ,!eci.ion.-
. Nix bill is i.troli cci which provides
! ag,i's' any appeal under the Rceons trici ion
; Acts TO the Supreme Court and removes fro m
! IT,. decision of ihnt cou,t any question wh,ch
! would involve The uno,ns, uii"nnlity Of ,h"rs
4 cts. a,t Of oil. When tho scheme has failed
with all its cm rurt II! p!anc-s Ia otsin = en- a
sent'lance of i'"l'na s:iuctiur tn. thin ,li-ruisc
and hiu " rrel"x, Of comsu,;n ing the popular ", |
is laid aside ard the tempt ,S boldly an
nornc.i of forcing upon unwilling Stat. .
constitution which ha. been ,jcct.d by n ina
jori'y Of her cil;..ns.
tnl-r the Congressional R"eonstrnction Act.
large numbers OF the whites were li-franch is Il
sud The n"gr"-s generally witl,nm. rryar,l 10
Character condition were m..is voters hy
net of C"ngress. Such w<,e the regis, cred
r"lsrs. 10 a j"riiy Of whom it was thought
: tha, Congress uipht very safely make a show
g..
the constitution FOR ratification Bat the farce
~ns too latsri, Sic constitution was .ou o li.u.
TO secure even the support Of the majority Of
The registered voters. To use tho words Of the
ton1ier.
'!he white race. in = body. rejected this Con
''nu;'"". and in this result n"ny Of III. NOR.
'srs "le "f 'ke colnr"i r,ce conc;lrr-.i Nor ;s
i:''S c"nclusi"1 a: nj! surTrising. when We con
s'drr some 81 the Ir"visiuns IF his shan, C,u
s'Ha'ion. To lave accepted i, w.,ud a, once
have ds+''"yed srery rs.,ys Of freed n, of
though: aGd ac,isa.
j. is not Necessary to cite a,nre :hsn on.
pnrticria-.
Not only by its terms are ali Of the citizen.
Of A'a''Hm' practically excluded from .n:frng-
az "fh"e, who conid not take th. tvs, oati. but.
ass. iii 10 wouii not lake aud .ul.scri,...
am.'"g other thing. the following oath: Il d,
! ,''.m"'J swear that viii :ee.pl tbs cisil anil
Fa:tt'cd eYs '!'y :f cN m-,, dnI n;rt. no: to at
! !'"'p' 70 'irIire an. ptr.on o. p-rs,ns On az
e'""f "f r"e' e'r or ,reri condition. nj any
pS-'i'ed! Or eir'i 'iyh: pri.ii~ys or iau~iiy en-
jaye1 by eny e:Iss of men. and furthermore.
tha, will not. in any way. lure. or counts-
nance ID "thers. s"y attempt to injur. any per
50" OF I'er.'ns on nceuun: of p.st or r:.s.nt
| 'uftort Of tie Government of th. Eni,sd
Ststes. the Laws Of the Uni,c.i S,a;s.. or Tie
Prt"eiI< Of po'aiea'o or ciriI e9aaE.y IF oil ,nsn
| or fur siii'lal'o" w,h any i,oI,.,o !. PARTY.
"I''i' very clnuse is one of the mos, sueepine
! OF d'sfr-nci.,.enents. Ender it none ban either
70 or hold Office. Of any character, who are
excluded from registration by the act. of C.n-
gress And ereu OF these, ,i,nss in addition.
are deprived OF any roies IN their own x,vsrn-
'neh', Eho may no, upon oath. bind themselves
!; i"r'v-r. TO The admission Of The n-gro. not
only to every political and civil rish,. but 10
every privilege aud i,muni,y enjoyed . I,
White race. IL srn1ed doctrine Of soe:a
AID P":iiieai asnA:ga,na.ion. TO ba snorn to
under oath. It excluded Iion, Both vote and
ca. ''s aH, 1essn"f il,o.- ,egis,ersd, rhn would
ro' subscribe to Ills oa'h. bia'lins UPON their
rrsssb; &C. ION AMI fnture cunda~t"
No sronder tina. 80 mousirnus n tyranny
'ao"'d have been -rejec:ed at Ihe polls pro.
position 20 sn6scrsirs oe TIE very ret s:s nen.s
81 righ', could not he nee.l,,rd by = poopl..
in whom = single sPas1 Of liberty. or Of r.pre.
sen'ative g"tsrnment vas itft
q" rsient is the fraud that ere,y R-pnb'ican
Journal which pr.ssrv any drgres Of ,e.p.e,.
ab'i''y has b Ell forced 10 declare against Il.
'Ihi. asth:'' says lie Asw; York Times
-" decided novelty in The Cons s,itu,ion Of a
Tree Stale Negro saffr.se in The south !.
certainly 40 experiment, sni may work badly.
II It dses, il oush, to 10 ~iihin Ihe po..ro
the people Of The stais to a7piy . r-m-iv,
But. tho peop!e Of Al.b.ns. under the nov
conssiiu'i IN, zass to have mo- syeh r ghs Thes
ms't aeeePt this -Paii,esiar measure as one Of
the 4zsd spd ilnrsntstls priscisl.s or Govern
mont. :.ed must s,itmniy prons.e n.ser. to
ATTEMPT 10 ebauseit No such requirement n.
. so"di.iop - v6iins wasf ever b.fs,s heard o,
IN any eoaatry claiming - b. updsr: poa...r
ins.itatisns' ~. y. Z. - =. .s + =:
Isriss of :lhs os,ops stsro ;doninsfto In
posed Ss such . coss,isutisn.. wen ,utvb. n.
.ons ihauasad eieizeps n 4l.b.m. .sLo b.,.
ssst ps.sestsd theirs sssneri.l to C.sxre... SAY:
-s.es.ia.. do s.s yoar ore
:rafe: y .!hs avotd ssad dnsns ssapsSs ps hon.
praI aDd aerishe MD of yaar essa. a.peopie q
thays.es ios which ybp :asd NE .bSlopS. AID
Isssfssjeus eSstrSsy ~ sise t,SIiey ssd ,he.!!
ztsehnticna ~ lie cog6tsy. and ttysransezsaS ~