Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-20
The Proposed Constitution.

assembfsd wisdom Of tho state has spent its
ilorce and tho result. is before ~. We hav q
heretofore oftsu stated that uis mixsd, body Of
black spirits and grey, lately citing 10 the
Club House in Charleston, di1not in any sense
represea. the people Of South 'Curolina A. We
repudiute the authors. so we must smphaticaf-.
ly rrpudiate the ae lion. OF that body. The
proposed Constitution 10 n miserable botsh. 1t
is disgraeef&l patchwork. made W by tilcipg
rsrti from different Constitutions, mostly those
Of New England states. We otjaot TO its rat
ifieaton for many 'reasons,, aud as congsess
may re quise n majority Of votes ca.t 70, satify
IL we call upon oil good citizens white and
black. to vote against the Constitution. and, the
nomi inees made BY the so;eal!ed Convention.
TIE whole of the Constitution has not been
published md We reserve tn 81 that vi. have
to say against is;until next week, but ws can
not rsfrain now from denounc,ng The aftisI on
tue Judiciary. South Carolina has always had
one of the best Judiciary syssems on the con-
iinent. Why change the system 10 which our
reopl le are accu.tomed1 for no reason upon
earth bet wnntpu ciisngs In imitation OF those
model States from wriirh the leading delegates
oiiua is TO be an ,irnit.tor aud coloIy Of Masse.
rhusetts. We object to abolishing the Cour rt
OF Equity. The Equitutle Jurisdiction must be
retniucd. and it would be better administered
By those who are familiar with Fqri'y than
by Common Law judges England from whom
we get our jurisprq4ence. kee g Law and Equi-
! ~ separatr. Are the. Cub, House politicians
wiser lthn- old Englandi We object to the
inongrel hybrid court hich is proposed.
We object to the enormous expense which
tie new-sysLsm will entail We are too pool
70 have toxea wrnng from rs for the luxury Of
copying any Ssw England Slats &-.,.:'.
The "Relie" proposed to poor debtors is all
humbug-worse Than hunLug-a trap to catch
s:mpl~tons. The Constitution of the United
States declares that no State shall impair. tho
Obligation Of contracts. Ono might suppose
that those 'legal' gentlemen will support The
Constitution of the United States J.: The Homs-
stead is not made retroactive, and will spply
only to debts contracted in tho future, The
| country .necis moro relief as 10 iss. than fu.
,ure debts II isF,he Indebtedness of the past
contracted under-liHsrent circumstances wlfieh
oppresass ths, energies of our people. As to
negro debts; our Courts have, never enforced
them, and many good lawyers believe they
| never will.
The anipus Of the whole proceeding .is
rhuwu hy the pomina,iohs for office. Offer
ofIicsI office is the, word Every NANCY seal
awng thinks lie is to be President Of the United
States. These- Convention gentlemen gent t.
CLar!eston 10 make u Constitution, and upoa
I the assumption that they were engaged iu that
business, they paid themselves. eleven oenars
Before The work is !:a!f done, they resolve
GERS under tho Constitution which il. to be.
They Of course tonlinate themselves. Having
got a taste Of the sweets Of Office, they want
more Of it. They return aud wiah to make the
people believe that 10y ally and patriotism re-
quire that they should be elected. win ths
people be such jupes TLs- is Scott, thai hs
.hou!d.te elected Governor Of South CatoIina
Mt 4 na:ive-not one Of us7-,lar,eg very
Iitls knoyhlSs Of our people, and 90 symra
Thy With us, but from his eos tioE. estirs'y re-:
garling himself as enc Of the co6qusfors To
what base uses havs.w csms atissti atiov
long, o Lord, how loagp : We think the rat:
ifcasionof the Cous,isution, and the election
Of these .seA-efeated nominees ought to be ds-
feated. and We think it can bs d.ns by, orgsni7
zation- We are in fsvor.of organized opposi.
{iion. We think that sppostion ssndla,esi q
s,ightts b brought oui. AID de xtois infa. iafl
n1SuS scheme SveHArovn at .the cbs,Is.- bog:
Wesshsh sssune stbe suhjsot tsaext.seea. .s,f
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