The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-07-10


the State must be your guide. Whatever inn
perative duties it devolves upon you, must be
performed without qualification, but. generally
the constitution is confined to the. statement
of certain fundamental principles which are left
for you and the people to apply, as time and
circumstances may demand.
And 80 long as no mans rights or liberty is
imperiIled by delay, it is wise in matters Of
legislation ''to make haste slowly"
The wisdom and moderation that character
lied the Convention which framed our Consti-
tuition, argues favorably as to the future legis-
lation Of the State.
I pray you to remember, in all Of your ac-
tions as Legislative body, that you are to care
for the wants Of the whole people, without re-
gard to class or condition. While nothing
should be done in spirit of revenge, 30 we
should be equally careful to avoid anything
which might be construed into servility or con-
cession to unworthy demands.
tits, however, upon the people at large that
the heaviest responsibility for the future must
rest. Constitutions and laws amount to moth
ing unless they are sustained by q virtuous
and intelligent people. A community compos-
ed of people who, on the one side are fractious,
fault-fnding and suspicious, and on the other,
credulous and Indifferent, cannot exp ect to en-
Joy either peace or prosperity.
The Congress of the United States has done
all it can do for us by legislation. It has ena-
bled us to form and adopt q constitution which
secures to all men equal rights; and to organ
ize government under that constitution. We
must. do the rest ourselves. By wisdom,
forbea-ance one with another, sobriety, indus
try, and education, we may build up q State
worthy of the great nation Of which we now
form an indissoluble part, and fruitful OF all
blessings to ourselves and posterity.
From this place venture TO ask the people
Of South Carolina Of all cla- ses and conditions
to devote themselves earnestly to the promo
ton of good will and harmony. So far as is
possible and consistent with DUTY, let us forget
the past, and looking only to the present and
the future, etriye, with cheerfulness and honesty
of purpose, to make ourselves worthy recipi-
ents OF the blessings which will surely flow
from free government.
When the Governor had concluded, his ac-
cession to Office was honored by the military
authorities with State salute Of nineteen
guns, and the town bell was rung to celebrate
the event.
Ex-Governor Orr accompanied Gov. Scott
during the ceremonies Of the Inauguration.
In the Senate to-day Governor Scott's mes
sage was. read and ordered to be printed.
1.-THE message is given in full in the supple
ment OF to-day's issue.]
J.J. Wright {colored), introduced q resolu-
ton szayiding that the General Assembly
should memoriaIze Congress to remove all
disabilities now attaching, under existing
laws, to citizens OF the State.
Abill reorganizing the County Courts and
validating the laws Of the provisional govern
ment received it's first reading. Adjourned.
In the House, the question Of privilege with
regard to the seats Of the contested districts
was settled by vote Of eighty-four to twenty
seven in favor of allowing the seats to be occu-
pied by the persons holding Genral Canhg's GER.
'tifcates of election. The colored element Of
the House showed itself especially temperate
in this matter.
The Constitutional Amendment was then
ratified; yeas i1Os nays 10-the Democrats only
voting in the negative. All. Ransier and
Reuben Tominson voted in favor ofa protest
against the'd disabling clause.
A committee was appointed to select another
hall for the use Of the House.
An unsuccessful effort was made to ad-
journ over until Tuesday.
The supporters Of DR.. Mackey for the sem
atorship, evince the most bitter antagonism
towards Governor Scott. The latter, it is un-
derstood, supports Sawyer.