The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-02-22
From the Charleston Mercury
THE NEGRO CONVENTION.
TUESDAY 18TH.

TUESDAY 18TH.
AZ Tho hour to which the assembly had atl-
jsurned the president took the chair
su Prayer was offered up by Randolph
The roll WAS called, and quorum being
present, they proceeded to business
The journal of Mondays session was read
and confirmed. ,saj a.4,t. rasl4
ID The president called on the various standing
committees for reports. ,:15.a.9 .ot, ari
Parker offered a. resolution to invite Hon.
Jacob NJ Howard, United States Senator,
from Michigan, now in Richmond to extend
his trip to Charleston and address the assembly,
which was adopted ft.. II,
McGrcgor Mackcy called up his, resolution
which was laid on thu table day before, but the
assembly refused to consider it.. -
- Section II Of the proposed constitution was
thcn taken up, and various amendments offered.
On motion of Duncan, section II was post
poncd until aftor the remaining part of the con
stitution is adopted. u
sn,S Section j 2 was similarly disposed Of
Sections 13, IA, Is, ,16, II; 1s, 10, 90, 81 ,22,
123, "a, 25, 26, ~ and % were read and passed
TO their third readings, not without many hum
orous discussions, however, z -
,s1 Parker moved reconsideration of section
28, which was adopted, and then offered the
following amendment, which was carried
Provided that the prohibition shall not extend
70 the members of the first General Assembly"
Section 28, so amended was then passed to its
third readings .i 4a IA
Section 29 was passed. It was moved by
Moses to strike out the whole of section 80, and
opposed by Nlackey. Section 80, was, how
ever, stricken out. BILL sp. a4
Sections 81, 80, 33 and 81, after somc dis
cassion, were passed to their third readings.
Section 35 was read, and Robertson offered
an amendment.
Langley amends: cor for debts CONTRACTED
for labor"
Considerable discussion cnsued participated
in by Bowen, Cardoza, Whprer, Robertson,
Wright DeLarge, Rutland, Leslie and others.
Johnston moved an indefinite postponomcnt
Of the amendments but afterwards wit drew
Whittemore commenced the discussion of the
35th. section, pending which the hour of ad-
journment arrived, and the assembly adjourned
to halfpast ten tomorrow. se
'.sif WEDNESDAY 18TH. i@ f
The Convention assembled at hnlEpast 10
A. M., and was called to order by the Prcsi-
dent
Prayer by Whittemore. -
ThR roll vvvnc loA lo:,,
scnt,t the. assembage proceeded to business.
f. j.! Moses, Jr., made n report of tho Com
mittee on the Executive Provisions of tho Con-
stitution, which was ordered to be printed
Nv. Il. Rose made report of the Commit
tee on Petitions, on the preamble and resoli-
lions from the Georgia Convention, asking
Congress for o loan of $40, 100000 in aid Of
the South, and submitted to this body for it's
cooperation. The committee recommended
that the same be laid on the table. Adopted
Bi,F Randolph made report of the Com
mittee on Miscellaneous Provisions of the Con-
stitytion, and and asked leave to report the follow
Loving ordinance, introduced by tho member
from Laurens (Joscph Grews.) The Commit
tee recommend that it do pass.
BE, it ordained, That it shall be the duty of
the Legislature at its first session, TO appoint
Commiasioners to investigate and ascertain
what obligations of the State are entitled to be
held as valid and binding upon tho State in
conformity with, the provisions Of this Consti-
tuition and the Ordinances adopted by this
Convention, and until the Legislature shall
have ascertained the validity of such obliga-
tionss,, no payment for either the principal or
interest shall be made on any outstanding obli-
cations created or incurred prior to the goth
of April, 1865 !
E.W. NJ, Mackcy moved that the Ordin-
ance be made the special order for Wednesday
next, at II NJ, which was carried.
Leslie made theircport of the Auditing Com
mittec on sundry bills Tor printing fuel, &C.,
which b were ordered to be paid on proper
vouchers bcing filed with the President
r. Small called for the unfinished business Of
Tuesday. r53 a
The President announced the unfinished bus
incss to bo the consideration Of the Both section
of the second article of the Constitution re-