The Van Buren press., 1868-02-21
Mason (negro), objected " ne su.
preme court and franchise articles, but

Mason negro J, objected " the su.
preme court and franchise articles, but
voted. aye.4sisqm,n SkkIIJlU IA
Mr.. Matthews objected " the supcrtiu-
Gus offices for. sspirsnts; y thpught the
school system an abomination; objected
to the schedule ard recognized the sp-
por,ionment assma1e nbt tSrty purposes,
and he must therefore yQts No.
Mr.. Misner didnot like 90 many Su.
preme Judges he,was opposed TO. PIT
ting teats 70 the SOW Tor new Iptgsl lhA
franchise article was not prOscriptivc
enough; be had been, robbed by, rebels.
and he would vote, aye. = ''''''''''' =
Murphy, negro, felt good because Nc
was standing on de broad platform OF de
declaration ofindependencc and he would
vote, ayc.pFistf3fe Ol1uJF
Mr. McCovn would present his rss,s-
ons in full hereafter for cntry on the jour,
nal. lie objected to the Legislative, bank
ing. and more particularly to the FRANCHISE
article, Ias he must esolemply, protssso
against DISTINGUISHING a man because he,
was in the rebel service-one who per
haps might be less guilty and more re-
pentant than himself He favorsa sr,als
rate schools and poll tax We had
been here, howeycr,s near six weeks and
had framed this Constitution Dat an ex.I
pense Of CSC, ,999G;; and he did iznot wanr.
10 see the work sii undone anti the money
spent without profit. SO We woald v0ty,
aye, and let the Constitution goiIlsfanei
the people to do what txey aisy alioSyS
with it. ts 'd'oH uoiasd
Mr. puntncy did not bslsds u, 9,abyW
party he bad come here as a recOnstrnea
ZIONIST and was sorry he could not powi
endorse the action of the Conventions. Hg
objected to the articles on apportioHmcIt,
judiciary, franchise, and taxing the disc
iranchised persons to meet the burden of
expense. g'As for the schedule, ,like bis
old friend across the aisle, (My, Hinkle) r
he could see, somewhat into amiIlsiope,
and he understood for whose benefit that
was. The apportiopment was unjust and
it was designed to establish q negro dig
archy. Hevoted. ho.suiA .loJ til'silnR
Rector, negro, was not pleased With che
franchise clause; it did not disfralcAise
enough to suit him. iioss .9lIlgnoaa
Mr. Rounsaville did not like tiiosat.
ticles on the judiciary and the franchise,
buthe was not ashamed to help, the, ne
gro. Because he was An hifsrior race
and unable to protect himself was the
very reason why he athonghta hsHsbould
have the ballot, He favored colonization.
MI. Sarber wa. well pleased with tie
Constitution, and he voted ave- az es'i'0oaHa ?"
Mr. ShopPacl offered the followplges ,A
PLANTATION ofhis vote: ~ " - l~ao
II vote, no, for this, with many otllet,
reasons: This ConstitutioL Proposed 70
disfranchise large Dostion ofshs, eiSi.p
zehs OF this State, and enffanckise 4 elss., {
who are not recognized by the Constitu.
ton OF the United States u EhJT 3sSaI
Mr., Van Hook remcmbercd IL As no-F
bic actwhen nc voted ngahlst seccss!on!s 7
he periled life and, sacrificed property,
during four years Of rebellion He Ind,
come here to frame good Constellation n
this did not, he thought, advance the
common interest and he must, Witt fBp
greet, vote no. aoii.I "a .igt9 baa .IlAaaa II
Mr. Walker said il hc ulsiertook To I
mention all his objection il vcukl coh .
sumc the rest OF the night. ode didn't
owe any explanation for,ahis, vote 10 the
assem- mblage, and his people would not AK
any OK him Tor voting, a0,Ia NJ respect !,
able white man could vote any other way.
Mr.. Wilson defined his position by tssi
lating the experience Of Moses and his lie.
gro wife and his sister Marian, iHe WAS, p,,
not disposed to raise muss because thesu,
was negro in the camp he had been
elected by the ncgr6es and was willing to
enfranchise them He wanted n 'x0od
Constitution TO get over Jordai, wEth'
was hard road tU travtl, 'fntct Canaan.
This instrument did hot suit, fnr many
reasons which others had mentioned. He
did not like the schedule especially He
would vote, no.
White, negros saidthis people had en-
dnred slayeryaofthe most inhuman Idpd
for 25O years but he was now Eejoiosd.
to find that majorityiOf the Convention
were willing to confer upou him the rights
God intepded be should hawai- The slee,
tive franchise was a. God given right,
The negro had fought and died with the.
republican party, and thus inquired. tho
displeasure Of Southern men. III tAep &C.,
publican party deserted them after taking
them half way, his people would be crush.
ed. There are tnen here .Wh0 2ooaIkhti tilo
have their heads odt of; |; the snaas who
opposes reconstruction ought tOibe polit.l
ically dead IT Southern people were
educated they would not bate vs. on ac,c
count Of color 8 The opposition claimed
to DO our best friendsg Yes, h--llis full
of such friends, God had locked up there
and would mete out justice TO them. y.ual,
Mr. Williams had voted for The Cor.
stitntion Of GA and would vote for TAILS !
Mr. Wright looked upon the Constitu. !
tion as revolutionary in its CHARACTER and