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

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% have have Assss ssmeA :
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ea ess et,Asss M bsssss proceeded V deliver
The sassa effective spsssA hitherto Msas On ths
sarssf ehs hasaesse saewtse tAAk ks b ths
rsSl isadsr Al NE ptash, Asssvss M btas-
ham msy be rst tse roultss vssks 10 wsas
good dee, tH,s The meNts Of Shs gsasrat ts-
sue, and eoatesdsd tha, the nossmshta of
railroads furnished . good precedent - 10 the
time teGs e,iowsd, He Was rsr,lsd 10 by
Me- Nelson, who argued for additional Vine at
considerable length.
Finally. ky. q passy. ,ssse., q. neal ,meriifipg
auRury Of the fstass. the Senate adopted tho
subs,i,u,s II: sEn.s scsns Sling, ,tut New York. ~
| the effect that on ths fliny u the replication
by tho msnseers tAsye would proceed 70 trial
auloas further ,ias 10 sosOrdsd for cause
shown.
The day was an sven,fal one The proceed
'ings wesS grave aud dscotbus. Courlcsics
| were observed. The speeches Of Messrs.
stanbsry aud Curtis we're admirable 10 power
and s,yIe, and particularly impressive. Mr..
Butler sToss incieiSely, and evidently had the
cordial ear Of half The Senate, who seemed to
Erstog,iss him as the leader, inst.ai Of Mr..
Bingham. whose motion they repudiat.d. It
looked - as as il the temper at probably
majprity Of tho Senate wss particularly hos.
! tile 10 Mr. Johuson. and pone of the, dominant
party wore much disposed to wear the front
aud badge Of Eberal;.y tewsrls him. With .
constituency who have repudiated him, Mr..
fou1, o-A. a. .xs--r
aV the people," Tricksry Of phsuss has ire
sistble charms for certain olass Of intellleots
Tue PnorosED CoS<r,ipi1ex Tile instru
! ment contains coma fifteen articles, the most
| I'M portant of which have been already publish.
] cd and which We will in dus time Law befurs
our readers. The mosi- material, oh aness in
| three departments of the Governs .nneni are made
| in Tue Judiciary. The Supreme Court Of three
judges ls retninei.;' The Court Of Common
Pleas is vested With jurisdiet sn IN all tha,,ers
of Equity. The pourtE Of Sessions holding at
least ,hree sessions d. tina year, 10 vested with
fal criminal jurisdietion. Iu.,ioes OF peaoe arc
clothed with urisdictisn, in torts AMI contracts
where the amount claimed does not exceed
slo0. The ordinary's {hers styled Probat-)
| Courts are retained. A Board o: County
Commissioners control all disbursements for
county pusposes- The county s1icers are to
bo elected by the people. and 10 are the priuci
| Pal officers Of State, except the Judges Of the
Superior Courts. who are 10 be elected BY
joint ballot Of The two braushss of ,hs Lsgis;
The following are the Sections regulating the
| righ, of suffrage:
SIC. I. In all election. by the people tho
| electors sha vote BY ballot.
| SEC q. Every male citx. IN OF the Uaitsl
States, Of the age Of twestY.op ne year. and up.
wards. not iaboring undo, the disabilities num-
cd in this Cons.itu:i"n. vi hout distinction Of
race, cylor. or fornsrr canJi.ion, who shall be
resident Of this State at The time OF III. a.lop
tien Of this Constitution, or who shall thsreaf
ter reside IN this State one Scar, and in the
County in which he Offers tU vote sixty days
next preceding any election, shall 10 entitled
| " vote for .ail officers that are new. or hereaf
ter may be, elected by tho people, and upon all
queations submitted to the electors at any cleo.
tiou: PROVIDED. Ths, no rerson shalt be all
lowed to vote or bold ofiee-- Who is now or
hereafter may be isqnalifed therefore by the
| Constitution of tie United States until such
Disqualification sLalEbe removed by he Can
grss Of the United States; Prorid j further.
That no person, while kept in any aims houss
or asylum. cf upsouud mind. or confined 10
any public prison. shall be allowed T. vs.s or
hold Office. ......, ...-...
Hon.. d. II. HuL's SPrEpn.-Dnring tho past
week the u9n. h Ii. Hill addressed an audi
ence Of two thousand persons at Atlanta. Ga.
III opposition 10 the proposed new eons.itnticn
in a nspeeeh which the Chronicle r Sentinel
chsracleriz-s AZ able. eloquent and m.s,sfly,"
aud which fully just.fes lhe eulosum. It 10
distinguished by the bold and emphatic utter
ances Which mark an his effof,s, and At times
rec'indc one OF the fiery idv-eti-s Of come
Hebrew, prophet The question 10 BE-; decided
now 10 Get, hessays.a mere question between
desl'otism aal liberty. but Aques!ioY Of "ds
1eeney or iodeeeney., truth or tAI.shood. virtue
or vice, civilization or barbari.rn." Upon that
issue he goes before the country, and l. more
Ahsn match singly, for tho soiid pbaIaax Of
his Of'paa snts@: lie denouuees the rehsf r,ro-
vafoaspf iLa proposed Consultations 81 cheat
and = .delusien. intended a. . bait 10 catch the
vetes Of its unwary durea. Every word that
cutters applies as we'll 70 tho Constitution
proposed for ratification here, aud we could
not desire q mare trenehsut argument araiost
il tbas is furnishsd in the ms stsrly spseahlof
Iths eleapsnt .Geolgiep: The CONSERVATIVES Of
that Ststs h.v, o.xsoized thoroughly, and
have every pso.psd: Of 1.ttfihg ,is :isssllii,oaa
egaiase thsS cons,itatiGs SL.t us- follow thsir
! e1a"pfs' and: ss &msy7 hops to aahi..s some. I.
thiug'oe tifslr succSss.n - ,,%gi -; ~
+ fRlrsstiais S6NisiE.. =. s1Arl lsD pss1s
rhst ossies.G Rorn aSssrna,p nj aI.:
seosE 48sr Observation-Disclosures Boossr:.4.
cempsrelier Gsntrst-7, Dr.; J.sse.; Nsss.-. sast,
I1sssuret-lNs e.. Barker. tseerstsry .ot sts,s
FrLIcsrdeHa. (eslaredI -Adjutsot and IN.
,Psetsr GsD.rslyF. J., Nsaa. r., u sau{sl:
4 attorney Gsne etAi4AD. h! ckssSSsrlsio. Ho.t
I IPerirtendent of Elncatisn-J. Ka Jilssn:s
Representatives, 70 coas.sss. for State st l.rg.
~. NJ. =. Epping, e. E Rjcksop. Delegate.
~ HsstsaisR Rensh,iesa Riru xaas
sre.si0nal District. !, 2. whi,t.mors prinei
tp.l: II. 2. Hayne: alternate; F. }. Mo.ss, ir.
Eessessss' at ia1ge. isseoaar GsaefsssisaAiDi 81.