Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-07-22

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rrant it; while il. would prevent much hard a
ship to innocent persons, and expense TO tn
State, by the laws delay. :.
In this connection, I'would urge that tn
+ fees of justices of the.peace, clerks.of courts
sherifs. constable, and other officers who ma!
be entitlcd.to receive fees, should be strictly
regulated by statute ~ 80. ~ s4a
REVISION OF CODE AND:oHANaE OF PrEAD1Nos
Finvite your earnest attention torSectio;
3, Article IS, of-the. Constitution, providing
that ." the, General Assembly. at'its4first ses
sion after the sadoption of this Constitution
shall make provision oreyise, digest, and ar
range under proper heads, the body of o1
laws, civil and criminal, and form q pena
code founded upon principles Of reformation
This section also provides that the Genera
Assembly "for that purpose shall appoin
some suitable person or persons, whose duty
it shali~be-to revise; simplify and abridgetht
rules, practice, -pleadings and forms fot 'tht
courts now in use in this State. a well di
gested code Of Public. Laws, with full ant
clear index, will be Of great value to all clas
ses of our people, professional. Or otherwise
Such code South Carolina has meyer pos
sessed:: The Committee appointed for this
purpose should be composed of men Of the
highest legal ability, and should be empower
ed to ,oniitfrom the code such statutes as are
,no,longer iil;accord with our Constitution, oi
that: conflict with the changes in our politica
and civil systems.,- Especially should the plea
of Benefit of, Clergy. which has. SO long
disgraced the Judicial system of the State
be, no longer recognized, by our courts. q
trust that the General Assembly will makeau
appropriation-sufficiently liberal, togye g fail
compensation to the members of that Com
mission for their necessarily arduous labors
80 STATUTE OF FRAUDS
Section 20, Article 1, of the Constitution,
having provided that no person shall be i'm.
prisoned for debt, except in cases of fraud
recommend mat the General Assembly
shall, ataan' early. day. enact a Statute Of
Frauds. and also q new Statute of Limita-
1ions,- defining the rights remedies, and lia-
bilities Of creditors and debtors.
E|IEOI@OAo'
Il invite your attention to Section 3. Article
8, of the Constitution, which, provides that
/" it shall be the duty ofqthe. General Assem-
bly, to provide from time. to. time. for the reg
islration of all electors. -.
1t is important to the safety Of the State
that the rights Of its electors aud the purity
of the ballot box should be rigidly guarded.
Therefore recommend that you will pass
laws prescribing The duties ofrcgis.
trars and Judges of elections, with appropr
ate penalties; and providing also tor-thc pun.
ishment of bribery .aud corruption at public
elections. -,-,s &C..
REMOVAL OF poLlTIoAD DISABILITIES.
II would earnestly recommend that your
honorable body will, at an early period, me-
Congress to relieve every citizen OF
South Carolina from all political disabilities.
| make this recommendation the more. readi-
ly from The fact that there. are believed to be
none Of that class in this State who have COM
mittcd Infamous offences against the laws of
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The statute of disfranchisement was doubt
less wise and proper at Che earlier stage OF
reconstruction, aad justly marked the'nation's
abhorrehce OF those who, having bceu the
trusted ivuaer.- &c ttv pruplr, had Jed them
into rebellion against the benign government
of their country. Yet the continuance of
such disfranchsement would be an anomaly
under our Republican system, based upon the
doctrine Of universal suffrage. Let Us hope
that such an act OF magnauimity will not be
mistaken by the class dislranchised, while to
deny it will tend to make them objects OF
and will be, as it were, to keep q
knife sticking in an open wound.
EDUCATION.
Civil liberty and the education of the mas
scS are inseparable.
The safety of free State rests upon the
virtue and intelligence Of the people, aud it
cannot preserve the one without cultivalng
the other. All Republics Of which history
makes mention, have owed their decline and
fall to the corruption OF the people who,
having become unmindful of their rights and
duties through ignorance, became the prey Of
dcmagcgues through choice. In q country
such as ours, where the humbleSt citizen, If
worthy and we'll qualified, may aspire to the
station Of the highest, and where the hard.
handed child of5poverty ard toll may become
the chief magistrate OF the republic, the DIFF
fusion of intelligence among the masses is tot
only measure'ot public justice, but vitality
concerns the public safety.
The Government; of-the United States has
becn go mindful of the importance Of popular
education, thatit has already given 10000, 600
of acres OF public lands, worth at least ninety
millions (s9O,00O,0O0) of dollars, for the cs-
tablishment Of schools and colleges in the
States and territories of the Union. would,
therefore, earnestly recommend that the pro-
vision Of our constitution upon this subject
be carried out in its fullest extent, and that
as thorough asysten of free schools shall be
established as is consistent with the present
taxable resources Of the State.
ldeenI it proper to AID, thet satisfa;et
assurances are given that Congress will, with.
in q brief period, make liberal grant of pub.
lie lands to this Stale, for the creation of a
permanent common school fund, thus in q
great measure relieving our people from the
burden of taxation for that special Object. l
suggest that you will memorial
ize the Congress Of the United States upon
THE sui @ct; snd solicit the grant referred to
at the earliest possible dag.
Article,1O, section 3, ol the Constitution,
provides that There shall be kept open, at
least six months in each year, one or more
acho9ls in eech school district.
respectfully reooMmead t6at the General
Assembly will provideby law. for the estab-
lishment Of at least two (2) schools in each
school district when necessary, and that one
of snid schools shall be set apart and desig-
mated as school for colored children, and the
other for white children, the school fund to
be distributed equally to each class, in pro-
pqrtlqn to tho number Of childrenin each BE-
tween ths ages Of siz and 's5isteeu geafrG.
deem this separation of the two races in TIC
pablo schools matter Of the greatest impor'
tancc to all classes Of our people.
While the moralist and the philanthropist
cheerfully recognizes the fact that God hath
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