The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-10

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Committee of Sixteen; and as NOW car
ried out in letter and spirit by the Dis
trict Commander on the recommendation
of Stafford, Fisher, Mckee, Mayson, and
other leaders of the Eggleston faction:
Extracts from the CarPef-AsaEgerS
| Constitution.
ARTICLE VII.
! Sec 1. All elections by the people shall
sec. 2. All male inhabitants of this State,
/ except idiots and insane persons, ana ln-
dams, not taxed, citizens of the United
States, or naturalized, twenty-one years old
| and upwards; who have resided in the State
| six months and in the county one month
next preceding the day of election, at which
said inhabitant offers to vote, and who are
duly registered according to the require
meTts oil section three of this article, and
who are not disqualified by reason of any
crime, are declared to be qualified electors.
Sec. 3. The Legislature shall provide by
| law, for the registration of all persons enti-
! tied to vote at any election, and all persons
entitled TO register shall take or subscribe
1 the following oath or affirmation: 81
| .....-....., do solemnly swear Cor aihrm,)
| in the presence of Almighty God, that am
| twenty lone years old, that have resided in
| this State six months, and in. county
one month; that j will faithfully support
! and obey the Constitution and laws of the
| United States, and of the State of Missis-
| sippi, and will bear true faith an allegiance
| TO the same: that / am not DISTINGUISHED III
| any of the provisions of the acts known as
| the reconstruction acts of the Both and 10th
! Congress, that admit the political and civil
! equality of all men, so help me God" Pro-
vfded, That if Congress shall, at any time,
remov6mthe disabilities of any person dis
| franchised In the said reconstruction acts of
| the 39th and 10th Congress, (and the Legis-
! lature of this State shall concur therein,)
/ then 80 much of this oath, and so much on
1 w. as refers to the said reconstruction acts,
! shall not be required of such person so par
doned. TO entitle him to be registered.
| Sec A. No person shall be eligible to any
| office of profit or trust, or to any office in
| the militia of this State, who is not qualiti-
/ ed eleCtor.
| Sec. .. No person shall be eligible TO any
office of profit or trust civil or military, in
this state, who, as member of the Legis-
lature, voted for the call of the Convention
that passed the Ordidance of Secession. or
who, as a delegate to any Convention, voted
for or signed any ordinance of secession. or
lrhO gaze r0IuntaTy aid, cOURtendnce, counsel or
encouragement to persons engaged IN armed hos
MIN to the United Suites. or who accepted or
attempted to exercise the functions of any
office, civil or military, under any authority
or pretended Government authority, pow
er or Constitution, within the United States,
hostile or inimical thereto, except all per-
sons VINO alQeO RECONSTRUCTION US voting IOr
this Convention. or who have continuously
advocated the assembling of this COnven-
ton and shall continuously and in good
faith advocate the acts of the same, but the
Legislature may remove such disability
Provided, that nothing IN this section except
voting for or signing the ordinance of Sc
cession shall be so construed as to exclude
from the private soldier of the late sO-called |
Confederate States army.
CARPET b AGGERs TESTIMONY IN FAVOR OF
THE ABOVE DISTINGUISHING CLAUSES.
GIBBS.
II believe from the expressions OF prom |
inent men in various portions of the State
that the constitution Containing the fore
going clauses has received majority of
the registered legal voters of the State, and
that they Mould prefer to see it to-day adopted to
aaIy other plan that zee can Sutggest."-W. III.
Gibbs evidence before the Congressional
Committee.
CASTILLO.
QUESTION BY MIR. BECK. Do you think
majority of the white people are in favor of
the Acknowledgement contained in that in
strument?
Mr.. CASTILLO. 1 cannot say as to that.
MR., BECK. Are the negroes in favor of
disfranchisement.
Mr.. CASTILLO. Yes sir, they are in tarOr
Of putting the dtstranchised out Of the State!
Mr.. BECK. Do you mean, driving them
away personally out of the State?
MR. CASTILLO. Yes, sir. from the manner
in which they have been treated in the last |
election.
Mr. BRooKs.-That is your opinion?
MR.. CASTILLO. That is my opinion !-E. j.
CASTILLO evidence.
VAN Hook.
81 believe the people of Mississippi, would |
adopt the constitution Gas passed by the Con- |
yention) under the reconstruction laws by a |
majority of % or 3O,000.''-G. w. Van Hooks |
evidence.
II. I. FISHER.
We [the Radicals) held a Convention at |
Jackson on the 18th of November composed |
of delegates from every portion of the State,
and it was firmly resolved then that the i'm
mediate admission ofthe State (that is,under !
the DISTINGUISHING constitution was the only
hope and safety of the loyal people. This
is the unanimous Uotce Of the entire party
THERE ARE A FEW FACTIoUs MEN WHO WILL
DISREGARD THE DECISION OF THE PARTY on
THIS POINT, AND URGE PLANS OF THEIR OWN,
But THEY DO NOT SPEAK FOR THE PARTY
II. I. Fishers evidence.
STAFFORD.
find the public mind of the State to be
divided about as follows. Republicans a
anti on ratification end admission under the
constitution [that is. with ACKNOWLEDGMENT
as roted on last Jia'e; Secondly, that very
great change has taken place in the minds
and disposition of our late opponents III!
They seem to expect ratification (viz, rati-
fication of Dsfranchisement on the Eggles-
ton programme) and what is more they don't
seem to dislike the idea very much after
all ,!!-Stafford's letter. dated December 31st
1865.
So it appears that the Eggleston clique,
whatever may be their professions now
in order to get into power, have commit
ted themselves to Acknowledgement by the
deliberate acts in their Conventions-by
the Prcclamations of their Committees-
and by the solemn Oaths and positive as
sertions of their leaders, all of whom are
of their recently reconstructed
Executive Committeeman they are on
record not only as having pledged
that their party is "a unit on
the subject-but they have even presum-
I'd to say that the conservatives who beat
Town Acknowledgement at the June cleo
ion do not 'dislike" the heresy so much
after all i
The Cincinnati Gazette advises per
IONS who are contemplating tour over
and to California to wait awhile before
carrying it into effect as the fare from
that place TO Sam Frnncisco is s25S 20 in