Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-03

The following Is q synopsis OF the text
of BEN. BUFFERS bill for the recOnstruc.
ton Of Georgia, sgreed to by 5 majority
Of the Committee 90 Reconstruction and
to be reported TO the House:
That. as the Legislature Of said Stale has re-
fused to purge itself OF member who are such
in violation OF The fourteenth amendment, and
that as q majority OF the Legislature, in viola
ton Of the Federsl Constitution and that Of
the state and OF The fundamental principles
upon which Congress consented 10 the rssJ0ra-
ton OF said State, expelled from the Leg sla-
lure tbs qualified members thereof On the sole
ground tina they were Of African blood, ana
admitted thereto other persons nos receiving q
majority Of The votes IN their places, and that
in consequence Of protection not being afforded
20 the lives, liberty and property Of the people.
whereby IL appears that the people OF GeorgHs
have not compiled with or conformed TO the
terms under which they were reported there
fore
Be Enacted, ETC., That the Legislature origi-
nalIy elected, including negroes, shalI re-asssm-
BILE, and eye:y person claiming to be elected
shall subscribe 10 Oaths OF office prescribed by,
Law for officers OF the United States, and by the
constitution and laws OF Georgia but members
dfsuuAiffed ny the fourteenth amendment.
whose disabilities have not been removed,
shall net be admitted, but shall be regarded IS
NnEtIElnle ard L14sE swearing MEg De DunlFneQ
as pefj1ry under the United States laws before
the District Court. The third section declares
the expulsion Of negro members void The
fourth section enacts thatthose who shall exer-
else the duties Of any Office, legislative. Judi
cial, executive or administrative, bsiT z dis
qualified by reason OF participation IA ths re-
belion, direct OF indirect, unless his disabilities
have been removed by Congress, shall, on con
vlction, be punished by imp. isonment Of not
less than one year OF more than five, and be
forever disqualified from boldicg any office
Of honor OF profit under the laws Of the United
STATES.
TIE bill also provides for keeping United
states troops IN The state 10 carry this act into
full execution, and the military officers shall
respond 70 the d~EmandaGf he Governor for
AID and assistance in the admin strstlon OF the
government and the protection OF life and
property. and the administration Of Justice IN
TIE said state.
Against this Infamous measure, at
tributed to the scAeniog and plotting OF
Gov. BULLOCK, even the ultra Radicals
Of Georgia are demonstrating. The same
dispatch that conveys the above, states
that s delegation Of this stripe of Geor-
gians, headed by one Col. BRYAN,
formerly Of the Federal army, wal heard
by the Committee on the question OF
Gsorgia's reconstruction, and in the
course Of his remarks BRYAN Is reported
to have said that HE opposed this bill
"snd the general policy Of the Radicals
" ia Congress ia reference to The State Of
" Georgia, which, ifcsrried ont, would, in
{" bis opinion, make a second Poland or q
Second Ireland Of the State He said
" the people Of Gaorgia, including rebels.
3" were well disposed, and desired hsr-
4" mony, but the mischievous legislation
"proposed would rot only overthrow the
A." Republican party ia the State, but
'sdrive the people to desperation, and
anone could foretell the disasters to fol-
slow. He csasnred Gov. BULLOCK, TO
" whom he attributed The defeat Of the
fifteenth amsndment in the Georgia
"ssnate, and added, II Hnli5'ited power
" was placed in his hands, IS proposed
" By this bill, inealcnlSble injary would
Z" b. d.ns TO the State ana country
Nothing could be stronger by way %
rsfutRtiOn, condemnation a3d appeal,
snd yet the infsmy progresses. Truth,
dsceDcy and ~fsir-piey, are always at a
discount where BUTLER's IL concerned.