The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-05-31

wednes lay Morning, May 81, 1871.

Vhe Massachusetts, House of Repre-
sehtotives has voted to- call q oonstttus
tional convention, apd'ii theAenato con.
ours. ad it probably will, tie present
constitution will be thoroughly remodel
ed. Inasmueh as the subject Of minori-
ty representation is attracting attention
in every State Of the Union, It is proba:,
BILE that there will be nm attempt to in
troduee some changes in the present
manner of'representation in Massaohu-
setts. Probably the. Hare scheme. says
the New York ,Woad. which has been
successfully tried IL Husyafd University.
will be the favorits with those who will
advocate minority teptasentation.: The
cumulative schene; which has been
adopted, il Illinois. Yoaa doubtless be
viewed with favor were it not that one.
OF the oldest States il ths Union ca6n
hart1iy1beexpectcdato, receive lessons in
political 1aifflirs ftohi one '5s the, ;yotng
est. at. allaetents,H The subject Of re-
forming tle,eeppresent. system ,.ot voting
will De thnfopg ghly discussed. should the
proposed convention meet i
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.iSTArR RIqHTs, -ts.The nation at largo
is surfeited Of State rights, as held at the
South and by the leaders OF the South
efn ;opih{pa, and it;wilE take many years
to unlearfi its 1experiencs Of the bloody
resulto which sensued from permitting
the national supremacy of such men and
suoh doctrines p Boston Journal.
The South has, held no more marked
views in regard to the rights of the
States than can be found. I'M ldassaohu-
aetts. During the Hartford sGonyention
Aiscassion Massachusetts, = was: States
rights up to thes hub, During the dis
6aaslon OF the annexation lot Texas It
bed the most extreme vieWa.% The writ
pan constitution of Massachusetts, ,iB not
faf removed from thesdeas OF Calhoun
apd McDafie. tEhe bill of rights OF the
1ld bay State iwas aheads we think, OF
aaY State South Of the Pdtomao. The
greatest teachers of disoom and bloody
inntfuctions have been the men of Mas
Fs1hpsetts, frosn the embargo till now
oE from Josiah. Quincy on the floor Of
the House. to Garrison and Wendell
Phillips before the people, In the Mas
saehusetts declaration Of rights, the con-
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AnT1cnn fv. The people Of this Com.
monweaith have the. sole and exclusive
right Of governing themselves as free,
sovereign and independent State; and
do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise
and enjoy every power. jurisdiction and
right which is not, or may not hereafter
be, by them expressly delegated to the
United States oi America. in. Congress
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The day is not far distant when Mas
saohnsetts will occupy her old ground
tot the rights Of The State against the
ttsarpatiopB and despotisms OF the Fede-
raj Governments, and as under the admi-
nistration Of Polk, Tyler and Calhoun,
IN the State department.. She will prove
~ rebel1io1s. on. paper, to Federal power
as was South Oarolinanin the worst days
Of notification. 4t is not; the South
which llhs unlearned her experience, but
New England, and Massaohuset espe-
cially. -NeD York Etpreas.
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A member OF the Beecher. family has
Just returned from d. VISIT to the South,
and j she frankly gives. to the Church
U.ion an account Of what she has seen
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