The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, August 31, 1865, Image 2
COLUMBIA.
Thursday Morning, Aug. 31, 1865.
ConMtltiitioi*?3Iu.lt.in?. *
We have, more than once, drawn
? attention to the business, duty and
policy of the Convention, about to
assemble in this State; and we have
been at bomo pains, already, to indi
cate what wo conceive to be the ?duties
. and rights of that body, and the sanc?
tions under which they will necessarily
assemble. These sanctions are derived
directly from thc people. whoTirc as?
sumed to bo virtually present and act?
ing for themselves. The trust is a
great and very .sacred one, and it be?
hooves the members of thc body, thus
endowed with such i xfjraordinarypow?
ers and feeling such extraordinary re?
sponsibilities, to weigh well what they
do and decide, as the destinies of a
long future, the generations for a
thousqjid years, may be affected for
good or evil by their present action.
There is a pressure upon them, exter?
nal to the people, derived from the
action of the United States Govern*
ment. Their action must be deter?
mined by a due consideration of the
powers and requisitions of the Go?
vernment, irrespective of all other in
llnences, precisely as they shall decide
upon the "value and importance to thc
people, of thc return of the State to
the folds of the Confederacy. The
consideration prescribed, upon which
the State is permitted to return, it is
for them to estimate. While doing
so, it may be well that they should re- I
fresh themselves, as we have already
counselled, by a reference to the Con?
stitutions of those States of tho North
which are usually regarded as free of
all reproach, on the seor* of their
anti-republicanism. New Hampshire
is recognized as one of those States,
hus pure in doctrine, and well-found
1 in thc right articles of i'm th ar. v . 1] .
. practice. We give btiov. ?reitain !
ext racts from the Constitution of New
a- T apshire; and timi of &f:?.T$?.?*hus*rf8 I
iind sundry otht rs is like unto it; all :
posse ssing as fch~ good work of rc-!
public an "oeif,y' tho sam? vital prin- j
cirilo * Th' Convention of South!
Carean a should taip ("'lTr to sh-Uev
itself ai *d *^ePft?ple whom it repre- j
sf-nts' fri im a^ future imputation of |
havinff al 'andoiie.d -m3" of thee vital
SS Here follow tho extracts
From Sfc Vaurtifcitkm of New Hamp
Sh^Tbe P?* >Ple.of thi:s Stat- havc ta? !
sole, and'ox. htsive right of governing |
themselves . roe> sovereign and j
independent d?- and for?
ever hereof!-*, r shall, exercise an* < n- \
joy every j* '"'j- jurisdiction and,
ri'dit pcrtn-inin '-- thereto, winch i" not, ?
or"niay not her. "Ker i.e. "by them ex?
pressiv dele gate 1 T *ho b lilted States
of America in Ci ?ngrpss assembled.
"AU power re Siding originally m.
and being derivi ? from the people,
all the magistrate 3 .and officers of go?
vernment are iht ? substitutes and
agents, and at all times accountable j
to them. ...
"Government bei. 'lg instituted for
the common ' benefit , protection, and J
security of the whole co mmunity, and
not for thi> private in. tel est or emolu
meni of any one ?ian, family or class
of men; therefore, who, lever the ends
of government afc pervi Tte tl. or pub?
lic IHierty manifestly en? 'ang'cred, and
all other means of redres? ? ar.e ineffec?
tual, the people may, a nd of right
ought to, reform the old or establish
a new government, The .doctrine of
non-resistance against arbiti ury power
and oppression is absurd, sla vish. and
destructive of thc goo.? and hapj iness
of mankind.. ' ,
..Sor UPJ the inhabitants -of this
Stau; controllabie by'auy other laws
than those to which the? or their re
preseutati' body, have given their
consent." ?
As language, sn flers in perversi?n
before nv-.? openly : ? t ; .? :. i. r tl ie over?
throw of morals as. ia bri'-J, language
b is always been on?? .? rite gr? a* en ,
SOTv?;tors ipr tho security f ; ii tin
fes<W-lit.inls of ;i free people. '?' UMX l>C
>sdl in these loose, las. and seb'-indid
eent periods, io ascertain ' lint tM
True .i'rn*ttcatiou ol .some if th- m
v)tal words, in tins en.lux. .. . id .?:
principles. W. f.;v:. to
le lex; CO 'rayner Sama ! 1
;uthority not yet overth:
iitions, hover*vi--r much ic
to ns to .substitute, a. Yankee br .. ie", !
inplace of the genuine Saxon :. j
What says Sainiv.il Johnson ol' lb 1
several words. Liberty, [ndopendeiuie, '
Sovereignty, ..'v.c. We tr ust that oui
literary friends will purdon us, i Iiis,
(to them), most gratuitous labor; sat
istied, ns we are^that they will per?
ceive thc propi'iety, iii these times, ot
occasionally conducting tho general
render and every tiay politician, back
to thc hist principles, th" laws ot' lan?
guage as well as of tho laud: the faith
that was in their fathers, und which
t b ey meant and contemplated in those
days when a Constitution was hold to
ben palladium of safety-a-ery sacred
thing. And no> for Sum. Johnson's
definitions, fro n which even ?ucl: un?
scrupulous authorities ns "Noah Wob
ster, have not yet ventured to depart,
and will not presume to deny.
lodrpcitd'woi -Freedom; exemption
From reliance or control: state over
which noy.' ?ins power.
tn:kpenrfr>iii .Sot depending; not
supported by any other; not reiving )
on another; not controlled, li is used
with on. ol', or from, before the ob?
ject: of which on seems moro proper,
since wc say to depend on. and conse?
quently dependent on.
Libur1? - Freedom, as cipposod to
slavery; exemption from tyranny or
inordinate governmi nt.
?Socara?f/hlif-Supremacy ; highest,
place; supreme power; highest degree
of excellence. ".Noshing does so
gratify a haughty humor us this piece
?of usurped sovereignty."'
Plantation Hitters.
The beverage, or .dietitic drink, so
culled, is a very good tonic. We can
answer for it; but, according to the
New York World, the nameJ??&ht be
much more appropriately Tapplied.
See the following:
PLANTATION l?rrrEKS.-Tbc famous
hieroglyphics-S. T.--18GI), -X -which
have bi en blazoned Upon ?-very fence I
and rock throughout thc land, will !
henceforth bo entirely sttpererogatoi \
in the South, bu* undoubled!;, iv. : (
planter will lind I'lnrl '?'.
enough ut his band iii /.-. .. -o
His impossible, ?,, a, . . * . . . ,
io ennuierai e. tin; varioly o. < ? >
pnfs in tho Plantain?-;. Bitb ,. ,
?.the il' . .'..." I... i-.'iov. .. . r
mny heir enough, on atty puti.'.uto . i
tl.? be Satisfied thai tie', r-r ve;-.' h i: i
to swallow. Yo.tr b;von:e mitre
inti h* U .'..ol-i. "U S;:-a'?v ..''?.'' ilighi.
She forms :-n in gi vdu. tn in \ ou" S'.n
dav** beverage." Your bug?*v i? ear?
ned ott' 'he nt-xi day. Th.' wheels
erick in ""MI- throat long a ft? r y. -u '
havi swallowed yoni morning draiight.
Here and therua planter 01 oventev
is murdered, and he furn.'; a poweriul
ingredient for the drinking of the
couimunity. Your lived hirelings are
denied a shari in the fodder crop, j
They refuse to ??trip and cure it. Y'ou
must drink im infusion of rotten
fodder. Your crop i? jpverrun with
grass: yon must feed on glass nert
season instead of oom. Your hog::
ami caf tl? disappear nightly. Very
bitter is the end of thought which
yon mus'' chew for the loss of pork,
and bee!', and milk and butti r. Your
store-room lock, though of tho b? -I
patent, is broken open du rill.g thc
small hours. You may swallow thc
"useless key in your coffee! The con?
tents ob the store-room disappear ?tl
I the same time. You have nothing
j left to swallow. Your hired freedman
refuses to work, yet refuses to depart
the plantation. You expel him. Jic
reports you to the Provost Marshal,
and he says*. You must continue to
swallow Cuttee and make out with him
as well as you can. You must not,
however, cuff Cuffee, for Cnfl'ec, as
a freedman, insists that he is also
above working. You must swallow
your bitters still. There is no help
for it. And-but there is no cud to
this chapter of domestic bitters to lm
swallowed, will he, nell he, on every
plantation, as a condiment or stimuii
lus, which takes from you all appetite
for any sort of food.
Of the massacre, of thc Indians at
Sand Cheek by Col. Chivington,
a correspondent of' thc Atehison
(Kansas) Chnhtyion says: "It was an
indiscriminate, wholesale murder of
men, women anti children, accompa?
nied by tlie disfigurement of i
bodies o? 1?? ?th sexes, in ev vy rovo .
j vv?] i d is'of dy ho >. motin TS.' n ?td c
-, . I : ! i . . , . ,.. . i .1 ... ..
. '. ...... .. ann ."./o' ' . \
war :*. >r independence or mastery. Yon
may imagine Hint Beauregard, or
Benjamin, or John Slide!!, or Dick
Taylor, is the rest loss spirit, who has
asked this rebellion-indicating ques?
tion; but you arc mistaken.
That you erny understand fully
what it nn-.-ms, I give you tho article
entire which asks and answers this
question, and which appears in the
jTribtate, of this city, of ?Sunday last,
a paper pu' '?shed by ? colored mau,
which is the official organ of the uni?
versal suffr;>_ ; party, and is said to
he chiefly edited by "Hon.-Thomas .).
Durant, a gentleman who seems as
much in bond with both the religious, !
or irreligious, and political spirit of
thc French revolution of 1787 as wu"
Kgalite, tho Duke id" Orleans. Head
for yourself :
sH,vLt wv. lixxv. ?. sKcoxn v..vi;? |
Tito sho'w thal 'ho Sont* is now I
allowed to make of lin tr policy must !
ha\ ., by this tini", convine? d ti"' ?
most incredulous mim? ?hui tho spirit
of secession is still rife. Th?; political i
power ha - once more fell into the
hands of tint class of men who seizod
iiie forts and arsenals, ?ind who passed
the ordinance of secession in tia
several States. Tia he people-cling to
States rights, and ar?' ivady to nullify
the United States laws ?it the first
opportunity. The situation is Hie
same as it was in 18(11, with only that
difl'erence, that the forts, arsenals and
other Federal property are better pro?
tected, and will be more faithfully de?
fended.
But our Federal armies, inactive as
. they are amidst that Southern people,
always plotting and rampart, seem to
be the conquering victors.
With thc State legislative power in
their hands, tho Southern oligarchy
will at ?mee retrace the influence thf-y
. v fighting for. They already rule
i- . ii is true that there is a
kind of jurisdiction that thor are
j cai victory. As b, ?. a.-, t!e; pobril or .
ganization is conoc? ?j? o. t i-c .serin
j tlikj time, i actually w irst'-d.
1 There io no doubt about, ii Th?
lidia of social reform is opposed ami
j set ut nungin by the governing <.-last
?of tho1 Southeni States The ?....-ul ts
of the war are oppos'-d, THU < very
! progress prevented by the resistance
and ill-will of that governing class, lr
is not thu liberal policy <.!' the North,
I it io not the policy pf the victors, which
now rule th?. South: it is the policy of
the slaveholders, resisting inch by
i inch everv attempt tit proirvj ss.
' Therefore, w- 'bave a right to s?r?
. that, by rbi . tim.-. th* North h ? i.b?j
ea?ly worstcj. .But ti ie military f< ovos
, rota tht cou! 'jw of t i ie in ? trivet i . >u
I arv Stat. s. ?mil a sing] . word fr..rn th?
-1V. .si den I and (iem-ml (.rant may
j bring about a prodigious chango. The
back bon . of the military power of ? he
South is broken. The new organiza
I Hons will lack of cotilidene.y, strength
and unity. The (\ titrai I.OMTIUUI at
of tho rebellion is no more. Any at?
tempt Co armed resistance to our sol?
diers will sium lie put down.
This second Avar, il* ever incited ly?
the folly of the slaveocrats, will bo a
war in the towns, in toe villages, in
the houses. Thole is no fear nt pres?
ent Tor the Union. The first victory,
now accomplished, has restored it for?
ever. The war will be for the immor?
tal principles of the Declaration of In?
dependence-a war for political equal?
ity-a war against aristocracy.
The African race will now fight for
all that is dear to man. The black
and colored men will rise throughout
the land, not by thousands, but by
hundreds of thousands and by mil?
lions. They are no longer kept inside
the enemy's lines. They are free to
come from every State, every county,
and every plantation. They have
\ fought L:> f. ?v ho baltic -vf their conn
???, im, mi? m,m i J ? '. IC ' " "- ",- - -
j and the nuiversal dominion of tho Af- ?
? rican race. This would bc "an incon
I diary sport.*" and bc instantly -up
I pressed were it not published in the
j name and umba- thc especial patron?
age of the negro, and did it not favor {
thc ruin of the white man for his ele- j
ration.
Not long ago this papar suggested
the employment of black troops alone
ns provost guards. At another time
it suggested thc disarming^ of the
wlutes and the arming of ali the ne?
groes as a militia force. It now comos
out to urge negroes to open rebellion, ,
una to "wage au exterminating war
against the white people.
[Cor. X. Y. News.
Suittkevners in Mexico.
U-TTKIl FROM AN KX-TIKBFT, OFFICER.
Th?-St. Louis Repubh'can publishes
the following:
Sr. Lons, August 10.-Having seen
various reports as to th? names und
number of those oilieers of the Confe?
derate army who weet to Mexico, .1
submit tie: following, having been one
of tho ??arty, and returned to this ?-itv
yesterday from Monterey:
j (Jen. Magruder, upon whoso staff I
; was when the war closed, d'.".ermined
j to lake his parole and join his family
i in Kurope. With this view, he went
to (?alveston with his staff, June 9th
j where ho. met President Johnson's
j proclamation, ?md being exempted
I from the amnesty, from having boen
a graduate of West l'oint, he at aaec
determined, to leave the country by
thc way of Mexico. Wc left Houston
on thc llth, on horseback, having
with us three pack mules, and reached
San Antonia on the lbth, where we
met (icu. Shelby, with a force of about
three hundred men; also (?ens. L*. K:
Smith, Trice. Wilcox, (of Mississippi)
Haws, Frank Gord'on, Jackman; Go
vernors Allen and Moore, of Louisiana,
and Governor Murrah, of Texas. 'Mic
whole party left San Antonia, on the
20th, and Traveled without interrup?
tion, reaching Eagle Pass on the Il?t;;,
j Wo were twateil civilly, yet were
I closely .. i.V.'a al by tim Liberal party,
i wu-i v we .a in possession of Ped.
- ..:. I'rom hen- wo pushed ?
j rapidb. to .Monterey. Sonic of tl.
; report having been stopped bv
upon t. - =?ppn
lb d rm .id Iv b
j e.\eursioit. I hey kopi ?io pickets Jior
: guards in Un city, l?very other night
Itheirrand band ph.ys ?n i he Plaza till
i? midnight, where ill Monterey assem
I bios and enjoys itself. Tim odd uighi.
: tl.i theatre is opened, and again ?di
j Monterey is present,
i At Monterey, wc found (ion. Pros
j ton, of Kentucky ; Gen. Hin'lmaii a ml
Gen. Hardiman," of T. x:!s; J*. C. i;. \
? nolds, of Missouri: Col. Uroadwell, oj
! the (.<?{ toil .1 lurenu: besides nm nv colo
j m-h and oilieers ol' lessor note. Al
j ?hi i place tim party dissolved ( b'lieral
I Smith went to (lavaiia. C?en. Magra?
th r to Germany, where his family is;
j i hu. Price to 'Kio all by the wav of
I tho edy of Mexico, ns the roads tn
Tampico and Mat am oras were in thc
possession of l obbers. "Besides,- there
is u weekly line of steamers from Vera
Cruz to Liverpool, by way of Havana.
Ex-Governor Trusten Polk left San
Antonio on thc 2ftth of Juno, and 1
heard of his reaching Eagle Pass in
safety. (Jon. John 1?. ("lark. Sr.. in
company, with an ex-Senator from
Louisiana, also passed through San
Antonio a few davs after Governor
Polk.
. The French admire Shelby very
much, and Vere anxious he should join
their service. From what I saw, and
from what the Hake of Ee.klont.Then
toldmo, 1 think Shelby will bc offered
a.Brigadier-Gi nen.l's ommand, if In
Will accept if 'The; " .-, , ulistmi lits
for one ye tr'.ml upwards, in :b
eu ?idry, find :\ ?n ?ftv d?mars
per month.
(< uaisweiv ?-.y. in Monterey, owine
to tho !.l ).'.:;.',: of tue roads, and ?ti
Mat ii.. "did elnsap." Fine. boo:,
wer? i. 'Ilaiv., ami elolhir.g fov an}
P;'??'.<: i would give. 1 roached
"TuUm--ivs on the l?th, after a foin
dav's ( ri : > I'-". Mont.-rev. in Un
heard of sever;., parties
-. p"v I'HGN.
To insure insertion, advertisers are re
questa*! to baudoin their narices before 4
o'clock j?. ;n.
Attention is invitee?, to the sale at auction,
this morning, by yrx. Jacob Lev-?, Of drugs,
medicines, dry goods and eli tiing; also, n
fino piano.
NEW AovxETisESESTs.--A.tterjl.oH is called
to the following adv. r?isement? which are
published for t he tir-i linn; this morning:
C. P. Harrison-Furiitnr-. at fiction.
Messrs'. Jeffers ? -Forwarding Haisiuoss.
Jacob Loviii-Drugs, i.e.. at Aittiou.
C. F. Jaunty- Eleetmii Notice. |
K. t?. Pinck?ev- -C.?issica ?Vchant.
Mrs. Ii. K. ?teele L'riv.n IVo.ifin: ,.
ti. s. Ravened- -Wagon 1er Aiken!
K. H. Heinitsh .Non.-.
(Jr. T. Berg-Arclritect. \
C. P. Pelham-House to Kent.
Council Proceedings.
COUNCIL CliAMBEK,
Coi.rrtr.iA, s. C., August 2'.'. l\".?.
Present - Mts Honor J. G. Gibbes, ?l.? or:
Aldermen "dates, Blakely, Fisher, GuigiArd1.
Glaze, Karris, Hope,Leaphart,Stork, Wells
and Waring.
1". H. Elmore, having received a majority
of votes of Council for City Cleric, was an?
nounced as duly elected.
On motion of Alderman Glaac. the elec?
tion of Superintendent of Water Works and
City Sarve vor was postponed.
Hie letters of Drs. Sylvester and Scarbo?
rough, in relation to City Physician, were
.laid on the table for the present.
Ou motion, the Committee on City-Scales
was instructed to havw the scales put in
order.
On motion, Council adjourned.
J. G. lilBBES, Mayor. "
'* About. Pardons.
A very strange doubt or misconcep?
tion exists in regard to the effect of
thc President's pardon upon the pro
I pertv rights of the party pardoned.
.I'llo'la::guage of ti. J ] : <>. lama! ii tu ,
I seems to boas explicit ns possible on
j this point, lt is as follows:
'.'J o t!ie end. therefore, that the au
I thnriiv <>!' the Government of the
i : nite'd States may b?s restored, and
: i . . ei der and freedom may be
" V ?.'1, Andrew Johnson, Pro
.,. 1 tiiu United States, do pro
.. d clare that 1 bb j-,-by grant
' r-i nil poisons "who have, directly Ol'
iiuhrectlv. purticipateiVin ti." existing
rebellion, except as hitrcmafter ex
j copied, umno'sty ami pardon, with iv
i it-?ration of ail nglits o! prop??rty.
! mo-em as to slaves, and except in eases
' where iceni proceeding, nuder the
! l.iws of tho Cr.tfo ; stat- -; .provid
instituteu; bu; upon die conditio
nevertheless, that, every snell persi
sholl tate - and sub. cribe the ?oliowh
..va! pardon, which
have taken. The
-n r of the .special
in conformity with
. ion, under the list
Timi I, Andrew Johusoa, President
of Mic United ?Si a tes of America, in
c<.ii.-id"ration '.>!' the premises, ?livers
o t-j i er good and stifftcient reasons nie
thereunto JIION iug, do hereby grant to
lie aa id -jip full pardon and
amnesty for all offences ly him com?
mitted, arising from py.rticipat.iou,
direct i i- implied, in the said rebel?
lion, conditioned as follows, viz: this
pardon to begin and take effect from
the day on which the said - ---
shall inke lia oath prescribed in tho
proclam?t ion of the J'resilient, ?lated
May '?.'.i, lei'? ?aid to be void and of
UO effect if the said- - shall
henmfter at any time acquire any pro?
perty whatever in slaves, or make use
of slave labor, fun! that he first pay all
costs which may have accrued in any
proceedings hitherto inst ituted against
Iris person or property.
These panions, special anil general,
are granted iii conformity with a clause
of the ( 'oiifiseation Act itself, approved
July 17. LStlli, and entitled "An Act to
suppress insurrection, to punish trea
! sou and rob- [lion, to seize and confis?
cate tho property of rebels, ?ind for
: other purposes. The clause is as foi
1 lows:
I Si:.-. 13. Ami A.- // further evicted,
. fha: iiie Preside'.!; is lo rebv anthor
I ized. al a nj time her.'airer, by procla?
mation, to extend to persons wlio may
J tm participated in thc existing ro?
il !" a in any State or pa/t thereof,
. . ; and amnesty, with snell exeep
. nd at. such time ami on such
i e ms as he may deem expedient
: for Hie public welfare.
I lt thus appears that, tnt Presider."
j lias tin: authority of Congress fr*
: granting amnesty and pardon for 'di
j off..- against" the I'mb-d S*fk*
; .. oiiuuitterl during the lat*1 rebellion,
I . nd timi helms excised t?ie POT? er thus
: .:.:. o ! >,-, restoring all property
righi.-: le i -, arties, even yrhere legal
; prue - ii'.ig . h A been instit uted-, but
4 not consummated.- Wash. ' Chronicle.