The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, October 05, 1866, Image 2
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MISCELLANEOUS^
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND TH?
NEGRCE3.
The Roman Catholic Church is moving
in the matter of of the education
i? :?nmvmiiAnl: nf tliA o
.ana rengous jm^vv...? ?r _
mancipatecl negroes of the South,
and it is announced that this subject
will occupy a large share of the attention
of the National Council of Catholic
Bishops and Archbishops to meet
in Baltimore next week. The Rt.
Rev. Augusiix Vjekot, Bishop,, of
Georgia, has addressed a lengthy letter
to the clergy and larty of the
Church, South, from which we make
the following extracts:
In advocating this Course to be followed
with regard to the colored race,
let no one imagine that'we embrace and
adopt the doctrine of those false philosophers
and hypocritical philanthro mc+c
-K-tirt under the name of Aboli
i,.1"*"?'
tionists, have done so much mischief,
setting aside altogether the sacred
O O
rule " non sunt fucienda mdld ut eveniant
bona." We hold those men,
not the people of the North at large
to be the true arthors of the contest
which has deluged the land in blood;
they have been the true aggressors of
the South and the unjust authors of
all the evils that have accrued to the
country, bound, consequently, to repair
all the damages and losses which
the war has inflicted on the nation.?
When the Apostles spread themselves
over the world, they found slavery
established everywhere, and tliev did
not t.'aeli.servants to sliakc off the
yoke of their, master, or masters to
give up their pretended usurpation,
but they taught masters and servants
that they had one common master to
whom they were accountable, and by
teaching kindness and charity to masters
and obedience, to servants, they
established peace everywhere and
slavery was abolished, although, after
the lapse of many centuries by .the
slow action of Christian principles on
Christian hearts, not because slavery
> .vjvas considered as bad in itself and
absolutely immoral in all cases, but
because Christians wished to give
civil and social equality to those
whose souls' they considered as pre
ai. This is a rational
CIOU.9 U9 Ulfu vmi. ^
and highly Christian victory, very
different from that in which, in the
rapid lapse of four years, more than
two trillions of meu have lost their
lives in order to free four millions of
them. But injudicious and uujustas
was the means adopted to obtain this
end, we embrace the. condition fully,
sincerely, in good faith and irrevocably}
the more so as the slavery found
on the earth at the time of the propagation
of the Christian religion, had
originated in legitimate titles, namely;
Capture in war, condemnation for
crimes, insolvency, or other reasona
< - a c..:
We causes and titles.; wnereas, aujca-n
slavery, seems to have commenced
and to have been kept up by the cruel
and evidently unjust proceedings
of -men kidnapping other men to sell
them to the tiger-hearted authors and
abettors of the.slave trade, condemned
by the Holy Sec and forbidden
by all enlightened nations.1- The
title of former masters was very tottering,
and was nothing more than
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prescription and the necessity of upholding
the existing order of things
and avoiding social convulsions. The
late eveiits have destroyed the last
vestige of that title, and co^ocpiently
the formed state' of things*' 'can never
be reinstated without violating all
laws and all principles of justice.
Hence we wish in all sincerity and
with- great earnestness,:all; kinds of
hlossmcrs to the colored race, and we
v ?
exhort all to-put'away all prejudice,
all dislike, all'antipathy, all bitterness
against their *?ormer servants.?
Away with all feelings of bickerings,
envy or jealousy;, 'which would'only
b.espeak a narrow mind and. the lade
of 'noble and'elevated feelings. The
golden rule, love thy neighbor as thyr
self, must not admit of any exception,
and, therefore, we. call on the faithful
to send most fervent and reiterated
nvayers to the throne of Grace; that
th fathers of th'c Council may'receivc
,;;^!it and grace froui^the invisible
.t ai l c-f the Church, t^p'rocur^' the
speedy and efficacious evangelization
of the African race.
We know that the subject is beset
with great difficulties which might
VJ/i +rv ?.r?v rtniji
Hpp63J UU.SU1 JLLlUUUtouuiv mv wuj v?*.v
that would not: remember -that there
is nothing hard or impossible to God.
The race is poor and poverty itself;
it was transferred from slavery into
freedom in an instant and without any
possibility to accumulate small earnings,
and hence the labor of evangelizing
them .must be- performed on a
gratuitous foundation, and without
even expecting that they who nave
the Gospel preached unto them will
provide for tjieir .instructors to liv.e
out of the Gospel. The ministerial
labor among them is not calculated to
flatter vanity or self-love, or ambition
or other incentives which may in
other cases support", faltering nature.
, But on that account, it isbut-thje
more worthy of that noble religion
r
which has produced the Peter Clever,
the Cegids, and a host of others, who
have spent all: they had and overspent
themselves i^tnwufiSing the Gospel
to the poor, thus evidencing by their
heroic de'eds this mark of .the ..true re-,
ligion pointed out by Christ himself,
^The poor have the. Gospel preached
to them." "Bring in the poor and
the feeble, and the blind and the lame;
go out into the highways and hedges
and compel them to come in." Luke
14,24. 5 1 '
We have thus, Brethren, staled, to
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you tucsc parcicuiais, m craer ro excite
your zeal and inflame your ardor
by making 3*011 acquainted with a
few of the topics that will be a subject
of deliberation to the Bishops
assembled. This importance, not to
speak of many other equally momentous
to the welfare of the Church,
will make you enter into the spirit
which the present circumstances require
and call for. God alone, is the
author of" every good gift, but he
wishes us to ask for those blessings
which wc desire to obtain from him,
that wc may thus acknowledge his
infinite nie^cy, liberality7- and power,
and our own misery, poverty and dopendeuce
on him. "Ask and you
shall receive,: seek and you shall find :
knock and it shall he opened unto
you."
NOTHING TO WSAR"
AYe mentioned a few days since that
n professional gentleman in New York,
who, it is said, "advertises hu'gely,"
1..?.,~l.t o'ooinL'f <in in?iiT!inf>n
U1ULI"111 (VOUlt u^diiwv ui i inwiw u. w
o % o >
company for the insurance on his
daughter's wardrobe, lately destroyed
by fire. The company, if; is said,were
astounded by the magnitude of the
items presented in the claim, and refused
to settle. Hence the action in
court, which; brought out a list of-the
young lady's wardrobe, as dra^n up
under her own supervision.
The descriptive list occupies a column
and a half in the New York Ilcr
aid, and embraces nearly five hundred
articles. Among them is enumerated
a satin^dress, appraised at
$2,500, and another at $1,500, the
whole wardrobe being valued at $21,000.
The Herald says: : ,
It is very easy to say that a ward*
robelike that enumerated in this schedule
is cxtr r agant; but the faet is that
the list scarcely gives a full idea of the
extravagance of American toilettes.
Twenty one'thousand dollars is an immense
sum to have invested in clothing,
but it must be'remembered that the
original cost of these articles was much
more than $21,000. Many of the
dresses, shawls, bonnets, and other
portions of the young lady's costume
had been more or less worn, and the
prices affixed only represent their val+i,?
thov. were burned,
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which is all that the loser has the right
to recover. For example," nine pairs,
of boots and shoes" would be very
cheap at ?45 ; a " dust wrapper from
Cashmere," could hardly be purchased
for ?18; " four magnificent opera
cloaks" are valued at ?175, when one
"""'U'lmrn rnst that StllTl if
Ul llieiil 1IUUIU .m . ?
new; cloth cloaks at ?8, ?>10, and $12
must have been much used to be worth
only that amount of money. No fashionable
milliner could sell four bonnets,
some exceedingly elegant," for
$100, but would charge as much for
one elegant bonnet. It is evident?
then, thatjo g^t veal cost ot the
Wardrobe'of a young lady of fashion
in this metropolis we mu^t add scVeral
thousand dollars totbe'araou'nt claim-1
ed. The articles when first purchased |
must have cost $30,000;rit least." I
We learn from this schedule that to
taake a figure in the fashionable world
a fashionable young lady requires
twenty-six robes of silk and satin,
two of velvet, twenty-four dresses of
poplin, cashmere, grenadine and Swiss
and India muslin, with underskirts
and bodies of silk; nine jackets, to
wearover these dresses in the house;
seventeen cloaks, mantillas, and capes
, ha ei,;v^
tor outdoor wear , ui-wscii umonn cum
besides the underskirts already enumerated
; twenty one sets of"iiounces
and capes of lace, of all qualities,
from Honiton to Maltese; and, in addition
to all these, a quantity of worn
dresses, cloaks, and jackets too numer-1
otis to mention, We must take into
considerafion, moreover, the fact that
the lady was probably not deprived of
all her clothing by the fire. The
schedule shows what she lost; but we
.have no means of ascertaining what
she'saved?1 Yet it is only by getting
at this unknown quantity that we
shall be able to realize the full extent
of the -young lad3T's requirements.?
At present we really feel that the list
we publish does her some injustice.?
Twenty-six silk robes and twenty-four
other dresses would not satisfy any
but the most reasonable and ' economical
Flora McFlimsey. There are
houses in the fifth street avenue that
could reveal' much more extensive
wardrobes. " The jewels and jewelry,
too, which cost more heavily than
dressy as many a husband and father
knows,not iset down in this -list,
wliich-must-conseq.uently be pronoun,
ced inadequate., Still it will serve to
convey to the?uninitiated and to posterity.
some ^conception of the expenses
of American fashionable life; ;
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3 An JmportaNt Ordebe.?Our readers,
particularly those -who are, engaged
in agricultural $trrshits, will
peruse "with Satisfaction the following
ordciyand devoutly pray for its rigid
execution as an effectual preventive,
to a crime the prevalence of which wc
will otherwise have;-many reason5"to
fear. It is published from an official
-copy-which has come unofficially to i&a?*
Headquarters, State of South
Carolina Charleston, , ?
September 20, I860.
[General Orders No. 20.]
I. During the season for picking
cotton and harvesting rice and corn,
j and until the .crops shall have been
i prepared for market and divided
among fkosc .who have produced them
on shares, persons will not be permittee!
to trade or barter in I these products
on the highways, commons, rivers,
creeks or inlets .of' this Military
District, without a written license from
the Mayor, Intendant, or other competent
authority of the City, Town,
or Parish, countersigned, by the Commanding
Officer of the Military. Pest,
within which such persons may he
' fnniid. Traders and ncdlars may be.
treated as trespassers when found on
plantations without the consent of the
owners. - *
II. Any person; who shall buy cotton,
rice or corn raised-on shares* before
the same shall have bee., prepared
for market and divided accordi g
to contract, cr who shall buy the^e
| products from persons employed on
plantations, maybe required on the
complaint of any citizen, to produce
satisfactory evidence to the Post Commander
that all the parties interested
have expressly consented to the sale;
and in default thereof, such purchaser
shall be deemed guilty of receiving
stolen goods, and punished accordingly.
^
III. Violations of these orders Ivill
be punished by Post Comma-.dors by
a fine of not less than :$50, nor more
than $500' For the second ofiV-ncq,
tlid accused* on co: yintk-u, Jiaii be
fined, and imprisoned not less than
sixty days.
IV. Citizens are authorized, in the
absence of competent authority on the
spot, civil or military, to arrest any
person found violating,these orders,
and to bring the offender- before the
Post commander for his action.
V. Cases arising under these orders
_--.ii l. v?U.. ?/mi-innnVlov^.
Will UU 1'L'pUl lU'U Ujr xv^u ,
and their action stated.
By command of Bvt. Maj/jGep. R.
Kt Scott. - /y ?
IL W. SMITH," .
Bvt. Lt. Col. and A. A. General. ,
The Concentration of Troops
at Washington.?The Washington
correspondent of tlic Philadelphia
Press writes: The arrival of troops
in this vicinity has given rise to exaggerated
rumors of the intended concentration
of a large military force
of from 25,000 to -30,000 at this point.
The fact is, that the number of soldiers
for some months past lias averaged
only 2,000 or 3,000, and that-i
several companies of the Twelfth Infantry
and a few other regular troops
have been j:o.coruW-arocrect heTc, flic
aggregate being less than the. usual
assignment to the headquarters of a I
department. Ijt is presumed tlie wJfoIc
number, in this eity and vicinity, wi^n
the arrangements are completed, will
not exceed 5,000 men.:'
There are Parallels.?The Bos;.
ton Post says;:The' abuse levelled at
President Johnson reminds us qf.thc
calumnies uttered, against, Presidents I
Jefferson and Jackson, President
Jefferson was called a coward 5and. a
libertine; accused of having it-black
mistress?"Dusky Sal"?and , being
an infidel; he was denounced also, as
a traitor, in the interests of France.'?
Jackson was nroclaimed a usurper, a
tyrant and murderer; a duellist, horses
racer, debauchee, and charged with
stealing and living with another man's
wife; a hero of club law, by the power
of which he accomplished his purposes;
it was no Brutus to rid the
country of such a tyrant. In the
same extravagant terms is President
Johnson assailed by his political enemies.
Person at e regret; to learn
that Gov. Orr was suddenly summoned'-to
his homo.oil Monday last by the
illness of his two sons. One of them
was announced to be at the point-of
death by parties who cat:v.* down IVett;
Anderson 011 jUow'.av a :< y.n
greatly fear that his . : v/iil j
be called upon to endure cue aniictio ,
before which the cares of Slate will
pale almost into insignificance. Jdc
has the sympathy of our people, one
and all, in these domestic trials, and;
their earnest prayer that his beloved
ones may be speedily rcsorcd to health.
1 Carolinian..
The Canadians are on the qni vice
in anticipation ofanother Fenian raid.
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TIIE JOURJVAS**!
tap =
s ;?Xl L, Vfr1LJ^)ftEDIT0B, $
^rridari Ctitobct 5,186C.
. District Court-.
^Vo understand7 thht Maj. fjMTJtnn ;
has received his commission as Judge
of the Court for Kershaw District.
j : Sale .Day.
' On sale' day not very much property
..was sold in this place.- None wae-<rf?j
ferod, we believe, without duo and don-1
siderate regard for thd in erests of ;
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aeotors. Duuiiai\nucn, was buiu, wwiio >
(it low prides?forcibly 'illustrating tho
justico and necessity of forbearance on !
the part <?f creditors to enforce tlio im-.1
mediate or even the early liquidation
of their claims. For if the comparer
tively small quantity yf property olf.y-r.
,ed,could not iind juirehasprs at half it.;
cash value?by which we mean thet.i-h
price it would command if not thus
forced upon a moneyless marke r?what
would bo the stato of tilings if hjalf the
property in tho conimuinty were-, suddenly
put to salo ? Doubtless it would
change hands at a maximum price not
.exceeding a titho, and often at a minimum
fn.ll in " short of a hundredth of
its cash value- And wliilo Ave fully
recognise the utter inability of any do- j
partment of the Government, Stato or j
Federal, to impair the potter of creditors
to enforce claims fairly acquired
under established law, creditors should
not forget that under existing circumstances
thej owo it to society and to
their debtors to be as forbearing in the I
exorcise, of those powers as their real
and not imagined necessities will pormit,
and should they forget this obliga- {
tion, and recklessly sport with the for-'
turns of their debtors to gratiy an un- |
scrupulous desire for acquisition and
gain, the instrument which, if fairly aud
discreetly used, would subserve every
j Just and proper purpose, might break
' ' V.-.j.
ill incur ll.tllUi .inn
them to a liclples.. reponienc:? of their
my- ;.Vi . ']
Stonewall Jacix??n.
Among our advOi'tisomont'? will bo ;
found one of the National rubli. iiiag
? -4 -n i i 11 i>
Ucmpafty, at icicnrnonu, cuuing iuv,
agents to sell the Life and Campaigns
of General St newall Jacksok, by Pro-,
fossor Dabnky, and wo would call to it-:
the attention not only of all wlio wish
to earn a fair remuneration by aiding
the circulation of a superior book, but
of nil Who wish to buy an able and !
truthful history of events of most ab; 1
sorbing interest, written by an author
whoso candor was not warped, and
whose mental vision not distorted by
prejudices against that cause in which
wo all enlisted, as sacred, and which
it is our highest duty, to ourselves j
and to our lost comrades and bro-!
thers, to havo1 fairly and faithfully '
handed down to posterity by its friends,
I find not branded- with opprobrium
I by its enemies, though we have in J
\ good faith given it up as "lost," and j
I worriti bu in t?lv.aric ns.ony of its one
! mies to any renewal of the issues it in- f
j volved.
The .Ror.-rin Oaijiolfo;. hnu li and tlhe \*
ri V'.roo ; # ' ; J
' . We loam lVmn ex; hangvs llidt r<v-'
taim dignitaries oi 1 in C
^?hurch will hold a.council cr? lo:.'x in '
Baltimore for the purpose, among ulh'cv [
things, of considering and adopting,
means to diffuse education and, religion
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?Catholic of course?among the emancipated.
negroes of the Southern States,
or. in plain English, to prosolito thorn,
n nd it. strikes us that this anuouncemen
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is important enough, to deserve the serious
consideration not only of every I
Protestant'denomination, but of every
citizen of the States in question, even
at a moment like tliis, when they have
SO: many other subjects of grave import
to challenge their attention. The Roman
Catholic Church, by its imposing J
ceremonies, its substitution of blind.!
credulity for enlightened faith, and j
pliant adaptation of discipline to the j
morals of its converts, is peculiarly
qualified to. proselito a sensual, credulous,
and superstitious people like the
negroes, who have never been abl to
appreciate the higher creed, nor reach
up to the purer morality of protestantism,
ev.u vrh'n pro!' eg : ?!:-i us
life and eouncwtin;; t;io:ri .;.j
Church member V/iih it- ..iriou; denominations,
and if it .x. i-u.iy . r
their con version, as \v? huvc no
it will do, nobody need he sura- cd t..
soo a great negro-' 'alif.Hu Church
spring up suddenly in our mitLr
embrace tho entire black and c'oi.v.vd
population. I3ut
tho important inquiry is, ha.,J
suck an event would affect tko relations
between the white and black races??J
"Wtvjthink unfavorably ; for differences^
of religion have never yet promoted'
harmony among peoples who. professed
fliem, but, cn ih(3 dontrUryj proven
sources of implacable discord hnd ha-,
trbtb?the moro fiortfe in propdrtiori as the
people were more ignora t and
corrupt?even, when-all other sources
of dissension were absent. -Such ha
been the invariable experience of mankind,
illustrated in the .history of.no
religion" "moro conspicuously thaiC'm
thufr'of tho Roman' Catholic.; Church,
and it cannot ba supposed that its ne- gro
prosolifes would prove an exception
to the uniform rulo. And when; inj
addition to this, y o'considcrthcf perfect
organization by -which the ignorant
mas es would' he controlled in conduct
and opinion by a corrupt and designing
priesthood, and these by a mischievous
and ever . meddling foreign influence,
wo may comprehend the magnitude of
the misfortunes which would be.inflictod
on both races by the'conversion of
the negroes to Romanism.' *'
That, there i a probability of its occurrence
we really believe, and we have
above briefly submitted :the reasons on
which we found the on nion. notwith
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st ndingthe opposing considerations that
few of the negroes are as yet Catholic,
and t" at they would* probably at first
be prejudiced agaiust that Church on
account of its sympathy frith their late
masters in their struggle for independence.
These obstacles, fre believe,
will readily yield to he superior adaptation
of tbo Church, its creed, its forms,
ceremonies and discipline to the moral
and religious character, condition and
tastes ol the raco. How then can it be
prevented ? Though fro believe?may .
feel assured?that the result would be
disastrous-.?? . tba brpp;^ of both
races, the design is a noblo one^-sprihging,
we.doubt not, froni the ,high'and
pttrtf motives of Christian henovolenco,
and ought not to bo thwarted or discouraged
otherwise than by anticipating
and forestalling it, which' is the-only
cii'et iii:iL way of preventing- its ..accomplishment.
Let the Churches .and citisens
of olir country outer actively and
zealously up-.'.: the work of impartingn
religious iiistnicliou and elementary
education to the iK-grufs, and though
they may meet great' discouragement,
at tiv.d, wo doubt not that ultimately
-ho Roman propagandist would bo forestalled
in his contemplated work of misdirected
benevolence, ami the Yankee
incendiary would lose tho confidence^
of o people which he is abusing to their/.'
ruin. ' 1
l>et It not be supposed tha't the fore/ v
going opinions originate in prejudje/ j
either against the Roraau Church'c
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tho highly intelligent, pure and t
men who are its represents ^y^in il; j s
country, and who, as far as 'our afc^uiin' J
tance with them extends, would *
pare favorably with,' it' tlr:y wou'd/'tt
bear oil' tho .palm of- Christian wpof- j
lence from, any oth'-f .clergy in/tie j,
world. If they were a jh.-t Siinijttof .
their Church's fruit.-, weniigh, Id di>- a
' ' c
posed to waive our objections,to is ?creed,
and accept the tree ibrahehuuts..Hj
sake, fbr there can be no bettoriest of jc
a true religion than its fruits. I But it 1
lias afrthys been, tho policy a their
(liiifch militant to throw info itspdvan- ^
fetrtg* front rank a corps 01 sun men j.
v.'iio in/ more resemble the grjit mass e
i' tl'io clergy in Roman CathdSjc coun- o
tinin the veterans who form the tl
iuriinm hope of an army resaihlo; the 11
rabid of auxiliaries who f)llow^nnd ^
aim ; - iii iv conquests?who jiffer from ^
the standard h'rench abbea/d Spanish
padre as widely as Pau'i ioJKUfiE dif- r(
l'ered IVoui Pkrkgoki/, Biskcb of Autom d
Since writing' the foregoiigj we have n
inet with an extract froia Bishop Ye- bi
hot's address. w!ii?ii wi 1/61 found in 12
l g
another culaani- /
Tiio -'iliddca fr^/u e" * j 2-1
Tin? ii?i Sowing-letter, cjiilaifiiug some ; el
furl her i liorniution iu^elafum to the |
"lit.-!.i ii'.tii'lum of a tCh-jr Pedeml sol- V'
' . d<
ditr m tiuuo "vuluubjb hidden trea- ^
suru' ouuicwhero on lynches or Hanging
Hock Creek," ha/ beer handed us g
lbr publication. AVe,fcheeifully give'it le
a place, in tko hope tjfat it nay, if there di'
be any truth iu the jbldiers statement, th
aid the owner in tlo retfvery of his sh
property: [ i - rc
U. S. 13R.vxcnMiKT.jN'. C., ? | ai
Cn.vitLorr^iBept. l&, 1S06. $ i Bi
\Y. II Jeiijisoy, Esq., Ca^ikm, S. C.: th
fchu': I hu>o juspxvired some jj[
iiii' vv^: ion'with tbg.irdju the .secreted
tr-.v. in., which iilid ni know before. j
V'.'i1. will obi >o fce to ioinmunicato it ,
to. our Joe. xil; / W
lh bi.'.ugh . '/rial ground,-in Pa
Th" ;;ci .hhorh^'d oi me places men!ir;cd,
.he ouliLv aJoed some nowly 're
made graves. A su/)ioious curiosity. Bi
induced him to"thrusmis ram-rod into St
ono of thein,'-whicy lie fouud <jiiitej cr
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shallow, and trying the gronn<f*ihd^B
roughly, became impressed pv u&th^S
opinion it did not eolitdih a caffi ^ "H<l %
secretly visited th.o place at tp% and?
dug up a box secreted there, tfh dr_oon|
tainod a valuable assortment o vpJatd
and jewels, the value of which-. ?&timated
at 650,000 or "660,00( i^jHe
emptied the box; carried the <5 (feints
to a different place, re-packed menj in
the ?amo box, and re-buried ihetfl m a
position of which my correspondenthas
an exact description.V"frfie?86ld|br vatf
O' d'ipied all night. ' '
This is a inuqh mdrerdafiaite 4?*c Option
than was pre'ented. Before, ind
you may know What' grnv^-vi^ds ire
near to Hailing Eock; and if any j Brj
sons are -known to hav*losi rty
buried there, and wiHi'O&ra'desciiptionof
the contents, the hwndrship jjiay
be'decided. But .the *person ,ho bjiricd
it may akd fc dcctd; like the coldier. ..
It he kept his secret Well, no bth^r may,
be cognisant of ti eap facts; atfdT shall
urge, the gtrntlemak.to bring imhisjme*
mOrftndum, and let search,be made in *
the presence of respecfabler peopTa bo' s
that some "distribution inky be made to
relatives "who may be'fthle to recognise,
it. It may possibly pfove ft freak of
fancy in some dyihg" SOldie#, 6r a deposit
by sotne runaway jeweller, orlwant *
the characteristic of truth altogether p \
although jmy correspondent says 'he., i
has no reason to fcubt &\..Tl?ftreaf
sure only. belongs, eyidtflffiy,. to pomo
person/ who "concealed. i^ in a -grayer
yard. / Yery respectfully yours^ "J.
A Liberal 0j
W? call the attention of Ministers to '<
the c$rd of the publishers of the "jiV efet?>
ly Rr'cord," to be found in "another col- *
umili The ltocord is publishea in;,
Charleston, is of large size, and? we es-s
teen? it among the bes); of our!weekly;*
exchanges.
The Constitutional^Amendment;. j
Having inserted in our last-paperan ->
article from the New York lit raid,'ad
Vocating the ratification by the South- J
ei?t "States' of:the corretitatiyftai amend-.!
meat as the best they could get,"wet
here subjoin a copy of the'docume^i in.|(
order that owl readers nity. kribw'pre-f:
J ; I '-.i Tf i fil': ' ycisilr.
what fife' fho inj^edumtsiif thd,':
'i f~.? "*?/-' '
[til they are exhorted to pv^Uow:
Ti8 0 L'ARAJfTIES1 iDEMAf DL^'.BVvCON-/.
'! ftllESS 'To/hlE'E^iTOIttTlb?; OF.TJIE:
fIL'ATfi COI^FpBIlATB STATES., r. ,
! Resolved'^ By theScmatc and House'
(^Representatives oftliqUnited States \
<f America in Congress assembled, ;,
vo-thirds. of both Bon^ cpnc^uning,-^
lat the fcttlov. ing article be>prpppsed 3
j the Legislatures 'of the. several
hates as an amendment tg the Con- j
titution.'of the United States, whiph, ]
vlicn ratifiedbv three-fbujtlis ofgird %
Legislatures, snail be valid as part, df' f
ho Constitution,namely: ' .,
ARlHflT.Ti! TTt\ r
Sec. 1. All .persons: born or natuulizcd
in the Uuited Stales, and sub-'
cct'to the jurisdiction thereof, are A
sit izc'iis of the United. States and of
lie S&ie ivherein' thev reside. No' ,
?tato shall make or enforce atiydaw vj
vhich shall abridge the privileges, oir ^
mmunities of citiicns of the Uni?..f]
ed States ; nor shall any State de^" 1
irive any persons withh its jurisdic- >3
ion of the equal projection of the'
aws. . ... : A
:Sec. 2.' Representatives shall-,pcr !
nnvnnnr firmer? flTttrtnrf tllA SflTPM 1 1
ill w w States
according to',,their respective ;
umbers, counting tfu whole nxunfoer
TSWis iii. cac^jjtatc, explud%?
the
iglit to vote"afi*#ny
lioico of electors for FresidentanHH
/Tee President of the United State^^fl
tepresentativcs in Congress, the ex^H
cutivc and judicial officers of a State,
r tlie members of 'tbe legislature
hereof, is denied .to any of tn^ jnale
lhabitants of'such S tate, bcing tweuy-onc
years o? age, and citizens of
ic Uriited Slates, "or in any way aridged,
e:-:eepLi*or participation m
ibellioa or other' crime, the basis of
^presentation therein shall be reucecl
in the proportion ">vl(jch the
umber ox such ma)? .citizens, shall ?
. 1 i i i <? tr _?i
ear to me whoic im:;ioer:oi maie.cu
:cns twenly-oue yeai-s of age in snob '
fate. , ; jjL)
Sec. 3. No person, shall be a Setbti-or
Keprcscntatiye "in Congress or ,
ector of President and Yice Presi?nt,
orliold any office, civil or.miljivy,
under the United States, or ui2T
any State, Avho^ having previously
ten an.oath, as a member of Confess,
or as an officer of the United
tates or as a member of any State
gislatiire, or as an executive, or ju~:?1
^v-fs AAW aP OTitf Sto fn' +a ciiYvrvrvrf. I
uiuii wmuci vi uiixj vmivj iv v
e Constitution of' the United"Stjif035 ,
all have engaged in insurrection or'
bellion against the same, or given
d or cemfort to the- enemies thereof,
at Congress may by a vote of twoirds
of each House, remove such
sability. >
Sec. 4. The validity of the public
ibt of the United States authorized
r law including debts intnffred for
yuient of pensions and bounties for
rvices in suppressing insurreotion,or
beliion, shall not be questioned.-*
it neither the United States nor any
ate shall assume qr pay any debt
obligation incurred in aid of insurJi