The State Rights Democrat. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 1861 Page: 2 of 4
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VICTOR W, THOMMOS ! t 8 EDITOR.
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President Davis has appoin-
ted Hon. John H. Reagan Postmas-
ter General, vice Mr. Ellis, of Miss.,
resigned. This is an excellent ap-
pointment and Texas has reason to
feel proud of her distinguished kon.
all apprehensions of a fight will be
vanished. Administrators can be
appointed from the North and the
South to quietly wind up thet estate
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have been a hoax; it being author-
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ftault—115 counties heard from.
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intentfoms of the admini
' Sumter mvv^i
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’ asked time Vo
of TJncle Sam and have no
law-suits or trouble about it.
is about the be^t way to dispose
the whole business, ■< - ■[
But earnestly, we have no doubt
about evhry Southern State ultimate-
ly leaving the North. Tlhej^may
4?liug to that suction six months or
a year longer, but< their dest||y is
irrevocably with us. 1
Border States that were sligh
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will be none so poor as to do him
reverence. Per-force the ex-Gover-
nor must now retire to his sheep-
folds, and soothe hrs perturbed spirit
with the soft strains of the shep-
herd’s lute and amuse his mind with
the gambols of the flock? The car
of progress is under way. Those
who cannot keep up with its mat*jh
had better fall quietly to the rear ;
Aboli*
ook at
the matter from any at#r d-point
; ever—
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twist it around—double it up— i« r<
“it better to endure the ills we have
comes
bieakfast, and consider it all
family. It is stuff and nonsense for
them to longer sing hosanna’s to
the rotton hull of a wrecked Union.
No one will stop to listen
tune. They arc t‘ ‘
valuable time in such foolish liunen- tfae Carolina Q>av«4tM>n
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naive* for the Adminirtra
ary th good fhitfj ar to Um
If tha Utter policy' wend
country might no longer
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aween Um
?t bad.along
in regard to Mexican aft
to be the design of the A<
checkmate the South la
bearer of dispatchee will 1
ly for that country.
* The apparently vacillate
Admin Utration with relati
to SMBS of its friends , 6
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maaifor'aa
for should they inadvisedly attempt t?d, or he Would know that the
to stop its progress, they will be , Governor has no such “stones” in
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EX'Govkbnox HousTox.r-Tt has
been asserted all along that Ex Gov-
ernor Houston was extremely poor
in wordly goods, but’ we see that
such is a mistake. We learn that
bis property is worth not less than
•150,000. He has refidered an as-
sessment to the Assessor af.d Col-
lector of Travis county, for this
year, of property to the amount of
' tS4,OOQ and upwards. Y -
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19“ The news at last
authentic, by the Gen. Rusk, that
the FederaL.property at Brownsville
has been surrendered to the State
authorities and that the. Federal
troops were leaving otr the Daniel
Webster. Thus Texas is herself
Mt* Upon the breaking up of the
Feace Conference-fizzle it was an-
nounced that the Hon. John Bell
The-South.” he
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Horace , Greely in th4 pres-
Furt per
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studied .dept Davis to order into service an-
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seemedto rule. The southern ele- - .v. ..»?•. al.
vitality was missing or ««TS toly •» ToKimrt,an<ithd meu
" *>ol6w tho 19 oM Indian and Mexican Ight-
of Washington' It was era. Wehavere^pon to believe th at
andunorto- west assem-
ynwl dis-
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West; the nasal twangpfthe strong
willed Puritan was heard oh eyen-
side, northern Republican stumpers,
engineersand wide-awakes moved
uneasily amid t^e Cto^’d, lik|| men
suddenly .trnnfferred ilnto . new
scenes, new responsibilities and
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Friday, March 15ib.
This morning after the reading
and approval of the minuted, and
the readingpof some reports from
standing committees, which were
ordered to be printed, the conven-
tion commenced swearing, and con- | Every law, ar resolution having the force
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'.‘.•he expressed title. Other State, will he
admitted into the CoSfederacy by a vote
of two-thirds of both Houses. Th0 Con*
Mhull be acknowledged and. protected by
Congress ar*l the territorial g^vorament.
When five States ratify the constitution it
will oe established for said- States until
aboluhed.
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Peace Conf wen co fizzle it was an-
nounced that the Hop. John Bell
pdvised Tennessee ?to prepare for,
jwar, <1 they eoffid have nothing to
a the Black Republicans, q^escence and st
• put any confidenoe in the u. qnmindfrl of
and it now tqm onr-to Bortfe; iSr Wms
to
ipse
matters now, as Mr. Reagan’s know-
ledge of the difficulties under which
the old system has labored, will en-
ed the proportions and strength of
an Empire; before we
aware
the shock of earthquake or of war,
Texas has withdrawn from one
powerful Confederacy and entered
another. Thus far the change has
been peaceful, though radical; what
may be the ultimate results, lies yet
concealed in the womb of time; Now
as we have gone over the road, we
may look back and survey! with
calmness the path which we| have
trod, and then deliberately deter-
mine whether our course has been
prudent or rash,. discreet or incon-
siderate.
The secession- mo venrent was in-
cited1 and stimulated by the prevail-
ing idea that it was the purpose of
the Black Republican party to
wage a relentless war upon the in •
stitution of slavery. They had
elected a President upon that very
issue, and long in advance, it had
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whole power of the Federal Gov-*
to the
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not be
nt, and
deadly
as sfeeond in
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assisted any person thus offending, so help
me God.” 4 - I
This ordinance was reported from
the Committee on the Constitution.
A substitute was proposed, amen-
ded, and placed in lipu of the orlg-
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and very tedious discussion,'
V—115 counties heard from.
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Majority for Secession.,,,..41,297.
Several counties have not yet been
hoard from. Their returns will in-
Crease the majority for secession.
Among the letters advertised
bis Post Office, is one
> the Prettiest Girl in
Just such a concern
caused the Siege of Ttoy, brought
unnumbered woes to Gmoco, gave
old Isomer a chance to show his
W*The sensation newspapers are
now publishing many stories in re-
lation to surrendering Southern-forts.
that he would in
theconventioh. .
upon the tabled’
Majority, qnd minority reports
from the Conimittee on Finance
read and ordered to be printed.
The “oath*’ ! was again before
the house, and finally passed. The
present form<of oath is quite differ-
ent frour those which have hitherto
occupied the attention of the con-
vention. It ig tfie old form with
thia modification ; insert “goastitu-
tton and laws of the Confederate
State? of America long as this
State shall remain a member of said
Confederacy/* where the words,
“couatitutionand laws of theUnited
States” occurs, arfd instead of the
old duelling provision, insert ^since
the adoptionb^frlhe Ordinance of
secession on the 2d day of Marjh a.
d. 1861,1 being a citizen of the State,
have not foqght,
The military bill, the special or-
der for II a. M., was postponed and
the following ordinance taken up.
AN ORDINANCE to provide-for Me con-
tinuance of the exuding State Government.
. Sue. 1. Be it ordai.n&i by the pedpt^ of
Terae in Qiiyrention (Mumbled. all
(he existing laws of|he Statp not inconsis-
tent with the Ordinance of secession, and
ether ordinances of this X^nyeptlou, shall
be and remain in full fusee qntil repealed.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, Hi at all
officers of the existing State Government,
upon taking the oath or affirmation, p$£-
sciihed by an Ordinance entitled “An Or-
dinance to. amend the 1st Section of the 7th
Article of the Constitution of the State of
Texas,” shall cqntintbair. office for arid du-
rihg their re®
officer df the^
said outh <T< a
and within the.
then and iu Jttf
deemed *n<Jl
BTIM and1
though he
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feel proud of her dkstingnish«d
Texas baa anffbred a great <
through the rnsufflciency wkh wl
the mails have been carried Jt/the
(State; we think we have reasoi
hope for an improvement ine tl
ably given up without bloodshed.
We place no credit upon the reports.
The telegraph yesterday said that
no order for the evacuation of Sum-
ter and Pickens bad been issued, .
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Iftr We learn from the Galveston
News that & portion of Chpt. Od-
ium’s company, fromllouston, have!
been read out oi the command by
Lieut: Col. McLeod, for insubordin-
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men ordered home on the steam
Union. They had. better staid
4t home than thus to have incurred
fj
along with his old flat boat the
shower would probably be only a
very light one. T^e Black- Repub-
licans don’t seem to have realiatng.
sense.
Convention a
of the fth .Article of the Constitution of
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read as foliows,-tO'wk .-
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enter upon th# duties of their offi
all officers now in office. #hall 1
followeng rtath or affirmation : ‘fl (A. 3.)
do solemnly sweur,(or affirm,! tlat I will
true ajlpsriance bear Jo the State of Texas,
and faithfully discharge the duties incum-
bent upon me as., according to
the best of my skill and ability, isrreeable
to the Constitution and laws oft )is State,
and the Ordinance of tha Convention of
the people of the Stater whiph Assembled
at Austin on the 28th day .of January, and
re^assembled on the 2qd day of March A.
D. 1861, expressly abjuring all obedience
to the Government, ConstHutlonland lawr
of theUnited States of America: land I do
ffirther solemnly swear (or affifrm) that
since the adoptiori of the Ordinance of Se-
cession. on the 2nd day of Marc| A. D.
1861, I being a citizen of the State, have
not fought a duel with deadly !,weapons
within th« State, nor out of it, npr have I
sent a challenge to. fighta duel wi
weapons, nor have I acted
ettrrying a challenge, or aided.
. LATEST TNTB1
SOUTHERN COM
Moxtoomiw, March ____
ern Congress to-day a b|ll was inti
mirajty court in Misslsslbpi, the Ji
reside at Vicksburg. '
News received here* c f an
reliable character states mat 5
left New York Tuesday i light ’
number of marines and i mpla
It is believed they ate d<
Southern port.
In the Congress Wst
secrecy was removed fre
which gees into fill apir
May. Compared with tl
t United States, most of th
•educed to twenty-flye j
her of iwenty-four and i
are reduced to fifteen. 7
|>er cent, schedule, and s
The Convention of A
session, has ratified the ]
tution adopted by the
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favor 87, against 5.
The Governor has appointed the Sa
J ere Clemens Major Gen sral of the, fn
of Alabama.
— A bHt has been fotftrita
to create a Court of Adm
Another dispatch haa u
stating that orders hay4
Washington to evdct^l
’ report is generally < riedited.
-Gov. Roman.Commissioner to Wi
^States,- a
n and
region to believe that
of ^be frontiersmen
States than they tver have
...r•?' > v ’■ • • f it iwo
mounted regiments are put in the
field, th* Indian* warwhoop will
grow faint in tho distance and tbp quarter**! ii
frontiersman can onoe more amoke jfcw* when
his pipebis bread in eecqr-
ity.
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- MT President Davis has appoint
ted.Wm. jL- Yanoey as envoy to
—“jFTiition
Aimer-
Ue will first proceed te Eng-
A substitute was proposed,
T-J ?•? ’>ofthe
This substitute after a long
ordered to be engrossed, ahd the
“ayes and nq|M,r being taken, and
some mfembers voting nffirmaliyely
reconsi-
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loik-less
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platform ’ very
/ttoong points, and made more thaii ,
one heroic ago in the world. . We
jfio hope that Memphis, in the State
of Tennessee, will continue to buy
•nd sell, and not go into politics on
account of the letter to the pret-
tiest girl it has.
/ Otm Rkplt to ** A Cabd” iw t«b
Imui —The subject matterinvol ved
in the discussion between nBoggy”
and ourselves is treated at some
length on the outside of to day’s pa-
per It is a matter in which the
public may feel some interest and
pre solicit a careful perusal of the
^testimony adduced. These certifl-
eates, with the exception of those of
• Messrs. Jones and Rogers, are from
the brave old revolutionary patri-
ots of *86, who happened in town
last week, and they have known
“Boggy” for upwards of twenty
years. We have also conversed
with two of the gentlemeh to whom
*Boggy” gives referrenceand should
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been boldly announced that
ernment would be wielded
prejudice of that institution
South felt that she>f woqld
safe under such a Goyernme
eleven States withdrew.
The policy has been depiecated
by a small minority, who thought
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like very much to see a certificate
be can procure from them relative
te what they bicw of his course in
Hit wam of 1886. as well as their
iNSiefadfi orepmioM of his sow nd-
» ness on the slavery question—
these are the only questions fame .
It is far from_onr inclination to im-
jmach “Boggy’s” moral or private
trails of character, lest wo should
have proven that the affair with that
man's wife “and the like of that, and
* stab like,” “oo«t” him a good deal
• aaretbaa anything else. In regard
ft prtatrfe matters, however, we are
determined to remain profoundly
silent, and only wish to show to the
world by what kind of a man the
boetot Germans of Payette county
deceived in the late election.
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Some if the
w'ab-
olitionized, lifcq Texas would: soon
have l»een, have taken up an idek that
the States south of them wouu buy
their slaves and that they would
thus get rid of them ; but th
all a hallucination, for the
States have resolved to doUi
of the kind. If they eve]
free States they will have to tn
Cipate their negroes. /
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tje-Presi-
THE PROGRESS OF THE REV-
OLUTION.
The march of events has been so
rapid since the 6th of, November,
that it has been difficult to keep pace
with them. What before that time
was looked upon and regarded by
millions as chimerical, and delusive
phantasms fleeting in the misty vis-
ions of impractical or metaphysical
politicians, has now become a fixed
fact and a matter of record upon
the scroll of history. Secession has
bet?n lichomplished, speedily and ef-
fectively; and a Southern Confed-
eracy has sprung up, as by the mag.
ic of Aladdin’s lamp, apd 'has assum-
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were scarcely ..
of its existence. Without
and Consuls and Tribunals existed
but hi history.
Old Abe has at last spoken ana
the response has come from bis in-
numerable clans f but through all
the serried hosts, we hear nothing
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but the thunderingtorrents of de-
nunciatftxumd the threatening dem-
onstrations of chafed rage against
“traitors,” and we loo^ in vain for
the spirit of oonciliation>of compro-
mise and of justice. This ou&bt to ihe effect that no one be wll<
satisfy the most obtuse mind that it
is hoping against hope to expect a
recognition of our rights At the
hands qf. the Abolitionists. But
notwithstanding the many proofs
of the wisdom of the course which
Texas b$s pursued, we still find
those who clin£ witlf superstitious
reverence to the broken altars of an
eviscerated constitution, and wor-
♦ * "h *1 '
ship at the shrine of a shadow
whose substance has departed. So
long accustomed to oppose the will
of the majority, it has become a con*
stitutional disease with them, and
they instinctively oppose what the
interests of the State demand.
At the head of this ehronic oppo-
sition iaex-Governor Houston, alias
Old Sam, alios San Jacinto, alias,
the God of Texas,. that-would-be.
Old in years and older in vanity,
pregnant with folly and bursting
with an exuberance of. ego he has
consummated a most inglorious ca-
reer of factious opposition to the
people of Texas, by a refusal to re-
cognize the authority of the Con-
vention, which last act' of unaduL
terated egotism has resulted in his
unceremonious deposition. In fu-
ture, Old Sam may call but none
will answer ; San Jacinto may pipe
but none will dance; the God of
Texas that-would be, may shake
ft
the old system has labored, will
able him to4 institute a better and
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THE BORDER STATE*.
The Border slave States are again
showing some symptoms of becom-
ing aroused to the importance of
the revolution, that has been going
on around them. That point has
been approximated whe?e they will
bo forced to choose between
tlon at the head of a Southern Con-
federacy or at the tail of an
tion Dyna|styK They may i
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they, may choose—turn it
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straightened -it out—and they can
make nothing else out o^it The
Cotton States have dehberately
walked out of’the Union, and if
they choose to come along i with
us, after ndding themselven of Abol-
itionists—and we’ll do the same—
well and good. We will givu them
comfortable Ibdgings and a varm
! in the
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more efficient system.
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Mr. WigffiW.of Twxm, 1
tor Bnltiskore. He will
dav% and proceed hence te M
. Mr. Forsyth has entirely r<
ft* Rust.—We are su
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that there are somfi b|
making ita appearance
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Tmanent Conatf-
M Congress of fife
Conf«fierate SUtas. Th b vote stood—fa
the interests
wiH be bettor eared fat* by the.ipdb*
■ffidferfcte f1
been by the United States
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You must not think, Mr. Editor,
that the convention has beedme
profane, far from it, the member^
were one by one - taking the new
oath, to-day having been fixed for
auce of Llano. He brought with him that purpose.
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Adjourned to 10 a.-m. to-morrow.
The President, Hon. O. M. Rob-
ers, has fixed to-morrow, at twelve
i Governor, and
other officers specified in the ordi-
some nance, f
vention and take the oath.
and you may consider from
morrow, 1
as if lie word dead or had resigned.
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Is there an Abolition Organiza-
tion in Texas.—Here is what the
Alamo Express, a paper! published
tri-weekly at San Antonio, Texas,
says of the blood-thirsty inaugural
of that aich friend of Abolitionism,
Abe Lineolm ‘ - 1____
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“VV-e have read the address,. and
flkjre assert that it is full of good
.sxmse and patriotism, and free from
Lpartizanship.” J \ I
^The following ticket was current-
lycirculated and is said io have
been voted at San Antonio on day
of election : - I 1 i -
“UNION TICKETS
AGAINST SECESSION.
The negro ought’to be equal to the
white man In this Govern inent.”
Who knows t|>at there, was none
such polled in this countjh?! i ,1.1
We reproduce a resolution passed
at an .abolition State Convention
held at San Antonio/. Maj^, 1854 :
“Slavery is an evil, the ulti-
mate ABOLISHMENT OF WHICH, IS
NECESSARY ACCORDING TO .THE PRIN-
CIPLES of Democracy ; but as it con-
iconet^ns individual States we claim :
That the Federal Government abstain
from all intermeddling in n>fitters of
slavery, but that when an individual
State shall resolve upon the, abolish-
ment of this evit., federal assistance
may then be laid claim to, to execute
such resdlutiony
Was Fayette county represented
in that Convention ?
Are the people of Texas blind or
are they under this; charm of the
Boa Constrictor7- Let him who
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dare deny that there ja ftR abolition
organization in the State!- ) j
’ THE INAUGURAL BALL.
The Nyw York Herald’s Wish-
ing ton correspondent proddurtces
tiw Black Republic an inaugural ball,
£iven on the evening of the 4th of
March, 4 failulrfi. rf
says, “like" toe play of Hamlet, !w
left out f the citizens of ’
ington were present in smal
Republican
Europe, to proci^ the ■
of the Confederate States
ic^.
land, where ho will experience lit*
lie difficulty, we apprehend, os his
arguments wilt have in there the
electric spark of the free trade-,
which to the British people, will
command attention when nothing
else.will. As to Napoleon, he is
our natural ally. He has [but pre-
oloas little more love for the jNew
England people than he 7has for the
old English, and upon there points
the peopleof the South and Louis
Napoleon shake hands. !-■
ift^Some of the BlaekrRepflbli-
can papers , are “beginning to say”
that disunion is ‘'really threatened.”
It is related that a fellow, during
Noah’s flood, stood on the top of the
highest mountain, with chin just
out of water, and told Noah to go
•fr u..
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t ease his office shall be
ft ftfies thereof di^eharged as
Were dead. or bad reugned. .
Be it further U*
Goyenor of thh State, the Lieutenant-Gov-/ sombress , ftnd quietness,
enor, Secretary of State, Comptroller, T . . /. i, 71 /
Treasurer, Attorney -General,-and Commis-
sioner of the General Land Office, be re-
quired, at such1 hour ta shall be design rrted
tQ them by n jfiae given them by the Pres-
ident of the Convention, (said hour to be
within three davs, Sunday excepted, from
and after the adoption of this Ordinance,)
to appear in open Convention, and take
the ofth aforesaid-; twhich shall be admin-
istered by and jusfice of the Supreme Court,
or Judge of the District Court, of this
■ ■ ’I’' 11 ■ i
J Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That all
the officers of this £
next preceding ; section of this Orifin--
?' a nee ire reipiF
Stares aid. before such officers as .are
authorized to adminUter official oaths, and
in the manner prescribed by existing laws,
the members of the Legislature upon their
1 ” _
days from the date of the adoption- of this
Ordinance.
Done in Convention at the eity of Austin,
on the lltli day of March, A. D. 1851,
A lengthy fiabstitute was off<ued|
and reported, The rules were pftj
pended, the Ordinance road the third
time, and paused. :
Adjourned to 7 P.. M.,
The Executive and some Other
State officers, have avowed their de-
termination not tb oorinply with the
provisions of the preceding ordi-
nance. This Is a report, inj t few
days we will have the certainty.
was the special order. This will
pass, all the members agreeing to
the main failures of the bill. An
amendment was offered, but tabled
which would have gone far towards
destroying the Qffectfpenere of the
organization. This amendment
provided fbr the election of all the
officers by the men.
rule no man after having played the
politician among a body of men is
fit to be their commander. The of-
z t I i ]
fleer fbels his depehdencc, and the
men their power, and insubordina-
tion and inefficiency are the conse-
quences. Thirt bill was still lyider
consideration when the house ad-
journed.
©lie gemmat.
- — _
[From our Special Correspondent.
Austin, March 12th *61.
A resolution appointing Lieut.
Stevens U.S.A, Majoriof Engineers,
and giving him charge of the coast
defences, was referred to the com-
mittee of Safety.
A resolution ordering the pay*
$>ent of $2070. to Mr. Mercer, of
Comapche, out of thej U. $. money
lately seized, was laid upota the ta-
ble. It appears, the Quartermaster
of camp Copper was incfcbted to
him to that amount’at the time of
the seizure, of that post. ’ |
A resolution was passed after
much debate, appointing Mr Frank-
lin Inspector and AdjutantjGeneral,
and Ordnance Officer, .
Lucket. Commissary and Quarter-
master General, and giving these
gentlemen charge of tbe Stores
and munitions of war at Sun Anton-’
io and other points.
Adjoumedito 7 p. m. J |
Night Session—The fallowing
ordinance was the special order :
• AN 0RDTNANCK
To amen(l the 1st Section of too 7th
Articlejof the Constitlitiqn of the
State o!f Texas. jir
Be it ordained by the Reople cf Texas tn
Convention assembled, Tlfat the 1st Section
i Constitution of
the State of ^Texas be so amenfied as to
' : ‘‘Membirs of the
Legislature, and all officers before they
“lees, and
take the
.
do solemnly sweur,(or affirmd tlat I will
true ajleriance bear the State of Texas,
and faithfully discharge the duties incum-
-, according to
WH ' it
i
s'- 1
■i -rw ... I - '
TEXAS STATE CONVENTION.; some gold, copper, and iron. Dr. I
~ . ^.1 RiddeH’a-anfilyirtS shows the gold of
an indefinitely sm&ll quantity, the
iron ore rich, and the copper ore of meridian, for the
ta middling qualify,1* i | ”
While with tbe expedition, r---
ten days since, >Mr: Buckley, the
Botanist, accidently shot himself\
His pistol, slipping from its scabbard
fell to the ground and discharged
itself lodging the ball iu the fleshy
part ol his right arm. -The first im-
pression of Mr. B. was that an In-
dian had allot liim and he hollow-
ed ‘‘injecns !” but his mistake was
soon corrected by other members of
the party, _■ ’ *
/ Thursdav, March 14th.
« . !>< j ■' ‘ * » ®-\ ->X . ■
Ibe convention-, at a previous
acting,having passed a res<>luttbn
ing upon Mr. Norton, Adj’ntJkflk
the State, fot infonnatiom frorh
his department, ^hgjGeneral replied
in writing this morning, that it was
his duty to report to the Governor, ;
who is Qomrtiandei>in-chief, or to
the Legislature when desired, but-
juld fa^ke. no report to
tion. 'Communication laid
!l!
II
to come forward iq open con-'
• The
Governor will not take the oath,
noon to-
his office vacated the same
an
at tbe
throwing sway
tationy ; better be forming military
companies and drilling for tcrvice.
If Virginia, Maryland, Delaware,
Tennesseq, Kentucky and Missouri
tallied, at*
Mr. Douglas'* -
States, Jjras taker
power te collect the r
ing States/
million, at the expeare ef
necessary to. take the
cated amendments to
hold the border Statasi
qf the Wholri. ■ '>
Nrw JToaa, March
phartortef by the Uni
meaUo lake the Vkdera
leave to-moTyow, Satnr
An unconfirmed ttt™
goes to Charleston to t
derson’l command. The
Mefiawk, tfoq ^aspire Citeft
ship ,->ave already Jak
- parturei . . .
WAshixuTOM, March 1ft-
bers of Ilin Cabinet held a tetel
propably to conrak regarding
ern forte. Gfcn. Scott was pen
In t’.* Senate to-day |hcrari|
altercation betware Mr. Dojft
Feasen Jen, a Senator ‘from Ma
a debate on the pon^y to b<y
refereaoa to the Confoderete 8
Douglas said that there mere ba
’ nativea for tbe Administration,
cognise the independenceof .th
acy 1r good faith or to faaiftfi
war by attempting oo4vrfre |
If the latter policy were drew
aboitld be known at once, in or
• rscai
and perplexity,
remarks Mr. Uoi
rupted by Mr.
words
The
taS______
to be the design pt tbe A
bearer of dispatch* w»U '
ly for that country..
The apparently vadllati
Administration with relat
federate States b a source of'
:_____* 5UX
consider it very profound dM
i was
lotton
thing
r-r-jL'
jb, AssUtaiit
Adj’t'Generaj Confa|crato Sta
Army, is now in Austin, with
ders from the Secretary of Wai
muster toto fiijiwlce.ihtj regimen
Mounted Riflereen, which Cotte
Meddlloch hb
Davis’ order,
- - -CT-..
Culloch wilf try and
ths officers of this Statp not named in the willed Puritan^vus
section
required to' foke the oath
rlttf sUfipdeed kbattlte
be referredHatbe Sendte. ■
MarchlA^-Tbe Admii
thataqy unusual display it
Southern; waters. Vesse i
have’been put ?ri the tri
there being upwards of
Texas awaiting eoftveyam i
The Tribune announ«
Hamlin, a? brotlwr of the
Mtrefa. Crewford and F
will be no attack on F<h t ]
hare reported te President
. < In tbkr Senate Mf. Ma-
offered a resolution inqufri
dent the number ofunii
in Washington,
, they Would be
- fy : .J
• ftJHl
he means ta tncrease theTc
Mr. Douglas's resolution
Government • property Ji
i ta^en tip*
Mr. Douglass said the P
nor to ciTT cm
it air army wtf
neoassa<y to taka
—7------1 ~
hold tLe horder States
than fly to others we kpow not of.”
They thought that old Abe ought to
have atrial^ that when he took his
oath of office foe would turn his baclf
upon the Chicago Platform and his
abolition friends, that he would eat
bis own words, take back all he ever
said About the Dred Scott decision,
regard the Constitution, as onr fa*
th era made it, the law of the land,
and make a good enough President
after g)l. That he was fleeted un-
> rfk-* - ' * ■* >*-*t > t *ll» *
■ .nr - u • . • - .
— ” ,w *' ■ • ns- • >y ~ fi'F ta —
was Buflicienttoyommana their
tbe* fleet, that in
r of Hre Republic
Were retailed, long aftet Senates
ayes and notes,’’ being taken, and
fbr tbe purpose of moving a
deration. Theoatb of office g
stands, is nqthing hnore -J
than the State-rights den
Danqy says, hel(thinks
the democratic platform a very
good thing, b^t he does’nt want to
riweartdit. , . I
• d « I 11 H ■ ■ ■ I I n * 4^ r- 4 ' L I !•" I i x r
•Adjogrned’at midnight.
• t: ■' fr •••.y- I
Wednesday, March IS , *61.
e.c • . . « :M
/7 “> OC-
pied by useless and lengthy ^8'
ihcrs are
business
ana ga name, a resolution was in-
troduced thia moreing, Immediately
.after tbe reading of the minutes
speak on any question but oqc^j
no longer than five minutes
out a special permit from the
This resolution was postpone
xjt Ct
ibif
live terms. Should any
flMlmeat refuse tq.takU-
nxv^ion iriAthc manner
le wreinxfter prescribefi,
idd variant, sand, the same
de»<L or bad re5
T
left ou
T j v,-.
bers. It was a
tainmen|L,-and looked about is lijap-
py os f~
’jmee of Thurlow Weed.”
.hlo-ng:-1- -f j ‘
^nd.if lacked, in? a
degree, that epirft, vivaw.»j, ,
ty and Bnivei»sal abandon, I
tofbre hfive rtftide our ini
ball ti
along:
rit, viva<
ri’>
enjoyments of the hour which here-
‘/2^— ^agguratiote
Relight of nil vbdterrij Here
propriety ajid cold Io® r
seemed to nite. The southern
ment bf 2
bardly/repreaentcd a| al! betew fiho
bouiiaaries
a northdrn - P-
bloge. The woman were .
sively t&o .ropreoentatives
maids and matrons of the
trietd of<lie North an^ ;|1
card on every
engineers and wide-awakes in
uneasily amid t^e csowd, liki
i !■_ J. 11 ___>J|
w<w , pew responsibilities^,
assembling, and all’others within forty 1 dangers which they Could not QOHi-
- prebend J
The only southern man present
bf any notoriety was the Hon., Mr.
Baubgnyi, oP Louisiana.J He refu-
sed to resign his. seat in. Congress,
even after his State had left the
Un ^on. 'Vplpp
-4-■—■’ ■ ■'.-wtHi. - ’I
THE NEW CONSTITUTION. |
Tito fallowing are the principal
provisions of the Constitution of
the Confederate States:
First, The term of service of the Presi-
dent of the Confederate States is to be six
ycMi-s, insteadoffour as in the United States.
_ n Second, All Executive appointments an-
NrtMfT *ft»aiO!r.—-The military dar the grade of Cabinet ofllcere are»to be
for the .period of good behavior, and where
finally an officer shall be removed the
cause of removal shall be given in Writing.
Third, Tbe re-opening of the, slave trade is
forever prohibited. Fourth, Tbemembers
the Cabinet and Counselors af the Pres-
ident are permitted to hold seats in the
i Confederate Conyr&$.
A person of foreign birth, not a citizen
of.the Confederate States, is allowed to*
vote for any officer, civil or political, State
or.Federal, under the first census. South
As a general Carolina is entitled to live Representatives
in Congress; Georgia ten; Alshapta nind;
Florida two; Mississippi seven ; Louisiana
six. and Texas six ; each is also entitled to
two Senators. ■
The State Le^Watnros may impeaebta
judicial or toderal officer', resident or act-
ing m said State, by a two^Lirfla vote of
boUi-branches. Congress may grant seats
oivlhe floor of either House.^to the princi-
pal officers of each executive department,
with the privilege of discussing the meas-
ures of hit department. The representa-
tion of three-fifths of slaves is Continued.
Congress js not allowed, through duties, to,
fostpr any branch of industry. . The foreign
slave trade is prohibited, bongreu is pro-
hibited from making appropriations unless
by a vote of two-third* of both Houses, , ex-
cept tbaf an appropriation be asked by the
bead of.-vme department, or the President.
Ho extra corupaasatfon is allowed any
contractor, officer, or .agent after the con-
tract is made and the service is rendered.
tinned it for three mortal hours. , °IR lRW- Rh»ll relate u? but one subject and
[/.tie expressed title. -f\‘. .. _17. .
admitted into the Confederacy by a vote
of two-thirds of both Houses., Th0 Con*
federacy may acquire territory, and slavery
shall be acknowledged and protected by
Congress atal the territorial government.
* - the constitut
established lor said- States
! * . ■ . I J
1, to
I to
and-
’vrth-
1 hteusq.
This resolution was postpojjod.
The “oath ordinance” nexjt canie
up. The vote of.last njsht W en-
grossment was 4 reconsidered. A
new subatitdte with amendments
has passed, •a.hd this ordered to be
engrossed. The oath question seems
to be a perplexing one., 1 Already
two sittings Ijave been devoted to
this matter, and the end is not yet.
In whatever form the oath passes
the dueling provision will be chang-
ed so as to afford relief to all such
persons as have indulged , this
pleasant practice prior to March 2d,
1861- P T r U • ‘ i I
A oommunication from our repre-
sentatives to Pres. Roberts was read.
They advised the convention to take
steps to turn qver to the confedera-
cy all such arms and military stores
as are not requisite to a proper de-
fence of the State. They advised
the retention of small arms and
some light field pieces for fran|ier
service, and heavy guns for such
coast fortifications as may be deter-
mined ujx)n.
The special committee on milita-
ry affairs has reported back a bill
providing for four regiments, two
cavalry, ono artillery, and one of jn-
his gloomy (founder-bolts, but there fantry. This, on motion, was made
the special otederibr 11 a. m. to-mt>r-
now. Adjourned. j
Son5e four or five days ago Gov,
Houston received an order fnim the
Secretary of war of the Corifrderate
States, to forward a ‘-schedulo of
tha government property seized at
San Antonio and other points in
Texas, and how in his possession.”
Our Secretary of war U’nt we|I pas-
» ■* ’Li 1
to stop its progress, they will be , Governor has no such ‘
____ _____. his keepingj .
Mr. Moore, state geologfcsi, re-
turned yesterday from a reconnois-
O,
This n
Ex
ington of the- Cbnfoder
Wined here by sickness.
Congress wiH adjourn
next. : - -x_
President Davis* veto ateM
African slave trade act 'ABfi
public. ..The President niftete
section of the act, >hicnHR
sale of Africans to tlfcffoiAesi
will agree to join the GolfSate^I
mandate to legislate effectually to ]te
the saiim. wj.*.',*-
The vote on the passart* of the ad
the veto was as follow re; yeastoC M
' Nothing of an interesting nataHfl
pired in public session to-day. Cufi
is certain to adjourn to-morrow.
• i , »*T«.--—___— •
NORTHER^ CONFfiDEKACl
Nxw Yeax. Marek H —It b rej
frum Montgomery, that President ’
will march fifty thousand troops
ington if the administration xnajm
attempt at collecting the revenues I
of the seceded State*.
- It is again asserted that the flMH
sious M. Clay and Thoma
refused the missions tendered
. It is reported that Gildings bat
nominated Consul Gdnerr I at Montes
Supreme Court rev-jfi
i. Gen. Gaiae's oaae n
Ji**
cannot impose" a duty upc
but the Governor should
five upen proper proof. *
firmed the appointment-
Spew. ?.
1 . It is
l nominate
The Su
in Mrs.
her favor, r-
The Court also d<
but the Governor s|pt
tive upon proper prwi. ’*”^5
The Senate in exteutifahftgi
firmed the appointment MMM
M. Clay, of Kentiipky, as U. S<
Spam. .
Gen. Scott, it Is reported, aatf
risen would be out of Fort Samtei
day T»*kt. * -
•The Commiaaonership of Pai
been tendered to Mr, Halknray,
member of Congress fron Tndisr
Mr. Dale took the ComtMtaBi
Indian affairs to-dayUriz |w
D. K. Carter, of Ohio, baqfo*
ted Govwi.orof she Territorytaq
Me«t»r«. Crawford and Forsrthi
taiNdtenarSj from thp C6: feder*
haying reorived awuranc a bf 1E
• -- k. ____ it ct _ 3 ♦ * ..AAwteMB
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