Mr. L. S. LANGLEY. I nominate Mr. F. L CARDOZO.

Mr. F. L, CARDOZO. I decline the honor in favor of my friend, Mr. W. J. WHIPPER, of Beaufort.

Mr. W. J. WHIPPER, declined the honor.

Dr. J. L. NEAGLE nominated Mr. L. S. LANGLEY, of Beaufort.

Mr. L. S. LANGLEY declined.

Mr. R. C. DELARGE. I call for the previous question.

The call for the previous question was sustained, and on being put, Mr. LEMUEL BOOZER was chosen temporary President.

Reports of Standing Committees were called for.

Mr. N. G. PARKER, of the Committee on Finance, reported that on Monday they would present for the consideration of the Convention, an ordinance regulating and ordaining the pay and mileage of members, the manner of levying and collection of taxes, and an ordinance in relation to bills receivable. of the State.

Mr. R. C. DELARGE, from the Special Committee on Printing, reported the following bids, which he submitted for the consideration of the Convention :

To the Committee on Printing,

CHARLESTON, S. C., January 20, 1868.

South Carolina Constitutional Convention :

GENTLEMEN: We beg leave to hand you an estimate for printing for your Convention. We will print not exceeding two hundred copies of any resolutions, proceedings, ordinances, etc., when in pamphlet form, at the rate of $2.25 per page, (pamphlet pages to be five and a half by nine inches,) and for matter not in pamphlet form, at the rate of $1.23 per one thousand ems.

The above includes cost of paper, press work, binding, etc., but for tabular or figure work, double the above price. When the work is ordered on extra fine or heavy paper, an addition will be made to the above prices, the only difference being in the cost of the paper. Hoping for a favorable consideration on our estimate,

I am your obedient servant,

N. B.-I propose to use long primer type.

H. JUDGE MOORE.

CHARLESTON, S. C., January 21st, 1868.

To the Committee on Printing Constitutional Convention:

This

Two hundred copies pamphlet form $2 25 per page; two hundred copies of Bills, Ordinances, Resolutions, &c., $1 25 per 1000 ems. estimate includes press work, paper, &c. Where cap paper is used, an additional charge will be made to cover actual cost of paper. Tabular

work double price. $3 50 per page.

One thousand copies of proceedings, paper included, Every additional five hundred copies, $1 per page. Very respectfully,

MCMILLAN & JOWITT.

Mr. S. CORLEY. I move that H. Judge Moore be elected printer for this Convention.

Mr. A. J. RANSIER. Before that motion is put, I trust the Chairman of the Committee on Printing, will enlighten the Convention as to which of the two bids presented is the lowest..

Mr. R. C. DELARGE. They are almost identically the same. The bid of H. Judge Moore is about two cents lower.

Mr. T. HURLEY. I object to the acceptance of the report. The bids do not specify whether the printed matter will be made solid or leaded. Any practical printer, or any one that knows any thing about printing, knows that the difference between brevier and long primer, is from fifty to seventy-five per cent. in favor of the latter or solid matter. Mr. Moore's bid might be two or three cents lower, and still the estimate of the other parties be about fifteen or twenty cents cheaper. The difference is made up in the amount of matter furnished. I move, as an amendment to the motion of the delegate from Lexington, (Mr. CORLEY) that the report be recommitted, with instructions to the Committee to obtain further information from the bidders, as to whether the work will be solid or leaded, and also to specify the size of the pages.

Mr. B. F. RANDOLPH. I hope the motion will not be seconded, and that the Convention will elect Mr. H. Judge Moore printer. The subject has been before the house several times, and we have been a whole week without a printer. It is enough to know that Mr. Moore can do the printing, and we know he is in sympathy with the Convention. I hope the matter will not be postponed.

Mr. C. C. BOWEN. I am opposed to giving the printing to H. Judge Moore. I understand, and am prepared to prove the assertion, that Mr. Moore has entered into a combination with other printers, whereby other bids were kept out. It is one of the rules laid down, that where a party enters into a combination with another, he is not to be a contractor under any consideration whatever. I move, therefore, that the printing be given to Messrs. McMillan & Jowitt. It is not altogether decorous for the delegate from Orangeburg (Mr. RANDOLPH) to urge the election of H. Judge Moore. The delegate is connected with the press, which expects to reap the benefit of this printing. I am opposed to the contrac being given to Mr. Moore on that ground also.

Mr. B. F. RANDOLPH. I am connected with the paper published

by Mr. H. Judge Moore, but not with the job printing department. I favor Mr. Moore because I know him to be in sympathy with the party. It may be that Mr. Moore has entered into a combination with other printers to assist him. What I object to is to give the printing to the other parties who are not in sympathy with our party.

Mr. J. M. ALLEN. I think it is time we entered into an election. The question seems to be how to save two hundred dollars to the State, and we have already lost about three hundred by this discussion.

Mr. R. C. DELARGE. I would ask the house to receive the report as information, and then appoint a Special Committee to investigate the subject.

Mr. J. J. WRIGHT called for the previous question, which was sustained.

Mr. R. C. DELARGE, Chairman of the Committee on Printing, said: I hope the vote in relation to this matter will not be taken to-day. I am opposed to taking a dollar out of the State Treasury that can by any possibility be allowed to remain. Both bids appear to leave a large margin for speculation. I do not know the facilities of Mr. H. Judge Moore for doing the work, but I do know that all the printing thus far has been executed by him. Neither can I state whether Messrs. McMillan & Jowitt can execute the work more satisfactorily. Both parties are anxious for the work. Messrs. McMillan & Jowitt stated to me they would do it five per cent. lower than any other establishment in the city. But as both bids allow the widest range for speculation, it may be in the making up of their charges by the parties. The Convention will have to pay more than has ever heretofore been paid for similar work. I feel confident if the Convention will postpone until Monday, and appoint another Committee, they will be able to obtain better and more definite offers for the work. As a matter of principle, I would be disposed to give it to the person allied with the party, but it is stated that the party directly interested with Mr. Moore, has no more sympathy with us than Messrs. McMillan & Jowitt.

The main question being on the motion to elect H. Judge Moore Printer, it was decided in the affirmative, and Mr. Moore declared Printer to the Convention.

Mr. J. J. WRIGHT, of Beaufort, offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That this Convention respectfully request that Major-General Ed. R. S. Canby, commanding the Second Military District, immediately issue an order exempting from levy or sale, for a period of four months, one hundred acres of land which now, or which may, prior to the expiration of the four months, be under execution.

Mr. WRIGHT said: I offer this resolution in hopes of it adoption. It is the desire of the Convention to secure the homestead, and I believe it their intention to pass a Homestead Act. The object of the resolution is to save out of all lands now liable to execution and in process of being carried into effect, one hundred acres, or so much as will secure the homestead.

Mr. A. J. RANSIER. I move that the resolution be referred to the Committee on the Legislative part of the Constitution.

Mr. E. W. M. MACKEY. I move to amend by inserting, "and that they be required to report Monday morning next."

Mr. L. S. LANGLEY. We have had before us for several days, a question bearing some analogy to the one involved in the resolution. I believe we are willing to exempt from levy and sale, a homestead to each landholder in this State, and as there is a necessity for speedy relief, I would propose that the resolution be considered at once. I am anxious that every man who owns land in this State, should be secured in his homestead. And as we have been told there is danger of some families being turned out of doors, I move we proceed to take up the matter, and hope the resolution will be adopted.

Mr. R. H. CAIN. Last Thursday I rose in my place as an humble delegate to this Convention, to express my views on a question then pending, and similar to the one now before the Convention. At that time I expressed a wish and desire that every possible relief to the poor and suffering in this State might be afforded. I regret exceedingly that gentlemen on the other side have felt called upon to misstate and misrepresent my views. No man will go further than myself to afford all possible relief to the citizens of this State, through and by the law. But I am decidedly opposed to all violations or abrogations of law to suit any class of men. I claim to be a law abiding man, and until the law is abrogated by recognized authority, I am in favor of its enforcement. With this view, I opposed the resolution then pending before the Convention. But I am in favor of exempting every man's property and giving a homestead which can be saved from any execution for debt. Gentlemen have misrepresented my views and made it appear that I am opposed to a certain class in the State. I deny it. No man has gone farther to bring about peace and harmony. I claim to be a citizen of the State, have made large purchases of lands and am involved to a very large extent. If the stay law does not pass, I myself will probably be a loser to the amount of six or seven thousand dollars. But the reason why I am opposed to the resolution under discussion on Thursday is, as I showed, that the Commanding General had made ample provision for

the execution of the law, and at the same time extended protection to every man's household.

As I have said, no one will go farther than I myself, to secure a homestead, for I believe the future prosperity of the country, the hope and future well-being of the State, depends upon a homestead law, securing to every man, white or black, rebel or union, the right to maintain himself and family from executions of law. I go further than the gentleman from Beaufort, Mr. WHIPPER. He said he came into the State habited in the garb of a soldier, determined, if possible, to hang the leaders of the rebellion as high as Haman, but he was now willing to extend the olive branch of peace. I came simply as a messenger of peace, and it has been my province and desire ever since I have been in the State, to counsel moderation, patience and obedience to law, in all departments whatever. I am in favor of doing right and giving equal justice to all mankind. I would ask no man with regard to the past. I recognize the fact that we are assembled in Covention. It is our duty to state our views, and should not be called into question as to motives because we do not think as other gentlemen. I believe the question of homesteads will enter into the deliberations of the Convention; and that it is in our power to lay the foundation of a homestead law, to allow of its formation, and then within the province of the legislative department to so arrange the details as to do justice to all men. I am in favor of securing to every man a homestead against all or any execution whatsoever. I contend, however, that we are asking General Canby to do what he has already done. I believe, as I said last Thursday, he has ample powers, and will do everything that is right to protect the interest and safety of all the people of this Commonwealth. I feel we may repose implicit confidence in him, and for that reason, I was opposed to the introduction of resolutions, like the one offered Thursday, into this Convention. I think we have a certain line of duty marked out, and having fulfilled that, to adjourn, and present to the people for ratification such a Constitution ast can be adopted by every right minded man, so that we may have our representatives knocking at the door of Congress at the proper time.

The expenses of the Convention are going on, and we have been informed by the Governor of the State that there is no money in the State Treasury. We will have to resort to taxation to meet the expenses of the Convention. I am opposed, therefore, to any measure being discussed. by the Convention which properly can be left to the Legislature. The Commanding General, in my view, has done enough, and it will come within the province of the Legislature to make good whatever is necessary, or has been left undone by the General Commanding.