The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1858-07-30

III one oi h'S h"'"St ana hnPpcSt efforts lie
commenced in his usual pleasant, and humor-
oi,s vein, but he soon warmed with the sub
ject and the consciousness of his position. md
spoke with mach frc9iag and cloqrcncc. II.
appeared before his constituents, as the ndvo
cate Of the ri .ht Of free discussion, and claim
ed the indulgence of II patient hearing at their
hands. His vote FOR the rcncf of the Banks
from penalty of the Act of 1910, had been
made the occasion Of ccnsurc in certain quar-
tcrs. and he now not for the purpose of
changing the opinion Of any one. but to give
the rcnsrns for his course and to show that he
had acted from the highest regard to the in
tc-c%s of his constituents 1t had ever been n
matter Of just pride with him, that he had been
henered with the confidence Of the people of
Abbevilc who in giving him the credit for
honesty of purpose, had never been disposed to
! cavil at his indv dual acts. II he had erred, it
was but necessary frailtv of human nature ::
but for his vote in the present instance, he
was prepared [" give substantial reasons, anil
these were stated nt length. The general crush
in the coi"ncrcial world, hal bruu,,Lt u sus
pension upon tn" Banks and whether ,csultinr
from their fault or not, the great ,neasnre be
'"re the Legislature was not to punish them,
but to relieve the country. There was gen.
/: "rai want "t circulating medium which ihc
banks could a"n. furnish, and to nC,rc. IN.
ponalty a.-a inst them, w"uid lead To n still rur
thcr contraction of their issues, or force them
/" resume, hL The expense of their specie,
which would he supl'nnt"l by the dcprec iatcd
Georgia bills. I;csi,lcs the bank of the State
huU rpuI,I nu,1 Ia,
against it, would operate "A. II tax ur.n The
treasury would bc ''rolhimg Peter to pay
raul MIR. Thomson closed W it'll the humor
"ns nnocdotc ofthe DutcI,rnan anI his wifi.
IN Illustration of the same truth. IIy was on.
Enthusiastically applaulci and made very fa.
vorablc impression.
Gen. =. McGuwan next closed the discussion
with speech characterized hv |, is usual abil
ity and el"Incnc", and presenting an elaborate
vin'licatiun Of his vote" on I'll. I;.nls meoeure
T; "' The last Session. The only point Of differ.
cncc hcI Iwccn his colleague and himsrlr he said
WIS III reference e. their votes on that mcas.
urr for relieving the Banks from the pcual,v
OF the Act "i $50, whilst there was an entire
correspondence i'll their views, rs to Banking
IN general. beside. III their past Legislative
career, there had been :; cor.lia harmony and
co operation III the support Of many important
measures, nnl they had stood shoulder to
shoulder in many Il we'll tough: field Though
differing from his colleague in this instance,
he was Really TO award him the crcli. Of the
highest sincerity. in adopting lis conclusions.
and OF ability il maintaining them. There wns
! however, an antagonism between them rs TO
the policy of the measure, and he proceeded to
vindleate his rosition.-lt was the duty of the
state he said [" furn i>h sound md stable cur.
: rcncv. This power the Leg is lature had dele
! gated t" tl. Banks. who in furnishing A circu-
lat'on acted as the agents rfthe State. The
acs OF suspension was II violation of the trus,
rcr"scd IN thcm and deprived :hcm Of Of every
claim 10 in'lnlgcncc. They had by reckless
| sr"cu!aiI"n been fa;tenng for years upon the
pubic spoi!s. and should have been forced tu
, tisg""sn their i'll gotten gnns. besides to an.
n'I! an act of the Legislature at the first crv of
| panic. bore The impress of stu!,itcatinu, and
! looked too much like chid's rlay-We shall
not prr.cn, To furnis!, even an outline of tho
! Generals rcmarks-Siffirc it to saw that they
presented an able exposition of The varous ro.
! sitions assumed hY the leaders Of the Bank on.
! position, during the last Session.