The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-08-31
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WOUND AND WOULDN'T TELL WHERE.
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WOUND AND WOULDN'T TELL WHERE.
TraoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE
COLUMBIA, 8. c., August 20, 186s.-1n the
proceedings on Friday there vas little OF inter-
est except the discussion in the House on the
Citizens Savings Bank charter, and in the SEN
ate on the discrimination bill. The spirit OF
the discussion is shown by the short summary
I have made in the notes Of the proceedings.
It is feeling of hostility to all whites who do
not succumb to all the demands Of the negro
for political and social equality, and determi-
nation to maintain those claims at all hazards.
The same animus instigated the opposition to
the ruling Of the Speaker Of the House regard
ing Joint resolutions. On Thursday when the
Joint resolution providing for drawing money
out Of the treasury for paying the per diena &C.,
&C., came up, the Speaker drew distinction
between concurrent and joint resolutions, and
ruled that although concurrent resoiu-
ton required but one reading, joint
resolution required to be read three
times on three several days in each house, and
on Friday, when the matter was brought up
again, he stated that the Governor was OF the
same opinion and would not allow any money
to be drawn out of the treasury by resolu-
ton that had not been read three times. This
statement raised the dander Of R. B. Elliott,
negro, who seemed 20 have no idea OF allowing
the Governor to dorninoor oYor the Le8lsia-
ture. He made speech, violent in language
and manner. The following detailed sentences,
which took down uerbatin, will give some
idea Of his style: cit seems as If somebody
are afraid that the Governor, with his high
power, will shiver this Legislature to atoms. "
sIet it be known at once and forever after that
the members of this Legislature bow in rever-
ence at all times to those who control the
other departments. This fellow is educated,
shrewd, and of bouudless impudence, possess
es, as far as can judge, three times as much
personal influence as any other member OF eth
er the Senate or the House, is bitter extremist
and may one day give great trouble In this State.
he, however, like the other leaders OF the
body, is "on the make" and can be quieted
with silver bullet or greenback wading.
The only difficulty is that they see such golden
vistas in the future plunder OF ths State, that
they would not be willing to sell out except
at exorbitant prices. DeLarge, the Chair
man of the Committee Of Ways and Means,
became very uneasy at this discussion, and
rose to advocate the reading Of the resolution
without further talk, but being very nervous
he made q mistake in the first sentence that
made everybody laugh, and kept him fustered
all through. It seems that he has been al
great pains to cure himself of habit which
he had of saying, "gentlemens," but when he
ia excited the lost wanders about his ima-
eination, and although he may succeed in
dropping it from the end Of gentlemen" yet
il will come in and attach itself to the begin
ming or end Of some word in the same SEN
tence to which it does not properly belong
So in his speech yesterday he commenced by
saving that he hoped Gentlemen wouldn't
have any more squibbling over the resolu-
tion."
In the Senate on Friday the only new busl-
ness introduced was the notice of the bill,
which I telegraphed you, "granting charter
to certain South Carolinians to build railroad
from Columbia to Camden, from Camden to
Cheraw and from Cheraw to the North Caro-
lima line" This is move to head off the
Chatham charter, asked for by North Carroll
mans; and the telegram as printed in The
NEWS was devoid OF all interest, from tho fact
that the printers, or whoever revised the tele-
gram, left out the words "south Caroinians."
The proceedings in the House to-day we're
utterly without interest. In the Senate they
were unable to obtain quorum, because the
Democrats and other members, opposed to the
discrimination bill, wilfully absented them
selves, in order to delay that measure until
Corbin and others opposed to it, who are ne
cessarily absent, can return. This occasioned
great excitement among the negro members.
Cain was for e1pelling members who
outside declared that the Legislature was An
illegal body, yet used their privileges as MEM
bers of the body to defeat its action. Burnt
District Randolph was OF opinion that certain
Senator Ieslie) had managed it all, and he
wanted the Senate to deal with him according
". Whittemore rebuked the Burnt District,
saving he should be more careful how he cast
imputations upon the character (l) of Senator's.
Swails moved that the messengers be sent
after absent Senators, which was done, but
without result, and the Senate was forced to
adjourn for want of quorum to transact busi-
ness. J. j. Wright (negro) presided over the
rump Senate on this momentous occasion, and
decided points Of order with q promptness that
showed they were still his specially. After the
adjournment Of the Senate, Maxwell
and other negroes beset Leslie, and ] am told
they came near getting into row.
The story Of the Santuc disturbance, which
I telegraphed you yesterday, has this much to
] ubsssntiate 1.-THE wounds which the negroes