The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-04
FURTHER BY MAI L.
TFRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT


AN EARNEST SPEECH FROM coRBN-wa1TTE-
MoRE's CoUNoIL-THE BURNT DISTRICT AND
SENATOR NUMBER TWO FROM CHARLESTON.
COLUMBIA, September 2.-There was nothing
in the proceedings OF the House of Represen-
tatives to-day worthy'of more extended notice
than that given in my telegram of this after
noon, unless, indeed, one or two little oddities
of pronunciation ought to be recorded as part
of the history of this calico government. The
two following force themselves continually on
my attention, but especially yesterday and to-
day. Ransier, McKinlay, DeLarge, and per-
naps others of the Charleston delegation, in
variably pronounce like 70, and as the word
sprovide" is Of very frequent occurrence in
legislative proceedings, their repeated mispro-
punciation OF it suggests to the listener new
dictionary with that useful word spelt spro-
Wide" The other mispronunciation is COM
mon to nearly all the members Of the House.
It is "queschun" for question
A very short, very devout, and very proper
prayer by Rev. sancho P. Saunders (black and
aged), deserves notice as affording pleasing
contrast to the blasphemous supplications Of
some of his more pretending brethren, white
as well as black.
In the Senate nothing Of note occurred e1-
cept the discussion Of the Discrimination bill.
The discussion arose on the second section,
providing that there shall be no discrimina-
tion made on account OF race or color by any
person carrying on any business which re-
quires public icense-the intent OF which
section is to allow the negroes and colored
people generally to mingle with the whites in
public conveyances, in the hotels, at places OF
public amusement, in restaurants, &C., &C.,
against the will of the proprietors thereof The
effect Of such law would be either nothing or
row. II would be impossible to carry out it's
provisions peaceably.
Maxwell (colored) made speech, or rather
read one from o yoluminous manuscript,
which, from it's style, and the intentness with
which Jilison listened, as if to watch for errors,
I believe to have been written by the latter in
dvidna. miserable pedagogue, who, on
account Of his puerile correction Of verbal
errors, is nicknamed, oven in this sorry Senate,
.sthe master In the course Of Maxwelps
speech he said that they, the negroes, only de-
mauded their rights, and if that necessitated
war, s'why, let it come" He also alluded in
gallant terms, and with pathetic tone, to the
'Jair SEX" and said that on their account he
demanded these privileges.
The dander of the colored folks was up, and
they seemed determined to carry the section
regardless OF consequences, but some of the
wiser heads saw the blunder they were max
ing, and tried to moderate their zeal. :, :
Whittemore offered an amendment declaring
that no discrimination should be made by
common carriers on account Of race or color,
but not saying anything about hotels and other
public Ilaces. he offered this as q compro-
mise, and Corbin seconded it and rose to speak
in its support An effort was made to put him
down by motion to lay the amendment, or
rather substitute, upon the table; but"the Chair
recognized him, aud he spoke-spoke indig-
nantIy; angriy, earnestly, pathetically, in words
of wisdom and of warning. A dirty, red-faced
disgrace to Erin, called Coghlan, sitting as
senator from Sumter, had accused Corbin OF
being guilty of subterfuge in introducing the
United States Civil Rights bill as substitute
for the original Discrimination bill. Corbin
opened his speech with denial OF this mali
cious slander, as he termed it. He said he
had hoped that the record OF his past life, and
his history since he had been in thi, State,
was such that no man would dare charge HIM
with dishonesty. He had the marks Of wounds
upon his person-he had fought, bled and re-
peatedly fallen upon the field of battle in defence
of equal rights for all men, which was more than
the senator from Sumter coul say, or perhaps
any other senator upon the floor. Since he had
been in the State he had canvassed it from one
end to the other in support Of the new consti-
tu.ion, and if this was not proof of his honesty,
he asked, in the name of God, what proof could
he give. The charge that he had been guilty
Of subterfuge was false and malicious SIAN
der, which he hurled back to the source whence
it came. Here Coghlan interrupted him, and
said, in very angry tone, that he hurled it back
at him again ten thousand :imes:1 Without no
ticing Coghlan's interruption, Corbin went on to
say that the Civil Rights bill which he had offer
ed as substitute had been drawn by Charles
Sumner, the great apostle OF liberty, whose
fame as the defender Of the equal rights OF
man was known in every continent. he then
compared SANDER against Sumner to the
false assumption Of the Jews against Jesus
Christ. and said that it would be thrown back
into the foul mouth from whence it came. AS
Coghlan's mouth is foul in more senses than
one, this was considered capital hit; but Cor
bin afterwards denied that he had any allusion
to Coghlan's dirty mouth. He then, as
friend, which he claimed he was, and thought
he had proved it. warned the colored memb rs
against trying to have mole rights than white
men, exciting political prejudice and animosity,
and bringing on war OF races, which could
only end in disaster.
Whittemore followed, equally vehement and
earnest, but much less excited. He told the
colored members that although he had been
q lifelong supporter of equal rights, and
hoped he might cease to exist when he fail
ed to have his face to the front in that sacred
cause, yet thero was danger Of grasping at
too much, and losing that which was already
in possessioD-catc at the shadow and
loosing the substance. He used the words
"we" and ''our,' all through his speech, in
speaking Of the cause of the negroes, and
showed, as plainly as man could by speaking,