The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-08-27

SOUTH CAROLINA.

Legislative Lab0rs-lmpecuniOsify OF the Mem.
bers-Mcvements Of observation-disclosures
Senator Cain On tho No Discrimination
Bul-Approval Of the Establishment Of a
State Police Force by the Governor.
COLUMBIA August "a, 1868.
The Legislature has now been in session near two
months, and the members have hardly acquired
their first lesson in legislation or one fact they are
very feengly aware. Under the reconstruction con-
stituton OF the state the pay Of members was fixed
at SO day. The majority being poor men, on their
arrival had scarcely spare dollar, and up to the
present time no financial measure has been
accomplished by which to meet their board
bills. Sharks and SPECTATORS have been hover
ing around endeavoring by all sorts of
means to force through measures under the
pressing pecuniary necessities Of the members.
One Of these promised that If bill then before the
House OF Representatives to close the operations OF
the Bank of the State OF South Carolina was passed
he woald get $4,000 in five hours time as first
loan for the payment OF the members. That he could
Wen AFFORD to make the loan may be easily inferred
from the fact that the BILL If 1t becomes law makes
the State pay the face value of all bills issued by that
bank prior to the war, and which have been selling
the market here at the rate of ten cents on the
dollar and Of these bills this speculator is said to
have at least $4,000.
q
expected to raise a revenue OF nearly 81 600 IL
is said to have been drawn by certain Wall street
broker of your city, and that upon It's passage he
guarantees loan can be easily obtained in New
York at five per cent.
The No Discrimination bin came up for discussion
in the senate on Friday. Cain, the negro Senator
from Charleston. said he saw no necessity for the
passage OF the bill The question OF civil rights he
considered settled by the Civil Rights bill and the
reconstruction acts OF Congress. lie wanted no
better evidence he said OF the fact that his race had
he n of
the blacklist kind. was there upon the floor OF the
senate OF South Carolina to represent the Old, proud
Chlvalrc city OF Charleston. They were already the
political equals OF the white man, with nobody to
modest or make them afraid He did not think 1t
wise, therefore, to be rampant OH this ques-
ton any longer. He wanted the bill to go to
the Committee on the Judiciary, and If they
approved of 1t legally, or there were any legal
rights involved he then desired report; II not, he
was willing it should sleep forever. No one bore the
stigma OF u radical more than he did. He was con-
sIdered and represented by the Charleston papers as
a re-eatng, red republican negro of South Carolina
Yet he prepared TO concede to every man in the
State white black, the fullest rights Of the citizen
He was not disposed to run wild with theories nor
try to persuade any OF his race to do So but wanted
them to be practical in life and all would go well.
"All my race want" said the Senator, lis equality
before the law, which has been acquesced In By the
people of the North and South under the reconstruc
ton acts of Congress-" He had found in forty years
experience how wise and phiiosophic 1t was
to take all things calmly and to wait for
reason and reflection before acting rashly.
lie was satisfied with the guarantees
already given them in the constitution of the United
States and that great palladium Of liberty the Civil
Rights bin. Let us try he said, to harmonize all
parties under that bill. This speech had a good
effect, and the consideration OF the bill postponed
indefinitely.
The bilrio establish State constabulary force in
each county has been approved by the Governor,
and the force Will be organized at once.
The bin to organize the Circuit Courts has also
become law and on the election of judges which
takes place on Tuesday. the judiciary tribunals of
the State Will be once more operation. Judge
Platt, formerly OF New York is a candidate for the
Charleston Circuit, and Will, no doubt, he elected.