The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-09-20
RELIGIOUS .SERyIoEs !TH1s DAY.-

RELIGIOUS SERVICES This Day
Trinity Church-Rev. P. J. Shand,
Rector, 10% a. m. and 5la p. m. Z
st. PETERS Church-Rev. J. j.
O'Connell, Pastor, 10 a. m. and 3
p. M.
Marion Street Church-Rev. s. H.
Browne, 1Q19 O. M. and " p. m.
Washington Street Chapel-Rey.
VIM. Martin, 101S a. M. and 4 p. m.
Lutheran Lecture Room-Rev. A.
r. Rude, 101s o. m.
Presbyterian Churoh-Rev. G. W.
Howe, l0I a. m. and 4 p. m.
The LEGISLATURE HIGH OLD
TmE.-FRUIT1Ess ATTEMPT TO ExPE1
THE IRREPREssIBIE LESLIE. The in
terest of the proceedings in the great
unlawful was confined, yesterday, ex-
clusively to the attempt, on the part
Of the Senate, to expel Charles P.
Leslie, the member from Barnwell.
Mr.. Leslie, who is frank, outspoken
Republican, but one who has mani
tested, on every occasion, his inten-
ton to legislate for the benefit of all
classes of, people in the State, without
reference to political issues, has, for
some time past, been very obnoxious
to his own party, because he has
never truckled to their schemes or
permitted himself to lose sight of the
fact that he is white man, enter
tanning enough self-respect to vote
against every resolution and bill
which contemplated social equality.
In this way he has incurred the petty
hatred of such negroes as Randolph,
Nash and Swails, who dread his
ability and independence; and they
have anxiously been looking for an
opportunity to get rid of him. This
seemed to present itself last week,
when Mr.. Leslie, in fit of disgust
at the shameless partizanship with
which he was prevented, by parlia-
mentary technicalities. from unearth-
ing some of the radical rascality of
bis colleagues. and he said to the
President, "You may gag me and
rush things through as you please;
you will be sorry for it." Randolph
took hold of this bauble, and, using
it in connection with Mr.. Leslie's
refusal to retain his seat when
Wright, a negro, was put in the
chair in the temporary absence OF
the President, offered q resolution to
expel him, on the ground of disre-
spect and contempt. The matter
came up for consideration, Yesterday.
and occasioned high old time.
The attendance of visitors was
unusually large, the public having
understood that the resolution would
be likely to cause an interesting de.
bate, and amongst the audience were
many of the best citizens of Column
bia. When the resolution was called
up, proposition was made to ex-
punge all of it looking to the expul-
sion of Mr.. Leslie, so as simply to
reprimand him for his conduct; but
it failed. Under the rules, Mr.. Les
lie was allowed to make his defence,
preparatory to leaving the Senate
Chamber.
Rising with great composure and
dignity, he said that he hoped no
Senator would, in q narrow-minded
or mean spirit, interrupt him in his
remarks; and he desired to inform
the Senate that he did not wish to
say anything which was calculated to
prejudice their judgment in this
matter. Whatever was done by the
Senate he wanted to have done in an
open way, and when, under the rules,
he retired from the Senate Chamber,
he wished his friends to sec that the
votes of all Senators should be re-
corded on the journal, so that the
people could understand what sort of
men are now legislating for them,
and what sort of times we are living
in. He wanted them to see that the
charges upon which he was to be
tried were not the real charges
which had been preferred against
him, but were based on the fact that
he was opposed to the revolutionary
measures and schemes of the Senate
opposed to the plundering of the
State treasury which was going on,
and opposed to the character of the
present organization Of the General