The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-09-26
Legislative Ostracisln.

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ass Among the carpet -baggers, there are solnc
swhq have mot entirely lost all sense of duty
aud .Selfsrespcct; and among them is G. p. Les.
lie, Senator from Barnwcll, in the socaHel
Legislature at Columbia Although Rcpub.
Il! lcan he has bitterly opposed the extreme and
.iniaatolls measures which have been pushed
Through both the House and the Senate un-
s'dersthepafty whip and spur. For this hon
esty faction, Leslie has becn MARKED out for
sacrifee, and charges Of aisrespcct to the illus
Std StFions e,l Senate were preferred against him,
l,shleh rers ~ 8 discussed On the 10Th inst
esa4 ne defence Of Leslie frequently interrupt
sed byssas parties whom he showed up in their
true light gives insigh htsinto the scenes I'D.
hind the tain, which does not tio Radical
sipas: ISM Any good s'a, s .3 !.s +
ss Finding that hessopld pot haze a fair hear
sang in that prejadieed body, Leslie concluded
sabrlptlgE;;a and on Saturday night, infrout Of
ssNicKgrsons IT otsl he addressed an iln,ez z,se
/: dsenee Of the citizens of Columbia; and iu
hearing Of many Of the carpet baggcrs and
sssscallagagga h showed UP the bogus government
sin his peculiarly scathing style. no sa
On Saturday, d motion for Lese's cxpu-
sion was loSt iby one vote; but so sore were
the sillustrious senators, from the whitening de-
d pansiaiions Of Leslie, in his speech of Satur-
day night, that the Senate on Monday passed
slaresentiont Of censure and suspension for six
months asi9 3. ssaittt ass.
s. iss beil~ ls the principal part Of Lese's
sIpse speech in l, thc Senate: .a,
lhr. l'rfsilteasy=qtf0 Ssaat0rs: ! trust this
mernipg that !, in whst am about, to say, there
are none here who claim to act as senator's
that will see ft, in narrow and mean spirit,
to interrupt me while am speaking. desire
to inform the President and senators that
what shall say is not for the purpose Of
prejudicing the judgmeht: Of q single senator:
care not what your judgment is. 1 c,.n see
into the future, and if havc any friends, ull
desire is that every mans name be entered
On tho Jourhal aye or may. These are
some Of tho Immediate things ask u. friends
to see to when I an gone I shall speak now.
as my Judgment leads mo to speak, Of the
times and the mon who, are the actors in this
place. l have from time to time predicted what
would ultimately DO their fate. Iaver TINT
the charges that are preferred against me are
not the charges upon which I an, H. going to be
tried to-day. They do not constitute any
portion OF part of the charges upon which I
am to be tried There arc charges underlying
and underneath these which furnish the real
grounds sof complaint Tho, real charge and
only one these men have against me is, first,
that l am opposed TO them politically. That
2 iss The Splain statement ofthc case II an,
Dpposea 70 their political ohicanery and theft
sss Wild; evolutionary ,hcashres1 sTam opposed
% sosall tieif measures tllas pfposs to stripthe
frsasSry of sse State for tlielr rcrsona aesran
liscmenyf sI am opposed SO more than that.
fecolleces tlis besntifuR morning that On,
an HniGricuff taitf s,yt9ie thx,sa acbar0eas ,ro