The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-08

Here IN Rlchlanu tney eiecleu OleIh VI
Court. and he had to go to ths courts. The Leg
islature elected Register of Mesne Conveyance,
and he is now in court striving to obtain pos
session of that Office. Even Tim. Hurley has
| not been allowed to take his position as Coro-
per OF Charleston County. Mr. Whiting does
ali the business of that Office. l suppose lin
has been intimidated, and is afraid TO apply Tor
his Office Laughter from Tim, who was sit
ting at the table of senator.1 Perhaps Tim
could not raise five hundred dollars to bring
his case before the Supreme Court, and then 1t
might take more than that Tim, soto noce,
stMy Democratic friends would raise q nun
dred thousand dollars for me-" Great laughter. ]
Nash. believe we should deal with this
matter at once.
He knew senators on this floor had made up
| their minds how they were going to vote on
| the bill. Some, he believed, would vote against
| il at all hazards. The Senator from Barnweu,
| for instance could not be convinced to any
| other course when he has made up his mind
| to vote. He would vote'every time Us he voted
on the drst ballot. He knew there was such
thing as senators opposing any measure be-
cause presented by certain other senator.
But, for himself, he would say that it a mea-
sure was presented by even the most violent
| Democrat in South Carolina, II 1t was for the
benefit of the people OF the State ne tthe
speaker) would not oppose such q measure
| This is a matter which he believed to be the
llto OF MS party, lN6 hepuuHCdu P11 W
Charleston. 1t depends upon it.
He not only favored the measure because he
believed it to be right, but he favored it as
party measure. He was willing and ready to
meet the issue, and he believed all the friends
Of the bill were ready to meet it today. Let
us, he said, commence now. II know anu teel
we are going to spend q day or two in discus
sion and argument. There will be, no doubt,
all sort OF subterfu.e used to prevent the pas
sage of the act, and the friends OF the bill may
have to adopt those means to keep 1t from
being defeated. Why not so on % lie hoped
1t would not be postponed
Swails. I have to compliment the senator
from Rlchland. For the last week we have
been discussing O matter very similar to tho
pone consideration Of bill increasing judges
salaries)-SI am glad to see that the senator
IRON Rlchlaul has como over to virtue ) SIDE.
I am opposed to po5tponement unless 1t CAL be
shown We are not ready to meet the question.
But I believe there Is not senator on this
floor but what has had this matter before him.
They have had the reports, full reports, IN the
newspapers of Charleston, and every man hero
has made up his mind how he will vote OIL this
bill and is as ready to vote on it now as he
will be five days or five months hence. There
fore, unless the senator from Barhwell can give
me good reasons for the proposed postpone
mcnt I shall certainly vote against his mo-
tion.
Mr.. Corbin. am exceedingly anxious that
this matter should be disposed Of at once.
People outside as we'll as in tho Senate, have
been very busy in this matter. For my OWL
part, would like to know to-day, whether tn ,
Republican party has any existence or not,
whether tho law is to be enforced, or whether
money influence and big names Ire to rule con-
trary to prin iple, TO law, and to justice. l
would like to have that question settled. do
not like to be dragged into the merits OF the
question until the bill is fairly and sJuarely be-
tore the Senate. However, it IS common on q
morton to postpone, to gay whatever one feels
about tho bill and about the necessity for its
consideration at once. AS reason why it
should be so considered, 1 would say that it ls
bill OF the greatest importance. 1t is not
the pecuniary importance OF the offices OF
Mayor and Aldermen OF the City OF Charleston,
| not the nero enjoyment for q day or q seas on
of those offices. It is not the mere emo.uments
of the offices, but the heavcn-born pill
| ciples Of our own constitution and laws. These
lie at the foundation of this matter. And
whenever q vital matter of our constitution
and laws comes up, it should command and ar
rest the attention of every lover Ofhis country,
OF law, order and justice. And those arc the
principles that have been assailed violently,
shamclessly assailed by set ct men, few
men IN the City of Charleston. Will the Gene
raj Assembly, when such is the fact, allow such
believe not. When such question arises, the
Senate should act at once, arrest all its lapors.
and apply The remedy. These are my
feelings on the subject. am ready to show
to tue Senate that the bill is wise, just, legal
and right. If fail to show any candid man
these things, thea 1 ask any candid man NC 10
vote against the bill. If | do not show on this
floor that this bill is simply bill to enforce
the laws of the State as promulgated Ill tho
acts of this General Assembly, then l ask SEN
| ators to votc against it. On the other hand, II
I am able to show that it is o vind!cation
Of our acts. OF the constitution, vindicatlon
OF ourselves as a political body and reprcsen-
tative. government, then vote ior IL. - enl
not able to show that all these things are IN
voyed and meet in this question, then vote
against the bill. But if I do show them, then,
in Gods name, I ask every man to vote for
this bill.
words OF the author OF this bill, said i'll so elo-
quent and appealing manner. man must be
very hard-hcarted 10 resist. But am govern
cd by what little brains l possess instead OF
ary soft words the smooth, oily tongue ct q
senator may choose TO indulg; IN. Had the
senator seen DIT to say that when this bill
! pas.ns Mr.. Pillsbury and his Aldermen Will be
seated in their seats and all business before
the courts stopped, he might, perhaps, have
convinced some o. the senators that there was
a pressing necessity for the passage OF the bill.
Does the senator believe that the passage oil
this bill will scat MIR. Pillsbury or any of his
Aldermen? Does he believe II. If he does not
believe it, WHY such unscenly haste? unsoc.niv
hccause it IS TIC most important b!ll presented
in the Senate. l called the attention ct sena-
tors TO this bill when 1t was Introduced by the
senator from Charleston. lie wanted to put 1t
upon Its second reading then and there and
made Just such :. speech why 1t should be read.
The cry was Of party he appealed FOR tne he-
publican party. That is all in the world IN IT,
rhere is not O senator upon the floor can SHOW
that if this bill passes Mr.. Pillsbury will be
any nearer his seat than he is to-day. Why
this haste? will tell you.
Some people think whenever they start to do
thing it should and ought to be done at
once. Ii anybody sees tit to 'cstion their
right, they ride over them rougns j. | sim
ply asked him this morning Ill reasonable,
gentlemanly way who wrote The petition OF the
citizens of Charleston he presented. He re-
piled in his iron voice That's nole Of your
business. He did not do it after the exact
style OF Forrest or some OF the other celebrat' 4
actors, but he did it the best way he coui..
He did it purposely.
Now, why did not the senator from Charles
ton show that MIR. PilIsbury will get his scat
II the bill passes Talk about party in this
body. You cannot do it here. Tho serators
are governed by reason. Show to them that
Mr.. plllsbury will get his seat by the passage
of the bill and it will be carried. 1 nm oppos-
ed to this bill, because it Will not give Mr.
Pillsbuiy his seat; but if any one says aui op-
poscd to auy measure that will bring this mat
ter to q speedy and final settlement, he states
wi at he is not authorized to state. l do not
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