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

.AAy OAA In MI Il OAVS Os
Here in RichIand they elected q Olerk Of
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-
nil the business Of that Office. I suppose Tim
has been intimidated, and is afraid to apply for
his Office. [Laughter from Tim, who was sit
I :" the ,ssa table of Tim
his case before the Supreme Court, and then it
might take more than that. Tim, soto Uoce,
"My Democratic friends would raise q hun-
dred Thousand dollars for me-" Great laughter. ]
Nash. believe we should deal with this
matter at once.
He knew senator's On this floor had made up
their minds how they were going to vote on
it at all hazards. The Senator from Barnwell,
for instance, could not be convinced to any
other course when he has made up his mind
to vote. He would vote every time as he voted
on the irst ballot. He knew there was such
thing as senator's opposing any measure be-
| cause presented by q certain other senator.
But, for himself, he would say that il mea-
sure n was presented by even the most violent
benefit Of the people Of the State he (the
speaker) would not oppose such measure.
This is Q matter which he believed to be the
life Of his party, the Republican party in
He not only favored the measure because he
believed it to be right, butAke favored it as q
party measure. He was 'wifMSg and ready to
meet the issue, and he believed all the friends
Of the bill were ready to meet it to-day. Let
| us, he said, commence now. ST know and feel
we are going to spend q day or two in discus
sion and argument. There will be, no doubt,
all sort OF subterfuge used to prevent the pas
sage OF the act, and the friends Of the bill may
have to adopt those means to keep it from
being defeated. Why not 60 on? He hoped
it would not be postponed.
| from Rlchland. For the last week we have
been discussing @ matter very similar to the
motion now before the Senate (Enotlon to post
pone consideration of bill increasing judges
salaries). am glad to see that the senator
from Richland has come over to virtue = side.
am opposed to postponement unless 1t can be
shown we are not ready to meet the question.
| floor but what has had this matter before him.
They have had the reports, full reports, in the
newspapers Of Charleston, and every man here
has made up his mind how he will vote on this
will be five days or five months hence. There
| fore, unless the senator from Barhwell can give
me good reasons for the proposed postpone
ment,I shall certainly vote against his mo-
| tiOn. -.
| MIR. Corbin. am exceedingly anxious that
| this matter should be disposed Of at once
People outside as well as in the Senate, have
| been very busy, in this matter. For my own
4 PuAos WOulO lIho W huOW tO-uBy, WQ0CQ0r I'LL }
Republican party has any existence or not,
| whether tho law is to be enforced, or whether
money influence and big names are to rule con-
| trary to printiple, to law, and to justice.
not like to be dragged into the merits of the
question until the bill is fairly and sauarely be-
tore the Senate. However, it is common on q
motion to postpone, to say whatever one feels
about the bill and about the necessity for it's
consideration at once. As a reason why It
| should be so considered, would say that it is
O bill OF the greatest importance. It is not
the pecuniary Importance Of the Offices of
Mayor and Aldermen OF the City OF Charleston,
not the mere enjoyment for . day or O season
| of those Offices. It is not the mere emo!ument
OF the. offices, but the heaven-born prin-
ciples OF our own constitution and laws. These
| lie at the foundation of this matter. And
| whenever vital matter of our constitution
and laws comes up, it should command and ar
rest the attention Of every lover Of his country,
Of law. order and Justice. And those are the
shamelessly assailed by set Of mon, q few
men IN the City Of Charleston. Will the Gene
raj Assembly. when such is the fact, allow such
@ shameless, tyrannical abuse Of position ?
Senate should act at once, arrest all its labors,
and apply the remedy. These are my
feelings on the subject; am ready to show
and right. LII fail to show any candid man
these things, then I ask any candid man to
vote against the bill. IF do not show on this
floor that this bill is simply bill to enforce
acts Of this General Assembly, then ask SEN
| ators to vote against it. On the other hand if
l am able to show that it is vindication
OF our acts, Of the constitution, vindication
OF ourselves as q political body and represen-
tative. government, then vote for it. II am
not able to show that all these things are in
volvea and meet in this question, then vote
against the bill. But ii do show them, then,
in Gods name, I ask every man to vote for
this bill. .xt
| Mr.. Leslie. After the eloquent and affecting
words OF the author of this bill, said in so elo-
quent and appealing manner, Q man must be
very hard-hearted to resist. But am govern
ed by what little brains 1 possess instead Of
any soft words the smooth, oily tongue Of a
senator may choose to indulgs in. Had the
senator seen at to say that when this bill
passes Mr.. Pillsbury aud 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
2 pressing necessity for the passage Of the bill.
Does the senator believe that the passage Of
this bill will seat Mr.. Pillsbury or any or his
Aldermen? Does he believe it. IF he does not
believe it, why such unseemly haste2 unseemly
because it is the most important bill presented
tors to tins bill when it was introduced by the
senator from Charleston. He wanted to put it
upon its second reading then and there, and
made just such Q speech why,it should be read
The cry was Of party he appealed FOR the Re-
publican party. That is all in the world in it.
There IL not senator upon the floor can show
that if this bill passes Mr.. Plllsbury will be
any nearer his seat than he is to-day. why
this haste will tellyou.
Some people think whenever they start to do
thing 1t should and ought to be done at
once. once ]. \ anybody sees dt to question their
ply asked him this morning in reasonable,
gentlemanly way who wrote the petition OF the
Fcitizehs Of Charleston he presented. He re-
piled in his iron voice !: That's noae OF your
business" He did not do it after the exact
style OF Forrest or some or the other celebrated
actors, but he did 1t the best way he could.
He did it purposely. G1s't 8
Now, why did not the senator from Charles
ton show that Mr.. Pillsbnry viii get his seat
II the bill passes Talk about party in this
body. You cannot do 1t here. The Senators
MIR. Pillsbury will get his seat by the passage
Of the bill and 1t will be carried. I am oppcs-
cd TO this bill. because it will not give Mr.
Pillsbury his seat; but il any one says an, OBJ
posed to any measure that will bring this mat.
ter 70 speedy and final settlement, he states
wLat he is not authorized to state. do not
believe the laws or South Carolina should be
tefied. There Is 9 law upon the statute book
that makes IL n nirh mo fn1 opv v,oo,, <>la