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The Abbevills Senatorial Election.

in tho Senate by declaring tho Able
willie Senatorial election null and void
BY O. vote of IS to 6. Tho subject
c"mc up on the report Of the Commit
tee on Privileges and Elcctions, (sign
ed BY Hoyt, Powers and Rosc,) on tho
report of the county canvassors fol
Abbeville County, in an election whicl
was held on 25th Of May, 1869, te
choose a senator for tho said county
and rcco,nmc mcnding that as l.. L. Guf
fin would have a'clear majority of for
ty.eight, if the Calhoun Mills precinct
where the votes was illegal, be thrown
out, he should be admitted to scat il
the Senate;a and excited warm dis
oussion.
Hoyt said that he had takon thu
best legal advice, in regard to the pro
pricty and legality Of the recommends
ton. Leslie doubted his law, and
called upon Corbin to cxpound it
Corbin was of the opinion that neither
Colonel Cothran nor Guffin was cnti
tied to the scat; that there was no law
which would warrant the Senate in
acting upon the recommendation o1
the committee. lie then offered 8
resolution providing that tho Abbcville
election be declared null and void, and
that neither Colonel Cothran nor Guf:
fin be entitled to scat.
10 quote from tho report Of the
Charleston -Ne,0s, "Maxwell com
mencoed to speak in support Of Cor.
bins resolution, and recon- mcndcd a
new election. lie was interrupted by
Hoyt, who desired to know if he knew
how many lives had hecn, sacrificed 1T
tho last election, and how many more
would be sacrificed if another were
held; to which Maxwell replied that
lao had said, when the question was ",
before, that if it cost $780, 900 it should
he held, rs precedent must be cstab.
lished which would rebound to the
honor Of the State. There must be no
more lives lost. We must let the peo
pie of the State know that they will
DO protected in tho expression Of their
opinions. If the people dare to at
tempt another act like that at Abbe
Vile, it will not stop with the sacrifice
Of one or two lives. 10 prevent sucl
occurrences requires only determined
manly action on the part Of the now
oppressed people. If we: order anoth
cr election tho Republicans Of tha
county will be inspired and will carry
it. 1Iayno wanted Corbin;s resolution
adopted. Since the ratification Of til,
constitution, the people Of Abbevill,
had not been allowed to give fire,
expression Of opinion at the bulIot-box
In his c9dnfy pMarioh) they Il used t.
have murders and 'outragcs upon tn,
people, but since itwas understood b,
the Democrats thaf for. every; MA,
killed by44kBm two of them must die
elections passed off qsIietb; and tht
people enjoyed their rights. Hc be
lierad iu"tit for tatss'i;z.Hn was " illin 6
to go to! Ahbevilie andihelp. .ia secur,
The rights Of the oppressed cpeoplo
(Cain, interrupting him, aIEillyoutb,
tho last man ~, he Aadish,nlt esunpow
der before, aud was willing to smell i
again. ,.... .r.,...., ..... i,
Nash was opposed. to holding an
other election, and proceeded to spcal
contcmptuously' of the promises mad,
to protect tho colored people, when Il,
was interrupted by. Hayne with. ,th'
question; "Donlyou think tho Stat,
can do with the people of Abboyillc ..
the United States dill with the South
ern States-wlip them intoit?" Te
which Nash replied, that the Stat,
was different from the CAitcd States
besides, it didn't want to use force, i,
didn't want to use any but just It meas
ures to control tho people" -"
The yeas and nays wcre , called 10,
on the resolution, and taEan With The
following result: Ycaa- -ceYbin, Ar
min, Allen, Barber, Bicmniaqn, Cain
Dickson, Duncan, Poster, ''H HAYS
llayno, Johnston, Leslie, Maxwell
Reid, Rose, Rodgers, Sims (is.) Navs
-Donaldson, Jtllson, Montkan1etv
Mash, Rsiney, Wimbush fe.r Hx,
III One Senator was SO cohf4ap a. ha-
the; report'of Of the committee w6sid b,
adopted that he sent into the Ho,Ys,
for@the' Bible Of that body to swca,
Gumn'in. Gufin was pfoscfit diirin,
the: debate. .-f''rG - ,-dla,t yiia
- Gnfny we learn, saysithat he owe,
his defeat toaaea fact that he wonle
'netllondi himself t1 the sch ON es Of tb,
party in power.@he preferred to ssuf
sep affection, thanitoe enjoy tho pleas
ares of sin for a season!, He socri
feed: :ofico to principle, >Wscomment
his example to the imitation sof al
political aspirants. 2 i.ra,: 2.; :,
s9. See the advertisement of, Mr.
will rent on Saturday, tRe, 1st janu 81
ary next, the ,fapsAiae lands of Mrs
Alston, near the Villape-also III