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

COLUMBIA, S. c., February At : SENATE
to-day was crowded with visitors in e1pecta-
ton OF hearing the discussion on the Charles
ton election Use. Some little preliminary
business was transacted, and at l 2. NJ. the
special order, being the bill to confirm and de-
clare valid the recent election of Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Charleston, was call
ed up.
MIR. Leslie moved that the special order be
discharged and made the special vrder for
Tuesday next, at P. N.
Mr.. Allen rose to oppose the motion of the
senator from Barnwe:l. He said he was un-
willing to be treated any longer with the utter
contempt exhibited by the Acting Mayor and
Aldermen of the City Of Charleston. in their
regard for the laws passed by the General AS
sembly. He said that if the gentlemen Of the
Legislature were willing to be tccmp!ed upon
by those men, then the bill should be postpon-
ed: but if they intend to assert their rights as
legislators, they would bring tbt matter to an
issue at once and decide i promrtiy.
Maxwell hoped the motion toEostpone would
not prevail, as repeated d;s,i,ssons Of the
same subject were injuri Iua t. he interests Of
tho State. He hoped it staa'"cs were not in
favor Of the bill they woIld go vote to post
pone its consideration.
Nash said he remembered i..:.t some years
ago, in 1850 he believed, Robert Barnwel said,
en- certain occasion IN tho Congress OF the
United States, if some bill passed he was going
home to tell the people Ot South Carolina to
put their houses III order, not to dlc Dut 10
i've.
Now be was willing to give the Democrats
all that bonestlv belonged to thcm; but he
would say that linen Republican is Gle ted
to office in this State, he wanted the lawyers,
whet er on Broad-streot in Charleston, or
Lady-strcet in Columbia, to know that that
Republican was going to hold his office.
Mr.. Allen. Did not the lawyers and press or
Charleston and the Democrats Of that city de-
clare in advance. that they would not abide by
the election, if Mr.. Plllsbury was successful
Nash said that ne did see some such advice
in the papers. But he wonld say that it Re
publican senators on this floor were going to
dodge this question from one time 10 another,
he would say to these senators from Charles
ton, when they leave these halls, to go homo
and tell their people to put their house IN or
der not to live but to die.
He wanted the Senate to understand this,
that when Republican was elected to any
Office in this State, as far as his (Nash's) vote
was concerned, and as far as his vote could do
it, he was willing to bring the whole power OF
the State to bear, to force the people to receive
ana Acknowledge tnaG HILL aS au oln0eA VI the
State.
The Republicans of Charleston elected their
man by twenty-five minority. In tho City OF
Columbia, the Democrats beat US by thirty-two
votes. We submitted, and if there ever was ali
election where the greatest frauds were perpc-
tratcd it was in this City of Columbia. But the
Republicans were dcfeatc and they yielded.
Money, in Charleston, has prevailed, and
doubtless has corrupted some Of the Republic
cans thcre. A majority of the acting Alder
men are said to be Republicans, yet they arc SO
tenacious U. Office that they want to hold on
ard not Weld to those they know to be duly
elected. Every three months gives the acting
Mavor over thousand dollars salliy, aud ho
can take that salary 10 fight Mr.. Pillsbury with
in the courts. He (Nash) was not willing to
leave it to tho courts or to any other person.
What are the rights OF the people ln this mat
ter? He was not willing to leave the question
of the rights Of the citizens OF the States to
the courts, judges, or any partlc1lsr lnoi-
vldual. The people OF Rlchland sent him tnere g
to represent them on this floor, and II he had
the power by his vote to protect them in their
rights, he intended to do it without any regard
to the Supreme Court, District Court or any
other court He wanted so see the Republican
senators here act as the Republican senators
did i'll Washington, when a Republican Mayor
and Alderman were elected, and the Democrats
world not give item their Offices. Congress
lcgislated the Republicans into their posi-
ton. If Mr.. Pillsbury and his Aldermen
have been elected, as shown by the highest
number of votes. be wanted them put into
Office if it required the Governor to call out the
whole force OF the State for that purpose.
It appears that every Republican elected to
Office las TO fight his way into that Office.