The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-11

'R 1861.
Wright gave notice Of q bill to regulate th'
agencies OF insurance companies not incorpo
| rated in the State of South Carolina.
| Mr.. Jillson, from the Committee on the Re
moval of Political Disabilities, to whom was re
| ferred the petitions of j. s. Linder, j. w. A
| Hardness and DIR. G. NJ. Rivers, reported bacl
| the same, with a recommeD dation that the
! prayers OF the petitioners be granted, and ac
companied by concurrent resolution, that the
General Assembly recommend TO the Congress
OF The United States the removal Of their pollt
ical disabilities. Ordered for consideration OF
| Monday.
Hayne, of the special committee on the pen.
| itentiary, submitted the following report
| day:
The spacial committee on the penitentiary,
to whom was referred the message OF his Ex-
cellency R. K Scott, Governor, relative to the
the Same, and beg leave toIeport:
That they fully concur with his Excellency
that change in the penitentiary is necessary
to to Il the I protection of the public interest Now
sion, they venture 10 hope that the change
may be sp ,edily effected. Upon reference to
the ,Aot to provide for the government OF the
South Carolina Penitentlary," passed Septem-
Der 2a, 1868, second section, it viii be seen the
Governor has power to appoint o superintend-
ent. by and with the advice and consent Of the
Senate. BY the thirteenth section Of said act,
the Governor has also power, by and with The
iceand consent of the Senate, to appoint
three directors of the State Penitentiary.
These several officers once appointed have
such powers, and are under such restrictions,
that your committee can but believe great
Improvement will speedily take place in the
affairs OF the penitentiary. When his Excel.
lency shall have made the appointments, your
committee recommend immediate action on
the part Of the Senate. Till then your COM
mittee conceive no action to be necessary on
tho part of the Senate.
The bill to organize and govern the militia Of
the State of South Carolina was taken up for u
second reading, and considered by sections.
Quite large audience gathered in tho Senate
chamber to hear the discussion on this bill.
It was known that Senator Leslie was reso-
would fight it to the end i append short
synopsis OF the speech, which occupied about
two hours in delivery.
Mr.. Leslie moved that the further consider
alton Of the bill be indefinitely postponed. He
carried the bill home with him last night, but
not, he said, like Daniel Webster or Hayne, to
sleep over 1t. neither did he sleep on it. He
was not, therefore, prepared to do justice to
the subject. He desired to say that Of all mon
in this world the most practical are the Yam
KEGS, and this State government practically is
government that it it is not Yankee, it is
pretty we'll Yankeeized. 1t was right too, he
progress in this country, oil there is Of popular
advancement and education, has come directly
from the North, and he challenged any one to
deny it.
Now, ther, the Senate is called upon 10 pass
2 bill to organize and govern the militia OF
South Carolina. They were sitting there as
practical pr men, and they meant to be practical.
They advertise to be practical. and that is
the reason why the party to which most Of
them belonged had. so far, succeeded. They
are . party Of progress, Q party Of knowledge,
9 party Of hfes and party that is ctical m
every sense Of the word slow to action, slow
hr1t otfrol
The militia. he contended, could snsy be called
HI: 81 slissa 5 sMe ssa'sass sRssss
nsanSe.from combinations 21 OF the opposition is
come so riotous that he cannot keep the peace,
he has under the law the right to read the riot
act, and it he cannot disperse them, then the
militia is called out. The second is when the
Governor decl.res martial law IN any county in
the State. AS to the first case, he would ask
any friend OF the bill If there had arisen a case
in the State OF South Carolina where the militia
could have been legally and properly called out
if organized: Perhaps somebody would say,
Eyes they killed q man up in Abbeville." WE'LL
they could not use the militia to arrest that
man. They might kill a half dozen up in New
berry, and they could not use the militia to
arrest those parties.
1t was, as he had said before, that there
were only two contingencies in which the mil
ltia could be used. When could the Governor
declare martial law !? Not unless the conduct
State is such that it is impossible to enforce
the law, and where the civil officers are pre-
vented from discharging their duty. When
the people become 80 riotous and are in such
force their writs, then the Governor can de-
clare martial law. It cannot be declared when.
ever the GovernOt pleases, and LAM certain said
the speaker, that our Governor or the Cover
nor Of any other State would be very careful Of
taking any such step unless there was case
OF real necessity.
Up to this time there had been no possible
contingency in which the militia could be
used, and if it could not up to this time.
snr %nem GndeT heavea viii they be called upon
ganize the militie, and put it practically into
being? You have got to get the men to come
up ana bs enrolled, you have got to get guns
and clothing, and then you must have Quar-s
whose business it is to heal all the aim snts,
and somebody else to furnish all tho uniforms
coats, hats and boots. and then you have to
get some one to contract for them. Well, after
they have done all that sort OF business, I ask
the friends OF the bill in what year Of the Lord
will probably com a,once operations? II no
cases have yet arisen, I ask in what other year
Of our Lord they can arise?
I think that the people, and desire toRay
it to the opposition, to tine Democracy of this
State, to the Radicals of this State, and to al
not within those two parties, that propose to
disturb the peace OF the State after the last
electlOn, ana are persistent In making covert
war upon reconstruction and the State Gov
ernment Of South Carolina, that their labors in
that direction should cease. We all believe. all
fair-minded men believe, that the question Of
reconstruction was practically settled by Gene
raj Grants election. Whatever there is Of evil
in the present organization OF this State GOV
ernment will curry of, and at the next regular
election all the evils they complain Of can be
substantially corrected. There are counties in
this State that have very bad reputation,
whore some have not acted with order nor in
the true interests of all the people. or nv
own district. Barnwell I have q right to say
that more peaceable people does not ex-
ist, and not single case Of t:ou-
bic or difficulty has arisen.,. Each man
living condition. The price of land was ad-
vanced one hundred per cent. say, the
minds of the people are directad towards the