The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-18


mission. AMI to report whether there he any
| truth In them or not. Such method, il properly
carried out VIII have better effect than all the
icfcnccs of the commissioner himself. There arc,
as have before stated, numerous reports aiioat
rejecting upon the operations of the commission
| and the sooner they are proved dsprovc1l the
better for all. concerned.
TnR STATE CoNsTABI.Es sHUBsEp.
| 1twill be remembered that u short time ago
| Nash introduced in the Senate u bill to protect
the state police from arrest for alleged offences
| committed by them In the discharge OF their du.
ties, which provided that they could not be arrest
cd upon any alleged offence whatever, and also
providing that any magistrate who issued war
| rant for the arrest Of any one Of them upon any
| alleged offence Should be fined or imprisoned.
Tho bill was referred to the Judiciary Committee,
which reported unfavOra,Iy, stating substantially
that they were no better than white people gcncr-
ally, and should lie subject To arrest and penalties
! common to all mUrtals who live under laws. To-
| day, In the Senate, the report was taken up aud
adopted without dissenting voice.
There Is considerable talk Of abolshing the
State consnbulary force.
| THE ABDEviLLE SENATORIAL ERECTION
| Tho report OF thc Committee OH Privileges
AMI Elections tsigHed by lloyt Powers AMI Rosc,)
| on the report OF tue county canvasscrs for hbbc-
willie County, In an election which was held OH
2th OF May, 1869, TO choose senator for the said
county, anu recommending that as l.. l.. Guilin
would have clear majority OF forty eight, II the
Calhoun Mills precinct. where the vote Illegal
| he thrown out, he should be admitted TO seat in
| the Senate, was taken up.
AUTHORITY WANTED.
Leslie desired the chairman of the committee to
state if the law OF the land, rs construed 10y Con-
!! grcss AMI legislative bodies, authorized the
throwing out the vote 1t one. poll Without vitiat-
Ing the whole election; he WAS satisfied that the
| chairman had fully Investigated the matter, had
| "read up" was "postcd," anu he would like for
| him to furnish his authority or authorities for
| recommending that the vote at precinct be
cast out, and the person who received q majority
| without the vote Mt that one be admitted to n
| scat
Hoy. said he took the best legal advice In the
State in regard TO the propriety and legality OF
the recommendation. Leslie thought that was
"vcry indefinite authority" and SO stated, where
upon Hoyt stated that he did not consider it
| necessary 70 give his authority.
LESLIE CALLS FOR THR LAW.
| Leslie said he was advised that there was no
law authorizing any such recommendation us
that OF the committee; there were lfty cases on
the books which clearly showed that no action
such as was recommended could be taken. Leslie
then called upon the "loynl scnator' (Corbln) to
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months, had studied and thought or nothing else
but elections and laws bearing upon them, and
was, therefore, fully competent to enllghten the
| senators, to give them the law bearing unon the
case IN hand.
Corhin, after volunteering the gratuItous infor-
nation that he was Republican, but was some
times called Radical, AMI then stuiing tina, he
| would vote to admit the man, whether Radical or
Democrat, who was fairly elected, asserted as his
| Ipt,tD tDt. fl,ot
was entitled 10 the seat; that there was no law
| which would warrant the Senate In acting upon
the recommendation OF the committee. lie then
offered resolution providing that the Abbevile
election he declared null and void and TINT
neither Colonel Cothran nor Gunln be entitled to
O seat.
TIKI fScESnIARY RoGE.
Montgomery (iu the chair remarked that there
was similar case i'll his mind which the legisla-
tive hody interested disposed or amd that was
Judge !iogc's. Congress admitted him to n seat
to which lie was elected by majority OF three
| thousand votes against him. Leslie asserted that
the reason Of his being admitted was because his
| opponent tltcldl was not qualified 10 accept the
scat.
WENT BACK uroS THE coMNlTrEE.
Rose said that though his name appeared
among the signatures 10 the report, he knew
l,no,hing OF the Abbcyllic election case, and he
"
thorough al investigation rs it was ordered TO lo
They had acted entirely too hastily In the matter,
and instead Of investigating as they shouhl have
done, had gotten up tile report outside of the
committee room. lioyt said that NJ Rose had
gone back upon the committee, he would state
that although he tlt.) WAS frequently sum.
mOncd 10 attend the committee Investigations,
| he had only come once. Tic committee had had
twelve a!!t.av;.s from G,;;iin and ten from Colo
mel COtEr.n, and they had examined lhcn anu
atcrward considered that they could make rs
fair and jus, report as they could do if
they examined any number OF witnesses
and dclilieratcd for three months.
BLOOD FOR BLOOD.
Leslie ha,l hy this time succeeded in getting n
copy of The law, and proct cde TO read case after
case, the DECISIONS OF which supported Corbin';
| position. MaXWCl commenced 10 speak In sun.
| port o! C0rhin's resolution, and recon- mendcd n
new election lie waI interrupted by Iloyt who
desired 20 know ii lie knew how many lives had
been sacrificed at the last election, and how MANY
more would hc sacrificed ir another were held; to
which Maxwell replied that he had said. when
The question was UP before, that if 1t cost 500 600
| it should he held, az u precedent must he cs-
| tabllslcd which would rcdoand 10 the homer of
the State. There must be no more lives lost We
Inust let the people Of tile State know that they
VIII bc protected In The expression or their opIM
Ions. If the people dare attempt mother act like
that 1T h5clll!c, IL VIII not stop with the sacrifice
| of one or two lives. TO prevent such occurrences
| requires only determined, manly action OIL the
part OF The now oppressed people. lf We order
another election the Republicans OF that county
Will he inspired and will carry II. lIaync wanted
C0rbin's resolution adopted. Since the ratIuca.
t!on Of tic constitution tho people or Abbcville
had not been allowed TO give q free expression OF
opinion ut the ballot-boX. In his county (Marion)
thcy u5cd to lave murders and ouiragcs upon
the people, but since II WAS understood by tho
Democrats thnt for every man killed by them two
OF them would die, elections passed or quietly,
and the people enjoyed their rights lie believed
In 'iit Tor tat" lie was willing 10 go to Able
vile md hcip,o secure the rights of the oppressed
people; tCain, lnterrupting him, "will you be the
last man f'D lie had smclt IS, powder before, and
4 was willing to smell IT. again.