The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-17

| commissioners. Wncn CoTulu GoHCiuoeu, SaIn
stated that, 'by request" lie wouid inform the
Senate tina. the Comptroller and Attorney Gene
rails did not desire 10 be placed on the board anu
| had so stated, giving as their reasons that IN
their present official capacity they would tf not
made members of the commission) he compelled
to examine into and report upon matters con-
nected with the commission.
BIG YANKEE TO BLOW GABRIEL's HORN.
The above statement OF Gains caused quite
s'arge. incredulous smile'' to brighten the faces
OF the majority Of the senator's, which expressed
the thought: Well, that's all clap-trap Leslie
did not see what right the aforesaid generals hau
to saw ANYTHING about their willingness or unWll-
ingness to serve; it was for the Legislature, not
for them, to say what they should or should not
do. This bill was good thing, nearly all States
had sinking fund, and these proposed commits
sloncrs were the men for the place. The people
would he satisfied with them, at least most peo-
ple would be; solc people in the State wouldn't
be satisfied if two angels were sent from heaven
to be commissioners; when the angel Gabriel
blows his trumpet, some OF them will swear that
it isn't him. but some old Yankee blowing abig
| horn.
| EXTENT OF LEsLIE's INTEREST.
| tion, and Johnson attempted to renew 1t then,
but Donaldson kept the Aoer, lauded The TWO
| generals and moved to add 10 the commission
ers the chairman Of the Committee on Finance OF
| the Senate, and the chairman OF the Committe OF
Ways and Means OF The House OF Representa-
tIyes. Nash expressed unbounded confidence IN
Governor Scott. He was gratifed to hear Of tile
modcsty of the two generals, who were gentle
men of refinement, culture and intellectually, IN
desiring not to be commissioners, and he was III
| favor OF gratifying them. He didn't know what
right they had to say that they didn't want 10
serve; but then he'd like to know why the Cover
nor and Secretary OF State did not serve on
the advisory board Of the land commission when
they were appointed to do so: he even recolected
that the Senate had to adopt resolution instruct
ing theAttorney General to taSe care OF the states
interest In phosphates when 1t was his duty TO 10
go. Here Leslie wanted TO know If Nash, had he
been the Attorney General would have interfered
with the poor people who were earning living
by digging phosphates. Nash said the Attorney
General had taken an oath to attend to the duties
OF his onice, and II he had not done SO, lie had
violated that oath. Leslie started to interrupt
Nash again, but he would not permit 1t. and turn
ing to Leslie said: know that you arc ueepiy
interested in this bill-heart, soul and mind, and
know that you'd rather die and SO where the
devil drove his hogs than have this bill even
| amended.
| ..RAcE, COLOR OF PREVIOUS CONDITION."
Donaldson here spoke In favor OF his motion TO
add the chairmen OF the two committees, anu
COMMUNICATED both OF them highly. Rainey
stated that he was willing to serve il the Senate
saw fit to appoint him, aud would do his best 10
attend to his duties, and mentioned incidentally,
that there seemed to be O disposition to object
to man with a brown or black SKIN
serving in any OF the importan. places. Perhaps
| his brown skin might be an objection, perhaps
| not. As soon as Raney sat down, Nash secureu
the floor and said I know that this bill is
going to be passed as it stands. / know that
some Of the senator's here say, in their hearts,
..What, shall the sinking fund be controlled,
too by negroes 81 know that there is con-
spiracy among the Northern men to prevent the
colored senators from coming back. Somebody
said to me: "You and Wimbush may come, but
the rest shall not.n think the people OF Rich
land will not ask any one OF these men from tho
North who shall come back. / have confdenc"
now In our State officers, but II wA o. ' io' li'"s
,trr,nr rrnds. louu commissions, railroad joOs,
these ring men will soy, we'll tell you who Will
co to the legislature l am not willing to give
INV vote to help strangle our party; don't be-
,Iev. the Governor is in the ring was told by a
man who was inside OF the ring that he was told
by the the ring men that II he wouid "orh "
break down my influence In the county, they
would give him any ofnce he desired. Now
we have got to meet this question, and propose
to meet it right here. My people have majority
in this State, and claim that II these things
must 20 on that they shall keep at least some oi
tbjs mower In their own hands. You are putting
the patronage in the hands OF certain men; they
will control every nominating convention In the
State. the land commission has power, too,
which it Is using, and that ring will come to tue
co,ored men and say, you are living on the
lands OF the State and If you don'tdo this OF that
we will put you Oh. Mr.. Negro IS getting wide
awake, and If he don't look out for himself, he Is
a bigger fool than think he Is. The friends 81
this Sinking Fund bill, doubtless, say that this Is
too good a thing for two black scamps TO oc in.
srIIE sInocco CoMETn."
Mnch more did Nash say In this strain, during
which he mentioned that tile Ignorance ol INC
coorcd people was made use OF by the Northcrncrs
who had come among them, TO keep them down
and walk over them Into offices and secure the
patrouage Donaldson denied that the Northern
crs had made use Of tile colorcd people, and
stated that but for tic Northerners the colorcd
neoplc would be bad or indeed. However, this
was dangerous ground for the Northern senator
| To tread on, and, as Nash had said something
about ignorance, he turned to that point and ask.
ed Nash who but the colorca legislators had pre-
| vented a bill to provide for the education ol
their own race being passed last session.
Nash asserted that it was not due to tic
school commissioner OF Charleston County; his
intrigue and avarice had prevented it. For 4
short time the H.. .cusslon was kept within these
bounds, and the dangerous ground avoidcdi but.
] finally, Wimbush secured the tloor, and after de-
nouncng the bill as O "bad bill' and asserting
that those of the senators who voted for it rs it
stood would regret it before twelve months
elapsed, stated that whenever any patronage OF
favor was to be given, certain class of ncu got
it. He and the coored people generally were tired
! of such discrimination. lie had heard Of these
measures being on foot to put the neSFses out ol
| office and out OF politics; he would tell these
Northern men, who, it was alleged, were doing
this to beware; his people would not submit to IL.
| he would tell these men from across Mason anu
Dixon's Line, that if they succeeded, the coored
people would root up the Republican party, anl
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