The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-01-19
,pRou QUE own CORRESPONDENCE


The history of the Virginia struggle will be
memorable ut least in the volumes or the Con.
rrcssional Globe. Since the debate commenced
on the question OF the admission OF that State,
one week ago to-day, three hundred and fifty
columns OF verbatim reports OF the discussion
have been printed, and there will Oe hiteen or
twenty more of the debate going on In the Senate
as l write; and yet so degenerated In ability IS
the Senate aud House OF Representatives OF the
United States in Congress assembled, that
it is doubtful If, out of some fifty speeches
made on this question, more than one
ur two can be regarded Is flrstclass. Those that
have commanded the most attention when they
were delivered, were those Of Judge Bingham, OF
Ohio, on the Republican side, and Hon. S. S. Cox,
OF New York, on the Democratic side; and the
least ameng the many, was benjamin Franklin
WhIttcmorc, OF South Carolina" rs lie Is styled
by the rocall OF the House. Mr. Cox lndulged
in so keen vein OF rldicule in pctnrlng The "lun-
damcntal conditions" which Whittemore sought
to exact from the State (but which were repudl-
ated by the IIousc) thai the members and specta-
tors were convulseh with laughter. MIR. c. spoke
of the "Mnsaic Convention which wlntercd in
Richmond In lSG7-GS," aud proceeded to ask:
WHO will Say thai a conven Ion made up Of the
Underwoods, Welses ami Chambers, tthe success
Sprs Of Jefferson, George Mason ami MNtll1DGl-
iursooth y who incubated that system OF IRON
clad tests which even the military Sclolel'l de-
riled AMI the people rejected were iit LEGISLATORS
Of all the aqcsf Oh, yes they knew IL HI alia Ior
all time When they and their il!loriers here
die, ull wisdom dies with them ! Your blll says
"neyer 7, "never l'' shall their work b. changrd
4 convention where ignorance was representing
Intelligence, nntl where spite prevailed anu hol
4 tt,a ,l.It n
field hands, wlU had sharpeneh their inlnaS on tilc
razor sirap aml culgcrtl their BRAINS with their
ox.gOads, and had learned some lessons ol kinl'
ness towards their Oil masters, were cohstran-
ctl To belle their loving natures by white pravid0
ana cUnuing-can such u convention WORK hctttI
than PrUvitlence7 Ills heavens arc 10 he rolled
I'D like scroll Int we make the work OF these men
cicnial. The Scasons shall come AMI go IN their
beautiful procession along the buc.tntcd mon-
tans hut this Radical structure snail outlFr
their rocky ridge ln that grand inlurc uoWh
which tue historian Alison gaZel when he
saw British GREATNESS setting IN Tic ,o uIl ,L" U,
namc uf England shou!d survive, nnilcr tic
shadow uf aiicrnt rrnowll. through II hundred
and fifty million Of men in North America speak
ing its language and glurylnG In It's descent;"
when from ocean ~ ocean anu cqIlatort0 pulc lie
uccan.bUund republic Of our dreams SHOULD ARISE,
sounding down this gorgeous, perspective cnrr-
dor uf the future, We hear the voice VI tnls VII
rInia convention OF 1893 squcaEing out its little
treble lyon shall never never Change the
work OF this tcSsclatc1 black and Willie conVen-
tl0n OF 1858 l'' And when in that future The teen'
Ing valleys and hills of Virginia shall smile with
cultivation, her population oil twenty-five millions
Shall be elevated In the culture or tile advanced
oaninry; her magnificent rivers bear her produce
10 the sea with Inventions un,lrcamed Of by us;
her cities rival those Of tho Grnocse, Venetian.
butch and Spanish III conmcrclai enterprise
tIen metlllnks hear the penny-whiStlt or this
Virginia convention unIl this Congress still sGln
ing down the gorgeous perspective, NO cnangG
Never never disturb the work OI the Mosaic
statesmen of 1858 With them all wisdom lived,
and with them Ill wisdom llles
In striking contrast with the temper OF most of
the Radical members Of the House, exhibited In
this Virginia discussion, was the speech OF hlr.
Fitch, OF Nevada, new ami youGg member Of
the House, and q thoroughgolng Republican. In
appealing To Congress TO admit The State without
further conditions, he said:
For myself will not deny her; can feel no re-
IOclng for her humiliation; will not laugh at
her calamliy; canuut mock her woe. After all
IS said, Republican thnlEh nln. she Is Il part 0l
my country. AMI / viii not Insult hrs snrrnwS.
Fur Virginia az OF old for arrogant. rtheliiolls,
threatening Virginia. we found prompt tetlanrc-
the thunder Of artillery, thr tramp Of armed men,
and devastation from tile mountains To tile sea.
But for the new Virginia which cnergrs rom iiie
smoke OF battle, for Virginia. who places hrr ,"l:y
and her sin behind her, for virginia cintic'l III
the garments of freedom and with the pledge nl
equal rights upon her lips. can llhh no w"rus
save those OF welcome and confidence ava clctr.
Now that this Virginia. question is ont OF 'hr
way, Congress intends turning It's attention 10
the lax, nnh tariff nnd appropriation bills VI
course Mississippi VIII be along this week o:
next, but the chairman or the Reconstruction
Committee states that she can be admitted under
the moving Of the previous question; that there is
no objection to her admission, and that coisp-
auently not word Of debate Is necessary. TN
the Senate side, there are one Or TWO important
trra: ica to be satisfied or rcjecicd-it Is hard TO
say which will resrll-but there is not much haste
manifested over thcn for senator's very general
ly ser:tl arrrse to the San Domingo treaty; AMI
~ regards the money expended by the Executive
fa9 the sanana Bay lease, there Is very gene
r:, a.yecuaent that Congress must take sumo