The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-12-25


Representatives, would be a most dangerous
precedent, as 1t would enable one branch Of
the General Assembly which alone can prefer
charges TO paralyze the Executive arm OF the
State, while it denies the accused the right to
meet The accusers face 10 tace. Ifthe pending
resolution OF impeachment expresses the sense
ofthe House OF Representatives, and is in their
Judgment warranted by the law and the facts,
It is their duty to the State to 80 declare, and
not adjourn and leave in power officers whose
acts merit such charges If the resolution does
not express the sense Of the House, then JUS
tice 10 the people and the accused imperative
~ demands that the House should so declare
without further de,av.
Very respectfully,
R. h. SCOTT, Governor.
The fyliowing is the proclamation:
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
To the Honorable the Members Of the Senate
and House Of Representatives. Of the Cen
erdl assembly of the State Of South Caro-
lima:
Whereas. Resolutions OF impeachment
against the Governor and the treasurer OF the
State were introduced into the House OF
Representatives on the 18th day OF December,
1871; aud, whereas, by reason OF q concurrent
resolution adopted by the Senate and House OF
Representatives the General Assembly will ad-
jOdrn at three O'cock P. b., on Friday, the
22d instant. during the pendency and consid-
eratioa of the said resolution OF Impeachment,
such adjournment to continue until the 5th
day OF January prox and, whereas, it ls
neither decent nor proper and Is injurious 10
the interests of the State that such adjourn
mant should take place while the Governor
and State treasurer are charged in pending
resolution with ''high crimes and misdemean-
ors," without having definite vote taken
upon such charges;
Therefore know ye, that l, Robert +. Scott,
Governor OF the State OF South Carolina. deem
ing this an extraordinary occasion, do by virtue
OF the authority vested in me by the constitution
of said st ,ts, call upon the members OF 'he Sen
ate and House of Representatives OF the State OF
&outh Carolina to convene in General Assem-
bly, at The Sratehouse in the City OF Colun bia.
,at IL O'Clock, meridian. on Saturday, the 2Sd
day Of December. a. D., 1871.
In testimony whereof. &C., ~
(Siguedl r. h. SCOTT. Governor.
F. L. CARDozO, Secretary OF State.
The reading of these documents caused no
surprise whatever, for efficient measures had
been taken last night to bring the Proposition
to the notice of every member of the House
long before the hour Of assembling. and no
action was taken upon them. General Whip
per having had the floor at the time of ad-
journm-nt yesterday, attempted TO continue
his remarks, but was interrupted by Lee, who
demanded the right to make what he called
ssprivleeed notion" to the effect that all de-
bate on the resolution then pending before The
House be then closed. and that the House take
a vote on the said resolution The speaker
ruled, against dozen protests, IN iaVor OF
Lese right 10 introduce his resolution after
first obtaining the leave OF the House. and
Lee asked, accordingly, the leave of the
House to make his motion. Bowen raised the
point OF order that such q proceeding would
require the unanimous consent OF the House,
but this was decided not well taken by the
a special order for Saturday, the 9th Of
January, but was interrupted by Lee, who
called the previous qles ion on the whole
matter. the call was sustained, and
Lees motion being put, was carried by
vote of siXry-seven to twenty-five. General
Whipper had, IN the meantime, been protest.
Ing against this summary Invasion OF his
right to the floor, and when the roll was called
on Lees motion, he persistently refused to
vote, declaring that the whole proceeding was
out of order. In former cases where members
have objected to voting upon the call of the
yeas and nays, it has been the custom Of the
speaker 10 compel the rebellious member 10
vote, but In the present instance, and for rea.
sons best known 10 hn self, the speaker, after
General Whpper's refusal to vote, ordered
the roll to be made up and the vote an.
nouoced as above. Hurley raised the point of
while Que OF themembeIs had failed to vote,
but this only provoSed the threat from Byas
that they could afford to eXpel every member
refusing 10 vote, upon which Mr. Hurley cnal-
legged him to Try 1t il he dared, but no rullhg
wasmade by the speaker upoG the point OF
order.
Byas then moved to suspend the rule re-
uuirins the House 20 adjourn at o'clock, and
upon this, the previous question being called
and sustained by siXty-one 10 tWenty-one, the
mo'iou was cairled-sixty-.hree TO twenty
hve.
Next came the vote, under the operation of
the previous question, called by Lee, upon the
resolution to strike out the resolving clause
of fthe&esolution impeaching Governor Scott,
and this resulted in the main triumph OF the
day for the Hessians. by a vote ofsixty-threG
to thirty-two.
Briggs. BIAS, Cor8in, Cousart, Crews, Dam
nerly. J. Davis, Dennis, Elliott, Ellison, Farr,
Ferguson, Gather, Gardner. Carey, Green.
Guffin, Harris, Hart, c. D. Hayne. j. Il.
Hayne, Hedges, Henderson, Holmes Hudson
Johnson. Johnson Jones, Keith, Lee, Liltlefelds, Mad
docks. McDaniels, T. D. Mcdowell, W. Nc
DoWell. Mead. Milton. Mobley, Moore, Mick
ey. Nerland, Nuckles, O'Connel, Ramsay,
Reedish, Rivers, Saunders. A. L. Singleton,
J. P. Singleton, Small Smart. Smith, Sump-
ter, Tarton, j. W. Thomas, Wallace, Warley,
Wnue-elSty-lnfee. ,
Bowen, Bowley, L. Cain, Crittenden, 7. A.
Davis, Derrick, Doyle, Duncan, Ford. Frost,
Glover, Goodson, Goggins, Hunter, Hur,ey,
Jervey, Logan, Miles, Sellers, Shanklin, Smith,
Taylor, ". NJ. Thomas, Thompson, Whipper,
wilkes, Williams, Wilson, Wofford, Yocum-
thirty-two.
The leader Of the Hessans then followed up
his victory by calling up the resolution to i'm
peach the treasurer, aud on this long debate
epsued. Hurley denounced In unmeasured
terms the shameless bribery that had that
morning defeated justice, and openly accused
the leader of the Governors party wiz. having
been Paid twelve thousand three hundred and
twelve dollars and fifty cents. He declared
that he had himself received letter from one
0khe thieves whom they were trying to pun
lin which we're the words "vote for me
,ou may name your own price"
zen protested against the high-handed
that ta1 been perpetrated, not, ne