The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-12-23
tanly vindicated their earnestness, courage
and steadfastness of purpose.

formal report of such Speecn as THIS pltltu
Hessian of the Governor is capable of making
would be an impossibiiity; but as nearly as his
points could be understood and translated into
English, they were as follows: He inveighed
against the senators who Were OF the floor ol
the House yesterday because 1t was iHdecOrou:
for them 10 endeayor to bring about tria
which was finally 10 come before them. He
declared the impeachment proposition farce,
because the attorney-general, comptroller'
General and secretary Of State were not i'm.
pleaded. He produced the following dispatch,
which he said was the reply of the Governor
| to Bowen's dispatch ofNOvember 8. 1871, read
in his speech yesterday:
| = COLUMBIA 5. c., November Q, 1871.
| Hon. c. c. BOlcen NelD York:
Iro not understand what Is being done When
/ leis thought everything was settled. aud the
trust company was TO take charge as the agent OF
the State. 4. K. SCOTT Governor.
He inveighed against Bowen for having
caused to be imprisoned five or six hundred
Door colored people who had ignocantly voted
| when they were under age. and he vaguely
| impugned the motives OF the member from
| Charles. on, and declared that he did not pro-
pose 10 be used as tool.
Jones was followed by Mr.. Frost. Of Will
liamsburg, to whom, by the way, some slight
Injustice was done in this correspondence
| few days ago, in enormously and unintention.
ally charging him with the paternity OF GER
tain bill seeking to remove one of the checks
upon the financial operations OF county com.
missioners. Mr.. Frost this morning arrayed
himself squarely and manfu;ly on the side OF
reform, and is fairly entitled TO the benefit OF
this correction. Mr. Frost attacked with
much vgor and very palpab.e effect the
| fimsy arguments from the other side, ana
showed, TO the satisfaction OF every h0nest
| lis ener, that the House was pledged to the
impeachment Of the Governor by adopting the
report and recommendations Of the special
committee; that the argument that the
present proceedings should fail because
| half a dozen other State officials had
| not been Included was as captious and silly as
| IL was dishonest and hypocrilicai; that TWO OF
the members who were opposing the I'm.
peachment (Jones ami Byas) had stultlhed
themselves By first signing the report recon-
mendlng Impeachment and then raising Their
feeble and unnecessary howl against 1t. AT
this point Byas, who had, during the whole oil
the speakers remarks been shouting out the
most unseemly Interruptions, asked MIN 10
Weld the floor 10 him for an explanation. Mr.
Frost replied that as an answer ID this re-
onest he would make TWO statements; first,
tnat he would always yield TO gentleman,
but to a gentleman only. and seconi that in
this case he could not Yield. This blow sent
Byas to grass very efectuay, and nothing
but the most potent 6luster was as heard S from rom
proceeding with his remarks aud admin
isterlng some tel ing blows In favor OF i'm
peachment when an opportune diversion was
created by the announcement OF "a message
from his EXcelency the Governor" There
was at once remarkable silence In tie House,
aud when the message, which had been rather
dramatically announced by the Governors
good looking secretary Noah, not Mackey.)
was found 10 contain simply the Executive ap..
prc sal of the bill to provide Tor the pay aud
mileage OF the members the Shrewdness oil
the Governors diplomacy was at once admit
ted. The further announcement was privately
circulated that the treasurer was ready 10
cash the pay certificates Of the members at
sight. and the certificates for the first time
In eleven months Went up to par. Mr. Frost,
resuming his argument, and after begging the
PARDON Of the House for bringing to notice
such contemplate object, pro ceeded lurther
to eXcoriate Byas. whom he designated as
t'the sixth member Of The committee OF hve.'
He read from the Journal Of the 9th Inst. TO
show that Byas had moi been appointed on 'he
investigating committee OF which Mr.. Bowen
was chairman. but had in some mysterious
way put himself upon 1t, and had then eagerly
signed the report which had brought On tue
Impeachment propos .tion, and which ne was
now as eagerly opposing; and ne drew lhe IT.
resslible Inference that he had gone on the
committee To be bought up By The Governor.
and had since efrec,eI the sale
Mr.. Frost concluded al two o'clock. and was
succeeded by General Whipper oil the same
side OF the question. General Wnpper an
nouuced that ne did not propose to submit 10
the senseless Interruptions that seemed 10
form the basis Of the enemy's tactics. and That
he would yield the floor to no one except 10
ask a question. He then said that before
going into the merits OF the question he would
remark that the parties who were then ar
raigned had proclaimed chat he dared not
open his mouth in dennciation OF Their acts,
and that they had facts In their possession
which would send him TO the Penitenuary:
But he was not 10 be stopped BY threats; and
he deied the Governor, and all his satellites
aud minions, who were even then sneaEing
about the House seeking 10 avert their i'm.
pending doom, 10 prove. In any court ~
Justice, the truth 0f their assertions: He
was ready for the trial, and only wished
that his accusers were half as willing as anx'
ions to meet the charges made against lhem.
The charge that he had received compensation
for his share in etfecling the sale of The Blue
Ridge Railroad was lie. He admitted that
he 6ud agreed to the sale, but declared that
they had not to-day got certificate OF sale
that bore his signature, or that was maze
while majority IF the sinking fund commits
son-rs were pr. sent, or while he was present.
The Impeachment proposltion had hao one
effect that was precisely what he had expect
ed. It had brought down upon the head OF
its author the vilest vitupeIaion and abuse
as he had known 1t would, because the hard-
est man In the word to fight was man VINO
had an abundance of ready money, obtained
by dishonest means. The committees report
showed an oyer-lssue of Sc 81, 900. This state
ment had not even been denied, and could not
be disproyed. Every one oil those bonds thus
fraudnlenlly issued had been sisned by the
Governor aud counterSgnct by the treasurer
Whoever else was responsible by completely In
the frauds, they were certainly responsible
who had signed the bonds. and what course
he asked. therefore, was more legitimate or
natural, if it was desired 10 bring the guilty
| ones TO punishment, than to move for the I'M
| peachment OF the Governor and treasurer. He
continued for some time with this argument,
but not without frequent aud annoying inter-
ruptions, until at few minutes before three
he turned upon Mobley, who, with Jones
and Byas. had been the most persistent
| in his interruptions, and silenced him as
| follows: He said he understood perfectiully
why he was so anxious TO get the h0or. III
was so that he might move to suspend the
rule 10 adjourn at three o'clock, becaI>e the
| Governor mad told his employees that they
| need expect no pay from him unless they
managed TO get vote on the Impeachment
| question before the House adjourned that dav.
| He said he was extremely sorry to upset their
| little arrangement, but they had forced the
exposure from him by their repeated inter-
| ruptions. and they had themselves to blame;
and while General Whipper was administer
| ing this little consolation to the Hessian trio,
| the speakers gavel descended, and the House
| was declared adjourned till twelve O'Clock TO-
morrow. PICKET.
THE HARD WINTER.