The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-02-16
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Asking Aid from the Federal Government to
Suppress Domestic Violence.


ate proceedings of Wednesday, February 9Th
a House preamble and concurrent resolu-
tion, that the Legislature call on the General
Government for protection against domestic
violence, was taken up and caused some inter-
esting debate.
Mr.. Swails moved that the Senate concur in
the resolution.
Mr.. Barber seconded the motion.
Mr.. Leslie moved postponement of the mat
ter for ten days, unless the supporters of the
resolution would show some reason why it
should be Immediately adopted. For one, he
was not yet prepared to pass such resolution
and thus declare to the world that reconstruc-
ted South Carolina is a failure and unable to
protect her citizens. That the Legislature, if it
desired permanent and perfect peace and quiet
not look to Federal bayonets to bring it about,
but should amend their own conduct; show a
spirit of true Republicanism, equal and exact
justice to all, and evince desire to promote
the interests of the State, and not to bring her
to bankruptcy and ruin by corrupt legislation.
Mr. Rose also opposed the passage OF the
resolution, stating that in his County, on &C
count of the recent disturbance in which the
resolution seemed to be pressed, everything was
quiet and peaceable. He had visited York
Vile in company with Gen. Anderson, and lad
been visited by numbers of the property-hol-
ders of the County, who had assured him of
their determination to take necessary steps to
preserve the peace.
Mr. Nash supported the immediate passage
Of the resolution, making the usual allegations
of outrages and murders, but was unable to cite
any instances when questioned by Leslie.
Mr.. Arnim followed in the same strain, de-
claring his devotion to Republican principles
70 oil tho hnt IA O.
publican government could not give security,
he wanted military, imperial, or any other
sort of government that would that the Gov
ernor had declared his inability to enforce the
laws, and he was not much surprised, since the
Trial Justices were all fools and the Sherifs
towards and he hoped the General Govern
ment would be appealed to for aid.
Mr.. Whittemore thought that the property
holding and influential citizens of the State
were responsible for the state of affairs, and he
placed no confidence in their statements, that
they were not priyy to the outrages. He be-
lieved that the very committee who represen
ted the wealthy, elegant and refined citizens of
Union, few weeks ago, were themselves indi-
vidually responsible for the outrages lately com
mitted in their County. There was military
organization permeating the entire South
with their companies, regiments, brlgades-
and perfectly armed two or three thousand in
York and in Union and in his own County,
not long since, good man, one Bigger-who
had been dealing out his kindness to bis neigh
bors around for three or four years past-was
dragged from his bed at night in the cold, his
goods taken from his store, piled up and fire
stuck to them, and they were entirely consum-
ed.
A vote was then taken upon the motion to
POSTPONE for ten days and decided in the mega
tive.
The question then came up upon the passage
of the resolution when Mr.. Leslie again took
the floor and spoke as follows:
We can't go back for two or three months
and rake up every outrage, disinter the dead
body of Wade Perrin, stand him up before the
bar of the Senate, and cry over him, and then
call upon the General Government for protcc-
ton. IF we would cure the evil, lets find the
cause then We may remove it. All civil gov
ernments resolve themselves into compact be-
tween the governed and the governing; the
former agree to defray the expenses of the gov
ernmeht,and lend their aid, when necessary, to
keeporder; and the latter pledge themselves to
economize their expenditures, to protect the
rights of the citizens, and to administer public
affairs with an eve to- the public interests.
What have we done towards filling our part of
the contract? What have the Republican par
ty done within the last two years, that they
NAV rightfully demand, or reasonably expect,
the cooperation of the Taxpayers, the proper
holders of the State of South Carolina? The
idea of a State Government seems to have been
a combination Of one political party, who, by
force of numbers and fraud, may get into pow
or, and then make laws for all the people in the
State, and more especially for themselves.
They seem to think that laws must be- made for
the governors, and they must put in places of
power and trust men more hit for the penlten-
tiary. They pass obnoxious and Infamous laws
and then are astonished that troubles come In
their execution, and must call for Federal bay
onets to assist them. The Governor has kept
up the fence as long as he can, and now he says
he's unable to do so any longer. There was the
5atim from the militia law of the large and
populous State of New York. The bill in
voived enormous expenditure of State money,
and was nothing but a job from the beginning,
and scarcely was the bill mooted, before the
sharpers began to strike around for quarter
masters positions, to furnish high-top boots,
brass buttons and such paraphernalia. And
what has your militia done, and what has been
the course of the Governor under it !? For po-
litical purposes he called out this militia and
armed them. They traversed the country from
one side to the other, created alarming distur-
-bances, and now, that they are no longer able
to do so, you cry to the United States Govern
ment for troops.
Question by Nash-Name place where the
militia marched about in armed bands?
Mr.. Leslie, in reply, said name Laurens
County for one-where the Lieutenant-Colonel
of the Militia was the Honorable Joe Crews,
late chief investigator of the Third Congress,
sional District, who marched the poor deluded
colored militia over the County, making in
fammatory speeches, and telling the lately en-
shaved citizens that they were masters of the
situation, and should take what they wanted
from the white people He marched them to
Waterloo and other places harangued them,