The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-01-18

Wha. they Sa? In tie 8. c. Legislature

The House met att F. NJ, IL
Committee of the whole, to take into
consideration the state of the country
Mr.. Henderson, of Newber,5, sale
be would not lay auy charge at The
door Of the Executive. Ii he be negli
gent Of his high duties, aud be inclined
to depart from the path Of true RepGb.
licanism, let him alone, and lie will
come back to us aa many others have
done. He thought the colored people
of his County amply able to protect
themselves, if only, as "Grabnldy'
says, tho requisite arms be furnish.
cd them. They we're 1900 in tho
majority, and if this number couldn't
sustain themselves, there was no need
Of extraneous aid. Better to have a
general war, and have ten colored
men killed to one white man, than
that the present state of affairs
should continue.
Question by Smart-W Would the
speaker please request that the front
seats be vacated, and invite mourne ers
to the altar Z
Mr. DAnue!ly, Of Orangeburg, said
he had heard nothing but clustering
and talk of murders aud riots, &c.,
and had seen no measures taken, as
he desired, to promote peace and
harmony between all classes and
races, and that would rebound to the
Interests Of the whole people.
Mr.. Allen of Horny, democrat, y
was next called upon. He said from
the reports and Evidence on all sdes
given, it must be admitted that there
arc serious disturbances in the cuun-
try but the idea that all the disturb
ances were confined to the up,cuuntry
or all the otttragcs pefpctr4;cd en-.
tlrcly by Democrats, was false that
he was prepared to second any meas
urc looking tn the prcscrv ,ton of the
peace AMI enforcement Of the law by
all legal means, but woGld strcnu.
ou>ly OPPOSE any interpoSrtion Of the
military arm of the Gov"rnm ent,
which he felt confident could but re-
suit in a worse and more lamcntable
complication of matters. These dis
turbances have cause, and if that
cause be removed, their cure would
follow. Let the Legislature cease to
do evil, and good would necessarily
follow. He opposed the indecent
and unjustiGcd attacks made upon the
Governor within the last few days.
Gov. Scott was not the man of his
choice, but he was prepared to recog-
hizc and respect him as the Chief Ex-
ocutive of the Stats ahd that SO far
at least during the present admins.
tration he was conscious of no act Of
Gov Scott that should subject him
to such maligEant abuse. He
hoped that no extraordinary and has
ty action would be adopted, but that
the General Assembly would assist
the Executive in ali IMPARTIAL and
fearless administration of the law,
which in his opinion, was fully ade-
quate to answer the necessity Of the
occasion.
Mr.. Jamison of Orangeburg, said the
time for reasoning and consideration
was passed-the time for action had
come. Reasoning was the great fault
of the Republican party, and had
caused muth disaster to it; He favor.
cd the levy of a tax upon the wealthy
citizens of the lisorderly Counties to
pay for every man, woman and child
injured, The.! yon @il! see every
property holder vigilance commits,
tee, and all outrages Will immedi-
ately cease. He wanted to dive into
the pockets of the property holders,
for to them aud to their money was
due the troubles that exist in the up.
country.
Mr.. Hurley believed that the diff
Guilty was not with the white people,
nor with the black people of South
Carolina, but with the Execu tive,
who had failed to execute tho laws
from incomp6tency snd oo%ardicE to
do his DUTY. He should be forced to
obey the behest of tho law and if
he would not, the General Assembly
must do 1t for him. We must, as
Charles Reads Gays, put ourselves in
his place. and see that the power Of
the law be vindicated. Sufficient laws
had been made and ample appr6pria-
tions granted to enable the Governor
to SUPPRESS every disturbance in the
State since its organization, and If
the laws had not Been dMy executed
of certainty every dollar Of tho
money, at least, haa boen expended.
The whole cause Of oil tie troubles
was the abuse by tho Governor of
his appointing power, by placing into
Office ignorant. cowardly and inofi
ciens men: Immense applause.
Snow sToRM sAprH Of rsiE G5Lf
STREAM Captain Maury, of the
Pacific Mail Stoam Ship Company'f
steamer Ocean Queen, reports ha7ine
met with, q violent snow storm several
degrees below tho Gulf Stream on Bit
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