Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-12-15
Effective Speeches.
SPEECHES OF MEsSrs W. j. wRIppEn (COL0R.
ED) AND TIM HURLEY ON GoVERSoh
SCOTT. II

ED) AND TIM HURLEY ON GOVERNOh
SCOTT.
WllppER's SpELcm AT the outset he
disclamrd any intention, ns the nEth"r OF the
resolution d,frIring the reading of the mes
save ON Tuesday last, to slight the Governor.
There were hut few things to which he would
refer in the message which, in his opinion,
was not such a message as an honest man
would have presented ton Legislature. Per
snualv, he entertained the kindrSt feelings
towards X X. Scott hut officially, his opin
ions would be seen in the remarks which he
was about tn make The great question con
taincd in the message was the question of the
Gnnnccs The Governor had attempted to
quiet the people of the State hy What he call
ell ~ true exhibit of the debt OF the Sthte
This exhibit the speaker pr"cc ded to disScct,
and shuw Ly figures and facts its tnl,iiy.-
lie said. even taking the Governors state
mcnt. fnnncin' ruiu was staring tho prnpi@
in the face. But what rumors were ahrn,d in
the land (? ilo had heard enough to believe
TINT Governor SCOTS statement did not shaw
half the actu,l debt Of the State The re
port of the Treasurer. which accompanied the
message, shows, on the face of 1t That it il
false. lie then alluded to the report Of the
"cnmmi,tee of citizens which has already
been published. This report, s,id he, is only
based upon what accounts they were allowed
to see, God only knows. The report shows.s
in every line of it, a prcdiSpostion on the
part Of the committee to cover up ttc tricks
of the monsters who have plundcrrd the
State. lie did not mean to lmpugn the mo
tivrs of the committee, I But who were they
but men WHO WOULD most naturally spring to
tho invitation, S,Mh as had been cXte,ndcd
them. They were uf that class Of ,ncn who
were Interested ~ the State bonds. Th, re
pnrt itself was drawn nut, h. said hy the rr
preventative of bank which hid Invested it,
money in bonds, and it was natural for then,
to attempt to bolster up their tot,cring for,
tunes.
lie honestly believed the debt of the Stat
to hr SIS OU0 900 tn so, 900 600 and ynr,s
hence when the truth would have Il hrur;n.
in this matter, his predictions would hc vrrl
fed. But whether it WAS 81 | UU0, 900. On
SIS 5,00u,U0n, u" S2J,00O, 600. the result " Is
the s,mc--thn Government had proved itSri
a f,ilurc. The question now was. lis thcr,
u re nelv, and ii 50. is the General Assembly
cluo,rd up to the paint IF arpIyin. it
Fisnr,s will show (>rll hr) io any c"icntino,
reasoning nna. ,h.t we c,n,.nt c,i,y IN ,i,
Government hS II no" exists without laying
tax ct twenty "r twenty tw" n!lis on the n"i
'nr III y"u dare L" levy that Tx l,n'
constituents VIII never stand It, 1t rrmn'n,
l"r y"n t'I'n. I" accept the only rcnnnin,
r'm'dy-'h'Te Is one thing irit nS--we arr
driven I" rrpnt'';i'n We need no A"t q,
tn" L"-lsl';urc to accomplish this; We h'v'
nnt I" Submit quietly and the result vii
hrInG "n r'pndia'I"n We eau /Oiyct t" p's
4 -. a Il
an At I" pr"vl!c i"r the p'ym'nt at the IN
t'r'St on :hr pab'c h'"t a't this will h
vlrIu'l r"lu si'ti"n IN, not Interested III
h"".'' "i a"ykind ai'd, '"r one, do net IN
tend to 'llnw The men tn rniny th"n wh",r
have assisted |" h"isIing i"'" power Tn
''"'" n"S """ r""r w'."" NC ''"a' ri'h"r IL
"',"''@ ~ 1--WE u ~ "it''art to carry 90
| me u"''f'':"'"t i. '"r one viii not shrr
'''r 'sh"'"'"y "1 'h!S man. In H"vrr'"r,)
..' h'' snare ms o"'S. lie has shown II.
ms ''cSS':" ''.Ht ~ mas violated the l'w. nni
! Is M" ''' h"' i"r action am ready f'I
impeachment: ready to see the "nlity % Il"
~" l''h''"h"'ry. rms n"h Is known not "nl,
|" ''hp"hrh tnc"'' h"' {" Scnh them t" some
h'rr"" c'''!lhrS, th'rt 10 mediate upon their
past c'i'h's
| llunLEy's SrrmcJ. lie said that ns \.
me'nhrr OF tn" jnint committee. which was 10
report in few days, he had intended nn t..
say anything on the subject, int he was pre-
pared tn say this much. y lie. upon IN,
soul, y lie 'fnat ever, statement contained
! in that message, in reference to The debt Of
the State, WIS lie. He WIS. moreover pre-