The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-04
d SPICY SCENE IN TIE SENATE.
Fight over the Report OF the Special
Committee TO Authorize the Construc-
tfon of Dam Across the Congaree-
Leslie on the Rampage-Nash Be-
means the Days Of Chfvalry.
rEron the Columbia Carollnian.l

In the senate Oh EFludy Tue mouoLouy W
every. day work was broken and relieved By 6
| spicy debate. The report being taken up from
the calendar, Mr. Leslie obtained the aool
and favored the report of the committee ap
pointed to authorize the construction of dan
across the CoDgaree, below GeIger's Mill. II
will be remembered the said committee showed
disposition to mete out fair and equal
Wiling the presence and views OF our citizens
and weighed pro and con their various opin
| IONS and submitted favorable report upon
| the projected scheme of the Messrs. Sprague
| On this measure Messrs. Leslie, Nash ano
Hayne spoke.
(meaning Hayne and Nash) have your votes
marked and chalked, but want you TO stano
Mr. Nash. Then I will place you where you
belong. A.,
special order for 1880 P. II. tomorrow.
say regret-yes, do sincerely regret-an
occasion which cannot name puts us to the
necessity Of fpostponing this bill until to,mor.
row; but If you persist and will make the issue
today, 1 say you shall appear before the
whole people OF this city, as well as OF the
State, and In your true colors Your our motlVes 3
shall be brought to light. I am willing 10 iet
the senator from Marion take the position ne
occupies, and also the senator from hicnlano'
and do not except you, Mr. Presioene. lhap'
rap, went the presidents gave.l ., .o,,+or
mean by such language? demand and IN.
sist on an explanation for such an innuendo
concerning the chair. ,-,,.
mean lust this, and am not going to be gagged
and have my privileges on this floor clrtalled
by you or any one else, and am not AFRAID 10
say contend that your ruling Is partisan ana
unfair.
.Mr. President. The senator from Barn
well cannot proceed unless by vote Of the
Mr. Montgomery moved that the senator be
allowed to proceed in order.
The president stated he had no Interest
either directo or indirect In the measure.
Bmalls and Nash insisted On retractlon
from Mr.. Leslie.
were to treat me as he did Mr.. Baldwin the
other day in his speech, he or / wonld De
missing from the roll call. Yes, Mr.. Presi.
dent, he has even proposed to carry his mea
sures by his abusive characteristic speeches.
Sometimes the Democrats are styled the
most thevipg rascsis on the face OF tae g!ooe,
and again the Republicans are most rloicu,
lousy and severely abused. He mas lnsulte9
spIrIted, we will resent such language. are
we met here as boys! Would you have the
Senate a place OF wrapglIng, q spectacle to at.
tract outsiders, Sir, remember In the old
days Of our State an inkstand would have
been hurled at that senator's head for sucn
supplementary language. II we cannot
Initiate those gallant old Caroinians IN any
thing else, let US Initiate them IN tnelr reaoi-
ness to rebuke an Insult.
Tho 70 hafnN
ator TO reiract his slrlctures, and decided IN
the affirmative, Mr.. Leslie said:
What do you want must say something-
what ;. will here say, Mr. President aiter
your explanation, was simply mistaken, pus
saw you leaning over from your chair, and
came TO the conclusion yeu were favoring one
Side of the question at issue. Ibelleve, before
God, that The senator from Richland aud the
senator from Marion are determined to Kill
the bill. The two questions before this Senate
are, first, If the report recommending the
erection Of dam across the Congaree shall be
approved; and, second, whether me SpraSues
have complied with their contract? The latter
Ia the lost dying effort to XIII the Whole OH:
If You want to Kill the bill say so. But | am
prepared to say the disposition to do 30 comes
from personal, and not disinterested motives.
The report of the engineers show that II the
waters of the Congaree could be diverted, the
horsepower would be equal to that OF Lowell,
Massachusetts. The cotton factory OF Au-
gusta, to-day, is worth three hundred per
cARt.; the saluda Factory Is making money,
and 1t is an actual fact that where cotton fac
tories are established, the people are greatly
improved, both morally and socially. Imag-
Inc those factory buildings erected, and every
hill top of Columbia dotted with houses; pic
ture all this prosperity.
Mr.. Hayne. oh! that is oil purely imagina-
tive.
Mr. Leslie. This development can be
brought about. Do you want people to hock
the waters of the Congaree, and these waters
flowing through this canal, aud mandatory
for the production of all the various cloths,
we will rival any city In the United States,
and, before my God, believe dollar OF my
property will then be worth ten.