The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-01-03
The Final Debate in The House OH tho
Impeachment Question.

Impeachment Question.
"Ncmo," the Intelligent correspon-
dent Of the Charleston Courier, thus
Sl"rk~ of the closing dobate on the
Sr";;.'arkcr impeachment:
Tim Hurley stated that what ho
intNLdcd to say would not occupy
innch time, for he believed that tie
',nne for talk had gone. 1t was now
t'n:c for The pcoplcto to act for them
'c'vc:. When tho Governor of the
;@ta'c us.dcr charge Of high crimes in
"'f';, could como into tho Legisla-
tn:c and buy enough votes to get
Inns, IF off, ii was time to act. The
i, iiioriiy in the House had been en-
E"gu'l, and were perfectly aware that
ihn votes amounted to nothing.
Eo"cn next arose and said he
aNuilcd himself Of the opportunity to
*Iy II few words on the subject, be-
cause he supposed it would bo tho
Ynst that ever would present itself.
lie protested against the action Of
tie l!ou&o, in the name Of the people
of the whole State. The man charg.
cd with having stolen $4,000, 600
irom thc people has taken tho means
not to c>'ne up and face the issue, but
- dodge it, and although he might
";EF :hat the Legislature had cxculpa-
'"d cim, yetso far as the action Of
thc House Is concerned, he will have
Ia,'.d 60 satisfy rny one that he ia
Gnl!II""s Of the charge. lie appealed
To 'ho whole people of State
agn'n this moustrous outrage that
h.d been p r. etrated. They woro
Gr"und down to dust by taxation to
allow thee men to roll around in
luxury, and when a resolution was
introduccd calling tho thieves to ac-
count, they boldly state on the
street that Il small portion Of tho ill.,.
gotten gains can defeat such mcus-
n'S. lie was going from this House to
'rr'" to the people Of the State to rise
NJ aud put down such outragos. Tho
"ra'"r from Ut ion, N1obley, here
arose, and wanted to know in what
way did he mean that they were to
l." rnt down; by insure ction or
l\u Niux 7
Bowen--l'l tell the gentleman.
The pcop'o have lrJught tho case
before tho Legislature, and have,
moreovcr, convicted them on their
iisnrcS and here 7 would remark,
that not single statement has been
""ntrovcrod, not one figure of the
q a"%os made and proved, that docs
not remain uncon'radictcd. When
'h!S House has failed to do it's duty,
tie people have right to go into the
'"nrts of justice and demand Justice
tA, re; and should that fail, shen
'hr'n will, perhaps, one day be an
Election, aud they will have an oppor-
'"nl:y to remedy these evils. l shall
appeal to the people against the tyr
.nny ant oppression that has been
Ar"rca upon them. The Governor,
up 10 the time that ho was impcach-
cd, was cXlremc y anxious to have the
treasurer 'mpcachci and if any one
~ he House wanted TO charge the
Attoucy General with these mis-.
q eds, why didn't they do SO? ]
kAow that when tho Governor was in
New York, he ran away for fear of
hciM& arrested. lie left, however, a
paper in the possession Of certain
lcr"om, by which he triod to make
aS"y with the sterling bonds.
Here the speaker was interrupted
b. Joucs, who read telegram, said
t. have been sent by Gov. Scott to OK
Judge Barro't, on the llth of No.
vrmbcr, in which Judge Barrett is in
Struclcd, that unless Kimptom re-.
signed md settled as agreed before,
hc(icotU left New York, to take lc.
gal steps against him. This, Bowen
c"ntcmdcd, was written at tho desk
OF the member who produced it. lie
then went on with his speech. AL.
l~d!ng to the action of Byus, who had
N&"ed the committee report advising
'mpceohmcut, and subsequently work.
ed against the resolution, he said the
member from Orangoburg would
colne iuto this llousc, and look at
The Speakers stand, and the next
moment, would, for n consideration,
swear that it was not there. This
brought Byas to his feet on priv.
]cgc question, and sharp cross.li,c
vas kept up for some time.
Nmrpcr next obtained tho floor,
and made lis final speech on the
sAhjoct. lie said he knew it was
useless to attempt to fight tho robbers,
WI" used their iil-gottcn gains to
bay tie votes Of the House but
ho thanked God that this was not the
last resort.
There was scarcely a man in the
tjonsc, except those whose political
relations placed them above the
reach of the Shiny minions of tho ring
who had not been approached
(bought. Talleyrand had said that
every man had his price, and that
man (po'"t'ng 70 Byas) had proven
NY Somcrsault that he had his price.