The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-02-28
TER WS-iN ADVANCR.
Mr.. Beck's Speech.

i Extract from the speech Of the
#Ion j. B. Beck of Kcn,ueky:
81 know that [ have been attacked
because have always been, in season
Ind out IF season, one Of tho advo.
8atcs and he friends Of the poor,
o%ntroa'!cn communities of tho
Southern States. -Four or five years
go | went upon the Rec obstruction
Commi'tcc OF this House with my
Friend from New York (Mr. Brooks.
R'c t"o vo.o alone. And I strug-
g led there for those people at every
POINT, as ho knows, through tho For.
Ficth Congress And tho chairman
&f that committee, in the Forty.tirst
pongress, will bear witness to my
ideli'y under him. Tho members of
phis House kuow that have devoted
sauch time and labor cheerfully in
Rphat regnra. For tho last year I
lbavc been a member of tho comm mittcc
charged with investigating the condi.
Stion Of tho "late insurrectionary
Estates" That committee has been
wandering all ovor tho country,
Up: eading drag net, as it were, for
scalumnies against the Southern pco-
Alc. l have tried to shield them
E@honovor ! could from their malign-
Eers. That is "the head and front of
Bmy offending )" that is the field in
(which my efforts arc to be made of no
oval, and the men against whom it is
known 1 will unite with my col
leagues on the committee in exposing,
pave hoped to destroy me in advance
pf the conflict.
4 "My family ties bind me to tho
grand old State Of Virginia. love
fhe people of tho South, and will
Stand by thom as long as l have
|goicc to speak when they are ma
hinged, slandored, or oppressed, if l
fail to strike blow or say word
for them, may my right arm wither
and my tongue clcavo to tho roof of
pny m,uh. | will bo found in my
Place always honestly and fairly do
fendi' Z them.
MIR. Speaker, I meant no disrcspcot
f. the Sen tor Of tho United States
r. any expressions | made use Of, al
|ttough | was properly called to order
&le G other day. I have vehoration
pau for tho Senate of the United
States. consider it as tho most
honorable body upon earth. l know
pr none like it i'll the world in dignity
Anl power. Any man of ambition
Fnay we'll aspire to 60 there. l have
" aspiroa simply because some of my
"ople said they were going to voto
E'r nc. | never asked any mortal
/ IAN to vote for me. Circumstances
cmcd to require another gentleman
P bo sent /; yet it is now thrown up
i ,'alnst mo that aspired to the Uni
d States Senate, which it assumed
u have denounced. Sir, every man
ehcrc would like to be member of
that body. venture to assert that
/ Fhcro is not member Of this House
"ho does not want to go to the Senate.
~ should ever be 50 fortunate, |
want to 60 there among body of
9ionGrable men the most honorable
@prn earth. And when [ spoke of
fhose Southern Governors, all of
WHOM are candidates for tho Senate,
Eising every foul means in their power
|hy di~franchisemcnt, bribery, loyal
leagues, and everything else to get
thero. | was not rcncoting upon
the Senate, and did not intend to do
|sN. II anything | said looked like
fetl :ction | apologize for it here now,
|and retract it for I never intend
anything Of the kind. simply pro.
Pest against men allowed to 90 there
WHOSE conduct ought to send them to
PHI pcnitcntiary.
Why, sir, tho great men of tho
world have been there Clay has boon
there, Webster has been there, Crit
tendon has been there, Silss Wright
has bocn there, Calhoun has been
|therc. Their memories make it q
sacred place. 1t was rot to reflect
them, not to reflect on the Senate,
but when | saw vulturos seeking 70 sit
IN the eagles nest l protested against
outrage. l want to keep that Senate
pure want it to bo constituted of
men representing great constituencies,
rot Of men who force themselves into
IL at the point Of the bayohct, or by
fraud, corruption, chioancry, or os-
traclsm of any sort. That is tho way
l feIt about it when spoke on n pre-
r'ons occasion, and that is the way |
tect about it now. I thank tho House
kindly for its attention."
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