The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-15
rFRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT


lFRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
COLUMBIA, March 10.
The agony Is over, and the Assembly is ad'
ioUrned. 1t has faded away like nubilous
shadow-dissolved like noxious exhalatIon.
In life it has been uDlovely, and In death 1t
has not belied its record. AS 1t lived, 1t has
died-an uncoutb, malformed and abortive
monstrosity, Its birth blunder, its life a
crime, and its death blessing. The manner
of its death was characteristic. It has been
said, or it ought to have beer said, that man
shows his true character in articale naortes,
and the General Assembly has certainly TO-
night gone out in perfect blaze Of consis.
ppcy with its recent record.
The scene in the night session Of the House,
which was the final session of this Legislature
OF unhappy memory, was subject for a
painter, or for an abler pen than that of your
humble correspondent. That peculiar float
Ing population that fills the hotels land erst
the bar-rooms) Of Columbia during a., legs!a,
tive session was present IN full force
in the lower house. The chamber OF
the House, it must be well understood,
is gorgeously appointed chamber,
with Administer carpets to deaden the
thumps OF the memters' brogans, with
elaborate desks which commonly afford the
resting places for the same brogans: with
gorgeous curtains and cornices and lam
brsauins to shut out the sunlight which would
hardy care to illumine the interior, and with
pleDitude of cuspadores lavishly distributed
with the design of catching tortuitously
lavishly elected. All this magnifcence, how
ever, only serves to make the use to which 1t
is put the more lncopgruous, and tonight this
gorgeously appointed chamber was crowded
with as miscellaneous an assortment OF nu-
nlanity as can well be imagined. The floor
was oVerrun with members ana thelr icienas,
the aisles were jammed beyond the possibility
of squeezing through them, seats to the right
and left of the AalI, devoted to ladies, were
filed with an effusive and chromatic array OF
beauty wherein neutral tlnts but positive exu-
dations predomlnated, and the gallery was
merely concrete mass OF expectant ebony.
This was the scene at the hour OF assem-
bling. The first subject of debate was oppor-
tune. 1t had been understood, as it Is gene
rally understood, that the last hours Of the
session were to be devoted to nonl ense, and
It therefore happened that the first thing IN
troduced was the report OF the joint unit
tee appointed to consider the memorial OF the
American Woman Suffrage Association. This
was memorial In which few OF the ''shrlek.
inS slsterhooi" composing the executive COM
mittee of the Boston wing OF the "Woman's
right women" had taken upon themselves TO
beg Of the various legislators to secure the
Fight Of Suffrage to the women OF their re.
spectlve States. It may be that these women
have not considered the exquisite absurdity
OF this appeal of theirs to negro Legislature
of South Carolina to redress their fancled
wrongs, but really this appeal affords micro,
cosm Of the whole course of the North toward
the South since reconstruction: Inc AmeIi-
C,3ffro Association Ia q 60lE
that has sorely taxed the patience or your hum
BILE correspondent during his past connection
with Northern papers, and profess TO
be somewhat familiar with It's objects
and aspirations, and with the means oy when
it has sought, to accomplish Its designs. It is
body which has the sympathy OF but few OF
the ladies of any section of the country, PIT
which, imbued with magnihed sense OF us
own importance, proposes to confer upon the
ladies Of America, with or without their De.
sire, the right of suffrage. In pursuance OF
this object the leaders of this wing Of the
Woman party flrst directed their attacks upon
the Republicans OF the North, and were re-
pulsed at every point. The Republicans OF
the North had certainly no oTerWhelming
reason to support the proposition OF allowing
ladies to vote, inasmuch as 1t was reasonably
certain that ladies', voting at all, would Vote
Republicans persisted In turning the cold
shoulder upon the woman's rights movement
until the leaders aforesaid turned their shoul-
ders upon the Republicans and sought Demo-
cratic aid. Their policy now is, and has been
for months, to your eorrespGnden55s possrve sn
port and adhesion to Democratic prine-
ples, If only the Democratic party
win assist them In the accomplishment of their
darling designs. Now they are asking Radl-
caland negro Legislature TO help them along,
but let negro woman apply for membership
and she would be Indignantly spurned. There
Is not to-day colored woman who can claim
amembership in that body, and proposal to
admit one would be greeted with derlsion; and
yet this same American Woman Suffrage AS
sociation sends down here to ask the negro
Legislature OF South Caronna 70 M e1teno aa one
rights Of suffrage to the women OF this State.
The proposition, however, afforded amuse-
ment for The last hours of an Improbable ses-
sion. It was take up IN all seriousness oy
few of the members who failed to see the joke
and strenuously advocated 1t until motion
prevailed to postpone the consideration of the
report until The next session OF the General
Assembly, which motion was carried without
dissenting vote. -
Byas offered resolution that the chairman
of the committee on enrolled bills be immed1.
ately required to produce the bill known as
the validating bin.
Chair rule the motion out of order.
Byas arose to q question Of privilege, and
stated that he was informed that the vallda-
ting bill had been cancelled by some member
OF the enrolling committee.
Frost, as chairman Of the committee on en-
rolled acts, stated that he had the bill In his
possession That the chairman knows bis
duties, and intends to perform them. II the
member from Orangeburg sees fit to get 1t,
would like to see him do it.
The resolution was withdrawn.
Next came report from the State treasurer
to-the effect that the pay certificates of the
members conld only be paid by orders on the
county tressurers. This was subject of vital
interest to the legislators, and provoked a