The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-10-22

Rt the last session OF the General AS
sembly. aud introduced q resolution,
which was adopted, that committee of
three DO appointed for the purpose OF
Investigating all matters in competition
with the affair. and that the said COM
mlttee have power to sond for persons
and papers. and report thereon as soon
as practicable. Messrs. Whittemore.
Hope and Lee were appointed said com.
mittec
The Speaker Of the House OF Repre-.
santntives attended in the Senate, when
the following Act was presented for rati-
hcation: An Act to repeal Saction of
an Act entitled IAN Act to relieve tho
State Of South Caroliua of all liability
tor Its guaranty If the bonda ot tho
Blue Ridge railroad Company. Ivy pro-
vlding for the securing nud destruction
OF the same. approved NJ ARCH 2. 1872,
aud to repeal so much Of Section 72.
Chapter MI, Title 3, of the General
Statutes, al authorizes tho State Auditor
to give notice, annually. to each County
Auditor Of the rates per csntum to be
levied for various State purposes
The President stated that the copy OF
the above Act, ratified as the last ses.
sion, had been lost or mlsluid; that m
e1nct copy had been made from the en-
groased copy, and that it was now pre-.
sented to tho presiding officers of the
General Assembly for their siguatures.
and be desired tho sense vi the Senate.
After debate. the Act WAS ratified. when
the Senate atljnurneti
HOUSE OF REPRE5EN rATIVE5.
Speaker Lee took tho Chair, and
Clerk jones' called the roll. the procla-
nation of the Governor was read aud a
quorum being present. the Speaker ad
dressed the House as follows:
GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF RETIRE.
sENTArIvEs: In obedience to proclama-
ton of his Excellency tho Governor,
calling for an extra session of the Gene
raj Assembly. we have again assembled
to assist, as portion of one of the CO.
ordinate branches Of tho State Govern
ment, IN devisiug ways aud means ne.
cessary to meet the wants of the State
and the people. We have much to be
thankful for, in the interval between the
last and present session.
10 Almighty God, tho Great Father
of US oil, for whose might nothing is too
vast. for whose observation nothing is
too minute, for whose comprehension q
nnlverse IS not too varied, ve should
first offer our gratitude; it is tho me-
mory OF the heart. To His watchful eye
and protecting haul, We nave been per
mltted TO resume onr lubora, tax. our
respective places III this hall, and eut-r
into the field .! hnr vn.!u'Is duties Le,
us, thsu. tuiiy bear lu Minu the truss,
oonhded to our care. II Is our duty,
"hersver evil exists. to at once seiZe tho
axe, aud by striking at is root. kill the
tree that would dis people our State, de
ISOLATE our cities, pince our homes and
hresides III ruins, 1nbvert aud prostitute
our every energy, diScountenauce and
oppress the nlreal: weak and unedu-
cuted. Let Us, therefore, not hesitate
TO intict lasting. mort Il wound upon
these evils, wherever they exist, aud
eradicate them at Oucr; some may suffer,
but the cause OF lnSilc" will at last be
benefited. Let us throw aside all pOiti
cal passion and prejudice; let no jarriug
element from without ruf1ls or breathe
di-cord on the harmony of our actions
within. Let us throw aside oil selfish
considerations, dism antle our hearts of
all worldly taints, and act up fully to our
more enlarged obligations to our State.
First and foremost, then, look well to
your free school system; enlighten the
great multitude Of our people, irrespect-
I've of race or color, who are now weak
and uneducuted; establish schools in
every hamlet. in every County, of the
stat. inns educated and encouraged,
The nI.ub,a 81 citizen will net his part,
ANA t,rrct lis fellow beings. 1t has
br"r well mid wisely said that "educ,.-
tlpn j. thc mental gymnasium which
"ll preserve IN health aud yigor the
"'iv po,tic. II ~ the preventive that
":' A'"p /, free from all ta.nt or dis.
".rr Oar Legislature. in tho past, has
removed the veil, 80 far AS respects the
t:rn schools of our State. Literal APP
prnDr: .'inns have been mn.le; let MS see
that they nra rs fnliv carried out-in-
crra"r oar rlloris, eur aims, that It may
nr yct II! re perfect. LIT us ins.ill into
'hc h"N'i "i oar pop" tho wholesome
$50" taat We mas. bu ronownel for
wi.at we nr;', not i.r What wo have.
H"T eau We be too lavish IN cIcvatiue
oar Ia Nv creatures ;tito good cnUl,a.,-
niir, f'r ther ;hry Will not ba drawn
aside by the Ioctrluc Of community
O: goods The Republican party, AZ it
stood from the first, ns 1t stands to-day,
shields. protects and cares for the poor,
uncducAted. down-troddcn aud despised
man, who before had neither country
or home 1t Is the friend of that
man who, for ages past, never had q
friend; who eau now lie down to rest at