The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-03-18

| "cCutcnen, Notwithstanding the lat
ter. was granger. There was pro.
hiBition candidate who prevented
Weston from receiving a majority oil
the votes cast. But tho Legislaturc
is Democratic, and will elect him,
This is an con year" and speaks
badly for the RAIDS. nurrah for the
Granite State, and the opposition !
We can imagine tho verwhelmin ing
grief of tile Rov. B. +. Whittemore
as portrayed in THO remarks made in
a speech The other night.
He snid, "It seemed that the
reckoning day had come. lie had
expected it. The duucing had been
had, and now it was time to pay tbe
fiddler. 1!e did not know whom he
had his feelings 80 worked upoa as
within the past two days when he
had listened to such tales of suffering
and poverty. lie was not informed
it the army of attaches had been
numbered ; but besides that, wo bad
been told that the appropriations
now exceed the tax levy. He had
never heard such stories Of want aud
woe as had been poured into his ears
this day, at his door iu the morning
and on the street corners. The ques.
tlon was, what was to be dune 7
There was an excess uf $28,000 over
the tax levy in this Matter. lie under.
stood that the mcmbcrs' salaries aud
mileage must be paid Gr*t, and then
the remainder must be divided
among all, (the House aud Senate
ordors.) he would pay these faithful
men ty all meais, but where was
tho money to como FROM 1? Tho con-
current resolution was, in his opinion
slmply an expression Of the General
Assembly to the Treasurer as to
whom he ought to pay first. y II
If something was not done, the me III
bers had got to bear the expense Of
getting the attaches home. They
should be attended to; they have
their wives aud families aud he
would like to see them paid"
1t will be remembered, that this
weeping philanthropist is the same
individual who crept into the State,
under SCOTS wing and who, when
chaplain of a regiment during the
war, is shown by q letter from a
member of that regiment to have
swindled the soldiers out Of their
postage. lilo it IS who is said to
have told the colored people that
they wero not properly married,
aud after throwing them into the
greatest consternaticD, offered to re.
marry them at a. certain stipulated
fee by which lie cleared several thous
and dollars. He it is who while Senu.
tor of tho State, was member Of Con.
gress and shocked even that vcnal
body by selling cnaotship. 4hn'
o"' 'o'i"g hts privilege as Con-
gresham for gold. =. vss he ub,
when expelled, exclaimed "Thunl
God my constituency cant ready
and %as reelected, only to be agar
expelled as unfit to be q companion
Of even Beast Butler and 1hat
Stevens. 1t was he who, when thu
ignominicusly kicked out of Congress
and re.entered the Senate and becam,
chairman Of the committee on Judi
ciary, and who hau since then cham
pioned almost every grab in tha
body. He has plaid conspicuou
part in bringing the State into he
present degradation. And now b
weeps for tho poor destitute dupc
Of his party. If tho Rev. B. i
Whittemore were not parson "
should take him to lie a great scamE
y society is about to be organize,
for the prevention Of cruelty to ami
mails. The big guns Of the legisla
ture and their satellites com pose II
The Legislators are warm hcarte
and benevolent to cxce>s. Thei
sympathics will be still thore deepI
enlisted in the noble work, when tn
eighth section Of tho bill is passc,
which gives one half the fines collect
cd to the society. Uack.drivcrs m,
} cock-fshters had better be careful.
} \ bill Is now before the Senate t,
incorporate the 'Indepcndent Grang
ers Of South Carolina.' Amotig 1t
members arc Swails. Boston; White
more, Bo"!cy, Hurley, Jones; Shalls
Meyers, Nash, Mcintyre, Bowen
Minort and Ice: These upright poll
ticians have banded themselves 70
"the promotion Of agricultural an,
mechanical arts" We we're III
formed that the Oranges we're intend