The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-02-02

S~~H1 IT, oitSto o.tStSUo Y. v1t+SAASJ
inst sttfnetsd y the solicitor to prepare
indictments Against the persons in
diGatod in the tportp The matters
should be tb6foaghiy Visited. :.
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M THO Rrcaeat legisnturo, seems
sdecidoaIy mc@ cato ,em,ilato the
virtues of former, ones ,sinco recon.
struction, in having albQ9ngs 9, session,
Several attempts have been made to
bring pbopt ah c:%lyS 1oufn,nont,
or;,~a all 6vonts. to 'sound" the
members upon the subject, but
thus f;.r to 40 purpose. A 'rcsolu-
tiqn to adjourn at any fixed day is
always .tabled or otherwise sum-
maiily disposed Of. ; TO judge from
somo recent, remarks of Bovorlv
Nash, tho black senator from Rich
land county, We wo,ld conclude
that it is tile purpose of tho cor
ruptionists to fight every PROPOSE
ton to adjourn ut least for several
weeks, to como, Nash and
Whippcr have both strongly in
timatod that. thore will bo, no ad.
journincnt sine 3ic-indeod,, the
latter has introduced q resolution
providing that tho general assem-.
bly, shall take y rccess,. SUI bject to
the call of tho presiding officers oi
both houses. To make such call
Lieutcnant-iovo Gleavos and
Speaker Elliott will, umdor Whip
per's resolution, require the request
of but oa,c-thsra Of the members.
To perceive how easy it will DO to
get this required fraction, we h,Se
only to look at tho crew who have
thus fnr. been tho backing of Whip
per, Elliott & Go. OF courso they
will come ut tho nero nod Of thei,
cominanling officers. .n...
1t is not difficult to understand
what is tho object of this proposed
action Of the legislature. Tho COZ
ruptionists arc now actr,GScd by two
worry powerful motives.
They fear Governor 'Chambetlain
His action has, i'll so many instances,
been so entirely at variance with
tho wishes, and perhaps the OK
pcctqtions, of tile .Whippor ring,
that they know not now what to
look for. They must of course be
aware that their presence in Colum-
bia has no real effect upon The
governors octions,, but they want
to do something, and. the next best
thingt to getting rid OF tho governor,
il to watch him closely and, as. they
may think, frightcn him into their
limo OF action. They already speak
of somo "diabolical plot" on the
part of Governor Chambcrlain,
which they must remain in Col,m-
bia to avert or destroy. They
therefore wish to have their forces
ready to be 'narshnllcd at mo,
mont's waning, That they may be
promptly in Columbia whenever
their presence may soom necessary.
The other cause for the corrupt
crews desire to remain long ut tho
scat of their schemes of plundcr
and revenge, or, if they so away,
to return very soon, is thcir lnowl-
edge. or imagined knowledgc, OF
tho superior facilities they enjoy
during tho session, to carry out
thcir measures. There aro many
mon i'll the legislature moro ilrcs6
lutte than dishonest, and many
moro fond of money, til :, of coun
Try. It is upon both Of those Glasses
that the ring captains wish to worl,
dning the remainder of the present
session, and during any extra Sos
sion they may succeod III holding.
UPON tho FIRST class, an expert ap,
plication of the party lash, to,Seth
er with a few fauntings of the
"bloodv shirt" will produce the
desired RESULTS: aid the SECOND
class arc not likely to fix their price
worry high in these hard times.
Whipper,' Elliott & Go: may sue
cecd admiralty;
Altogether, there arc many signs
Of trouble from the corrupt majori
ty in the Legislature, and they
should be closely watched. Not
that we feer that thcy can do the
democratic cause much harm, or
foil Governor Chamberlain in any
good efforts ho may make but thoy
should be watched, with Wow to
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