, 1877-12-18

c :. W Ls.' ,A '''s"u "
CONGRESSMAN sma,ls !ep'ore!'' under bal tn
ss'utll Carolina, 'nakca tho following statement
smal,a: 'S''''' "' '''''
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1 ,s. sMa''e ~ w oo!eet " spee1a! aat'ed 10
tic Democrats OF south Carolina for several
the Planter, Thcy ran never furr,ye or fnrrrt
| ". .,,rf,o foo, H., .xt,tah 49,. Ill
nu ~ ~ ", .t' @ tooS pos.
s.ssaon u. Spnseaesa!o sfa.. aad run l'ef Out
OF Charleston llarbor 0nc dark night, and ae-
1lvcrcd her and himself to tls hlockadinc yrs-
scls pf the Federal ,,nvv 1y;nu mi .i ,h,f ,,r+
Al ,,,c,, f.,~ 49,, ro., ',,nn =, T.. ~.
N"o w" ~ ht''s '''s .''a' :" W eecteu ~ tac
pos't'on of Men'her ot Conercss waS' IN their
estimation, ashlsng insult to Injury. Mr..
Smafs lived also III county md Il, a Congress-
lanai District w,,crc t,c Hsnnb,,cnn nativity
sss ,'.e. 49,, w. ''ep"D.e"'' '4'"1o!'5
was scfs 'otec' anu composed Of very positive
anl dctcrmtnc.l tllcn, vino admired his courage
nnl the Intelligence hc I!suaycd In their lcol-
crsafp. Thcsc wcro o,talttjcs. in tho onnon of
nas Deostat"uppon "''eh "cte s'ahRefohs
onetacles 10 tae success VI tacIr schemes, mt!
the nian sho posacssc'l them must t,e broken
towtl at nsiy cnsf. AEn!t!: the Democrats wrr1
! who had been hentcn Gy liu by l,7N yOtcs,
wantcti Ills position at my sarrttlcc. This
DeM.xrat Is from. bloody EdGeaeld, the citizens
policy Into soul'i Carolina during tho lust clcc.
tfon mil carried u tv tho rifle ntt shotgun. 1Jc
insnkrd tho nil af tic Judicial Department,
which 1as often f'ccn pfiant toUl III thu ta,I.ls
of ui,scfupliluus .lcmagog.!es IT, accomplish,
their purposca, and readily obtained It.
Mr.. Smnits was, therefore, arrcAtcd on the
| cyr u Ills dcpar!uFc fur Congress, On charge
Of bribery w!ie member 1T the scnato Ut
sonti Caroluu, in ls7:l lie rare ball lur hIs
appearance at CURT Oct. - md lelt for
Washington tu bc sworn In Oh tho 18TH aa
a. i'onber uf the forty,fft's Congress.
rhis was great diap;olntmcnt TO- tho
fort IN thr 15tIl Of tctoter. md ia.l expected
Gou;t net: era thss prevent GIa f1o% appear:
nc',t 10 be nwnrr d on acsount of ILL., ahsr1cr.
this llttlo pcnlucrattc trick. On Ills return
from Washington, str. atHalta submitted him.
"Mr; H.nasls AMI his counsel l'utl observed
particularly tho unfair rulings af tue Presiding
JutlGe. win seemed 10 tr Entirely uns.er thu
control VI the Attornc..0encral,w VIM conducted
tlc slotcnt a,ld hitter spirit Of persecution that
existed among Democrats 1T tt,u community
toward Rcputliea,i. Il tsas simply impossttl,
Y otan lat trial un.!e. sucl' circumstance.
withstand at! upposc such feelings 70 universal
among LILY t"'l!ttcal associates NJ matter wlsat
might ~ the character Of titc evidence ta favor
TI,s lirst witIlsss WA ]. Woodruff, President
Of tho Republican rFsattng Eo1ni,auy, wjlu
| wero the printers for the State, liz iestJiirI
that la guvu hfr. SnnIls cheek for fjOl0. INV.
ablc to Cash ur bearer, foF yntng III fayur uf lis
printing npyuut,ts, Tue spcuna witncsa w,ls III"
lx,okkccpcr III tbs bank, wo testified tin, l,c
slslnleI WoodFu!I's account s'',0JD IN account
Ut tho check aforementioned, nj the ,ay " lis
tato; aud that lIc crciltc,l loert t,r,alis' nc
cuunt s5,uN on the san,n day, from leuosit.
slit furtstc.l him sty tho ri1llIcr ur,tI ,stiur,
Ar. Smalls s:atcA III rup!yko tte.c charges TINT
hc meyer received te brIIu alleged tu have brcu
given to HIN; that hc Ind no knowledge
Of connection Will, tho check my
ahlo tn casts. OF l'cascr; unu iI,at
lliu fH,UOQ p!urr! tu hle credit wns
frun tlep0si. ii money Ina.lu by him. Tiers
was no trstnunr uf nny kind 10 ur,,ru Rnicrt
2Inails guilty Ut tic Charge cxeept tl,u cyurv
IL WMMrui1: II IL already statod tllnt this
wlluse ul,rorrupuratcI testimony wullII iu,
thrown uut " a1y respectable colss. lIut II is
proper IL show how utterly worthless thu
cyitence given by ts lnau IL, by stating tflut I,o
trstl5ptl fr, neIn,,rH.,tIt,,t font hv hf,, r.,