The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-12-20
SENATOR CUTLER sEaEnADEO.
A Stirring Speech In which He De.
R9HneeS the President.
Gen. Gary. Judge Maokey and others Fol.
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The following Is synopsis of the ad.
dresses delivered In front of the Wheeler
House in Columbia on last Wednesday
night, upon the occasion of Serenaee
TO Gen. Butler:
diy ESiIo,p- Citizens. thank you most
cordially and sincerely for this manifes-
tation of your kindness. TS,elve months
ago to-day body calling itself Legis.
lature, sitting in yoar State House under
the shadow and protection of Federal
bayonets, pretended to elect as Repre-
sentative from South Carolina in the
United States Senate one d. T. Corbin.
Seven days afterwards, on the 10th of
December. the Legislature which now
occupies that State House, under the
protecting mgis of the laws and the con.
stitution of this country, did mo the honor
to elect me 10 the Senate Of the United
States. From that day to this, from tina:
day until the I'd of December, 1877, y
contest has been waged, which, for its
bitterness aud maIignity, its falsehoods
upon myself and the good people fSouth
Carolina, hos never been equalled in the
annals of our history. But on that
morning of December it eliminated in
my being sworn in to the Senate of tho
United States, instead of d. IT. Corbin.
lApplause.] My. friends, very grave
misapprehension has prevailed in the
minds of some of the people Of this State
as TO the nature of that contest. It has
been supposed by some that the question
was whether | should be sworn in, or
whether ! ehould be sent back for re.
election by the Legislature: but ! say To
huf ho "a
had been, should not have quietly cub.
initted to the torrent of abuse, such as no
| man ever submitted to before. I should
have returned TO the bosom of my fhmi.
ly, and, friends, if that had been the
issue, have allowed your representatives,
the representatives of the people ofSouth
| Carolina, to have decided In their discre.
ton aud wisdom whether or not should
be returned rs your Senator. No, my
| friends the real issue was whether I
| should be seated or Corbin. Some say
that this was impossible. That there was
| no law to seat Corbin he has no con-
stituency and no law. But; my frienIs
and fellow-citizeps, docs desperate Fad.
icai majority, dwiGdiing day bv ;;ay out
of existence, stop to consider questions of
law or right9 Was there any law for
the admission of Kellogg from louisiana
1t was fragrant outrage On that gallant
sister State of ours. There was no law
for that, and none to seat Corbin but
tell You that / know whereof / sneak
when aay that the Radical majority of
the Senate had desermined,to seat Cor
bin AND / nOw cay with ;egs..oo.. ard :s-
luctance that the man, whom l think
am not etigmatizing too severely when
say that he procured his present position
through fraudulent methods, threy the
entire weight 1f his administration,
backed by his friends, to perpetuate this
outrage on South Carolina, and seat this
man Corbin, OF whom 1t has been said
that he has drawn more tears and pangs
from the people of South Carolina than
all others put together-seat him and
perpetrate this outrage On South CARROLL
na. And yet the President of the United
States, personally and through his
friends, Attempted to do II. say that I
make this remark with some regret, be.
cause, in ell that he was doing, or as.
suming to do, to help the South and the
country. l felt bound to sustain him, al
though his position was procured by
questionable means, and I was quito viii.
ling that he shoul6 atone for the crimes
os hse party by O virtuous aad constitu-
tional administration OF the laws. But
when the supreme moment came and its
issue was made squarely and sharply ba.
tween the enemies of constitutional lib.
erty in South Carolir: and i.s friends, ne
threw his weight in favor Of the enemies
Of his Country. And now, my friends,
have been placed in position of COM
par&tive novelty. I have been thrown
into an arena to which am not accus-
toned. It is one of dignity and gravity
and Of the greatest responsibility, and
meet this responsibility with the gravest
] apprehensions that shall not come up
, to the iull measure of your expectations,
or prove equal to the requirements of the
position. can only promise that in the
!! discharge of my duties, Ishall beactuated
by but one single principle, and that il
to always keep steadfastIy before me the
honor aad the welfare and the interests
Of our grand old Commonwealth. / have
sat iE the Senate Of the United States
hour after hour, day after day, night af
| ter night, and submitted to insult, con.
, tumeiy, abuse, Misrepresentation, false
hood and ma!ignity. ! have submitted
10 1t, my friends, without murmur
, done sos Because the interests of Soutt
L
! | genial 10 my ne.ure, for l have no ambi
tion for ihe notoriety which comes o
that kind of abuse, and do not think tha
| anything in MY past history justiies 4.
, But / take my seat without feeling @
, resentment 10 those who have done III;
this gross Injustice. I shall bury th,
> vrongs which have been done me In th.
? past whenever a recollection or reviya
of them shall conflict with the interest
, of th5 people of this State committed 4
7 T,y care. I have only this to cay, tha
) 4 whilst have determined not TO be be
8 itrayed into personal discrimination
against the men, tho Senators Of th'
! United States, who have cowardly at
! tackled me when was dlsarmed and un
: able to defend myself, now that / en-
55f UPON 81 fiCoos fiCooss &c CO ti si!: Senate
: hops they will not repeatit. [Continuet
cheerlng. Ifthey do repeat ft, take NJ,
, word for It, ! will give them as good a
they send. Renewed cheering.l Iwil
add that can never consent to degFed
st myself to the level Of brutality. cowarciici
3 and hlRckgrardisfn which characterize,
.aS::. S;;e::a..s- Gerard re ssill Tetda
! tain you lel ger but to make ono addi
2 tionRl suggestion as TO what, in nay iudg
pasnt, is tho one thing needful for on
whole people, irrespective Of race, class
|, color or condition for, In the discharg
! of my duties, shall recognize no dissipc
! tion.. But If there 10 one thing NOR
. needful than another for the people %
. South Carolina 10 do, 1t Is that all ques
. tions which prevent her from resnn1inI