The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-12-12

Assembly which elected him To lis high
Office. Nor would lie dcign to answer
unworthy taunts made against one with
whom he vas personally connected.
One who can be tru,hfully charged with
having lost all by Tie mis.ortunes of war,
but could never be charged with having
III the least degree retrieved those for
tunes hy acting as the paid counsellor
"i.;. defender ~ he rnlil,nrs of his coun-
try.
Mr. Haskell complimcntcd the bond
commission as having worked well and
faithfully. There were no men in the
General Assembly ioi whom he crtcr-
taincd higher respect. But that their
report being admitted as fact, barring a
icw errors necessarily made in work Of
! elicii magnitude, there were honest differ
cncc> OF opinion IL to the legal effect OF
those facts, between two parties equally
dcSrons 10 protect the interest and t!i,.
| honor of the State.
After two weeks of earnest and, he WAS
sorry To say, sometime, heated debate.
these differences were found to be ire
concilablc, and to 'uroatcn, as some
thought, q break in ;lc Democratic parry.
10 avert this, in Il caucns, not of the
General Assembly, but of its Democratic
members, this settlement WA, agreed upon.
Not Is satisfactory to either party, but as
common ground upon which we conld
place the State, without sacrifice of prin.
cplc, or fear Of her sulcrin. i'm her in.
tcre7t or her honor
lie voted against the report bcca,i-c @
there WAS injected into it feature which
worked grlcvous wrong to the honest
creditors of the State b., rcpudatng one
halt Of their proven just debts. and Justly
subjected Us 10 the charge of rcpudiatin -,
our honest debts. lie had expected to
have appealed to this House against that
injustice. Bat lc had become convinced
that this House would entertain no
change, feeling, perhaps rightly, that the
lesser evil had swallowed up the greater.
lie conibated the position Of Mr.. Murray
a, to the example Of Virginia, and said
that her State treasury WAS filled with
coupons, exactly like ours, bought by
New York capitalists for a mere son.
and forced ut par upon the treasury of
Virginia by the decision Of her own
| courts.
\ self-styled distinguished citizen had
said that the State WAS dead and her debts
with her. lie tMr. IIaskcll) did not
agree with that view. But he would adj
mt That she must have been very feeble
when the same gentleman was arrested
by the military dcspot, for his cries were
loud enough and pitiiul enough to have
awakened her if she were only sleeping.
But weak as she had bccn and low rs
she had fallen, it was only in the power
OF her own sons to disgrace her and TO
place the capping stone upon her misfor-
tunes
At the conclusion Of this speech, Gen
cral Kennedy moved TO postpone the
further debate Of the subject until Tues
day, which was agreed to, and therefore
the subject is now being discussed before
the House.
The House has passed bill changing
the road laws in Laurens and Anderson.
so rs to require persons from lG to 80 to
work the roads instead Of those from Is
to 10. This will give us a large number
of additional road hands, and will there
fore help to improve the coaz; -. G;.s..f our
public roads, which is q matter of very
great importance.
Col. Mattison has given notice of Il
Joint Resolution to amend the Constitu-
ton so ~ only to have a session of the
Legislature once in two years. This is Il
very important matter, and should by all
means be adopted.
DR.. Brown has introduced bill
amending the charter of the Bolton,
Willlamston and Easlcy Railroad, so az
to extend it to Lowndesyllc.
The session SO far has been very har-
monious, and has exceeded anything for
work which has been known since the
war. We still expect to get back home
by Christmas, and that to stay until next
fall.