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

Assembly which elected him to his high
office. Nor would he deign to answer
unworthy taunts made against one with
whom he was personally connected.
One who can be truthfully charged with
having lost all by the misfortunes of war,
but could never be charged with having
in the least degree retrieved those for
tunes by acting as the paid counsellor
and defender o. the robbers of his coun-
try.
Mr.. Haskell complimentcl the bond
commission as having worked well and
faithfully. There were no men in the
General Assembly for whom he enter
tanned higher respect. But that their
report being admitted as iacr, barring a
few errors necessarily made in work of
such magnitude, there were honest differ
ences of opinion rs to the legal effect OF
those facts, between two parties equally
desirous TO protect the interest and the
honor of the State.
After two weeks of earnest and, he was
sorry to say, sometimes heated debate,
these differences were found to be ire
concilable, and to threaten, as some
thought, break in the Democratic party.
To avert this, in caucus, not of the
General Assembly, but of its Democratic
members, hissettlemcnt was agreed upon.
Not as satisfactory to either party, but rs
common ground upon which we could
place the State, without sacrifice of prin-
ciple, or fear Of her suffering in her in
terest or her honor.
He voted against the report because
there was injected into it feature which
worked grievous wrong to the honest
creditors of the State by repudiatng one
half of their proven just debts, and justly
subjected us to the charge of repudiating
our honest debts. He had expected to
have appealed to this House against that
injustice. But he had become convinced
that this House would entertain no
change, feeling, perhaps rightly, that the
lesser evil had swallowed up the greater.
He combated the position of Mr. Murray
as 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 song
and forced at par upon the treasury of
Virginia by the decision of her own
courts.
A self-styled distinguished citizen had
said that the State was dead and her debts
with her. He (Mr. Haskell) did not
agree with that view. But he would ad-
NIT that she must have been very feeble
when the same gentleman was arrested
by the military despot, for his cries were
loud enough and pitiful enough to have
awakened her if she were only sleeping.
But weak as she had been, and low as
she had fallen, it was only in the power
of her own sons to disgrace her and to
place the Gaping stone upon her misfor-
tunes.
At the conclusion of this speech, Cen
eral 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,-Hnderson,
so as to require persons from l6 to so to
work the roads instead-of those from is
to 45. This will, give us large number
of additional road ,hands, and will there
fore help to improve the coaas: isS our
public roads, which is matter of very
great Importance.
Col. Mattisou has given notice of
Joint Resolution to amend the Constitu-
ton so as only to have session Of the
Legislature once in two years. This is a
very important matter, and should by all
means be adopted.
DR.. Brown has introduced bill
amending the charter of the Bolton,
Williamson and Easley Railroad, SO as
to extend it to Lowndesville.
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.