The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-08-06

price is six cents. is sold on four
mouths time, say for twelve cents :
here Is percentage OF one hundred
per cent. for four months, or til &c
hn't0rett per cent. per- uIt,,'tnt ! The
interest On corn is in similar pro,
portion. Thus wc see that for tho
nccessarios Of life, without which a
farmer would lie down and die, no
pays enormous percentage, and no
law interforos. Wherc is tho JUS
tico Of this ? Where the consistent.
cy! [ do not claim that it is
wrong to charge these rates.
Every man knows his own business
and what he must charge to snvo
hlmself' but l do claim tLot it is
unjust to suffer persons having
other commodities to sell them at
what rate Of interest they please,
and then to ccnsuro me bncluso L
90 not feel it right to compel IL
person having Il few dollars to lend
to put thom out ut seven per cent.
The usury law defeats itself, in my
opinion. But as people are divided
on this matter, ] only say that T
hope l shall not be censured be. .
cause entertain the views I have
expressed in this matt er.
TIE PuosPnATEs.
The noxt charge is that I voted
for the phosphate bill, and 7 am
told il Mr.. Brice and 7 did, we
should receive such reJuke ut the
bIiot-boX us would be il warning to
others. l remember that in al. old
history there WAS u chupter en-
titled, "a Chapter on Snakes in
Il Gland" and the chapter is simply
-"Ihere are no snakes in Ireland"
SO, my defence for voting for the
phosphate bill is that 1 did
not vote for the phosphate BILL
A long discussion cnsucd, anil on all
the test questions L opposed the bill,
although must SLY that L was in
grave doubt after reading tho able
report Of the attorneys general as to
the proper policy, However, after
long fight l was defeated, and the
bill p ,s%cl the test in the second
reading by II vote Il voto of 81 to A..
Then, finding that the principle
would be est .blisncd, I Thought the
bill presented woald carry them out
perfectly well, and therefore on the
third reading, which was formal
thing, AMI thirty others resolved
to III Ike 70 further captious opposi-
ton, and we did acquiesce in it on
the third reading. This bill, by the
way, was a farmers measure. The
lawyers stood 8 to and the farmers
II to 13 in favor of the bill. 1t is
therefore no scheme Of the lawyers
to injnre the people.
AS before said, l did not say ]
knew bcttcr than my constituents
what they wanted. Wntt T Sud was
this. On the debt question [ was told
that the people wanted reputation.
J. answered that l did not know
what the poopio wanted, because
they had had no meetings to instruct
me, and bad not written, and l hi,
not believe tho people wanted it; but
even if they did, L conId not go
against my conscience in a matter
involving conscience and honor.
Torture that, If you can, into the
remark charged against me.
On one occusion Edmund Burke
was instructed by the people Of
Bristol to vote for the war against
America. lie continued to oppose
1T, and on his return made brilliant
speech, Of which the following is Il
part. Il did not obey your instruc
tlons. No. [ conformed to tho
instructions of truth and nature, and
maintained YOUR interests against
your opinions, with n constancy that
became me. A representative wor--
thy Of you ought t. lie man If STA
blhty. [ am to look indeed to your
opinions, but to such opirions as
you ana | must haXe EVc gears
hence. I was not to look ut the
flash Of the day. 1 know that you
chose me in my place along with
others to be a pillar Of tho State
net & weather-cock on the top OF
tho cditice, exalted for my levity
and versatility, and Of no use but to
indicate the shiftings OF every fash-
ionablo gnlo." Now, my friends,
you can imagine inc porched like a
weatn or >cock on the roof OF the State
capitol, waiting for breeze. AS a
zephyr from Monticello would in
cline me one Way, L would be mot