The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-09-05

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life-blood Of the fairest portion Of tho
South, until at last their rule became so
intoierablo, the load became SO tremen-.
dous, that the anxiety among white peo-
pie and black people, Democrats and
that had hung like an incubus for years
upon the fair neck of the Southern States
became 80 intense that the people came
together, and, though in the election of
1876 the Republican party prevailed In
the electoral vote and it was cast for Mr..
Hayes, the negroes end the Republicans
joined with the Democrats, and, while,
they voted for Hayes, voted for. Hampton
and made him Governor, and that is the
reason of the change. Months, long,
weary, troublesome months, intervened
before we got possession of the gorefn-
ment, but since we have got possession OF
the government we Justify its every. act,
and every act that Governor Hampton
has done in this matter, not only as q
matter of professional duty, but IN
matter of personal honor and every
step he has taken In. regard. to Kimpton
applaud, Justify and approve
Regarding the six millions Of repudia-
tedqbolds, about which Mr.. Chamberlain
"glibly, talked,n the Attorney General
recalled tho fact thgt they were repudia-
ted by q Republican Legislature, and 'tno
human being has applauded' the act more
strongly than Mr. Chamberlain. He
thenlgave asketch Of the; origin of the
Bond Commission chosen in June, 1877,
and gave their reasons for rejecting par.
ticular lots or classes of consolidation
bonds, and said:
.dl"Now, did the State of South Carolina
repudiate its just debts? Not q bit it.
1t did no ouch thing. On the contrary,
tdid an act of fairness and jpstness To
its public creditors which should chal-
lenge any State, any COY monweaIth or
any community iof the .Jhion to snrpasg.
It Passed q joint resolution by which it
consented to shear itself OF its sovereign
capacity which prevented &c being sued,
and 1t authorized me, the Attorney Gan-
selected, not ], TO appear for the State in
the courts, and to invite the public cred.
itots to bring their suits, and to mako
tne old, honest, AngiotSaxon, English
way of settling difficulties by going to
law. 1t provided for an appeal np. 10 its
Supreme Court, and then made every
fgciiity for Its going to sl1c Supreme
Court of the United States. & 7 ask where,
in the history Of American finances,
where, in all the devious and tortuous
chapters Of money transactions in which
States and Commonwealths have heen
\ involved, lis there GIN instance which
speaks stronger for the faith of n State,
| foE the honor of people, for the intee
rity Of q community, than when that
State shears itself of its sovereign powers
i aud uayB;S Though under the law you
cannot sue inc, Iteonsent tt.. be sued?n
/ Know you, MIR. Attorney General, of any
| possible scheme by which the suits could
be brought? None, sir, under the con-
stitution Of the United States of America;
none under the constitution of South
Carolina;i and certainly none under its
laws. Further, as in some of these bonds
there is o contract by the State, as there
is that these coupons are to be receivable
in payment of taxes, of course the extrs-
ordinary remedy of n,G,,d danlus would lie
to enforce the treasurer to receive them.
| Brt That only 1e.ssminea ose single eon
pom. But the State OF one sweep pub
iishes to the world the objection to these
bonds, and requires its Attorney General,
with the consent of the creditors, If pran,
| ticable, to make up the cases, in order.
that this question may 90 out of politics
once and forever, and ike every honest
people where they differ as t the amount
| of their debts go to court and fix it, and
fix 1t forever. And yet the gentleman
who has addressed you said the whole
object of this reqnisition was to torfuis
Kimpton, to make him give evidence III
order that the State of South Carolina
| might repudiate its legal obligations.
Now, siT, that Is the history, and that is
| the fact. That is full and fair, and it Is
| matter of public record.
MIR. .Youmans then took up the 70.
marks made touching what had taken
place in the Court of Claiuis In CoIuin-
bia, and saic: {; .eS5 ~
ut was stated that this case was adj
journed because, the Attorney General
said he was exerting all the energies of
the government, or something Of shat
| sort, in 0fdIr TO get Kimpton thers. Nov
liz you will get the papertI have aeen and
look at tha records of that proceeding.
| you will see that that statement Is utterly
untrue. MFR. Simonton and All. BraWlev.
1.-TWO OF she counsel for the bon6holdess,
insisted that l should be required to dis.
close the @ names .Il OF tho witnesses, and il
navy anH empnauca,illy a.,l refused TO do so.
stated tnat II ulsciosed tiss narles'of
inc witnesses, ie might furnish means to
pai.ies lhletestea, ana who did not 5sish
ton she ~ - UsSs .stiyi ~ ~ ss nm away, alq lll
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