The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-02-21

NUMBER 8.
HAssAoE ~ OF EDMUNDs' REsoLur1oys
w ashington, February 5.-Senator Nor.
san su 'stitute and all other amendments
were voted down, and the original Edmunds'
resolutions hnally passed without amend
ene' and the Senate, at IL P. NJ, ad.
Inc resolutions were submitted by Soma
lows: - "no "1e Us 1oi-
,hes hes0.1ea' AS the Judgment Of thu
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and are us valid and of the same paramount
authority as any other part of the consti-
tuition that the people of each State have
common interest in the enforcement of
tne whole constitution in every State in the
Union, and that it is alike the right and
duty OF Congress to enforce said amend
ments, and to protect every citiznn in tho
exercise of the rights thereby secured by
avs of the general character already passed
for the purpose, and by further appropriate
legislation, 80 far as such enforcement and
protection are not secured by existing laws
and that it is the duty Of the executive
department. of the government faithfully
and with diligence to carry all such laws
into impartial execution, and of Congress
to appropriate all moneys necdful to that
end.
Resoivcd, further, That it is the duty of
Congress to provide by law for the full and
impartial protection of all citizens of the Uni
ted States, legally qualified, in the right to
vote tor Representatives in Congress, and
to this end the Committee on the Judiciary
be, and it hereby is, instructed to prepare and
report, as soon as may be, bill for the,
protection Of such rights, and the punish.
ment of infractions thereof.
The DECLINE In The PRICE Or Cor.
ToN.-A report from the agricultural de.
partmont Just issued among other items
gives tho prices Of the cotton crop, concern-
ing which it is said We are guided by the
prices received by the planter, which have
ruled excessively low this winter, the aver
age for the whcle country being about 81
cents per pound. The great value of this
crop is founded on the demand for export
amount inborsas 3 I 1850 cod 1860, the
the United States Rss 1np iJaf :ou
importation. During the war it fell off to,
less than per cent. Starting in 1866 at.
81 per cent. we tind that in 1878 We had,
regained the position we held prior to 1861,
and that four -fitths Of the cotton used and
manufactured in Great Britain came from
the United States. The proportion of our
total crop exported to foreign ports was
$780, 900 bales out of crop Of 4,75O, 900.
bales during year ending September l..
1878. The production of this great staple
seems to be too large, and the result is shown
in glutted markets and low prices, the lar.
ger crop of 1878 being worth less than that
of the preceding year. Basing the calou-
lation of prices on that received by the.
producer, we find the value of the crop of
1878 to be S194, 200, 600, and for 1877 $240,.
100000, while the number Of bales was.
4,750,000 in 1877 and 5,20O, 600 tor 1873.
DEMOCRATIC CAUcUs.--Washington,,
February 9.-An adjourned caucus of Dem
ocratic members of Congress was held last
night in the hall of the House of Represen-
tatives, M. Blackburn presiding. There
were present about ninety Representatives
and eight or ten Senators. At the former
meeting the general sentiment was in favor
Of attaching to one Of the appropriation,
bills an amendment repeating the test oath
now required of jurors, that they have not
taken up arms against the United States,
nor engaged in insurrection against the same
nor given aid and comfort to the enemy
The subject was now formally acted on,
and committee appointed to put such
amendment in proper form to be at,
tached to the sundry civil appropriation
bill, which, among other provisions, in
cludes the pay of persons connected with
the judiciary. The caucus also decided
upon an amendment repeating the clauses
of the revised statutes which provide for
the Federal supervisors of elections. The
committee are also required to put this
amendment in proper form. There was
entire unanimity on the above measures
The only point of difference was as to con-
elusive action at the present meeting
But it was agreed that there should be an
adjourned meeting on Monday night next,
when there may be larger attendance of
members The exact form of the amend.