The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-04-06
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aw aDd horur bound to pay.
l:e criticised the action Of his col
h;gue in not defending the people Of
Virgins" from the accusation that they
srre dishonurable, dishouorable too in
h" "pnicn Of men Who represent
Stairs which BY @rbitrary legislation
had reduced their debts form s243,-
900 600 to SS4.000,000.
lie ~'"ll not occupy any more
Of the time Of the Senate with
III" subject of Virginia's debt, but
w.,uI refer now to ali iutcrrogatory
put last Friday by Senator VOORHEES,
tc Senator Logan as to whether the
jatieI would eudor$e the papers of an
applicant for the smallest postofice
w;,n favored repudiation either of
State or National debt He would
AK the gentleman (Senator Voorhees)
how he found it compatible with his
principles to associate with senators
from States who had "repudiated" but
h=l not ''readjusted." As to the SEN
atcr from Georgia, (Seuator Brown
WHO seemed to be 50 much troubled
about rradjnstusent, he questioned
whether the world had ever produced
Il man who could so readily rcadjust
himself to ali conditions and all circu'u-
stances Laughter. That gentle
man had got ahead Of the people and
Of the Democratic party in the effort
TO dissolve the Union, and was the
first Governor in the South to con.
iiscatc private property in tie courts of
Savannah, and to seize Fort Pulaski
before the Act Of Secession. Runor
lad it that the Presidency of the
Confederate States was the gentle
mans object at that time. In the
struggle that cn>urd he iScnator
Drowp) was earnest for the cause un
Ill its fortunes began to Taver. aud
then he abandoned it with his militia.
After the war he was next heard of iu
tie Chicago Republican Convention.
Ia fact, that gentleman might say,
with the Poet Laureate's brook:
"Mcn may come, and men may 60,
But so On forever"
Laughter. He was next heard of
as Radical candidate for the United
States Senate, but was beaten. by
moderate Republican, the late Joshua
Il;li. lie next appeared as the
*ppointec Of the Carpet Bag GOv-
..:nor Of Georgia. the prince Of
Carpet Baggcrs, Bullock. to the
ciiicc of chief justice of that State,
which position he subsequently, re-
signed to take the presidency Of a
rai'road company. Now that gentle
man was here as the leader Of the
Democratic party, and his explanation
was that the Democratic party had
erred and abandoned him, but that
now it had righted itself and rallied
on his (BrHWn's) grand reserve Of uu'
dying aud Interchangeable principles.
! Laughter That gentleman had al
iuded to rumors of bargains II there
were any truth in these runors then
he { alahone) was Indebted for any ad
vintage he might derive from it to
tie fac: t;,at !he senator FROM Georgia
did not know of the opportunity.
| Laughter Ou that poiut he Ma
bnne) would answer all the iaDu-
erdocs of senators distinctly and
g!aycly, and with dne regard to
the dignity and decorum of the
Senate. lie hurled back with scorn
and couteH"ps every imputation that
lis activn here had been induced
by any other consideration than that
Of the promotion Of the peoples in
tcrest and of the welfare of the whole
country.
lie said, in conclusion: Il assert
that Virginia, the mother Of the
luion, rcnews her old time faith and
| devotion to the Government that her
I,onorcd sous aided to construct, and
in furtherance thereof | propose to use
uy best abilities and to exert my every
energy"
At the conclusion of his speech Sen.
ator Malone was warmly congratulated
o. Senators Conkliug, Sherman, Dawes
AID other Republicans.