The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-04-06

're-h~if Of that which Virginia vas in
NV and horor bound to pay.
lie criticised the action Of his col
i;-uc in not defending the people of
Virginia from the accusation that they
S"rr iis!Ionnrable. di<hoDoraol TOO in
i" opinion of men Who represent
Stvtr> which by arbitrary legislation
had reduced their debts form S243,-
900 OOO to $4,000, 900.
ir u:"ld not occupy any more
of the tIme Of the Senate with
ih" subject of Eirsinja's debt, but
would refer now t. ali iutcrrogatory
pua last Friday by Senator Voorhees,
t. Senator Logan as TO whether the
jait1l would endorse the papers Of an
arp;:can; for the smallest postoffice
whn favored repuciation either of
State or Natioua debt He would
al; 'hc gentleman ('Seoator VoOrhees)
now he found it compatible with his
principles to associate with senators
from States who hac "repudiated'' but
had not ''readjnsted" As to the SEN
st,r from Georgia, (Seuator Brown
xno seemed to be 50 much troubled
abcu, rvadjastmcNt, he questioned
whether the world had ever produced
man who could SO readily rcadjust
himself to all conditions and all circuw-
stances [Laughtsr.] That gentle
'ran had got aheac Of the people and
oi the Democratic party in the effort
to dissolve the Union, and was the
first Governor in the South to con.
tiscate private property in the courts of
Savannah, and to seize Fort Pulaski
before the Act of Secession. RuDor
had it that the Presidency of the
Confederate States was the gentle
uau's object at that time. In the
struggle that eu>utd he (Scnator
Drown) was earnest for the cause un
Ill is fortunes began to waver, and
then he abandoned it with his militia.
.After the war he was next heard of IN
the Chicago Republican Convention.
In fact, that gentleman might say,
with the Poet Lavreate'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
I'LL. lie next appeared as the
appointee of the Car pet Bag Gov
:rnor Of Georgia. the prince Of
Carpet Baegers, Bullock. to the
ofiice of chief justice Of that State,
which position he subsequently re-
signed to take the presidency Of a
railroad 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
GOV It had righted itself and rallied
on his (Brown's) grand reserve of uu-
dying aud Interchangeable principles.
Laughter That gentleman had al
Iudcd to rumors of bargains If there
were auy truth in these rumors then
BE- (Alahone) was Indebted for any ad
vantage he might derive from it to
tie fac: that the senator from Georgia
did not know of the opportunity.
Laughter J Oa that poiut he Ma
hone) would answer all the innu-
eodoes Of senators distinctly and
grayely, and with due regard to
the dignity and decorum Of the
Scoale. He hurled back with scorn
a.l contempt every imputation that
lis action here had been induced
by any other consideration than that
of the promotion Of the peoples in
terest and of the welfare Of the whole
country.
lie said, ir conclusion: Il assert
that Virginia, the mother of the
JUion, renews her old time faith and
devotion to the Government that hel
houored sous aided to construct, and
10 furtherance thereof I propose to use
u.y best abilities and to exert my every
energy.''
At the conclusion of his speech Sen
ator Mahone was warmly congratulated
oy Senators Conkling, Sherman, Dawes
a&d other Republicans.