The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-04-21
GEORG Il |ESl',
The Horrors Of Observation-Disclosures Bait
Thrown Out to Mabono- Republican Hy-
pocrisT--Thc Reward of Party Treason.
A Splendid Tribute to Virginia.

Thrown Out t" Malone. Republican Hy-
pocrisT--Thr Reward of Party Treason.
A Splendid Tribute to Virginia.
Congressional Rccorl]
Sir, the Senators on the other side
stand here and assail the Southern
States, they call them the solid Demo-
crotic South and the rcpudia ing South,
and assuming that we arc So ignorant
that we know not the truth or dare not
state it, they defy us to point to Re
publican community that has engaged
IN reputation. point the Senator to
five hundred. The records Of the Fed
crnl courts are full all over the North
-ou,iga,loms. i speak or 1t tic more
freely because my own State has :S3O,-
OUO, 900 or more Of such bonds ont
standing. Unjust as they are, unjust
as the bonds the thieving carpet bag
governments put upon the people OF
the South: unjust, iniQuitous, unholy,
branded with fraud and corruption all
over.as is the history of this bonded in
dcbtctncSs III the State Of Missouri, it
came from the Republican party; it
came in that dark era OF prescription
and disiranchScmcnt when the intclli-
Gcnce and the property Of the State
stood by the side Of the ballot-box and
saw
THE rArrER1SM: TIE IGNORANCE, TIE
FRAUD,
the vice, the iniqnitv Of the State talk
ing possession OF her revenues and
squandcring them for their own party
purposes. For five years I stood an
unwilling spectator and saw my prop
erty voted away bv irresponsible vaga-
bonds. | saw ministers Of the GOSPEL
driven from the pulpit and forbidden
to preach the religion Of Christ; teach
crs expelled from the schools; even
those blessed women, the Sisters Of
Charity, who know no nationality or
color or cline or sex in the administra-
ton of relief, were forbidden to go TO
the bedside Of the dying. For five
long years this was done in tho name
Of Republicanism.
saw men who had carried their
muSkcts in the war of 1872, who had
never even sympathiZcd with the
South in her revolt against the Union,
who came on their tottcring limbs to
the pol'sto put in their ballots in re-
gard to the destiny of the land for the
mastery OF which they had fought
against the Indians and the wild
beasts, when with rifle in one hand plow
III tho other they had blaZcd tho path
way Of civilization
IsAw THOSE MEN DRIVEN AWAY
in the name of RcpublicaniSm. All
this was done under the Drake Con-
stitution, the author of which lately
figured in the papers Of this city as n
most orthodox Christian gentleman
who proposed to drive a clergyman
from the ministry because he married
a Catholic wmoan. In Missouri tic
county courts in those days were
bought and sold like sheep in the
shamblcs. We who owned the prop.
crty IN the state were forced TO be
silent. unScrupulous militia roamcd
through the borders of the Missouri
pistol in hand, and whenever man
declared himSclfa Democrat he was
disloyal to the Union and diStranchiscd
at once. Why, sir, in county adia-
cent TO the one in which / lived three
Judges Of the county court, COMPOSING,
that tribunal and having the power to
issue bonds, issued
100000 or FRAUDULENT BONDS
at the dead of midnight. and thcv were
thrown upon Wall street and there
sold to innocent purchasers for valu.
able consideration! One ofthc coun-
ty court judges, a shining and leading
member of an orthodox church. being
attacked 10y that dread disease, typhoid
fever, as his feet touched the cold wa
tcrs OF the Jordan of death his con-
science awakened, and he sent for the
minister Of his church. With his rcla-
tvcs around him, weeping children,
and sorrowing friends, he confessed
that in ccrtains stable at certain
hour he got $1,000 from certain lead.
ing Republican for issuing those
Gbonds. That confession was made nj
IL o'clock at night. Ats O'Clock IN
the morning the crisis Of tho disease
came and is The wonder Of the commu.