The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-05-25

Eighteenth. The same Senator
and others of his caucus propose
TO buy our acqniescencc in their
corrupt party policy by rendering
pay to the present democratic EN-.
ployes Of the Senate until next
December, if we will allow the
election of Riddleberger and Cor
ham, and this, too, without the
mblancc oflaw or right.
Nineteenth. The Senator from
Virginia and other republican Sem
ators have assailed the motives
and questioned the official iutegri-
ty Of every democratic Senator
on this floor, because they vote as
their conscience dictates and we
have q right to assume that they
do this to divert the attention Of
the country from this unnatural
alliance, and bolster up and give
| plausibility to an untenable and
wrong position.
| Twentieth. The Senator from
Virginia has said that he has
nothing to apologize for respect
ing bis part in the confederate
army, is therefore, unreconstruct-
ed, and the President fthe United
States has said that he will shake
hands with no man who has not
expressed repentance for his sins
Of rebellion; and there must,
therefore, be some other reason
for the interchange Of political
and personal faVors than political
affinity and personal regard.
Twenty-frst. The Senator from
Virginia and some Of his new po-
litical allies, instead Of inviting in
vestigaLion of charges that have
been made, far and wide, of cor
rupt particles, seek to prevent on
this floor free speech and legiti-
mate discussion touching those
charges by threats and denuncia-
ton.
Twenty-second. The reason as
signed for this extraordinary
coalition is that the Senator from
Virginia is in favor ola free bal
lot and fair count in Virginia ;
that it secures "a free ballot and
fair count. Whereas there is no
evidence here or elsewhere that
the ballot is not perfectly free
and count perfectly fair in Vi--
ginia. The elections in that State
are managed by three election
judges-one republican, ono read
justcr, and one democrat-and if
these is not a free ballot and fair
count the fault lies with the re-
publican and readjuster.
Twenty-third. 1t has hereto
fore been the unbroken, universal
"nle and practice of the republi,
cans to nominate none but repub-
licans for Sergeant.at-Arms, and
make none but republicans chair,
: men of the mittees, when in
the majority, except as to the
last, to give unimportant chair.
manships to three of the Oldest
democratic members of the Sen
ate. They have never before
made a democratic Senator chair
man of one of their important
: com mittees-in this case one who
has been recently sworn in-anc
never before have the republican
: caucus nominated for the impor-
tant position Of Sergeant-at-
Q Arms a democrat unreconstructcc
and a repadiationist.
l
Mr.. President, it is said tha
you want "a free ballot and q fai
count in the South you want t
dissolve the solid South | hop
may not be considered as indi
' vidually offensive to any republi'
L can Senator On that side when
say free ballot and a fair count
Z is the last thing that you want
IS and | have only to turn to the re-
II cord of the last election to shos
u how absolutely empty and unrea
IL that claim is.
J. "A free ballot and q fair count
Il when che gallant democratic Stat
u which my distinguished friend O.
my left [Mr. Voorhoes1 so abb
s, represents in part on this foo
J. was colonized with coIored voter
'r from the South Immediately pre-
e ceding the last election to nullif
% neutralize the democratic vote {
that State. A free ballot and
n fair count when you sent you
y emissaries into Indiana wit