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 acQuiescencc 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
sem blancc flaw or right.
Nineteenth. The Senator from
Virginia and other republican SEN
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 his part in the confederate
army, is therefore, unreconstruct-
ed, and the President of the 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 fa7ors than political
affinity and personal regard.
Twenty-frst. The Senator from
Virginia and some Of his new po-
litical allies, instead Of inviting in
vestigation of charges that have
been made, far and wide, of cor
rupt particles, seek to prevent 90
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 of a 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 Vir-
ginia. The elections in that State
are managed by three election
judges-one republican, one read
juster, and one democrat-and if
these is not free ballot and fair
count the fault lies with the re-
publican and readjuster.
Twenty-third. 1t has hereto
fore been the unbroken, universal
ale 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 committees, when in
the majority, except as to the
last, to give unimportant chair
manships to three Of the oldest
democratic mem bers of the Sen
ate. They have never before
made a democratic Senator chair
man Of one of their important
ommittees-in this case one who
has been recently sworn in-and
never before have the republican
caucus nominated for the impor-
tant position Of Sergeant-at-
Arms a democrat unreconstructed
and repudiationist.
Mr.. President, it is said that
you want "a free ballot and q fair
count in the South you want to
dissolve the solid South l hope
I may not be considered as indi-
vidualIy offensive to any republi-
can Senator on that side when |
say a free ballot and q fair count
is the last thing that you want,
and | have only to turn to the re-
cord of the last election to show
how absolutely empty and unreal
that claim is.
"A free ballot and fair cOunt!' !
when che gallant democratic State
which my distinguished friend on
my left Mr.. Voorhees, so ably
represents in part on this floor
was colonized with colored voters
from the South Immediately pre-
ceding the last election to nulIlty
neutralize the democratic vote OF
that State. A free ballot and a
fair count when you sent your
emissaries into Indiana with