Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-10-28
BARCLAY HENLEY AND THE "pEe-
GING-AWLp

A correspondent, referring TO the title,
" Brsd.awl Henley" or Peggirg.swl Hen
ley. that is 80 freely applied to Barclay
Henley, of Sonoms, Democratic candidate
for Congressman from the Third District,
says that gentleman has denied on the stump
that he used language at any time that jas.i.
hes the application of this cogncmeu. Tha
matter has become one Of wager, as to the
truth OF the charge that Mr.. Henley, while
IN the Legislature in 1870, referred to the
pegging-awl as g possible weapon he might
uss against republicans. An appeal is made
70 the RECORD. UNION 20 settle tie dispute
By reference to the debate. The photographic
report OF the proceedings of the Assembly, as
published IN the daily Union, show that on
tie llth OF January, 1870, MIR. Henley, in
the lower House, rose to question of privi-
lege, in reply to the charge that he had said
that Governor Haight was the first Gov.
error, SO far as he knew, to take the bold
stand that no matter, come what may, the
people Of the State of California shall not
submit to an imposition of the terms ex-
pressed 10 the amendment" (lhe fifteenth
Amendment), etc. On that occasion he said
that he believed be uttered the sentiments Of
every member of the Democratic party that
they would fight il Unnecessarily, resolutely and
posed. He said that if it was true that
1t would have no binding force, "we won't
submit to it." and added
For making what conceived at tie time
to be an exceedingly conservative and even
lamb.like declaration of political faith, 1 am
accused OF breathing all manner of threaten
ing. and slaughter and war pestilence and
f.mine re seen 10 every word utter. Why,
bless their innocent souls, they do not seem to
m llr az her boz,
OF not submitting to thieg. Why, sir, they
seem to think that it necessarily follows il
We say we will not submit to thing that
we will resort TO the ultimc ratio regun.-
the last resort. By 10 means, MIR. Speaker.
That is one way of resisting and in my
judgment the resort to viilainous saltpeter
and g!itterlng swords and bayonets, AID all
that sort Of thing, il one of the worst methods
that can be resorted to to settle differences
between individuals or between people. We,
sir. have other ways of settling this
difficulty; AID we have as many ways,
give warning, as the various sud
ever shifting and changing policies Of the Re-
publican party. Our resistance may take
divers and various FORMS We may resist it
by the iustrumentality provided in the
Courts. Or, when it becomes e1graftsd in
the Federal Colsti. uti0n, we IL y resist it BIZ
ceaseless Political agitation, and thus get
majority in Congress; then, sir, we may IT,
troduee another amsndment repeating this
Fifteenth Amendment. Or il may be pcssi
bic that we will resist it in this way That
when it becomes part of tie Federal Con-
stitution, and e Chinsman comes up to vote,
or negro either. the friends Of white suf-
frsge may be so numerous that we will make
it rather warm for them. Or we may resist
it in the manner in which the Plug Uglios
resisted the Irishmen and Dutchmen il
Baltimore. We may provide ourselves posi-.
bly, with peyging-awis, and when a negro or
Chinamap, or possibly Republican, comes
up 70 vote. we will prig him a little. There
are verious means o. resisting this thing other
than the absurd, and hop4 soon to be obso-
lete manner of appealing to the arbisrameut
OF the sword