The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-07-10
IIURRAH FOR HEMPI[ILL
HE STANDS UP IN CONGRESS AND
DOES STRAIGHT r LIKING.

Lodge Makes :.abored Effort In Behalf
OF Ills Infa;.''ns Schcmc-IIemphill'-
Splendid Argu'.s nt-Othcr Speeches.
The debate in the Lodge election
bill commcnccdint the House on Thusl-
day.
Lodge made the opening speech,
urging the measure rs necessary,
Just, wise and constitutional
Hemphill, of South Carolina, fol-
lowed, beginning with an argument
to demonstrate the unconstitutional
nature of the bill, that Congress
should not interfere with the returns.
he read Of the Legislative declara-
tons in the past by the States of New
York, Ohio and New Jersey against
congressional usurpation of the right
to conduct elections. He declared
that this was not anational bill. It was
sectional. Under the provisions of
the first section some portions of the
United States would be under the
supervision Of from two to five super
Visors according to the respective
SIZE OF the congressional and judicial
dstl1cts He could conceive of no
honest purpose for such provision.
1t could have no effect but to place the
people Of some districts between
the upper and neither mill
stones. AS to the terms under which
the law was to go into effect (petition
OF limited number Of persons,)
why WAS it SO limited if it was
good thin3g The law should be uni
vcrsally applied. Whr 'Mas it that
this worry complicated pA]9stlsatisfac-
tory provision was puts Ne fMcss there
was an intention to ID spntt yoke on
some portions OF thl45coplc of this
country and allow others to do as they
saw fit! He called for an explanation
OF that provision. Now suppose the
United States Courts were corrupted
and from the amount of corruption
reported by the gentleman from Mas
sachusctts it might safely be inferred
that onc-half of the people were un-
worthy of trust, that they were to be
watched rs criminals or ticket of
leave men. Suppose that the super
visor were to turn to q Democrat He
had life tenure and could not be
removed. That hadn't occurred to
the gentleman from Massachusetts,.
This was n measure to rob them of
their dearest rights. He had march,
ed before the glittering bayoncts of
United States soldiers to cast his
ballot. Troops of soldiers had been
sent to his town, and every soldier
had cast ballot for Greeley The
result was that the party had big
ger majority than it had cvor had in
any Presidential election.
sIInInr fhlS Svcfn,n >yhi,.h - WAC
proposed to revive, the people of the
South had been robbed by picked
villains of the North, backed up by
the bayoncts Of the United States
army. The South didn't want to
be caught i'll that position again
1--WE" Hcmphill continued, "know
that we must either rule that country
or leave it. Now for myself, before
a. ''""'~'" ~f the United States and
all reverence, L swear
lvc it. (ApplauscD 1t
our fathers. There
tnen ~ buried. They bought
it with their blood when Concord
and Lexington were the battle fields
Of this country. They have handed
it down to us unimpaircd and, gen
tlcmcn, nre we not our fathers sons?
Shall the blood first turn back in our
veins? Shall we transmit to the COM
ing generations a great and noble
State which has been OvelTuled and
down trodden by those who God
mover intended should rule over us?
L don hesitate to say the colorcd
man has us many rights as I have,
but he can't have his rights and mine
too, and this law is intended to put
him again i'll control of the Southern
Statcs-intcnded to waken their pre-
judiccs which arc fast dying out-in-
tended to bring about again that
constant irritation and clash between
the two colors in the South which
Will retard it's growth and which will
De the obstruction OF the joys of hu-
Imam life"
Hcmphill then read from Il recent
address by Ex-Governor Chamberlain
of South Carolina, Republican, in
Boston to show what former Gov.
crmor and Republican thought of the
negro situation in the South. He
knew it was useless to reason with ccr-
tain men in the North. They did mot
want to and would not believe any
thing the South might say. But there
were many people in the country who
believe III honesty and he had not
doubted that "when we pass back of
politics and get to the great body of
the American people and have stated
TO them honestly and fairly the truth
as to the Southern country and the
black man i'll it,; when they have un-
derstood the whole facts and have
como TO a conclusion, Ihave no doubt
thGY Will render an honest and right
cotls verdict, and whatever that ycr-
dict may be, as common citizen of q
common country pledge the people
OF the South to accept it as the final
arbjtrament of this great problem,
and relying, upon Him who is the
God OF Justice we will go forward in
the great work of life before us and
endeavor to perform our whole duty
to this country honestly, patriotically'