The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-07-11
IIURRAH FOR IlEMPlllLL
HE STANDS UP IN CONGRESS AND
DOES STRAIGHT LIKING.

Lodge Makes IA Laborcd Effort I'm Behalf
of His Infam ,us Schemo-Hemphilrs
Splendid Argu,u nt-Other Speeches.
The debate IN the Lodge election
bill commenced in the House on Thusr
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
kould not interfere with the returns.
rread of the Legislative declara-
otiohS 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 national bill 1t was
sectional Under the provisions of
the first section some portions of the
pited States would be under the
"a pervision of from two to five super
visors according to the respective
size of the congressional and judicial
districts. 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
the law was to go into effect (petition
OF limited number of pcrsons,)
why was it SO limited if it was Il
good thing! The law should be uni
versally applied. Why was it that
this very complicated and unsatisfac
tory provision was put i'll unless there
yS m Of ta tR@t pdopEs sHs Eo6f 6f t
couil " and allow others to do as they
saw fit! He called for an explanation
of that provisicl. Now suppose the
United States Courts were corrupted
and from the amount of corruption
reported by the gentleman from Mas
sachusetts it might safely be inferred
that one-half of the people were un-
worthy of trust, that they were to be
watched us criminals or ticket of
leave men. Suppose that the super
visor were to turn to Democrat He
removed. That hadn't occurred to
the gentleman from Massachusetts,.
This was measure to rob them of
their dearest rights. He had march
cd before the glittcring bnyoncts of
United States soldiers to cast his
ballot. Troops of soldiers had been
sent to his town, and every soldier
gcr majority thf. it had ever had in
any Iresid:atial election.
Under this system, which it was
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 in that position again.
I'VE" Hemphill continued, 'know
that we must either rule that country
or leave it. Now for myself, before
the people of the United States and
before God, III all reverence, / swear
we will not leave it. (Applause.) 1t
is the home of our fathers There
their bones lie 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
tlcmen, are we not our fathers, sons!
Shall the blood first turn back in our
veins! Shall we transmit to the COM
ing generations great and noble
State which has been overruled and
down trodden by those who God
never intended should rule over us?
l don't hesitate to say the colored
man has rs many rights rs l have,
but he can't have his rights and mine
too, and this law is intended to put
him again III control of the Southern
Statcs-intended to waken their pre-
iudiceS$ $'hich are 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
be the destruction of the joys of hu-
man life"
Hcmphill then read from II recent
address by Ex-Governor Chamberlain
of South Carolina, Republican, in
Boston to show what former Gov
clnor and Republican thought of the
negro situation in the South He
knew 1t was useless to reason with GER
tain men in the North. They did not
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 "whcn we pass back of
politics and get to the great body of
the American people and have stated
lem honestly and fairly the truth
- the Southern country and the
black man III 1T; when they have un-
-L.Hnd the whole facts and have
-. y lusion, have no doubt
honest and right
hnt