The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-10-09


committing arson or rape, and en-
abling him to hold Office, could not re.
move in this case. This had been
q phantom, intending to cure an evil,
aud had resulted in making black,
guards of gentlemen, and in causing
the loss of more lives by assassinations
than ever lost under dueling law.
The convention refused to strike out
the oath by the following vote: Yeas
50. nays II.
Mr.. Stanyarne Wilson moved to
amend by making the oath applicable
to dueling in this State: He believed
it was only the intention to preserve
peace in this State and that gentlemen
were not concerned about what thel.
felIow-citizens did in other States
Few laws had 50 seriously affected the
manhood of our men as the antl-duel'
ing law
Mr.. Sigh moved to table Carried
by vote of S5 to 50. The -TAlman
brothers voted in the negative.
Mr.. Byrd offered an amendment eX.
cepting State officers and members OF
the legislature. He made speech on
the line that campaigners were subject
to insult, and because they were
known to have their hands tied, bullies
sending challenge and holding them
up as towards because they could not
be accepted. Laid on the table.
Mr.. Jeryey moved to change the
form of the oath so that the: :omSel
would only swear that he viii not en-
gage in a duel as principal or second
during his term of Office. Laid on the
table by vote of 67 to SO.
James Wigg moved to include in the
oath ''or in lynching bee, so that 8
lyncher would be debarred holding
Office. The question was put and de
clared lost while Wigg was holding
the floor and calling on the president
WiggNNr.s President, l have the
floor
Mr.. Talbert-Well, hold it.
He was finally recognized and Wigg
made good speech on the line:Indl
Gated by his amendment. The; VOTE
was again taken and his amendment
tabled. -. 80,
prohibiting the payment of salaries oi
State officers after their death by ad
ding and no pensions shall begranteo
except for military service" J..
Section 81, on which a fight is ex.
pecteG, was passed, and section 2S
called up.
a LIVELY DEBATE
The sections up to section 81 were
adopted at once. Section 81 read as
follows:
The marriage of a white person with
negro or mulatto or person who
shall have any negro blood, shall be
unlawful and void. 'r;s; *
When it was called up, Gen. Smalls
startled the convention and created 8
dignifed stampede from the galleries.
He offered the following as an amend
ment to follow after void
And that any white person who
shall live and cohabit with a negro OF
mulatto or person who shall have one:
eighth or more of negro blood shall
be disqualified from holding any of,
fee of emolument or trust in this State,
and the offspring from any such liv'
ing or cohabitation shall bear the
name Of the father and shall be entitled
to inherit and acquire property the
same as if they were legitimate"
Smalls spoke to the subject at length.
He hoped the gentlemen would vote
here to purify themselves; their .wo
men were good and pure and he wanted
the men to be. He read census returns
showing the number of mulattoes IN
the South. He asked that:they would
put stop to this crime : heEknew that
If woman suffrage was allowed the
women would pass some such law tc
purify the men.
Mr.. Cooper of Colleton moved te
amend Smalls' amendment by striking
out the last 80 words relating to leglt
imatizing the offspring Of the alliances
Mr.. w. D. Evans moved to lay both
amendments on the table. The vote
was very close, and if anything the
noes" seemed to make more noise
but the motion was declared adopted
Mr.. B R. Tillman took the floor anc
said he had been accused of being an
arch enemy ofthe negro, but he want
ed Justice, and he was now going tc
show himself their friend. He renew
ed the amendment of Mr.. Coope,
made to Mr.. Smalls' amendment, anc
which had been declared tabled wher
h, did not believe it had been. He die
not impute any unfair action on the
part of the president.
Mr.. Talbert fired up instantly. The
vote had been correctly stated, he said
and as long as he was in the chair ne
proposed to state it without assistance
from the floor.
Mr.. Tillman reiterated that he hac
not desired to impute unfairness, anc
said he did not wish to get into {
squabble.
AS the motion he had made was ou
of order, Mr.. Tillman moved to recon
sider the vote by which Mr.. Cooper:
amendent was tabled. This was car
ried.
Mr.. Zimmerman moved to adjourn
Lost.
Mr.. Price spoke against the amend
ment. He believed it unconstitutional
How could they deprive a man of priv
ileges for having Legitimate colorec
children, when they did not do 81
when the illegitimate children were
white2 1t brought in the question oi
race-drew the color line.
Mr.. Lee was opposed to the amend
ment 1t was entirely out of place
here. No man who could be convicted
of living with a negro woman coulc
ever be elected to an office in thi!
State.
Gen. Smalls spoke in reply to Mr.
Lee .~--
Tom Miller also had something t
say. He evidently thought thee'asss Mr.: Lee:
proposition did not hold good s2
that if this amendment was adopted h'
guaranteed to furnish valuable evi
Sence which would bar many men II