The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, March 18, 1879, Image 1
tI-WEKLYEI 1 N.; WINNS.BORO. S. C. TUESDA Y, MARCH IS, 187; V. 3.
OSTRACISING JEFF DAVIS.
A J'L.\ PICT Ul E OF T1 'II 1,n Ji d'1'
1 NT211A11NA'T1C.
Boar Waves a Scarlet F1ag-.Garland
Opens the Debate--A War of Words
The Senate Warming Up- -Defeating
the Mexican Pension Bill.
A brief account of the debato in
the Senate on Jeff'ersoni Davis has
been given. The . following is a
graphic description of the whole
contest, which took place between
one and six o'clock on Monday
morning. Most of the spectators I
in the Senate gatlloeries had had a
surfeit of (lull Senatorial routine,
and were wandoring aimlessly about
the Capitol. Th;l terrible snow l
storm which had set. in early in the
afternoon continued to rage, and
it was alnost impoissible for tho
sightseers toget home.
110A). O.PENS TnE ]ALL.
The wias a motion made to ex
clude from the pension roll s the
survivors of the Moxican war who
had served in the Confederate army,
which was lost. by two v,ots.
Hoar, of MAssachusett. at 121
o'clock imoved to_ amend by pro
widing that Jolo'rson Davis should
-not be entitled to tOws benefits, of
this act. He made one of his clar,
.acleristic spoeches, full of bitter
.ness, but wingled with professions
of his good feeling toward the
South. A few levelheatded )emuo
ceratic Senators, wh1o understood
parfectlyv wel that this was simlply
a red 'tag to bait their sido unii
draw out their hot-headed col'
leagues, moved about counsellin<g
no debate, and urging a general
demand for a vote. Th -y were un
successful. Garland, of Arkanls:ts,
was on hii feet retor2Ing to Ioar
that he could see no to tson N'why
Mr. Davis should be singled out in
this manner, sineo Lang.treet, Orr.
.Mosby, Ackerman, and others, had
been honored. Maxey, of Texas,
and Bailey followed, and the ball
was opened.
The Iepublicans t.ero in their
.samts quiocly enjo)ying the anticipa
tion of the row that was sure to
come. Many of those on that side
who had beju seeking rep:so and
cat naps in tho cloak rooms came
out smniling, and braced up in their
seats ready for the fun. Blaine,
when G.Lrhmud sprung to his feet to
reply .to Hoar, wvas sWeaping in h.is
,chair, his head resting heavily on
one hand. Dick Oglesby, wlt sat
behind Blaine, reached over a desk
and nudc:od him in the back, and,
.as the rudely awakencd Senator
from Maine started bo2t upright,
wihisperod.: "Hell has broke loose."
Mr. Thurman rose and began a
spoeeh, and, as he wont on, tv Lrmed
to the work. He poured hot shot
into Hoar in vigorous style. Thus
far not a man on) the Rtopufblican
side had come to Hoar's assistance.
Heo evideutly began to feel that he
was1 deserted. TLhurmnan' spel)ech
was in his very best vein, c.uergetic
forcible, and eloquent. It wasa
severe denunciation of what he
termed a manligLunt attempt to
insult the wvholo Southern popl'e by
smngling out for unecessary stigiua
the mnau who had been their leaderl..
Hie sa.id Mr. D.wvis had neUver desir
-od a peoin, and if he hand, was .by
.ILw entit.led to one, because he had
been an officor in ,the Mexican
army. It wouldl require an espeial
enactmen.t nowv to provent him frona
rocriving a pension if he were to:
apply for one sundor the existingr
law. J*o saw .0on tihe bench, too,
men who were actually engaged in
the Confederate service, wvho were
just as guilty as Jefferson Davis.
T.prop9sal before thena came
from the Senator of a Stato .(MIas.
sachuisetts) wyhose treason, had beea
jnore violent and longer than that
,of any other State in theo Union.
By this tiine,the Seniate galeorieo
'were rapidly filling up. The House
~had adjourned, and. the spiectaors,
'who had boon ;waiting for some
.thing enlivening to turn up, came
ove o Senate sido. Tne mnem
bers of the House dropped in also
upon the .floor of the Senate, and
.othera, privileged and unprnivileged
persons, foumid their way into the
chamber and stood in-groups in theo
xear of the Senators' desk,. Iamn:.r
rose. There was a dead silence as
he began to spea,k.' Seeators on I
*both side Ieaned forward epootants
ly. .He began, yery deliberately,j
*sayil g he-intant confess hip surprie
and regret.that4hii Senatore frou
M~assachusetts should have wanton
* jy,~ without pnrobatl6; Anig RiMli
usult, but ahnost the first sentence
i( uttered was punctulated by the
iharp, (ick rap of the President's
avel. dimunds was in the chair,
is grim t and sovere-looking as fate
tself. Hte said simr'ly : ":1'ho
senator from Mississippi will sus -
end, as0 hei out oft order."
Lamar, with a surprised expres.
3io11 ol hits face, looked up intg:'ir
ngly at the Chair. Edmunds had
iseni and stood with one lat-"I rest
1g on the President's desk, his
a1 forul towering above the ex
iaustei clerks at the desk below.
Vith great deliberation ho said :
" In the judgment of the Chair tho
5enator from lississippi is (2ut of
order in using ulparliaun-jntarv
Ianguage."
tlur,Lamr striiightened up, folde:l
his arms, threw back his head, and
deliberately enunciating every word,
:aid : "In the judgment of le
Scnator from Mississippi ho is
entirely in order, and his language
is not only par"liilen1t'y, but
literally an'l strictly true."
"T'he He uato)r from MIisis,si;)pi
will take his sent," sharply retorted
I+iinun;s, emtphatically ')unctuatipg
the (coimlliand with a rrp of the
gavel ; "the 'hair Ias d,eided th.-t
the Sesnator frou Mississippi is out
of order, his language being un.
parliaentary."
Lamar sa,t down, but qiuic:kly
came to his feet again, and said
Canly: 'jf appe l from the deci:$
inn of the Chair," and then lie took
his sc.it. The roll wats called, and
by a large majority the decision of
thc) Chair" Was reversccd. W i th
great su:uvity of manner E lmuln.s
turned his taco toward L 1:r, and.
said: "..:he Senate decid;s that the
Senator from1 Missis;ippi is in
order ; ho will proceed."
There was a taint effort at ap
plause in the galleries ; but Lamar
throw up his h,tnds depreeatingly,
.n( the Prcsilenlt's gavel came
down with a qiick, sharp sound,
and stillness reigned. With an
eflort at self restrain t, and slowly
and deliberately, Lamar began
again. Senator Blaine, who, of all
men, is certainly a competent critie,
says he nover saw a mann display more
tact than Lamar under tho tr'ying
circon111stainll.es in which he Was
l)laced. lie made no apology for
the language lie had used ; but he
said if there was one 'enator who
felt tggrieved, he Wound willingly
withdraw whatevcr he had said.
Pausing an instant, as though for a
reply, he proceeded as deliberately
as before. Usually Lamar is an
1m1piitaioned speaker, but on this
occasion lie seemingly weighed
every word lie uttered. Ho niade
a unqualified defence of Jeflerson
Davis, an( of the whole Southern
people, claiming that they were
actuated by the highest motives and
inspired by the loftiest patriotism.
lr. Davis, he said, was the repre.
sontative simply. of the S,outhorn
1eople, and he as well as they
dedicated their lives and fortunes
o cause they believed to bo right.
A w-mton insult ha~d been off'ered to
them by .the mo.'tionl fromi the Senator'
from Massachusetts, and to himselfC
mnd every other Southern man ini
,he Senate who in a kss degree only
iu d been the representatives of theie
>ecople inl that great struggle. But
bhoy had bowed to the decree of
fte, and loyally accepted the s'ituas
ion whlou the God of battles had
dee.ided against them. Since the
varl no0 manl had mfOr.e 'unr'eservedly
.ceap)ted the situa:tion th in Mr.
Davis. He had counselled no in-.
:urrection), had advI~ised 110 factions
'esistance after theo great struggle
vas .ended by the ovrthrow of the
joUtuther ari'ilos. The ml)oaliin g (..
the speakorCC was plain. Heo meant
that .Davis had not, immediately
.fter the surrender., sought to .pro
ong the stiluggle by guerilla~ war
But this exorossionm was soiza.h by
the ever ready aInd alwaya y,igilaut
~3laine, and used( wi th great effect a
LOW minutes later.
Ini spea.king of .the motivos that
aspir'ed Hoar's nmotion, Lamn er used
singularly appropriato figure of
peoch. He wast referring to the
>ersistenlt attacks upotn Davis, r.
~rokeni and aged man. He aid.
hat the Senator .from Massachu
mette, ho believed, classed l?imself
mrong those who classed them
;olvos Christian statesmen. Ije
night hiavg Jear'ned more charity
ivona from boath.on mythology.
4t this poiWt the speaker paused,
urned, and,,ig' in a stage whisper,
sked :"Who was it 'that was
uhained to the rock T' and Thurman,
icross three r.ows of desks, whis
.oe :."Promethena:" -
rWithout n ore than a deliberate
est." Lamar worit on.. When Pro
~etheus was chiIned. t the 'ook it,
was not an eagle that pluked at his
vitals, but I vulture. 7To action
was suited to the utterance ;
as ho said it was not an eagle that
pluched it his vitals the artis were
thrown ullp i an(1 the curving swoop
of the king of )irds was descrilbed in
the ges;tture. and then as (ho hissed
out it. was a vuiltire the right arm
s'raighlltodll out an(1 tho iudex
finger psointed at Hoar. It was as
fine aid(c effwetive at pioeae of oratory
as . ever vit nessed.
Blaine thaenl spoke. He turned to
L:tular and begaln to play uptm his
retark that Davis had never cotn
soi iinstt recton. He said ho wa:i
atmazed at tho words of the Senator
from Mississippi. I took them
down its 11e uttere l them. I wanted
to make no mistake in quoting him.
"I took down his words," rcpeated
Bl:tine. "Since the war ie has
nleVer' counsol le' insurrection," and
this is the defence that is mado for
Jefferson l.vias in the American
Senate. lie hlats not counselled in
surrectiol ; for this you ask ihat ho
be placed upon the pension rolls,
becauso forsooth he has not coun
sello'd intsirrection since the w:tr.
As Blain said "I took down the
wonis of the Senator from Missis
sippi" he itterui the sheet of pa
por \vhicht ie held in his right hand.
1 As he repeated for the third lilu,
"b)ecauso le hd not counselled
insurrection," lie leaned forward,
itrctched out his arm. and the sheet
if paper went luttering over ill
the space in front of the clerk's
desk.
And thus the speech ran on. It
was full of tellin1 poinlts, and
rasped Thurman and Iunar at every
tuin, but was alhays strictly within
parliamentaryi deco:n, 1and the ref
u"c!'ies to L imiar himself were ex
coeaang costutoou..
(arlaid, after Blaine had spoken
so hotly, apologiied for having pro
cipitated the deb:ate, and then went
on to sty tit the treatment of
)rvis had not been magnanimous.
'ntnsido apologized for having
voted to pension tho Mexican sol
diers. He wandered along scatter
tng ov,r the whole of creation, as a
Republican Senator r1oarked to
day, and fintally wound up by stying
that he did not want to bo consider,
ed a greater ass titan God Almighty
had made him, which finale to his
speech provoked a burst of laughter
on both sides of the senate, in which
the galle'ies joined.
There were one or two other un
important speeches, and then Zach
Chandler, who had been asleep in
the cloak room, went to the front
and mad3 what both sides concede
was the speech of the night. It
happenIed tis way. W. E. Chandler
was in the reporter's gallery an in.
terested spectator. Ho was dis
gusted at what ho thoutght was the
pusalatninity of Republican Sena
tors lie snt do, ln word to Zctch
Chandler that be was am-zed that
no RIptublican Senator had ite
courage to call Jeff Davis a traitor,
aund h wanted to know whether i
had become so much of a Hayes
manut that ho had forgotten to call
things by their right namesiiQ. The
meissentger camne b)ack with this la.
conic tmessago from Zach to WV. E.:
"WVait and see." The spsich w.s,
as the Democratic Senators said to
clay, a rasper. Hiis words wo'ro not
mneatsured.
There weore hot words still lator
in te dobato between Thurman and
Blain.. Thutirman wvas worn andc
and weary. His temper, never te
best, was out of sorts, probably beo,
cause of the wvear andl tare of the
long physical strain. Blainue inter
rupted him in a little speech ho
was1 making, aund Thnrman, in high
dudl(geonl, told Blaine to sit dlown.
B3Lino sat down applarently very
meely, butt when Thnrman was
through, he got tip andl su ,.l tihat Ito
tookc is seat not at the commatitnd of
the Senator from Ohio, so rudely
given, but because ho htad no right
to to floor. Ho wan.ted to say,
however, to the Senator from Ohio
that this wvas not the tirst timo Ihe
had noted so rudely .; that had there
not boon twenty yoars difference in'
their ages hto wotuld have held him
accountable in an entirely different
way ; but now he simplly wvantedl to'
say that his conduct was neither
gentlemanly nor Senatorial ; it was
altogether unbecommng.
In bis earl.ier speech Gonkling
hatd dealt with (the sectional and
nationai~l issue which Hoar's amend..
ment htad opened. Ho had still out
standing an account with Thurman
for the ridiculous ease .with which
the Senator fi'om Ohio had turned
the edges of CQnkhng's speech on
the Cbinese quqetion, anid Concding
now deailt with' .Wurman's Presi-,
dential .aspiration , He drew a
,graphic picture .o Thur*man 'iding
four horses at once, anti k'3pin: six
balls in the air as he rode, two with
e tch hand and one with etch foot,
while his eyo was fixed on tho.
weathercock, to see how ho should
vote.
''ho Senate roared at the picture,
and 'Thurinai took the rilicnlO in
good part. Shortly afterward the
(lebate closed. It was 6 o'clock.
The Senate separated and went
lione through the falling snow.
ASAD NUICIIII% IN UNION.
About half-past five o'clock last
Iuiesday evening this community
was thrown into great excitement
by thu announcement that Mr. O.
B. H, rahiamt had committed sui
cid13 by shooting himself in the head
with a pistol. For some months Mr.
Graham had been confined to his
bod by a severe attack of paralysis
in the lower part of his body and
legs, -but had so far recovered as to
be able, by the aid of a crut'h and
stick, to walk up town, and not
more than fifteen minutes before ho
comniitted the sad deed we talked
with him on the street about the
act latly' passed by Congress to
pay the veterans of the Mexican
war, and lie appeared in his usual
spirits. He was taken on his way
home. Oa entering. the house he
stumbled and was assisted to a
chair by Mrs. Robinson, his mothor
in law. She then turned from hiii
and imniediately after heard the
report of a pistol. On turning to
him she found a pistol lying on the
floor beside his chair, and that Mr.
Graham was shot.-Tho ball entered
the he el just behin:l the right oar
and passel through to the skull
directly opposite.- Union Times.
NEWJ1S OF TILE DAY.
Andrew Johnson, son of the late
ex..President, died last Thursday at
his home Union Depot, Teun.
At Charleston, W. Va., last week
the nose of Worster Booz, a miner,
boy in bleeding, and before it could
be stopped lo bled to death.
Queen Victoria, it is rumored, has
expressed a strong wish to see Can
ada, and the Prince of Wales is en
couraging her to visit both that
country and the United States.
John Q. Pinkham, who in Janna
ry, 1877, hiled a widow named
Berry, by whom he was employed
as a laborer, was executed on Friday
morning at Concord, N. I.
Wimi. H. Devlin, formerly ( fore,
man in one of of the mills at Low
l, who beat his wifO to death il
December, 1877, and afterwards
amothered his infant, was hanged
on Friday at E;ast Cambridge, Mass.
Mr. J. Milton Turner, ex- minister
to Liberia, is making speeches in
Missomri in opposition to the pro.
posOd emigration of colored people
of that State to Liberia. He advises
them to stay where they are, and
tells them they can do better in
Missousi than any other country
under the sun.
The friends of young Curtis, who
was killed by Joln Poindexter, in
Richmond, Va.,.:last week, are about
to erect a handsome monument
over his remains. The p)all--bearers
aind fomur of huis lady friends have
boen appointed to receive the con.
tributions of those who may desire
assiot them in this pur1ipose.
Recently in one of the Lowvefl
Bamptist Churches, the Bell telephone
apparatus was placedl in the pulpit
on Sunday., and the service was
heard distin)ctly by people having
connctio4 with it in all parts of the
city. The sing,ing, both tune and
words, was hear.d at F'oxborough, in
Boston, eighty miles away.
SALE1 UNDERI 1MO1TGAGE.
I N pusuance of authority conferroed on
.Le m s P'resident of tlpe WVinugsboro
Bujilding and J,oan Associltsion, by pow
er of attorney contained in doods of
mortgago oxecunted by R. Jackson MeCar
Icy, of dato respooetively the eightoenth
daty of~ October, eighteen hundred antd
8L)vonLy-soveni, and the thirteenth (lay
of April, eighteen hundred and boyenty
eight, I wvill otror for sale on the first
Mondary in April, 1a79), at public outcry,
to the highest biddecr, before the court
houso (door in Wjnnsboro, betwoogi the
hours of ton o'clok, a. im., and five
o'clock, p. mi., the following-desoribed
property mortgaged by the salid R. Jack
soil McCarley to the said Winnsboro
Bluilding aimd Loan Assooiation, and to
b.o hold to foreclosQ such' iortgage, tQ
wit:.
All that pieceo, parcel or tract of land
conveyed to the paid Ri. Jackson MeOar
ley by Silas WV. uif, Sheriff of F?airfield
county, on the sixth (lay of N'ovember,
A. D. 1876, containing oNE~ HUNDED AND
EIoHTY AonEs, more or loss, anid 'hended
by lands of John Simionton, John G.
Iirio, and others.
Terms of sale-CASH, purobhasor to pit
for all necosgry papers.
(4:~ H31o48TE E
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TIHE Vertical Poed is th- greatest ad
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since the invenoltiont of sowing IaehineoM.
Wo invite a careful exan}ination of it,
believing no one nan fail tq recognizo tho
fact that it is the most porfect Sewing
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strength, durability, altd ocononly. We
do not hesitate to claim for the
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in addition to its auperior princi ples,
more atbsolute perfection of workmanship
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fitting, tailoring, dress-n aking, and
family use,
THE DAVIS HAS NO EQUAL.
References to those who have the Im'
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field county:
Mrs. William McNall.
Mrs. William D. Aiken.
Mrs. A. W. Ladd.
Mrs. J. C. Rowe.
Mrs Dr. T. T. Robertson.
Mrs. Dr W. K. Turner.
Mrs. J. W. I3ulick.
Mrs. William Stevensq.
Miss Margaret Aiko .
Mrs. A. P. Miller.
Mrs. Eliza Williame.
Mrs. James Q. Davis.
Mrs. Robert Crawford.
Miss J. Harvoy, and others.
Just think of it-a machine selling for
$60 a short time ago you cau now pur
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J. O. BOAG,
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Also lgent for two other first-clasv
nachines-. the New American, and the
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Call on J. O. ]3OAG. and get the bess
Family Sowing Machines made.
D1Y GOODS.
Great redultiog in pricgs of Dress
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Always a full and complete line of
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Lumber and Furniture for sale low
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REMOVAL.
A BOUT the 1.5th of March we po.
1.pose.tQ remove our stock of
goods to the store now occupied
by J. M. Beaty & Co. where w
wvill be pleased to Boo all oiur former
friends ard customers. Preyigug
to that e'vent we will.sell at
BOTTOM FIGUR1ES,
to avoid unnecessary .trouble e
rUovmng.
Just received' a, lot of fine. un?
canvassed hams. Also, Plows J
Flowvs '! I Plows 1 1 1
J. F. McMASTER &r 00.
inch 4
JUST LUECEIVlEp.
{AMS--Uncanviesed Sugar--Cured.
Cannedoods--..Tomatoes, Peaclh.
es, Salmon, Sardines, pickles, &c.
Teas-Gunpowder and Yon
Hyson. 3. M. BEA~TY &UQ(,
mch 1
LIVE~S AEE OFTE~N LOST
Ythe use of - hoiop Korose e G9.
evnthe moit dagords oiA# sate
$#,000 m,yod Yearjy to auirfield
Chemicals and make .w etl$
Call and got a book toUIg how it~ or n -
done.
8 MeMASTp R 1
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