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VOL. 22. YOEKYILLE, S. C'., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, i876. NO. 49.
? rings at the Capital
From U>e Charleston New* and Courier.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
\ Columbia, Tuesday, November 28.?This
morning, so anxiously awaited by the Democracy
and so nervously by the Republicans,
dawned upon a people whose nerves were
strung to the highest pitch, not knowing what
\ ~ a day might bring forth. There was no hitch
in the arrangements, and the American people
have the satisfaction of knowing that, for
the second time in four years, a State Legislature
has been organized by military force, and,
/ for the first time, in direct violation of the decree
of the Supreme Court of a State.
As I telegraphed you last night, the Stateboose
was garrisoned quietly during the night
by United States troops, and 'when I' went
there this morning I found tbat no one was
admitted who had not a pass from A. O. Jones,
the former vlerk of the House, or from J. B.
Dennis, the ex-superintendent of the Penitentiary,
who sterns to be Mr: Chamberlain's
special agent and representative.
About 9 o'clock 6enator GordonV of Georgia,
and State Senator Bradley T. Johnson,
\ of Virginia, with Messrs. Beck and Jefferys,
\ Democratic members of the Legislature,
\ walked down to the Statehonse and demandad
admittance. They found7 the rotunda
filled with soldiers, whose arms were significully
stacked around the- bronze statue of
Washington. The two Democratic members
presented their certificates of election from
tn Supreme Court, and, under the order of
B Dennis, who was standing by, the borporal of
tin guard refused to admit them.. The whole
Democratic members subsequently met
^EjHitf%tueos, and at fifteen minutes before 12
^^^ Gfclrak the Democratic members from all the
IH^nunfes. headed bv Mr. John C. Sheppard,
^HB^fTE3afiei<^ra^^e3^i]T-t<r^e--Stalehouse
^^^cloor, which was guarded by United States
^ troops aid Dennis. Mr. Sheppard asked for
admittanle. Dennis asked if be had a certificate
of elmtion from the Secretary of State.
Mr. Shopnrd said, "I have the certificate of
the Supredb Court of the State,'' Dennis
said*"If yoihave not a certificate from.the
Secretary of^Btate you cannot enter." Mr.
Sheppard thenWid he would at least demand
the right to rad a protest from the Democrats,
which he brocefded to do, when he was
stopped for a moment. Captain Kellar, U.
S. A., who was k the door, then, after a con'
ference, said this all persons with either certificates
from the Secretary of State or the
Supreme Court wonld be admitted, and Mr.
Sheppard presented his certificate and passed
in. The guard then examined the certificates
one by one, aim the Democrats passed' in,
being first askeif for their arpas. The Republicans
were flowed to retain their arms.
Geo. Hamptonfl am told, bad had an interview
with Gem. Ruger, who changed the or,n
nWnan an. a a fry a liner t tlO Dpmo
UV?C fcw *1W VUlWVI O UW l?Q W MtiV * WMV ? ?
cratic memhps to bypassed in upon the Supreme
CourTcertificates.
The Democratic members, having at last
passed tb^guard and entered the lobby of the
otatehoum, proceeded in a body to the door of
the bairjr the Bouse of Representatives, with
the megreers from Edgefield and Laurens at
their rod, and demanded admittance, presently
their certificates'of election from the
fikatftSaprenie Court. Twelve soldiers, undo
r* Me command of tfro officers, were stationed
a? the door. The doorkeeper declared the
<8op?mpCoDrt>,;fcertifieate8 to be tfisufficient
credentials. The Democrats remained fifteen
orjwenty minutes in conference, when a second
application was made with a similar result.
/A Democrat, who bore: a certificate from
the board of canvassers, entered the hall and
Jfound the Republicans already organized with
y* the Speaker in the chair and the clerk at the
f desk. He retired to the door and was refused
egress until he threatened members with pros
ecution for false imprisonment. An immense
crowd gathered and the Federal officer asked
Gen. Hampton, who was in the Statehouse, to
- prevent the crowd from pushing in. General
Hampton appeared on the front step and addressed
the crowd as follows:
"My friends, lam truly doing what I have done
earnestly during this whole exciting contest, pour
tag oil on tne trouoiea waters. 11 is 01 mo greatest
importance to us all, as citizens of South Carolina,
that peace should be preserved. I appeal to
you all, white men and colored, to use every effort
to keep down violence or disturbance^ One
act of violence may precipitate bloodshed and d&solation.
I implore yon then to preserve the
peace. I beg-all of my friends to disperse, to
leave the grounds ofthe Capitol, and I advise all
oolored men to do the same, keep perfectly quiet,
leave the streets and do nothing to provoke a riot.
We trust to the law and the constitution, and we
have perfect ihith iu the justice of our cause."
The whites immediately dispersed, followed
by a great many colored people. Having
learned that the House had already organized,
the Democrats withdrew in a body, only stopping
at the door of the building, where the
following protest was read by Mr. J. C. Sheppard,
of Edgefield, in the presence of all the
Democratic members, the officers and soldiers
and a large crowd:
Protest of the Democratic Members of the House
of Representatives of South Carolina.
Columbia, S. C., November 28, 1876.
. We, a majority of the members of the House of
Representatives of South Carolina elect, protest
Sainst the refusal to admit us to the ball of the
ouse of Representatives.
We protest against the military power of the
United States barring the passag'e into the State
house of members elect to tbe Legislature.
We protest against the legality of the proceeding,
and especially against the Army of the United
States being placod, for the purpose of this exclusion,
under the command ot one John B. Dennis,
a partisan orGovernor Chamberlain.
>Ve protest against tbe said Dennis' instructions
to the guard to admit no one to the Statohouse except
upon his own pass, or a pass of A. 0. Jones,
the former clerk of (be House, who may thus exclude
all except his own partisans, and who, by
the Republican programme, is to organize tbe said
House.
We have presented ourselves, with the judgment
of the highest Court of South Carolina, certitied
by its olerk, with the great seal of the Court
attached, as to our right of participation in the
organization of said House. We are refused, by
the orders of the.said Dennis, admission to' the
said hall, except upon his pass, the pass of tbe
said Jones, or the certificate of Hayne, Secretary
of 8fatej who is now under the condemnation of
the Supreme Court for refusal to issue certificates
in accordance with its judgment and mandate.
In protesting against this barefaced usurpation,
this tranyling on the laws and Constitution of
the State, this defiance of the highest tribunal of
the State, it is our purpose to offer no resistance to
thia.armed intervention, but to make.our solemn
appeal to the'American people, Without distinction
of party.
Onr veneration for law, our respect for the Supreme
Court and the usage of all Legislative assemblages
forbid our participation in such unprecedented
and revolutionary proceedings.
Signed by all tbe Democratic members,
sixty-four in number.
The Democratic members then proceeded in
a body to tbe ball in the Southern Life Insurant*
Company's buildiDg, and went into seanaaiAn
Wilk tKam U70Q Rnuiiiih a Ra.
qtov oohoivui vi i?u vibviu www a*vvmm ?*| ?. .
> publican representative from Orangeburg,
who withdrew from the ball of the House of
Representatives with the Democrats, refusing
to have anything to do with the organization
of the Bayonet Legislature..
- The Republican members of the General
Assembly, well provided with certificates from
the Secretary of State, had no difficulty with
soldier or civilian at the gate. They passed
in with ease and comfort, and assembled in
the the door being goarded
bytWl B^pfShey numbered 59, only one
oftbReedish of Orangeburg,^^^^g|ig.
Their claim was that
t^gf^HoooaT^rooeed* to work at once; as 59,
ppnaa^wbilO wrt s^^orrtpr of the fall House of 124
memb^T is'd majority of a House of 116
members, thrnumber remaining while the
members from Edgefield and Laurens are excluded
from tbe*0aDt,
At 12 M., 01t?5 A. 0. Jones called the
V? { V-'- ;.?j;; i' 1
Bayonet House to order witb a rap of the
gavel and said: "I hold in my hand an official
list , of the determination of the State
board of canvassers of those legally elected
members to the House of Representatives of
South Carolina. Members will answer to
their names;"
The roll was then called. From the Democratic
counties no voice was heard, and from
the Republican counties fifly-nine answered
to their names, Mr. Reedish, of Orangeburg,
alone being absent, of the sixty Republican
membere elected. He, it is said, voted for
Gen. Hampton at the election, and rather
than pass under the Federal bayonets and be
captured by the gang within the Hall of Representatives,
he refused to join them, and
joined the Democrats. Jones said: "Fiftynine
members have answered to their names.
One hundred and sixteen members have been
chosen, of which fifty-nine is a quorum, and
the House is now prepared to proceed to busi- |
ness." ' 1 "
The first thing in order being the election \
of a Speaker, E. W. M. Mackey and Nat '
Meyers, colored, of Beaufort, were nominated ,
for the position. After speeches from two or {
three of the negroes on these nominations, the j
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vote was iaaen, ana toe uier* u?uiar?u iuai
Mackey had received 57 votes and Meyers 2,
and announced that Mackey was duly elected
Speaker of the House. In this little proceeding
was fairly exposed the important position
of the clerk. John Lee, of Chester, declared
to me, and to others, that be had not voted at
all, which would have made the vote cast 58,
which, according to their own estimate, is no
quorum. Notwithstanding this, Jones declared
that the whole vote cast was 59. Lee
was told by a Radical, at the reporters' table,
that he had committed himself, and he then
tried t'd deny what he bad said.
Mackey was then sworn -in, and made a little
speech, in which he prated about the critical
condition of affairs in the State, and the
grave responsibility that he had resting on his
shoulders. Hesaid that he would always aim
to act with fidelity to the State, and with impartial
justice to every man in the House,
without respect to party.
Then came the work of swearing in the
members, and then was one's attention fully
directed to the appearance of the miserable
body endeavoring, by the aid of Federal bayonets,
to usurp the government and place at '
defiance the Constitution of the State they, ?
one by one, swore to uphold. Of the 59 mem- 8
bers constituting themselves a quorum, 5
alone are white men. ?
A. O. Jones was then nominated for clerk
of the House, and, having no opposition, was
elected?so Mackey said. Henry Daniels
(colored) was elected sergeautot-arms and r
W. R. Marshall reading clerk. j
A message was then sent to the Senate, informing
that body that the House was legally '
organized and ready to proceed to business.
A return message was received from the Senate,
recognizing the organization of the House
and declaring that the Seuate was organized,
and had appointed Wbittemore, Green and
Swails as a committee to join the House committee
to wait upon the Governor and inform
him that the General Assembly was organized
and ready to receive any information from
him. Palmer, Myers, Vanderpool, Ferriter
and Reed were appointed on the part of the
House to join the Senate committee.
Straker, of Orangeburg, wanted to know
under what authority the Houq&had been organized,
and thought it proper that the infpr- j
mation be furnished the members. The revolutionary
manuer in which the whole proceeding
had been conducted evidently struck
this Bermuda negro with some force. Mackey
then described the extraordinary position in
which they fouud themselves, and after he
got through it looked very much like a put-up
job between Straker and himself to keep up
the courage of the crowd. The chair, he said,
"concurred with the ruling of the clerk, that
fifty-nine members constituted a quorum and
is sufficient for the organization of the House.
Section 14, Article 21 of the constitution of
South Carolina declares that each house shall
judge of the qualification of its own members,
and that the majority of each house shall constitute
a quorum to do business. In the Constitution
of the United States there is a similar
clause. So that the Constitutions of the
State and the United States both fix as a quorum
a majority of its members. We contend
that the majority of members chosen constitute
a quorum. Fifty-nine is a majority of the
members chosen to this House; the House
having no notice whatever that any members
were chosen from the counties of Edgefield
and Laurens, the whole number chosen being
one hundred and sixteen, and fifty-nine is a
majority of this. This is our position."
Thos. Hamilton, of Beaufort, then made a
speech of some length, in which he said he
was a Republican, but was disposed to see
that justice was done to all parties. Under
the Constitution of the State every county in
Qtata woo Antitlarl frt PflnrfiQanfotlnn on/1 ^
bllV TT CtO vUtltlvU VV ? VJ/* V?WU VM?*WUy mum I
he held that it was the duty of the House to
decide, before they did anything affecting the
interests of the people, whether the Republican
or Democratic delegations from Edgeheld
and Laurens are to be admitted. If the people
of these counties are to pay taxes and be
subject to the laws of South Carolina, they are
part of the Stats and are entitled to representation
He further held that the election of
Speaker and other officers was illegal, as it
was a proceeding affecting every county of the
State, two counties of which had been denied
a voice. Hamilton's speech was a bombshell,
and Straker immediately took issue with him.
All that they were doing, he said, was all right,
and he cited the case of Piuchback to show
that a Louisiana senator had been denied admittance
iu the Senate of the United States.
Hamilton still held his ground and contended
that this wa3 no precedent where a county or j
O + shtrv La/) i\Ann /]nn In/1 nnmA rnnt</iDrtnfo tinn
uau ucqu ucuicu ouuig ivpicovubatiuu,
and while one of the Louisiana senators had '
been excluded, the other was representing her
in the nation. After further debate between
Strakerand Hamilton, Meyers put an end to
tbe matter by offering the followiug resolution :
Resolved, That all matters of contest and protest
be referred to the committee on privileges and
election when appointed.
Mackey then appointed S. J. Keith, R. D.
Gaither, J. B. Johnson, T. E. Miller, A. W.
Curtis, W. H. Thomas and John P. Vanderpool
on the committee: stating that the committee
usually consisted of eleven, and if the
Democrats relented and joined in, he would
leave place to give them a representation of
four out of eleven.
Contests were then filed by the Radical delegations
from Aiken, Barnwell and Abbeville.
Minort, of Richland, then offered the following
concurrent resolution :
Resolved by the House of Representatives, the
Senate concurring, That the Senate and House of
Representatives shall assenible in the Hall of the
House of Representatives, at 3 o'clock, this day,
November 28, and the Speaker of the House shall
be their presiding officer. One teller shall be ap- ,
pointed on the part of the Senate and two on the
part of the House of Representatives, to whom
shall be handed, as they are opened, by the Speaker
of the House of Representatives, the returns (
of the election of Governor and Lieutenant-Governor,
and said tellers, haying lead the same in
the presence and hearing of the two houses there i
assembled, shall make a list of the votes as they ,
appear from said returns, and the 8peaker shall 1
publish the same in tho presence of the two '
nouses, and, the votes having been counted, the i
result of the same shall be delivered to the Speaker
of the llouse of Representatives, who shRll,
thereupon, announce the vote and the names of
the persons, if any elected, which announcement
shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the
persons eleeted for Governor and LieutenantGovernor.
and, together with a list of the votes,
be entered upon the journals of the two houses.
If, upon the reading of any such returns in the
{)resence of both houses, any question shall arise
n regard to the counting of the votes therein certified,
the same having been stated by the presi
.ling officer, the Senate shall thereupon withdraw J,
Mid said question shall be submitted to that body
for its decision, and the Speaker of the House of ,
Representatives shall, in like manner, submifcsaid t,
question to the House of Representatives for its g
decision, and no question shall be decided affirm- t
itively. and no vote objected to shall be counted *
axcept by the concurrent votes of the two houses, b
which being obtained, the two bouses shall im- p
mediately reassemble, and the presiding officer
shall then announce the decision of the question
submitted, and upon any such question there shall v
be no debate in either House, and any other quea- g
don pertinent to the object for vnich the two 0
bouses are assembled may be determined in like V
manner. Such joint meeting shall not be dis- "
solved until the votes for Governor and Lienten- U
int-Governor are all counted and the resnlt de- *1
dared, and no recess shall be taken unless a ques;ion
shall have arisen in regard to counting any of u
such votes, in which case it shall be competent for d
sither house aoting separately in the manner here- .
nbefore presented, to direct a recess not beyond .
he next day at the hour of 1 o'clock, &.M. ^
The Senate having adjourned, the resolution
1 f o _?_!?1_ T* I o A
was &meDaea irocu o ociuc* xuoouajr, bv ?
>'clock, P. M. Wednesday, 29th instant. The
tody then adjourned till 12 M, Wednesday. *
The Senate met at 12 M., and was called
;o order by Lieutenant-Governor Gleaves.
Thirty-three Senators (the entire Senate) were 1
oresent, thirty of whom were sworn in. The &
Senators from Edgefield, (M. W. Gary,) Lau- &
ens, (R. P.' Todd,) and Abbeville, (John C. tl
Vlaxwell) were not allowed seats. The Sena- b
,or from Abbeville was suffered to submit his
jredentials, but the Senate held that he bad e<
jeen elected to fill a vacancy, and referred o:
he matter of the senators from Edgefield, ?
Laurens and Abbeville to the committee on b
jrivileges and elections, consisting of B. F.
IVhittemore, (Rep.Y Swail, (Rep.) Corwin, ol
Rep.) T.B. Jeter, (Dem.) W. N. Taft, (Rep.) or
iV. B. Nash, (Rep.). tl
A committee, consisting of Whittemore, tl
Sreen and Swails, were appointed to wait up- tl
>n the Governor, in conjunction with a cons- bi
nittee of five from the Bayonet House, to in- P1
orm him that the General Assembly bad or- tl
janized and to ask if he had anything to subnit.
C(
The election for officers of the Senate result- ol
d as follows: Clerk, Jos. Woodruff, who re- c?
;eived seventeen votes, Col. Stobo Farrow, the w
Democratic nominee for clerk, receiving thir- tl
een votes. R. A. Sisson, (Rep.) was elected st
eading clerk. Green, (colored) was elected ol
lergeant-at-arras. John A. Barr, (Rep.) was it
ippointed assistant clerk. Adam Thorne and
ilal WilliamB were appointed doorkeepers.
The staudincr committees were then appointed,
ind remain very much the same as last sea*
iou.. ?j
The Senate then adjourned till Wednesday e]
it 12 M. ei
G(
Proceedings of the Constitutional Honse. d
Columbia, November 28?Midnight.?
The Democratic members of the House of n
Representatives, who had been in secret cau- v<
jus all day, since their withdrawal from the j*1
statebouse, raised the injunction of secresy to
light at 9 o'clock, and proceeded to organize,
.here being present sixty four legally elected
nembers. By acclamation, Col. Hubert
ildricb, JR, was elected temporary chair*
nan. On taking his seat he addressed the d'
>ody in glowing and patriotic words. After r<
i scathing review of the revolutionary pro- ^
:eediug8, backed by the armed force of the ^
Uuited States at the Statehouse, duriug the
lay, he said: "And we are called upon to
ift up the mangled form of our Constitu- S
ion and our State, and breathe into it new L
md fresh life. Gentlemen, will we prove our- q
telves equal to the task ? The courage, they
oWearunce, the patience we have already g
iliown, prove that we are equal even to this
?reat emergency, aud we will not fight alone. .
When the news of what has occurred here tolay
has flashed across this continent, and
when the American people learn that the
Military arm of the government, which is in- 0
[ended for the protection of the lives and lib- P
jrties of its people, have stricken down the w
Legislature of South Carolina, armed with ,
jvery credential they could possibly possijss, .
[.he highest known in a Republican govern- 11
ment, the solemn judgment of its highest j*
sourt; when that blow strikes the great
beart of American freemen, its throbbing
will be felt in every section of this land, and
the burst of indignation that will follow will
restore the liberties robbed from you to-day. o
Be patient! Wait, and it will not belong ?
before we reach the fruits of our labors." c
Mr. John C. Shepperd, of Edgefield, was a
then requested td act as clerk, and the chair- ti
man then proceeded to call the roll of conn- <?i
ties. c,
The members came forward, presented tl
their credentials and were sworn in by Judge ?
T. H. Cooke, he being qualified from his posi- 1
tion to perform the office. When the county
if Orangeburg was called, Mr. Reedish, elec- r<
ted on the Republican ticket of that county,
tame forward amid great applause, and was 8]
iworn in as the rest. This gives the Demo- h
jrats 65, a majority of 3 in the whole House, b
Gen. Wallace then moved that the roll be it
sailed to see if a quorum be present; but just <j
it this stage J. W". Westbury, colored, of d
Sumter, who had been present at the Bayo- a:
lot House during the morning, and disgusted c<
it their revolutionary proceedings, came for- ei
vard and was sworn, linking his fortunes with tl
he now triumphant Democracy. The chair a!
ben stated that 66 legally elelcted members
)f the Legislature of South Carolina being b
iresent, and that number being a majority of a<
he whole number of the House of Representatives
of the State, a quorum was present, r(
md the. House ready to proceed to business.
Gen. W. H. Wallace was then nominated tl
'or Speaker, the nomination being seconded p;
)y J. W. Westbury, and on the ayes and di
lays being called, Gen. Wallace was unani- w
nously elected, receiving 66 votes.
Gen. W. H. Wallace was then declared to p(
le the duly elected Speaker of the House of p;
Elepresentaiives of the State of South Caroina
to serve for the term of two (2) years, 0i
md was escorted to the chair by Messrs. ];
Eteedish, Erwiu and Westbury. Gen. Wal- tl
ace was sworn in by Judge Cooke, and, ac- X,
:epting the position, delivered the following w
iddress: h
Gentlemen: I cordially thank you for the honor
pou have done me in appointing me to the office 1
)f Speaker of the House of Representatives of the 1'
State of South Carolina. I shall endeavor to disiharge
its duties with fairness and impartiality.
[ shall observe and respect the rights of every ,,
aiember of the House; not because he may be a L
Democrat or a Republican, but because he is a S
member of this body and a representative of the ^
people of this State, and has rights which are entitled
to respect. Our citizens have entrusted to ei
lis high political functions that must be exercised a;
Tor the promotion of high and worthy aims. Our ^
positions devolve upon us grave responsibilities qi
ihat must be met with firmness, with coolness *
md with deliberation. And now, gentlemen, invoking
the blessings of Heaven upon the deli be- jj
rations of this House, even to the end that its action
may promote the public happiness, the pub- C(
lie prosperity, and the constitutional liberty of a
South Carolina, I thank you.
Mr. John T. Sloan, Jr., and Mr. E. H. Hoi- ^
man were then nominated for clerk of the n
House. The yeas and nays were called. The Q
whole number of votes cast was 66, of which
Mr. Sloan received 65, and Mr. Holman 1. ti
Mr. Sloan was declared elected and sworn in
and npfifppdpd to thf? rllltipH of his office. R. !
Allen Willis, of Colleton, and John D. Brown, 0
of Orangeburg, were then nominated for ser- u
geant-at-arms. ' On the first call of the roll
only 62 members answering, the chair stated a
a qnorum was not present, and Willis was n
withdrawn, and the roll called again with u
Brown as the only candidate. The whole
number of votes cast was 66. Brown receiv- j
ed 66 and was declared duly elected. W. B. a
Williams, of York, was nominated and de- i
clared duly elected reading clerk. 0
It was then moved and adopted that a message
be sent to the Senate informing that G
body that the House of Representatives was
sgally organiajd, and was ready to proceed
d business. The Senate having adjourned,
he message will be sent to-morrow. The
lenate, by a vote of 17 to 13, recognized the
iayonet House of 69 members this morning; j
ut the Democratic senators gave notice of a
rotest, which will be considered to-morrow.
Mr. Robert Aldrich moved itot a commit9e
be appointed to wait npon the secretary of !
tate, inform him that the House had legally 1
rganized, and demand that he deliver to '
hem the votes cast for Governor and Lieumant-Governor.
Mr. 8heppard moved that
he committee be allowed discretionary meas- j
res, and to take such future action as they
eem proper. This last motion was adopted, !
nd the chair appointed Messrs. Sheppard, 1
ildrich and Orr on that committee. i
The House then adjourned till 10 o'clock, i
l. M., Wednesday, 29th.
i
ublle Proceedings of the Constitutional
House. |
Columbia, S. C.,November 29?6 P. M.? <
'he Constitutional House of Representatives 1
let this morning, at 10 o'clock. Sixty-five \
lembers were present This being a quorum i
le House was declared ready to proceed to
u8!Oe88.
The-Rev. J. H. Bryson, of Columbia, open1
the proceedings with prayer. The journal
f yesterday was read and confirmed, and the
irgeant-at-arms and reading clerk, who had
een elected last night, were sworn in.
Simpson, of Andfireon, moved that the rules
f the last House be adopted for the governlent
of the present House. Coit suggested
mt a committee be appointed to report on
iose rules. The Speaker said it was usual
lat the committee on rules should report,
ut as no standing committees were yet apointed,
the motion as put would be declaifed
le order of the House pro. tern.4
Sheppard, of Edgefield, stated that the
>mmittee appointed to wait on the Secretary
f State and demand the returns of the votes
ist for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor
ere ready to report. The Speaker said that
le report was in order, and Mr. Sheppard
lid: "We served a demand upon the clerk
f the Secretary of State, of which the followig
is a copy:
State of South Carolina?The House of Representatives
of the State of South Carolina to H. E.
Hayne, Esq., Secretary State of South Carolina
:
Sib?You will please take notice that the House
r Representatives of South Carolina was legally
nnnii>A/l An Tii Ao/l(nf fKo Ol2fK 1 notont Viw fho
IgniiKrCU UI1 X UOOUPJ t VUW MWHU liioVHUV) MJ ?MV
ectionof Wm. H. Wallace, of Union, as Speak- ,
, anaJBtm-T. Sloan, 8rM as Clerk.
We, the unabsiLigned, have been appointed a :
iramittee to wait upon von and demand that yon 1
o forthwith deliver to tne Hon. W. H. Wallace,
peaker of the House of Representatives, the re- .
irns of the managers of election, and the state- I
kents of the boards of county canvassers of the ,
otes cast for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor '
r the State of South Carolina, at the g&haraJ elec- ,
on on the 7th of November, 1876. '* '
J. C. Sheppard,
Robert Aldrioh,
James L. Obr."
"The clerk (continued Mr. Sheppard) of ,
le Secretary of State, simply, replied that the *
eraand could not be complied with, as the
iturns had already been delivered to E. W.
I. Mackey, and exhibited a receipt, of which |
le following is a copy :
House of Representatives, 1 i
Columbia, S. C., November 28, 1876. j i
Received of Hon. H. E. Hayne, Secretary o. ;
tato, the managers' returns for Governor and j
ileutenant-Governor, and also the commission- (
r? returns for State, Congressional, Circnit and
ounty officers. A. O. Jones,
Clerk House of Representatives S. C. <
Attest: H. E. Johnson, Clerk Secretary of |
tate.
The report was received as information, and
le House then, to d;8cuss the important mat:rs
involved, went into secret session.
Westbury, who was present at the meeting .
f the House last night, did not put in an ap*
earance this morning, and it is alleged he
as captured by the Radicals last night.
The Constitutional House, with 63 mem- 1
era. resumed its session at 5 o'clock. Noth- 1
ig*done, and the House adjourned til! 10 to- '
lorrow morning. Their action to-day has
een strictly private. # 1
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE.
The Senate met at 12 M. Mr. Jeter, <
Dem.) of Union, made an excellent speech
n the concurrent resolution to unite with the i
tayonet House at 2 P. M., for the purpose ol
aunting the votes for Governor and Lieuten- 1
nt Governor under certain specified regula- '
ons. Mr. Crittenden, (Dem.) of Greenville,
ontinued the argument. Both gentlemen i
[intended that the Bayonet body was not :
10 House ; that it required a majority of the j
hole membership of the House, whioh is <
24, to make a quorum, viz., 63.
Corwin, (Rep.) of Newberry, made a few ,
iraarks on the same subject. . !
Mr. Meetze, (Dem.) of Lexington, made a
iort speech, and in the course of his remarks
anded a paper to the clerk of the Senate to
e read. The acting president (Swails) ruled '
out of order. Upon this some scattering 1
iscussion took place, and Mr. Meetze with- I
rew the paper and read it as a part of his
rgument. It turned out to be a communi- '
itiou from the Hon. W. H. Wallace, Speak- '
p of the House of Representatives, stating 1
mt tKow hurl nroranirpH with fifi members 1
ad bad elected a speaker and clerk.
Mr. Gabriel Cannon (Dem.) of Spartan* '
urg, delivered a powerful address against *
looting the resolution. j
Nash, (Rep.) of Richland, asked that the '
isolation be again read, which being done, j
fash declared his unwillingness to vote for ^
ie resolution, on the ground that it was on* J
recedeo ted to ptuw any motion forbidding 1
ebate. Nash proposed to strike out the lt
ords which forbid debate.
Senator Green, (Rep.) of Beaufort, sup- 1
orted Nash's motion, and the motion was J
assed. '
Taft, (Rep.) of Charleston, moved to strike <
at to-day at 2 P. M., and insert Friday at (
2 M. Mr. Jeter, (Dem.) moved to postpone ,
ie whole matter until 12 o'clock on Friday.
iost by a vote o? 16 to 13. Taft's motion 1
as then carried unanimously, and the reso* I
ition as amended came up, and the concur* |
;nt resolution was concurred in by a vote of
6 to 13. J
Mr. Jeter gave notice of a protest in wri- (
- . % *L. I
ng, and tnen presemeo tne message irom me j
onstitutioDal House to the president of the 1
euate, notifying the Senate that the House J
ad legally organized with Wallace as Speak- 1
r. The president refused to receive it. An \
ppeal from the decision was taken and the (
ecision was sustained by a vole of 16 to 13. '
be message was then returned. '
Swails (Rep.) presented papers in connec- 1
on with the election of Senator in Laurens aunty.
Referred to committee on privileges (
nd elections. '
Whittemore (Rep.) gave notice that he
rould on Friday submit a bill relative to the I
lauguration of Governor and Lieutenant
lovernor. I
Cochran, (Ind. Rep.) introduced a resolu- I
ion to appoint a committee, consisting equal- '
f of both parties, to consider the coostituionality
of the quorum claimed by the House |
u the day of the organization. Laid over
nder the rules. !
Swails (Rep.) offered a resolution to refer 1
11 papers of contest and protest to the comaittee
on privileges and elections. Laid over
_tva ...j
IUUC1 bUO IUIWI
Cochran (Ind. Rep.) introdaced a resoluion
to appoint a committee to report the
mendments to the constitution, proposed in
he platform of the Republican party. Laid
ver.
Mr. Bowen (Dem.) in behalf of the Demoratic
senators filed the following protest:
In accordance with notice given yesterday, the
undersigned senators of the State of South Carolina
beg leave to place upon record this, our solemn
protest, against ail proceedings by this body
which in any degree recognizes the iegality of a
body calling itself the House of Representatives
of South Carolina, over which E. W. M. Mackey
claims to preside as Speaker, and which met on
the 28th instant and claimed to organize in the
ball of the House of Representatives.
The Constitution of'South Carolina makes eaoh
House the judge of the election returns and qualifications
of its own members. The Supreme
Court of this State has by formal judgment deoided
that the members from the counties of Edgefield
and Laurens, who received the highest number
of votes, were entitled to seats. These members
have been refused admission to the hall and
all participation in its organization by the armed
soldiers or the United States^ who barred, with
bayonets, tbe door ortne nan or nepresen waves,
and actea as judges of the election retnrnB ana
qualification of its members.
We have seen the armed forces of the United
States overruling the plain declaration of the Constitution
of the State.
We have witnessed the solemn mockery o 1 the
Kiard reviewing and reversing the judgments of
e highest Court in the State.
We nave seen the spectacle, humiliating in the
last degree to every right-minded American, of
the halls of the Legislature occupied at the hour
of midnight by United States troops, and holding
them against the ingress of the law-making pow9r,
and this at a time of the profoundest peace,
ind when not a single act of violence furnished
the slightest pretext for the usurpation.
We nave seen the still more humiliating spectacle
of United States troops having bod* placed under
the Immediate control and receiving orders
Prom a citizen without authority, and a partisan of
the present administration. We have seen this
citizen assuming absolute control over tbe capltol
of a Commonwealth, and admitting through
the lines of armed sentinels his own partisans upin
his own edict or written pass, while another
citizen was selected by his partisans to organize a
House of Representatives. We have seen this
body of partisans thus admitted claiming to organize
the House, but withont a quorum in vio-, (
atlon of law, in defiance of the Supreme Court,
?nd under the protection ol the' United States
;roope.
We therefore enter this our protest against any
recognition of the said body pretending to be the
Souse of Representatives of the State of South
^arolinajand for the following reasons:
First. The said body having organized without
t constitutional quorum, there being but
nembers present, as shown bv its own journals,
litiBHiia a matnrltrr nf >ho ont.frn ranrmAntAtinn is
equisiteto a quorum to act?sixty-three members?as
set forth in the journal of the Houses
luring the past eight yeirs, and as confirmed by
he immemorial practice of legislative bodies in
ivery American State; and we do further allege,
>n our responsibility as senators, that the said
x>dy Is still wlthonta constitutional quorum, and
iherefore wanting in the organic character of the
Souse of Representatives of South Carolina, and
>ught not to be recognised as such.
Second. That said resolution was adopted by
;he Senate before announcement was made of an
irganization by any House of Representatives.
Third% That in fact and in truth no legal and effectual
organization of a House of Representatives
vas, at that time. made.
Fourth. That the body of men claiming to be a
Souse of Representatives, and frfim which the
innouncement of said organization comes, has
lot and cannot organize, by reason of the non-exatenceofa
quorum.
Fifth. We further and finally protest against
;he said adoption of said resolution for this reason,
.bat we have since received official notification of
;he organization of the House of Representatives
iow sitting in Carolina Hall, where a quorum of
egally constituted members does exist, and of
which body Hon. Wm, H. Wallace has been electid
Speaker, and John T. Sloan, Sr., Clerk.
3. Cannon, : _ T. B. Jeter,
W. A. Evans, -R^E. Bowen,
A. P. Butler. J. M^Williams,
3. S. Crittenden, Wm. L;-Buck,
3. A. Meetze, R. S. Howard^..
J. W. Livingston, I. D. Wltherapootu._
8enator Cochran (Ind. Rep.) submitted^the
following protest:
As Senator, I do solemnly protest against any
rurtber communication with the House of Representatives
sitting in the Hall of Representatives,
until it be ascertained whether or not the said body
is composed of a lawful quorum, as well as the
jausee preventing the same.
A protest was filed by Y. J. P. Owens
against the admission of Todd^gRDemocratic
Senator from Laurens.
The Senate adjourned till at 12 M.
Proceedings of the Bayonet House.
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UOLUMBIA, weanesaay, lsoveraoer m?*
P. M.?The Bayonet House met at noon.
Westbury, who was sworn in by the Constitutional
House last night, was in his seat. The
unexplained absence of Hamilton, of BeauFort,
left the concern, however, without their
to-called quorum, only fifty-eight members
being present. Near 3 o'clock Hamilton
juddenly appeared, and was received with
considerable emotion by the members.
As at a preconcerted signal, the committee
on privileges and elections, appointed by
Mackey yesterday, suddenly appeared and
submitted the following report:
The committee on privileges and elections beg
leave to report that the committee having had the
sase of contest from Barnwell County before
them, Fred Nix, Jr., Scipio Bennet, Silas Cave,
A.. S. Jackson, Wm. Brabham, who claim to be
the lawfully elected members of the House of
Representatives of 8outb Carolina, from the county
of Barnwell, South Carolina, and upon evidence
submitted to your committee we find that
the said Fred Nix and others are the legally elected
members from said county of Barnwell, and
antitled to seats in the bousp of Representatives
is members thereof. All ofwhich is respectfully
submitted.
Signed: Wm. A. Thomas, Chairman, Keith,
Saitber and Vanderpool.
Johnston, Curtis and Miller refused to sign
the report; but as there are only seven men on
the committee, a majority have signed the report.
Immediately the rule to adjourn at 3 o'clock
was suspended. Meyers, colored, held that
;he report should lie over, and made such a
motion, but the motion was lost, and the report
immediately taken up for adoption.
Meyers and Hamilton, of Beaufort, made
long and earnest speeches against the adoption
of the report, and did all they could to
jet the matter delayed. Hamilton said he
snew the whole thing was cut and dried, and
;here was hardly any use to talk against time.
Ele protested against the conduct of the committee
in presenting such a report without evdence,
and no authority at all, but the "sayio"
of the defeated candidates themselves.
The Democratic members from Barnwell, he
taid, had received certificates from the Secretary
of State, and had been adjudged elected
ay a Republican board of canvassers, vyho
certainly would not have so declared if they
jould, by any means, have acted differently.
After Hamilton had concluded his speech, i
W. H. Thomas, the chairman of the committee
on privileges and elections, called the
previous question on the adoption of the resort.
The call was seconded? and Miller, of
Beaufort, (a member of the committee,) askid
for fifteen minutes' time, which was granted.
He said he had refused to sign the report
because be thought the Democratic contestees
ought to "have been heard before the
committee; but he had determined since that
it was their own fault if they were not there,
ind he was prepared to vote for the report,
rhen followed the usual indecent harangue.
Straker, colored, read one affidavit, and said
be had fifty more to the effect that the Republicans
were kept away from the polls at
Allendale and went to Beaufort to vote.
[Whether they did vote or not was not stated.)
Ferriter, of Sumter, asked to be allowed to
vivo hia reaanna for voting against the report.
&" * * ** " " " ~~ * D U 4
He warned the members solemnly against
pressing the measure. "I am (he said) a Republican
of longer standing than any present,
even since the days of John C. Fremont, and
I speak to you now as a Republican. We are
nothing more than a Rump Parliament at
best, and now, when the legality of your organization
is being contested, I beseech you
not to do tbia which will be the last straw
that will break the camel's back. The eyes
of the whole country are upon us. Pass this
iniquitous measure, and the moral support of
the Northern people, upon which alone we
rely for countenance, will be withdrawn, and
those bayonets withdrawn from yonder door.
I say unto you, Beware!" In conclusion, he
entered a protest against the measure, which
he thought was unconstitutional and void.
His speech seemed to have some effect, which
was speedily counteracted by a short and in
-1 7V'*' :
flamraatory speech from Thomas*'and cries of
"question.
Ferriter demanded a call of the House, evidently
hoping that no quorum was present;
and Mackey, after consulting with the clerk,
ruled that a call of the house was not in order,
after the call of the previous question
until the Speaker had ascertained for himself
whether a quorum really was present. (Note:
It is always in order.)
Hamilton now boldly rose to a point of order,
claiming that the House was trying to
exclude the real members from Barnwell, and
that a two-thirds vote was required.
Mackey instructed the clerk to proceed,
and ruled Hamilton out of order.
Hamilton : "I call for the yeas and nay*
This thing won't do."
Ferriter insisted upon his demand fdr a call
of the House, when a call was ordered and
the doors were barred. Fifty-nine members
were found present, and the vote, when ta
ken, stood 45 yeas and 14 Days, so the report
was adopted.
Mackey then said that, if the gentlemen
from Barnwell were present, they would please
step forward and be sworn in. Five big black,
vacant-faced negroes, in dirty-shirts, headed
by Fred Nix, appeared at the desk. While
waiting for the oath, Thomas, of Newberry,
moved to reconsider the vote and lay that motion
on the table, thus clinching, as far as that
concern could. the infamous and unconstitutional
act. Tne Barnwell negroes were then
sworn in, and Mackey said: ''The gentlemen
having been sworn in the sergeant-at-arms
will provide them with seats ;" and.they were .
Beated.
Hamilton gave notice that he would file a
protest against the proceeding.
The House then adjourned till 12, Thursday.
pjsiorg si f. tafc
HISTORICAL SKETCHES : ?
OF THE ' t\ '
Early Settlement of South Carolina.
BY BBV. EOBEET LATHAB.
THE BATTLE OF COWPEN8 AND IT* RESULTS,
INCIDENTS, Ac.
It is natural for us to dwell with special
delight upon the worthy deeds of our ancestors.
By an instinct whicbjjqpt&ng but death
can overcome, we cherish the^pot that gave
us.birth. The exile from his native land revisits,
in dreams, the play-grounds of his child- >
hood. In his lonely cell, thoughts fill bis
mind which may be expressed in this short
sentence r^'Take roe home to die." If we
may innocently love our native land with an
intensity which no oppression can destroy,
may we not also as* intensely love those who
gave us existence and bequeathed to us that
native land ?
The part which the Sooth took in the Rervolutionary
war is not understood by the
American people ; at least, it has never receivedthat
prominence which it justly deserves.
The battles of Lexington, Saratoga
and Benjjj^gton, together with an almost
countless^numbcr of skirmishes whioh took
place in the North, form the woof and warp
of Revolutionary history> whilst the battles
of King's Mountain andCowpSbapre treated
with silent neglect. British officers did not '
think these battles small affairs, which might
be forgotten in a few days. Lieutenant-Colonel
Tarleton, in speaking of the fall of Ferguson,
deliberately declares that the discomfiture
of the British, at King's Mountain, pot
* n#?rir>H to the first exoedition of the British
into North Carolina, and the aflair of the Cowpens
overshadowed the commencement of the
second with gloom. It is easy to see,according
to all human probabilities, what would have
been the result had Ferguson been victorious
at King's Mountain. Cornwallis would have
formed a junction with Gen .Leslie, at Portsmouth,
and in that event it would have been
impossible for Gen. Washington to have concentrated
troops to resist either Cornwallis or
Clinton. The British camp would have swarmed
with loyalists, whilst the American army
would have been annihilated by desertions.
Had Tarleton been victorious at the Cowpens,
General Greene would have been, ruined.
Cornwallis could have either cut him off and
forced him to surrender, or run him into the
arms of the traitor, Arnold. The loss of either
King's Mountain or Cowpens, would
have lost to the Americans Georgia,, the two
Carolines and Virginia, and ultimately all of
the thirteen colonies.
It must be remembered that the victories
gained at King's Mountain and the Cowpens,
forever broke the spirits of the tories and j
loyalists from the Han to the Savannah. As
we will see in the sequel, this class of citizens ,
lost all confidence in the King's troops to pro- I
tect them. These were no idle fears. It was
- i - . J-J?-j. a 1
a deli Derate codciubiod aeuucou xruw ntuw.
At King's Mountain, the British lost abso- ,
lutely every thing, and the Americans comparatively
nothing. At the Cowpens, the
British lost in killed and prisoners near as 1
many men as the Americans had in the Jbattle.
The news of tbeee sad disasters spread J
amongst the loyalists from Cross creek, North ,
Carolina, to Augusta, Georgia. Dreadful ,
was the consternation which it produced ]
among the friends of King George. On the 1
other hand, joy and gladness filled the hearts 1
of the friends of liberty.
"'Perhaps most of those military chieftains ,
who have learned all their theories of war ,
second-handed, would be ready to censnre both
Campbell and Morgan. Ferguson was well
posted on a craggy mountain. He was well
provided with men and the munitions of war.
The patriot baud who attacked him, were
self-made soldiers. They knew little of the
science of war as taught in the schools. The
same remark will apply to the heroes of the
Cowpens. Colonel Tarleton was certainly a
brave man and a skillful officer. His men
were well provided with every thing that such
a corps required.
General Daniel Morgau, the principal. in
command at the battle of the Cowpens, was
one of those men whose real character is likely
to be misunderstood. There are multitudes
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of tbe human iamuy wnp nave learueu mean,
of selling themselves for more than they are
really worth. In a social and moral point, of
view, they appear to be better than they really
are. They put on airs and look wise and pre* tend
to be good and wise, and the mnltitnde,
in process of time, accord to them all that
greatness and goodness which they claim. To
this class of men General Morgan did notbo*
long. He was a better maa m every respect
than he appeared to be. By birth he was a
native of New Jersey. His ancestors came
from Wales. In his veins, no doobt, there^
was some blood which the CsoBars could not*
subdue. His parents were poor, and onable
to bequeath to their son anything bat a life of
toil. His education was neglected as was the
qase with many others in those days.
In j.748, when young Morgan was in his
seventeenth year, he left the humble home of
bis parents and came to Frederick county,
Virginia. He engaged with one of the
wealthy planters, of that region, as a day laborer.
Even at that early period of his life,
he contemplated, by indostry and proper
management, bettering his condition in life.
The planter made "him his nttgdner. Morgan
so increased his means that hi the expedition
which General Braddock led against
the Indians, and in which he was killed, he
accompanied the army, driving a wagon of
his own.
Poring this expedition .of Braddock, Morgan
incurred the displeasure of a British officer
and was sentenced to receive five hundred
lathe*. After the punishment had been inflicted,
it was discovered that Morgan was
hot guilty of the crime for which he had been
i < . 1 i i.L'. VT- L
so crueiiy iresna. At we nue, aiur^au who
the indignity like ft stoic, and in after life
manifested no resentment toward British officers
whom the fortunes of war placed in his
hands. The whipping was performed by a
bugler, who discharged the duty with great
reluctancy. In his excitement,lie made a
miscount, inflicting only four hundred and
ninety-nine lashes. In speaking of this, Morgan
was accustomed ever afterward to say ,,
that "the British government owed him one
lash yet."
, Physically, Morgan was a giant ; He was
not quarrelsome, but had no incflnVtion to
keep down disturbances. He was.afc one time
a noted gambler, and at the same time disposed
to work all sorts of mischief on bis associates.
If so happened that Berryville, the town which
he frequented, was so noted for the fist and
kail lights in which he and his associates
were engaged, that it wu known in the remmumty
by the name of Battletown. In these
fights Morgan always came oat best
All this is calculated to give us an unfavorable
opinion of the hero of the Cowpens.
.We most take into consideration the civilisation
pf the times. One hundred years ago, a
frolio withouta fight, was no frolic at all. We
must not conclnde that a man who wonld fight
any and every body in the community who
wanted to fight, had no influence.'.' Bach was
not the case. Morgan possessed groat influence
in the neighborhood of Berryvilie, and
raised, soon after the difficulties, fat ween the
Americans; end British commenced, a rifle
ooinpan v of near one hundred men, which had
no equal in the American army.
It is not our purpose, however, to write a
biography of General Morgan at presen t The
manner in which he arranged'*!)* forces under
hia command for battle, at the Cowpens,
was, as a military man of no moan &mo has
said, "masterly.
A little inddentr which4arelated' by himself
as having taken place on the- eve of battle,
gives an insight, into the moral character
of Morgan. When he was an old man,
broken down with rheumatism, he would often
exclaim, when speaking of;the past': "Ah!
people said old Morgan never was afraid?
old Morgan never prayed. They were mistaken.
I trembled at Quebec, and in the
alpom of the morning, when approaching the
fort at Gape Diamond, I knelt down in the
snow and prayed! Before the battle of the
Cowpens, I went out into the woods, and having
i ascended a tree, poured oat my soul in
prayer to God, for protection." - The men of
those times were often mnch better at heart .
tbnu ifaey-B^Jpeafed to be. They had work
tp do, and He who manages everything
bad fitted them for their work. r
One of the prominent actors in the battle of
the Cowpens, was Colonel William Augustine
Washington. On that occasion, Col. Washington
was in-command of the cavaliy. These
were less than eighty in. number and were
placed in the. rear, and composed-the. main
guard. As we have already seen, at the moment
the discerning eye of Washington saw
the British cavalry charging in disorder upon
McCall's militia, he dashed in upon them.
This, together with a well du "ted fire by the
militia under Howard and sickens, struck
terror among the troops of Tarleton. They
commenced to flee in the utmost confusion.
Tarleton did everythingmortal man could do
to restore order, but ail in vain, ms mranwy
threw down their guns and surrendered, and
his cavalry^ deaf to the threats and encouragements
of their officers, fled in confusion in'
every direction.. The fleld was cleared of every
Britton in a few minutes. Washington,
impetuously, dashed forward far in advance
of his men. Tarleton, with a few officers, still
lingered on the margin of the battle field. A
body of forty cavalry remained with Tarleton
as a gnard. "The rest, unmindful," as Tarleton
says, "of their doty, had left their commander
unprotected." So soon as Tarleton saw
Washington alone, he ordered his bpdy guard to
wheel about and charge upon the single
horsemen. In a moment, Washington was
surrounded by British dragoons. A band
to hand figbt Wan. A struggle' for life ensued.
One of Tarleton'? aids aimed a blow
with his sword at Washington. At this important
juncture of affairs, an American sergeant
dashed forward into the conflict, and
with a well goided blow, disabled the arm
about to strike his commander. At the same
moment, another British officer, on the opposite
side of Washington, was aiming a blow at
him with his glittering blade. A little bugler,
by thename of Ball, whose arm was too weak
to wield a sword, came op as cue moment
when all depended upon promptness of aotion,
sod with a pistol, wounded Washington's as*
sail ant. Tarletoo and Washington were now
alone, standing face to face. Tarleton, discomfited,
but sfeili brave, made a thrust at the
head of Washington. The blow was warded
off, and as the heavy saber of Washington glided
down the sworaof Tarleton, it indicted a
wound on the fingers of Tarleton. Some authorities
say that some of the Aggers of Tarleton
were cut off This statement ia probably
exaggerated.
After the battle of the.Cowpeus, when the
British army was on its way to Yorktown,
Tarleton waa entertained at tha house of an
American Whig: The ladies were lond, and
perhaps a little tantalizing, in their praises of
Colonel Washington. Tarleton could not
bear to hear any one speak favorably of the
man who had driven him off the field. To _
mortify the feelings of the ladiee, and in this
way get revenge, Tarleton remarked "that he
had always understood that Colonel Washington
was a very illiterate man, who could
scarcely write his name." Mrs. Jonee, a
daughter of Colonel Montfort, of Halifax,
V.rfli riannlina TBaa nnunt fln Win ai
X^UIVU voiv?iUW| nwu y vwvmw "VW wvvw
Tarleton had finished his remark, Mrs. Jones
replied with keen emphasis; "Ah! Colonel,
you ought to know better, for yon bear on
your person proof that he knows very well
how to make his mark." ^
On another^ occasion, Tarleton,.inconsiderately,
was speaking disrespectfully of Washington.
With a <kind of-saroastie sneer he
said, "he; would be gladtaseethat Colonel
Washington, abtwt whom thn Americans
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