insult
upon the colored men that would not be tolerated by any other
race upon the face of the globe. He had flung out to the world
the insinuation--nay, the assertion--that the colored members of
the Legislature were for sale on every question. He hoped that
the colored members would assert their self-respect and hurl back
the charge with scorn, and show to the world that they had some
sense of honor, and will not be duped by unprincipled
carpet-baggers any longer.

Whipper then followed in a harangue in support of Robertson,
taking the old ground that the letters were not certified to,
and incompetent as testimony, &c., and wound up with a customary
slash at _The News and Courier_.

Mr. Brayton, of Aiken, followed Whipper in a strong technical
argument in support of Robertson, in which he claimed that the
form of trial was illegal, and the testimony was insufficient and
ex parte; not touching upon the guilt or innocence of Robertson
at all.

The accusers and defenders had exhausted their rhetoric and the
patience of their audience and themselves, so a vote was taken on
the question of expulsion, and resulted as follows--56 yeas and
25 nays. A few moments later and the hall was silent and in
darkness.

Nesbit and Pinckney, however, it seems, hadn't had enough of the
fight inside, but went to abusing each other about the course
they had pursued. Pinckney voted for expulsion and Nesbit against
it, and after some words they went to bruising each other in a
way that must have shocked the effigy of the father of their
country, around whose bronze form they shinned so mildly. The
entertainment broke up, however, before the gladiators had
entirely demolished each other.

The discussion of the Robertson matter in the House, if it has
done nothing else, has very clearly demonstrated that the
majority of the colored people of the State are tired of their
carpet-bagger leaders, and do not propose to be led by them any
longer.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] These articles were arranged by Monroe N. Work.

BOOK REVIEWS

_Fifty Years in the Gospel Ministry._ By THEOPHILUS GOULD
STEWARD. The African Methodist Episcopal Book Concern, 631 Pine
Street, Philadelphia, 1922. Pp. 520.

This is an autobiography covering the period from 1864 to