The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-01
Correspondence.

vernon and Lieutenant Governor for
the State. Your eminent qualifca-
lions fit you for the Office of Lieute-
nant-Governor, and your long public
services merit the promotion to this
responsible and dignifed Office. The
undersigned, members OF the Con-
vention, ask that you will allow your
name to be pnt ia nomination for the
position. With great Srespect, your
obedient servants. 94gned by 90
Members of the Convention.
CHARLESTON, Sept. %, 1865.
GENTLEMEN: I have received your
invitation to become candidate for
the Office of Leutenant.Go
under the amended Constitution of
the State.
There is no better way to convey to
you my appreciation of this compi-
ment thar to say simply. and frankly
that l accept the invitation Should
the people, at the polls, think proper
to set the seal OF their approval to
your nomination, they shall haye my
most faithful service.
The condition Of the State issuch
as to call for contribution of sacrifice
and of service from all of her sons.
Whatever any one is thought best
eitted to do, let him DO it cheerfullv.
The exactions and ravages of a gigan-
tic wap have brought us well nigh to
the verge of exhaustion. The work
before us is thatof restoration, politi-
! cal and industrial. Whatever may
be thought or said to the contrary,
the people of South Carolina, and of
the South, went into the late contest
with a sincerity of purpose, and an.
honesty and strength of conviction,
that will be better appreciated here
after than they are now; and it will
not be denied that they bore them
selves throughout the contest in a
manner and with a spirit not un-
worthy of their name and history.
Their appeal 70 the last resort of q
people has been adverse to them; and
there cannot be dishonor in the ac-
knowledgmen5 and acceptance of the
logical results. Self-respect and dig
nifty may be display ed in misfortune
as wen as in success; and our duties
oftentimes reach far beyond ourselves.
The life of State is something more
than the aggregate lives of the indi-
vidual citizens that compose it. There
are interests of future generations to
be considered. The particulars of
your action have not yet come to
hand, but enough has reached us to
satisfy me that you have fairly met,
and acted upon, the great national
issues presented in your difficult and
painful situation Let us deal with
them, now and at all times, earnestly
and faithfully; not in a craven spirit,
but like men who, having striven
bravely but unsuccessfully, know how
to yield; and, having given pledge
of faith, will not fail to redeem it.
l do noS despond for the future.
The qualities our people have hereto
fore displayed will carry them through
the difficulties that SURROUND them.
The entire disorganization of their
system of labor pats them to a great
disadvantage; but they have compen-
sations In their soil and climate; and
the young men of the, State. Injured
to hardships in the field, are earnestly
seeking work in any shape and in
every direction. This spirit, with
patience, perseverance and practical
good sense, will inaugurate O new
career of industry, which, under the
favor of Heaven, may yet result in
unmeasured blessings to- our people.
1 have the horor to be, with great
respect, your obedient servant,
w. D. PORTER.
10 slessrs. A. P. ALDRIcH, EDWARD
FROST, P. j. CooGAN and others,
members of the Convention.
The CoLoRED TRooPs.-,The Re
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