The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-02-01
NUMBER, 90


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T. Corbin, :Uls s. District Attorney, I acceptipg
the position of solicitor of the convention. y5us
The. chairman, Al g. Mackey, stated thatit
would be necessary for him 4On Monday to ntss
tend the United States District; Courtsstd5 tdkeI
care Of the interests of the government, hridf
asked leave of absence for that day, with persi
mission to appoint, Leniuel Boozcr, lofs sIexing.,
ton, to take his place during his abscneesus ,St
LIS! L hglcy objected, on, tho ground afliat
the convention should have tho liberty ofSchoosI
ing theirown chairman pro fcm. isg,.,ii lii sf &
tDeLarge moved that I,oozer be clcctcdit tem,f
Pornry chairman. 81 i,sn.i,.ss giiaej iIi., ad,
Langley said that If n,inhat,ns sweru inor.,
der he would nominate Il. l.. Cardosa -.,ea: II,
'Carddza declined in iaybr of ANhipperyy add
Whipper deolincdlin favor of. lBoozer, andls
Booznr Nds elected without ifurthtEI opposi-
tion. .t,,pa1 so .f.G! d A3ftia .aatsfcise odt
Parker, from tho Financial tCommittoe!, to-,
whom, was referred iaisrcsolution. in regard 10
the bills of the State, knowpgas bills rcceivaat
bic, said chat the committee would sfreposs bye
ordinanccion Mondhy. 4sl.lu ,ietisjits,io, psti
DeLarge. from the Committee ;oG sRniptiagsu
reported two bds-one iron. H.tdudge MSoae
and from Mcmillan g. Jowitkl iyl,n t-oi s4sn
Bowen suid ho had learned tthas adooTs shaEfio
already sublete tho printing. to parties; rwhopd
though Northern men, wcss not ~. sympathy
with the coRventihaA- & p.bi ,i,t:sN..e,al aGw IL
Randolph maxetq that the bid 6f III .Judgep
Moore be aeccptcd and he be DECLARED fejpriri-
tor of the conyoutiont iis.i0izaa, id 10 .npif
4 lxl,,,
of the same paper with aloorc :he Nigh nafusIi
rally have been expected to show moro dehcacy,n
about the matter than to be in such het hastei,
tohase him elected.lsi,ofsiie 31,R esIBy utif
Randolph explained that, though be uasns-,,,
sociated with Moore cditoriay, he was noss
personally interest ed in tho printirg.dsH !, + S
Allen, of Greensillc, 'said there had abecls,
talking enough on this sufijecti iInsswas4,nOsn
more fhan two hundred; dolhrsj as;hes unlaAR
stood it, and they had already spent Eve ha-iii
dred dollars talking about it. iThnre was stoo,g
muchsw work ahoutthe contentidnian yh6wlI
tor him.rorI 'fr!r - en ,'sF ~ ~ fsii.ed bar
+ The asscmblago took tho hint ,.and LII Judgers
Moore was elected printer. lsff- ~ s.ilas1H
J.J. Mtig' toifcred a resolution that Gen.pf
Canbyl boIreqnestcd to ssunian orr Ter exempt.l9
ing from levy aud sale for four morthai endeiw Il
'huhdred acses oflaDd of any debtorrsga AdppssT
eda; bt,a isaHl sdt spd -, I.si4s III soa IHn
In supporting the resolution, Wright asdid,ua
hcrwould prefer to mako il fhur, fhurdrcdl iii.
stead of ono hundred acres, becanse nitch hS.ti
tho land in South Caralinaiwas so poos that ikd
took four acres to,nake dno, hut; he left it as is{t
wasito avoid opposition .aleftili -oa.siii,!W
Tho spooial order was called aud thr preyslp
ious question hciug eallod b. J. Moses, dryideSI,
fonded his resolution in aspccch 'ofIan bouryg2
ms was his psisilcge. 9i4efa,p aat letI1 ,aieis
Tho proyio.s question vas them put, aud resss
suited, ayes So nays 62. 9lsei;s i. l1ie. fa4,,5nt
The convention thus rcsaising tot petitionIh
General Canhy to stay for three months all ey-p,
eoutionsifo debsslincurred sincoi IS6Oi alpaudai
The analysis of tho vote is as follows aAyes,o
whites, al; blacks,i22. Total, 57anNayssL
whites. 10 blacks, 40. y. Total 90 sab aairisdo
B. +. Whittcmore introdReed rthe following
resolution, which was passed almost ananimeeHs.
~ ..,ei..,t II b5.a...,,, t,s. ~, ,.,.
Rcsplred, l., That while. We, the ,aembers ief
this convention, will not favor any scheMs foSns
tho repudia!tionl Of debts. the violation Of fthe
obligation Of eoptracts, or tbe tsking ri lands
from the bands 9t lawful ownersof the same
without reasonable compensation, We ase, Will
ing to further any measures Of relipf consist ,d
ept!with the powers delegated To US by the Rsilv
constrpction ACTS Of Congress ,ls,,, s,,.,
The conyentioa then adjourned. In j.o !, |, s.,
ui s.l,axs MONDAY 27TH. .rs,. s,li If s.,l,x .
The meeting was opened with prayer hyn,
jackson, outside whites who ip uRetnous 49, lapv !,
fgnase expressed his horror IF war bps thraks
God that he had through war worked out his
purpose and freed this great country FROM t6e
boptrageoas sih and wrong Of slavery ';'en.sal
ho roll was called aud qIuu quorum boaggl IpSs Pc q
scht the assemhase proceeded 70 business So''sf''
H. Tho minaes 6f Che last inseting WssS re a.
4 and confirmed. ,osra etisi ii .nF2fa s'n3nt
T +. J. Moses from tho Executive Committee,
Ito whom, was referred preamble anu sssss.a. :
Itions providing for tho removal Of State officers,
4 reported thit IN thoir opinion tho f.