The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-01-22

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As far as he was indis idually concerned,
he was opposed to tic services OF any chap
lain, and opposed to having these procee'
dings opened with prayer. The Truth
which had been held so sacred III the past
has been of late so prostituted i'll all leg
islative bodies, that there was a great prob
ability it would be prosttuted here and
instead of prayers we should have simply
political harangues in the guise ola sacred
invocation. Furthermore, he held it to be
incumbent upon the delegates to have
some respect for the Treasury OF the State.
The people were poor, and where there
were so many chaplains on the floor he
thought it unwiSe and injudicious to add
to tile expenditure to be entailed upon the
Safe by reason Of these deliberations
Is. +. Randolph. colored OF Orangeburg,
said he was strongly in favor of the eiec-
ton of chaplain, because it was the Gus.
tom in Congress. in the Legislature, and
as far as he was informed, i'll other Con-
ventions which had been held. No one
on the floor could possibly more respect
the Treasury of the State than himself, but
he could not respect it SO much as to lg-
more religion and overlook God.
L. S. Langley, colored, of Beaufort,
agreed with the delegate from Sumter that
there were clergymen enough in the Con-
vention to open the pl ocecdings with pray
er, without taxing unnecessarily the Treas
ury of the State; and he hoped that they
would be patriotic enough to discharge
this duty to the Convention and the State,
without drawing So q day for their serri-
ces.
1t was finally agreed that the Chair
should appoint a chaplain from among the
members of the Convention, to open its
proceedings daily with prayer.
The motion to have three messengers
appointed for the Convention by the Chair
man. seemed to strike some ofthe members
as an unusual and uncalled for luxury. j.
J. Wright, delegate from Beaufort but an
cx.member of the Unite'l States Coored
Troop, and pure blooded negro express.
ed his opinion on the subject plainly, anu
said he could not see the use of 50 many
messengers to wait on the Convention,
when most of the members had been
brought up to wait on themselves.
Haul NJ. IOllllSeIG y" ttS eiSSteH 1'''''e
secretary; Wm. r. Mitchell, engrossing
clerk Z Conway. sergeant-at-arms; sam
ucl Dickinson, door keeper, and John
Fitzsimons, (ot Columbia assistant door.
keeper, All colored.
X. G. DpLarge, colored, notified the
Convention that he would tomorrow
move. for reconsideration ofthe vote by
which Conway was elected sergeant-at-
arms, it having been proclaimed that the
person aforesaid was incompetent to dis
Charge the duties of the office.
The next election in order being that OF
messengers; one of the parties nominated
was Alexander Bryce, Jr., white man, OF
Pickens ooncerng whom and whose career
in connection with the murder OF Mlllcs
NJ. n. IIunncut, considerable discussion
ensuctl, in which he was con pllmented
and defended as loyal man, who has sui
Tered on account of his principles.
On n ballot being taken either OF the
respective candidates failed to receive
majority, and on motion ofli. G. DeLarse,
the Convention adjourned at - O'Clock
midnight.