Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-06-17

Gen. M. w Uary 0hered tne IoilOWln8 reS'
olution, which was referred to the Committee
on Resolutions; -
Resolced, Thst all questions relating to
suffrage shall be5considered as;in abeyanee, 70
be at some fntureiime discussed and. deter.
mined, upon in full convention of the;D Demo-
craticparty of this State. @ S~.s.s
'Mr.sDavis offered the following resolution,
which wassadopted:
Resolred, That Committee on Resolutions,
consisting of one member from each District
represented in the Conveplio =, be appointed,
to whom ail resolutions, not ordered tor i'm
mediate consideration, be referred.
Under the resolution, the Chair appointed
Messrs. Rhet,, Dozier, Green, Epps, Spain,
EGoodwyn,1 Gregg; Venning, Mc1ver and Gal
luchat.
Mr.. yenning Offered ghe following resolution
which was referred to the Committee on Res
oluticns:
Resoired, That the discrimination ATTEMPT
ed by the radical Convention at Chicago, be
tween the right of the people North and
South to regulate suffrage among themselves.
is an nsidiuuS attack upon the exercise of the
right everywhere; and if by ungencrous and
artIul appeals to passions, excited by causes
which no longer exist, universal negro suffrage
be forced. upon the South, cardinal princi.
pie for the protection of the rights and iber-
ties of the people Of each State will be de-
stroyed, and all immense stride in the estab-
l;shnent OF central despotism accomplished.
Mr.. Cohen moved that Committee of One
from District represented in the Convention
be appointed to nominate delegates to The
National Democratic Convention to be holden
in New York on the 4th day of July next.
Adopted.
Mr.. Hanckcll offered the following resou-
ton, which was referred to the Committee on
Resolutions:
Reyolced, That, not representing any reeog.
niz.d vote in the Electoral College, it is The
deliberate sense of this Convention, with the
present lights before it, that our delegates to
that Convention should not vote in the choice
of candidates, but having full confidence in
their prudence, patriotism, aud judgment, this
Convention leaves them uutrammellea by in-
.Struclions.
MIR. Rhett offered the following resolutions,
which were referred to the Committee on
Resolutions:
/. RESOLVED. That there can bo no tree gov
ernmcnt and no liberty to people without
| fixed fundamental laws, which the int rest
and passions of transient rulers cannot over
throw and when administrators las the ma
jorily in Congress,) seek to overthrow them,
they are Usurpers and revolutiouists-trai
tors to the Constitution and enemies alike to
the people they assume to represent, and 10
Tree government in the world.
2. Rcsolred, That when the late struggle
for independence ceased, South Carolina was
prepared in good faith to resume her position
as one Of The States in the Unon of the Uni
ted States, and, when rejected from this posi-
ton, to which she was invited, and a military
despotiSm was put over her, she attributed it
rather to the policy of party using the un-
subdued passions Of war than to the sober
convictions of justice and craftsmanship; and,
whilst suffering with some degree of fortitude
the tyranny put over her, she looks to the
people of the North to redeem the pledges
which brought the war to an end, and to re.
store the Unionin its reality, equity and peace.
3. ReSolred, That the United States is
! Constitutional Government and white mans
Government; and that, by the decision of the
Supreme Court Of the United States, 1t ia de-
termined that South Carolina is State within
llc CUiOu dllQ Qllu6I SOIlStllutlbu anu
that the attempt of Z rarty to control the
elective franchise within State limits through
the general Government with the design of
manufacturing political power by lifting to
supremacy over the white population the in
ierior black race lately slaves, and thus to
make the State prey to anarchy and strife,
and forever incapable of enjoying the priVi-
leges aud blessings OF free government, is
revolutionary and destructive outrage, at wa-
with the prosperity and peace of the. whole
country.
4. Rcsolred, That the Democratic party
has ever been the party of the Constitution
recognizing its limitations in the powers con-
ferred on the general Government, and OBJ
serving the independence and sovereignty of
the States in their reserved powers, upou
| which alone, as system, rests the union, the
peace and the liberties of the people of the
United States.
5. Resoloed, That it is with great gratifi-
cation we have witnessed the course of the
Democratic party of the North, in their oppo.
stion to the despotism put over the South
despotism as inconsistent with the Constitu
ton apd free government in the country US
it is faithless to the plain and explicit pledges
of Congress aud of the Government of the
United States voluntarily put forth to the
Southern States as the terms of reunion and
peace.
8. Resolrsd, That in the opinion of this
/ Convention, the next Presidential election is
the most important which has taken place
since the organization of the Government,
because it will determine whether Tree gov
errment or despotism, liberty or tyranny, is
to prevail over the people of the United
States and although the white race of South
Carolina: under the bayonet and negro domi
nation, is powerless to influence this great is
sue, their devout hopes and aspirations, and
their profoundest sympathies are with the ef.
forts Of the Democrats of the 18th 10 save
the country.
On motion, committee was appointed to
nominate additional members OF the Demo.
cratic State Central Committee.
The Convention then took recess until
o'clock p NJ.
EVENING SESSION.
The Convention met at 8 o'clock p. m.
The Committee on Nominations for dele
gates to The National Democratic Convention,
made the following report, which was unani-
mously adopted:
For the State'at laIge--Hon. Wade Hamp
ton, Hon. J. B. Campbell alternates Hon.
G. NJ. Fnrruan, Hon. j. P. Carroll.
First District-Hon. A. l.. Manning alter
nate, Hon. R:?'Dozier.
Second District-Hon. c. H. Simouton
alternates, John Hanckel: Esq, R. B. Rhett.
Jr., Esq.
Third District-Gen. NJ. W. Gary; alter
nate, Hon. A. d. Frederick.
The Committee made no nomination from
the Fourth District as no delegate from that