The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-03-28
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A meeting Of the Republican Union Nomi-
mating Convention was held in Bennettsville
on Monday last. It was convened ty circular,
and is supposed to have had it's origin in the
collateral labors of the late Charleston Con-
vention.
At eleven o'clock AM, the delegates from
the various election precincts as well as others,
principally persons OF color, proceeded to the
schoolhouse, half mile from the courthouse,
and at the hour of twelve, meridian, returned
in good order, and occupied!the court room.
After few Introductory remarks by 81. ]. Max
well, stating the object Of the meeting, MIR. A.
b. Knight was called upon to preside, after
which Mr.. James T. Grant and 81. ]. Maxwell,
D. c., were appointed secretaries. The meet
ing, after organization and prayer, proceeded
to nominate their candidates for the House
and Senate; whereupon Mr.. q. j. Maxwell was
nominated for the Senate, and Messrs. John Il.
Grant and J. P. Stubbs for the House.
unanimously declared to be the choice
OF the convention. Grant and Stubbs re-
served their wind. Maxwell, however,
spoke at length, endorsing the new made con-
stitution, and painting in an unpleasant nght
and with opprobious epithets the constitutions
III 1880 and 1865, reminding the assembly that
the convention of 1865 had brought about
universal suffrage, asserting that had partial
suffrage been allowei i, that the Reconstruction
acts Of the 39th and 10th Congress would have
been silent in the tomb. He pro fessed to have
been born South Caroinlan, but educated IN
o Northern cline; that he buckled on his ar
NOR for the freedom of his color; now that
his inalienable rights, if necessary, at the
point of the bayonet, but this course would
only be the last resort; that he thought
the remaining vestiee OF battle could
only be nurtured by those safely. en-
sconsed from peril during the late strug..
gle; that he counselled all persons OF
his color to be rolite and respectful; when
disregard improved insults from any one-that
Democracy had brought our troubles upon us;
and he here cautioned his friends to beware
of that damnable party-it is traught with
their ruin The name of South Carolina, John
c. Calhoun and Toombs, were the special OBJ
jects OF abuse and complaint. He intended to
see that corporeal punishment and hanging
were done away with-they smacked OF bar
barism, and in this enlightened age we should
be more tender of human life. He wanted the
country to be represented by honest and deter
mined men-those that did not fear to do
right that there was intelligence under colored
skins-and he here alluded to Fred Douglass,
the former slave of Maryland planter, as well
as others, who had become prominent III tn
literary world. Some portions OF ms remarhs,
if true, might well have been omitted. He ex-
pressed his regret to see so few white persons
present-that the invitation was to all for
there really we're but very few whites in the
room-for long time but one from Benefits
vile, which will give some idea OF the utter IN
difference felt.
The course pursued by the convention, says
our correspondent, will bring about opposition,
for I'll the nominees are from members OF the
society known as the Union League, two whites
and one black. Had they adopted the best
policy and gone beyond their political circle,
the parties militant, would have been some
wha. rcconciled, that they really entertained
the good Of the country, &c.
The meeting adjourned after Mr.. Maxwell's
address, perfect order and apparent good feel
inS prevailing.