The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-13

in bondage, but he would save the oni9n IN ii,II
sneaker then read Lincoln's letter III tpit p,t
which produeed q marked impression; LIZ ns
this is NOT the worst thing that Mr; LiaC9.u
did. AS late as 1864, when ne was UtInS triad ~
you by solemn promises, ne not ~, oIy Mg,on h,,t
sHn sssa yUn ,ben .sted what would become Of the
ssct old and Inf1rm, he told story, as an an
Svver of an Illinois farmer and his hogs, and
comnarlnc the negro to hogs, he said, '1et
em root" Mr. Cohen then read to them
portion of the interview between Mr.. Lincoln
and the peace commissioners at Fortress Mon
roe, from Mr. Stephens second volume on the
war. This, too, seemed to produce marked
sensation. "You," said the speaker, ''owe
your liberty to ttae necessities of the case
The two hundred thousand colored troops IN
the army were placed there to shield New Eng
land bodies from bullets and the will OF God:
You did not owe 1t to the carpet-baggers oi
this or any other State. You owe 1t to Co.,
and to him alone"
The speaker then gave them an account OF
the June Convention. He told them tnat tne
tull political equality of every man had 6een
recognized, and that honorable men had oeen
nominated for Office. That Judge Carpenter,
whom they now attempt to lander, was Wltn-
In this very year vouched for BY Scott, Corpin
and the Legislature as an honest man t,ll ana an
upright Judge; that he had been jealousy
watched BY our people, and that the lawyers
OF Charleston, who could have detected him
if he had not been upright, had cordially en-
dorsed his administration of justice.
he then said that the corruptionists, finding
that their power was slipping from their hands,
called convention, led by Whittemore,
whose history he gave, and read what ii she e
New York Tribune had said about him. "This
man." he said, ''who ought to be in the penl-
| tentiary, chooses Governor for you Birds
of a feather flock together"
MIR, Cohen then went on to show that the
Convention was not even Republican Conven-
tion. That 1t had rejected Mr.. Sawyer, the
maa who Congress says is the most prominent
Republican ic the South. MIR. Sawyer they
knew was opposed to their corruption, and 30
they declared that he should not have q seat
in their body.
BE then reviewed at length the corruption.
| fraud and oppression OF the goyernment, ana
called upon all South Carohnians to restore
honor to our State and purity to our govern
| ment.
When Mr. Cohen closed, Abrsham Smith
spoke at length, appealing to old predudices
and to dead issues, but it was evident that q
large number Of his hearers had listened with
profit to ali that had been said. In hls speech
he broached social equality, TO which Mr.:
homas, the last speaker, replied that be asked
social equality from no man; that there we're
many men whom he would not allow to 60 into
his house; that a man's fireside is sacred. and
that every one had right to Sc ect hls own
associates.
After Mr.. Thomas had spoken, on motion,
| the meeting adjourned after q few appropriate
| remarks fom the president. The platform
was taken down, the boards converted into ia
| bles; fat beef, bacon, soup and rice n abund-
ance, we're served and enjoyed bT all, AID at
| about six o'clock the meeting Was endeo-a
| meeting which may be fruitful in good, in any
event; q meeting which will oe fruitful IN GOOD
| If proper efforts are made.