The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-09-29
THE COUNTY KET,

would not hold convention, Daddy Gam. WI
is the leader of the DeLarge faction. held
convention yesterday which, for order ia
surpassed the regular convention held Of
the 18th.
R.H. Cain. shortly after - o'clock called tn
meeting TO order, and read his call. de
nouncing the action of W. H. Mishaw, 9TH
pretended county chairman" in calling con
vention on the l2th Of September, and declar
ns that the delegates elected under his (sli
shaw's) call were not fairly elected.
On concluding the reading of his call, Mr.
Cain. after expressing the hope that the delio
erations of this body would be of such char
acter as would reflect honor upon it and in
sure to the people all OF their rights. retired
from the chair.
On motion of L. Bunch, Mr. George Lee, o
Summervile, and late member OF the Legs
lature, was elected chairman. On taking Inc
chair Mr.. Lee said that this was the time fol
work and nor for talking, and announced thai
the convention was ready for business.
On motion OF L. I. Woolf. committee. con-
sisting OF L. l. Woolf R. H. CAIN J. P, How.
| II.
anH N. F. Becker. was appointed to examine
credentials.
\ cOLoRED NoRTHERNEI INSULTED.
The committee retired, and, during their
abseuce, Rev. Mr.. Adams, chaplain OF the last
Legislature. was called upon and de-
liyered .au address. His speech mainly
consisted of a modest statement Of his efforts
for the last twenty years in the United States.
on the sands and in the jungles of Africa, in
behalf of the colored people. He admitted
that he had been derided, insulted on the
right and on the left, all because he had come
from the North. but lie was citizen OF the
United States. and therefore citizen of South
Carolina. He condemned the action Of the
white men who had come into the State and
had sown the seed Of discord among the COL
ored people, to divide them ana ride upon
their. shoulders into office, from which they
looked down upon the colored men with con-
tempt.
He urged the colored men to stand by each
other; they could not afford to be divided;
whenever the tug of war comes. the whites
will fall on one side and the blacks on the
other. Some OF the very white men whom the
colored men follow and support would not in
yite the colored men in to partake of q social
repaSt with them no, they consider the color
ed man their political and not their social
equal.
As Mr.. Adams was concluding his speech,
two eolored men got in sQuabble, and one OF
them after asserting that he had fought four
years in the army, expressed the desire to
fight Tor few moments in the hail.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
The return OF the committee on credentials
interrupted the disputants. The commit
tee reported that torty-two delegates were
present with proper credentials. Ward was
not represented. -"..'..t -
committee of seven was appointed on per-
manent organization. After q short retire
ment. the committee returned with the follow
lowing list of officers for the permanent or
ganization. They were duly elected:
George Lee. president; Alex. Williams and
L. Bunch. vice-presidents: NJ. Caufeld and
VIM. Glover, secretaries; F. Mason and Jacob
Coins. sergeants-at-arms.
BOWEN ASD wHrrrEMoRE DENOUNCED.
DR.. H. L. Hammond was called upon. and
after euloglzing DeLarge, denounced Bowen.
The latter, said the speaker. could not repre-
sent him either morally or intellectually
Those charges against. him untitled him for
representing the people. The speaker was
opposed to Whittrmore for the reason that
there We're damaging charges against MIN also.
He knew that WhiLtemore had appropriated
money which he had collected in his district
for school purposes: aud when he said that he
could not tiai colored boy in his district COM
pctent to be 4 cadet. lie simply lied. The
speaker had no doubt that Wh!ttemoe had
sold the cadetship, and Bowen also. Against
DeLarge no such charges could be brought
the only charge against him was that he had
made money. This. said the speaker, was no
fault; he liked to see people make money.
DeLarge had speculated and male money.
He did nothing more than the business men
OF our city have done and are doing.
THE NoMENATIoSs.
w A. Grant. <. H. Cain, jacob West. J. P.
Howard. G. J. Adams, L. l. Woo!f and X. B.
Moutre were appointed committee to make
nominations TO be submitted to the convention
for its approval. After q brief retirement the
committee reported the following names, all
of the names of the committee excepting that
of West being among them:
Senator H. Cain.
House ofRepresentatives-F the country
Geo. Lee, st. James Goose Creek; r. B. Moui-
trie. St. Andrews Parish; polado jenkins, Ellis
to Island: W. II. W. Gray, Johns and Wmlma,
law Islands; W. R. Jervey. st. Stephens Parish;
J. NJ. Gllns. ST. Johns Berkeley; W. G. Pinck-
ney. ST. James Sautee; James White, Christ
Church Parish; E. J. Adams, at large From
the c!ty-Wm Grant. A!eSan der Williams.
John C. Mallonee. NJ. Cauldeid, L. /. Woolf, l..
C. Northrop. B. A. Boseman. B. Doscaer.
Samuel Dickerson.
Judge Of Probate George Buist.
Coauty Commiss.oners-J. F. Greene. A. A.
Aspina!l anl Stephen Brown.
School ComMissioner-H. L. Hammond.
Coanty Corouer-J. P. Howard.
WAR TO THE KNIFE.
debate ensled regarding the manner OF
e,ec,in!s the nominees, whether by ballot or
accIamation. which resulted In the latter me-
thod being decided upon. During this wran-
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