The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-06-22

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The .shAe M MfA> }sts "a The nca Who
had sihsnS 6ts4 She movement, in
suppos5s 5sSSs = 1bass piasi iessS IS renoanoed
no principle. he. pledged himself to
prove the truth Of the noble eulogiss Of
tho sincerity bfuhite Hoath Carotiuiaus,
made by Mr.. Bird. He believed that W
would DO vietotioas, aud made j ,vigo.
rous appeal Tor . nominAsion. 80. 49, =,
Cyrus Fenwick, oolored delegate from
Oharlestos, WAS glad 70 zee that the day
Of redemption had At last dawned. y He
said he approved Sf the declarations Of
principles, bat the upper counties had
opposed the. movement, and Anderson
would vote assinst q homination.a He
would not, go further than aa endorse
ment Of the platform npoa wkioh he had
stood since Grants election. Audersou
would vote No. i: go - =
General Butler said that he could not
believe that these were sentiments Of
Anderson or the upper counties. Their
oolored people would como in when the
platformof equal rights was put before
them, -.
General Kennedy and Col. Thomas
explained that tho platform, and not a
nomination, was before the Convention.
On motion Of Mr.. @. p. Pelham, the
question was then taken on the platform
as whole, excluding the resolution as
to the name Of the party.
The platform was adopted unanimous
ly.
The resolution naming the party was
then taken up aud adopted, with only
three votes in the negative.
The question ofappointiug com nit.
tee to consider the question Of a nomi-
nation, evoked some discussion.
A colored delegate from Fairfield
preferred waiting, but would work for
the nomination if one should be made.
M. e. Caldwell, (colored) of Orange.
burg, said that he was Republican, but
came because all honest men were invi-
ted. He showed up the bumptious airs
Of the ofice-holdors, aud declared that
he knew one member of the Legislature
who sold his vote on the Phosphate bill
for two boxes Of cigars'at ten dollars a
box. He said he was for right aud
justice, but was thorough Republican.
He was heartily in favor of nomina-
tion.
. A committee on the nomination was
then ordered to be appointed, and the
Convention took recess until S p. NJ.
EVENING SESSION.
COLUMBIA, June l6th-8 P. NJ
Upon the rcassembling of the Conven n
tion after the recess, Gen. Kennedy,
from the Committee on Nominations,
presented report recommending that
the Convention should at once proceed
to make nominations. It is understood
that the report received the concurrence
Of every member Of the committee with
one exception. The Convention adopt
ed the report, only one vote being cast
in the negative.
On motion of General Kershaw, the
Convention then determined to make q
nomination for Governor.
Mr.. Ssibles, of Richland, nominated
the Hon. r. b. Carpenter, Of Charles
ton. Loud and prolonged cheering ]
Mr. MoLure, of Chester. nominated
the Hon George S. Bryan, of Charleston.
Colonel Thomas Y. Simmons then
took the floor in support Of the nomi-
nation of Judge Carpenter as the best
and only man available for the contest.
He sketohed his career in Charleston,
and said that the only regret of the bar
would be that if he were nominated they
should lose his services as judge. Car
penter, lie said, was tried Republican ;
aud yet he had held the scales ofjustice
so evenly as to commend himself to the
people. Tc had heard rumors against
him, but nad traced them all to the
camp of tue enemy. The secret of
these rumors was that our opponents
knew his strength, and wanted to pre-
vent his nomination. The Judge is one
Of she best stump speakers in the ooun-
try, and is ready to sink or swim, live or
die, in the cause to-day iHaugurated.
Iprediot that if he be nominated, Gov
ernor Scott will not dare to meet him
before the people on the hustings. Tire.
mendous cheers1 Ho believed that
with a man who would stump the State,
and whose heart was in the contest, we
could and would win the fight. In con
clusion he stated that Judge Carpenter
told him, in reply to question, that if
nominated by tho Reform Convention,
he would feel it his duty to.his fellow.
citizens to accept the nomination, and
that he would make the contest with
his coat off-his sufficient reward what
ever the result might be, being ia the
consciousness that he had done some
thing to serve the true interests of his
adopted State. [Applausc.]
THE VOTE.
Tho Convention then proceeded to a
vote, the result of which vas tho NOM
ination Of Judge Carpenter by very
large majority, the vote being as fol-
lows: For Judge Byran 4 for Judge
Carpcntcr81.
Mr.. w. A. Courtepay then nominated
General NJ. G. Butler, Of Edgc6eld, for
Lieutenant Governor.
MIR. Jonas Bird nominated Secretary
Of State Cardozo.
, Mr.. A. Harper nominated w. Il. DIar.