The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-15
THE REFORM CANV ASS.
TIE MOVEMENT IN ST GEORGES
srtIMPORTANT- MEETING.

TIE MOVEMENT I0 d. U1V1S"A
AssIMpOREANr MEETING.
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The meeting to organize Union Reform
Clnb in ST. Georges Dorchester, held today
was OF an interesting and Important cna,ae-
ter. It was one Of the first steps taken Win u
view in that section to an active ana lnolousn 81
organization in the present caFass' So sn". "
the homes of the people and the necessi'ies VI
: the Sta5e. -,
About 70 o'clock the citizens, white ana COZ. u.
ored. in the vicinity, had gatneFeo togesnSa a a.
1nents had been made for this purpose, and
stand erected for the speakers. ~,
On motion, T. 8. Browning, Esq. was callea
4n the chair. He explained the. objects OF the
meeting, and called upon the people OF tne
whole section to unite In the cause Oh Reform
and good government ,,..oa s,ao,--
Addresses on the part Of the colored SPEAK
era were made by ". A. Snead. Cyrus
Fenwick, w. Fl. Francis and William .ssA: Biach.
These were effective, and produced an esloenI
Impression upon the attentive audience, anu
we're repeatedly applauded. ~, &c A.,
Although the meeting was called OF the
friends OF the Reform party, yet W! M. Thomas,
acolored Radical representative. In tne iate
. corrpptL legislature, having expressed the de-
sire. was permitted to be heard. The whoie,
OF his remarks were to the e1ecb tnaG tns
stealinGil the Radical party had been cone oy
the white men in it; that it was pre- concert
ed arrangement" TINT If the Union Reform
moyemenr was successful, Judge Carpenter
was to resign, and General Butler would tnen
be Governor, and the rights Of the eolored peo,
Die placed In, jeopardy, and other stupid ana
false tales, evidently calculating upon the want
oSinten1gence of his hearers =
BE was answered by VIM. Black, OF thls CITY,
who annihilated him. ~,
The Hon. Thomas Y. Simons was; N sae
course OF the proceedings, loudly called Ier,
and was received with great applause. .,,,on,
BE indicated the necessity and tne TisoTm hE thn
of the platform originally proposed oy tne
Press Conference, and adopte9 oy tne n,id he
sacn-ed and good government obtained. we
bSa iow to deal. not with the dead issues OF
The nast' Int the living realities OF the present.
r. Has no question Of party lines or parry
creeds. suppressed or real, but OF salety 10 sne
State. The times demanded, as .he true coutsS y;
Of wisdom and statesnanship tne aorvt,an unOm vi an
honest men, Of all races, for the redempuoh+
other own soil, and the rescue OF their COM,
mon[vealth from the hands OF those whose
rnIe had been oppression, whose government
was iidisgrace to the civilization OF tne age,
and whose continued career OF puouc piuhaeEc
and private enrichment would soon make OF
every man either an exile IRON ora paup'i
upon: his native SOIL .,o -
demption of, the past and the security Oh tne
future. The convention Of the people OF tne
state has nominated Judge Carpenter for GOV,
For two years ne ne mac haa geen nsana o
South Carolina bis course had been suo.
iecfsd Is scrutiny, and the best evidences OF
the manner iI which he had discharged MS
.dI,t,ee were 1.-The resolutions passed Dy tne'
Charleston and Orangeburg Circuits on the oc-
casion OF his retirement.
Both had unanimously declared LnaI ne nau
hand. @ and md gindicated the dignity and purity Of
the laE. Both had placed upon record their
estirnate of The impartiality, courtesy anu sig,
nal Talents which characterized his ludlclal
course, and of the high character, mtegIity
and ability with which he had presided IN tne
courts Of Justice the mee9s at SnaGestTn nneIi
who declared that he .concurred Ia every
Statement that had been made concerning the
able and faithful manner In which he had filled
the judicial Office; and ex,Judge Glover, VINO
presided at the meeting In Orange1urg, naa,
In his .letter.of communication, dec,area tnat s'
the lipraise bestowed had been fairly won by
your honest, able and most impartial admins
tering Of public justice"
As for the attacks made upon Judge Car
penter, they were no more to De regarded
thansthe idle winds or the leaves as they iaii
In autumn They az dosfed came o@ sontS 5ne Garona
! In the past, and who were fighting with rope
rotIrd their necks; for they knew that the trl-
snmr,aa of Judge Carpenter meant their down.
fan. and rai public Investigation and arra1gn-
ment OF their official course and conduct.
The convention had wisely selected General
NJ. @. Butler for the position Of Lieutenant
Governor. He was as distinguished IN the arts
of neacfi as he had been brave and gallant
upor, the field or battle. He was true repre-
sentative OF the real State OF South Carolina,
and had no counsel to give but that which was
consistent with her honor, ana demanded oy
the general welfare.
s = ina n1en who now ruled the State had no
highermotiye than public plunder and private
eY5olument They were not the Republican
party: They had assumed this guise Tor their
oWn, selfish purposes and as means OF carry.
Ing out, by acts .of, oppression, deception anu
the one hand they had denied any real utter
ance on tie part of the white race, they had
nsed. in iIeroeatiOn of their rights Of freedom,
the colored race, ss mud sils for their own ad-
yanceInent and power
Inless than eighteen months the public deot
hal been increased over eighteen millions Of
dollars. and the animal expenditures from
about six hundred thousand to one million tiye
hundred thousand dollars a year. And when
we ask what has become Of the State Treasury,
and Of ,this vast accumulated debt, wrung from
The hard-earned taxes Of an Impoverished peo-
ple. the answer, when proper and rigid tnves-
{ s:fioanonfs Is made, will be found in the pockets
sof those who have seized the State OF South
Carolina as their prey, and who, out OF very
small salaries, In less than two years, have
made large fortunes, and now undertake to set
at defiance every regard tor the .!decent .opln-
Ions of mankind, !" or the popular prosperity.
Colonel. Simons alluded. to the mode by
which the. colored men had been, by the Union
Leagues and false purposes, kept in practical
slavery. The purpose Of the Union Reform
party was his emancipation from those who
had heretofore deceived him and made him
the blind but willing instruments OF their Will.
No man could be fee man who. either by
subjection to a League, or to any organization
or person, had surrendered his manhood, and
was unable to exercise his vote according to
his unbiased conviction and choice, This was
a slavery which the colored race themselves
repudiate and cast aside.
Tn the course OF Mr.. Simonss remarks he
said, BY way of Illustration, 81 see Mr.. R. J..
Limehouse upon the ground. ! understand
he is one of the leaders of the Radical League.
Now suppose that i was to say to him, sir.
Judge CARPENTER, General Butler and myself
have had q meeting and ordered that you
ehnnld vote -particular ticket, Here is the