The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-14

Convention.
WARD I.
The meeting In this ward was tremendous
ly turbulent, and the night was made hideous
by the. vocal efforts of the contending cliques.
At one time general row was imminent, but
body of police quelled the storm, and enabled
the meeting to elect the following delegates:
T. J. Mackey, Ely Gaskin, Bran Kelly, b. Z.
| Mcpherson, w. N. Taft and Lewis Hill.
Resolutions were adopted instructing the
delegates to vote only for such delegates to
the State Convention as would pledge them
selves to R. K. Scott and would pledge them
selves to sustain for Congress colored man
who is tried and true Radical Republican.
: -. WARD II. c,-.-G
This meeting was also characteristically
noisy. The delegates elected are: E.-W. NJ.
Mackey, o. R. Levy, Edward Pinckney, Pri-
mus Green, Jr., Peter Mazyck, r. A. Vesey..la
.''7'., WARD III. ~
This ward held its meeting at the Military
Hall, electing the following delegates: 7. Hur-
ley, NJ. Caulfeld, T. Aiken, W. Fl. Mishawi h.
Larcomb, R. Myers.
- WARD ". -.
Here the fun was not so lively. Thirty-four
nominations were made and the following
delegates we're chosen: c. G. Bowen, S. G..
Russell, VIM. G. Evans, A. R. Wigg, Alex. VII
liams, Charles Simons.
WARD v.
This ward elected its delegates as follows;
A. A. Aspinall, VIM. Elliott, T. E. Dixon, VIVA.
jenkins, W. A. Grant, Isaac Reed.
WARD vi.
This meeting was addressed BY R. 81. Cain
and B. C. DeLarge, both of whom, like Barkis,
were willing to abide by the result OF the elec-
tlon. The delegates are: J. r. Campbell,
william H. Berney, j.. D. Price, Allen McCloud,
NJ. H. Collins, Edward Wilkinson.
WARD VII.
In this ward there were rival meetings. One
was held at the corner of Nassau and Columbus
streets. electing the following delegates J.
A. Washington, VIM. Perronneau, J. j: Grant,
Robert Turner, R. Price, A. Taylor.
This meeting is said not to be the real simon
pure, perhaps because it adopted resolutions
denouacIcg the corruptiono OF some Of those
Radicals who have hitherto been elected to
Office.
The rival meeting was held in the open air,
electing the following delegates E. ?. Wall,
John Mead, J. L. Glover, E. P. Wall, Jr., Robt.
Turner and Robt. Gordon.
: WARD VIII. .sr
Thls,Ward elected the following delegates ::
Jacob Royal. A. ]. Ransier, Thomas A. Davis,
Norman Montgomery, Francis Mason, Ma
thauiel T. Spencer.
Resolutions were adopted denouncing the
Union Reform party and applaudlng R. X.
Scott to the echo.
THE EXCITEMENT IN THE CITY.
The excitement engendered at the various
ward meetings was undated yesterday, and
those whose hopes were blasted the night be-
fore, endeavored to gather consolation by
abusing the more successful ones, and by de-
falling their woes to all who would listen. The
Courthouse corner all day yesterday was the
scene of many impromptu meetings, and
curses both loud and deep, coupled with the
bltterest denunclations of this or that man,
were frequently heard. About 8 o'clock in the
afternoon, ex-Alderman T.J. Mackey aroused
the whole neighborhood Of the Courthouse,
and drew large crowd, By loudly pro-
claiming that some one, whom he did not
name, In the crowd Of colored men about
him had sold sixteen Of, his race Into
slavery-by what means he did not state.
Others of the crowd were denounclng prom
inent city official for attempting to cast four
or more ballots at once the night before. How
ever, while there was considerable ill-feeling
displayed, no one evlnced q disposition to
have disturbance beyond that created by
loud and frequently profane language. x
.,About4 o'clock, Sam. Dlckerson: and one or
two other colored speakers, addressed the
crowd from the door Of the Courthouse. Dick
erson's speech was the only one worthy Of
note, and before he concluded his audience
CONSISTED of as many white as colored persons
the former present from curiosity to hear
what was being said. The speaker started out
BY asserting that he was going to tell some
pretty hard truths about. the Republicans and
their carpet bag leaders z-the ..men whom the,
colored peoleshad lifted to- high places out Of
CQe oluIuS VI tuo-lAilzuoot nluCh sAooO1eaon 00s
repeated every few moments, He said that
although they had promised to .'ald in eievat-
ing theeolored race, who were the peer Of
any nation" theyhad not fdlflled their prom:
ise, and now when the colorede people were
striving to elevate themselves and obtain
their rights, these same men were trying to
keep theG; down, and cried out that 1t was a
movement to organize colored mans party.
The speaker then proceeded to show that the
colored men were entitled to rights and were
determined to have them, and as a proof that
men who were determined could get their
rights, gave history of the struggle OF the
colonlsts with Greal Britayd. Song of his his
'torlcal references asedSa smile, noticing
.whloh, he gassesHd Ihat he, ha1 read more
history than ni9Efenthssof the:whitssgeople.
The unjoritypfhe white persons, iEnot of
the colored portianokthe audience sho, after
listening to Sam. Dlckanaen azsaAech, left I'm
decided as to his stat upon ala6st all of the
subjects he touched, excepting in regard to
tho colored naonla, havinr their ahare of the