The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-05-17

your aid and cooperation In this movement is as
signed the noble duty OF retnstaung Csronna 70
her prestige Of cid Being OF this Glass; and
| NOT pandering as the demagogue-wlth no ute.
rior views, feel that In thus appealing TO you,
that you will not allow an! dssenslons 70 lntet
vene to distract your deliberations, and Wonld
warn you against those who design Ia. .dlVloe your
energies fol- self faggrantlizement- :.
To our colored citizens let me remark, that 1t
will he urged by the opponents OF tne REFORM
Movement that this is the manGuvrlng OF de-
signing men; that, once in power. they will de
fraud y0u OF those rights which have been accord
ed 10 you; that every pledge made by the lrlends
Of Reform will be broken, when they nave az
tained success They have urged and continue to
urge this doctrine, and would not latter ~ any
thing to aid them In their false assertions. No
act TINT Is mean and low, have theI avolded 20
too tespicable have they left untried, that would
aid them In despong and traducing. But what
have they, with all OF their boasted philanthropy,
done for the colored man? They have laid claim
to all ofthe Offices OF profit within your gilt, and
but one or two instances can show that the col
ored branch OF their party have been rewarded
Tor their s;cadfast adherence But as We stand
here to night, we avowedly ackno@ieage .ne % rlgn.
that Of honesty and capacity. Have the Radicals
gone as far as this9 AS far as aoords CO. they
have; but have they put their assertions into
practices They think that the colorea man Is
amply repaid by the use Of the ballot and That,
consequently, he has no further claim upon them.
To you. then. we say, you nave trusted us ~ tiie
past, and our actions have always followed ID ac-
cordance with our utterances. We appeal 70 you
to lend your efforts to this movement. our In
terests are Identical. II adversity attends u.s. 1t
must in like manner affect you; II prosperity ac-
COMPANY u.s. in like manner are You partlclpa-
tors Aid us in this movement and give the lie
to those who would have you believe that the
white man OF this section is your enemy. Let US
move hand In hand, and redeem our state from
the clutches OF the vandals who have despoued
these fair lands.
But. fellow citizens, / need not claim your at
tention at greater length. Let US work Us unit
for the success OF these measures 1or Retrencn-
ment and Reform; and when the time comes to
choose candidates for the fall elections, let the
motto be "Honesty;n and, combining all the
means within our reach, and with the sad lessons
that have been taught for the last Tour or nVe
years. victory will attend our efforts, and peace
and prosperity again take up their abode among
0nr people. o,
through her people, calls upon each county 10 oe
represented at the June Convention. We would
urge upon all the penetrating OF every recess.
es the corruption which plevails-do not stand,
Mlcawber like, "waiiing for something 70 turn
up.u To you, workingmen, OF all classes, mer-
chant, lawyer, doctor, or whatever calllng 10
which you belong, we appeal. to give your aid 10
remove tile crushing evils with which we are sur
rounded; and the time will surely come, when
memory refers to your efforts toward this move
ment. that yal will regard 1t with feelings OF gra
tlfcation, that you have aided In removing one OF
the most corrupt governments W th which q peo'
pie have been cursed. Loud applausel
DELEGATES TO TIE JUNE CONVENTION.
Captain Armstrong, from the Committee on
Nominations, now appeared and made the folic'S-
ing report: