The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-07-06

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THE uONvBNTION..ITsA ACTHON AND
INKAUENetz.
Our last issass contained . synopsis
Of the proceedings Of what will hereaf-
ter be known as the June Convention,
and the speeches, IN e1tenso, Of several
Of the leading members, including the
remarks Of one oolored delegate. These
will be sufficient fully to Inform our
readers as to the character Of the men
who arc the leaders of the Reform
movement in the State, and as to the
spirit, purpose and action Of the Con.
vention.
There were individual utterances
which, in our opinion, overleapod the
mark, and with which We do not now,
and can never sympathisc. Nor do we
think thoy were necessary to the fur.
therance Of the good purposes Of the
movement.
II is we'll known that this journal en-.
iorscd the Press Resolutions, approved
the call for tho assembling of the Com
We ntion, but expressed opinion adverse
to the policy of putting candidates for
State officers in the field. More mature
reflection, and observation of facts and
subsequent developments, strengthen
our conviction as to the prudence and
wisdom Of tho position then assumed.
The Convention assembled, as recon-
mended, including considerable num-
Der of colored delegates, and platform,
fully in support oftho Press Resolu-
tions, was adopted. 1t determined,
however, with a degree Of unanimity and
enthusiasm which has not characterized
any other political action of the reprc-
sentatives Of all classes of the people
since the war, to make nominations-to
go into regular canvass of the State
and candidates for Governor and LIEUT..
Gov. we're announced.
Of the men chosen as tho standard.
bearers Of this movement to bring re-
form ofthe horrible oorruptions which
will blacken the history of the present
State administration for all time to
come, we have nothing more now to
say, than that, if elected, they will
doubtless apply all the energies of their
personal and official influence and posi-
tion to the furtherance Of the great puro
poses for which they were put forward.
And that, having been chosen by the
best wisdom and judgment of the highly
respectable body Of men Of which the
Convention was composed, it rs alike
the duty and interest of every honest
man of the State, white and black, to
give them support.
Whatever may be the result Of these
nominations, and however impolitic We
may regard this portion Of the action of
the Convcntion-(we mean the putting
forth ofcandidates at all, without allusion
to the character Of the men nominated)
we are impressed with the conviction
that good will result to the State, from
the movement as whole. Aud first {:
In ouy event, there must be measure
BILE reform The watch.words of the
canvass will be equal rights and reform.
Already the pressure produced, in this
direction, has become irresistible. The
voice Of the Republican press Of the
North chimes in with that which is
heard everywhere in our midst, from
the lips of our own honest people. And
for the first time since the organization
of the Radical party in the State, We
hear the admission, from the mouths Of
its press aud of it's leaders on tho
stump, that there is corruption-too
much corruption aud dishonesty-in it's
ranks and in the administration of tho
affairs Of the State. HoeE, DUNBAR,
ToMLINsoN and WoRTHINaroN, speak
ers Of the Scott party, who addressed
the mass meeting at Columbia on Wed.
ncsday night, 22nd ult., all made this
admission frankly and fully and promi-
ncntly in the beginning of thcirspceoh~
cs. The charge Of corruption can no
longer be denied or ignored. And more
than anything else, probably, the
Radical leaders dread the exposures of
the canvass. AS strategy to avert such
an issue, Judge Carpenter is already
ficrccly threatened. Two of the speak
crs, On the occasion above alluded to,