Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-06-24
The Conventions

Ae"uoio tho PloocculuBS VI INC OOuVeuptVtt
held in Columbia on tho 10Th instant, Tho
platform adopted by that body is briof and
sufficiently broad for all men of liberal views
ito. unite in common effort to redeem the
State from the hands Of corruption and mis-,
rto The question Isl whether we shall, by
stubborn supincness, invite farther oggres
sion, or by bold aud manly effort, endeavor
to cure the OWLS which opptcss US. 1t is no
longer contest between Dertocrat and Radi.
cal, white aud colored but between Honesty
and dishonesty, moderate taxation ard public
extravaganza. No ono should hesitate on
which side he will cast his influence. The
Convention, in the discharge of it's duties,
nominates for Governor and Lieut. Governor.
Whatever be our private preferences, VIC
should remember that in untoh Is the only
hope of success, and give these nominees that
support, which is due TO the principles cnt,n.
ciatcd by tl,e Convention, of which they ore
the embodiment. Personally they are unob.
icctionable and by education arc amply quail
fed for their high trusts. The Charleston
Courier gives the following sketch of them
s'Yho ftonorasae IL. Carpenter, who Han
been selected us'the candidate for the position
of Governor, was born on the lst of January,
1896, in Flanklin County, in the State Of
|. Vermont, and removed to the State of Zen.
lucky, when young hoy, where he resided
until with exception of three years, 1855, 1855
and 1867, during which time he vas the at.
torney Of tho Chicago, Alton and ST. Louis
Rail Road, until lie settled in South Carolina.
While preparing for college his health having
| become impaired he travelled extensively iu
the West and Southwest. Having studied
law with ex-senator Nlorchcad, he entered
upon the practice of his profession, and in
State which numbered among his competitors
many of thc ablest men in thc country, hc
soon acquired prominent position. AS an
orator, whether addressing himself to the fo-
rum or to public audience, he was sccn no
knowledged as occupying the foremost rank.
A man of thought, his ideas won respect;
man of action, his energy and carncstucss
gained him admirers a man of genial mar
| ncrs and earnest heart ito become his associ.
ate was TO become his friend. 1t vas no won.
der that with such qualifications he was twice
elected Attorney for the commonwealth Of
Kentucky, and that he was gcncrally en-
| ploycd OH one side or the other, in the most
| important cases, both civil and criminal, for
a number of years After the war he rculov.
ed to this State and city, where he filled for
some time with honor to himself and satisfuc.
ton to the bar, the Office of Registrar From
that position he was removed to che position
of Circuit Judge, which position, it is not
claiming too much to say, chat he has occu-
| pied in a manner not to tarnish the honors
won by our Johnsons, Harpcrs, o Meals and
| Dunkins. No one can doubt that the cleo.
tion of such man will rebound to the advan.
tagc of oar State, and that his defeat will
bring in it's train innumerablc :ocs.
"With regard to the candidate for Licutcn.
ans ns.GoVernor, General NJ. G. Butler, no road
er Of shis paper, III fact citizen Of this Stete
can fail to approve his nomination. Apure
and noble gentleman, he, at the commences
mcnt of the lac war, went earnestly into the
contest on the side which he believed to have
been light, and gallantly won and as gallant
| y wore She spurs Of Major General in the
Confederate Army. The war having closed,
and the cause of the Southcrn Confederacy
having been dcfeatcd, General Butler wasted
no time in idle rcpinmgs lie applied him
self earnestly to the practice of his profession
and also TO restoring the fortunes Of our State
and of our people. Accepting readily the
| situation, acknowledging facts as they existed,
he WAS always found on the side Of honest
manly proYrcss In supporting him for
Licutenant, Governor our people will but rem
der well meritcd tribute TO one who has not
only the love of his friends, but also the res
! pect of every man in whose Breast is found
an honest heart"