The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-09-20

THE REPUBLICANS IN SpARTANBuRa -
After the County Convention for the
nomination Of Radical Office holders. at
Spartanburg, on Monday last, had ad.
1ourned, there was mass meeting, to-
hear speeches by District Attorney Cor
bin and Judge Melton. Tho Carolina
Spartan furnishes the following report:
MIR. Corbin made characteristic
speech, not complimentary to the large
number OF whites present, but bristling
IN facts and figures. His language was
teTse and to the point; he proved good
lawyer, but not much of o rhetorician.
The facts which he gave he asserted to
know OF his own knowledge, and were
mcst damaging to the Moses faction. He
proved no more, however. than what we
have already known. viz: the rascality
aud villainy of Moses and his crew. His
vindication of Tomlinson was good, and
would have been perfect, had it not un-
fortunately been for the speech that fol-
lowed.
Tho next speaker was Mr.. Melton. We
are sorry we have not much time to
spend OH this pleasing, unctuous gentle
man, who so lengthily aired his fiue
qualities and virtues; wo would like to
amp|ify him. We presume, however,
thut most who were present are by this
time familiar with his autobiography; if
they are not, his ears were closed. He
commenced by telling "what he knew
about fighting" He was the first sol.
dier&to enter Richmond in '61 and the
last 60 leave it, and like the chivalrous
Ney, be burnt the bridge behind him.
We have hoard, unfortunately for the
Judge, that he never got any further
than big armchair in Richmond. No
wonder that the man who sat in q big
cushion chair during the war, left it with
reluctance. But Judge NJ. can claim no
merit Tor his valorous actions, for was
not this self-same Moses the first to plant
the Confederate flag on Sumter? Judge
NJ. Saw htlin his apeech to defend his
Republicanism. We do not object to
his theory, however puerile and damag-
ing to State sovereignty; but the fact
that Judge NJ. is Judge and q candi-
date Tor an important and lucrative Office
on the regular ticket, is more conclusive
than any OF his fine spun sentences. If
he joined the party for principles, and
not Tor plunder, he is the first native
white Carolinian who has done 80. And
here Mr.. N. can lay another claim to
distinction, in addition to his Richmond
exploits of being ''single aud
alone" As for Judge Melton's argu-
ments, if we could detect any, they were
mere "bosh." He had no evidence to
otfer but which, as he admitted, was
"'aearsay." aud which. had he boen on
the bench instead of the rostrum, he
would have rcjected as incompetent. In
all OF his allegations, he had nothing to
offer but the slnnderer's exouse-"he had
heard 30 aud ao." AS for his defence of
Moses, he had none. He surred it over
aud ended in compromising way, by ad.
mitting that Moses was a great rascal.
but Tomiinson was greater, (which We
are not prepared to deny.) His whole
exhortation WAS ''black dog and mon
choice"
After the speaking, there was no action
by the meeting, as both parties seem to
be afraid Of each other. In some confn.
sion, the meotlng adjourned. So ended
the furco. The negroes went back to the
oottou fields, and the whites to loaf and
langh.