The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-24

party will not tolerate dishonesty. believ
that all our men will do their duty, thro1
over the thieves and put honest men In lhel
places. [Lond cheerlngl
Whipper was called for, aud said he wa
heartily with the movement, and would de
fine his position at length later.
/ Bowen was called on, and heartily endorses
all that Orr had said. When he began tn
work of reform, the Ring charged him witt
deception. Now they admitted that he toll
J the truth. The time has come when robber
must 60 down. Charleston County pledge
$4,000 votes for an honest Republican ticket
Other delegates would be here to-day, bu
they will stick to the other convention to th'
end, to fight against the Ring. The ticke
will Charleston vote 1t.
Jervey, OF Charleston, endorsed the pre-
} ceding speakers. In the last election he hac
opposed the same R ng, and he received thir
teen thousand two hundred and sixty votes.
The people stand in the same place now, ano
will not tolerate the Moses Ticket. The conVen
tion was packed concern, as shown BY the
admission of the Mackey delegation, who
were pledged to vote for Moses. There must
ne reform, from the constable up. No threats
conld move him. He represented the honest
people.
Samuel Lee, of Sumter, made long speech.
He said he was embarrassed, because Moses
was his bosom friend, and some said his half
brother, [roars of laughter, Lee being color
ed] and he could not support him. He
pledged Sumter with four thousand votes to
the honest ticket, but said that If the Demo
Gratis rau a third ticket, all the Republicans
would Immediately reuntte and give the
Democrats the corrupt government they
wonld deserve.
Sam Dickerson made characterlsticir reform
speech, half jocular and halt hard common
s,ose. He admitted that the charges brought
By the Reiormers, In 1870, which he partly be.
lieved then, were all proved true.
D. 1. Corbin was called for, and alluded to
his Greenville speech. None of lt5 various
charges had been denied or explained. There
must be change. They who lad helped to
build up the Republican party must help to re-
form it. The charges against Reuben Tomlin.
son last night were as false as hell, and the
two.legged fend, Mackay, who uttered them,
knew It, We have got rid of him in Charles
ton. [Crles of "Thank God r'l TomlInson
bought his phosphate slock with his own mon
ey; also his GreenvIlle stuck, and the speaker
knew it. He believed this movement would
succeed, but he had rather fail than win with
Moses
| Reuben Tomllnson was called for, and
explained that he had resigned the State
authorship because he was convinced
that the administration would bankrupt
the Slate before the end of its term.
No man who has any selfrespect can
support the Rhg ticket. The Democratic
press was blamed for running the public credit,
but that press did not bring the bonds from
eighty to thirty. That was the work Of The
administration. He did not justify Ku-Klux-
ism; but II the Ku.KuX had come to Colum-
bla, taken the guilty officials nnd pnt them
through, he could have excused them.
Loud cheers.l
Senator Sawyer was called for, and said that
President Grant and the national admlnistra-
tion had expressed no preference as TO the
candidates of the South Carolina Republicans,
but Grant desires thorough reform here, aud
every pulse and heart In the national admins
tralion beats in sympathy with this Republic
an movement 10 purify the party. The
name OF the Stale was kissing and
reproach throughout the country. He
had denounced The administration in the
United States Senate, and be was now called
an apostate. He defended his official course,
aud said that he would rather march to certain
deleat than 60 with thieves. Let this oppor-
tuaity pass by and Repuulicanlsm here was
dead. He would not give up the party as long
as there was chance of saving 1t. In this
movement was the only hope OF the party. If
the Ku:Klux had extended their raids to Co.
lumbia and given the guilty ones thirty aud
nine lashes, or hanged them to the nearest
lamp.post, every honest man would have said
in his heart, although deprecating violence,
Served them right" The wave of popular
opinion was rising and woaid carry all before
1t. Two years ago he had given the officials
one more trial, but they must not be trusted
again.
The convention then took recess.
The Boiling Convention reassembled at $50
P. M.
W. E. Earle addressed the meeting. He
charged F. J. Moses with specific acts of
bribery, and offered to let Moses indict him
upon libel, as he would indlct Moses for cor
rupllon. This challenge he had given before,
and no notice had been taken OF it. He want
ed 10 try the question In the courts. There
was no truth In the statement that Moses had
used his pay certificates for the relief OF the
Ku. Klux refugees from Union and Laurens.
Only three refugees came here, and they had no
certificates. The truth is that Moses used them
to secure the nomination. The Republican
party cannot tolerate such man. Good men
consentlng to 60 on Moses's ticket cannot save
1t. If the angel Gabriel we're on the ticket he
could not prevent Moses from stealing. Put
I'D q good ticket and the masses will support
1t. Earle showed that the last session Of the
Legislature had cost twelve hundred and sew
enty.lhree Thousand dollars, and he appealed
10 the convention to throw aside Moses and
support an honest ticket. [Cheers.l
johnson, (colored,) of Anderson, made a tel
ling speech, demanding reorganization, but
warning The Democrats that there would be no
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