The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-06-25
Proceeding. of tho Uon1srsace.

Hotel Conference:
About 100 delegates presented them
selves in the room at the hour of 3, to
which hour the meeting had been post
poned, partly to accommodate Senator
Schurz, who was compelled to 60 down
to the European steamer to see his
family off in the morning, and partly to
permit private caucus of the signers of
the call, who were evidently astonished
and somewhat disconnected at the great
Greeley strength brought forth in an in
formal counting Of noses. At 3, how
ever, the doors of rooms So and IS were
open to those who had tickets, and were
rapidly crowded.
Senator Schurz, of Missouri, offered O
resolution that the Chair proceed to a
call of States, and that each delegate
from each State express his individual
and separate opinions rs to the future
course of the Grant opposition. Colonel
Grosvenor, in seconding the motion,
said that the meeting was so profoundly
guarded from the inquisitive ears of re-
porters that no member need fear pub
licity, and he hoped all would express
their free and full opinions. He also
moved that each member present he put
under seal of confidence not to report
the proceedings.
The motion was agreed TO, and the
Chair was about to call Alabama,
when Senator Lyman Trumbull entered.
He was greeted with storm Of applause,
and speech was demanded 80 vocifer-
ously that Governor Cox motioned him
to the rostrum. He spoke as follows:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: see
among you such diverse elements of the
,olsk L.. r
would doubt how to address you. But
to the question that comes nppermost
among us there is only one answer which
How are we to defeat Grant? By sup
porting Greeley. Immense applause,
in which the free trade clique on the loft
we to crush out all tho evils of the Grant
administration by dividing the opposi.
ton against him? Are we going to set
up third party and refuse the aid of
the party that already has most popu-
lar candidate, o thorough platform, and,
what is almost as good, is in possession?
Senator Trumbull's speech created q
most remarkable sensation. The little
coterie on the left side had been all
smiles heretofore, had made themselves
new conner, and had engineered most of
the applause when the list of officers was
read. But now they sat silent and almost
sullen, while group of Southerners in
rear of them, who had looked through
out as if the intense responsibility Of the
whole thing were almost overpowering,
recovered their spirits, joined heartily in
the applause, and patted one another
onnrOvipnfv m ha hoo1r
The Chairman called alabama" and
John Forsythe, of the Mobile Register,
rose in his place. He did not have
much to say. but it was all in tho vein of
Trumbull. He thought Greeley was the
best solution of the problem. lap
plause from all quarters but the left
side.
Arkansas" was represented by Sena-
tor Benjamin +. Rice, who reiterated
the sentiments of the other two.
"Connecticut" called up Gov. Eng
lish, who said that Connecticut would 20
for Greeley by great majority, and he
believed it the plain course for all the
opponents of nepotism aud corruption
in Office to go for him, too.
Lafayette s. Foster, who was Vice
President during portion of President
Johnson's term, followed in similar
vein.
David Clark. an original AboIitionist
OF the Garrison, Gerrit Smith and Tap.
pan school, and the gentleman who re-
commended the colored cadet to West
Point, came next, and agreed with the
Democratic Ex-Governor on the Greeley
question.
Messrs. Fessenden and Bromley, the
latter editor of tho Hartford Posi-, reite-
rated these sentiments, and David A.
Wells, to whom the free trade coterie on
The left of the hall looked with happy
confidence as their first mouth-piece,
rose and spoke to the following effect:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONFERENCE: am
an old free trade man, and have advo-
Gated the doctrine Of free trade all the
beat years of my life. But in this mat
ter we have delegated free trade to the
people, where it and every other impor-
tant public question belongs There is
no question of free trade or protection
in the canvass. There is only the ques.
ton of beating the man who scandalizes
the country in the White House, and on
that question see no other recourse
than Horace Greeley.
The free trade coterie on the left al
most bounced ont of their seats at this