The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-09
fFRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT

day train the meeting was organized and the
speaking commenced. The drst speaker YVES
Mr. Thos. j. Coghlan, candidate for sheriff.
Mr.. Coghlan is not much of an orator, but a
plain. practical man. who has considerable in
luenoe with the colored people, and I think
stands pretty we'll with the whites. Mr.
| Ooghlsn Is the incumbent In the offices OF sherIfr
and county treasurer, and was a candidate for
| the Nomination of sheriff before the County
Convention, which he failed to receive.
| Whether this little circumstance had any,
thing 10 do with his present attitude as q
Bolter / am not prepared to say, but It looks
| rather 1shy. ~
After the sheriff finished bis remarks, Sena-
tor Sawyer was introduced and made q tenn
perate, digll6ed and able argument against
| Moses. on the ground Of bis undtness for the
| position of Governor by reason of his reckle IS
waste of the public money 10 the matter OF the
immense overissue. OF pay certificates, end
the arms-conYerslon affair. The honorable
senator explained YER, clearly the whole mat
| ter to the audience, and commended that even
If Moses were entirely innocent of the frauds
| charged upon him, and had pot applied q dol
| lar of this money TO his own pesonal benefit,
| vet one 80 utterly detective in common pru-
dence. and 30 reckless of the States money, was
not worthy OF the confidence Of The people.
Mr.. Sawyer iplimated very plainly that Moses's
| nomination was obtained by bribery, and de-
serlbed the manner In which "Henesth John
own purposes. It was quite a luxury to hear
a speech delivered In o calm and states.
/ manlIke manner, free from vulQarity and abu.
| sive eplthets, and one which might have been
| delivered In the Senate Without derogation to
the dignity Of that body. Mr.. Sawyer describ.
6lrh encomium, and defended himself against
the charge OF unfaithfulness TO the ooIored
| people In connection with the civil rights bill.
The next speaker Was the Hon. F. L.. Car
| dogo, He replIed TO Senator Sawyer, and re-
torted upon him BY charging directly that
Ionltnson told. him tCardozo} 10Th his o,on.
mouth that he (Tomllnson( did bribs the
Senate 10 pass the phosphate 6M. He was also
| very severe upon Sawyer himself, whom he
| charged with aiming at mis- reelection to the
Senate, knowing that IL the Regular ticket
was elected, his (Sawyer's) game was up.
He also pitched into Corbin, Clark and the
other Federal ofaes-holdera, who, he aaid,
we're only working to save their heads from
being cut off and thrown Into the basket,
| which was sure to follow II the Regulars got
into power. He defended Moses at length,
andlargued that the amount OF pay certificates
had been grossly exaggerated. Ills time
being limited, he had 10 cut short bis speech,
but evidently made a strong Impression upon
the colored men present who gave him ire
Quent and nearly applause.
Short speeches by MI. J.J. Fleming (white,)
and Westoerry (cOlored,) candidates for the
Legislature on the Boilers ticket followed,
alter which the Rev. R. d. Cain, of Charles.
ton, made q good and telling address 10 be-
half of Moses and the regular ticket. He utter
" denied the truth of all the charges against
Moses. Challenged the proof that a single
fraudulent pay certificate had been Issued by
him, aud praised him to the skies as q young
-r Lt-h onnIo1 nnoltfnn hnf.rn rho
War-Wh0 was honored and respected BY
every man, woman and child In the state--so
much so that he was selected to raise the
stars and bars on Fort Sumter, and was the
trusted private secretary Of the then Cover
nor. ne said Moseshad gracefully ackpowl-
edged that the sword bad decided against
his State, and had gone Into the Repnoll-
can party for the sole purpose OF benehting
all classes of the people, white ana black;
Cain certainly spoke well ana earnestly, ana
received much applause.
Judge John T. Green next addressed the
meeting In q lengthy and forclble speech. he
took up the pay-ceruacate business, and gave
1t a thorough ventilation; showed how they
had been Issued 10 persons who mad never
rendered any service whatever to the Slate,
and argued that it was impossible TO come to
any other conclusion than that there was col.
fusion between Speaker Moses and Treasurer
Parker In these frauds. Judge Green made a
strong and earnest effort, and was listened to
more patiently than most OF the Boilers
speakers.
Mr.. B. F. Whittemore closed the exercises
of the day with q long and able address
against Moses. He devoted himself largely
to the a~rms-converslon affair, which he ex-
planned In detail. He spoke we'll In the face
OF frequent Interruptions, and kept his tenn
per In spite Of many personalities which were
thrown out against him. In order TO Impress
upon his hearers the extent OF Moses's frauds,
he stated that the money thus diverted from
its proper use could have built one thousand
school .nouses-could have educated a hun
bred thousand chlldren-was equal TO q tax
of three and O half mills on every dollar OF
the property OF the State-Would make q
track of greenbacks one foot wide and fifteen
miles long, or, three Inches Wide, seventy
miles long. The close OF Whittemore's re-
marks was 30 drowned by the vocIferatIons of
The crowd that it was impossible to hear o
word he said, and, It being then dark, your
correspondsnt retired from the scene, and
presumes that the meeting broke up Ia dis.
order.
As a calm and Impartial observer, not caring
a pin for either the Regular or the Boilers
candidates, but as q truthful recorder OF
facts as they Impressed themselves upon my
mind, I must say that The audience, which
~was,ipusually small, and consisted mostly OF
n people, seemed to be for Moses and
sgular Ticket 10 the ratio of about three
to The facts stated and the arguments
used against Moses did not seem to make the
slightest impression, while every compliment
taru alInsinn tn the Regular candidates. was