The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-09-04

q love for honesty, q veneration soz prin-
ciple. deep-rooted desire for reform, in
the hearts Of the American people; and
the assemblsge that see before mo to.
day evinces their earnest intention to
uphold that banner which had fallen
from nerveless and incompetent hands.
and to prove that tho old organization
was not dead, but only sleeping. TAP
plause. It has not died of it's corrup.
ton, as the latter-day saints proclaim
who are 30 eager for it's destruction. r
will not hold out any hopes of reward
for party treason, nor bribes to secure
generals from the enemy's camp. ZAP
plause.
The eyes of the whole country are di-
rected to this Convention, and many
anxious hopes are to be verified or
blasted, according as wisdom or its mega
tive shall be the controlling spirit of our
deliberations. We can make this body
famous in history, as the source from
which the future prosperity and destiny
OF the country is to be shaped. We can
make it equally Insignificant and desti-
tute of influence. We want no hydra
headed platform, which can be- construed
according to the wishes of the reader;
Tor we have clear and undoubtod theories,
which have but one interpretation, whe-
ther expounded in the North or in the
South. We can have no intent to re-
open the questions of the past, which
tue sword has so bloodily decided.
lGreat applause. We will give no en-
oouragement to aught that looks toward
revolution; nor can we, whilst submit
ting to the inevitable, and powerless to
reverse what has been accomplished,
satisfy ourselves by commenting on acts
performed in violation of the Consti-
tuition. Loud and continued applause
We must seek our alliance upon princi-
pie. We must, il we can, impress upon
the minds of the laboring GLASSES, who
constitute the vast majority Of our popu-
lation. full conviction of our honesty
and our sincerity in behalf of measures
leading to benefit them. We should
prove our friendship by actions, which
may appease the conflicts between capt.
tai and labor. through wise compromises.
acceptable to both; and whilst capital
has rights which we should seek not to
infringe, labor i'll entitled to an earnest
confederation, for it is the parent of
wealth. It is the bone and sinew of the
land. [Great applause
1t Is laborious work to attempt the re-
organization of party, and to create
it's necessary machinery. For two months
every thought of my brain has been mo-
nopolized, every energy of my mind and
body directed to the Accomplishment of
that object. The sincerity of my motives
should avert criticism; and if there have
been errors Of omission or commission,
they should be overlooked, for the spring
of my action has been the intent to do
right. and to aid in the preservation of
the party aud the perpetuation of its
principles, as the sole hope for the fu-
ture of the country. And nov, gentle
men, weary as am in mind and body,
there is an absolute sensation of relief
that I can terminate my self-imposed
duties, and abdicate my functions.
lGreat applause.
At tho close Of his speech, Duncan in
troduced Levi Chatfeld, of New York,
as temporary Chairman. Cheers fol.
lowed. Three cheers also we're given
for Duncan. Chatfeld was unanimously
chosen. Chatfield, on taking the Chair,
said:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: It is
my first duty. as it is my sincere plea
sure, to tender you my heartfelt thanks
for this compliment The cries of the
Democratic party, stricken down in the
house Of its friends, call for our careful
consideration. and the application of
such remedies as are in our power. He
learned his political creed in the school
of Jackson, Madison and Jefferson, and
he never had seen the time when he de-
sired to abandon it for any heresy. AS
long as the Democratic party was true to
it's principles, the people of the United
States were true to party. Applause.
It only lost it's power when the tendency
to Capitalization got control. He had no
doubt that if the party had not been sold
out and cloven down at the Baltimore
Convention, the Democratic party would
have surely triumphed in the approach
ing contest. Their assumed representa-
tives sold ont the party to the old white
hat and coat; for, let me tell you, that is
all there is Of him. [Applause. The
speaker denied that the delegates had
any right to transfer him or his hearers
to the Republican party or Greeley. We
are here. said he, to see if we can't COR
reot that transaction. We owe thanks to
Duncan, Flanders and others, who were
present at that scene and protested
against the sale and transfer, then and
there attempted. He was q Democrat-
born one, and would always be one; and
II he was the last remaining man hera