The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-06-12

DEMoCRATIO ~ CONVENTIoN.-The
Convention met last night. at 8 O'Clock.
W. B. Stanley, Esq. OF Richland, called
the Convention to order, and suggested
Hon. Simeon Fair, of Newberry, as
temporary Chairman. Col. Fair, in q
few remarks. accepted the temporary
Craftsmanship. Mr.. J. F. Britton. Of
Charleston, was recommended as tempo.
rary Secretary. Mr.. Britton declined,
but recommended Mr.. e. R. White, oi
Charleston. who accepted the position.
A motion was then proposed and
adopted, that the delegates be called in
alphabetical order. The following dele
gates were present:
Ab5euiUe-F. A. Connor. J. w. Hearst,
O. A. Waller, VIM. Hood.
Wdriest0n-W. D. Porter, Wm. Aiken,
NJ. P. O'Oonnor, S. 8. Solomon, G.. l..
Buist, j. F. Britton, W. Y. Leitch, z.
Bradley, Chas. Foster, D. +. Fleming,
Jas. Carson, Robert Hunter. NJ. w.
Venning, O. H. Cohrs, VIM. Whaley, G.
f. Kinloch, w. l.. Daggett, T.. T..
White.
CAestey-E. G. Mcclure, G. J. Puttcr-
son, John w. Durham.
Darlington-F. F. Marley, J. Keith,
A. q. Waring.
Chesterfield L. Malloy, w. J. We
reen.
Fdirfeld-Jas. r. Aiken, Il. r. Ro-
bertsoD, T. w. Woodward, J. A. Book.
hart.
Green0i1e-E. S. Irvine, Edward T..
Stokes.
Horry-Thomas G. Dunn. jas. L..
Dusenbery.
Kershaa0-J. B. Kershaw, Jas. Ches-
nut. L. j. Patterson, T.. II. Clarke, J..
D. Kennedy.
Lancaster-D. j. Garter.
Ne,Oberry-Simeon Fair, J. f. J. Cald-
we'll, G. B. Tucker, Henry Barton.
Ordngebury- A. d. Goodwyn, J. s.
Bowman, Thos. 81. Zimmerman. John
L. Moore. D. r. Norris, JAS L. Izlar.
Iickens-R. T.. Bowen, d. II. Brad
ley.
RicAlamd-W. B. Stanley, Jacob Levin,
Nj. O. Butler, J. P. Thomas, james P.
Adams. s. @. Garner, J. Fl. K,nsler,
VIM. Stack, d. B. DeSaussure, Richard
O'Neale, Jr.
81. james Sdntee-Capt. Thos. Pinck-
Sumter-T. B. Fraser, Mark Rey-
nolds, e. W. Morse, J. D. Blanding,
John B. Moore, John s. Richards, r. v.
Walsh.
Union--W. H. Wallace, A. r. Augh.
trey. b. H. Rice.
WiHidmsburg-J. +. Lambeon.
York-Cad. Jones, J. w. Rawlinson,
r. III. Sims, E. M. Law, 3. P. Boyd,
W. B. Williams.
Lexington n-Henry A. Meetze, G. Leap
hart. T. 8. Lewie.
Gen. Butler moved that committee
of nine be appointed to nominate per-
manent officers. This was opposed by
Messrs. Carson, Britton and others.
On motion of M. P. O'Connor, Esq,
Hon. w. D. Porter was chosen perma.
nent President, and committee Of three
appointed to conduct him to the chair.
On taking the chair, Mr.. Porter spoke
as follows:
He thanked the Convention for the
compliment 80 far as it was personal to
himself; for he assured them the Kood
opinion of 30 many with whom he had
formerly been associated in public Office
was of more value to him than office or
station. The occasion, too, was most
important to the interests of an op-
pressed and stricken people. He did
not intend to exotic them by repeating
their grievances, or telling over again
the story of their wrongs. He would
say, however. that corruption and mis-
rule at home. with tyranny and nppres-
sion from Washington. had driven this
people near to the verge of desperation.
But there was CLEAN of light in the
darkness-a hope. prospect of relief in
the not distant future. A band of the
ablest and most thoughtful and patriotic
men in the great victorious Republican
party-whether from sense of Justice
to US. or from a sense of danger to them
selves, or from both motives combined
had inaugutated movement at Cinoin-
natl which had gladdened the heurts of
the good and the true through the land.
They had proclaimed that old issues
should 6e buried or suspended; and that
the real living issues in this exigency
we're: fair and honest local government,
subordination of the military to the civil
power, nOn-suspension of the Habeas
corpus in time of peace. and firm, steady
resistance to the centralizing tendencies
Of the Federal Government at Washing
ton.