The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-02
THE COUNTY CONVENTION.
4 REGULAR RADICAL CONCLATE At
THE MILITARY HALL.
Meeting Of tho Aspiring MackeyItes-
A Tolerahly Orderly GathorinE-Tho
Speech OF a Government O@cisl-
President Grant Goes squaroly for the
Regulars.

The County Nominating Convention OF the
Regular or Mackey wing of the Radical party
commenced lis session In a basement room In
Military Hall last evening. The main hall was
engaged by the Attacks Light Infantry for the
purposes of q promenade concert, and the
| convention had to content Itself with a sort of
/ catacomb In the southwest corner OF the cell
lar. 1t was q small, close apartment with
| room enough for about three hundred persons,
packed sardine-wise, and a stout railing, arm
| ed with q row of rusty nails, had wisely been
stretched across the room to restrain the un-
washed. Inside the rail the delegates were
crowded together, uncorlfortably enough, on
a few benches with very hard seats and no
backs, and were as quiet, perhaps, as could
be expected under the circumstances. At
about six O'Clock, Sheriff Mackeys the
county chairman, called the convention
to order, and read tho call under which
1t had assembled. He considerably refrained
from making a speech, and as soon as he had
concluded the call a number of delegates be-
gan shouting their preferences for temporary
chairman. F. P. Hedges, Alfred Bernard, W.
G. Plnckney and J.. N. G;llens were thus nom.
mated, and p. P. Hedges was elected and
conducted to a bench at one end OF the room,
which became known by courtesy as the
chair. Nominations for temporary secretary
were then shouted out III q similar manner,
and John A. Washington was elected. Things
had been, however, comparatively quiet up
to this moment, but 6 motion being next
made for the appointment of a committee on
credentials, the f 3odgates of %blundering elo-
quence we're Embossed BY about q dozen OF the
"tooral looraln delegates, with one intensely
colored man by the name of Pinckney as the
loudest among them. 1t was absolutely
impossible to find out what they were
all talking about, and after q few minutes
of q babel Of sea Island patois the
chairman put the question Of the appoint
ment of q committee Of eleven, and 1t was
carried. The chairman Hedges, then ap-
pointed a committee consisting of ]. J.
Young, 8. Brown, ". N. TAFT, ]. Clyde, J. A..
Williams, j. O. Bampaeld, 4. Taylor, -
sneed, - Dansmsn and - Walker, and
the committee retired To q side room, where
a noisy quarrel began over the numerous
contestlng delegations, During the absence
OF this committee there were loud calls for a
speech from Congressman DeLarge, who was
In the room. Mr.. DeLurge responded, and,
mounting upon the table, made q short, pithy
and sensible address to the convention, ex.
horting them to act with prudence and wis.,
dom, and nominate o Ticket which would not
only achieve q victory over the boiling fac.
ton, but would prevent q flank movement by
the Conservative citizens. whose mastery In
activity. he warned them, was foil Of :algnia.
canoe.
W. G.. Plnckney was next called for, and,
amid the shouts of the convention, he, too,
mounted the table and made a reasonable and
effective speech, urging the convention 10
nominate such 8 ticket as would at least de-
feat the Bowen crowd, whom he accused OF
eyery crime In the political d%ecalogue. He
profeassd himself as fer more willing to In
trust his interests in the hands of respectable,
honest gentlemen of the old South Carolina
stock, evea If they had been Democrats, than
In the han Is of such men as Bowen, McLaugh-
lin and the rest OF the Boilers. Plnckney
evidently had the feeling Of the convention
with him, ard was continually Interrupted by
shouts Of "Go In, ssntee, }" ''Dat's 30, "Dats
what's de matter" aud other cries In the
Wanda River vernacular that we're untrans-
latable.
SThe committee on credentials still being
ant. tbere were confused cries for Minott,
TAYLOR and others, but the volume OF sound
being in favor OF Captain Minott he was called
to the table, and made a forcible speech IN
favor OF honesty, reform and Intelligence.
Captain Minott was followed by Taylor,
Adams, and other native orators.
Next, there were loud calls for General
Quincy, the candidate for Congress from the
Second District, who was noticed upon the
floor. General Quincy declined in favor OF
a gentleman who accompanied him, and whom
the chairman introduced as Captain Garter, OF
the secret service, who had come TO South
Carolina with instructions from the national
administration. This an announcement was greet
ed with applause, and Captain Carter mounted
the table. Captain Carter stated that he had
lust arrived in South Carolina, provided
with credentials from Washington that he was
safe In saying that General Ulysses 8. Grant,
President of the United States, would give bis
support to the Moses ticket as the only regu-
lar Republican ticket In South Carolina, and
had sent him TO meet General Moses and nego-
tiate With him for the test interests Of the Ma
tional Republican Party. He added that 1t
was felt to be necessary to the success OF the
National Republican Party to have the vote Of
the Slate of South Carolina for General Grant,
| and for that reason General Grant would