The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-24

L. y. moses, ana return ana m6eL CQ6
indignant and frowning faces OF the poor
but honest men who had sent him here
to represent them.
S. J. Lee. (colored,) of Sumter, fol-
lowed Mr.. Jervey. He stated that he
painful position. Gen. Moses, he suid,
tho same family, aud some even suid that
they were hnlf-brothers. This, Lee said,
however,, was not true. They had been
warm friends, howeveS and now it was
n sore trial for him to oppose Moses.
But sense Of public duty was higher to
him than the clnims of mere personal in
timaoy; and being convinced, as he was,
and had frequently SO told the people of
his County, that L. j. Moses was among,
if not the chief, OF the corrupt ring
which hal well nigh ruined the State.
Lee ID o cOlOred man, of far more than
ordinary intelligence and education, and
spoke with much curnestness and
strength.
Sam. Dickersou. (coiored,) OF Charles
tou, also made II capital speech, III his
usual style Of mingled vehemepce and
hnmur. He brought down the house
repeatedly. AS for him, he said he was
determined no longer, and never again,
SO long as he might live, to disgrace his
race and to bring into disrepute the
great party by whom they were enfran
chised, by supporting for Office diHhonest
men. and thus creating government
which stinks in the nostriIs Of NIL decent
men, and was destined to undermine the
Republican party, as it had already
baukrupted the State of South Carolina.
He for one, he said. boldly took his
stand on the side of honesty and reform,
which he proposed to work out in the
Republican ranks. II Democrats voted
for the ticket, he would be very glad to
have their support; but he wanted it
clearly understood that this was Repub-
ican fight, and none but genuine and
tried Republicans should be nominated.
Mr. Corbin also spoke. reiterating the
charges which he had made heretofore
against Moses and other State officials,
of Wholesale bribery and corruption, and
which, he said, though made over two
months. und the speech printed and dis
tributed throughout the State, were
wholly unanswered and were nnanswer-
able. He denied the charges which we're
made By Judge Mackey against Mr..
Tomlinson, relative to the latter's con-
nection with the phosphate bill, and the
Greenville and Columbia Railroad. He
claimed to know nll about the matter,
and stated most emphatically that the al
legations were rs false as the man who
made them; who was as false as hell it.
self. We in Charleston, said Mr.. Cor
bin, know who this ''thing on two legs"
yclept Tom Mackey is; aud, thanks be to
him up into the country Of the Ku Klux,
pl,rv ha al, ko
watch over him.
After Mr.. Corbin. Mr.. Tomlinson was
called for, and made terse, short aud
vigorous speech. He thanked Mr.. Cor
bin for the friendly defence he bod
made of him from the vile ISLANDERS of
Mackey and such men. It was matter,
he said, upon which he did not himself
desire to speak, nor did he deem it at all
necessary that he should. As for his
personal integrity, he was willing to
leave the judgment of tho people on that
point to be determined by the testimo-
malls of every truthful man who knew
him. Mr.. Tomlinson then proceeded to
explain the cause of his resigning the
Auditors place, year and-a.half ago.
Some had stated it was because of the
mengreness Of the salary; others that he
desired to engage in more lucrative
business. There was, he said, more or
loss Of truth in both of these SUPPOSE
tions, but the main and primary reason
of his resignation was that he became
convinced that the Government of South
Carolina, as at that time administered,
was no place in which an honest man.
and ono who valued good name, should
hold position.
Mr.. Tomlinson then walked into the
thieves in fine style, arraigning them for
their base betrayal Of the negro race,
into whose confidence they had wormed
themselves, and for the shame and re.
prosch they had brought upon the great
Republican party by their official dis.
honesty and Wholesale corruption. Sach
wretohes were they, he said, that if the
Ku Klux, instead of shooting and beat
ing poor, inoffensive colored people in
York and other Counties, had come
down to the State capital and cleansed
the Augean stables there, by scourging
or even hanging the public robbers, no
honest man could have denied that their
fate was richly deserved. Mr.. Tomlin-
son was interrupted with frequent ap-
plause.