The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-03

pressing such sentiments ne nau oeen o''s'"
lized as a Democrat, and he might again %
tainted with being a Democrat, but ne aenleu
the charge. Ee was a Republican, always
had been and always would be, and the coior
of his skin precluded him from being ahytnins
else, and he said that in giving them tne au'
vice that he had uttered he had been TALKING
az a Republican, and had been giving tnem
inst the advice that would preserve instead Oh
disrupting the Republican party. TneSe fe,
marks were delivered amid q continual rear Oh
approval and applause from the c~onVenuon,
and 1t was evident that the vast majority VI
the colored delegates were In full sympathy
NTH the sentiments OF the speaker, whose
sneech was delivered with all the warmth and
aes,,culation affected by the native and dark
hued orators of the sea island stump, and In
= ,aroon which is familiar to most Of our
readers, but which no reporter less than a
polyglot could do Justice to.
brief and sensible speech was next made
by Mr.. George Cannon, of Christ Church, who
gave a little good advice to the convention,
and was followed by Stephen Brown, who
made another speech of some length, follow
ing his former line of argument aud explain
ING the mischievous laws enacted during the
past fsw&years, and modelled upon the utterly
inappropriate laws of the larger and richer
States of the North.
Sheriff Mackey moved that a committee be
appointed to wait upon the committee on cre-
dentials and ascertain how soon they ~ouiu
return, Sheriff Mackey, A. Smith ana Z. y.
Adams were appointed as the committee, anu
after a brief absence they reported Ihas the
committee would remain ont at least three
Quarters of an hour longer, whereupon a re-
GEES Tor three. quarters Of an hour was takeh'
- Tho Afternoon Session..
The convention reassembled at about quar-
fer 10 three o'clock instead OF W O'CLOCK, as
appointed at the adjournment. Alter conslo-
erable confusion order was established, but It
being ascertalned that a good many outsiders
were mingled with the delegates, the room
was cleared and the delegates readmitted at
the call of their names. When this proceed
ing was finished, the report of the committee
ON credentials was called for, whereupon the
committee reported infavor of seating the FOL
lowing delegates:
Ward No. 2-Chsplin Reddlng, In the place
of Peter Robinson, who resigned IN dig laV9I.
Ward No. 81. Bruce Howard, wllllam T..
Elliott, George Shrewsbury, JOSIAH 'ran'' W.
ward No. 4-Edward Lee, in place Of Ma.
= WhaIey,s Church, Goose Creek-Thomas T.
:PinckneS, E. Galllard and B. Mills.
St Thomas and st. Dennis-No delegation.
A motion for the separate consideration OF
that part Of the report which referred to Ward
mo. 2 was put, and adopted.
Sheriff Mackey said that Robinson was pres
ient, and denied having resigned In Readings
favor. A delegate from the end OF the room
from the >chalrman's seat, called ont
that Redding had paid Robinson fifty dollars
to resign In his favor. Maokey replied to the
effect that 1t was an excellent card In Robin.
sons favor that he had been sharp enough to
do Redding out of the money. He moved
that the portion of the report under consider
alton be laitupon the table. and. that Robin
son be allowed TO retainEhl seat. Ills motion
was adopted after q noisy discussion.
The rest of the report was adopted
In detail. The roll was next called
to ascertain whether there was a quorum IN
the room. A quorum was finally announced,
when o motion to proceed with the nomlna-
ton of county officers was put and received
with much confusion. Several delegates from
the country, some with mouths halt filed with
parched %groundnuts, rose to explain "dat De
didn't inten' to let de city gag um."
One said that there was q job made up, oy the
city delegates to nominate more candidates
for the Legislature from the city than the
Another said that they would have
election by ballot, and would thereby de-
all attempts at stufing. The motion was
at length carried, and the work commenced
by the nomination Of E. W. N. Mackey, the
Incumbent, for sheriff. Several eulo-
CYSTIC speeches were made, at the end Of which
Mr.. Msckey was unanimously nominated by
reclamation, and was afterwards honored oy
three rousing cheers.
The next nomination In order was that for
Judge Of probate. James J. Young nominated
the Hon. George Buist, who was elected by
exclamation, there being no opposition.
The nomination Tor school commissioner
came next. E. ]. Adams nominated F. P.
Hedges, colored. There being no opposition
to Hedges, he was elected BY reclamation.
The nomination for clerk of court followed,
but did not prove such easy work as the fore
going. One delegate nominated Edward Lee,
Another nominated E. P. Wall, COL
ored. James J. Young nominated Jacob
Whitman, white. A. J. Taylor nominated j. |
Bruce Howard, colored.
at the nomination Of Howard q scene of the
widest confusion commenced. Almost all of
the delegates rose 10 their feet and COM
menced shouting out something, but 1t was
Impossible to distinguish anything above the
deafeuing hubbub. The chairman hammered
the table so violently with his gavel that that
fabric appeared to be In imminent danger OF
falling to pieces. He screamed, "All who are
gentlemen and all who are not gentlemen
will take their seats" until he became hoarse.
But the confusion only waxed greater.
He turned frantically to the sergeants-
n ordered them to make
the delegates take their seats. The
sergeants, however, only opened their eyes
and months, and remained motlonless as
statues. About this Time a diversion was Gre
ated by the appearance in the lobby-room
door of tho smIlinp fare of Major T. " Rutfz