The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-01
4 VAIL FROM WILLIAMSBURG.
The Antics of the radical Convention
No Change for the Better In the Ticket
The Breaking Up OF Frost-Whnt
Next?
rFRox OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE

KNGsTREE, September 81.
The Moses Convention for the nomination
| of county officers was held In the Courthouse,
| in Kings!ree, on Saturday last. The meeting
| commenced at ten O'clock 10 The morning.
| swails was elected temporary and afterwards
permanent chairman. 1t was really funny 10
| sit of in q corner and watch the motions and
maueuvres OF certain low while scaiaWass
and carpet.baggers who tried to monopoiize
and wlre.pull everything to suit themselves.
| The poor, Ignorant and inexperienced negroes
were thrown completely In The SHADE, ana,
| when some Of them were saml-occaslonaily
recognized to have the floor, and made a mo,
| lion. the result was almoBt Invariably 10 nave
| the motion declared out Of order by the par
| lisan chairman, who 1t was manifest had Ger
| tain pet schemes to carry ont, and cerlaln pet
candidates to have nominated. 80,
The convention Sat, with open doors, I'LL
about twelve o'clock at night, when 1t huished
lis laoorous work and adjourned sine ole. ine
only changes made were one new man 10 inc
House OF Representatives, who Is as black as
the ace of spades and entirely Hliterate; a new
school commissioner. 8 colored man, VIII
| only such O slight smell at education as no mas
| been able to obtain since his emancipation, Ia
| the place of q very competent white man; and
a white ~illlterate scalawag IN the place OF ano-
| Their of the same stripe on the board OF county
| commissioners. With these exceptions, the
| whole OF the present incumbents were renomi'
| mated.
The prlncipaiH fight was over the reno nina,
| ton OF F. q. Frost,a copper-colored muiat!o
from Charleston, who has served this county
| one term In the House Of Representatives.
| WHAT right he has to represent this county 7 is
| more than I can understand, for ne was Dorn
in Charleston, and resides in Charleston YET.
| He comes up here and pays us q VlslC aooul
| election time, but the most OF his time, Wnen
not 10 Columbia, he lives In Charleston: and
/ saw him yesterday morning alter the adjourn
ment OF the convention on bis way to Inc de-
pot to take the cars for Charleston.
Swails had to give up the chair TO 9 vice,
president, and, taking the stand, oelloweo
| forth The past achievements and noble qualia.
| cations Of his friend with all his might and
| main Till he made himself hoarse. Frost
| himself took the stand. and said. By way Of
| giving The inIshlDg stroke to what SWalls mad
| said, That he did not ask any Democrat for bis
| praises or hls p~laudlls, and that he did mol
thank them Tor either plaudlts or votes, and
he hoped they would hereafter mid their OWL
business and let him alone. This speech had
| the desired effect, and he was renominated
| though with some difficulty.
The result of the convention gives no
| promise OF any Improvement upon the char
| acter of the officers with whom we have here.
| tofore been afflicted. All the Radical infu.
| ence Is for Moses and bis ticket.
II the whole State is In the condition we are
10 Williamsburg; / would conclude, with all
| the reyerencs and deep, heartfelt humility and
esrnestness lean command, MAY God, In His
infinite goodness and power, have mercy upon
the people of South Carolina" DEMOCRAT.