The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-06-13

6emUie uuCll uaII-paSt b ClOCR-at W0lon
hour President Porter called the body to
order.
The State Central Executive Commit
tee surrendered their trust to the Con-
vention-the committee having been
superseded by the appointment OF The
committee of one from ca b County.
Accepted.
Messrs. J. J. Lucas. of Darlington,
and NARROW Cochran, (colored,) of
Charleston, appeared and took their
seats rs delegates.
Mr.. O'Connor, Chairman OF the Com
mittee on Resolutions, reported, recon-
mending the appointment of four dole.
gates from each Congressional District
and eight from the State ut large to the
National Democratic Convention in Bal
timore-the delegates from the Congress
sioual Districts to be selected by the
several delegations respectively, aud
those from the State at lnrge by the bal
lots of the Convention. Adopted.
The Committee on Platform and Reso-
lutions, to whom were referred sundry
resolutions declaratory of the sense of
the Convention, reported and recon-
mended the adoption of the following:
Resolued, That this Convention reoog-
nizes the movement which was organized
at Cincinnati, ON the 4th of May last, "a
the only one, in this crisis, calculated to
secure civil liberty and restore local self
government.
Resoloed, That this Convention ao-
cepts the Cincinnati platform as broad,
liberal and just to all portions and
Glasses and citizens of the republic.
Resolued, That it is tho sense of this
Convention, that the interest of the
whole country requires that no separate
and distinct Democratic nomination
should be made by the Baltimore Con-
vention, and the delegates appointed by
this body are hereby instructed to oppose
such nomination.
DIessrs. e. f. Stokes and J. r. Law
son submitted minority report-setting
forth that the Democratic party should
be represented in the Baltimore Conven-
ton, and in lengthy and rambling
speech of nearly an hours duration,
ventilated his ideas-pitching into the
members of the Convention.
The report was laid upon the table by
an almost unanimous vote.
The majority report was unanimously
adopted.
On motion of General Kennedy. the
Convention then proceeded to the nomi-
nation. The following ie the result:
STATE AT LARGE -A1essrs. James T..
Izlar. Simeon Fair, w. H. Wallace. E.
NJ. Law, W. D. Porter, VIM. Aiken, Jas.
Chesnut T. B. Fraser.
1sT CONGRESSIONAL DIsrRICr-John 3.
Moore. F. F. Marley, Henry McIver,
VIM. Connor.
On Ooyo,re,,o~ nn ,r n
O'Connor, T. Y. Simons, S. s. Solomons,
VIM. Whaley.
3D. CONGRESSIONAL DIsrR1Cr-James
3. Cothran. James P. Adams, Fl. A.
Meetze, A. D. Frederick.
4TH CONGRESSIONAL DIsTRICr-E. G.
McLure, Il. W. Woodward, r. M. Sims,
w. E. Holcombe.
The Chairman called to the attention
OF the Convention the resignation of the
State Executive Committee, and asked
what action the Convention would take
in the matter.
General Chestnut moved for the pre-
sent. no action be taken.
the ground that if it should be neces.
sary to call the Committee again toge-
ther, there would be no one to do it, and
mittee would hold over, or new one
elected.
General Butler moved to amend, by
proposing that the Chairman, at his
leisure, appoint Committee of Fifteen,
to carry out the views of this body.
Adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Marley, the Com
mittee then resolved itself into Com
mittee of the Whole-Hon. Jas. Ches-
nut IN the Chair. Adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Marley, resolu-
ton was unanimously adopted, that the
thanks OF this Convention arc due, and
are hereby rendered, to Hon. W. D.
Porter, for the able and dignihed man.
ner in which he has presided over the
deliberations of this body.
On re-occupying the Chair, the reso-
luton was presented to Chairman Por.
ter by Mr.. Chesnut, in few compliment
tary remarks.
Mr.. Porter responded as follows:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: Re-
ceiye my thanks for the expression of
your satisfaction at the manner in which
the duties of the Chair have been dis
charged. We met as friends, we will
part as friends. and retain only plea