The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-13

ton, 1t began really TO look as though tney
had beeHvery effectually sent and dried" by
the delegates from Charleston, as, he would
beg leave to add, had been often done before.
I The question upon laying the whole matter
upon the table was then put and carried, and
Mr.. OConnor renewed his nomination of Mr..
Porter as permanent chairman.
Colonel Simeon Fair and General n. G. But
| ler were also nominated, but both Of those
gentlemen declined the compliment, and the
nomination of Governor Porter being put 1t
was carried by acclamation and unanimously.
On motion OF Mr.. O'Connor q committee of
three, consisting of Messrs. O'Connor, Bniler
and Kershaw, was appointed to escort the
newly elected chairman to the platform,
where he cordially shook hands. With Colonel
Fair, the retiring chairman, and was greeted
with loud and long continued applause.
Mr.. Porter returned bis cordial thanks to
the convention for the compliment they had
conferred upon him 30 far as it applied per-
sonally to himself, for, he said, he valued the
good opinion of those he saw around him
! far more than elevation to any office or sta
| uon The dulles of the convention, he said,
were the greatest importance, and Its &C.
tion might result In great advantage to the
oppressed and downtrodden people OF the
| State of South Carolina. They were suffer-
ing under grievous disadvantage and injus-
tlce, but he did not propose to expatiate upon
that subject or to rehearse the story Of their
| wrongs. 1t was enough to say that the
corruption and dishonesty at home and the
tyrannies and usurpatlons at Washington had
driven the people almost to the verge of des-
| pair. At last, however, there was CLEAN of
lirht-a substantial hope Of relief. series oi
events had begun which might result IN the
REDEMPTION of the whole land from the evils OF
| polItica, mIsrule. A few good, honest and
brave men of the great and victorious Repub.
lIcan party had revolted against the oppres-
sIons of that party, had Initiated pov lul
movement, aud proclaimed that the poi,sical
power of the country must be wrested from
the hands that now hold 1t, and that old Issues
must be forgotten, or at least suspended. The
living issues which they had made their battle
cries were the subordination of military
to civil power, the. non.suspenslon OF the
great writ Of habeas corpus 10 times OF
peace, and arm and steady resistance 10
the centralizlng policy of the present
Federal administration. Their former air.
man had congratulated them upon the fact
that general amnesty and the restoration OF
the habeas corpus had been assured to the
people of the South; but he asked why were
these rights accorded? Those concessions, he
said, were the legitimate fruits OF the Cincin!
natl movement, and never would have been
made without It. [Applauae.l The Clncin-
natl Convention had made declaration Of
principles, which he had every reason TO be-
lIeve was satisfactory to the people Of this
State, and which promises them redemption
from their present ills. He was also. con-
| tinced, from oil that he had seen and heard
and read, that the individuals who had been
pat for ward by that convention were eminent
lly acceptable to the people of South Carolina.
lApplanse.l the great Democratic party of
the United States was about TO assemble.
| They might make a nomination OF their
own or accept and recommend the candE
dacy of Greeley and Brown. The people OF
South Carolina, in convention assembled,
were now TO do their part. They were to de-
termine whether they would send delegates
| 10 Baltimore to take part in the action Of that
convention, or whether they would abstain
from doing 30. He believed that the time had
come ior South Carolina 10 put herself 10 line
with her sister States, and that it was due to
them and her that she should take her share
| in the councils and actions OF the nation.
| TApplause.] He had said that there was D
CLEAN of hope, but everything would depend
upon the action OF the Democratic Convention
at Baltimore. They would have 1t In their
power to elect Ulysses Grant, or to elect Hor-
ace Greeley; but one thing was certain, that
the only manner to defeat Ulysses Grant was
by union with the Liberal Republicans, and
| without such union there would be nothing
to anticipate but the relnstaiing, for four
more weary years, of the administration whose
Iron heel had ground their people to the
dust. He commended these subjects to the
serious, thoughtful consideration of the con-
venlIon, and he had no doubt that their action
would rebound TO the credit, and promote the
highest interests of the people they repre-
sented. If they could combine together in
one solid phalanx and march forward with
locked shields, they could carry aloft those
two standard bearers who might be ftly term
ed their political apostles of dellverance,
Horace Greeley and B. Gratz Brown. Zap
plase.l With them there was an assurance OF
victory, with Its blessed fruits OF lasting peace,
public order and general prosperity. Zap
| plause.]
The chairman then announced that the con-
ventlon was open for business, and Mr. P
Brady moved that Mr.. E. R. White be request
ed 10 act as permanent secretary, which mo-
| tion was carried.
Mr. N. P. O'Connor then offered o series of
resolutions, which were received with great
applause The first resolution expressed the
conviction of the convention tbat the Cncn,
natl movement was the only one that could be
trusted to secure the overthrow of the present
corrupt administration of natlona! affairs, and
secure peace and prosperity TO the country;
the second resolution heartily approved and
endorsed the Cincinnati platform, and the
last one contained an instruction to the dele.
gates 10 Baltimore to urge upon that conven-
| ton that no nomination be made.
These resolutions were seconded, and 30
evidently expressed the feeling of the couven-
ton that General Kershaw and other speakers
were in favor of their immediate adoption, but