The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-26
THE WARNING FACTIONS.
THE GREG GULAR" RADICALS COM
PLETE THEIR STATE ENONINA TIONS'
An ID NJ Ticket-NIoses, Melton, and Mu-
lattoes-A Little More Mud Throwing
by the Virtuous Ofieeholders Ihe
Boilers Convention - Tomlinson 'or
Governor Miscellaneous Nomina-
tiOuS.
rFRoM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. ]

rERoM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
COLUMBIA, August "a.
TIE Irregular" Radical Convention reassem
bled at about noon to-day, and it became evil
dent at once that the bitter fight between Mob
lev and Elliott, which had broken up the con
ventlon in literal row the evening before
had been adjusted In snch way as to preven
the further airing of That particular batch O
dirty linen. Chairman Elliott opened the pro
ceedings by making personal statement II
regard to his own conduct Of the previous day
persistent rulings against the plucky littlt
member from Union had been prompted by NJ
partisan feelings, but had sprung solely iron
his desire to rlgldly enforce the rules. Their
Cardozo, in reply to a request from Mobley
made an explanation of the remarks he hao
h&r's past misdeeds In Union County, and
retracton which, although eminenlly PICK
wlckian In form and manner, was accepted as
satisfactorily, and thus semblance of peace
and harmony was restored.
It was next resolved, on motion OF L. J.
Mackey, but not without the usual tedious Ill
clustering that all debate upon tie question
OF the treasurership should close In three
hours. This was arrived at about one o'clock,
and Frost took the floor and proceeded to sup
plement his unmerciful attack of yesterday
upon Cardozo. He repeated his charges
against him tor violating his pledge made to
the county convention of Rlchland not to sup
port Moses for overnor, and, iE reply to his
statement, that he had nevertheless consider
ed 1t matter for his own discretion. he said
that he would show that his discretion In such
matters was of such kind as honest men
could not safely trust. When South Carolina
was In q turmoil over Its financial difficulties,
and impeachment was hanging over the heads
of the State officers, he went to Washington
to accept professorshlp there. He didn't
stay there, however, because the State got, to
certain measure, out Of its troubles, because
he had become 80 exceedingly unpopular In
Washington that the finger of scorn was
cause Washington had become too hot to hold
him. Last winter he (Frost) had been put on
q committee to estimate the over-lssue o.
bonds, and in the course of his investigations
he had telegraphed to Cardozo, who was then
III New York, for some information. Cardozo
replied by telegraph, that If the information
was required from him by resolution IF the
Assembly, he would furnish 1t aud not other
wise. He did that becauRe he thought more
Of securing to himself the credit of making the
exposure than of serving the interests OF the
State. As to his attacks upon Swails and his
threat that he could put Swas In the penilen-
tlary he asked why, if he could do so, and was
an honest man, he had not done so or did not
-doso~-It-=pas- hooeaeo ho oo"ia not do III, end
he knew when he said it that he could not do
it. He would say to the secretary of State
that It was too late, sinner, for repentance.
The lamp had burned out and there was no
time then to repent.
Frost closed with sarcastic thanks to the
chairman for his kind, fair and impartial ru-
ings, and Swails, of Williamsburg, took the
floor to follow up the attack. Mr.. Swalls hrst
spoke of Cardozo's threat that he could put
him in the penitentiary, and after defending
his official record he said he courted the full
est investigation before any proper tribunal.
It was no reply to charge of dishonesty to
say that the man who made it was thief, and
1t was too late in the day for the candidate for
treasurer to save himself by shouting mad
dog. For the swindles In the land commis-
sion, Cardozo was directly responsible as
a member of the advisory board, without
whose sanction the land commissioners
and his agents could not do single thing;
the Joint financial investigating commit
tee had found him mixed up with
the worst swindles of the land COM
mission, and the evidence was ready
to be produced at any moment to prove II.
Then this immaculate gentleman had acknowl-
edged that he knew Of the swiDdles in the
State finances ior the past two years, but was
afraid to open his mouth. That was lame
defence, for he knew that if he had whispered
those frauds two years ago they would have
been prevented, and he might have been
mapdamused till hell troze over, but the peo
pie of the alsCe would have protected hlm in
making III, exposures. Sw.lls concluded by
saying that Cerdozo had been false as secre-
tary If State, false as member Of the ad-
visory board OF the land commission, false to
the explicit instructions of his constituents,
and that he had proven himself either utterly
corrupt or so miserably weak as 10 be entirely
unfit for Office.
Secretary Cardozo t ok the floor In reply.
He contended that the resolution of the Rich
land County Convention, .nstructing the dele
gates not to support Scott, Parker or Moses,
was hurrledly passed, aud he believed he
had the right to use his own discretion. He
therefore voted for Moses, the best candidate
before the convention, and believed that Rich
land County would ratify his action. The pro-
fessorship In Washington was offered him In
1865 by General Howard. Last summer he
took the place on trial, with the consent Of the
Governor, who begged him not to resign. He
liked the position, but thought that it was his
duty to return to South Carolina and take bis
share of The common burden. In November,
1870, he did suspect there was something
wrong with the conversion bonds; but he had
no right to demand why they were issued, nor
could he 60 into the courts on bare suspi-
cion. When he resigned as secretary of State
in November, 1871, he said, in his letter, it
was because lie wanted 10 perform duties
"more congenlal to his mind" which meant