The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-02-23
rhe Delegation and the Platform.

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The Delegation and the Platform.
President Grant is known In the North q
the Oficeholders' candidate, and the mel
chosen to represent the South Carolina Rad
icals in the Philadelphia Convention vii
probably be dubbed the officeholders' delega
ton. Whether the delegation votes for tn
candidate will depend upon the inducement
he may offer. The tactics Of the South Car
olina Legislature will be practiced in th'
Quaker City.
That we may not be suspected OF giving
the delegation from South Carolina title t.
which they have NO claim, We reprint the
names and political occupation Maxwell
Mcintyre, Smalls, Swais, Whittemore
Nash and Allen, are State Senators. G. D
and J. N. Hayne, Hedges, Lee Jones'
Wilder, Cain, Frost, Greene, MobleY, Crews
and O'Connel, are members OF the State
House OF Representatives. E. W. NJ. Mackey
| is Sheriff of Charleston County. T. j.
Mackey is the newly elected Judge OF the
Sixth Circuit Elliott is Congressman
| from this State. F. J. Moses is Speaker OF
the House. A. J. Rlnsier is Lieutenant
Governor OF the State. ]. L. Orr is Cir
cult Judge. The only person not an office
holder is j. j. Patterson, called (lacns non
lucendoD "Honest John," who is the father
Of the swlndling Blue Ridge bill, and the
ablest and most .indefaugable railroad
schemer at the capital. or the twenty-six
delegates and alternates, we find, therefore,
that t,osntyfoe are oGcehoIders, viz
twenty-one members OF the Legislature, two
Judges, one Congressman, and one Sheriff,
which suggestive officer may we'll serve 10
remind the delegation, by his presence, OF
what many OF their number should expect to
come to-! Sixteen Of the delegates are ne
'groes and mulattoes; the remaining ten are
| white men. AS to the character OF the dele
gates it is sufficient to say that twenty-one
OF the twenty.six are members OF the utterly
corrupt South Carolina Legislature. So
bad is the delegation that the Radical
organ, the Columbia Union, which does net
stick at triHes, is moved to declare that in Its
selections the Convention made ia terrible
mistake"
The platform adopted by the Convention
has the merit OF brevity and distinctness. 1t
does not deal In loose assertions, but en-
phatically thanks Congress and the Presi-
dent for the Enforcement acts and Ku-Klux
raids, and demands universal civil rights
"ior every American Citizen" which means,
we suppose, that an attempt is to be made
to sweep the last remnant OF personal free
dom away, and to deny to the white citizens
OF the Republic the poor privilege OF choos-
ing their own associates.
It will be remarked that the delegation
from South Carolina are not instructed to
vote for the denomination OF President
Grant. The explanation Of this is found in
the acrid resolution, demonstrating against
'rhe great majority Of the Federal appoint
"ments" that have been made in this State
during the past three years. Some Of these
appointments have been gratifying to oil
classes, and we believe that outside of po-
litical circles, the chief complaint is that q
batch OF ignoramuses have been appointed
postmasters in the country districts But
of one thing We may be sure The men
nominated by r. X. Scott and T. J. Mackey
will be no improvement upon the men nom.
mated by Senator Sawyer. We believe that
Senator Sawyer, in his nominations, has en-
deavored to find men, who would discharge
their duties faithfully, and be credit to the
public service. Scott, Mackey & Co. have
no other motive than to place in Office a
band OF their henchmen who will help them
to carry the State in October. This is their
whole design, and they are ready to instruct
their delegation to vote for Mr.. Grant il be
will give them the patronage which they
desire. II not, not!
The tone of the Convention was ftly mani.
tested In the resolution endorsing Governor
Scott as "a true Republican and faithful
'tpubiic officer" He may be true Re-
publican, in the sense in which the
members OF the Legislature understand
Republicanism. And he is as faithful as
they are-that is, he is faithful to his
own interests, aud does not care straw
for the interests OF the people. Governor
Scott is O candidate for denomination, aud
wishes to fill the gubernatorial chair for a
third term. This is the reason why the Con-
vention gave him their approval, and the
reason why he and his friends demand the
control OF the Federal offices in the State.
We think that Senator Sawyer can afford
to treat with Indifference the denunciations
OF the Scott Ring In their eyes he is guilty
OF the damning crime of-ReSpectability
and Conservatism. Let him blister his
tongue and soil his hands tas he will not do!)
and he will be as popular as Joe Crews, F. ].
Moses and the Arch-Agitator Mackey. AS
long, however, as he adheres to the consist
ent course he has marked out for himself
be will be reviled and backguarded by the
rascally crew in Columbia. Senator Saw.