The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-09-13
COLUMBIA, S. c..
Sunday Morning. September ls, 1874.
ID. H. Chamberlain for Governor.


The RADICAL NOMINATING CoNvEN-
-gIoA. Yesterday was a great day id
4 the Radical camp. The Convention
was called to order, and the FIRST thing
Of interest was the appearance of
Judge J. T, Green. to address it, in
obedienoe' 10; che wishes Of HE friends
who have placed him in nomin alton
for the office of Governor. His
speech was shofts bnt left no doubt as
to his position on some important
questions. He was in favor of wise
aud economical administration. IT in
+oposition 20 do so, he would give his
vote for the Civil Rights Bill, pending
in Congress. He was unequivocally
opposed to recognizing any form of
the spurious indebtedness OF the State,
whether it be called Blue Ridge Scrip,
Pay Certificates or Conversion Bonds.
If chosen Governor, he solemnly
pledged himself that no part OF it
tainted or suspected Of fraud shall
ever be collected from the people of
che State, if he could get one.third of
the Legislature to oppose it with him.
The time arrived for nominations.
State Treasurer Oardozo took the field
and described the State as diseased, as
having corruption in its blood. It he's
ibeen 80 for long time, but, wonder
fol to relate. it had survived to this
hour. Now we come to purge the
body politic. The process he recon-
mended 10 be pursued with this sick
State was, first, to change the physi-
.uian,i aud, SECONDLY, the mode Of treat
sment. Having dootored the subject
after this fashion, he next viewed his
party as an army which had gained
few victories and had sustained mcaJ
defeats. BE was now for cashiering
the ecommander-in-chief, entering upon
q different line Of tactics. and getting
new and improved arms. He repre-
'sented that the State Tax Union had
asked them to take slow poison. It
will be remembered that the entire ao-
Gon Of the Union, 30 far as it had re-
lation to this party Convention, was
that if it nominated honest and capa-
BILE men, it would support them. He
thought this an absurd proposition.
(Here we must shy that this reference
was not success. 1t was an admission
Chat honesty was poison to those of
whom it was asked. Another allusion
was equally unfortunate It is charged,
said the speaker. that We have stolen
the public money. The fat (225 lbs.
,avoirdupois) Treasurer answer to this
was superb: "Ws can't go to those
who would steal the public liberty. I"
The pompous Treasurer detailed his
'prodigious efforts in guarding the pub
lie funds He had fought with wild
beasts at .Epheaus (the Treasury.) He
had done his prettiest. He had gone
on his knees to beg the thieves to steal
mo more. It would never be known
till the judgment day what he had
prevented. He never thought OF call
ing for the police or turning them
over to Justice, except in the case
.of few County Treasurers, who
had no friends and no more money. J
Finally and lastly, he came to busi-
ness. When he went on with the
Whittemore delegation, to deny all
suoh rogueries as he had just con-
fessed he had rebuked, he consulted
'thei GreatiMognl about the desperate
condition of South Carolina The
Great Mogul u. 8. G had told him
that Mr.. Chamberlain had been in the
Supreme court. and was up to snuff;
that Moses was played out institu.
tion, SO. Ergo. the Chamberlain ma.
terial was the material out of which to
make Governor
Whipper. OF the Land Commission
seconded the nomination.
Sam. Lee couldn't see it through
"them speoks." He and some other
youngsters had resolved to oppose the
nomination of any one among those
who had brought shame. odium and