Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-09-24
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other voters for Chamberlain are:
CD. Hayne, State Senator, and Gloster
Holland and NJ. w. Peel, of Aiken; G. A.
Mattison, of Abbeville Representative f. M.
Sumter and A. S. Jackson, of Barnwell Rob
ert Smalls, State Senator from Beaufort; Il.
H. Gleaves, Lieutenant Governor, elected with
Moses; S. j. Bampheu and H. CAN'T, mem
bers of the Legislature from Beaufort, Ed
ward Petty member of the House from Charles
ton; D. j. Walker and Barney Humphries,
from Chester; T. L. Weston and Robert
Brewer, of Chesterfield; w. NJ. Thomas and
A. P. Holmes, members Of the House from
Colleton A. G. ShaHer, ex-County Treasurer
T. H. Grant and w. F. Meyers, of Colleton ;
T. G. Cox and Jordan Lang, of Darlington
Lawrence Cain, State Senator; P. Simkins
and David Graham, members Of the House,
and j. H. McDevitt, County Treasurer, and
Edward Tenant, of Edge6eld; Daniel Bird,
Thos. Walker and William Boiler, Of Fair.
6eld;J. H. Rainey, member of Congress, and
R. NJ Heriot, of Georgetown j. NJ. Runion,
ex-County Treasurer, Thomas Brier and Il.
Collins, Of Greenville; H. w. Jones, of Hor-
ry; Joseph Clark and Allen Hudson, of Lam
caster Representative H. McDaniels and
James Young, of Laurens; R. H. Kirk and
S. L. Lorick, of Lexington G. Smith, State
Senator from Marion H. c. Corwin, State
Senator and G. David and H. Gillem, of New
berry; M. D. Singleton and E. jenkins, of
Oconee R. R. Duncan, G. w. Caldwell, E.
J. Cain and S. Lewis, of Orangeburg; 0. c.
Folger, of Pickens S. Hawkins and }. Il.
Goss, of Union; j. T. Peterson and William
Scott, of Williamsburg; M. L. Owens and
Nelson Davies, members of the House from
York county.
The delegates who voted for Greene or
Winnsmith we're Wideman, Tolbert, Griffin,
Wallace and Titus, of Abbeville !; Cochran
and Parker, of Anderson; Myers, Miller and
Hamilton, of Beaufort; Jervey, Mackey, Lo-
gan, Gaillard, McKinlay, Jones, Seabrook,
Walker, Oliver, Pinckney, Brown, Williams,
Reed, Washington, Hedges, Gathers, and
Richmond, of Charleston; Marley and Mil
ton of Clarendon Middleton, of Darlington
Jones, of Georgetown; Blythe, Of Greenville
Dunn, of Horny; Chestnut, Blair and Carter,
of Kershaw Hayne, Holloway and Howard
of Marion; MarueU and McColl, Of Marl-
boro; Wilder, of Richland; Lee, Gov Moses,
Johnston and Tindall, of Sumter /; Hartwell,
Pointer and Jones, of Spartanburg and j.
H. White, of York. Total opposition vote
fifty, and among the fifty there is not one man
conspicuous for frauds in Office, except +. j.
Moses, Jr., who was quite willing to vote for
Chamberlain had Patterson allowed him to
do 80.
Add to the names of the delegates who vo-
ted for Chamberlain the names of Collector
Worthington, Attorney-Gen. Melton, Judge
Carpenter, Comptroller Hoge, Tim Hurley,
and others who worked for Chamberlain on
the floor, and it will be seen that he is COM
pletely surrounded by the ring, of which he is
now the CENTRE and from which he cannot, if
he would, escape. Add to the names of the
delegates who voted for Greene and Winsmith
the names of the majority Of the Conservative
citizens Of the State, and it is evident that
Judge Greene, or DR.. Winsmith, would have
been free from corrupt influences, and would
have had the power to make his adminlstra
tion pure in every respect.
Chamberlain was first convicted, by the Of
fetal records, of completely in great crimes
he was next convicted by his own admissions
of winking at fraud; he is now convicted OF
being the willing instrument of knaves and
adventures of the most mischievous class
We know him by the company he keeps.
WHAT MIR. CHAMBERLAIN HAS TO SAY.
HIS SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE.
Mr.. President and Gentlemen Of the Con-
pention Il return to you and this Convention
nv sincere thanks for the honor you have con-
ferred upon me. To be deemed worthy by
this body of my fellow citizens to be the stan
dard-bearer of the Republican party of South
Carolina in the coming political contest is an
honor to which l could lay no claim, and
mark of confidence for which l cannot be too
grateful. The contentious always incident
under our form of government to political
contest like that which is occupying the at
tention of this Convention, are foreign to all
nv tastes and habits. But I confess that
amidst these struggles, l have learned new
lesson of the devotion and fidelity of political
and personal friends. No man can ever have
a pleasanter experience of the unswervlng at
tachment Of political associates than that
which have just experienced, and which has
resulted in comforting upon me the honor tor
which now appear to return you my thanks
Tonight, gentlemen, stand before you in
position in which l have been placed without
any effort of my own. Five months ago,
was surprised by call from few of the most
prominent and earnest Republicans Of this
State, in which they informed me that they
regarded my candidacy for the nomination OF
Governor as essential to the harmony and sue
cess of the Republican party, and the peace
and prosperity of the State. From time to
time their views were repeated, and their ad-
montions confirmed by others of the leaders
of our party. No pledges were demanded OF
me; no guarantees were suggested. They
took me for what they had known me to be
on all occasions and under all circumstances,
an ardent Republican, friend of all the peo-
pie of this State, devoted to the common IN:
terests of all our citizens. The friendship and
support of these men and others who have
since Joined them has resulted in my nomna-
ton tonight For such an honor, so confer
red, owe to them and to you the largest
measure of personal and political gratitude.
Gentlemen, there is but one incident in the
contest which I have sincerely regretted 1t
has seemed proper to few of those who op-
posed my nomination to base their opposition
upon the ground that I am not native born
citizen of this State. The question Of the To-
cality of the birthplace of any American cit,
izen is an issue so baseless and unworthy OF
serious thought, that I cannot let the occasion
pass without saying to you that no opposition
based upon that issue, that no consideration
whatever growing out of that issue, in any
form, affects my mind at the present moment,
or will affect my action hereafter. l cannot
help recalling that memorable historical scene
over which the pen of the historian will al
ways lovingly linger as he traces the political
history of our country, in which South Caro-