The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-10-06

be devoted IT, She task OF raising up
again the PROSTATE form Of our dear
old mother State, of binding up with
tenderness her wounds and bruises.
and Of wiping from her brov the
shame and sorrow which bave been
put upon it by tho aots of wicked,
cruel men, some of whom, be 1t said
to their eternal shame, are children of
the soil of South Carolina. Tt shall
be the lofty ain Of my administration
to bring buck the roses Of health and
beauty TO her cheek, and to restore to
tier her ancient name and fame-to ro-
hab'iitnte her IN that garb of honor
which was once our pride and glory
And III tue performance of this uct of
tillal duty, l shall earnestly invoke the
MD of MI who truly love aud huLur
South Carolina.
Major Delaney. lie cau.!:.!... tx
Licutenuut Governor. being intro.
ducod as "the honest .xcmular Of the
honest colored mru Of South Carroll.
na." addressed the Convention in the
following speech:
"This is one of the most cxtraord,.
nary occasions Of my lille. have mo-,
words to express my gratitude 10 you
Tor this manifestation OF your regard
und confidence in nominating me Tor
tho second Citice iu tho gift oi the peox
pie of South Carolina. | have but II, .
tie to say TO you now, for you have al.
ready heard me frequently upon the
various phases OF our relatlous To each
other; but this much will say to you,
tbnt huvt eutered into this great
movement with no other design than,
II elected, to second, to the utcost e1-
tent, tho integrity vi tue Chief MaRls.
trate OF the State. will go further
than this; 1 Will pledge all of the lutei-
ligence, all OF the powers Of intellect
that l possess, all of the integrity of
character, to briug about between the
two peoples in this State, black aud
white, those relations that shall tend to
the promotion Of each others mutual
welfare. shall not act (in the sense
in which it is andcrstood) us a party
man. 1 shall kaow no other purity
than that whIoh shull have for lis ob.
ject the interest Ut the whole people,
tlack aud white, IF the State of South
=
far as my own race Is concerned, one
or two errors III the Republican party
AZ it formerly existed We are now
standing upon new platform, su tar
as party acts are concerned. LII our
party, there were three points uf con.
sileration: 1st. We wcrc formed IA. a
Republican purity IL cuutradiotiuctlDh
to the Democratic party; next, We were
taught first aud foremost uu untngu-
nlsua to the Democratic purity, which,
as u whole party, WIS ali right. Next,
VIZ hhd factlnus In our own party,
which was all wropY; und next, one
part OF cur purity Was tnngllt as IL fluid
hineutal principle thut they must stand
III Iirec! ..oa,iiIty to one portion Of tie
people which formed The community in
whluh they lived. 1 shall endenvor TO
Correct this. 1t is my province to say
that, becansc. when look npoa my
race, sec that il has all aud everything
to lose in contest such AS might be
brought about by antngunism ui races.
This being trne, [ have but Que more
remark to make do not intend to
lower my stuDd1r uf mauhoud in re-
gard To the claim of my race one single
step. do not intend to reccde from
the rights that have been given us by
the brnetceuce of u just Congress OF
the nation one single hairs breudth;
but l do intend, in demanding all this,
to demand the same equal rights aud
Justice to every cItlz4D, black aud
white. of the State Of South Carollua.
Aud upon this line | vii. fight il out.
ii it takes all winter.
An Execntiv,- Cummitte. consisting
Of Martin II DeIauy, Aaron Logan,
II. II Cam, j. Evans Brltton, j. a.
Mu shlngton. Jared Marley, james Is.
Middleton. j. Minis SuiIivun, George
+. McIntyre, Samuel lee, Thos. q.
Damn. VIM. a HAyne, W. Ii. Tho
mas. w. II. jones. The remaining
mem bers to make up the full; commit-
tee Will he udded by tne committee
themselves.
The delegates from the Second Con-
gresslnnal District unanimously EN-.
dorsed the nominntion oi f.. W. NJ.
Mackey for Congress. The First Oon-
gressional District agreed to ratlfy the
domination of j, Il. Ralney, the regu-
lar caudidnte.
The S cond Congressional District
dominated l.. W. NJ. Mackey, in op-
position to Major g. w. Buttz. the
candidate on the Chamberlain ticket
The Third Congressional District
nominated Congressman Il. II. Cain,
in opposition to Comptroller General
Hoge, the candidate on the Chamber