The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-09-20

P0blIc Meeting In Charieston.
s We give below the portion of Mr..
Seabrook's speech which sets forth the
purposes OF himself and others in the
movement known US that Of the Inde-
pendent Republican Party. The lan-
guage is dispassionate, as the object in
view appears to be fixed and founded
upon good aud sufficient reasons. He
said:
The condition Of uf airs demanded u
change. II was declared by the public,
not only III this Stute, but outside uf
this State, that Il nun should be chosen
who was not Ia the least degree con-
| nectcd with these fraudulent trausac.
tlons. That IL where we stand. We
threw "nr banLefs to tue breeze; we
| proLoEnced our witch word, aud the
Republican Convention of the State.
after eight days deliberation. declared,
AZ the nominee OF this State the nuu
wlo had been one of the lcahlng
niembcrs Of those administrations
which have brought on us all Of this
ruin. For the dignity and honor of
our State we cried out, '.giye us new
men; give us genuine change; give us
true reform; give US men against
whose past lives there can he whisper
ed NO shadow of suspicion-men whose
promises for reform we eau trls.;"
nnd they refused our demaui Ii We
stand by ibis nomination, by bringing
forward no other cuuu,date, We Will
assnrcdsy irretrievub'y ruin our party.
La the first place. gentlemen, they are
the very men who lave ruined 1t al
ready by their trand and pecui.tion.
call to you to listen to the voices Of
those around US laundering down i'm
prccations and contumely upon the
perpetrators OF these ucts. These
come not FROM the South alone, but
North. South, East aud West; from
our brethren; from black and white.
We are stigmatized as rogues, thieves
and llars. These very persons huve
nominated ID. H. Chamberlain for Go.
vernon OF the State Of South Carolinu
We want now change bused upon
honesty aud iuteg.ity.
We want change Of political mea-
sures, but there Is no Intelligent mau
present who does not know that these
measures are the products Of the man,
and when tue men are unchanged the
measures are unchanged. II Repub.
licanism means thievery, 1 am not
afraid to say that would rather belong
to any other party. If tue Republican
party, ANXIOUS for change, will put for.
ward men who are above suspicion; if
it gives us men who can back their
promises by their past record, then, no
far from iujuring the party, We have
established 1t upon tue irmess fouuda
ton upon which we could place it for
it's vindication before the world. Gen
tlemen, that cry of the regular nomi.
nation has lost its Significance. When
you tell me [ must regularly follow
thief, would rather follow irregularly
any other man whom I know to be
honest. [ am sick to death of the Chi
canery, aud my compatriots are pre-
pared to secede upon the basis of
honesty as marked by change of men.
marked by us in no other wuy. / ask
you how are we to have public conf
denoe in men who have already robbed
and cheated us; how are we to place
pecnniary confidence in thief? Do
you seek thief for the man to whose
custody you would commit your
money! All, gentlemen! too unhap-
PLY in South Carolina these men who
have obtained our money by fraudu.
lent means. when, surrounded by the
small body of men who repl eseut the
people of the State. they buy them
up, and they bny them with our
money stolen from us by these ad-
venturers, who are despised ut home
and hated abroad. Shall We bear it
any longer? There are those who, in
private. say frankly that they are with
US, but are too week-kneed to come
boldly forth and give us that as.
sistance which We sorely need. We
want them to come forward, be
they Democrat or Republican. We
want help, we implore help. and it
is the duty OF every man who feels that
the pass to which the State hns now
come demands Immediate and con-
certed action, be he member of what
ever party, it is duty to give that help
and aid us to drive out the imposters
who como here to aurfeit themselves
upon our riches and cover their rags
with our purple and fine linen. a
voice: Name your man. will
name the man. We are proud to name
our candidate. He is Judge John L.
Greene. A man born upon the soil Of
our native State. though bringing no
capital but honesty and an nnsnllicd
name We will supDOrt him and us