Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-04-20

FIRST DISTRICT IS. A.. .Swails and II
Rainey. =
SECOND D1srR1cr.-O. G. Worthington
and W. J. Mckinley. ses
THIRD D1sTR1cT.-H. G. Corwin and w
B. Nash.
FOURTH DrsrR1cT.-A. s.. Wallace and
John Winsmith.
FIFTH DISTRICT. Smalls and
Lawrence Cain.
These were elected without opposition.
THE DELEGATES AT LARGE. '~. ~
Up to the point of choosing these the con.
test had been comparatively peaceable, and
1T had become we'll understood that upon
this class of delegates the real fight was tc
centre.
A motion by Congressman Smalls to allow
five minutes debate upon each nomination
and FIVE minutes more for second, was, after
some discussion, lost by vote of rs to 80
Sammy Green then nominated as the first
delegate at large, R. B. Elliott. Ex-Congress
man r. H. Cain seconded the nomination
The vote was taken and Elliott was elected
almost unanimously. R. II. Cain nominated
John ]. Patterson as the second delegate al
large, endorsing him as true, tried and trus
ted Republican. Harriott, of Georgetown
then nominated Hon. D. II. Chamberlain
amid great applause. Humbert nominated
B. F. Whittemore; and Elliott put in nomina:
ton Hon. T. G. Dunn. Mr.. Wilkes seconded
the nomination of Governor Chamberlain in
a stirring endorsement, which was hailed with
round after round of applause, largely par.
ticipated in by the bystanders who thronged
the aisles and the steps, even up to the speak
er's stand itself. At this point the real fight
began. 1t was plain to see that there were
virtually but two candidates in the field, Pat
terson and Governor D. II. Chamberlain.
Previous to the nomination for delegates
at large, Judge Carpenter took the floor with
the appreciation Of the chairman, as we'll al
the general consent of the body of delegates
The duty assigned this delegate was to lay
bare the Shortcomings of the present ad
ministration and excoriate its standard bear
er. But how far even he fell short of the
duty assigned him, and which seemed to him
labor of love, none will ever realize.
Judge Carpenter started out by calling at
tention to the solemnity of the occasion which
called them together, and said he had taken
no part in the political arena since his acces
sion to the bench. In what he had to say
of his distinguished friend, the governor, be
would make no personal attack, because nc
personal attack could be successfully made
upon the private character of Ibis excellency
The war which he intended to make upon
the governor was as reformer, as he (the
judge) differed with him as to the methods
employed in the reform, not to reform itself
Hhe issue is between Gov. D. H. Chamberlain
and those whom he now chooses to call g
band of thieves-the very men who elected
him to Office. One Of the counts in the i1e
dictment that the judge urged against thl
governor was ingratitude in turning his baca!
upon the men who stood by him in good and
in evil report. If they were good enough
then, by heaven, they were good enough
to stand by now The judge also chargei
that all the bad legislation on the statul
books was placed there during Scott's admin
istration, while D. H. Chamberlain was a
torney general, and that no bad laws wer1
passed under the administration Of Gov. Mol
ses. The great reforms passed since, of which
the people hear so much through the govef'
snor's paper and the newspaper press generally,
amounted to the miserable and paltry sum Of
$27 OO0-a reduction or saving made in the
contingent funds; and against that we had
DIE burtheDs of the big and little bonanzas to
bear, which were an increase of 100000.
Immediately after the election he forgave
his enemies, and hesped honors upon them
while he overlooked his friends. He acted
the part of a dictator in refusing to Whipper
and Moses commissions after they had been
elected by large majority of the Legislature
of the State. Even if they had been immor.
al men, he had no right to refuse them their
commissions ANY enc who would mistake
his distinguished friend for timid man
was dreadfully mistaken. His GOODNESS and
self:possession were the wonder of all who
knew him; he was brave as Cesar and as
ambitious as Napoleon, and would effect a
coup detat on proper occasion, if he lived
in France. In his (Judge Carpenter's) opin,
ion he had betrayed the republican party
since the hour he took his office, although be
owed everything to the people, and more par.
ticularly to the colored people. The judge
then criticised the governors telegram to the
Charleston New England society, and com.
pared the civilization of the cavaliers and
the roundheads, and that of the present favor
ably to the latter. He closed very able as
well as very fierce denunciation Of the poll
cy and administration of Governor Chamber
lain, by saying that he impugned no mans
intentions, not even his distinguished friends,
but he would be glad if he could show that
he did not know be was killing the republi-
can party but he was killing it whether be
knew it or not-all the same. 1t was after
2o'clock A. NJ, when Judge Carpenter con.
cluded his vindictive speech.
All eyes we're directed towards the governor
as he stood in the aisle, cool as an icicle, but
apparently eager for the fray. After mo.
ment's deiberation, be said:
Mr.. Chairman, and Gentlemen Of the Conve''tioa
Frequent allusion has been made during the ses-
sons of this convention to CHARACTERISTIC which
am reputed to possess-coolness WhileI some
times fail to recognize the pictures that are draw
of me by others, when am pronounced pecu-
liarly cool man, sometimes feel that nothing
could be further from the truth than that state
ment respecting me. But am happy to say that
as stand here tonight, in the midst of my old
blcan friends of South Carolina, the touch OF
whose elbow have never failed to feel since 1858,
feel as cool and as calm as May morning, and
as ready to the charges that have been brought
against me, as shall be to meet the sweet kisses
ofmy wife and children this morning. Applause. ]
1t has been pronounced here that the issue is Of
party fealty. The charge is brought by one whose
lips ought forever to be sealed against the charge
Of want of party fealty against any man that lives
in South Carolina. If had been charged by my
good friend from Beaufort, who nominated me,
with want of fidelity to the republican party,
could have bowed with humility to the hand OF
shows that, no matter what differences of opinion
there may be, they have still fought within the
lines of the republican party, and under the ban
ner of equal rights toall men,: [Applause.l
am reminded tonight of the only other occa-
sion when 1 have had the pleasure Of measuring
swords with him who now assails me- 1remem-