The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-04-19
TUE TRIBUNE BEAUronT. sc.

lie Republican Convention which
met in>Columbia on the nth instant
was ofno great political Importance OK
ccps as it should endorse or rcpadiate
The administration of Governor Cham.
bcrluin.
1t was evident even before the con-
ven'ion assembled tha. tho leaders WHO
I'ave Tor So long controlled the party had
1t IN their grip, and that the Governor
had but few friends among the delegates
Patterson had telegraphed to Washing
Ion that he had the whole convention
in'his pocketand that he had already
pickod out delegation os' fourteen men
10 go to Cincinnati, and that every one
OF them bad Pledged himself in advance
70 support the Nomination of Senator
Norton for the Presidency. .ta.ho, ai
The fight began when The question
came up as to admitting the delegates
whose seats were contcstcdtoa vote in
temporary organization. > Governor
q Chamberlain insisting that both contes-
tants should have vote or neither. OF
course the sensible action advocated by
'hc Governor was lost and Mr. Swails
:. was elected. Previous to the el .ctiop n
scene such as is witnessed only in South
+ Carolina was enacted, an an account of
which win lbc found elsewhere. The
sefonu day or rather night was
devoted to the election of the delegotes
a'.t the Patterson programme was
+ - 3'a!'hfuily carried out vito but one ex-
option, Chamberlain being elected.
ta>lng the place supposed to belong
10 Dunn. Previous to the ballot on
which Mr.. Chamberlain wa elected ,bo
ls'''sYen'1on 8 mo was treated to two great
SHeseches,lone an attack on the Governor
'''I his administration by Judge Carmen.
e''T, and the governors reply. Carpenter
;a e;;hrgcd Mir. Chamberlain with iuying
h.r;i t for years the friend of the very mon
who he afterwards denounced as the
tand ofrobbers, and having done moth.
ing during his term of Office as attorney
general to prevent the wholesale fIauds
':y which the state was run so deeply in
eebt, aud of having used all his power
!" Break down the party that elected him.
ail for ambitions sake. ..
hf Chamberlain arose and remarked
u''f he felt as cool as May morning and
g: ready to meet the charges against him
AZ To meet the kisses of his wife and
E9h'es- Ec began 10y bringing to the
HANDS ct his hearers the <recoIlection of
t''e campaign of 1870, when CARPENTER
Hls the Democratic candidate for gov
anr, and reminded them that this was
;.ir'ut Ku-Klux time, and that Mr.. Car.
fs2tcr sowcd in .hat campaign the drag
- leeth That resulted in the massacre of
~ many people and the destruction of
iHt ,r homes by the torch,aand that when
t''e guilty men were brought to Justice
TINS same Carpenter was summoned as q
illness for the defense. The governor
tnen spoke OF the charge that he had
only saved the xpayers SET 900 and
uiat from the contingent fund, when he
pFoyed,t that hc had saved them ss75. 900
hy having the state tax red ucec from
thiftecu to eleven mills besides making n
s2viBs on the contingent fund of S51 coo
he latter part OF his address is overv
''nd that we will give portion oft.
~, faid Mr. Chamberlain s:tbe-e Is
nsswects s, crop that drink, to-pight it
i75,his; fhat although the spearsnan
"a the swordsnian have hunted me
nc a partridge on. the mountain. yut
ever since my feet stood there where
o,r stand now, Mr.. President, on tie 1sr
y, CEN Der, have ever. utterrd one
S"ri of Ieproach against those who then
utterly opposed me. Blot out the
ii"le record, fellow Republicans, if i
1--WE betrayed you; blot out everything
81, out icf IT stand there rs my recon-,
i'rnsc that never against. all my enen,ies
.yc ever raised one bard or yitupcr.
&c WORD. Let ut be written some
5erc ihat Chap,ber)ain never said. an
siiid word cgaiDst those who abused
IN. and looked upon lis coming al
= asa - ibisf In the night. Tear down
s1a'so;tting that have erected, blot
.'''s Wnoie record, cast mo, off isl
g lsre betrayed you; yet TO me comes
e sweet word, like silver bells, alor-
,ysi'sns: III don't get the blessings
she gsEueman from Edgefeld and
people OF South Carolina, / will Get
blessings of my wife and children
q ~ ihe blessings os my God. i willInot
aIn defend myself viii pray to God,
not TO inaD. Lct me say that sthe,
y sln that can lay to my door Is TINT
ave not stood flrmerSsn fliis pathway
pe'lticol reform IshaH fix nv eve