The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-09-21

and Gleaves appeared with thpseMorh-
|ies-the reform Governor leaning upon
the arm of R. B. Elliott. AAerSsascena-
ing the rostrum, Chamberlain ws INTRO
duced, and said he accepted the Snpmiaa-
Etion only as an endorsement BY tfepeople
Of his efforts for reform during the past
two years. He claimed that material re-
form had been really effected; taxes had
+-beenreduced, a higher tone among public
officials established, the judicial bench
had been saved from pollqti3n; public
EXPENSES have been diminished, official
responsibility had been established. It
now remains for, US, he, said, to go. for
ward devoted to the idea that reform is
the only purpose of. any political party
in South Carolina. If, said he, your
nomiuationis an endorsements of'my ad-
ministration, as I understand it to be,
then you are bound. to. see TO- it that the
| ticket, shall be in harmonyr,With such
reform. If it is not, if I am not surroun-
ded by such men, it will be difficult
question for me to determine, whether it
will be worth while for me to undertake
to. carry out the campaign: Put none
but Honest and competent Republicans
upon the e;ticket, men that will do honor
to you, He begged fthat, in accordance
with, these suggestions, they; would ses TO
it also that be was not hampered -hereaf-
ter, by a Legislature not in sympathy
with him, and which would oppose, him
like heilast He wanted to- shake off all
the public abuses which, now endanger
the success of the party. No campaign, he
said, can compare with this in bitterness,
and we must make the fight, he 7said0 on
principle and not for power. ;. he pro-
posed TO advocate reform wherever the
people ask him to address them, with
such protection as the State and the Uni
| ted States can give him, in,, the cause of
Republican reform. Not only our liber-
ties, he said, but those of the people of
the State are wrapped up in this cam
paign. I fear, he continued, am timid
man but every drop:of blood have
shall be given before the principles of the
| Republican party shall be- dishonored or
it's great record soiled. - r.
Gleayes followed in a speech which
contained nothing worthy Of special note.
The remainder of the ticket occupied
/ the session. of Friday and Saturday until
a late hour in the night. The following
non nominations were made: e.. E. Hayne,
| Secretary; of State; T.. c.. Dunn, Comp
] troller General; F.. L. Cardozo, Treas
1 urer; R. B. Elliott, Attorney General ;
John A.. .Tolbert, Superintendent of Ed.
! ucation; james Kennedy, Adjutant and
Inspector General. .a-ui >, .,
The nomination of Elliott for Attorney
General was not upon the original slate
but it was necessary to, conciliate his
wing of the party, aud prevent a serious
detection: y; F. Earle, of Greenville
was the fayorite candidate until Friday
morning, when a caucus of Elliott's
friends determined to smash the calcula
tions Of Earle and his friends, and it only
required a fey hours to accomplish theil
PURPOSES. It was proposed to nominate
Elliott BY acclamation, and in this way
to avoid the necessity of showing theil
hands, but Elliott was too shrewd to allow
this game, and the rules were enforced
recurring each man to cast his vote
Elliott received 115 votes and Corbin !
Many of the native whites were disgustee
at the prospect when Elliott was place.
upon the ticket, and the party lash alone
prevented them from open revolt. ;..a,
The platform was adopted on Thurs
day morning, before the nomination.
were made. The next day Corwin, o
Newberry, called attention to that feat
ure Of, the platform which alluded re
bukingly to "'men who were in sympathy
with the rebellion, opposed to its over
throw, aiders and abettors of treason
officers of the armies Of the rebellion
enemies of liberty and union" He ad
vocated the expunging of these words
which he said had no doubt been mad
yertently used by the author of the plat
form. He (Corwin) had an intimate ac
quaintance with large number of gal
| liant confederate soldiers, some of whom
had united with the Republican party
and Others who he believed were ready
to do so; and he wanted nothing in th'
platform which could possibly be con
strued into reflection upon them. Or
his motion, the platform was referred tt
the committee, which reported resolu
ton expunging the words, and it wa
uuanimousl adopted. -
PLATFORM OF THE UNION REPUBLICAN
.,.,.. 4- PARTY. :.
/. The Republican party of the Stat
of South Carolina, in Convention Assem-
bled, believing that the principles o
equal civil and political rights are vita
to the interests Of good government, ant
that they can only be enforced by th'
party which has engrafted them upon thi
State and National Constitutions, hereb!
re-afirms its confidence in the Nationa
Republican party by pledging firm ad
herence to the platform adopted by tn
Cincinnati Convention in this the 100tl
year of American independence.
2. We hereby pledge our undivided
support to the standard bearers of tina
party, Rutherford B. Hayes and William
A. Wheeler, whose unblemished ant
statesmanlike record in the past is sufi
cient assurance that all reforms lyin,
within the province of their respective
Offices will be earnestly prosecuted an,
the National Government wisely ant
economically administered, with due re
gard to the rights and interests of tn
whole American people.
8. We heartily endorse the administra
ton of President Grant, so honestly ant
economically conducted as to exalt tn
nation in the estimation of the world ant
advance its faith and credit. We recog
nize in the soldier statesman and Presi
dent firm, devoted lover of American
liberty, a stern, unfinching champion
and protector of the rights of American
citizens at home and abroad, and we vii
ever hold in grateful remembrance hi
deeds in war, in peace, in all that make
our country great-though the younges
of the nations-yet the equal of all.
4. That in presenting to the people Q
South Carolina our nominees for the higl
Offices of the State for the coming tw'
wears, we believe we shall make plain ant
unmistakable the aims and principles tt
which we stand pledged, in the event Q
their election; not in glittering general
ties of reform, but in specific and sub