The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-06-10
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Necessary to choice, so.
Col. R. NJ. Sims was consequently de"
clared duly nominated for the Office Of
Secretary of State.
On motion of Mr. Livingston, of Oco.
nee, the nomination was then made unan-
imoug.
GEN. W. L. T. Prince then nominated
Col. j. C. Colt for the Office Of Comp
troller-General. This gentleman, he
said, possessed peculiar fitness for the
Office He happily combined unassum:
ing modesty with spotless integrity and
commanding ability. He was in the
highest degree capacitated to adorn any
office which the people might confer
vpon him, and his vast experience in
dealing with the financial affairs of the
State qualified him eminently for the
Office of Comptroller General. On the
field of battle he had stood by the guns
of his country with undaunted courage
and enduring devotion, and in the midst
of the perils which had encompassed the
State since the war, in the Legislature
and out of it he had proved himself equal
to any responsibility which was imposed
upon him. 1t might be said truthfully
that he had accomplished for the State
in his comparatively short service more
than most men accomplish in lifetime.
He hoped that the nomination would be
by acclamation.
MIR. J. G. Sheppard, of Edge6eld, Sec
onded the nomination of Col. Colt, and
there being no opposition he was unani-
mously nominated by reclamation for
the Office of Comptroller.General.
Mr.. George D. Bryan, of Charleston,
then nominated Col. Y. J. Pope, of New
berry, for the Office of Attorney-General.
Mr.. George Johnstone expressed the
gratitude of Col. Pope for the honor
which had been done him, but an.
nounced that he had been requested BY
that gentleman to say that he was not
candidate for the Office.
Col. Wm. Elliott, of Beaufort, nomi-
mated the Hon. Leroy F. Youmans, the
present Attorney-General of the State.
It would be useless, he said, to comment
upon the great ability and scholarly at
tainments of Leroy T. Youmans, or to
recount his distinguished services to the
State and to the Democratic party. They
were too we'll known throughout the
length and breadth of the State to need
repetition. He felt free to say that 10
Attorney General of South Carolina or
of any other State except the distin.
guished gentlemen who had preceded
him, had been called upon to protect the
interests of the State under circumstances
more arduous or more responsible. In
every county in the State, in the cam
paigns of 1876 and 1878, bis eloquent
voice was heard pleading the cause OF
the Democracy from the mountains to
the seaboard. The old county which
proudly claims him as one of her sons
again presents him to this Convention
for its sufrages.
Col. James II. Rion seconded the NOM
ination, and on motion of Mr.. w. n.
Muckenfuss, of Charleston, Gen. YOU
mans was nominated unanimously by
acclamation for the position of Attorney
General.
Mr.. Cleveland, of Spartanburg, placed
in nomination the Hon. Hugh S. Thomp-
son, of Columbia, for the position of
Superintendent of Education, which
office he now so acceptably and efficient
ly fills. It would be useless, he said, to
comment upon the very high qnali6ca-
tions possessed by this gentleman for the
Office named. His past record was suf-
fcient guarantee for his future conduct.
Gen. Darlington, of Greenville, and
DR.. Talley, of Columbia, seconded the
nomination, and Maj. Thompson was
unanimously nominated by reclamation.
Mr.. George Johnstone, of Newberry,
rose, he said, to nominate one of the
most distinguished soldiers and citizens
of South Carolina for the position of Ad-
jutant and Inspector General-one, he
said, whose life was identified with the
military record of the State and whose
country's history was written upon his
person. a gentleman whose virtues in
private life were only equalled by his
courage on the field of battle. When
quito young man, on the bloody fields
of Mexico, he displayed heroism that
was heralded throughout South Carolina
as one of her proudest achievements in
the Mexican war. Returning to South
Carolina, his fellow.citizens returned
him as member of the Legislature.
There his ability Immediately made it.
self felt, and he was at once placed on q
commission to revise the military law of
the State. 1t is no detriment to the
others on that commission to cay that he
exhibited in this field marked ability.