The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-05-06

last that those who had been instructing
and advising them for the last twelve
years had done so for the last tim. He
was surprised to see Mr. Corbin showed
upon the Convention for the purpose of
securing votes by making q speech
When the party had gone under in 1876
Corbn left the State with great expedi.
ton, and never returned again until an
election was in sight. AS soon as an
election wes near at hand that gentleman
had come South again to try and play
again upon the credulity of the colored
people. He, for one, was not willing to
trust to Corbin's advice any longer, and
he was glad to say that his people had
learned a lesson that they would not soon
forget. When we have done with our
business then we will hear these speeches,
if necessary. We don't want to select
men by any soft speeches that they may
make tonight, but by their past records.
w. II. Purvis, the ex.adjutant general,
thought that Corbin couldn't do the
Convention any harm by making n
speech, and it WAS reflection upon the
decency of the body to insinuate that
members of the convention could be in
auenced by anything that anybody could
say. If he is Republican, we need his
advice. We are not here to pass upon
anybody's record. Many of us have
ourselves made too much record.
Corbin has held prominent position be.
fore the Republicans of the country, and
he thought it but simple justice that he
be accorded the privilege Of addressing
the convention. Very faint applause.
Deas thought it reflection on him
personally that the Convention should
refuse to hear Gorbln. The Convention,
however, did not appear to be moved
even by this consideration.
Gloster Holland, a small-sized darkey
from Aiken, moved that Corbin and all
other candidates for the Chicago Con-
vention be heard from.
Smalls thought that if that motion was
carried the whole Convention would have
to be included.
Pending the consideration of this mat
ter, several persons were received into
the Convention as delegates in lieu of
parties who were appointed. and who
were not present.
Nothing more was heard of Corbin or
bis speech for the time being, aud the
Convention adjourned until 8 P. m.
THE NIGHT SESSION.
About p. m. the Convention was re-
convened, and Deas brought up his Cor
bin scheme again. He announced that
he withdrew his motion requesting Cor
bin to address the Convention, and took
occasion to say to the "Hydra.headed
magnates," as he called them, who
thought that they were the only ones in
the Convention, that they could i'll afford
to cast reflection and dishonor upon such
man as Corbin; a man like him in the
present crisis in South Carolina was in
dispensable. Corbin had been connected
with politics in the State since it was
possible for Republican party to exist
in the State, and if it had not been for
him there would hnve been more Ham,
burg massacres in South Carolina.
Sam Lee, colorcd, then moved that the
Convention proceed to elect four dele.
gates at large and two from each Con.
gressiohal district to represent the State
in the National Convention at Chicago.
G. @. Turner offered the following res
olution as substitute for Lees motion:
ResoIucd, That this Convention do pro.
ceed to elect delegates to the National
Republican Convention to meet at
Chicago in June, as follows: Elect the
delegates first from the Congressional
districts, commencing with District No.
l, and after the election Of delegates
from the districts then that the Conven-
ton do elect four delegates at large.
This substitute was adopted. The
Congressional districts had all previously
held caucuses, and had determined upon
their respective delegates.
The First Congressional District was
then called, and II. L. Shrewsbury, as
spokesman for the district, offered the
names of D. D. Mccall, white, and W.
A. Hayne, colored, as delegates to repre-
sent the district.
Deas came forward with minority re-
port in favor of j. E. Wilson, of Darling
ton, but the minority report was prompt
ly vo ed down, and Mccall and IIayne
were unanimously elected.
The Second and Third Districts not
being ready to report, the Fourth Dis.
trict WIS taken up. G. G. Turner, of
Spartanburg, offered the names of Sam.
uel T. Pointer, of Spartanburg, white,
and Wilson Cook, colored, of Greenyille.
June Mobley rose and took the middle
of the floor, and, with sleeves rolled up,
prepared to attack these nominations
without gloves. He did not care 10 draw
the color line; it was drawn already by
the demagogues. He thanked God that
the day had come when the colored peo.
pie would throw off the masters who had
ruled them for twelve years and take care
of themselves He was tired of keeping
in Office set of good-for-nothing loafers,
who did no work and lived off the credu
lity of the colored men. The time had
come for the colored race to shun these
men; that they had not been free for
twelve years for nothing. There has
been no nominations in the Fourth Con.
gressional District. There had been
nothing but gag law. These white men
had led the nigger to destruction long
enough. He had two letters written by
old 4. s. Wallace in his pocket telling
his friends in the North that the niger
in South Carolina must be kept down.
If he had anything more to do with white
people he would 60 with the decent white
men of the State. White men who rep
resented the Fourth District in the Con-
vention were not in his opinion his
equals in any way. G. G. Turner. who
had made the report for the district had
betrayed the Democratic party, and
would betray the Republican party if he
got q chance. The Republicans would
get on foot after awhile, simply by the
blunders of the Democratic party, but
they were not ready to 60 in with the
white men who represented the Republl-
can party to-day. They had made thou
sands of promises to the colored man that
they had never kept. They were the
kind of men who held their conventions
in hotels because they knew that niggers
didn't go to hotels in this part of the
country. The color line was drawn, and