Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-05-06

| SuouSh " hCcp up tHc organization OF tho
party didn't deserve representation. Puryis,
Nlobley, Whippcr, Miller, Sam Leo and
Shrewsbury favored their admission on tho
ground of past services to the party. After
two or three hours debate Cooley and Hen.
dricke wcro admitted.
Nothing moro was heard of Corbn or his
speech for tho timo being, aud tho conycn..
t!on adjourned until p. NJ.
TIE NIGHT SESSION.
About p. NJ. tho convention was 70.
convened and Dcas brought up his Corbn
scheme again. lie announced that he
withdrew hia motion requesting Corbin to
address tho convention and took occasion TO
say to the "Ilyd:a-hcadcd maguatcs," as
he called them, who thought that thcy
werc the only ones in tho convention that
they could i'll afford to cast reflection and
dshonor upon such n man as Corbin, a
man lik. him in the present crisis in South
Carolina was indispensable. Corbn had
been connected with politics in the State
since it was possible for 4 Republican party
to exist in the State and if it had not been
10: him there would have been more liam
burg massa ores in South Carolina.
Sam I,cc, co!orcd, thcn moved that tho
Convention proceed to elect four delegates
at largo and two from each Concrcs.io ional
district to represent tho State in tho nu-
toual Convention at Chicago
q. G. Turner offered tho following rcso.
lution as a substitute for Lees motion:
Resolvc2, That this Convention do pros
ceed to elect delegates to the National Re.
publican Convention to meet at Chicago in
June, as follows: Elect the delegates first
from the Congressional districts, commcnc--
ing with District No. |, and after tho
election of delegates from the districts then
hat tho,convcntion 90 elect four delegates
at large.
This substitute was adopted. The Con.
grcssiona districts had all previously held
caucuscs, and had determined upon their
respective delegates.
The First Congressional District was
then called, and II. H. Shrewsbury, as
spokesman for the district, offered the
names Of ID. ID. Mccall, white, and w. a.
lIaync, colorcd, as delegates to represent
the district.
Dcas came forward with Il minority rerort
in favor Of }. H. Wilson of Darlington, but
tho minority report was promptly voted
down, and McCu!! and lInync were upaniS
mously elected.
The Second and Third Districts not
being ready to report, the Fourth District
was taken Up. G. 9. Turner, Of Spartan.
burg, offered tho names Of Samuel II. poin.
icr, of Spartunburg, white, and Wilson.
Cook, colorcd, oil Grccnvilo
June Mobiey rose and took tho middle of
tho floor, and, with sleeves rolled up
prepared to attack these nominations with
IL Il
color line; it was drawn already by the dcma
gogucs. lie thanked God that the day
had come when the colorcd people would
throw of the masters who had ruled them
for twelve years and take care Of themselves
lie was tired of keeping in office q set of
good nothing Ioatcrs, who did no work
and lived off the crcdulity Of tho colored
men. The time had come for the colorcd
race to shun these men; that they had not
been free for twelve years for nothing.
There has been no Nominations in tho
Fourth Congressional District. There had
bccu nothing but gag law. These white
men had led the niggcr to destruction long
enough. He had two letters written by
old ~. S. Wallace in his pocket telling his
fricndo in the North that the niggcriu South
Carolina must be kept down If ho had
anything moro to do with white people he
would 60 with the decent whitc men of the
State. Tho white men who represented
the Fourth District in the Convention were
not in his opinion his equals in any way.
G. g. IurDcl, who had made The report for
the distric: had betrayed the Democratic
party, and would bctray the Republican
party if he got chance.
The Republicans would get on foot after
awhile, simply by the blundcrs of the Dem.
ocratic party, but they we're not ready to
go in with the white men who represented
the Republican party today. They had
made thousands of promises to the colored
man that they had never kept. They were
the kind of men who held their conycn.
tions in hotels because they knew that
niggcrs didn't 90 in hotels 10 this part Of
tho country. The color line WAS drawn,
and take his word for it, when The time
came for State Convention to nominate
State officers there wouldn't be 10 white
Republicans in the State. They will say
it is incXpcdicnt as soon az tlfty gc5 what
they want. They will say it is 10 use to
run State ticket, because the Democrats
VII rob you of your votes. am ashamed
of myself for ever supporting such ncn.
| am tired Of these men. No wonder the
Democrats say the niggcrs arc not able to
govern themselves, when they select to
govern them such illbcgottcn whiic men rs
you sec before you to night. You elect
these white men to the National Convention
and you wont sec them again. When
they meet you on the street and nobody is
looking they damn tho Democrats" but
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