Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-05-06
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land, Brayton from Aiken, Lee from Sumter,
and otherr, joined in the discussion, and Harry
Noah was put up as an opposition candldate.
After a deal of talk Noah was elected by
large majority.
Mobley then moved that as Lexington had
sent no delegates, that Chas. j. Hendricks and
Simeon Corley be substituted. Bowen, Taft,
and Straker opposed the admission OF the new
comers on the ground that any county which
had not pluck enough to keep up the organiza-
tion of the party, didn't deserve representation.
Purvis, Mobley, Whipper, Miller, Sam Lee,
and Shrewsbury favored their admission on the
ground of past services to the party. After
two or three hours debate, COrley and Hen
bricks were admitted.
Nothing more was heard of Corbin or his
speech for the time being, and the Convention
adjourned until s P. M.
THE NIGHT SESSION.
About P. NJ. the Convention was recon-
vened, and Deas brought uphis Cor6ln scheme
again. He announced that he withdrew his
motion requesting Corbin to address the Con
yention. and took occasion to say to the lily
dra-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 indispensable. Corbin
had been connected with politics in the State,
since it was possible for a Republican party
to exist in the State, and if it had not been for
him there would have been more Hamburg
massacres in South Carolina.
Sam Lee, colored, then moved that the Con-
ventiOn proceed to elect, four delegates at
large and two from each Congressional dis
trict to represent the State in the National
Convention at ChicaOO
G. G. Turner offered the following resolu-
tion as substitute for Lees motion:
Resolred, That this Convention do proceed
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 Dis
trict No. /, and after the election Of delegates
from the districts then that the Convention
de elect four delegates at large.
This substitute was adopted. The Congress
sional districts had all previously yheld caucuses,
and had determined upon their respective
delegates.
The First Congressional District was then
called, and H. L. Shrewsbury, as spokesman
for the district, offered the name Of D. D.
Mccall, white, and w. A. Hayne, colored, as
delegates to represent the district.
Deas came forward with minority report
in favor of j. E. Wilson, of Darlington, but
the minority report was promptly voted down,
and McColl and Hayne were unanimously
elected ... -.... ..
The Second and Third District not being
ready to report, the Fourth District was taken
up. c.. G. Turner, of Spartanburg, offered
the names of Samuel T. Pointer, of Spartan
burg, white, and Wilson Cook colored, of
GreenVille.
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 to draw the color line it
was drawn already by the demagogues. He
thanked God that the day had come when
the colored people would throw off the mas
ters who had ruled them for twelve years and
take care of themselves. He was tired of
keeping in office a set Of good-fOr-nOthing
loafers, who did no work and lived off the
credulity 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 Congressional 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 A.
S. Wallace in his pocket telling his friends in
must be kept down. If he had any more to do
with white people, he would 60 with the decent
white men of this State. The white men who
represented the Fourth District in the Conven-
ton 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 chance.
The Republicans would get on foot after a
while, simply by the blunders of the Demo-
cratic party, but they were not ready to go in
with the white men who represented the. Re-
publican 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
they knew that niggers didn't 60 in hotels in
this part of the country. The color line was
drawn, and take his word for it, when the time
came for a State Convention to nominate State
officers there wouldn't be 10white Republicans
in the State They will say it is inexpedient
as soon as they get what they want. They
will say it is no use to run State Ticket, be-
cause the Democrats will rob you of your votes.
I am ashamed of myself for ever supporting
such men, am tired of these men. No Won
der the Democrats say that the negroes are not
able to govern themselves, when they select to
govern them such ill-begotten white men as
you see before you tonight. You elect these
white men to the National Convention and
YOU on the street, and nobody is looking, they
'sdamn the Democrats" but the next thing
you know, you see them walking arm-in-arm
with Democrat, and saying ''these d-n mig
gers want to put on too many airs; they want
to rise up" We must elect people that will
suit us. The day is coming, thank God, when
our people will recognize men and manhood.
We should teach these gents that we are the
Republican party in South Carolina, and that
we don't propose to remain in slavery any
longer. If you look into the papers you will
see all these men saying Hampton was good
man. They thought tley could fool him as
they have fooled u.s. But, thank God, Hamp-
ton was too smart for. them.
Stand to your manhood, colored men Stand
together. Every raceOn earth sticks together.
Even the stupid geese stick together. Why
should not we stand by our race? A few days
ago these men were talking loudly for Grant
and Sherman and Blaine, and nOw after we
passed that resolution to-day, they are silent
Grant men, and if you send them to Chicago,
they will sell you out and leave the State until
the next election. He hoped the Convention
would not elect Pointer. He did not know
what penitentiary he came out of. They say
we are not competent to represent the State in
the National Convention. They have made us
competent to put them in office, and we can
put ourselves in office just as we'll.
There will be no white Republicans in this
State if you take away the offices. They will
do as Ensor and Stolbrand and lots of others
have done. You say you want to send re-
spectacle delegation, and yet you send such
men as these bar-roOm suckers, gamblers and
dissipated scoundrels to represent your people.
The poor men in the Democratic party are
making the nominations. Whycan't we do the
same?
Lawson, of Sumter, interrupted, and wanted
to know if Mobley was going to keep up his