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The Blacks Stick to Grant.

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The Blacks Stick to Grant.
CLINCHING THEIR VICTORY IN THE
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
The Delegates to Chicago to be Mar.
rowly Watched Lest They Sell Ont
ode Party" In South Carolina
Bowen Repudiates the Instructions
Blaine Beaten, Sherman Snubbed,
and Corbin Nowhere.
(Neus and Courier.)
COLUMBIA, Thursday Evening. April o..
When the Republican Convention adjourned
last night the single matter remaining unois.
outrage upon Cadet Whitaker, but long tefore
the Convention was called 10 order this morn:
ing II was apparent that o marked change naa
over the members OF tne Doay: aha
especially over those who had been elected az
delegates To Chicago. As long as It remained
in doubt who the fortunate ones would be, the
aspirants for of1ce were studiously stientast 70
their personal preferences for the; Presldent.
aNQ WuCu III
egntes for Grant were introduced they were
AFRAID TO oppose them, and either voted for
them or failed to vote at all. Blu this morn
Ing, after the fight was over and the leaders
meanor wns~ strangely altered, and In an effort
TO get from the delegates TO Chicago an idea ae
TO whom they would support. II Grant should
the majority OF the delegation laughed at the
idea OF being bound by any instructions.
bowen said that the Convention had, In the
first place, NJ right or authority 70 instruct
men who had been elected by their Congress.
sional Districts. The Convention bad q right
TO instruct the delegates at large. but the Idea
OF obeying such instruction, he said, never en-.
tered the heads OF Q delegation sent IN this
ter for the National Convention TO remove the.
disabilities OF any delegates who considered
themselves bound. The same opinion was OF.
pressed by a majority OF the Chicago delcgn:
around throughout the Convention, and the
scores OF defeated candidates were only. TOO
glad Of q chance TO beTate their successful op.
ponents TO keep them. an It was openly declar,
cd. from battering their votes In the National
IDEAS from Darlington made matters worse.
and Increased tho distrust Of the delegation
BY offering tho following resolution.
Resotped, That In case the hume or u. ..
Grant 10 withdrawn as q candidate for the
Presidency, or IL becomes evident thas he
cannot be nominated, then the delegates nom
this State be, and they are hereby. Instructed
TO vote for Senator James g. Blaine, who Ia
hereby declared TO be tho second choice OF the
Republicans OF South Caroline.
VI. F. Myers said 1t was not hard to see That
this resolution was only . trick TO rescind me
resolution instructing the delegation to vote
for Grant. u was too late now that tho dele
CATION had been elected TO talk about chang
Ing the Instructions.
Shrewsbury moved 10 lay Deaa' RESOLUTION
The chair stated that unless the rules were
suspended the resolution would have to be re-
ferred to the committee on resolutions.
Smalls moved to amend the resolution oy
inserting "or Sherman or any other man.
The rules were then suspended, and Sma!ls
moved that the resolution be Indefinitely
postponed. 80,
Miller aid the Convention could not 60
back ON Grant. The Republican party needea
a nan like Grant in South Carolina. With
such q man at the head Of the Government
the South would be more careful In It's At
tempts 10 trainple upon the rights OF the COL
cred sSeds men ,bol RS Be ell in %sans iSs p= xSs9raatsn nc
Deas said he had no doubt that the people OF
the State, II they had their choice, would vote
for Grant, and II they, couldn't get Grant tney
would take Blaine. He felt surG that none OF
the delegation would vote for sherman, who
acted the part Of o Benedict Arnold towards
The RESOLUTION was then adopted. Yeas 81.
nays 40. .,.u,.o, +. -sor,,sd
hlIlST III NC0 tioL btC
TO define their positions. and II they we're un'
willing to obey the Instructions OF the Con.
vention that they be required to step down
Myers said the delegation were we'll aware
of the platform upon which they had been
elected, and he thought IL would be treating
them like children 10 ask them to define their
Mackey said he didn't think there was any
danger OF anybody resigning. 1t had been
too hard to get elected.
Miller replied hat there was an evident de;
sire on ths eI part t. Of 40 son nee Of ,b the i msmSsds o.
and he, for one. didn't want any winking, or
blinking. These men should be compelled
to come out now and say whether they intend
cd TO obey the instructions or not: .,,..
Shrewsbury said IL was well known tnat
Grnnt was the iavorite Of the State, from the
mountains to the seaboard. He wa In favor
OF the delegation explaining their position,
and II they were found to be opposed 70 CRAM am
they the; should be required to step down ana
smalls said that he had been told that the
resolutions adopted yesterday instructine tne
delegates don't amount 70 nothing" ana
that the closeness OF the vote on the motion
to Indefinitely postpone the resolutions on;
dorslng Blaine Is second choice indicated
some trickery; aid he thought the matter
should be looked after.
Mobley moved as an amendment to the mo
ton that o vote OF sympathy be e1tenoeo 10
all the defeated candidates. ,
Miller again pressed the motion TO compel
the delegates to define their position. He
thought that they should be thankful enough
to go TO Chicago on any terms. -..,.
Warren r. Marshall thought that IT would
be treating the delegation like school boys W
call them up and examine them as TO whom
other choice.
Murray, OF Sumter, said he was tired Oh
hearing these hornngues. He wanted 10 20
home, and moved hat ne whole m nneeed t Te
Deas came again to the front, and onered
the following resolution: 4,
Resolved, That in case Gen; US. Grant is
ton, and Will mot allow his name to be used,
and should IL become necessary for them 20
vote for any other candidate, that the MAJOR.
~ OF the delegates shall decide for whom tne
hall the vote Of the State be cast for Sher'
NJ. A, Hayne acknowledged the right OF the
Convention toinstruGt It's deiegates ~ : a M i1 can.
vcntion would have stayed at home II ~ nhe
been known that they were opposed to Grant.
His second choice was Blaine.
derstood plainly whatplatform they had been
elected on, and II any OF them shoulo pc III T.
reant to the trust imposed In them the peopIe
had their remedy when they came % 9a ths Con- me
~vention, to vote for Grant. but az to the oIner
candidates he did not propose TO be instruct
ed as to who he should vote for.
Striker thought the Origina! resolution o.
instruction covered tho whole ground. nc
moved that the resolution before the Conveil'
ton be indefinitely postponed. Agreed 70.
This ended the efforts to release the Cnicago
delegation from their obligation 70 Vote lol
Grant, and the committee appointed I pre-
pare resolutions touching the Whitaker out
rage made their report. ,
Shrewsbury, who had introduced the orlGi-
nal resolution TO the same effect, began an at,
tack upon the report of the committee, slaea
by Miller and Hayne, who declared the orig,
hal to be not only more 70 the polnt ou1
| couched In better language. Elliott and sam
Lee espoused the cause OF the committee, ano
D. lively fight as 10 who should get the glory
Of the Introduction OF the resolution was CIT,
. ried on for about an hour. Finally, when az
hope OF securing order or quiet seemed gone
Mnckey left the Speakers chair and proposed
b compromise by which a new set OF resoiu'
lions Including both OF the resolutions intro
. duced should be adopted. After, another
s1uabble the following were adopted: ~.
Whereas, the unmanly and disgraceful NJ
tack recently made or Cadet Whitaker n
West Point merits tho condemnation or M
> civilized world and n speedy and thorough IN
= vcstigatIon OF the hands OF the National Coy
crnment. not only in order to discover up
. parties committing the Outrage, but also Il
investigate the general management. rtlc!
= and regulations governing the conduct ant