The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-02-20

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: SO iote the general walfare and Sc
op'thc blessings Of liberty to us and
,ossssssa Posterity, we TO organize ourselves
into mIf- organization known as the
Ministers. lMon of tho State Of South
Carolina from and by which
II State Executive committee shall DO
appointed, not consisting Of moro than
live nor less than three, i'll each Con
grcssional district, to work with and
through the county executive commit
tee, to organize in all the counties in
the State.
Section /. II shall bo the duty Of the
State executive committee to appoint in
$50 county u county executive
committee whose duty it shall be to
organize IN every precinct in the
county, and SEQ that all of the mem
bers Of each club are furnished with
registration certificates.
Sec. Q. 1t shall be the duty of tho
State executive committee to canvass
or cause to be canvassed every
county in the State, instructing the
voters how and for whom to vote.
Sec. 3. The executive committee
shall have full power to act III the
absence Of this convention whenever
and wherever emergency demands
Sec, 4, 1t shall be further the PROV
incc Of the executive committee to levy
a tax, which shall be apportioncd to
the various districts, sufficient to en-
ploy legal talent to Test the legality of
acts by which the laws governing us
nave been enacted that shall be enact
Cd against Tie rights and privileges Of
franchises guaranteed, to us by tho
Constitution Of the United States.
Hart moved to adopt, when Middle
ION rose and said that thoy should
strike the portion looking to organiza-
tion. 1t was dangerous; they would
likely find tha politicians would grab
up The organization and money would
doubtless be used to destroy its use
fullness. lie moved to strike out
j. II. Johnson and A. p. Dunbar
submitted the following minority re-
port:
Whereas, there is to be a Constitu-
ional convention held for the purpose
to disfranchise the colored citizens Of
this State, depriving them of the right
guaranteed to them by the Constitution,
and therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the ministers OF
the State of South Carolina, urge upon
our people TO register to man and be
ready to vote for any man or set Of
men who are opposed to such discrim
nation among iis citizens irrespective
OF party orllame.
! Hart said it was wrong to ask tho
people to organic when the men who
wcro to lead thcm refused to organize
He went OH at some length III IN iin,
passioned, 81 S'fissa Say that organiza
They had to have mon Watching al
the time, otherwise the people coul'
not bc informed who to vote for, etc
Middleton made q brief reply.
Then the Rev. j. G.. Tobin got til
floor rnd he made "Romc howl" II
was surprised TO sec men stand ther
| and say don't organize" even Will
the throats Of our children yet uuborl
are preparing to be cut. L, for one
am here to shed my last drop O
blood and have my body burned an
the ashes thrown to the winds befor
| III do it. (Groanas and eyes, Yes y
Ilc was for fight all the way through
| We can leave this county, can, for
haven't anything but my grip and Goa
and it's almost worn out. He talkc,
war from beginning to end and said
there was any man there who was no
aroused TO his utmost he ought not t
be there.
| Middleton Where is the money L
DO this coming from7
| Tobin Where you got your supper
from-thc people.
The chairman said that it was tim,
to stop talking and get to work.
Amotion was then put to lay the mi
nority report Oh the table. A standing
vote was taken, the three old negro
preachers Middleton and the Riccs-
sitting. Tho motion was carried by
vote Of 81 to7,
Twas then decided to adopt TIL
majority report by sections.
When the preamble was strucl1.out
the men opposed to the organization
made an effort to strike out all refer
encc thereto. Only sixteen supported
this effort. Asimilar effort was mad,
with another portion of the preamble
but it was voted down.
| Middleton said he was endcayorins
tc avoid political parties buying them
Chappelle said that this was an in
suit to the Christian ministers. W.
came here TO work with all the partic
which will work with us to save on
rights from the wreck (Applausc
We don't come here to please any MAJ
or set Of mon. We are hero to keep
telcgraphic wire running from the pre-
cinct to Headquarters The politica