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pni ii IB made in the solicitor'* argument, de- 

 cl.-uvrt tin- iinlictnu-iit idlo as well tin \<.i.|. ;i hd 

 con. -hides his decision with tin- \\ords: 

 liou, tli.-ivt'oiv, ord.-ivd tunl adjudj/rtl that tlio 

 indk'tm.-nt, a> t.i Franklin .1. Mo-i-*, Jr., ho 

 quash, -d, aud the case, as to him, bo Mm. K 

 from tlio docket." 



'1 IK- political campaign of 1874 in South Car- 

 olina was almost exclusive! \ routined within 

 tin- Republican party, vet unusually active and 

 cM-ited. A lar^ro body of the party, having 

 ivfu-M-d to accept the nominations of candi- 

 date* tor (Jovernor and Lieutenant-Governor, 

 nominated others. The State Convention was 

 luld at Columbia, on September 8th. It was 

 numerously attended, and continued in session 

 >ix days, and its proceedings seem to have been 

 exceedingly stormy and discordant. For the 

 office of Governor, three candidates were put 

 in nomination : Daniel II. Chamberlain, John 

 T. (iroen, and J. Winnsmith. The result of 

 the first ballot decided the contest, as, the u hoi,- 

 number of votes castteing 122, Mr. Winnsmith 

 received ten votes, Mr. Green forty, Mr. Cham- 

 berlain seventy-two. Mr. Chamberlain was 

 declared nominated. For the office of Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor K. H. Gleaves, colored, the 

 present incumbent, was renominated. The 

 convention adopted the following platform : 



1. It reaffirms adhesion to the principles of the 

 National Republican Convention, at Philadelphia, in 

 1872, as embodying the true ideas of American prog- 

 ress. 



2. It maintains the authority of the General Gov- 

 ernment to interfere for the preservation of domes- 

 tic tranquillity in the several States, and acknowl- 

 edges with gratitude the interposition in this State. 



8. It deprecates lawlessness in any form ; con- 

 demns turbulent agitation in any place : deplores vi- 

 olence, intimidation, or obstruction of personal or 

 political rights by any party ; demands a universal 

 respect and consideration of the elective franchise 

 in the hands of the weakest, and declares it shall 

 hold all men enemies to equal rights who interfere 

 with or deny a free and lawful exercise of the ballot 

 to any citizen of whatever party-creed. 



4. It pledges to continue scrupulously to enact and 

 enforce the financial reforms promised two years 

 ago, and in a large measure fulfilled. In proof of 

 which it points to the following laws, viz. : the law 

 to levy a specific tax, the law to reduce the volume 

 of public debt, the law to regulate the number of 

 attach**, the law to regulate public printing, the law 

 to regulate the disbursement of the public funds, 

 and the law to regulate assessments. 



5. It pledges to reduce the public expenses within 

 the public revenue, and to secure the enactment of a 

 law requiring officers who disburse moneys to give 

 to the public monthly statements of all receipts and 

 expenditures derivable from a moderate assessment 

 and tax rate. 



6. It earnestly entreats Congress to pass the civil- 

 rights bill, which is absolutely essential to enforce 

 the constitutional guarantee of equal rights for all 

 American citizens. 



7. It pledges to maintain the settlement of the 

 public debt as made last winter, and reject all claims 

 against which there is a suspicion. 



8. It holds that all franchises granted by the State 

 should be subservient to the public good, the charges 

 for travel and freight equitable and uniform, and 

 no unjust discriminations should be made between 

 through and local travel and freights. 



9. It advocate* uch modification of the preMBt 

 ytum of taxation aa will prove of the largest ad- 

 vantage to the agricultural interest*, and promise* 

 the most earnest endeavor* to the enactment of uch 

 laws, and to the encouragement of such mean* aa 

 will most speedily develop the resources, and build 

 up thu manufacturing and induHtriul prosperity of 

 South Carolina, and the co/jHtructioii 



railroads tut will give the largest and cheapest facil- 

 ities to all citizens. 



10. It pledges protection in the truest sense to the 

 property of the State, and to such wise, just, and hu- 



luws as will perfect the education aud eleva- 

 tion of the laboring-classes. 



11. That, with a full faith in the justice of these 

 principles, acknowledging the errors in the past, but 

 feeling confident of the ability and determination to 

 correct them, we appeal to all true Republicans to 

 unite in bearing our candidate to victory, aud we 

 pledge to carry out in a practical administration of 

 the government every principle inscribed upon the 

 standard, in the interest of tne whole people of the 

 State. 



Not many hours after the adjournment, a 

 large number of the delegates, being utterly 

 opposed to the nominees, met together and re- 

 solved to form themselves, with others of the 

 same sentiment, into a separate independent 

 Republican body, and appointed an Executive 

 Committee of six, who immediately commenced 

 work, and a few days after published an ad- 

 dress to the Republican voters of South Caro- 

 lina, in which, after stating the reasons of their 

 repudiating the action of the Columbia Con- 

 vention, they invite their fellow-Republicans 

 in the several counties of the State to elect 

 delegates to an Independent Republican Con- 

 vention to be held at Charleston, on Friday, 

 October 2d, at 12 M., to nominate. independent 

 Republican candidates for the offices of Gov- 

 ernor and Lieutenant-Governor. 



The new movement spread widely from the 

 beginning, and found great favor among the 

 Republicans throughout the State. 



During the session of the Republican Con- 

 vention at Columbia, the County Unions of 

 Tax-payers in South Carolina, pursuant to a 

 call previously published, met in that city on 

 September 10th, " for the purpose of organiz- 

 ing a State Union," which was soon done, and 

 the following resolution was adopted : 



Resolved, That the Executive Committee of the 

 State Tax Union be authorized and empowered, in 

 the exercise of their discretion, to recommend to the 

 citizens of the State in favor of honest and good 

 government, to send delegates to a convention to 

 assemble in Columbia, on such a day as shall be 

 fixed by the Executive Committee, to consider the 

 necessity of making nominations for the State offi- 

 cers to be elected at the approaching election. 



No nominations were made by the Tax-pay- 

 ers' organization. 



The Independent Republicans met in con- 

 vention at Charleston, on October 2d. The 

 proceedings of the convention were character- 

 ized by singular harmony in sentiment, deter- 

 mination of purpose, and enthusiasm. The 

 final result of its work was as follows : John 

 T. Green, of Sumter, was nominated for (io\- 

 ernor, and Martin R. Delany, of Charleston, 

 for Lieutenant-Governor. Mr. Delany. is a full- 



