Clausen, Mr.
Stephen Brown, Mr. W. A. Courtenay.

Secretaries--Mr. J. A. Mushington, Mr. C. O. Trumbo, Capt. Alex
Williams.

Mr. Lesesne opened the meeting with a most appropriate address,
in which he stated ... meeting, at his leisure, who shall present
by letter or otherwise, the foregoing preamble and resolutions to
the Governor of the State, and require of him, as necessary for
the preservation of public peace, that he do remove the said
commissioners of election, or a majority of them, and appoint, in
their stead, commissioners of known integrity, intelligence and
impartiality, who will see that in every matter pertaining to the
election, equal and exact justice shall be done to all citizens,
irrespective of class, color or political party; and further,
that the said committee shall, in the event of the refusal of the
Executive to grant this request, call a mass meeting of the
people to take such action as will then be necessary.

Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the chairman
of this meeting, at his leisure, who shall immediately ascertain
what protection can be secured to the voters of Charleston County
under the United States laws relating to elections, which
committee shall immediately report the result of their
investigations, through the public prints, with such
recommendations for the guidance of the citizens as they may deem
advisable.

After the reading of the above preamble and resolutions, Mr.
Joseph W. Barnwell addressed the meeting, and was followed by the
Hon. G. A. Trenholm, who spoke with much eloquence and at
considerable length.

Mr. Trenholm, holding the Chronicle in his hand, read therefrom
the following extract from the third plank of the Republican
platform: "We shall hold all men as enemies to equality of rights
who interfere with the ballot or deny the free and lawful
exercise of its use to any citizen, whatever may be his party
creed."

He called attention to the fact that these sentiments were in the
Republican platform and were published in the Charleston
Chronicle, the only Republican paper in this city; but, strange
to say, this portion of his speech does not seem to have made a
great impression on either the News and Courier reporter or the
Sun man. For the News