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NAiPTON TilE CIVILIAN. ([Con tilnued frorw page 1.] his speakers. All was fair wea ther. The fateful 7th of November arrived and there was a fierce battle of ballots over the whole Union. TLe next day it was be lieved that the country had de clared for Tilden and South Caro lina for Hampton. The jubila tion that ensued may be imagined. Impromptu meetings and torch light processions were held everywhere. In Fairfield the Ridgeway club, mounted and each with a lightwood torch in his hand, paraded through the country for miles, casting a weird light upon the bordering pine forests. The Republicans, however, re fused to yield and immediately began to throw out Democratic votes in Louisiana, Florida and South Carolina. In South Caro lina Hampton had received a majority of 1,100 votes, and the Democrats had secured a quorum of the house of representatives, which was to count the guberna torial vote. The returning board endeavored to throw out the votes of Edgefield and Laurens and secure a majority for Cham berlain and Republican aseen dency in the House. It refused to obey a mandamus of the State Supreme Court, ordering it to give certificates to the members from these two counties, and when the day for the meeting of the assembly arrived these mem bers were not allowed by a guard of soldiers to enter the hall. While the Democratic members were parleying with the guard in the State hoise an immense crowd had assembled at the o - .e door and was el .moring for admission. The army officer asked Ge 1. Fampton ,o endeavor to get them to retire. Hampton stepped forvard and was greeted with vociferoas cheering. He waved his hand and stilled the multitude and then spoke as fol lows: "My fi'ends, I am truly doing wnat I have done earnestly dur i.g this whole excitiug contest pouring oil upon the troubled waters. It is of the greatest im portance to us all as citizens of or4' that peace shall be preserved. I appeall. to you a.ll, white and colored, to keep down all violence or disturbance. One act of violence may precipi tate bloodshed and desolation. I F implore you, therefore, to keep the peace. I beg all my friends to disperse, to leave the grounds of this capitol, and I advise all colored men to do the same. Keep perfectly quiet. Leave the streets: and do nothing to pro voke a riot. We trust to the law and the constitution and we hare a perfect faith in our canse." T1he effect of these words of peace, accompanied by a spirit of absolute confidence in the final result, was magical. Carl McKinley, in his report to The News and Courier, wrote: "The whites immediately dispersed, followed by a great many negroes, and in a few minutes the capitol grounds were deserted." Another grave crisis was aver ted a few days later, when it was reported that the Democratic House, which had entered the hall of representatives and taken joint possession with the Mackey house, was to be ejected by Chamberlain's constables and Federal troops. D,-mocrats, armed with Winchesters and pistols, hurried to Columbia by every train and by 10 o'clock on Monday morning there were about 5,000 excited men in tbe streets. The Wal.lace house, after consultation, inetired t* aver t any chance of bre..i, t b peaceful policy which u.> t.' t;i time had been so su:ee-ful But the peopil., fearing thi i al hope of a peaceful settlemen~ was ended, were ready to scal the walls of the Stide iouse throw the whole llepul'.i.-aI av semblage out of the wind!on, i even kill thmem an ! -. Federal garrison. It W a ,.no o those occasions on wlieb 1ei, hot blood commit an act th they will bitterly rue ever a:ter. The task of extermIinatio)n wol not have been diffieult. In that gathering were several thou.sands of the best soldiers the world has ever seen, trained on a bun dred battlefields to despise odds, and, possessing odds of ten to one, would consider the task easy. The book and ladder com pany could supply the fneans of scaling the walls and there were not only thousands of small arms, but field pieces could be secured. It was again Hampton 3 task to sway this mighty force to his will, and lie did it calm]y and -aIiel'red ar,)au i l .ia r.i calling for their leader he stepped forth a:l made a long speech. He as,uro-l thwemi thwtt, alt ough he could not tell them all he knew, he could assui'e them that tieir prospects were never brighter :ind nothing but a rash act could rob tlhem of victory. He b'de them follow his advice, as tl"ev had done during the whole campaign, to continue to forbear as ther had forborne and all would be well. Bradley John son then made an eloqoent speech an-d Judge Mackey, by timely witticisms nrl several new epigrams and jokes for which he had m-ide himself famous, succeeded in restoring the crowd to good humor. Next day Hampton again quieted an excited crowd and wound up with thi dec!aration: "I will be your governor or you will have a Military Governor." This met with ringing cheers. To prove his confidence in his cause Hampton shortly after, having been d -clared by the Wallace House governor, took the oath of office on the steps of Carolina Hall. This ended the dramatic portion of a campaign that had been conducted with singular ability and prudence for three months, despite the utmost eflorts of tlhe Republicans, aided by the whole machinery of the State government and the illegal interference of the Federal gov ernment. Hampton was generaily recognized. People voluntarily paid to his agents a contribution of 10 per ceut of their taxes, while Chamberlain's treasure s sat in empty offices. The ad mirabe conduct of Hamptoa and his ad#rents had attracted the sympathy of the people of the who:e Union aind propositions were freely made to him that if he would merely intimave his belief that Hayes had been elected South Carolina would be turned over to him. Eut he jbsolutely refused to comply. It has been charged that there was an agree ment that Hampton should be allowed to take his seat and that Hayes should be awarded the electoral vote. There was no such bargain. The simple truth is that the election was exceed ingly close. On the face of the returns Hampton had defeated Chamberlain by eleven hundred votes and Hayes had defeated Tilden by several hundred. This could easily be accounted for by the fact that in every county a few negroes voted for Hampton, Ibut adhered to the rest of the Republican ticket. Simpson, for lieutenant gove:nor, had dlefeated Gleaves by not more than 160 votes, while the contest for the other Sthite offices required an official count to determine the result. T1he electoral commission stood by the face of the returns 'and there was no need of a bar gain. President Hayes was a good man. He was tired of military interferenc' in the affaitis o~f States. Soon after his inaugura tion he invited Hampton and Chamberlain to visit him. T.he journey of the former t-> Wash ington and back was a continuous ovation. Hampton told Hayes that his only request was the re moval of the troops from the State house. He pledged him self to preserve order and the rights of every citizen, however humble. Hayes took him at his word. On the 10th of A piil the troops marched out of the State house, after a continuous occu pation since the 27th of Novemi be.r, and on the next day Cham b1.rlain in an address bitterly arraiigned the National Rlepul i e;:n party for having placed him in a position of diffieulty and diager ned then basely deserting :imu, rcliinquished all claim to be py,n: rae f Smith Carolina. The S!ote was now in posses ,i ,.f.Le Democratic party and ? i * ni~ 001n made all neces mi i. a n w a rked w'ith a 6'i r deit to his promises a:: (T g te eaulvass. H het a ei ',over1:zor of the wvhOle tolv d scoub ut ;ind iolitical ran. or.. The negroes were safer in his hands than they lad been since freedom. Thle whites were freed from appreheision and de spair. Crime bee:ume i>equent anid the courts for tv.a Jeai s h-id little to do save prosecute those v ho had used (laee to rob the State. The eh-etionI in 1878 was marked by quiet. Hampton was unanimously re-elected. But the State desnied his services in congress, for there the great battle of hiome rule was to be fought. Hamptou was sent to the United States seate and staid thcre utntil 1891. He be body, and while he made few set speeches his work on the floor and in the committee rooms car ried great influence. Placed Upon the military committee, h) made more than five hundred re ports, all of which were adopted. He was frequently in consulta tion with President Hayes. When a great deal of unrest was caused by the prosecution of a number of Democrats for alleged viola tion of the Federal election law Senator Hampton succeeded in securing from President Hayes an agreement for a general am inesty, both to Democrats aud Republicans, for all past acts. Since the close of this politic dl life Gen. Hampton has been liv ing in dignitied retirement, be loved by his frie'ids and honored by all. Temporary escrangements that had been caused between himself and some of his former associates owing to political is sues were healed and again he was the man above all men whom the State delighted to honor. In recent years he has been brought into special prominence because of his record in war, but this record, glorious as it was, must pale into significance beside the story of his service as peace maker. In every movement looking to the harmony of the State and in all great questions involving the honor of the United States he has been on the right side. His four-score years of life have been full of incident, full of prosperity and adversity, full of pleasuie and pain, full of time for work and full of leisure for sport. As his massive head and fine figure attested, he was a well-rounded man. There, is no line in which he undertook that he failed to excel. But if we seek for his monument we shall find it pre-eminently in a State restored to Statehood, in a dis tracted people united, in a land, once devasted, now smiling in all the apparel of intelligent labor. In him the whites have lost their foremost . representative, the negroes their best friend. it will be noticed with interest tLat he died on the 11th of Ap -il, the anniversary of his undisputed possession of the position ot governor of South Carolina. On the 11th of April, 1877, at mid day, the private secretary of Mt. Chamberlain officially turned over to Col. Wade Hampton Manning the executive office in -the State capitol. Twenty-five years later, as peacefully and as bravely, Hampton enters into an eternal abode of peace, where the soul, unfettered and undisturbed by the prison of a material body, no 'long.-r sees through a glass darkly, but face to face. R. Means Davis. Better Than Pills. 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