The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, April 23, 1902, Image 4
NAiPTON TilE CIVILIAN.
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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.
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