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The Press and Banner. Wednesday, Oct. 11,187G. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. 2*or Prrsiucnt. SAMUKL ??. TILDKN, of New York. Po r 17/v. I 'rr.fi den f, TIIOS. A. HIsSl>liI('KS,of Indiana. j-'frf S'tnte Larqr. S.Ul'1, MC(iC)\VAN. of Abbeville. T. U. HAUKKIt, of Chailvstou. For f-'frrfrtr frorr. Third District, \YM. WALLACE, of liiclihiiiil, Fcr Governor, WAftft ftAMlTOX, of Richland. For Lieutenant Governor. W. T>. SIMPSOX, of L:uihoijs. For * I tlnrrey-Gen ral. JAMES COXXElt, of Charleston. J-)ir I'ntr&i roller- Gent rat. JOHNSON H A GOOD, of Uurnwell. tor Stoic Treasurer. S. L. LEAPHART, of Kit hltirul. For Seer'fan/ (\f State, ]{. M. SIMS, of York, For Inxperio)'' General. E. W. MOr.SE, of sum tor, /or Superintendent of J^duratifni, II. S. THOMl'SOX, of Hichhuiri. For Conr/rea*. Third District. 1>. \Y. AIKEN, of Abbeville. For Solicitor, Eighth Circuit. J. S. COTHUAX, of Abbeville. For the Senate, J. C, MAXWELL. For Jlottur of ffaprcxrntatices. U. R, HEMRH1LL. W. K. BRADLEY. J. A. CONNER. WILLIAM HOOD. T. L. -MOORE. For Sheriff. J, Y. JONES. For School Commissioner. J. A. WTEU. Fur L'Icr/: of fhr Court. M. O. ZKIOLElt. For Prohatr Judr/r. J. FULLER LYOX. for County Commissioners, JiOJ}ERT JONES. U. M. MADISON. It. A. McCASLAX. For (oronr'r. ? \v cnrHltAX. L ? ' . J'w-.J ? .1 A* Joint Discussion, KU IT COL. HASKELL SAU> TO COM". CIIAMIIKRLAIN, This letter was delivered to Governor O&iumberlain on L'Uth September, and lie luts tailed to give a reply, although the publication has been delayed to give Jbiirii lull time: Rooms State Ex. Committee. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 28. ISTti. To hi* Excellency Daniel II. Chamberlain, Columbia, S. C. " Sir.?I beg leave to render to you, in liehalf of Gen. Wade Hampton and the! ether nominees upon the State Demooratic ticket, and iu pursuance of the spirit manifested in tbe card i sued on August by the State i democratic Ivxecutive Committee, an invitation to attend the Democratic mass meetings which are being held iu succession iu ; each county in the State. The order iu ! .which thev follow, together with tlu j dates, appears in nearly a!l of the papers- i tin the State. You are invited to bepres -eut and to join in the discussion. You! :fire<iware that the canvass is a warm one, j .?nd that your party and your of-j .firial course are charged with having in-: rflicted great wrongs upon the people] whose interests it was your duty to pro- j mote. That is the nature of political I discussion under such circumstances; hut you are at the same time well aware, that the people you are invited to ad- j ?lre*s are, by nature end by habit, qnut and law-abiding, and that so far lrom rudeness or violence, you will personally I receive nothing but courteous treatment,j however bitterly your political and of J .Jicinl course may he as&iled. You will call to mind that on 18th instant I gave this iuvitation to you | verbally, and your reply was that you j appreciated the attention, but your jHjiicy ti?r the campaign had not been lixed ; that jjersonal matters required you to go to the North ; that your absence would be tor probably eight days, and: you could not give y>>ur positive answer, until after yo ir retur.i. I learned ves; lerday that you had returned, and I beg I Jeave, as I said, to formally extend to you j this invitation, assuring you that if you accept it your appearance before the Democracy throughout this State will beto yourself as Governor a'most pleasing refuation of the slanderous charges which constantly are published against our party in some newspapers which claim to be your political organs, aud also in the Northern papers, backed by the name of Senator Patterson or some other person, who claims to be your political friend and exponent. "We deem ?r. Him to vou and ourselves that these! charges be either contradicted by your j denial of them or looked into by your going in person to ascertain the truth. You do not hold the position of* candidate only ; you are also Governor of this State ; and while as a mere candidate you may not be bound to correct charges which your followers make against your oppouents, though you know them to be false, you are as Governor and candidate bound by your gubernatorial pledge and honor to prevent your followers using the sanction of your official silence to sustain these charges against your oppo- j nents, when the charges allege the over i throw of the peace and dignity of the; State, which you are sworn to defend i As instances of the class of slander-? to | which I refer, I beg leave to cite the fol-1 lowing: Washington, September 0. j It is reported here, upon what is deemed good authority, that parties in j New York have agreed to ship Chamberlain 20,000 staud of arms to arm the; blaeks in South Carolina. This is one! /^Urtrv>koi?ltui.*o 4nnl?o r\ mi wmit i'mmH I vi vuniiiuciiiviu o u Itrvo iv vumj iavci j with the blacks and be renominated. J The arms will be landed iu Charleston on the 11th instant, the day before the meeting of the Republican State Convention. While here, Chemberlain was ve ry bitter in his denunciation of the Sooth Caroiina, whites, calling them Ku Klu.v scoundrels. etc.?Neiv York Sun. Wakhixotox, September f>. Governor Chamberlain, oi'South Carolina, has just returned from another visit to this city to confer with the authorities upon sending troops to that State. The Governor was noisy iu his denunciations of such men as Haskell, Haoipton, Gary, ex-Governor Perry and others., whom he charges are on the eve of precipitating auothet rebellion. lie make* the idle boast that he has proof that liutler and Hampton were at the head of the Hamburg riot, and lie ex-1 peete in less than two months to have them tried. The Governor declared to a prominent South Carolina politician ; last o-ight that he was done with reform talk,and hereafter the Legislature would ! find no barrier in him. The Governor! hae fliade arrangements to have 20,000 < gtand of arms seat down to arm i ho j blacks. The arote will be landed in, Otarleston .on the 11th instant, the day i previous to the meeting of the Radical iCinvention.?jYrw York World, I ------- . Yv asiiington*, September 20. Senator Patterson arrived here tin? morning from South Carolina to appl) tor more help to protect the voters and prevent the terrorism which extends over the whole State. Governor Chamberlain 'and I niied States Marshal Wallace and others will arrive to-morrow moru ng.^ Au old resident of Columbia told thei Senator last week that he could not speak to him on the street if he met him. Tbej excitement and feeling is far worse than it was in 1-SGO uud the days of secession, and it is dangerous to even speak to a Radical. Judge Cooke, who has acted for some years with the Republicans, ; made a speeeh not long since advocating; . the election of \\ ade Hampton and: Governor Tilden, and excused himself r 1 .1.. .... .... i I by saying tliat lie was loiccu uu su lu save his property ati?l perhaps his life. The whole white male Democratic pop- j : ulation is said to be completely armed, j jand large consignments of rilles, re-1 1 vol vers and knives are received constant- j ly. Yet no dealer will sell a Republican even a kuif'e. The very boys are armed,! and the boys of the military school at) Columbia openly wear their revolvers; belted around them. The Senator says that full 20,000 men, armed and! | mounted, are thoroughly patroling the' ' whole State under the direction and com-1 , maud of Butler, of Hamburg fame, and ! i these forces are not only armed, but! 'completely orgauized and drilled. 1 The people are reported as expressing j ! themselves openly in favor of a fight, I 1 and as saying that they don't care a ; ' for the United States, the troops, or the; ; North, but that they arc ready and aux- j i ions to clear out all the troops thatGeu-j ; eral Grant can send. They say that if j I they do have any trouble Governor Til- j | den will carry Indiana and Ohio :n j ; October, and New York in November, I ! which ensures his election; the}' are! i hound to elect Hampton or destroy thej j State. Senator Patterson says that unless; [they have immediate help no colored) j man will dare to move or talk, much less I i to vote, and if Indiana goes Democratic , that South Carolina, North Carolina and ! Florida will follow, and there will be an I outbreak which will almost be one of | extermination of Republicans. Murders ! are done every day of which not a whisj per reaches the North.?Xcw York Tri-! brine. j It is not my meaning that we should! ! take the paius to deny every error that! ! may appear in campaign speeches or ' , U..4. T mrtnn tknf tl'lion Cfoto. UUU X UU 1X1 CUll luuu n uvu stuw . meats appear as coming from yourself, or from others who are robed with the j dignity of office, which ought to attach (importance and a credibility to what! I they say, and when these utterances, as! i in tlie instances above cited, are totally! J false and atiect the character of the State,; it is the duty, I respectfully submit, oft ; the Governor to deny theru. And if he1 I (the Governor) believe them to be true, | i it is his duty to restore peace and order ;i | aud to do so it is his sworn duty to call | j upon the citizens to sustaiu him and en- j j force the law. All these assaults arej i made against the Democratic party.; I Whatever may be our political error, in j Iyour estimation, in belonging to that) J party, we are none the less citizens oft ! ibis State, aud as such we have the right to ask of you the protection which ini your official position you alone can give.; If there be terrorism and violence in; the State, call upou us to suppress it, I aud do not let the name of the State be! * i* 1 i ? i 1 1 perverted 10 uisnouonioie pomn-ui i'u'-i p?-:f- j \ ou, ami uo one better, know tnat the! white people of South Carolina arei struggling as few people ever have done to cast oil'a burthen of corruption and | wrong such as yet fewer people have: ever borne so long, In your own words, j speaking of your own party: "Keloim, if It was not of itself right,; has become absolutely necessary, or the| State will sink." "The party has ever been going into campaigns promising retrenchment audi reform and never performing it." "Matters cannot run for six years to come as they have the past six years." i "These figures" (speaking of legisla-j tive expenses) "I may say are unparalleled in the history of American legis-j lation. It is'stcaliug pure and simple." And, referring to the election of two | Judges?elected, I may say, by the lead-1 iog ii.an now ou the ticket with you:) "Their electiou has sent a thrill of horror j throughout the State. * * * I look toi their election as a horrible disaster."! 'Tne civilization of the Puritan and the! Cavalier, of the Roundhead and the! Huguenot., is iu peril. Courage, deter-: miuatiou, union, victory,, must be uuri watchwords." | "No party can rule (his State that j suppor.s Whipper and Moses. * * * *' There is but oue way to .save the Rcpub- j lican party in South Carolina, and that! way is to unload Whipper and Moses and all who go with them. * * * *! Neither the administration at Washing-1 ton, with all its appliances?civil and; military?nor all the denunciations of. (he world heaped upon me, can save the! Republican party here from overwhelm-; ing defeat during this year, unless we; can persuade the people of this State1 that such things as these judicial elec- { tious will be uudoue and never by passi-; bilitv repeated." You know that the men who were the! leaders, who conducted that election,] and who perpetrated the wrongs of which it was^a feeble expression, are| the same men who control the ticket! upon which your name stands, who de-j vised your party platform, and are today your political exponents. You know j that it is against all tbis that ourunfor-j tnnniP nwmlp am fctrnm'liiH': and vet ~ 1 I r?o c * # ? J's you know full well that their elfort.s, < although iu the warmth of canvass, nre! orderly and within the law. Your manhood compels you to approve our course, but we do not call upon you for that. As a candidate you are entitled to allj benefits which can accrue from the meas ! ures which your followers (or, if you j would permit me, I would sny your party | leader.*, for your independent course wasi very different,,) have adopt d. But asi the Governor of the Stale you are called : I upon to either contradict the assertion; | that the law is overthrown and that tcr-1 jrorism prevails, or to suppress this law-] ilessness; and it is our right that you | call upon us before you appeal to the | government of the United States. Our (services are at your command, and J whatever is our duty we are ready to I do. j To refcur. I beg ltave again to ex) tend to you the invitation, and ask you to communicate it to the candidates upon! 'your ticket, as it is meant for them asj j well as for yourself. It is the wish ofj I the Democratic party that you accept; i it, for we are earnestly di sirous to remove' : the bitterness of race feeling, which wei | attribute to the prejudice- and erroneous! views which have been instilled into the I colon d race. And we honestly desire j "peaceful and untrammelled discussion, that the people may become eulightened ' on the issues of the day." Your early rc^ly will be deemed a; favor, and it such be your wish, preparations will be made to receive you at the first meeting that it shall be your pleasure to indicate. 1 have the honor to be, very respectiully, your obedient servant, A.C. Haskeix, Chairmrn Sfate Democratic Executive Committee, te # - r i GOV. fllA.IIiJF.ULAI.VS ANSWER! TO vol.. II ASK KM.. Col.I'Mnia, S. October 4, 1^7'i j ; A. C. Haskell, Ksi]., Chairman l)cm-j I oeratie State Kxeeutivc Committee, j C'olumb'a, S. C. I Sit:: ? I have received your com mil- | ! uieation (if the -Sth ultimo, covering several matters connected with the political canvass now in progress in this State and the general condition of our; public sid'airs. Von lirst invite me and the nominees ort the republican) *t:ite ticket "to attend the democratic! nia-s meetings which are being held in succession iu each county in the; state." This part of your comnittni-i cation would have hcen addressed more naturally?and I trust you will; permit me to add, more properly?lot the cliniriiKin of the republican state committee, whose function it is,as the organ of that committee, to consider and determine the methods and order, of the canvass on the part of the republican party. In answer, therefore,) to your invitation, I am unable to say : more than that I have informed the; chairman of ttie republican state com- ' mittcethnt as soon as the duties of my I office, which now imperatively require j my presence at the capital, snim per-1 tilit it, I shall be ready to meet (ieneral Hampton at any suitable points in state, not in "democratic mass meet- i imjs," but in mass meetings to be call-! ed by both parties for the purpose of! joint discussions, upon terms of per-! foot equality in all respects of the political issues now before our people.! Von will doubtless receivc at an early day a proposition of such a nature from the republican state committee, with such suggestions regarding details as will commend themselves to your sense of fairness and secure the objects which you profess to seek i:i your invitation?the removal of "the bitterness of race feeling, which we (you) j attribute to the predudicesawl erroneous views which Jiave been instilled into the colored race," and a "peaceful and untrammeled discussion, that the people may become enlightened on the issues of the day." In saying this, II am confident I faithfully represent also the wishes and purposes of all my associates on the republican state tick-1 et. The remainder of your connminica-1 tion is occupied with statements ofj what you claim to be the spirit and ; nf t li f> (IplllOCrftt- I UIHJU 111/1/ itlJlt |SMi v.. ~ i ic party in the state, with a special cali upon iiie "as governor and candidate," to contradict certain alleged statements respecting the present coudition of the state and the action of men who belong to the democratic party, which you call "slanderous charges," or to "look into them by going in person to ascertain the truth." You say that "my appearance before the democracy throughout the state will be to me as governor a most pleasing refutation of the slanderous charges which constant- j ly are published against your party in some newspapers which claim to be my political organs, and also in the northern papers, backed by the name of Senator Patterson or some other person who claims to be my political friend and exponent." You say that I am "as governor and candidate, j bound by my gubernatorial pledge and ! honor, to prevent my followers using j II.AominHnn nf m\r nffieml to sustain these charges against my oppo-j nents, when these charges allege the j overthrow of the peace ami dignity of! thestate which I am sworn to defend." You present three examples of the charges to which you refer, are taken from the Washington correspondence, respectively, of the New York Sun, New York World and New York Tribune. You say that "these utterances, in the instances above cited, are totally false, ami aflcct the character of the slate,*'and that if 1 "believe them to be true it is my duty to restore peace! and order, and to do so it is my sworn duty to call upon the citizens to sustain me and enforce the law," You proceed further to say that "1, and no one better, know that the white people of South Carolina are struggling! as few people ever have done to cast off a burthen of corruption and wrong, such as yet fewer people have ever borne so long," and you proceed to j make extended quotations from for- j mer remarks of mine respecting ourj public affairs, and to say that the men . who com milted the wrongs which Ij denounced "are the same men who; control the ticket upon which my name stands, who devised my party platform and are to-day my political i exponents." You say that I "know I that it is against all this that our un-l fortunate people are struggling, ami J I 1.- n/iif full \i-nll rluif, JluMl'l ellbrts, although in the warmth of! canvass, are orderly and within the j law." You say that my "manhood j compels me to approve your cour.se,"! and filially you declare that "as gov-j ernor of the state I am called upon to either contradict the assertion that the; law* is overthrown, and that terroism { prevails, or to suppress this lawless- j ness," and that "it is your right that I { call upon you before I appeal to the government of the United Staffs." j I am pleased to observe and ae-; knowledge the respectful terms iui which your.statements and charges are j framed, so far as they affect me. ; riie.se statements and charges covcr in j subs tit nee the whole field of our pros-1 ent political - controversy, together! with the matters growing out of thai controversy, and efiecting the pub-1 lie peace and the common civil rights j of our citizens. In addition to your direct call upon me, in your character j as the official representative of the ; democratic party, to express my views ' upon the matters presented by you, j thenatureof your communication and i the statements and charges which you j make seem to compel me to speak. 1 ' do this with profound reluctauce.! Not only will the expression of my i views disclose how widely you and Ij stand apart upon all the questions involved, but it will, in my sober judgment, disclose to the world a condition of things inexpressibly disgraceful to j the good name of our state. inougn. General iiauipton is reported to liavei said substantially, in recent public j speeches, that I could not, by reason j of my nativity, feel such an interest and pride in the fame of South C.'aro- J Una as becomes her governor, and,: .though you may share in this opinion, j I still venture to say to you that 1 \ have regretted deeply the receipt of; your communication, because it. forces me, while I hold my present high of-1 lice, to present views and convictions I which, if correct, reflect infinite dis-1 credit upon a large portion of the | people of this state. It is, however, as your communication show, no new j experience to me to find myself com-: polled by a sense of duty to pursue a course which has subjected me, not! only as in the present instance, to the} increased hostility of political oppo-j nents, but to the suspicion and denun- j elation of political friends. Jiut I j profess to put my duty to the state] above all other present considerations, j and that duty, as I understand it, requires me to reply to your communication fully, plainly and fearlessly. | SLANDKHOL'S Ctl AK(J KS. With respect to the specific install-j ces of "slanderous charges," which j you cite from the New York papers, let me first say that-the statements respecting me made in the jS'toiand the' World are wholly untrue and un-j founded. Nothing remotely resem-; bling what is there stated was everj said or done by me. The extract from i the Tribune, professes to give the views! and statements of Senator Patterson, j for which I am not responsible. How far my views coincide with or differ from those attributed to Senator' Patterson will best appear in what i! shall hereafter stale. I shall now proceed to present my I views upon the several mutters rela-: tine: to<mr present political condition! which are covered by your communi-' cation. Tin: ISSUE STATKI). Your claim in substance is that I" am the head of a party and ticket which : represents and is responsible for a bur-! den of corruption and wrongs* grievously oppressive to the state; that! my position upon that ticket is incon-j sistent with my public record; that the democracy, on the other hand, are engaged i^ a political struggle with the s-ole aim of freeing the state] from this burden of corruption and, wrongs, and that all your methods and actions are peaceful and within I the law. In support of your view of riiy present position, you refer to myj public denunciations of past acts of tlie Republican party or its members. i< Vou thus challenge not only my polit-j ical integrity ami honor, but my per-j soual consistancy as a public man.! In order properly to meet your dial- 1 lenge, especially as to my personal consistency. 1 must refer to the course of events 111 this stale during the last two years. lilSVlKW or LAST TWO YKAIIS. I was nominated and elected in 1R74| as the candidate of tlx; republican party, under pledges, both personal and party, to reform the abuses which then existed. Jn my inaugural address I developed in detail my plans of reform?plans which met the earnest approval of thegeneral public of the state without regard to party. That I pursued the course" there marked outearnesily and faith-1 fully as a claim which cannot be successfully or even plausibly disputed. [ found a considerable part of my| own party opposed to my course, and j thus my fidelity to my pledges and to j * I . .. rt.t ..<> WAl/tlMlA IIU I Itllllal'cf/wul if" I UIU Ciunc Ui n.lwnu,a.T 4 uimviciwwM it.f< wus put to severe nn<l unexpected j tests. Jt is not egotism but truth whicli: leads me t<> affirm that I bore those tests in a manner which' commanded the praise of the friends of reform throughout the state. The press of this stu'e, the public utterances of its leading citizens, every organ of public opinion, will furnish the proof of j this assertion. j\Iy record as governor was elaborately reviewed in July last) by the C/uirlcsion Ncich Courier?be-j yond comparison the ablest, and, in aj normal condition of affairs, the most! liberal, democratic newspaper in this] state or in the south?in a series of ed-: itoriai articles founded on official and | indisputable records. AH u.urjii.irji. Two results accomplished l>y the republican convention have now been presented. First, my renoinination by more than a two-thirds vote upon the sole and distinct issue of my reform record ; second, the adoption by the convention of a platform which binds the republican party to reform in general, and to reform in detail?a plaiform which must meet the approval of eveiy man who is familiar with the present practical wants of the state. J now present these two results as a complete refutation of your charge of personal inconsistency on my part in accepting my present position 011 the republican ticket, as well as a vindication and proof of the determination of the republican party to carry forward and complete the work of reform, fcio far as these'two results are concecncd, I do not know how my policy and record as governor?which disis commanded, as 1 have shown, in its relations to reform, the cordial praise ami appoval of almost every man in your party?could have received a more signal or satisfactory endorsement by my own party. Looking to these results 1113' position is one of complete, fairly-earned, honorable triumph. Jl is far belter than that?it is an ample and remarkable triumph of the great cause of governmental reform in this state. NOMINATION OK MR. ELLIOTT. But there arc expressions in your communication which indicate that in your view the alleged inconsislancy and dishonor of my present position lip in my association upon the republican ticket with certain other nofninees, and especially with Mr. Elliott, the nominee for attorney -general. Of inv associates up- j ilm ci.itu ni lw>r Hum ! Mr. Elliott, I know of no alleged! public cause of complaint or tliM^alia- J faction, except, that t\vo/>f them have disapproved of my course as governor' on certain party grounds, while IJ ought not to omit to add that lu tlie renomina lion of Mr. Cardozo as treasurer, a gentleman who hafe'been my conspicuous anil devoted friend and supporter in every feature of my administration, the cause of reform has achieved another most notable triumph. With reference to (he nomination of Mr. Elliott, I am charged with indi-i vidua! inconsistency and want of li- > delity to reform because Mr. Elliott J has opposed my course as gorernor iu some important features and was strenuously opposed to my rcuomination. Itistrue that Mr. Elliott has differed from me widely in some instances, and i particularly in respect to the election of Whipper as circuit judge and my refusal to sign his commission. If it be inconsistent and dishonorable for me to remain upon the ticket for this cause I think I can point you to simiUi Imif'infiiK nf ili<l)<>iinr iiinmiL' those who still command your support. DEMOCRATIC "DISIIOXOK." Governor Tilden was nominated by j the democratic party as a professed > hard money candidate on a professed hard money platform. He is associated on the same ticket with Governor Hendricks, his most prominent opponent for the nomination of president, and the leading champion of soft money and inllation. >io more pronounced antagonism of views upon the leading political issue, prior to their nominations, could have existed ; yet J we now sec Governor Tilden ami Governor Hendricksadjusting themselves, with a skill and success greatly satis-' factory to your party at least, upon the j same ticket and the same platform,; and 1 hear no charge of inconsistency! or dishonor against Governor Tilden; from the democratic party. j< Uut I do not choose to answer your! charge with this retort alone. Whileh it is true?and I think it due to my1-! self to state the fact?that I did notapprove of or aid in or consent to the nomination of Mr. Elliott, it is also true that Mr. Elliott, at the time of his nomination and since, lias declared his nil I mikI fordinl acceptance of the work I of the convention in renominating me < and in adopting the platform which pledges the parly and its nominees to thorough and specific reforms. The causes of his nomination were not his i opposition lo me or to reform, but his : admitted ability for the position, his long record of political service to his party and a desire, as in the case ol , Governor Hendricks, to conciliate an J clement of the party which hud been , defeated in my lenomination. J am therefore, in no sense compromised or dishonored in my character as a re for- , mcr by my association upon the same ticket with Mr. Elliott. On the contrary, I am entitled to all the conti- ( deuce ever bestowed upon nie in that . respect, so far as my individual or personal position is concerned, and I am r entitled to all the increase of confidence which conies from my Hiiccess] in bringing my own party to endorse me ami the entire policy of reform which I have inaugurated and carried 1 on, and the consequent increase of my ! ability to serve that cause. Whenever you or others present the record of my denunciations of past J wrongs done by the republican party : in this state, you present that portion ; of mv record of which 1 am most J proud; for, while it is very easy to float with the tide of party sentiment , ami action, it is some test of one's fidelity to duty tOdenouncc the actions J of one's party associates and defy their opposition and hatred. I stand by every word and syllabieof that record. I wish the record were longer and! louder, though, as it statins, i cnaiienge; its comparison with that of any man J in this state who now opposes me. WIIIPPElt ANI) SIOSKS. Your communication Jays special emphasis, as supporting your position. ( upon the election of Whipper and , Moses, and you quote conspicuously , my denunciations of those elections. J I reartirni every word you quote, and I . further declare that what I then asserted to be the only path of duty or safety for the republican party has been done. Whipper and Moses and all i who go with them liava been repudia- i ted and "unloaded." Their elections 1 have been defeated ami their threat- < cued elevation to the bench of South . Carolina lias been prevented. Moses . has resigned, and Whipper has been it compelled to seek the courts, wherein j ninety-nine out of every, hundred of | J the lawyers of this state regard hisj< claim as destined to sure defeat. And (i . i. t.. i ! i: K.. ! i Illi* Illl!S UVUII m'UMHUiiniini uy uic iv- i publican party ; Tor whatever I have | done is chargeable to the credit of the i republican party, which has now en- | dorsed and renominated me. "('our- i ago, determination, union, victory,":! have been "our watchwords," and in I that sign we have conquered. t Such, sir, is my answer to your 11 charge of personal inconsistency and if dishonor in ncceptingmy presentposi- f tion on the republican state ticket, and to your further charge that thcsuccees j r>f that ticket would bo disastrous to tlio interests of our people, I occupy individually to-day u greatly advanced position on the line 01 the great baltle Hi' return), and I have behind me, t? > I lowing my lead, the united republican parly of this state. DEMOCRATIC CLAIMS. I must no\V examine your claim that; the democratic party is engaged in thei present canvass in asiiuplestruggle to, throw oil' the burden of misgovern-j nieut, and that nil your methods and agencies are legitimate and peaceful. I THK "COXSKItVATIVJi" POLICY. You are aware that the present poli-j cy of the democratic party in this state | was earnestly opposed and its adoption : deeply deplored by a portion of that I party amounting to nearly a majority,! and I am aware that that policy is still1 deebly deplored by many of the mem-; bers of that party. The opponents of j that policy embraced the leading and only widely-circulated newspaper iui the state, the Charleston A'twaand Cvu- j ricr, as well as a great number of our j most honored and experienced citi-! /.ens, in all ranks and occupations of oursocietv. If I were to call the roll | of those names I think it would be i in I In iiiniihi(>B nnil rpnn'ju>nt u vnst! preponderance of tlitj talent, property, political experience and breadth of sentiment and view in our state. The grounds of their opposition to the policy, popularly called "the "straight-out" policy, were dearly defined, and had exclusive reference to the advancement of the cause of practical reform in the state. They knew arid recognized the fact that the republican party embraced a majority of at least twenty-live thousand of the voters of the stme. They knew and recognized the fact that the colored race, who constitute the larger part of the republican voters, were attached to that party by ties the strongest wnicn ever govern men's political actions?the profound conviction, whether mistaken or not, that the great boons so recently conferred on them?freedom and suffrage?were safe only, in their full! breadth and beneficence, under the I protection of the party which had j conferred them. They believed upon | evidences too clear to leave room fori doubt that for this cause no number of these voters, sullicient to change the relations of our parties, could be de-j Inched from the republican party by argument or legitimate persuasion or otiier lawful methods of influencing their political actiou. They recognized in me one whose republicanism was original and radical, but whose course in the practical conductof public a flairs gave assurance that I had the true interests of all the people of; the state as my guiding principle in public life. Upon these grounds the j men to whom [ refer counselled a policy which subordinated the interests of party to the good of the state. Their policy contemplated, first, the acquiescence of the democratic party! in my nomination by the republican! party, if that should taUo place, audi such oilier of the nominees upon the AtMil.li/Min cfofa J itu lit?: unexceptionable; and, second, an effort by all conciliatory and legitimate means to secure a large minority of representation for the democratic party in both houses of the legislature, and in all local or county officers. In the May convention of the democratic party this policy apparenly received the support of a majority of the convention. That it ottered the only I prospect of the removal of the present J race ami parly lines, ami the establish-; mentof relations of confidence audi co-operation in public affairs between j the two races, was clear then and is j clearer now. T1IK "STK Hi I IT-OUT" POLICY. | Opposed to this policy was the; ' straight-out" policy?the nomina-j tion of entire democratic state and; county tickets and the inauguration of a purely ]>arty struggle. This policy] was advocated by a class of men, the; moat conspicuous of whom are well; known as men of extreme views, with strong proclivities toward violent1 methods and measures. It was openly advocated as the "Mississippi plan," and at the convention which; adopted it General Furguaon, of Mississippi, appeared sw} an honored guest and filled the office of drill master in the Mississippi tactics. This policy is properly termed in this state the "ViliruHelfl11 nnltm; mid whs also call r ~? / ? - - < eel by the editor of the Charfcs/onl lVrwH and Courier the "aliot gun" policy. Of the pmctfel details of this policy I shall spiak 'i|tfreafU:r. The policy was adored In the dem-: ocratic state convention ia. August,! and whs followed l*y ttye aoyuiooiiop of] a full democratic state apdoted under influences and $uspi-t ces, it was advocated by arguments?, It f has been curried out by methods audi measures so exclusively and entirely; partisan as to deprive the present dem-j occulta canvass of all just ctaims to he| what you claim for it?"the struggle of the while people of South Carolina to cast oil' a burthen of corruption and j wrong;" and to warrant me in declar-j ing it to be a struggle by the democrat- j in party of .South Carolina to >rain po- j litical control of the stale for the nuke; r?f partisan power and advantage.' The men who looked exclusively to! reform, the argument which promised the attainment of practical reform, J the methods which arc warranted by a: desire for the public good, all were op-' posed to this policy. In saying this It tun regarding the facts of the case1 without any reference to myself. Tliei the democratic party of South Caroli-j na were under no political obligation i to me, but if the wish to have their, present claim respected?that they are moved by non-partisan motives inj [.heir present course?they were under) obligation to adopt a policy which did j not, as does their present policy, array \ race against race and party against party in a fierce struggle for political j mastery. DKMOCIt.VTIC "PEACEFUL." AGENCIES. ! I I come now to your claim that inj [lie present canvass all the methods iiml agencies employed by the demo-! eratic party are peaceful, orderly and! rtithiu the law. Jn your communi-j nation you especially assure me that if j r accept your invitation "my appear-j nice before the democracy throughout! the state will be to me as governor a! most pleasing refutation of the slanJerouscharges which are constantly published against your party." My knowledge of the serious cast of your j character forbids me to think tlmt you j lire indulging in conscious satire or! badinage in giving nie this assurance.; Without expressing any doubt of thej L;ood faitii of your present assurance, J! I'ear that yourexpcrience in attending! repuhiieau meetings has been wi'dely I ilineient from mine in republican' meetings where your parly have at-! tended and.dcmamlcd an equal hear-! ing. I shall. therefore, first call youn attention to my personal experience in ; this respect. As I have already stated, during the! months of July and August I made aj canvass of a number of the counties ofi the state. The object of this canvass, j which was conducted almost wholly j under my own auspices, was, first I lie t advocacy of the election of llnyes and Wheeler, and, scc:>nd, and more t spe-; L'ially, a defense of my own course ?governor and an appeal lo the republi :*an party to stand by the cause of reform in the coming state convention. It was not a general party canvass under party auspices. The meetings ivere called at my request or suggestion ind for the purpose of hearing ine up>n the question chiefly of a-fomi in the state. ' MEETING AT AIMJKVI M.E. At thedate of the Newberry meeting 1 was undcrengafiemcnt to address i similar republican nteeiiiijur at Abbe-i v.*i11 e court house on the?2dof August.' Dn tlie return of Judge lloge and M r. lillson frotu Newberry on the 1Mb of August, they .strongly advised Ihe ibaudonnient of the meeting; at Abbeville in view of their experience at Newberry, and especially on account >f a violent and threatening harangue, nade at the depot at Newberry on t In? innitninir nl' tlwi (n 11 Imilll <?f his ' miliums, by Colonel J). \Vyatt Aiken. j, L replied that I .should keep my en-; jagement at Abbeville from a sense ofi| niperative duty to my republican ;i 'riendH there. Unwilling to allow mej ogoalone, these gentlemen gallantly; onsented to accompany me on the 21st J1 o Abbeville court house. "Onarriving jj it Abbeville, I found our republican i "riends, as at Newberry, firmly eon- j zinced that if we held our meeting, , irudence would compel us to allow i the democrats to occupy half the time, mid even tlieu they were greatly apprehensive of trouble. An arrangement was accordingly entered into Ly which three speaker* from each party were to take part in the meeting, Ai the hour appointed we proceeded to the phice of meeting where we found the republicans assembled, after the manner of ordinary political meetings. As soon, however, as the republicans; were assembled, companies of moun-j ted white men, marching in martial! order, and under the command of officers or persons who gave orders which were obeyed, began to pour over 41... l.tll i,f 11, > ofoml nrnl fnl IJIl.' lllll 111 UIMIK WA UiC ^k(VUl? MUM ww, take their places* at the meeting. At I this* time L s#at beside (Joneral MoGow-j an, and we agreed in onrestimate that! there were from eight hundred to onCj tiionsand mounted white men present, i They came, as 1 know, from Edgefield county, and as I was informed, from; Newberry, Anderson and Laurens*! counties, as well jus from Abbeville | county. When fully assembled they covered more than one-half the space} around the stand, besides entirely eu-| circling the whole meeting with J mouuteh men. I spoke first. In the) course of my speech, 1W response toi loud and repented cries from the white} men, "how about Hamburg"? "Tell us about Hamburg," I replied, "yea, T, will teii you about Hamburg," where-j upon 1 saw a sudden crowding to-, wards tbestaud by the mounted white' men on my right, and heard distinct-j ly the click of a considerable number' --' i,. 1 fvilnnoli Ill A n?o iwiumicu ujr v/utwuvi D. Vyatt Aiken in a speech filled to j overflowing with the spirit of intoler-j anee and violence. With his tbou-j .sand mounted and armed partisans cheering him on, he shouted to the five i or six hundred colored republicans "if you want war you can have it?yes, war to llie knife, ami the knife to 'the hilt." With a thousand armed white men drinking in his words, lie singled out one colored man in the crowd for special personal denunciation. Turning to me he charged me personally! with complicity in sending arms clandestinely to' Newberry to arm the blacks against the whites, with abso-! lute falsehoods in relation to the Ham-: bury massacre and the calling for, United Htates troops, and declared over and over that the white leaders, must be held personally responsible for all future misgovernnient by the I republican party. Later in the day' Mr. Jillson while speaking was so! greatly interrupted by the white men! that he was unable to make a connec-i ted speech or to pursue his intended; line of argument. After the meeting' was closed, and while the colored re-1 publicans were carrying a United1 .Slates llag past the public square in the village, an ellbrt was made by a parly j of mounted white men to snatch it from them, fifteen or twenty pistols were discharged in the air, and a gen-, era! riot was thereby made imminent., IIKMOCKATII' . ISIKMi C'M*Its. I next call your attention to another statej of lads licsiriiif,' upon your claim Hint the nrescnt democratic canvass is condnclcil liy agencies which are peaceful ami within tlie In w. I refer now to the armed or^on Iza- i tions which no under Hie mimes of "ririe clubs," "satire clubs" and "artillery clubs."1 of the exact extent of those organ izatious, your information is doubtless much more1 iingile than mine; hut 1 think I am warranti-il in sayins that such organizations exist in every county ill the stale, ami I hat in many, if uol moM.nt the counties they embrace a lame majority of the white men between the ordinary limits of nan for military duty, as ; well as a large numtier hotli below and above such limits. That these organizations are' armed, oflicered, drilled to 11 considerable ex- i lent al least iu the manual and military! movements appropriate to the clmracier of! liieirarms and organizations, and obey the! orders of their olHcers, is clear In many rases, and is |>.obably true in all cases. That I hey have appeared in public on a numbcrol' oeca; ' moms in various parts of the stale, ami recently here in ('olumbia, with their arms and uuiier command of theirotlicers, is well known.! I hat thej serve as the basis of political or-j gatiizai ion, and under the command and control of their olfieers engage in political duties and work, is equally ccar. In fact, a leading feature ofi i'ho present democratle slate canvass is the constant attendance upon the democratic, meetings of these clubs, aciinsj in their or-, piuized character nml capacity, iu no in-, staticeof such ciubs organized since iJecember I, l>7t, has authority for tiieir formation or existence been given by the governor, nor iil'i? liny siii-!i omani/anons reporieu m miii nlllcially in* in any munnei auihori/.cd or rccofinlaed l?y him as lonum# any pail of the military loree of the stale. The existence ol'; a few military clubs organized for professcdly social purposes. many luolilii.s since, was ligntlc known to tjie ^i?*t.'rnor; hut ??dde from 1 those eases (lie whole system of military or- { gatiixaiiou now referred to has no oitlcial J nuclei ion or recognition from the goveriior of the stale. So Ions; as these Organizations retained t heir character as social ciuiis little importance was naturally ut-| l:icln?(l to tlie ?|lteslloll of their legality, lie-1 eentainl present events, however, ami the use now made ol these organ i?.nlioas as a I |iromincnt agency in the democratic canvass,! jiive jiuhlic Importance to their character. | i". IfiJ^TA?CE.S Of ACT I.' A I. VtOt.KNCK. | i proceed dow to direct your intention to dwVrfcciH'es in our s.uto which mave tin.* pK'seni. canvass, mid CPfieclftily tojv* clnilii tli!il all your nielli'cxl* are peaceiui, o)'.U;rIy and wiiiiin the law. t U E II ATffftTTRM JlA.ViACKK. Tne massacre at flamhurt; occurred July S, I u month prior to I no opening ol the demo . entile canvass. I will state some oi the undisputed lacts of this massacre. Those w ho committed the massacre were while demo-i ciats; those who were massacred were color- | cd republicans. fussing over all that occur- | led hciere I lie lime when resistance or show! oi resistance to the while democrats had j ceased. 11 is a laet, us well itulliciiltcalfd iiml undeniable ns the assassination o. !' t;>itlonl?' Lincoln, that live unarmed republicans. | while lielil as captives by u huge body 01 i armed white democrats, were deliberately t and wantonly Khot to death by their white ocmocrulic ^e.i|.'ois. 11' lliu facts of he rioti uereailiiiillt.il to show that both pailics! were e?|iial!y responsible lor Its origin a ml; ei|iially engaged lu its progress from beginning to enii, the uniid|>Cacli;ii>Sc laet would j remain thill tlvc colored repuljlleans, alter tne riot was cmled. were butchered by a ham! j of whitedemocrats. intention uud motive, w In n not expressed in language, liiusi bejudged of hy acisaud circumstances. Applying this tot to the Hamburg massacre, toe conclusion seems to he that color mid political pariy hail mttch to do in prompting the massacre, it Is significant, too, tliut the mas-' sane occur red in ti see t ton of our State in; winch tiie present "straighi-oui" deuiociaticlanvass took its rise,and where it lountl its ! inosi elllcient promoters in all its eat'lcr! rtai.es. 11 is in vain to seek to evade liteju>i' it mi awful responsibility lor these municr* ny < nsMMimi? that i bo colored republicans iu, llauibiiig bad mallreateil, iiisttlleil ami exits J perilled liie white democrats beyond cmlurance. if this be concoilcd, the fact remains tlmi the live colored icptiblieinis who were uiiiehcred, together wtin their companions, were! completely overcome and in the complete riisloiiy of the w tnie dciuoerats who biuclieicillneni. One ot your democratic oiaio-s! has sought lo cover this vast mine with the pteaol Air. fitirke for the Ante a an cotoui.sis [ ?"1 pardon something to the spirit of i iuct - [ iy.?' l-stil the Auierican colonists necilcd inn atlvocate to ae<|ttii lliem of wholesalu mm - ! dels, nordidiMr. littrko stilly his lips uuli| ltie atrocious pica thai win.ion butchery ofi unresist lug prisoners con id bo condoned in ' the name ot libcriy. T11K CIIAIU.KsTON ItlOT. On the niubt of .September titli n notoeetirretl in the elly ol l.'harlesiou. 'i iit? most trust- I wortliy inioiinntion seems lo fix flic chief! responsibility lor causing this riot upon the) republicans. Jei'taluly such is my present tiei|ei. The riot continued for some hours, iiiulgreatly endangered the livss, ane proper ly of the cil izciis ol ( hnrlcMnn. J I. *ns in-, excusable and it isitracciiil. Jitil it was sub-; tilled by the republican nulhoritie-s. It was' attended by no slaughter; it was followed! by no butchery, li is now, as I am credibly i informed, an open secret that (lie one man j whodicd from wounds roceivcd in Ibis not; tit fijlI t'll Mtv III>U\IIIK uu ini'ii.KM mttv <>^ . v, reived his woiimi Iroin u iin-dirccteii shot) roin tiic jdsioi i>r u ileiiincriilii: friend, amitlmi the single policeman who was wounded, Miiivivd I on i liie mi mi: cause. Tlii! rioi was! i he result oi hifcil ]ioi11iesll excitement' and was an exhibition oi the dasiariiiy spirit ui j ]><>ti11c:iI intolerance. It lias laHleiieU a! nioody blot ihat caused it. THE KM,KNTON lUOT. Anil now coiiltiisiim; the ineunidH ami cirrutiisiauccs and result* of I his riot wiiti the llaiiil'iu'K liol, I a*lc your attention to a mittc recent occurrence whleli is called the Kl lemon I lot. Though litis noi oceurreil: ehietly oil the Hull oi September ahd luo ui'ee j or lour days foliowintj, u has been >id!> >?? > ?> u|? lo 1 lie*prc>cul Li nits to obtain a iii't mull i i-itiUTicil report ol its orit ui mid ror sc. i i i i.tin ^enc a I facts and some spc-udc dcia-s 1 a i*. imwi'vi' . known. Ilsoii.-in was an si*- j - miii uyoii a w nut! woman in iiie course of mi .. t in pied i oboe y other house hy two lie-' 1.1 i.t ?. l ine of liie alleged lonueis w as in rc?? I. and wlillii In the custody of ins cap to s[ vi,.- Mini. Out of these occurrences grew iue iioi. hi the conduct of theeolored peoplsen auediu or conneeteil with the riot, 1 will; iioi >iH ak w illi conluleiice, lest my present j imoimai aiii suoilld be loll ml to (ilve a too fa- | Miiabie acciiiini. It is certain that n lorceof. aimed whin; men was speedily iisst-mtiled j i tin the miirounding country l'roiu h Ui.vj nunc of Ihii iy miles and more. iin the iMhaiid IMtli this force amounted to j noi ir-s than six or cij;hL hundred luen, uM j n ineil. under i.il.cers, company niiil nenera*. I but assembled by no lawiiil authority, ami! act i n;t li ml er no ui Willi ordes. On (lie niorii-1 in-ii, (lie llltli the arrival upon the scene of! a ruiiip.iiiy of t'niled Slates troops c.iescii ' liie dispei'sim; i,I these rioters. '1 ne ie?u'n! of I Ins riot are slated hy General Jcuiis.m j ila^ood. one of the nominees on your state; 1 < !? 1*1. to I'f two Willie men llllll UIIIIUI III \ mio-ed nun killed. My oilier informal oil reduces tin' while turn killed to one, unit lit- , creases ilie 11inu'n*r of colored men killed io| Ibrty or til'ty. That. nearly nil the colored j men killed were not killed while resisting the i r.xccution of the law or any legal process, or! while violating tlie peace or threatening or | ,il tempting any violence, isn fact established l?y clear proof. They were shot down wner-' ever found; Iti Ileitis ami woods, oil highways I iiml in cjibins, along the railroad truck and at 1 Ihe railroad stations. J give you an account of (lie murder of Simon P. Cokcr, a member of the present legislature and u delegate to tite ruecnt. republican uonventlon in Columbia, as related to me by [in Intelligent a ,d trustworthy eye-witness of Lhe sccne, a person well known to me personully. While sitting In the car of the railroad train at Kllenton, on the ll'th ultimo, my inrormunt saw Colter walking unarmed in company v illi several armed while men. O'ker's manner Indicated that he <l!il not consider himself a prisoner or in danger, as lie was talking freely with the white men who aeeoni|>anlcd hlin. Cokerand tliose who accompanied him proceeded to a piazza in front of a store at Kllenton .station and sat down for a few moments, but soon proceeded to a large tree standing about thirty rods from the spot where my intorinnnt stood, Coker still appearing unconcerned. While standing under this tree the white men suddenly stepped away from Coker about six paces, and. turning tired a volley Into his body. He Instantly fell, whereupon several of the party advanced towards his body and tired upon It a second time. My Informant also meniiorntas a fact that he saw N. A. Patterson, a democratic trial Justice of Barnwell county;-walking in company with Coker at Kllenton station at the time first abovestated. Coker, It now appears, had been enticed from his home to Kllenton upon some false pretense of a Bum-1 mons to answer a criminal charge. The killing of colored people in connection j with tlie Kllenton riot extended far and wide, ami was kept up for several days, in truili. I my information leads me to believe that it j cannot be said to have ceased now. Persons! living in the vicinities named vouch to ine j personally for the truth of t hc?e, among I many other, instances of murders of colored men in liarnwell comity,growing out of the Kllenton riot. On the "-Mill of .September several colored men were picking cotton near Klko, among whom were two refugees from the vicinity of Klltmlon. Kight or ten whlto men rode into the Held and nred< upon these refugees, killing one and wounding the other. The dead Dixijr was currieu uiiu iiiruwu into it swamp, whcro U wiw found on the 2-Hli by Trial .justice lilaek.of JVlucltville.and Captain Kcuslu, of the United States garrison at Uiackvjlle. On the night of the 21th, n party of white men vii>i tea the house or u colored man about i seven miles from Hlackvillc, and took out a colored man who was :i refugee Mom near Kllenton. This refugee hits not been seen or; iieurd of since. Uu Sunday, .September 21th, two colored men escaping from the vicinity of Kllenton passed a church near Allendale while the white people were ut church. They were pursued by white men from the church, and overtaken ut the cabin of a colored man ut early evening. One was shot and died of his wounds at 'J o'clock that night,|and tho other, though wounded, escaped. These are but. few of the"outrages which I fully believe havebeen committed by white democrats, members of the democratic rifle clubs, upon colored republicans In i.'arnwe.ll county alone. More than forty colored and white refugees arc reported to me as under the protection of the United States troops In their camp at lilackville at this time, I present these facts to you as a portion of the evidence now In my hands and within my knowledge, which refutes your claim that t he methods and agencies now employed by the democratic party arc peaceful, orderly and within the law. The present armed organizations which constitute the effective force of the democratic party, as well as its chief agency in Its canvass,are manifestly a menace to thepeacc of the state and the rights of the members of tho republican party, because those organizations arc unlawful in their origin, unlawful in their aims, and aggressive and law-bmiking in their conduct. DKMOCRATIO ,,PROTKf,TIOJ?\" I come now to your demand that If I believe that lawlessness and terrorism prevail in the state I should call upon you ami your party to suppress it, before I appeal to the government of the United Stales. I am familiar wltli tills demand. I have beard it here and have heard It abroad. It is made the occasion of constant reproach that I am governor of the state and yet cannot and do not preserve the public peace. fieneral Hampton and his followers arc seek ing to profit politically by uttering this reproach and declaring their easy ability to maintain tiie pe:tce of the state. I shall answer your demand with perfect plainness of speech. The reason I cannot ami do not maintain me pcaeo t?i me state ami suppress lawlessness ami prevent terrorism, is solely, because the democratic party art? tlie authors of the disturbances of the peace, the lawlessness and terrorism which tliey now reproach me with and demand that I shall allow or Invite them to suppress. (|ul eusiodes custodier ? To entrust the protection oftho?e who are to-day endangered l>y the present disturbances to the armed, mounted, unlawful, democratic rifle clubs, would, in my sober judgment, be as unnatural nml unfaithful in me as to sot kites to watch doves, or wolves to guard sheep. Actual lawlessness Is, In my Judgment, and upon the evidence before me. prevalent today in several counties and sections of the state,and I believe, upon tlie best attainable evidence, that It has already resulted In the killing of from forty to fifty defenseless and unresisting republican voters. Terrorism, resulting from lawlessness and violence, extends far more widely; nnd in support of this statement, I repeat here the remark made to me two days since by a white democrat who had crossed the country from t lie vicinity of nubbins' station, throiiirli Harnwell county to I'.lack well, that "he did not see a 'nigger' man anywhere." Hut when. In view of this la wlessness and terrorism,you and vourasso* elates mock me with the demand to nut it down by calling 011 the white armed democrats who arc the authors of it. I answer that you are welcome to the political advantage such a demand may give you, but I shall yield to no such demand so long as I hold the o lice of governor. Von know, as 1 know, that the republican voters of t his state are not organized for successful resistance to the Regressions of the democraticrirte clubs. You know.as I know, liutl to call ution the colored republicans niunr iu ^ii|?|'i v.^s? in in i4v? Hint iui I ??i - . Ism would hn to Invite or precipitate n eon-| tlict. the result of which would he to Increase, I ruther than suppress, the lawlessness and terrorism which now exist. In such an emergency my only reliance tor effective physical force must he upon United States troops. I have struirgled long and hard to avoid a resort to this agency. I have hoped against hope llmt a sober second thought would come to those who govern the democratic, party strong enough and Just enough to relieve ni*e from the necessity of action which must indict great temporary injury upon the material Interests of the state. Rut I nm invented with large and extraordinary powers hy the laws of the Ktatw to meet extraordinary emergencies. The executive of the United States will do Ills duty, and 1 shall do mine; and It shall be seen by the world whether the right to a peaceful and free ballot by the citizens of this state, conferred and made inviolable by the constitution and laws of state and nation alike can be trampled underfoot by any combination or party of men in this state. The people of this suite know that I am not a rash or unjust man, t lint I am tender of every private and public interest and right; but they know also that I am accustomed to doiug'my duty, without haste but without fear. I have doubtless wearied you, sir?I certainly have wearied myself?in setting forth the various matters which were essential to my reply to your communication. The statements of facts herein made all rest upon actual evidence now before me, the sources of which I should have here stated if I had not been compelled, In order to secure the evidence, to given solemn promise. In many instances. not to make known the sources. In conclusion, 1 have only to renew my Acknowledgements for the resneclfnl form of your communication, nnd to express tlu* hope1 Hint I lmve followed your example in that regard. and that the pence nnrl prosperity "of] South enrol Inn niny l>e speedily restored and i perpetually maintained. I nave the honor to he, very respcetftilly, | your obedient servant. I>. It. CHAMBER LA IX, Governor of South Carolina. Mm to tie People of tie Unitefl Mi. CHAMBERLAIN'S PROCLAMATION! NUL AND VOID. The Saddle od the WroDg Horse. The Shot Rebounds to Strike thej Shooter's Heart. Republican Judges to the Rescue--j South Carolina's Fair Fame Vin- j dicated --Constitution on the Side of the Rifle Clubs. 1TE A D Q U A RT12 RS State Dem. Ex. Committer, Columbia, S. C., Oct. 7, 187(J. To the People of the United State*: Jn a period of profound peace, wilh the laws unresisted, and the process of the courts unopposed, the Governor of South Carolina! has by proclamation declared that! in ilie Counties of Aiken and Barnwell it has become impracticable to ' enforce by the ordinary course of judicial proceeding tho laws of the ' State, and that it has become nee- j eflsaiy for him as Governor "to call forth and employ tho military force of the State 10 enforce the execution of tho law." He has also al- j leged that certain combinations exist contrary to law in all tho Counties of the Slate, which are engaged j in promoting illegal objections and in committing open acts of lawless- , no?s and violence, and ho has ' threatened to declare martial law and to suspend the writ of habeas corpus. The charges preferred by Governor Chamberlain against the citizens j of tha State are as false and libel- ( ouh as his threatened usurpation is tyranica 1 and unwarranted ; and his extraordinary proclamation can be explained only upon tho asstimp- i lion that Governor Chamberlain, wilh a similar disregard of law and fact, is determined to resort to the \ most extreme measures to prevent ( the otherwise certain defeat of him self utid his corrupt party. \ There have been disturbances in Aiken County, non-political in their character. They have long since ceased. All the parties 1'or whom ( warrants w^re issued havo prompt- | ly surrendered Ihemselves to the'i law. Perfect peaco and the pro- ( loundest quiet prevail. 2so armed J combinations hinder tho processes ] of the courts, and tho Republican | County Convention last week held i a continuous pcssion of two day* I without molestation. The distilr- I buncos in Barnwell werojRcpubliean < in their origin, beginning in tho resiotance, by an armed band of ne- I groes, of tho arrest of a robber for l whom a warrant had been duly is- I sued. The band toro up a railroad, i wrecked d train, fired upon and wounded tho Sheriff of the County, and wero dispersed by a so-ealU 1 i%/l anma/1 a(' irki'tao tir a Knrl 1 CU ill 11J CU UillIU ui ** UV/ IIUU \ been summoned by tho Sheriff as a < posse, with the sanction of the i Jmlgo of tho Court then In session. ; This posse after performing their I dut'es quietlj' dispersed. So far from opposing the law, tho whole < pcoplo desire the prompt despatch. < of business in tho courts, and the I enforcement of tho law by tho civil I arm. The white people throughout the | State have volunteered their ser- ! vices to tho Governor to maintain I the law, and he has refused them in I a libellous communication, intended i solely to furnish a pretext for yie j introduction pf Federal troops, to i be placed under tho control of irre sponsible and unscrupulous officials, i to overawe the people and control ' the election. J The Democratic nominees in sev- i enteen of tho thirty-two Comities in the State have held meetings, attended by thousands of citizens of t both races and parties. Tho Republicans have held meetings when and where they pleased, and not a singloactof violence has vet occurred. 1 On tho 18th ultimo, tho Democratic Executive Committee invited the Republican canvassers :o a joint discussion at their meetings. The invitation was renewed on tho 28th ultimo, and accepted by the Republican Executive Committee on he 5th instant, upon tho usual torms. The proclamation of the Governor is utterly at variance with the action of the ExecutivoCommitt.ee of his own party. Tho latter acquiesces in free discussion. Tho former in effect suppresses debate and substitutes" armed forco for free r?|jv-ci:u. We assort earnestly. with ft full sense of our responsibility, that no condition of things exists in the State which justifies ho extraordinary a proceeding on the part of Governor Chamberlain. Its solo object is to irritate and provoke collisions, which may bo the excuse for an appeal to tho administration of the United States to garrison the Stale. in L..II 1.^ >y e rsuuii ciiuiioti vui ptuj/ic tv juwserve the peace, obey tho laws and calmly await tho day of their deli veraiicofrpm this wanton despotism. To tho people of tho United" States we submit our wrongs, confidently relying on their wisdom and justice to rebuko this daring attempt to regulate the ballot by the bayonet and crush the liberties of a people. A. C. HASKELL, T. B. FttASER . JOHN URATTON, J. D. KENNEDY, J. A. UOYT. 11. O'NEALE. Jr.. State Democratic Executive Committee. General Hampton to the Supreme Court Judges. Sumter, October 7. Dear Sir: In view of the grave charges mado by Governor Chamberlain against the Democratic parly and their mode of conducting tlio present canvass in ms leuer 10 Colonel Haskell, charges declaring that the Slate is an armed camp and that our meetings are attended hy organized armed bodies, may 1 ask yon as a Republican and as the Chief Jnstice of the State, to say il in your observation these churges aro borne out by I ho facts of the case]? You saw to-day one Hof the largest meetings wo have held, and you can, thcreforo speak from experience and personal observation, i havo been through seventeen of the counties of the State and I have addressed. I am euro, at least one hundred thousand people, and can say with perfect truth, that I have not seen one single armed?body of men, nor has any disturbance occurred at one of these vast meetings. My solicitude for the good name of our State, will, I trust, be a sufficient excuse for my calling your attention to this matter. " .Requesting an early answer. I am. very respectfully. Your obedient servant. WADE HAMPTON. To Ilis Hon. F. J -Moses, Chief Justice. repi.y ot chief justice moses. Sumter, S. C., October 7, 76. My Dear Sir: I am just in receipt of your note and at once reply to the same. For the last three or four months I have not been in any of the Counties but thoseof Sumter and Richland. Within that period I have been present at only two p<>-< .'itical meeti- gs?one held by the Jie-I publiean party and the other to-day 1 at this place by the Democrats. Although I was at the latter but a ' short lime, I was for the greater part of the day in the streets, with every opportunity of observing the behavior and demeanor of the large ' concouise which the occasion had 1 brought together. The collection 1 consisted of citizens on foot and horseback. I saw in no instance 1 iioy exhibition of arms or any bo- 1 liavior inconsistent with the strictest < propriety. At the Republican i meeting to which 1 have abovo referred, there whs no attempt at interruption. 1 I shall require very strong evi-(' Jence to satisfy me that South C'aro- ! lina is an armed camp. I Icnowj1 nothing which would lead mo so to I conclude. For myself 1 do notj know of anything which would | make me doubtful in any partof the! :>tate of enjoying the same security! which I feci attached to mo under j my own roof. |; I trust tho day is far distant ] ivhen violations of the peace in ouri1 jwn borders will require the inter-;1 t'cTcneeof any arm more potont than |! Lhat of th? law. i1 Very respectfully yours, , t 1\ J. MOSES. If ;i 1eit.y of associate justice wil- [ la tin. I ] In reply to letters from A. C. i Haskell, Chairman of tho Demo-1 . ratic Ex'tivc Committeo, Associate Fustiec Willard, * .Republican, of the Supremo Court, writes: J. "Columbia, o. u., Uctoucr <, lb?t?.; j To Col. A. C. JfanJcr/l: { i J)eaii Sir?Your note of this:' late is beforo me, asking an cx-:' iression of my views as to the ex-!I stance of rancor and manifestations;', jf violence in the character of the 11 Democratic canvass of this Slate. < [ am unable to throw much light en!' Lhis subject, for two reasons. In J' Lhe first place, I havo boen absent^ 1 from the State for tho last three m months, and only a week has pass- H id since my return to this city. 9 In the second placo, my ideas of H the character and responsibilities of H .he judicial office, have led mo at ail Limes, to abstain from participating H in political action, and accordingly B I have little information, except flj that derived from pnblic rumor and HE ;he newspapers, of what has trans- H ? ..ndinninirt T ran pireu at pojuiiui KUbiiww..^., jnly say that I have witnessed H nothing beyond the circumstances H ;cnerally characteristic of an cxci- 9 :ed political canvim flfl I have seen no violence. On tho fl contrary, as far as I have had interjourxe with gentlemen'of your par- H fcy, I have observed Jess disposition H to excited statement and personal BE bittemoss, than, during any of tho H previous political campaigns'of this H State. I sincerely hope that tho H fears of many, that the lawless por- B :ion of the community will bo por- H mi tied to disturb the poaee and in- H are tho good name- of. tho State, H ire groundless. . H I am satisfied that it is the inten- H tionof the leading men of yonr par- H ty to prevent sncli a state of things, H iud I believe they-hovo the ability H to do so. H V'.'vy rcspcctfully, your obd't sy't, H A, J. WILLARD. reply Of CfttCUJT Jl'pge T. J. BB MAC]i?T E Circuit Jndge T. J. itackcy (Hop.) D telegraphs as follows;. B Ouesteu S, C., October 7. H To A. C. Hazkeli, Chairman Stato 96 Democratic Committee, Columbia,', S, B In reply to your Inquiry of this date, I would state tlm.t peaco and order prevail thronghout tho limits of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, embracing the ftmr counties "of York, Chester, Fairfield and JjUncastcr. In this Circuit no armed organic zalions obstruct judicial proceedings, and no resistance has been of-. Sored to the due execution of legal processes. In charging the Grand Jury at York on last Monday, I stated that if any citizen, whatever might ho his race, color, or party, had boon threatened with loss of employ* meat, or put in terror, becaunO of his political opinions, he should make complaint before the .Grand Jury, or in open Court, and the law whonld be putin motion to sustain him in the free and untrammelled exercise of all his rights of citizenship The grand jury, consisting oi nine white and six colored citizens, reported unanimously on last Wednesday night that no organizations, either armed or otherwise, having for their object the exhibition of force to control tho free cxerciso of the elective franchise, existed in that country, and no complaint charging tho existence of such organizations had been made to them. Tho same is true of each and cv ? ? * - !i. / I ^ ery county in mis circuit, mo only cone of political intimidation that lias transpired in this ?H*<*nit was tried at York on last Thargdaj*, tlio defendant being one Edw. AltvDonald, charged with threatening tho life of ono llenfy Lowry, also colored, because ho had joined u Democratic club, and had declared his purpose to voto the Democratic ticket. The jury consisted of six Republican colored citizens and six whilo men, one of whom is also an avowed Republican. The piisoner was ably defended by W. B. Williams, Esq., himself a candidate on tho Democratic ticket. The jury were charged by me that they were the solo judges of the evidence, and that the guilt of the prisoner must be established beyond a reasonable doubt to warrant i conviction, They rendered a verdict of guilty, and I sentenced tho prisoner to three months in jail?tho lowest penalty prescribed by law for tho i offense. I have traversed n?ony Counties in tho Stute canvassing for Hayes and Wheeler, and in favor of Chamberlain for Governor, during tho past sixty days, and I have nowhere seen an attempt on the part :>f any portion of tne population to suppress the sight of free speoch b.C armed violence. I solemnly protest against 'he proclamation of Governor Chamberlain as absolutely false, in so far as it imputes to tiio inhabitants within tbo limits of this Circuit any purpose to obstruct tho ordinary course of judicial proceedings or to resist in any.manner tho duo execution of tho laws for lho protection of life, property or tho rights of citizenship ; and I havo good and sufficient reasons to believe and do believe that the sni<l proclamation is equally-false, in imputing such insurreetiona. y pu?*p.?so to tho whilo population in the other circuits of this State I regard the proclamation as symbolizing fitly a I'oxmiilnliln r<Anunipiif>r itirni list. flin rights of the people having for its object the carrying of this State for L). II. Clxwnberlain and his candi<irites, which conspiracy is further typified by a Board of State; Canvassers, or Election iJutnrri.ing Board, the majoritjr o'** whose members are candidates on Governor Chamberlain'? ticket and by ninetysix Commissioners/of Election in the several Counties, seventy of whom are Chamberlain's declared partisans, and of .which hist number some forty afr? County Treasurers and Auditors or Triftl Justices, holding lucrative offices'' by his appointment, and removable from otlice at his pleasuro or aro known to him as declared candidates for office endors ing his ticket* who unseat themselves if they make a declaration of tho election which seats the candidates opposed to Chamberlain and his ticket. The rifle clubs that ho has ordered disbanded are in tho main organizations chartered under the Act of the Republican Legislature in 1S74, and all of them aro acting but in the assertion of tho right of tho peoplo to keep and uear arms, guaranteed against infringement in tho second article of intendment to the Constitution of .ho United States, and all assert ,heir loyalty to the Union, and obclience to its laws, and respect and iphold the flag. T. J. MACKEV. fudgo of the Sixth Judicial Circuit ot South Carolina. Grand !>? .? at the Centennial. Philadelphia, Octobers.?It is proposed to conclude the State day observ all the Governors of the States and rerritories on the 10th of November or lpon a later day at which the outgoing uid incoming Presidents of the United states will be present. Arrangements are in contemplation for combining the State of \ irginia with that if Maryland on the 19th inst, the day i>f the grand national tournament. Accommodations for seating 100,000 persons will hn provided within tiio grounds near George's llill.