The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, April 12, 1877, Image 2
JAS. A. HOTT,
E. B. MURRAY, ^Edltore'
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL ?2, 1877.
THE LOUISIANA PROBLEM.
The Louisiana Commission reached
New Orleans on last Thursday, and im?
mediately held interviews with Governor
Nicholls and Packard. The latter has
written a threatening letter to President
Hayes, and proclaims that he will fight
it out to the bitter end. The Commission
seems hopeful that they will briug mat?
ters to a peaceful and satisfactory conclu?
sion, although we do not perceive that
their efforts can result in anything save
a recognition of the Nicholls government.
The tax-payers are sustaining Nicholls
by their contributions for the main?
tenance of his authority, and the largest
meeting ever held in New Orleans, on
Friday last, declared an una'terable pur?
pose to establish the Nicholls govern?
ment, in spite of all extraneous aids to
their opponents. Packard maintains his
authority in the St. Charles Hotel, sup?
ported by the United States troops in
convenient distance, but almost every day
brings some desertion from among the
members of the Legislature. There can
be only one result in Louisiana as in
South Carolina, and the removal of the
troops from any further support of Pack?
ard is the inevitable sequence shortly to
be announced as an accomplished fact.
When the order is made for the removal
of the soldiers from further interference
in the local government, Packard will
follow the example of Chamberlain, and
Louisiana will be delivered from the
thraldom of oppression and misrule. The
patient endurance of that people will be
rewarded in a short time.
OUR POLITICAL DELIVERANCE.
The telegraph announces the glorious
news that our political deliverance has
been finally accomplished, and that the
administration chosen by the people of
South Carolina is now in undisputed pos?
session of the State. After aweary and
protracted struggle in which the hopes
and aspirations of our people were hung
in a balance, and the most exasperating
delays encountered, the final result has
been reached, and the complete deliver?
ance of the ?"Prostrate State" has been
effected by peaceful agencies. The pa
" tience, forbearance and stern endurance,
through months of trial and tortuous ex?
igencies, have been instrumental in
wresting from even political opponents
the highest meed of praise for the hither?
to maligned and abused people of South
Carolina. Under the advice and guid
V 0incs of our trusted and beloved leader,
Wade Hampton, the people have stead
fastly and patiently abided the result,
confidently relying upon the justice of
their (cause, and exercising unreserved
faith inXits ultimate triumph. That
triumph has been achieved, and with the
withdrawal df military interference in the
local affairs of South Carolina, a new
career of prosperity and security arises
before the longing vision of an oppressed
population. Teri- years of military rule
and domination has wrought a bitter ex?
perience. It has enabled ruthless adven?
turers to prey unceasingly upon the vitals
of the commonwealth, and has maintained
in ascendency the vilest dregs of igno?
rance, corruption and profligacy. Hence?
forth, the State will be governed with in?
telligence, probity and economy, and the
contrast will awaken fresh energies, stim?
ulate new industries, and open wide the
avenues of an unexampled prosperity.
South Carolina will no longer be looked
upon with suspicion and distrust, and the
growth of liberal sentiments will beget a
stream of immigration into her borders,
by which the waste places will teem with
fruitful crops, the water-powers now idle
and unemployed will become utilized,
and mechanical employments will enlarge
the scope of our industries.
With the consummation of our politi?
cal deliverance, there is a natural inquiry
as to whom we are indebted for the vic?
tory, and the tendency is almost sure to
look upon the immediate instruments
through which it was effected. In other
words, the removal of military interfer?
ence was directly owing the action of
President Hayes, and many will doubt?
less imagine that he deserves credit for
magnanimous conduct. As we do not
share in this belief, we will not let the
occasion pass without entering a protest
against this idea becoming prevalent
among our people. The moral sentiment
of the American people was outraged be?
yond endurance in the recent campaign,
when the military power of the govern?
ment was used with such recklessness to
obtain party advantages, and when it was
followed by a stronger exhibition of par?
tisan blindness and infatuation, in send?
ing troops to organize and control Legis?
latures, there was a revolt against this
arbitrary exercise of official authority
such as has never been manifested since
the foundation of the government. The
public sentiment of the country was out?
raged by such procedures, and even the
military inclinations of President Grant
did not prevent him from seeing that his
unlawful interference with State govern?
ments had shocked the instincts of a lib?
erty-loving people. The doubtful tenure
of the position occupied by Mr. Hayes,
who was allowed to become President
rather than to convulse the country with
revolution, must have caused an uneasi?
ness on his part, and he was compelled to
adopt the policy so much lauded since
his inaugural address was delivered.
Therefore, we look upon his action in
regard to South Carolina as constrained
and coerced by the sentiment of the
American people, and answering this de?
mand of the public, he will be likewise
compelled to enforce a similar policy in
Louisiana. The day is gone forever, we
believe, when a President can employ the
army of the United States to coerce gov?
ernments, perpetuate party rule and set
aside the will of a free people. Mr.
Hayes was not so dull of comprehension
that this truth could not permeate his
mind, and there was no alternative ex?
cept to defy the public sentiment or
gracefully acquiesce in its demands. He
has chosen the latter. A contrary decis?
ion would not have affected the ultimate
result in South Carolina, for there was
no power on earth to prevent Wade
Hampton becoming Governor of this
State, and such a decision would only
have caused delay and annoyance, with
out bringing any compensating advan?
tages to our political adversaries. There?
fore, we accept the result now as the
logical sequence of the aims and objects
of the National Democracy, whose prin?
ciples were endorsed and sustained at the
ballot-box by an overwhelming majority
of American citizens, and which verdict
is recognized by Mr. Hayes as a man of
common sense and fair perception. The
irresistible compulsion upon him does
not awaken gratitude or admiration, and
while we are ready to give him due credit
for upright conduct in the administration
of the general government, we are not
disposed to sound his praises for perform?
ing a duty alike demanded by his oath to
support the constitution and the public
seutiment of the country.
THE WELCOME TO HAMPTON.
Enthusiastic Demonstrations of the Peo?
ple?Hit Reception In Columbia?Ad?
dress of the Governor.
The magnificent receptions and great
outpourings of the people in honor of
Governor Hampton, while he was en
route to Washington, were far surpassed
by the welcome extended him along the
line of railroad upon his return. He
went by the Atlantic Coast Line, via Wil?
mington, Weldon and Petersburg, and
returned by the Virginia Midland route.
Between the line of Virginia and Char?
lotte, N. C, he addressed eighteen differ?
ent assemblages, and his remarks were
received with the most unbounded en?
thusiasm. On his arrival in Charlotte
the grandest demonstration awaited him,
and the entire population turned out in
honor of the illustrious Governor of
South Carolina, whose popularity in the
old North State is only equalled by that
of Governor Vance. The reception was
under the auspices of the City Council,
and Mayor Johnson delivered an address
of welcome, which was responded to by
Gov. Hampton in one of his happiest
efforts. He spent Thursday night in
Charlotte, and the ovation in his honor
was kept up until a late hour.
A special deputation of citzens from
South Carolina met the Governor at
Charlotte, and on Friday morning' the
entire party, occupying a special train,
started on a triumphal journey to Colum?
bia. At every depot the train bearing
Gov. Hampton and his party was met
with the greatest enthusiasm, and large
crowds assembled to do honor to their
Chief Magistrate. Bock Hill, Chester,
Winnsboro and other points accorded
him magnificent receptions.
The arrival of the train in Columbia
produced the wildest enthusiasm among
the assembled thousands, who were
around the depot awaiting his arrival,
and a splendid procession was formed of
the military clubs, fire companies and
other organizations. Hampton occupied
a handsomely decorated carriage, and
the procession was headed by the splen?
did band of the Eighteenth United
States Infantry. The procession was
more than a mile in length, and marched
to Carolina Hall, where Hampton was
inaugurated last December, and he was
conducted to a stand elaborately deco?
rated with national flags, evergreens and
mottoes. Capt. W. B. Stanley delivered
an address of welcome, and the old chief?
tain responded to this enthusiastic wel
come and magnificent reception in the
speech which is given below. The
ovation is said to eclipse any demonstra?
tion ever made in honor of a South Car?
olinian :
THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH.
Mr. Chairman and my Cbuntrytoomenand
Countrymen of South Carolina:?Travel
worn and weary, I have come back
amongst you to make my report to my
constituents. Those constituents are the
true people of South Carolina; and com?
ing here to my surprise, I find a welcome
which has stirred my heart to its inmost
depths. It is not a welcome that a con
?uered people would give to a conqueror,
bring no blood-stained ensign. I bring
no trophies from battle-fields; but I come
to say that the cause in which we fought,
the cause in which you made me your
standard-bearer, the cause of truth, has
been victorious, and once more the ban?
ner of South Carolina, not carried through
bloody fields, but through those more
glorious ones of peace, floats over a State,
free, disenthralled, regenerated and re?
deemed. And how has it been redeemed ?
My friends I not by blood, not by vio?
lence, but by the potential agency of the
ballot. It has been redeemed because
the honest men of South Carolina, of all
race3 and of all parties, determined to
wipe away the scandal which had hung
so long over her history. It was because
we saw that we would have to fight for
very existence; that all we held dear in
the past was sinking or being swept away;
that the civilization of hundreds of years
was being blotted out I We saw that our
government was passing into the hands
' of aliens and strangers; and placing our
cause iu the hands of God on high, we
determined we would make one more
effort to redeem South Carolina, and if
we should go down it would be with our
banners floating, and with no stain to dis?
grace that cause.
You fought a battle that has never been
equalled on the American Continent. I
scarcely realized in those days of peril
and gloom, the grave issues which were
hanging on this contest. I did not real?
ize them until I went to Washington. I
tell you that a musket shot in this town
would have meant civil war on this Con?
tinent; and what stopped it? [Cries of
"You stopped it I" from the crowd.l No!
my countrymen, it was because the peo
! pie of South Carolina were the most law
abiding peeple in this country, and be?
cause they had risen above considerations
of party, had determined to save their
State.
I tell you that though you have won
this fight, though the men, or rather, the
women?for it was the women of South
Carolina who won the victory?there was
not a woman in the State who would
look upon a man who turned his back
upon our cause (the remainder of this
remark was lost in prolonged cheers for
the women.) You won the victory at
the ballot box; but then came in the
more insidious attacks upon us by fraud.
From the 7th day of November until this
time the verdict of the people of South Car?
olina expressed at the ballot box has been
stifled. We have appealed, as peaceful cit?
izens should, not to violence; for you know,
there is not a man in Columbia who does
not know, that when that crowd was
standing out there, night after night, it
required but a word to have them sweep,
as the storm drives the leaves before it,
every vestige of opposition away. But I
feit I was safe in trusting to your forbear?
ance, in relying upon you to respect the
laws, and in telling you that victory
would surely come, if you would be pa?
tient and forbearing.
The courts recognized our government,
but still a usurpation stood in the way,
and I .knew that it would not do to resort
to force to remove it. I knew that in the
fullness of time our victory would be
completed. I told you so. I told you
that, if you would only wait patiently
and trust to the justice of your cause, and
to the Almighty, you would be successful,
and now I am come to tell you that you
have been successful. You have now all
the practical recognition that could be
given the government of your choice in
force; and just here let me say to you
that I did not go to Washington to ask
recognition, I did not go there to offer,
or to hear, terms of compromise, or to lay
my case before any tribunal. I told
them I held my title from the people of
South Carolina. I wanted no endorse?
ment of theirs, and so long as they told
me that ray title was good, so long would
I grasp them by the hand. I went on j
from motives of personal courtesy to the
President. I went on a Democrat, as I
am, and I say to you, and it is but justice
to a political opponent for me to say so,
that Mr. Hayes, consulting his own dig?
nity and respect for the laws of the land,
and I hope for the people of South Caro?
lina and for myself, asked me to make no
concession, no terms, and proposed no
conditions; and as long a9 he will follow
out, in good faith, the policy indicated in
his inaugural, if he will do equal justice
to all sections of this country, and see
that the laws are enforced in Massachu?
setts as in South Carolina, in Louisiana
as in Ohio, if he will carry out in good
faith all the pledges he has made and be
a constitutional President, and recogniz?
ing no party, race or section?so long will
I support him. I have not fought this
fight in South Carolina now to let any
party affiliations keep me from anything
that will promote the good of South Car?
olina.
I wish to say to you. Forget, for the
next four years, everything about politics.
Forget that you are Democrats or Repub?
licans ; and remember only that you are
South Carolinians. Go to building up
the material interests of the State, invite
immigration, show the people of the
North vaat we have no proscription in
our hearts; that we will welcome him
here who conies as a citizen, no matter
what his politics may be; that we are
striving for the redemption of our State,
not for petty offices of government; and
then you will see the era of peace, and a
new prosperity will dawn upon South
Carolina. Labor will be employed, you
will see whites and honest colored men
improving, happy, prosperous and united,
if you wiU only forget politics for awhile
and devote yourselves to the great inter?
ests of the State.
Now, my friends! we can gain all the
fruits of our victory but in one way, in
my judgment, aud that is this: When
in August last I was inaugurated as your
standard-bearer, you will remember that
I pledged myself that I should be the
Governor of the whole people of South
Carolina; that I would know no race, no
party, no man, in the administration of
the law. I pledged myself, on the plat?
form on which I stood, that every citizen
of South Carolina, white or black, would
be equal before the law, and I solemnly
appealed to Heaven and declared that, if
elected, I would justly administer the law
and would know no difference between
persons. I promised that when I was
nominateo, and I reiterated those pledges,
time and again, throughout the length
and breadth of this broad land of ours.
I told the colored men I would fulfil those
promises to the letter; that if the party
which had nominated'me should, at any
time, go !>ack upon them, if they attemp?
ted to take away any of the rights now
enjoyed by the colored people, they must
find some other instrument to carry it
out; for, before I would do it, I would
resign. And I say so again, now that
victory has come, now that *he whole
State recognizes the government which
has been elected, and now that all the
Eower has been placed in my hands;
ere I took the oath of office, solemnly
swearing that I would obey the Constitu?
tion of the United States and of South
Carolina, I say, once more, that I intend,
so help me'God 1 to carry out every
pledge I made, and to be Governor of the
whole people.
Now, my friends, how can we bring
about this consummation so devoutly to
be wished ? How can we bring happi?
ness, peace and prosperity to our people ?
We can do it but in one way, ana that is
that you must observe the law. I enjoin
it upon you. I do not issue a proclama?
tion. I do not give you an order. But I
ask my friends of South Carolina, the
Eeople whom I have trusted and who
ave tru&ted me, and done me more honor
than any other man, the people whom I
love better than anything in this life, I
ask them to carry out my wishes. I want
every man to constitute himself a con?
servator of the peace, to see that there
shall be no violence; to go around and
tell your neighbors that, if there is blood?
shed! or violence we shall lose what we
have gained; to appeal to them in the
name of South Carolina to carry out this
policy of peace.
The only -difficulty that seemed to
stand in the way at Washington was the
fear that, when the troops were taken out
of the way at the State House, there
would be violeuce. They asked me about
it, and J pledged my honor; mark me,
my frier is 1 X pledged my honor that
not one single man would go into that
State House unless he has some business
there; that I would place two unarmed
men there simply to inform the citizens
that I requested them not to go there,
and I felt assured there would be no vio?
lence or excitement and that the laws
would be obeyed. Have I promised too
much? [Cries of "No!"] You have
; never deceived me, I know you will carry
out this promise. I beg, I beseech you!
You have trusted me! trust me a little
longer. It is important for you. It is
doubly important for Louisiana, and for
the whole country, that you do what I
have asked you. [Cries, "We will do
it!"]
I requested of the President that the
troops should not be removed until I got
here. When that order comes, let no-.
body go to that State House. Just let it ]
stand uutil I want it, and I will tell you
when I want it.
I carried a letter to the President from
a Federal soldier who had been stationed
in the St.: : House. He said the place I
was so fihhy, and so full of vermin, that I
he wanted to get away from there. 11
want the fire engines to play their streams j
through it for awhile, and to have the
Penitentiary convicts scour and fumigate
it, and then we will have a nice Legisla?
ture and all will go on peacefully.
The Governor then dwelt, at great
length, upon the nature, extent and
meaning of the popular demonstrations
along his route to and from Washington.
He continued: Your destiny is now in
your own hands. It is for you to shape
it, for weal or for woe. You can, by im?
prudence or violence, undo the labor of
months, and bring back to us ail the
scenes of anarchy, corruption and misrule
which have prevailed; or if you are pru?
dent and discreet, as you have been, you
can soon place yourselves upon a higher
and better plane, and will see peace,
honor and prosperity opening on your
State. You will see both races and both
Earties w' Hing for awhile to forget the
itterness of past strife, and ready to
clasp hands, and move on, and lift up
our old State. You will see capital
brought here. Immigration will flow in,
and you will find your old State once
more exercising that controlling influence
for good, in the national politics, which
she nas so long enjoyed and honorably
employed. I beg you to be true to that
record in the past, to try every means in
your power to cultivate "good will between
both races and parties. I beg you white
men to show to the colored men that
what I have said for twelve years is true:
that you are the best friends they have
in this w rid. I appeal to the colored
men to recognize the Government which
is now firmly established, to trust us for
a while, and as they are still in the ma?
jority, if the government I have eatab
lishea does not carry out the pledges I
have made, then throw out all the men
in office at the next election, and put in
anybody you please.
With a general appeal to all South
Carolinians, wherever born, to unite in
one grand effort to bring about the happy
state of fffairs he had so glowingly
painted, and with grateful acknowledg?
ment of the high honor conferred on him
by the presence and attention of so large
a concourse of his fellow-citizens, the
Governor closed.
HAYES' SOUTHERN POLICY.
OPINIONS OF DISTINGUISHED CITIZENS
OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Letter from Hob. D. Wyatt Alken, Mem?
ber of Congress.
Cokesbuby, S. G, April 9,1877.
Messrs- Hoyt & Co., Anderson, S. C. :
Gentlemen?Your note of the 6th
inst. was received on Saturday afternoon,
and as requested I reply at once.
You write me thus : "Give us for pub?
lication your views as to President Hayes'
Southern policy; whether it is proper
that Democrats should seek or accept
office at his hands, and what will proba?
bly be the result upon the destiny of the
two National parties from this change in
policy by the Republican party ?"
At present it is difficult to define Pres?
ident Hayes' Southern policy, but as the
latter portion of your inquiry implies
that, by consent of party, he will assume
a conciliatory policy towards the South,
I think we should unhesitatingly accept
every Federal appointment proffered us.
This country does not belong to the Re?
publican party, neither should any of
these National appointments be construed
to be partisan preferences. I imagine a
United States District Attorney in the
South nowhere finds Republican, rather
than Democratic, laws to be administer?
ed, because, forsooth, he hole .ffice by
the will of a Republican President.
Neither does a collector of the ports at
the South recognize anything peculiarly
Republican, rather than Democratic, in
his revenue collections because a Repub?
lican guards the threshold of our Na?
tional treasury. For the same reason I
can see no partisanship in the office of
post master, or mail agent, or any other
strictly National appointment.
If in accepting an appointment a
Southerner (Dem.) were required to com?
promise in any way his political creed,
of course he should reject the proffered
position. For this reason I regretted to
see a Southern man, regarded as a South?
ern Democrat, go into the Cabinet. Not
that he would compromise the South, but
because he would of necessity be a mere
figure-head, or become ideutified with
the administration in party feeling. The
Cabinet are the President's counsellors,
and should be in sympathy with him in
all his political views. His Southern
appointees are agents paid for doing ser?
vice to our common country, unbiased by
party exactions, and in the case of Dem?
ocratic appointees nnswerved by party
affiliation.
I believe President Hayes received his
office through fraud, but I am far from
believing that he is himself a fraud.
And what effect his policy (which seems
to foreshadow that of the wrong man in
the right place) may have upon the two
National parties, I am unable to foresee.
Should it shatter both of them through?
out the North, it would be a God-send to
the South. We are under no obligations
to either of these two parties, because
they are both irrecoverably corrupt and
auti-Southern to the core. True, we
have hosts of friends at the North, but
we have more enemies, and as many of
either can be found among the Democrats
as among the Republicans. None of
them believe that we have accepted in
good faith the Amendments to the Con?
stitution, and they have a mistrust as to
our loyalty to the Union, which can
never be obliterated but by time.
I have ever found more congeniality
amongst Northern Republicans than
with Northern Democrats, and I believe
an average representative of the Repub?
lican party North is more nearly akin in
feelings, sentiment and thought to a
Southern Democrat than a similar repre?
sentative Northern Democrat. Carpet?
baggers, scallawags and negro politicians
belong to neither party by any kind of
political right. They are mere barnacles
that have befouled the Republican party.
Once rubbed off, they will sink in the
slough of contempt to be forgotten, but
not forgiven.
No honest man, unless totally ignorant
(as most Northern men are) of Southern
affairs, can for a moment believe that,
upon principle, Mr. Hayes can maintain
himself in office and recognize the
Nicholls government in Louisiana. The
very same fraud that placed him in the
Presidential chair would install Packard
Governor. And yet we know that the
very political existence of that State de?
pends upon the installation of General
Nicholls as Governor. Sooner or later
Mr. Hayes must see this, and must inevi?
tably recognize the Nicholls government.
When this is done, the South will be a
political unit. If, then, the Southern
States so legislate as to convince the col?
ored population that the laws recognize
no distinction on account of color or race,
there will, in my judgment, be a political
revolution throughout the North in less
than four years as potent for good to the
South as was that between 1861 and 1865
for evil to our distressed country.
Not that there will be war again?far
from it; for the recent presidential elec?
tion proved that Northern Democrats will
not fight Northern Republicans, however
willing either party might be to fight
Southerners. But in that event parties
at the North will be so devided, and so
clamorous for Southern patronage, that
the South need only stand firm and united,
and she will hold a balance of power that
will be effective in restoring this Govern?
ment to its wonted purity, and the people
to prosperity.
Prior to the war the leaders at the
North, both civil and military, were
Democratic, and every Confederate sol?
dier knows that the Southern armies met
no reverses until the ranks of the Federal
army were recruited with Democrats.
Floating upon the tide of military sue
ceBs the Democratic and Republican
leaders embraced each other, abandoned
the distinctive principles of their former
parties, and amalgamatingjelements from
both, produced a party whose shibboleth
was "down with Southern Reb," "up
with the nigger," and "hurrah for the
best Government the world ever saw."
Crush out these ideas, and tto identity
of the parties North are, in my opinion,
destroyed. There is no principle pecu?
liarly Republican or peculiarly Demo?
cratic in the platform of either party
North to-day. But establish confidence
between the races at the South, and at
once a platform of principles will be pro?
mulgated by parties North, bidding for
Southern co-operation, and we will then
have the privilege of choosing the lesser
evil, for I have no idea that during this
generation any National party North will
consent to a platform entirely acceptable
to the South.
Trusting that I have been at least suffi?
ciently explicit to show you exactly my
position upon the inquiries you pro?
pounded,
I am, gentlemen, with much esteem,
Your obedient servant,
D. WYATT AIKEN.
Letter from Ex-Glov. B. F. Perry, of
Greenville, S. C.
Greenville, S. C, April 9,1877.
Messrs. Editors: I am in receipt of
your letter of the 7th ins*., asking me to
furnish you for publication my views in
reference to President Hayes' Southern
policy, and whether Democrats Bhould
accept office under his administration.
I received, a few days since, a similar
letter from the editor of the Augusta
Chronicle & Constitutionalist, and I an?
swered this letter very fully, stating that
I saw no impropriety in Democrats
accepting office under President Hayes if
they still adhered to their Democratic
principles. It is certainly a matter of
the greatest importance to have all public
offices well filled by honest and compe?
tent men. The great curse of the South?
ern States, for the last ten or twelve
years, has been that al! the public offices,
with few exceptions, have been filled
with corrupt or incompetent officers.
This evil must continue unless Democrats
will consent to hold Federal offices. I
have such a contempt for the carpet?
baggers and scallawags of South Carolina,
that I do not think they have in their
ranks the number of honest men required
of old to save the cities of Sodom and
Gomorr&n. much less to save the State
from infamy and ruin! President Hayes
can accomplish no reformation of the
abuses and corruption In South Carolina,
unless he goes outside of the Radical
party to make his appointments. A true
Democrat does not become a Republican
by accepting a Federal office for the best
interests of his State under a Republican
President. I have no doubt the Post
Master General is as good a Democrat as
he was before he accepted that high
office.
President Hayes, although not elected
President of the United States, has be?
come so by consent of the American
people of both parties. The contested
election would have resulted in a civil
war, but for its reference to arbitration.
The infamous returning boards in Lou?
isiana and Florida fraudulently and most
corruptly reported Hayes elected by one
vote. The Republican Senate had re?
solved to declare him elected, and presi?
dent Grant was concentrating the United
States army in Washington to sustain
this declaration. The Democratic House
of Representatives would have declared
Gov. Tilden elected, and a civil war
would have been the result. In order to
avoid this terrible calamity, the whole
matter was referred to the adjudication
of five Federal Judges and the same
number of Democrats and Republicans.
This high tribunal grossly disappointed
the Democratic party, refused to hear
testimony exposing the infamous frauds
of the returning boards, and decided that
Gov. Hayes was elected. All were in
honor bound to accept this decision, how?
ever grossly unjust it may have been.
Therefore I regard him as President de
jure as well as de facto, and if he ad?
ministers the government well, wo should
do all in our power to sustain his admin?
istration.
I have strong hopes that President
Hayes' administration will be favorable
to the South. He has the reputation of
being a fair minded and honorable man.
He was certainly opposed to the corrup?
tion and tyranny which had crept into
the Federal government, and so expressed
himself in the Cincinnati Convention.
His inaugural promised fairly, and his
Cabinet is a good one, composed of high
toned, liberal Republicans and one Dem?
ocrat. His Secretary of State and Secre?
tary of the Interior both voted with the
Democratic party against General Grant
in the previous Presidential election.
His Attorney General is a gentleman of
great learning, distinguished ability, fair
minded and liberal in his politics. This
was shown in his centennial speech, at
Lexington, two years since.
I apprehend no division in the Demo?
cratic party, in accepting office under
President Hayes and sustaining those
measures of bis administration which are
wise and patriotic. He has already re?
moved the troops from the State House
in Columbia and restored civil govern?
ment to South Carolina. I have no
doubt this will be followed by a similar
movement in Louisiana. The disgrace?
ful sight of a military force occupying
the Capitol of a State and refusing to
permit members of the Legislature take
their seats, will no longer be witnessed or
tolerated in a Republic.
My decided convictiou is that the Re?
publican party will never be in power
again after the end of President Hayes'
term of office, and I am sure the infamous
Radical party of South Carolina will
never again present a candidate of their
own party for-Governor of the State.
They may support some mean Democrat
as an independent candidate. The col?
ored people are beginning to see that
they have gained nothing by electing to
office roguish carpet-baggers and scalla?
wags. The Democratic party should
prove their sincerity to the colored people
by sharing with those who are com?
petent and faithful the offices and honors
of the State.
In the course of time new issues will
rise up, and new parties be organized. The
old war issues and bloody shirt will be
abandoned. Then the Democratic party
may be divided, and not before.
I reraaiu, yours truly,
B. F. PERRY.
? A New York dispatch to the Phila?
delphia Times says that gentlemen fully
in the confidence of Gov. Tilden, and
fresh from an interview with him, aver
that the institution of legal proceedings
to oust President Hayes has been strong?
ly advocated by David Dudley Field,
and freely discussed by the friends of
Mr. Tilden, but that Mr. Tilden himself
has never thought of such a thing. Mr.
Tilden said that he had never, directly
or indirectly, advised such proceedings
or encouraged it. Mr. Field urged that
the evidence is certainly attainable by
the overthrow of the Chamberlain and
Packard governments, which would es?
tablish Mr. Tilden's claim beyond a doubt
before any judicial tribunal. Mr. Tilden,
however, discountenances the idea, and
of course nothing will be done against
his protest. He says in so many words
that any attempt to question Mr. Hayes'
right, in view of the present situation,
would be an assault upon the tranquility
of the country.
LATEST BT TELEGRAPH.
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THE TBOOPS ftMOTEi).
Hayes' Order Executed Precisely.
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Special Dispatch to the Anderson Intelligencer.
Columbia, April 10,1877.
The United States troops which have
been stationed in the capitol since the
28th of November last, were marched
out of the State House precisely as the
city clock struck the hour of noon to-day,
in accordance with the Orders of the
President issued last week.
CHAMBERLAIN ABDICATES.
THE GREAT USURPER THROWS UP
THE SPONGE.
Arraigning President Hayes for Deser?
tion of "the Party."
Columbia, April 10th.
Ex-Governor Chamberlain has just
issued a lengthy manifesto, in which he
gives up the hopeless fight against an
inevitable fate, recognizes the power and
authority of Governor Hampton as su?
preme in South Carolina, and. arraigns
the President for his desertion of the
Republican party in the Southern States,
through whose influence and conduct
Mr. Hayes was made Chief Magistrate
by the skillful manipulation of election
returns and Returning Boards.
Chamberlain announces that he is
ready to transfer the Executive Chamber
to Governor Hampton, and will do so to?
morrow or as soon as he can vacate it.
Columbia, S. C, April 11, 1877.
The vacation of the State House was
effected yesterday in the quietest possible
manner. No Democrats were present or
near the building. The troops were
drawn up in line a little before twelve
o'clock, and moved out between the first
and last strokes of the clock. The negro
constables barred all the doors as soon as
the soldiers departed, and the small crowd
of fifty or a hundred negroes congregated
in the hall to see the show dispersed.
The ceremony was over in twenty min?
utes.
A few minutes later the news spread
over the city that Mr. Chamberlain had
issued a manifesto declaring his inability
co sustain his government, unsupported
by the national administration, and an?
nouncing his readiness to surrender his
office. The rumor was quickly confirmed
by the publication of the following cor?
respondence :
State or South Carolina, Executive Chambeb,
CbLUMBIA, S. C, April 10,1877.
Sir: Having learned that you now
propose to turn over to me the Executive
Chamber, with the records and papers
belonging to the executive office now in
your possession, I beg to inform you that
I will send a proper officer to receive the
same at any hour you may indicate as
most convenient to yourself.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient
servant,
(Signed,) WADE HAMPTON,
Governor.
To Hon. D. H. Chamberlain.
State of South Carolina, Executive Chamber,
Columbia, S. C, April 10,1877.
Sir. Replying to your note of this
date, I have to say that my Private Sec
reta.y will meet such officer as you may
designate at twelve o'clock to-morrow at
the Executive Chamber, for the purpose
indicated in your note.
Very Respectfully,
(Signed) D. H. CHAMBERLAIN,
Governor South Carolina.
To Hon. Wade Hampton.
Following this came another official (?)
document, signed by the Republican
State House officers, in which they gave
their sanction to Mr. Chamberlain's
course on the grounds advocated by him.
This document and the manifesto above
referred to are too long to be given here.
The events of the day were unmarked by
any demonstration whatever on the part
of citizens here.
At noon to?day the formal transfer of
the Executive Office was privately effect?
ed between Hampton's and Chamber?
lain's private Secretaries, and Governor
Hampton will occupy the Executive
Office to-morrow. Mr. Chamberlain left
it for the last time at 12:30 this morning,
and after going the rounds of the various
offices, bidding farewell to his associates
and the clerks, he entered his carriage
and retired to his home and private life.
Washington, April 10,1877.
New Orleans special says the Louisi?
ana Commission labored four hours yes?
terday with a delegation of leading busi?
ness men of the jity with the object of
persuading them to organize a movement
to compel politicians to form consolida?
ted Legislature of all the members in
both rival bodies whose election is con?
ceded. Members of the Commission
made earnest speeches.
The busi ness men were immovable
however. They said rather than run the
risk of having to endure Packard as
Governor, they would resist with arms so
as to make a military government neces?
sary. To-day's experiment ends this
compromise plan. The Commission may
try to bring about adjustment on basis
of a Legislature made up from the face
of the parish returns. This is the only
compromise that has the least prospect
of acceptance by Conservatives.
C. McK.
? To spin, to weave, to knit and to
sew, was once a girl's employment; but
now to dress and catch a beau is all she
call? employment.
A WORD TO DEMOCRATIC CLUBS.
Now that the fruits of our victory are
.to be enjoyed by our State, we would
urge our Democratic Clubs not to disor?
ganize or disband. Every Club should
"meet at least once-Jn every three months,
and keep its executive committee busily
engaged looking up recruits. If we al?
low our Clubs to go down, we will be
threatened with defeat from-either the
Republican party, or from an indepen?
dent candidate supported by Republi?
cans, in the next election in the State
and Counties. The thorough organiza?
tion of our Clubs was the source of our
victory, and wo must not, under any cir?
cumstances, allow any opportunity for
defeat in the next campaign. We must
not become indifferent now because we
have been successful. On the contrary,
we should begin to prepare for the next
canvass now, by keeping up and recruit?
ing our Clubs. It will require another
election to make Democracy permanent
in South Carolina, and secure full and
untrammelled control of all the depart?
ments of our government. By a proper
adherence to our organization we can se?
cure a majority of at least thirty thou?
sand two years from now.
THE HAMPTON TAX-PAYEES.
The following names embraces the list
of persons who have paid the ten percent,
contribution on account of taxes for the
support and maintenance of the legal
government of tho State from the 7th
of March to the 5th of April inclusive:
J C Whitefield W R Cartee
Mrs A L Gail lard Mrs M L Thompson
John M Guyton
Mrs S A Guyton
Lucinda Harris c
Abner Mims c
F M Dickinson
Mrs Mary A Cobb
B P Shirley
H D Rochester
Spencer Brown
B 0 Brown
Newton Brown
T C Watt
Mrs F D Thomas
Elijah Cartee c
Frank Carlisle c
Alex Harris c
Peter Snipes c
National Bank
Anderson
Dr John Hopkins
Ira L Moseley
J J Moseley
John Eskew .
Wm F Owen
James E Wilson
J T C Jones
Amos Williams c
Mrs M Hawkins
M N Mitchell
J B Peyton c
J C Horton
John Linly
J E Gaines
J H Harper
Nancy Harper
Guyton & Williams
Mrs Hester Rogers
J M Hamlen
J A Cowan
E C McDowell
DAE Campbell
J J Thacker
William Jones
Jesse Kay
C A Kay
John Shirley
C E Harper
C E & J H Harper
ofMRTunno
Rev D Hagood c
EDWakefield
Mrs M H Rogers
JHMcClinton
W McD Cochran
John B Leverett
P K Norris
S N Pearman
PFKing
S A Whitaker
Robt Moorhead
Est M Moorhead
Est Wm Moorhead
J W Fowler
P A Mattison
F M Norris
Hugh Rush
Richard Barmore c R M Burriss
John Willingbam Mrs M E Bellotte
WarrenChancellor o S A Hutchison
J J Vaughn Warren Davis c
C L Carson Mrs M A Glenn ?
R S Bailey Mrs L M Robinson
John W Norris Miss M A Robinson
Mrs J E Blackman Mrs Jane'Simmons
James R Little
W A Brownlee
J M Cooley
W R Cooley
Joseph O Jones
Robt R Dickinson
John W Major
S C Major
Williams Hanks
James P Prince
A P Quail es
Mrs Sarah Kelly
Nimrod Kay
Anderson Brock
Mrs Caroline Brock
KBPoore
Dr Geo M Jones
N K Sullivan
John P Sullivan
B F Hawkins
Est WP Hawkins
John O Hawkins
Mrs Mary Wakofield G W Hawkins
Moody Gentry Joseph T Hawkins
E S Pepper Enoch Gaines c
Mrs M E Breazeale J D Bratcher
J K Breazeale
R W Adams c
G W North c
Wm Mattress c
Alfred Mattress c
Lewis Brown c
Elias Strickland
Lewis McConnell
J W Ford
C CReed
Joseph Martin
Mrs Catharine Fant W J Kelly
Mrs A R Holmes Jos C Winters
Mrs Sophia Warley Robt Smith
Mrs E C Shubrick J B Martin
Tol?ver Bolt
Est Asa Bolt dee'd
Moses Garrison
J M Hawkins
J R Tripp
N S Reeves
J M Jones
J A Cason
Mrs N E Cason
John T Boggs
N R Reeves
J B Smith'
W P Thomas
J A Cason, Agent
W J Woods
John H Hopkins
M E Deale
E K Miller
Dr C V Barnes
A S Stephens
R L Williams
W N Hammond
S H Langston
W B Compton
Thomas Neal c
Asa Garrett
Jasper King
Geo S Stewart Sr
WF Stewart
B S Gaillard
Sam'l Smith
Mrs E M Findley
W G Jenkins
B Z Blackman
W S Ligon
Martin Morse
Edward Davis
James McLees
Mrs Louisa King
Thomas M White
J H Brock
Mary A Brock
John Stewart
W L Merritt
J A E Norris
H C Erskine
Mrs L E Shirloy
A M Rochester
Elijah Watson
J A Crocker
John Williams c
J B O Barclay
Josiah M Barkley
Mrs L C Walker
John W Shearer
E M Freeman
E D Freeman
Mrs M E Vandiver
Mrs Julia E Burriss
S M Johnston
M L Kennedy
A M Cullins
AVA Fant
HG Reed
J M Elgin
Elias Scott o
E J Earle.
S H Earle
J H Wardlaw
Wm Callaham
Sam Hill o
Sarah Ragsdale
Robt Junkin
E H Watkins
Mrs Maria Smith
J H Smith
E A Clardy
A W Poore <fe Bros.
AWPoore
Wm Hammond
G W Hall
W M Gordon
Jane M Gordon
David Watkins
TV* A Williams
Mrs S M Rochester Philip Croraer
D C McConnell
A W Sims
James Busbee
W M Wilson
Janies Williamson
Mrs C E Glenn
Mrs A Strickland
S E Strick!a .'J
P H Stricki.-i :d
A A Bowie
Dr W T Holland
Dr S N Holland
J H Ballen tine
Hoyt & Co.
James A Hoyt
JSKay
Lettis Shirley
J W Erskino
Est Jerre Moore
Sam'l McCrery
Jacob Pickens c
T Whitton c
Warren Dillard
Dr T S Miller
S F W Miller
Julia Crooks c
W Williams c
A E Patterson
W J Martin
Mrs L E Garrett
Benj D Martin
C C Smith
P L Cromer
T N Cromer
Maj R F Simpson
Miss A T Simpson
T L Williams
Willis Newton
Mrs M Watkins
John C Watkins
Wm W Watkins
Felix E Watkins
Thos Crymes
Thos Crymes & Co
Ira C Williams
Mrs S H Featheraton
Gabriel Pearman o
R C Wyatt
Mrs N A Wyatt
John M Hendrix
C E Horton
Jesse Crumpton
Peter King
J P Johnson
W L Rogers
D E King
Cato Williams c
Tony Jones c
AlseyMauldin c
CS Beaty
Mrs E Robinson
John D Hillhouse
Hon J P Reed
J R Nelson
Wm. Flowers
SCHOOL NOTICE.
WE have secured the services of a first
class Teacher, a graduate of New
berry College, Mr. D. A. ZEAGLER, who
is now teaching a mixed School at
" Sandy Springs Academy."
Here young nion can be prepared for Col?
lege, if desired. Board can be had, in good
families, at seven dollars per month, exclu?
sive of washing and lights. Rates of Tui?
tion are as follows:
English Branches, in connection with
the Ancient Languages.$25 00
English Branches.15 00
Elementary Branches. 10 00
Per term?ten months?or two Ses?
sions of five months each.
For further particulars, apply to either of
the undersigned, members of the Board of
Trustees.
W. D. GARRISON,
R. M. BURNS,
W. W. RUSSELL.
April 12, 1S77_39 lm
PEN DLETON!
IEXPECT to be in PENDLETON to
practice DENTISTRY on tbc 11th,
12th and 13th April.
Will return to my office in Anderson on
the morning of the" 14th.
W. G. BROWNE, Dentist.
April*, 1S77 38 a?
ASSIGNEE'S SALE
OP
REAL ESTATE.
In the District Court of the United Stater,
District of South Carolina.
In Re. \
B. A. McAlister, Bankrupt, [Peti&m to Sell
Ex Forte \ Real Etiate.
J. H. McConnell, Assignee. /
BY virtue of an order of his Honor Judge
George S. Bryan, I will sell at Ander?
son Court House, South Carolina, on SALE
DAY IN MAY next, the following. Real
Estate, to wit:
TWO TRACTS or LOTS OF LAND of
said B. A. McAlister, situate in the County
of Anderson, on the Tucker's Mill Road,,
and on branches of Governor's Creek, wa?
ters of Rocky River?
LOT NO. 1,
The Homestead Lot of said B. A. McAlis?
ter, containing one hundred and twenty-five
acres, adjoining lot No. 1, lands belonging
to David Crawford, Estate of John Wake
field, Phillip Cromer, Weston Hays and
others.
LOT NO. 2,
Containing one hundred and/sixty-five
acres, adjoining lands belonging .to Msj.
James Thompson, David Crawforo, Lots No.
1, and others.
- Plats containing courses, distances, Ac, of
the above lots may be seen by calling upon
the undersigned.
TERMS OF SALE?One-half Cash, oal
ance on twelve months, with interest at the>
rate of ten per centum, secured by bond and
mortgage. The purchasers to pay extra for
papers.
JAMES H. McCONNELL,
Assignee.
April 12,1877 ? 39 . 4
SHERIFFS SALE.
. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA;
Anderson Cotnrrr.
IN THE PROBATE COURT.
E. M. Brown, Plaintiff, against Chester M"_
Walker, Columbus C. Walker, Benjamin.
F. Walker, et al.
BY virtue of an order from W. W. Hum?
phreys, Judge of Probate for Ander?
son County, to me directed in the above*
stated case, I wili expose to sale on the:
FIRST MONDAY in MAY next, at An?
derson C. H., the following described real1,
estate, to wit:
ONE TRACT OF LAND,
Containing Sixty (60) Acres, more or less,
situate in Anderson County, on waters of"
Broadway Creek, bounded by lands of B. D. k
Dean, Greenlee Ellison and others.
TERMS OF SALE?One-half, to be. paid
in cash; the remainder to be paid on or be?
fore the first, day'of November next the
purchaser to give bond with at least two
good and approved securities, together With
a mortgage on the land, to secure the pur?
chase money, with interest from day of sale
at the rate of ten per cent, per annum. Pur?
chaser to pay extra for all necessary papora.
JAMES H. McCONNELL,
Sheriff Anderson County.
April 11,1877 39 . , A
SHERIFF'S SALES.
BY virtue of various Executions to ma
directed, I will expose to sale on the*
First Monday in May next, at Anderson
Court House, South Carolina, the following;
Tracts of Laud, to wit:
TRACT NO. 1, containing Five Hundredl
(500) Acres, more or less, situate in "Ander?
son County, on waters of Beaverdam Creek,,
adjoining lands of D. L. Stringer, Mrs. 8..A
Smith, Jas. L. Campbell and others, and
known as the SherreH Tract.'
TRACT NO.:2,' containing Three'Hun?
dred and Five (305) Acres, more or less, sit?
uate in Anderson County, on waters of
Beaverdam Creek, adjoining lands, of John
Crews, Mrs. Vandrver and Tract No, 1, and
known as the Masters' Tract.' Levied on as
the property of A. M. Neal, at the suit of
Whitner cVSymmes and others.
Also, ONE TRACT OF LAND, contain?
ing Eighty (80) Acres, more or less, situate
in Anderson County, 8. C, bounding lands
of A. L. McMahan, A. J. Hall and others.
Levied on as the property of J. D. Welch,
at the suit of Robert A*. Gray.
Terms Cash?purchaser to pay extra tor
all necessary papers;
JAS. H. McCONNELL,
Sheriff Anderson County.:
April 11,1877 39 4
TOBACCO STORE!
In Benson House, at Lewis A Co.'s Old
Stand,
Where Tobacco is Selling at
Lowest Factory Prices.
LEAK & MOSS, Agent?.
April 12,1877 39- ?. V 8m "
Insure Your Property.
IHAVE the honor to represent the fol?
lowing substantial Companies: '
Underwriters Agency, New York, i . . ;
assets.$3,302,920
Niagara, N. Y., assets.1,500,000
Continental, N. Y., assets..2,800,006
Georgia Home, Columbus, assets... : 524,420
Mobile Underwriters, Mobile, Ala: 1,000,000
Total assets..........$9,127,346
. These Companies are .all reliable, and if
you should he so unfortunate as. to get
burnt, your policy will be paid. Do not de?
lay, but get a'policy in one of the above
Companies on your property beforeit is too.
late. Delays are dangerous.
A. B. TOWERS,
Insurance Agent, Anderson, 8. C.
Dec 21,1876_23 ;.
MANSION HOUSE,
Main Street, '
COLUMBIA, S. O.
THIS House is now open for the recep?
tion of visitors, and every'means will
be employed to render guests comfortable.
It is newly furnished throughout, and the
table is supplied with the best the market
affords. The Mansion House is located In
the centre of the city, convenient to busi?
ness and all principal points. Transient and
permanent board at reasonable rates, Car
riages in connection with the' House.1'
R. N. LOWRANCE.
OctlO, 1876- - 14 . ;_
Notice to Contractors.
THE Contract for Repairing EARLE'S
BRIDGE, at Shallow Ford,, on Seneca
River, will be let to the lowest bidder at the
Bridge on SATURDAY, the -21st inst., at
10 o'clock a. m. Good and sufficient sure-,
ties will be required, and the Commissioners
reserve the right to reject any or all bids.
O. H. P. FANT.
S. BROWN,: .
JOHN C. GANTT, .
County Commissioners.
Aprils, 1877 38 3 ?'
Administrator's Sale.
IWILL, as Administrator of Jeremiah
Mooro, deceased, sell on the Thirteenth
of April next, at the late residence of de?
ceased, his entire Personal Estate, consisting
of one Mule, Com, Fodder, Blacksmith
Tools, Household and Kitchen Furniture,
Plantation Tools, and other property.
Terms of sale cash, ?
REUBEN CLINK8CALE8, Adm'r.
March 29,1877 37 3 - ?
Notice to Debtors.
ALL persons indebted to Messrs. J. B.
Moore & Bros, are hereby notified to
come forward and settle the same at once,
or they will incur the risk of paying costs.
If properly secured I will give time until
15th October next.
JOSEPH N. BROWN, Assignee.
April 5, 1877_38
R. IVI. WRICHT,
Contractor and Builder of Country,
Suburban and village Senses,
PLAIN and FANCY WORK executed in
the best style.
Address all orders to -
R. M. WRIGHT,
Towuville, S.C. .
March 29, i877 37 Gm
Garden Seeds.
AGOOD ASSORTMENT of D. M. Ferry's
Garden Seeds and Early Rose Potatoes
for sale by A. B. TOWERS. '
March 29,1877_? . ';
Hardware.
AGOOD LOT of Shelf Hardware, Iron,
Steel, Plows, Plow Irons, Hoes, Pots,
Ovens and Spiders for sale low by
A. B. TOWERS.
March 29,1877_ _
Hats and Clothing.
AFEW of those Cheap Hats, and-a'AW
Coats, Pants and Vests at and bslo*r
cost for cash. A. B. TOWERS. ?
March 29, 1877