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THE POKT IiOYAh. | \ STANDARD and COMMERCIAL j * r Cr. THOMAS !, Ktlirur, Beaufort, S. C., July 20. 1876. 1 SbUaCKII'TlOXS. Oue Year, $t OU 1 Six Mouth*, 1 00 t Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of $1 50 per square, 10 Nonpareil lines, for the lir*t insertion; subsequent Insertions by contract. JOB PRINTING AN1>% STATIONARY. ( Ws havs one of the most complete JOB OFFICES j s the State, and do work as well and at as low prices ss in the cities. Otirst :ck of STATIONERY islaree and will be sold wholesale and retail, fts low as in "Charleston and Savannah. Deeds and law blanks iu great rarioly. Official Paper of Beaufort (?amy. FOR PRESIDENT, BUTHERFORD B. HAYES OF OHIO. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, WILLIAM A. WHEELER, OF NEW YORK. Free speech is one of the cardinal doc . trines of the republican party, and yet in political campaigns there is no principle that is less regarded than this. It has become to be considered a mark of smartness for a chairman to choke off, or a partisan mob to howl down any speaker who may be supposed to he in opposition We are just entering upon a most important campaign, and it is with no captious 1 spirit of opposition to any one, that we call attention to this violation of party v doctrine?this violation of a spirit of fair play; but with a desire to see an harmonious contest, such a free discussion of the merits, the honesty, and integrity of every man who presents himself as a candidate for the suffrage of the people, that : when they approach the polls in Novem- 1 knr novt t liaif V\c\llrkfc? will JVW i 11 wi utii i \j u? niu uvc i vj'i v.^vin merely the choice of party machinery, but an expression of individual opinion, fortified by the knowledge they have . gained by listening to a free and open discussion. This is of the utmost importance in this State, where such occasions are the only opportunities that a majority ot our voters Have of obtain:n? such infor- , J maticn. That great source of knowledge to the educated citizen, the public press, is a closed book to them, and deprived oi the other source of information thev ? , ' \ blindly follow their party leaders, thus / - < becoming the irresponsible agents of the good or bad government that may follow, j That Governor Chamberlain believe in free speech we cannot doubt, inasmuch as h announced that he was willing ' listen to any charges or complaints and answer them, and we therefore regret that it was considered necessary by the chairman to resort to gag-law, and we trust that in the future, within the ranks of the party of freedom, the boon ol free speech will not be denied. Saturday's News and Courier con^tainstbe startling telegraphic announcement that Senator Samuel Green, is the most corrupt member of the legislature. Now if that be so, it is only right and proper that his constituents should have the evidence of his comintion nlaced be fore them. Why it is perfectly appalling to corutemplate. At one time it was asserted that the people of South Cuiclina, had been robbed of about nine mi!.lions of dollars, at that time Senator Green was a member of the legislature, ' and if degrees of corruption are to be as- { certained by the amount of money that , each obtained corruptly, and Senator , Samuel Green is the most corrupt man < in the legislature, what a pile of illgotten 1 :treasure that young man must have .stowed away somewhere, lie does not dress in purple and fine linen; has no , government bonds, safely locked away in t a New York security Co. has built no 1 magnificent blocks of buildings, but that only makes him a more dangerous char.acter. lie wears ordinary clothes only ? as a blind, keeps a country store for the c same purpose, does a little fa ming and v stock raising, so that people will little a .suspect how much he has obtained cor- ^ ruptly, as the most corrupt member t f ^ the legislature. Why it is a wonder that t W. who sent the telegram from Beaufort can sleep nights knowing that there is v locked up iu his bosom the secret evi s dence that Senator Samuel Green is the r most corrupt maD in the legislature, fur u we caunot think that the Xncs and \ . v i Courier would make such an asserti- n ^ except they had it from ^ most leliable h source, nor can we believe W. would ! b evei telegraph such a statement unless i a hi has evidence of it. We :ha'i expect! w. to give the public the cwltncc oftbi> jt S. " ' ? v " . / orn!j>tio:i, ?'-r llie eon tituents of Sen- ? tor Saiu'.ui (Jrcci:. v. ill be satisfied -that i )iev wiJI have to 1??:?k elsewhere for the i n<? ! v??;'Uj?t member of the legislature. *, I 'v ' - . * ' x ' J iik Savtmnah Xeu.< draw* a parallel lotweon thcf lfe.'nburg uiAvacre, and ? eccnt Moody affray in Newark, N. J. j n which three brothers after being dis- ] harped from a tannery committed a high- I srav robbery, resisted tlie two officers of : tin biw tv1><? nHonmted to :mp-f them I ' ind killed litem, and they then nm to the tannery from winch they had been discharged, open fire on the inmates killing two of them, and arc themselves driven from the shop pursued by the woikmen, cut v.'th knives and forced into the river where they drown. In this caiC the three men hud com mitted a ^crious crime, when tbe officers of the la v come for them they murder them in cold Mtfcd. and then in a spirit of revenge proceed to the shop from which they had 1 ecu discharged, and commence to kill and wound ail who come in their'path, and. meet their death. In the other case, the militia company had committed no crime, ly fear of the armed white regulatory they retire to their < dr'l! room for safety they are attacked, iu self defence they shoot one of the attack< mg ]>arty. and then overcome, captured, unresisting, unarmed, prisoners they , are shot down, and yet the SVcv:s would i have its readers believe these eases par- 1 allel, and that it is'a waiving of the bloody shirt, to characterize the Hamburg massacre a*the facts warrant. ( The correspondent of the News and Courier, . in speaking of the meeting on Friday last and the words that passed between Senator Green, and the chairman, Representative Hamilton, says: "a bitter and spirited war cf words en. sued, at one time threatening between the two who occupied positions on the stage a resort to arms.'' A resort to arms! Nothing could be further from the iutentions of those o.? the stand, anj how any man can be guilty of writing such sensational nonsense, about the most ; yuiet political meeting that we have wit" essed in Beaufort, is past our com pie- 1 hension. j The Charleston Jottmal of Commerce% that called so lustily for troops fur the , disturbed Combaliee rice fields some time I ago, will no doubt be pie sed to leatn I that troops are to be sent to Hamburg, j Aiken and Edgefield C. II. Nothing ' like calling for troops, you are sure to , get them sooner v," later. ?-o> < In compromising on th) sundry civil < appropriation bill the Senate receded to ' the extent of about 84,000,000, to whi h the House adds $950,000. Tire amount appropriated is 815,800,000. Tnr news from the frontier would seen. , to foreshadow a speedy solution of the Ii dian difficulty. Indian Inspector Vandevere lias reported the results of a recent council with the chiefs. He called the attention of the chiefs to the fac; that the supplies with which thev had been furnished were now nearly exhausted, and that before any more were sertf them they must agree to relinqui-h all right to the Black Hiils. lie reminded them thai gold has been discovered in those hills, and although white men had no right there, they were there in such numbers, that they could not be driven Oat, and that all they could do in the . matter, if they wanted peace, was to sur : ender the Black Hil's to the government, ; in return for which they would get sup- : plic-s and farming implements and letter lands elsewhere. They assure the commission t of a desire to accept the propo- : <ition. and requested tluit- such agreement- ; should be reduced to writing. { 11 1 ( The Attorney Genera! an] the A lju ; tant Geucra! have submitted to the l"x { jutive, an official report of the Hamburg j trouble, and from what the Govern v t publicly cxpresr-ed iu his speech, which ^ ive publisli elsewher), the law will i c jirried out in such a manner as to carfy j ,vith it that wholesome fear, so conducive { o respect. An impartial trial is demand- t d t) be followed by such a degree of j uuishmem comiueusurate with this foul j jtfenee against law and order and the { ights of citizens of life, liberty and the t] "ursuit of happiness. ; j. Co:*GitESSMax Smalls, was again equal v o the emergency when lie spoke in Con a tress to his amendment to the Texas Iku r[ lerbill, providing that no troops shall be f withdrawn from South Carolina so long r is the military of the State, peacefully 0 iSsemb'cd, a-,e assaulted, disarmed, lake j risoners, and thus massacred in c>M j, ilood by lawless bands of men invading p hat State from the State of Georgia. 0 It is but fair to state that a gentleman .. ho claims to have sent the telegram ' igned W.. stales most positively that the ortion referring to Senator Satn'l Green s the most corrupt member of the legi< ' iture, was added to it. Probably the f. Vcics <tiul Courier possesses this secret 1 istorv of corruption. We have heard, j owever, of another telegram having) pen sent, whi<*h may have contained the j L nnouneement re'erivd to. Co\<tUESs. it is reported, wiM not ad-j A ; irn uut.l ii.e middle of August. * i-i jOY. "CHAMBERLAIN Af EBAUFORT, K ~ - ? ! f le announce* *fim:cli"a3 n Canrtidnte j j forr<-flHtiow.-!Jia reception,?I waul I the Htjiulilicaii Parly to ltv<- oik the | 1 South CukA'Jiia for si hundivd 1 y < ari? to eoim 1'Iu Il;? nilmi g M:is*:iciv ! ( Sp?edj\i>un??5tuwnt to lojluw outraged: ^ inw- i \ i 1 Xi \ , 1 | j \ j s 1 As announced lust week, Gov. Clir.in? . 1 aerlain paitl his first visit to Beaufort on 1 , Friday last. A committee of citizens nt- j , tended by the Union brass band, met him J it the depot, and Mr. Pollitzcr, chairman af the cotnin it tee, welcomed him in the i I following language: Governor: I am honored with the pleasant duty to greet and welcome you in behalf of the citizens, who take the liberty to offer you the hospitality of the town of Beaufort. You are .the first Governor since re construction that has honored this town with a visit, and we are grateful for it, not only because you are Governor, but because you arc the first Governor who has kept good faith with t'.e people of the State, by keeping the pledges and promises made on enteiing the responsible office you hold. The citizens of this town arc mindful ot the difficulties with which you have to contend. man can do right to all, without doing imaginary wrong to some. In a State like ours, with so many different elements of thought, habit and education, it is only the man witii a strong will and capacity that can bring order out of the chaos that has prevailed here so long. You have cut the gordian knot, and it is our sincere wish that yon may have the n?.rviVrtnnitlT r, ^ U a?? ( aAJ aa >a ifj'pui UUUJUJ ui aiivsmci tvi iu ui uuicc cv enable you to unwind the cords that were so long tied up. We beg you to accept our small offering and hope that you will enjoy your time while in our midst. To this the Governor responded, thanking them for their kind expressions. Preceeded by the band he was escorted to the Sea Island Hotel. In the evening he addressed a meeting in front of the town hall, at which Representative Thoa. Hamilton presided, as follows: Mr. Chairman and Fellow-citizens of Beaufort: It gives me pleasure to meet my fellow citiaens to-day. I need not remind you that although you have known me and I have known you, although I have been honored by ycur support aud suffrage on two occasions previous to the present campaign, I have never met you before face to face, and I rejoice greatly that-as a public servaut acknowledging my indebtedness to you?acknowledging my responsibility, I can come before you to address yuu up u those matters which concern die welfare, not only of Beaufort county, but of the State and^ United States, our 3 .uiuiou country. Fellow-citizens; I have nothing to conceal, I have nothing to blush for, I eome here simply to state my political views, to discuss before you the i alitical questions which arc to be settled in the coming campaign, and submit my ivnduct and administration to your calm iiid dispassionate judgment. 1 am a republican, and I am a repuMi310 only because I believe the principle., jf the republican party, if hoilestly aud faithfully carried out in our State and na tional government will give the greatest degree of prosperity, happiness and good wiii to the people of South Carolina and the country at large. If I believed there was anything in the creed of the republican party which added a feather's weight to the burden of man, womau or chiLlr JL ^ l . _ i i r . . . wou.u 1101 uu u rcpuoi can, iur it is j.u part of the creed of an honest man. that wishes well to his fellow men to seek to build himself up on the wrongs of others. I a in free to say to every man who listens to me here, that although his condition in life may imve been and is widely different to minej although some of you may uever have read the books that I have, or had the privileges or the opportunity for culture that I have had from my youth, yet 1 can say to you it has never been in my heart, nor never will be, to say that ! should have a single right, privilege or immunity under the government of my State which the humblest and poorest. ; man should not have also. [Cheers.] . This is republicanism?freedom, justice < ind equality; civil and political privileges fur all men; chains and fetters for no man. 1 want the republican party to live : m the soil of South Carolina for a hun- *] Ircd years to come, because I know that i f you aud I are true to the principles of i he party, this town on which my eyes lave rested to-day for the first time, will eirain her ancient renown as the home of : vealth. hospitality aud refinement. 1 I c )ine here to-day speaking to my fel- i ow citizens whose privileges and freedom < late almost but yesterday, an 1 I know ' he difficulties of keeping pure and honest i mliticai:?flairs; but. still I would have < feodum. Protect but the right of the 3 nimblest man who stands before me to- < liy in the right to stand upon the two * c t that God gave him, and call no inan i ouster, and there is not a man here, but ^ >'ho can add much to the honor, peace id renown of this famous old town, i 'here is nothing like freedom. The cure t or the evils of slavery is freedom. Tell c ae of ignorance and prejudice?tell rac t fall the evils you may labor under, and 1 woul 1 say give me the creed of the re- i ulilican party and I will euro the evils of I he day and the hour. Freedom will work j ut its perfect results, and we shall have ] no races vicing and urging each other f jrward in the path of good government, i aniiony and good will. That is why I e m a republican, because the principles i f that party grant to every man equal s nd vxact justice, with civil and political r bcrty. without whi-di there will be no t cacc but the peace of death and slavery a hat peace which is worth living for is s le peace of fr>vd ;in and the peace of c niversa! manho v.h <3 It is just one hundred years since the v ,1.1 , an :,t ion ha I its birth. I think it d u.e<.t that in one of the historical downs t t. >f (lie country that we i hould consider s :br whaMhN nation wa- born, what its \ mission is. What wore the intentions c )f the in on who >o well expressed in tlic ; < tvor Is of our fathers that all men were j reared i'i< . ami o?juah not all white n.on, t not sown- men, but all men, all who lore j < t ho human lorm worn created foe and ; equal endowed with inalienable rights i which no man could take from them, en- ; i titled to life liberty and the pursuit of < happiness, (.hie hundred years since i Jefferson, that old original American democrat used those words, the republican party has taken them up, and better than Jefferson who only wrote them? better than our fathers who only proclaimed them, we have enacted them into law and written them f-n history, and now tor the first time that declaration is an honest fact and each American may be proud because it is a fact. It is sometimes said that republican oratros arc wont to .sow seeds or dissension between races on this soil, when we talk about the principles of the republican party, ilolding the official position that I do whenever I am called upon to address my fellow citizens, I admit as Governor I should measure my words more than as a simple citizen. I do not come here to disturb the prejudices of any man who listens to me, but I must tell you what 1 believe, and I must therefore say to you, iu my judgement there never was an era in the history of the American republic that more depends on st nding by the principles of the republican party than to day. There are two parties struggling for political control in this -country and I must ask you to look with inc at these two parties, and the only way to view the present is by the light that comes from the past. One of these parties have the principles of the declaration of independence, and the policy of the other party is a denial of those principles. Do you not remember, even those who have not taken a part in political affairs for a long time, that before the war this contest between freedom and slavery divided this country ? Do you not remember that the publican party in its infancy sakl no more slave territory, and the democratic party said let slavery be free to enter every territory. The one said men arc free and equal ; the other said an entire race were born to be slavesTh>t contest went on until the election of Abraham Lincoln. It was dererniincd then for the first time in the history of the country that the policy of the Amer ican government should he in hostility to the extension of slavery. What came next ? The renuhliean nartv stood bv the principles of no more-slave territory, and the democratic "party of the South and North declared that the doctrine that slavery might not enter the free territories was a sectional doctrine unworthy 0 the American republic. They joined in the war, the objeci of which, concealed for a time, but never completely lost sight of was the old question,?shall slavery or freedom rule this country. ? You remember that the republican pa ty wont through with the war and the soil of this country was covered with the bodies of few hundred thousand soldiers who fell in the stniggle. Brave men went down on both sides, as brave men on one side as on the other, the only difereuee bring in th ; principles for which they fought. The result was that we have piled up, in addition to the sacrifice of life, a mountain of debt that no man's imagination can grasp, and which will cast a dark shadow, a burden over the n :xt ten generations. In this war the republican party by the pen of Abraham Lin oln and the sword of Ulysses S. Grant, wrote on this soil the grand doctrine of Jefferson, that all men are created free and equal. I am calling your attention to these tacts because I want you to know why I am.still a republican and why you should stand by the party which gave you freedom, that will still build you up into the stature of true civil freedom and manhood. But your physical fetters that bound you struck off is not half of freedom. I sometimes think my fellow-citizens have escaped from physical slavery only to plunge iuto a 'slavery more hopeless. 1 want you to understand why you are republicans. I do not want you to be re- ; publicans because Abraham Lincoln was ' a republican but because you believe in ( the principles of the party as Abraham Lincoln understood and believed in them. We talk about the dangers of an ignorant ballot, but to-day in presence of the ivorld, if I had to choose between an ignorant ballot, .and an educated ballot controlled by prejudice, 1 would say give ue-the free ballot and I can make it an intelligent ballot. The only way to work )ut of the difficulties that now surround ,'ou is to accept freedom for every man in dl its length and breadth and trust tlia' reodom will build up and lead the people uto intelligence, frugality and all the civil rirtues. In all this struggle which has resulted n what I see to-day was the simple truth hat the republican party was the party >f' freedom, and the democratic party was he party of slavery. As I said a few ninutes ago, I know of no way of judgng of the future except by the past, and >y this rule let us look at the political tarties. Hero is the republican party. 1 n 1850 it said freedom; in 18G0 it said s reedoin; in 1870 it said freedom, in 1S7G e t sayo freedom, and this is its record at I ivcry step, and fur the la:-t thirty years a t ]ia> been true to freedom, therefore r hall we not trust it to-day and to-".nor- t ow and so on, until other issues than i 1< 7 # hose that now divide us shall claim our d Mention. I know the democratic party j ij ay, and I am glad they do, for I wel- ] ome every step of approach from the j ; crcoerats to republicans if sincere that : v re accept, the decleraticn of indepeu- j b leaoe and the results of the war, we : o tandly the comtitutif r. ( j *.'rc; nr.d ycu b C..'.^4?< l'<*? H < <??? * ? ? >* -> -* houkl now cast y mr political fortunes I vith us. I say nothing hinders us ex- < opt memory nothing hinders mc to i lay from joining t hat party except the j' -rntonnd convictions that the past has ! aught. Never until recently had the < expression of accepting the constitution i is it i> escaped from democratic lips, and dint caution which Lord Chatham says i is tlie parent of safety, that we u*c in itlier affairs of life, dictates that we take , them on probation, for months and years until we find that their lives arc consistent vith their words, and then we will open our doors to therm I have a word or two next to say, in reference to the particular questions that arc involved in this campaign. I believe the declarations of independence has been wrought into a fact in America, and it is not in the power of any man or party to undo that fact of the freedom of everyman under the constitution and the law, there are therefore other questions before us to-day which have grown in relative in port mcc on account of the settlement of the great question of freedom, but while I urge you never to loose sight of the fact that all your property aud :all your peace rests on this freedom, there ? 1'. ?k:_V lilt? UllJUl qUUMlUliS >V IIIUll (JUUlAJlIJ lilU welfare of tlie country and of which we must take some thought in this campaign. The two great parties have put forward their candidates and their platform. I am free to acknowledge that the St. Louis convention has put forward the best and ablest man in the whole democratic party, for Governor Tilden is an administrative reformer. He is a man who understands that public office is a sacred trust, to be administered for the benefit of the people. I have nothing to suppress for I know something of what it is to stand up with the fiaiming sword of conscience and duty behind ine, and the angry frowns of my political friends before me, and cany out the pledges of his platform and party. I humbly profess to have been engaged for two years in that task. I would be untrue to myself if I did not say that for Tilden, in many aspect of his career, I have profound honor and regard. It h not Gov. Tilden, it is the democratic party whose exponent he has cousented t-o become from which I must withold my confidence. I believe in hard and honest money. 80 does Tilden. Does the dem" ocratic party ? In the hal's of Congress they are to-day working &r the repeal of the only steps taken toward resumption?the repeal of the resumption acts. Gov. Tilden is for hard money, is Gov. Hendricks? No ! he is the prince, of inflationists. He is the man who stands behind Tilden, with the chances of life in his favor, and may be called to fill his place and plunge us into degredatiou and ruin on the rock of a worthless paper currency, for if we do not get back to gold and silver, one of these days, green backs may become as worthless as the confederate paper money that flooded the houses of this town at the close of the war. Tli#.re is j?nofher mieetinrt how rmh lie office skill be tilled. Whether your county treasurer and auditor shall get their offices as a reward for mere political service, or be chosen because they are capable, honest at>i faithful men, and I ay here to the people of this couutry that you public officers shall be selected first because they arc republicans aod because they are honest capable and faithful. Tildcii says his party is in favor of civil service reform, and they have said it for years, yet in the only instance for sometime that an opportunity lias presented itself to show to the people by their acts that they earnestly desired such reform, in the House of Representatives in Washington during the present session, they have marie every political gift, from the highest to the lowest, the reward of mere political party service, in many instances unsupported by character or worth of any kind. This furnishes another reasons why you should stand by the republican party, not only as the patty of freedom but as the party of good government Now having said so much to you of your political duties having given you some of the reasons why 1 cling to the party as firmly now as I did twenty years igo, having tojd you why in national matters the republican party is the party of good government I will turn to State Affairs. I have already alluded to the fact that [ have heen charged with the duties of jliief executive for almost two years. Tou voted for me in Beaufort and my election was as much due to you as to in}7 people in the State, and I therefore :-ouie here to submit to your judgement ny conduct. I am here to listen to any charges and complaints and to answer hem, not in a spirit of defiance, not n a spirit of rebuke, but in a spirit of >ne who understands that what the people have given me, the people have the ight to take away, and for the trust )laced in iny hands they have the right o call tne to account. Two years ago 'our convention nominated me at Col- : imbia for governor; put me upon a platbrm upon which was written from be- < rinning, to end reform. We .admitted i hat in the six years which preceded that ime corruption and intolerable abuses : tad grown up, and we resolved that they 1 hould be removed and that goad gov- < irnmentshould be restored in the place of t >ad government; that the laws should be 5 .dministercd without favor, that the 1 mblic treasure should be honestly used; { hat the taxes should be reduced to the c 3west possible point. You placed tLat < !uty on nie. ami I have borne it always in { nind and I believe I have carried those f ledges, which you laid down in the i (latform. into execution. I have labored ? rith but comparative success I admit, j ut I am not here to discuss the causes t f that failure. I have labored with on- J . partial rucocss to reduce cases and i to cxpcud the money with honesty and st jconoiiiv and to fill offices with honest men. b( Something has been done however. g< The republican party to-day instead of w struggling under a weight of shame and m disgrace that covered it two years ago, ai is looked upon by the country, by im- th partial men, as a government that is en- [( deavoring to administer its functions with honesty. I have been subjected to a rt great amount of criticism by proraincut -tc men in my own party. I say to you it ai is tlie wish closest to my heart, and has ft been, to keep the republicaifparty united c< and harmonious?the harmdny of honesty, fi freedom, peace and good government. You remember that the great reformer o the Saviour himseU said his doctrine was w first the sword and not until the sword c had done its work would peace come, n \ ou let any man undertake to do his duty I and many of his fellow men will point at t< him as a traitor to his party. c: I come to ask you if you have any fault s to find with me for keeping the pledges s that we gave. If I have ever abused any s public trust that has been confided to me; I if I have sold an office or bought a sup- c porter, let it be known. I. suppose my action with reference to one of your citi- c zons has subjected me to your criticism"? o my. refusal to sign the commission of ( Judge Whipper. I am not here to-day ? to say whether Whipper was elected judge or not, but I am here tp day to say I have I been called upon to decide whether I be- a 1 > .1 . n .n i ? f neveu tne action or tne legislature was v legal and constitutional, and I have said t it was not in my judgement. How it will t be decided by your courts when it comes f there I know not, but I would debar no ( man from his remedy. If WhippCr and Moses were elected the courts will declare them elected, and if not tfib courts will declare that they were not elected. I have assumed no functions that did not belong s to me. I have simply been called upon I to decide whether they were entitled to e their positions, and I have said upon my s own convictions and judgement-they were a not entitled to their commissions, but in e this no injury lias been done, if they have I rights the courts of the State will secure t them. I I am here to-day to say that I am a c candidate for re-nomination for Governor c of this State. I say this to you because a I desire to be perfectly frank, and if you s cannot say anything else of me when I j 1 ;ave the stand, 1 would not have you say that I was not man enough to tell you ^ the truth on this point. If I could con- j scientiously lay down my position as a c Governor to-day I would gladly do it, on i account of the difficulties that gain upon r me every day. Just now the heart of ev- ^ ery decent man in the State and in other a States is rankled and filled with indigna- ( tion and disgust at the horrible massacre 1 that has disgraced the country at Ham- ( burg. t I have told you that you cannot trust your liberties and your future to other J than republican hands. I do not love to j allude to such things as this at Hamburg. ( They ought to be wrested "out of the.do- t main of politi sand l>e Sold in scorn o!' 1 every man, woman and child that fears J God and loves man. What is the trou- . ble? Out of a trifling and insignificant c affront against two white men, the town ol { Hamburg has been made by white men. * the scene of a most foul and bloody mas- j sacrc, in which five helpless, disarmed 's colored men have been shot down with 1 more than Indian barbarity and cruelty, j Let me pause long enough to say that ] if the office of Governor carries with it 1 force enough to bring these men to jus- > tice, I ^hail-not until all my official power j is exhausted, I shall not slumber until punishment shall overtake the men f who have reddened the streets of Ham- 1 burg with the blood of their fellow-men. * Let me say further that you must not be \ impatient at the least delay that may < arise. It is necessary in the first place to ascertain the exact facts and put th? government in such an attitude that it can 1 enforce the law, and in this I may say i that the United States and the State are * as one in their purpose to prevent such | massacres, and when they do occur they . will see to it that proper punishmen1 1 shall follow them as speedily as possible- ' I was saying when I turned aside to ^ speak of the Hamburg matter, that this ? great work of reform must be carried for- < ward, and as I have begun those who J have stood by me say it is my duty to ' s!and'by the cause in the same capacity, ( and I have accepted their judgement, and 1 if th. r republican .party shall place me ^ again upon a platform of reform, and say j to me, go forward for two years more and j perfect tLg reform you have begun, with t an honest legislature and a pure judici. J ary, I say I wi'.l do it, but I will not pur. F chase a renomination by the relinquishing q o"a tithe of the work I have done, nor of t i t i T _ ? i trie principles 1 nave proclaimed. 1 win * DDt for any official station insult my man-. * hood by taking back anything. I have made mistakes, and have not a always been equal to the demands made o upon me, but I can say. that there is not ^ political or personal power enough to ^ make me bow to the persuasions of men L who desire to make political office a place 1< of gain and oppression to their fellow men. I want the republican party of c Beaufort county and of South Carolina ta tl stand together and trust that there may b be no dissension in the ranks in thiscounty. I trust every man will open his eye ^ md look around him and see that the C safety of his party and the path of duty ti ies in reform. I want you to stand to* jether fur good, officers both State and r< :ounty, and then you will have good gov- jr ;rnment, and the republican party that G ?ave you freedom will give you greater reedom, because it will teach you how to ^ lse that freedom, and how to profit by a tl government that will give you education, ju irotection, harmony and peace. Stand 01 ogether by your party and make that [' jarty the party of reform, good govern- gnent. honest money and honest men? v.. ^ ,+rC I IIWMII rr?r>;i and together by the republican party ;causc it is the party of reform and good )vernment; let your voice and votes alays, without regard to me or aoy other cn, sj?eak for good government, peace id reform in South Carolina and iroughout the entire Uuited States.? Cheers and music. J lion. Thos. Hamilton, addressed a few smarts iu which he tendered his support ) 1). II. Chamberlain, for renomination, ad went further by stating that even if Ir. Chamberlain was not chosen by the invention he should still support him jr electiou. Mr. L. S. Langley then introduced reslutions endorsing Gov. Chamberlain, "hich were put to the meeting by the hairman, but Senator Green said he was . ot ready, and desired to speak, but Mr. larailton refused to recognize his right d the stand and declared the resolution irried. The Governor during the diverion caused by the excitement left thfc tand. Mr. Green, after speaking in trong terms of the manner in which he tad been choked off by the presiding other of the meeting left the stand. During the evening the Governor reeived at the Sea Island Hotel, tie calls >f his constituents. On Saturday the Jovernor and a select party visited the UI fleet on invitation of Commodore Clitz.. V salute of nineteen guns was fired in lis h^nor frOm the New Hampshire. He lso visited the iron dads Dictator and' }atskill, and it is hardly necessary to add hat he received the most courteous atentions. In the evening he held an informal reception at the hotel and left for Columbia on Sunday morning. ? > rrur n-unmru irnnuonm luii mutjtLn ?uiftrLsnxr?. Solicitor Butts Intcrritwed> This gentleman was found at his offioej. itting in the window enjoying the breeze* le submitted readify to being interview? d, and displayed no reticence on the ubjeot He delivered his answers slowly, ,nd with the air of a man who weighs= very word, andajxpreciatesits full effect Ie desired that what he said should beaten d .wn verbatim. He was evidently >repared for an interview, as he made Kjcasionai reference to a paper which lay. >11 his desk, and altering the questions: Lskei into briefer and more comprehenive forms. Q. Who do you regard as the lega? udge of this judicial circuit. A. After the U6th of August, W. J~ iVhipper, although the original commiaion to Judge Reed is dated December 111. 874, and on its face says, that it sh&lk ontinue in force for one year and nine nonths, which would expire the 11th of" text September, but I ao not regard a lommission as settling the question, when* i term commences oi expires, because if* i man was elected for four years and thajovcmor should commission him for ;hree or five yean he could go behind the* jotnmission ami prove the-facts^ (X Why do you regsud Whipper ba a :heic2ally elected judge? A. While the constitution states that udges shall hold their office for fourrears, the proper way to settle the ques ion of how long a person should hold the pffice of judge who has been elected to filL ihe place pf one who has been removed esigned,. <?r died, as every unbiased lawyer in the State (*nows, is by ascertainingvhat has been the practice heretofore,* md the well e.^tablished precedents in vases of this kind. It is well known in his State, and take this circuit foe. an sample, that if a judge resigned or died*, hat the election has been for the unexpired term. WhenJudge Carpenter resigned, ifiw accepting the nomination for ^ Governor, Judge Graham was elected to> .* i 1 b*s unexpired term, was re-elected for* 'our years, and all the members ot the &ir, including Attorney-General Champerlain, considered this the proper construction of the constitution, otherwise hey recognized a bogus court- Mtm ' he death of Judge Graham, the Gene- / al - ssembly wi thout a dissenting voioe. /. ollowod the precedents already estabished and passed a joint resolutions toill the ''unexpired term" caused by the loath of Judge Graham. Judge Heed peing elected, accepted it with that , unlerstanding. Governor Chamberlain knowing that to* pe the proper construction of tjus Con* >titution, commissioned him for the' unexpired term. " Judge Heed qual-fied only for that period; Governor Chamberlain, a good and*, souetj lawyerf, '% vithoutany partisan feeling upon- the? luestion of race or colmr, and without re- } :ard to his political aspirations not % cnowing who would be elected Judge, laving, however, refused to support * fudge Heed for re-election, said to the Jen era 1 Assembly in his annua], message 'that it was their duty to elect eight Circuit Judges, which includes thia Circuit. I have no doubt that if Cham ...1a J IV!A : t^al.x J ci4?AA4 AICMMA. jenmri aim jjib nine muau sucti uuqutr )f partisans had succeeded in electing a sreatui e of thei! own, we would never lave hoard the present question raised.. Alien JudgeCLce, who presided over the nferior Court of Charleston County died^ fudge Allen was elected to fill the unex>irea tenn, makiug three precedents in, his circuit, which the members of the. 5ar, the respective Governors, the Su>reiue Court and the Legislature, including both Democratic and Republicans, lave recognized as the proper construcioo of the new Constitution adopted in 868. I admit that Whipper is black, rhich, no doubt, is a great objection to a reat many. I admit again that he has rays and habits that may be objectionble in a Judge, but not more so than there who are now nppn the bench in his State. I further believe that if Vhippcr were a white man, and a parisau of Governor Chamberlain, that all ^ alleged shortcomings would be over- ' joked an$ forgiven ' Q. Where wVSl the next Court be held ? A. The first regular term in tbia Ciruit commence:* in Orangeburg oa tbe bird Monday it: October next I have eec told that Judge Reed did aoi ud- , )urn the Court of Common Pleas in this lounty sine and will bold oourt gain in August. The regular Court of reneral Sessions will not commence un1 November next \ Q. Who do you propose as Solicitor to jcognize as Judge ? j A. It takes four persons to constitute, J i one sense of the word, a Court of 1 eneral Sessions, to wit; a Judge, Soli- 1 tor, Sheriff, arid Clerk, _The Sheriff, A lerk and myself have not as~yet had a ^ )Dsultation or agreed upon the .course lat we will pursue. Under the statute a"%, idge?may call a special term of Court i ten days' notice. If this should be me by either Reed or Whipper 1 should - > *nn?nnrt?An with the Clerk and horiff to deteymi upon some united . I 4 w.t.