Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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(Sews t.i j>or?. I Z3S?E? BVKKY SATURDAY MOKNlNCS UV IHK ()H?NOK!!UU<! NKWH COM TAN V. (IKO. IJ?IilVKU, Imshi?s? Malinger. Terms of Stibseriptiun. One Cupuone Year.<*'? ?' " ,Six MoifL-. 1 UO Hales of Ailveiiishig. *" One #/??>??: I?' Insertion.$\ ?'<<? Euch Subeapicnl " . 1 00 Notices inserted In I.<-"<l Column ul 20e f?r Jjinr. All Sulmeriplinn? aud Transient Advertiser tnehis to be jtaitl fur in Adittnce. fl&y" No licetj>t* ./?/? Subscription >?? Adver tisements ore \'<di'l units* Signed l'ii littxtncsS Manager. Iffi?" are in ho way responsible !<>r tbc views or opinions of oiir L'orresjkiiul cuts. SATURDAY, APRlb 14, 1877. New England Church Devils. n gentry of (ho- New Ki'ig l-li I et hod ist (.'on fere nee have <il by ,. resolution against i 'iii Hayes' Southern policy, ;.i .: ..in to he desirous of never uii'itiiiy again in fellowship with the while inhabitants of the South. These h\poeiiie.< arc so ben I on social equal ity, and yearn so earnestly for the degredation of the SoilI hern whites, that I hey forget the leach in gs of the Bible in their madness. Theirs is the wisdom of ignorance and the religion of the devil. But this fresh outbreak of New England Methodist families will serve a good purpose for the South. For eight years and more cur people have been crying patiently to their fcllow citizcus of thb iN?i tli praying fur do livcrcncc front carpet bag rule?a power established by the inllucnce of New England bigotry ami fanati cism. Under an evangelism foreign and corrupt the blacks found them selves'after emancipation. Diversity of human thought [and the chri.-tian religion could have furnished them with native teachers and ministers, but according lo the doctrines incul cated by tbc emissaries seilt South by corrupt churches of New England, no mnn born South of Mason and Dixon's line was to be trusted. '1 he wUiwOvudi was a body of sin and iniquity, and liie untutored -darkies must be taught thicr first Icscoiis in Christianity by elders and laymen from the pious .(?) churches of the home of Beast Buller, J). II. C ham berlain ami R. kP. Whiltemore. Ry this means the colored people vrerc ? alienated from the whitoi , anel a general distrust of their former mnstcrs was established in their minds. The bugbear of a return to slavery was n part ot the religious teachings of lhefc wandering outlaws upon the church, and it whs soon made impos sibie for other than Northern nun to gei into the confidence (if the blacks. R< i v id f moral -c mlimcnts and a i'grr to sensitiveness; these i bale only gloried in ^ i (if their work wh in llicy hi?t it I-, d loa complete ulielia !?? i he negroes froni tin: whites. A Mquence when election time can t iIi? re v.ere no ( Ibers lc run for . flici save tin.-' ministers of hypoc:i < \ and Ii! h. T! ey chuckled over ti e I i'W ? ol .heir leaching?. The blacks v. i. d pot lint the Southern whites; olbect. had to la.- filled; and I hey? the carjipi-liag mini.-ti rs?-had a monopo ly of the confidence of the negroes. Would it be inconsistent with their ideas id' religion to become candidates for ( flice? Not a bit of it! In pub lic position they would be the more powerful in their work of establishing the color line in politics. They could contribute more effective blows to thecru.-ade against the South in the double capacity ot' minister and legistor. So they accepted oflicc; a part of New England's Method!.;', clergy became rulers in South Caro lina; and it was from the abominable travesty on a free government sot up by them that we were delivered in November last. Now that wc are redeemed and these indignant vipers can no longer torment us if seems I.) be according i; % j- . to the eternal fitness of things, a real living piece of poetic justice, that they iihutihl return to New England and stir up devil men t there against those who have quietly acquiesced all along in their war upon the ruined fortunes of a conquered common w en 1th. .President Hayes h:ul only a fore la .-to of the misrepresentation.'and injuries heaped upon its by political ministers from the North in that little outbreak in Boston against Ism Sou th ern policy. Let him wait a little until a dozen or more of South Caro lina's ministers of hate sind discord shall visit Massachusetts with their woful talc of how hi has left them here to ruin and death by withdraw ing the troops. His was old)' a drop in the bucket of ministerial calumny and lies. By the time \Vhittcmore, a iid oilier wandering ministers of his ilk, arc through with wiiting against and cursing the President, we imagine bo will have 'greater contempt then ever for carpel-bag government; lie docs not know yet (lie double-distilled damnation concealed in tb c hearts of genuine political preachers. Wait until they shower a bit of it upon him. South Can iii'.n hits been the roosting place for eight years for .many who have grown fat and saucy in a position of power and plenty( They have b< c si standing upon the necks ol black men with one band in the people's pockets and the other on tho bible, while with their accursed tongues they have been crying reform and equal tights to till men. Let these parson-hellions get on the scent of Haves and we'll warrant there'll be an end put to carpet-bag govern ments. Go on with your resolutions, brothers. the DAx 6? IdSlIVBR?N?E. fchambcrliti&t TUtliSH in IFhitip iuzi A ftullu-j Kstrrcssder. Adtii'pss to tl.e Itejintlb'sns of South Carolin:! Eittrrly DiMUs?itriitg f lie Paltry or Hayes?The I'.fT rl of (iitamberlain's :-",\-:.::\ 0 111 id a ls fo Break (he Fi.sve of Ids fall? Hie Hvneuaiioii Of tJlJOrStaic-ti??ii t\hy.thu.Vvvi.va An Interesting ncfailetl Art ounl ol* their Withdrawal, [Special Dispatch to tin N'owsand Conner.] Coi.it*?.! ii! a, Tuesday Afternoon, April 10.?The end ha.- come a( last, and with a;fetid'de'inicss as gratifying as it was Unexpected The troops have evacuated the Slate House in strict conformity with the orders from Ihe wn.r department, and Mr, Chamberlain has yielded to Ihe inevitable, absolutely, if hot grace fully, as tho following documents which were _ made public simultane ously with the withdra wal of the soldiers, will fully explain: A ijoleful heifer fro in fliamlieiiuin's Slihtii Official*; , Coi.umuia, S. C., April 10, 1877. Iiis /?:.>?<; lU nnj h. II. Cliuinberlaiu, Governor of South Carolina, Colum bia. K C. ]>i:ai: Sin? Beenrridg tri the views severally expressed by us (hiring (lie personal conference which wo bad the honor to bold with you yestcrdriv in regard to the political complica tions which have grown out of the late canvass in this State, we beg have to apprise you /formally of the conclusions we have reach cd, after mature deliberation aud the gramst reflection which we have been able lo bestow upon the subject. Whilst we are :;o less inspired with admiration for the dignilio 1 and reso lute inanni r in which you consistently maintained your claims to the. guber natorial chair, by virtue of lb d elt'e li?n held in November last, than we sire solemnly iinprecscd with Ihe vali- ! dity of your title lo the office, we arc unanimous in the belief that to p ro hmg the con lest, in the absence of that moral aid to which we feel our selves and our party justly entitled at the bands of ? National Administra tion installed in n large measure through the samo agencies which are now held to be insufficient lb r our muinlcnnnt'o, will be to inour the responsibility of keeping alive parti san prejudices which are in the last degree detrim tnlsd to the bist inicr csls of tho pcoplo of the State, and perhaps of precipitating a physical conflict that could have but one re sult to our defenceless constituency. We cannot ofiord to contribute, how ever indirectly, to such it catastrophe even in the advocacy of what we know lo ho our rights; Wo arc agreed, therefore, in conns Hing you to discontinue the struggle for the juceujiancy of the gaben aloral chair, convinced as we arc that, iii view of the disastrous odds lo which its inain IcnaiiC1: has been subjected by the action of tho National Adniiuistra lion, y?".ur retirement will involve no surrender of principle, nor its motive be misapprehended by the great body of that political parly lo which, in common with o.us?lves, you.are at t ached, and whose success in the. past in this State has been ennobled by your intelligent and unselfish services; We have the honor to be. very respectfullr yours, llOlll'.kt Ii. K1x1 ott, A l lor iie j '-General. Thomas o. Dj.nn, Co:utroller:Gcneral. John B. Toi.nkitT. Superintendent Kducation. P. \j. i -Aitiio/.o, Treasurer ol South Carolina. Jamks .Ki;xni-:i>y, Adjutant and Inspector General. II. K. Uayxk, Secretary of State. Chamberlain Formally Aiiiiounccs His \\ ithilriiwal froni Ihe Coiite.st?A ililjer Athlress. ? v' Coi.umhia, April 10, 1877. To the Hr.pubiu'anx <>f South Qai'olimi : ]})' your choice I was made (lovern or of this Slate in 187-1. At the Gtli of November last I was again liy your volts elected to the same office. My title lo the otliee, upon every legal and moral ground, is to day clear an d perfect, liy the recent decision and action of the President of the United States I find myself una ble longer to maintain my olH.dal rights with the prospect of final suc cess, and 1 hereby announce \o you that I am unwilling lo prolong a struggle which can only bring further suffering upon those w ho engage in U. In announcing this conclusion, it is my duty to say for you that the Republicans of South Carolina en tered upon their recent political struggle for the maintenance of their political and civil rights, constituting, beyond question a Iii rgc majority of the lawful voters of the State. Von allied yourselves with tho political parly whose central and inspiring pr.nciple has hitherto been the civil and politieal freedom of all men under the Constitution and laws of our country. By heroic jjfforts and encifdces; which the just verdict of history will rescue from the cowardly scorn now east npoii then by politi eal placemen and traders, you secured the Kbctoral vole of South Carolina for Hayes and Wheeler. In accom plishing this result you beoamo the victims of every form of persecution and injury. Prom authentic evi dence, it is shown that not less than., one hundred of your number were murdered, because they were faithful to their principles, and exercised rights solemnly guaranted to them by the nation. You were denied ( mploymcnt, driven from your homes, robbed of the carping.-, of years of honest ini.ust ry, hunted for your lives like wild beasts, your families out raged and sealtcred?for no oflencc except your peaceful and firm deter mination to evcrcise your political rights. You trusted, a? you had a right to tia. t, that, if by such efforts you established the lawful supremacy of you r political party in the nation, the Government of the United Stales, in the discharge of its constitutional duty would protect the lawful Gov ernment of the State from overthrow at the hands of your political enemies. From causes patent to all men, and questioned by none who regard truth you have been unable lo overcome i i he unlaw ful combinations and obstii 1 elcs which have Opposed the pract ical ! supremacy of the government which ! your voles have established; For many weaiy months jou have wailed for your deliverance. While the long struggle for the Presidency was in progress you were exhorted by every representative and organ bl the Nasioiial republican party to keep your allegiance true to that party, in bi'der that your deliverance from the hands of your oppress is might be certain and complete. Not the faintest whisper of the {possibility of disappointment in these hopes and promises ever reached you while the struggle was pending. To-day, April 10, I877j by the order of the Presi dent, whom your voles alone rescued from overwhelming defeat the Gov ernment of the United Stales aban dons you deliberately, withdraws from you its support, w ith the full knowledge that the lawful Govern ment of the ,State will be speedily ovci thrown. lly a new interpretation of the Constitution of the Uli tied Slates, at ?arianoo alike with the previous iractico of the government ami with lite decisions of the Supreme Court, the Kxccutivc of the United Stnles evade Ihc duly of ascertaining which >f the two rival Slate governments is the lawful one, and by the withdraw of troops how protecting the Stale from domestic violence, abandons the lawful Slate government to a strug gle with insurrectionary force? tun powerful to be resisted. Tlie grounds of po1 icy upon which such action is defended are startling It is said that the North is weary of the long Southern troubles. It was weary, too, of the long troubles which sprang from the stupendous crime of j challle slavery, and longed for rc pose. It sought to cover them from sight by wicked compromises with the wrong which disturbed il:> peace; but Clod held it to-ii.s duty until, through a conflict which rocked and agonized the nation, the great crime was put awiiy, and freedom was ordained for all.. It is said ,that if a inajoiity of the people of a Slate arc unable, by physical force, to maintain i heir rights, they must he led to political servitude, is this a doctrine ever be fore heard in our history? If it shall prevail, its consequences will not long be- confined to .?(.nth Carolina or Louisiana, it is stiid th.it a Djiuo i ratio Iloti:o of Representatives will refuse an appropriation for the army of the United Stales if tin; lawful government of South Carolina is maintained by the military forces. Submission to such coercion marks the degeneracy of the political party or people which endures it. A government worthy the name, a pbli tidal party fit to wield power, never before blanched at such a throat: Ltd the edict ha--gone forth 1 No argu ments or considerations which you r friends could present have sufficed to avert the disaster. J,' No c (fuelire means of resistance to the. con summation of the wrong are left. The struggle can be prolonged. My strict legal rights are, of course, wholly unalfected by ilie action of the I'resiih at. No court of the State has jurisdiction to pass lipoll the title to my office. N > law ful Legislature can be eouvouodrex cept nppii niy call If the use of these powers promised ultimate suc cess !o our causey I should hoi shrink from any sacrifices which might con front me. It is a cause in which, by the light oCreason and conscience, a man might will lay down bis life. Lilt, to my mind.my picsout respon sibility involves the consideration of the effect of iny aclion upon those whose representative I am. I have hitherto been willing to ask.you, Republicans of South Carolina, to risk nil dangers and endure all hard ships until relief should come from the Government of the United States. That relief will never come. I cannot ask you to follow me further. In my best judgment I can no longer serve you by further resistance to the im pending calamity. With gratitude to Cod for the measure of endurance with which he has hitherto inspired me, with grati tude lo you for yout boundless confi dence in ihc, with profound admirtw tion for your matchless fidelity to the cause in which we have struggled, I now announce to you, and to the pco pic of the Slate, that I shall no longer actively assert my right to the office of Governor of South Carolina. The J motives and purposes of the Pro-idenI. Iof the United States, in the policy which compels me to my present caurse, are unquestionably honorable and patriotic. I devoutly pray that events may vindicate the? wisdou of hi- action, and that peace, justice freedom and prosperity may hereaf ter be the portion of every citizen of South Carolina. I). IL Cham r.r.tu.Afs, Governor of South Carolina. 'Hip Hour for (he Siinemler An intimation having readied Governor 1 lampion that, in confor mity with the foregoing manifest o, .Mr. Chamberlain was willing to yield the posses-ion of the Executive office in the State House, he sent him the following Hole : Statu ok South Caoi.ixa, ") Coi.UMhiA, S. O., April 10, 1S77. \ Sir: Having learned that you propose lo turn over iO me the Ivxc culive Chamber with the records and papers belonging to the Executive office now in your possession, 1 lieg to inform you that I will send a proper office) to receive the same, at any hour you may indicate as most con venicnt to yourself. I um, very respectfully your obe dient servant, . Wade Hampton, Governor To IIos. D. II. Ciiamueklain: To Ibis Mr. Chamberlain promptly replied, as follows: i State ok South Carolina,*) executive ClJAMIlKK. j Co:.umbia, S. C.j April 10. 1.877. ) Sir : Replying to your note of this dale, I havo to say that my private secretary will meet sueli ofliecr as you may designate at 12 meridian to morrow, at the Executive Chamber, for the purpose indicated in your note. Veiy respectfully, J) 11. CiiAMrr.iti.UN, Governor of South Carolina. To Hon. WadeHampton. Governor Hampton v.i!I, therefore, to-morrow take possession of his official quarters, from which he has SP long been excluded by the bayonets of the Federal Government. THE STATE-HOUSE 0UilS: AT LAST. llnw tlio Troops wore Withrtrawh? Ii rapide l'eri Picture of a Scone that will lie Historic. Col.lmwa, Tuesday, April 10.? The removal of the troops froni the State-House to-day was accomplished so quietly and quickly as to deprive the Occasion of much of its purely dramatic interest. In all save the one essential particular that they were going out never to return, the evacuation differed very little from the usual stipe rccssion of the guard which might have been witnessed any tune during those four months. Governor Hampton's published re quest, in furtherance of his promise to Hayes, that no Democrat should go near the Slate House unless author ized by him to do so, was carried out to the letter. Not one was pres. nt at the ceremony, and I saw none on the Capitol grounds, cither before or after the performance. Twenty minutes before 12 o'clock, your correspondent, with two other members of the press, presented themselves at the front door, and entered unchallenged, al though a score of the colored special I constables were hanging about the j reliance watching one movement with sullen, unfriendly glances. [ Within doors was a confused crowd 'of perhaps one hundred fifty-persons I mostly negroes, who weit: moving about aimlessly, or standing hi groups of threes and fours engage 1 i i law ail I hdispirited conversation; Here and there were to be sy?ti oneor two ?'sniajler groups ofwhite llepublicaiis ' of the better sort siiiiil irly neeupied, ! and all looking badly de iiorali/.ed, or ! to use a homely phrase, "du udodly down in the mouth." The guard on duly to day was a detachment of twenty men of Comp any 15, Second Bogimeut, under com mand oPLicut. Hayucs. All necess ary preparations for the evacuation had been completed before our arri val on the scene, and the men fully accoutred were resting in two rauks and with guns stacked before the door of the comptroller-general's otHee, which has been used as offices' quar tcrs during the siege. A solitary sentry |accd up and down on his old beat heforc the Executive office. Col. Black? and Adjt. Potter itood under an arch, a few paces distant fre quently referring to their watches. ! Gen. Bngcr's able had arrived with ; the onler during the morning, and Col. Black was nervously intent upon complying with its precise instruc tions as to the hour of departure, lo wit; precisely twelve. His nervous ness affected his subordinate o?ioers, from these it spread to the crowd, and no second was permitted to pass al together unobserved in its tlight. At ten minutes before 12 Lieut. Harris suddenly sounded tho order, ''At tention !" which was generally ob served by the crowd throughout the building, as well as by the handful of men lo whom it was particularly addressed. Then came in rapid suc cession, "Take arms," "unfix bayo nets," "carry arms," "count fours," "twos right," "march I" The .last order brought the squad sharply down on the crowd, which gave way to allow a free passage t} the door. But the time was not yet up, and a sudden halt was made as the leading file reached the south entrance. .? The sentry on duty betoro tho Executive ofllce, now relieved for the last time, resumed his place in the ranks, and the command, ''Order arms,'' being given, the .nun stood at ease in their places, The few remaining minutes of the ten seemed to loiter as they passed. Presently tho sergeant, who had timed his watch with tho City null boll, which in turn was sot with the clock in the telegraph office, which in turn was regulated frpni Washington by telegraph, whispen^to the lieutenant. "One minute *T*?jte. sir," and is directed to take h'i3 ..t&$?nd at the south door, next to the City Pall, and to give notice of'the first tap of the clock hell by a wave of his hand. Col. Block, seeing the man au vre, recalled the sergeant ami sent Lieut. Briggs, of the same company, to take the post of 'warning-; \T$e seconds arc minutes now, and every body is listening for the., sound,, or watching for the signal. Thereit goes! Lieut. Briggs waves his baud to '.in dicate the first tap, which was not heard in the recesses of the hall, and advances rapidly to Col. Black to report the fact; The Colonel says, "iJon't run, sir." The lieutenant joins the squad. Then is heard, "At* tention, guard!'' "Carry arms!'' "Ki?ht shoulder arms 1" "Two right, inarch !" The sound of heavy and hurried footfalls resounds along thd corridors, and before the bei I* has reached the fifth stroke of the twelve the ast file bus crossed the threshold. A number of tbo negro constables, evidently Jactihg under peremptory and urgent orders, instantly sprang to the heavy doors and slammed them to with a I nng, in the face of the crowd within, and in the immediate rear of the last file of soldiers without, who arc hardly out of the way of tbo closing panels. A heavy bar dropped into its brackets, and tbo military occunation of the State is ended, much to the relief of the citizens and the military as we'l. All was done so suddenly that the clock could bo heard striking after the i.oqrs were closed. The bell strikes slowly at best, and it required' little suggestion t<> evolve the compa rison of a fuhcr.il knell. Twelve strokes sounded, and the'wclve long, weary wretched years of carpet-bag misrule were tolled oft'one by one, and consigned to the tomb of the past forever, never to know a resurrection. The crowd quickly dispersed, almost in silence, au 1 in a few minutes the wires were flashing the tidings lo every town und village of the whole lam's. The detachmesit of soldier* were nuirchod direct to tlwir quarters and dismissed, and so ended the it/it lesson of the eventful day. Mr. Chamber'ai i's no: ion i? lav was a complete surprise to ? veryhody outside the small circle of hi> inline dialo friend:? and associates, and could not have been anticipated by any otic not in his confidence, It wast certainly known, upon evidence con-* turned in bis own hau.Lvrhiu r, th it*?o lately Sat unlay night he was fully' determined upon the policy of resist ance, as set forth in the N<ir* diul Courier and substantiated in ad vices to Northern persons hero from correspondents at Washing ton. To this policy his supporters here considered him firmly com mitted, and tlu-y were prepared to* sustain him in it. He had not in a single instance given the slightest intimation of even the possibility of a change in the course he hail marked out and declared, and such a possibi lity has not been entertained for a moment in the plans of Governor Hampton and his friends, who hav'tj been busily engaged for several days devising the line of attack to be pur sued in view (f his assured purpose ok* resistance to the last legal extremity. The truth is simply that Mr. Chamberlain changed his mind within tbo past twen ty-four hours, and the change, to whatever influence due, was kept so secret that it was not even suspected lil! the ts-oops had actually departed from his office door, nnd ho had made formal and official an nouncement of bis abandonment of the con (est. I have heard no reason suggested for his sudden revolution of purpose, and have no means of as** ccrfnining. lie will probably mako it known at his own discretion. It may be remarked just here that what ever the reason for his course, the fact of his yielding at this juncture has gone very far nlready towards modifying .the feelings of enmity entertained t owards him by the ma- , jority of his political opponents. The city is very quiet after tbo exciting events of the day, and there is but little to be said as yet concern ing the new situation. The other incumbents of the Slnto House offices ai-o not included in Mr. Chamber lain's terms of surrender, nud they all, so far as known, propose to hold their ground until the decision of the Supremo Court in the quo tcarranto cases U promulgated.