The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-31
THE sOUTH.
General wade HamptOn's Letter ON the
Situation.

Situation
Cleneral Wade Hampton having been aolicitad
nv a number of prominent citizens for his Views
as 20 the duty of the people of South Carolina
ln reference TO its reorganization under the
against the injustice and the uDconstitntion-
aiity Of the proposed measures The following
extracts from his letter will show his views:--
Has this policy OF concession to unlawful demands
Seen so productive of benefit we still desire TO
ssSs fatal scy which has Gred US SO far 90 he road
% 70 an Iad Of w9sto barter nSs 9be w
rights remaining to us !? Yet this is the course we
contrary to the conditions on which surrendered,
which are nmicaI 20 an true Teooncia,tions; 9hd
CONSTITUTION OF the United states-of that Consti-
moment we are grossly oulraGlhg It's most sacred
moIi1 m be be' une"ns nal ne sTv Of
perjury what good eau come of laws which oegn
10 ury? Let me not be understood as making any re-
nee advoca,e our sccepaSce OF bese
Military bills Any divisions among y as 1 are to be de-
Se %NtSfs hs devotion to the SOUTH pecay 9SVf do
that gallant soldier who SO long and so ably led the
II has been his hard fate. in peace in war TO be
wounded by his own people. That charity which
)adgment, should make us treat the convictions of
SI sSSh B1t for those who se the & and yet ab
wrong pursue" who while their country seems to be
Swn Base fears ana low nstincts-who to save their
own vile property or sll more vile persons, would
She price OF safety-language has no terms strong
Sey ond the reach OF adequate punish ment in this
world, as they are beneath the scorn and contempt
sary for me to say that, entertaining the views nave
Gehain IN its present condition., under military rule,
than 1t should give its sanction measures which
sUs. Il Is my honest and rm BELLE that the voun
Sy 9i 6 6ess Sn @ n5e y our @
whole country evils far greater than ANY any we have
and drunk with power, may not be able TO
Sne THIS fact but as the NHs6
Ruin e 9 Se quill with the resS. SO5h Gn the lose Is
and i we are crushed into the dust the Northern
people will see but the foreshadowing of their own
ihe right Of any political party that may pc ia the
70 By ny Be Of the uned
States, AID we shall begin that downward career
anaScby' % and blood to the certain overthrow OF
republican institutions and free government; ~ Be
the exercise OF the right accorded to all by these
means. AS the people have the privilege, then, OF
expressing their assent or dissent on this ques,
latter as fully and soleRny mn & as poss6 e. Let every
Iion since the question will be made on that issue.
- AS it is of the last consequence to maintain
existed between the whites and the blacks, cannot
should Cultivate harmony and Exercise forbesrance'
Let our people remember that the negroes have, as a
IN no manner responsible for the present condition of
Affairs should they in the future be msled by
ignorant they necessarily are and let us, only
bhe more, try to convince them that
their best friends Deal with them with perfect
justice and thus show that You wish promote their
negroes will not only learn to you, but they will
soon appT eciate the fact evident us
do without them far better than they do without
ns. On a late public occasion, where many of you
were present, expressed my willingness i'm
partial suffrage established atthe South. and believe
that tins opinion is entertained only by large
majority OF the intelligent and rejecting whites, but
Also Of the same class among the blacks. deprecate
universal suffrage, not only on general principles,
but especially in the case before us, because
1 deny the right OF Congress TO prescribe
the rules of citizenship In the States. The
Supreme Court has decided that a negro is not citi
the United States ano Congress cannot reverse
that decision by any act. The states, however, are
competent to confer citIzenshiu the negro, and
think the OF wisdom that such should
be taken by the Southern states. We have recog-
nized he freedom OF the blacks and have placed this
tact all probability OF doubt, denial recall
Let us recognize in the same frank manner and as
fully their political rights also. For myself con less
that perfectly willing to Constitution
adopted by State comforting the elective franchise
the negro. precisely the same terms as 1t is to
abuse of this privilege by establishing slight educa
tiOnAl and property qualification for all classes.
The whites and Blacks at War in East
Tennessee.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, August 30.-In Washing
ton, Rhea county, East Tennessee, on Wednes-
day, the blacks and whites got into fight,
when the negroes were driven from the town.
Getting assistance from the Loyal League, the
blacks returned to the town and renewed the
6ghtwith varying success. A number of per-
sons were wounded.