The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-10-12
LETTER TO GOV. CHAMBERLAIN.
INVITATION TO MEET HAAIPTON
In FAIR DISCUSSION.
Calls upon Him as Governor to DENY
the ,Hnfaiapus SiandeFs Against the
Statc4=tbr If the Charges ere
True, to be q Governor and
Maintain the Law

Sfatc1-tbr If the Charges ere
True, to be Governor aud
Maintain the Law.
a,his letter was-delipared to Governor
Chamberlain on 29e,sSeptcmber, aud he
has failed to give reply, although the
publication has been delayed TO give him
full time:
Rooms STATE Dem. Ex., COMMITTEE.
CoJr%G!A, S. c., Sept.12 %, 1875
70 His Ereelle icy Daniel II. Chamber
lain, Cois anbid, S g. s.
SIR beg leave to render to you, in
behalf of Gen. Wade Hampton and the
other nominees upon the State Demo
cratic ticket, aud III pursuance of the
spirit manifested in the card issued on
23rd August bg'tlie Slate Democratic Ext
cutive Committee, an invitation tu at
tend the Democratic mass meetings
which are being held in succession in
each county in the State. The order in
which they follow, together with the
dates, appears in nearly all Of the papers
in the State. You are invited to be pres
ent and to join in the discussion. You
are aware th9t the canvass is warm one,
and that your party and your own official
course are charged with having inflicted
great wrongs upon the people whose in
terests it was your duty to promote.
That is the nature of political discussion
under such circumstances but you are
at the same time well aware that the peo-
pie you are invited to address are, by
nature and by habit, quiet and law-abd-
ing, and that SO far from rudcness or vio-
lencc, you will personally receive nothing
but courteous treatment, however bitterly
your political and official course may be
assailed. 3r3T III
You will call TO mind that on the 18th
instant I gave this invitation to YOU
verbally, and your reply was that you
appreciated the attention, but your policy
for the campaign had not been fixed;
that personal matters required you to go
TO the North; that your absence would
be for probably eight days, and you could
not give your positive answer until after
your return. learned Yesterday that
you had returned, and beg leave, MS
said, to formally extend to you this invi-
tation, assuring you that if you accept it
your appearance before the Democracy
throughout this State will be to yourself
rs Governor a most pleasing rcfiltation of
the sianderous charges which constantly
are published against our party in some
newspapers which claim to be your polt-
ical organs, backed by the name of Sena-
tor Patterson or some other person, who
claims to be your political friend and ex-
ponent. We deem it due to you and to
ourselves that these charges be either con-
tradicted by your denial of them or
looked into by your going in person to
ascertain the truth. You do not hold
the position of candidate only; you are
also Governor of this State; and while as
mere candidate you may not be bound
to correct charges which your followers
make against your opponents, though
you know them to be false, you are as
Governor and candidate bound by your
gubernatofial pledge and honor to pre-
vent your followers using the sanction Of
Your official eilence ta sustain these
charges against your opponents, when
the charges allege the overthrow of the
peace and dignity Of the State, which YOU
are sworn to defend AS instances of the
clacs of ISLANDERS IT, which refer beg
leave to cite the. following:
WASHINGTON, September 6.
1t is reported here, upon what is
deemed good authority, that parties in
New York have agreed to ship Chamber
lain 10000 Stand of arms to arm the
blacks in South Carolina. This is one
of Char:1erlain's tricks to curry favor
with the blacks and be .re-nomnatcd.
The arms will be landed III Charleston
on the lIth instant, the day before the
meeting of the Republican State Conven-
tion. While here, Chamberlain was very
bitter in his denunciation of the South
Carolina whites, calling them Ku Klux,
scOundrels &c.-Nc,c York SIM.
WASHINGTON, September 6.
Governor Chamberlain, of South Caro-
lima, has just returned from another visit
TO this city to confer with the authorities
upon sending troops to that State. The
Governor was noisy in his denunciations
of such men as Haskell, Hampton, Gary,
Ex-Governor Perry and others, whom he
charges arc on the eve of prccipitating
another rebellion. He makes the idle
boast that he has proof that Butler md
Hampton were at the head of the Ham
burg riot, aud he expects in less than
two months to have them tried The
Governor declared to prominent South
Carol!na politician last night that he VA:
done with reform talk, and hereafter the
Legislature would find no barrie. in him
The Governor has made arrangements tt
have 10000 stand of arms sent down te
arm the blacks. The arms will be landed
IN Charleston on the l1th instant, the
DAY previous to the meeting of the Radi
cal convention.-Ne,c YorE World.
WASHINGTON, September 90.
Senator Patterson arrived here thi.
morning from South Carolina to apply
ior more help to protect the voters ant
prevent the terrorism which extend,
over the whole State. Governor Cham
6erlain and United States Marshal Wal
lace and others will arrive tomorrow
morning. An old resident of Columbi;
told the Senator last week that he coulo
not speak to him on the street if he me
nm. The excitement and feeling is fa
worse than it was in 1860 and the days
OF secession, and it is dangerous to eve.
speak to a Radical. Judge Cooke, VII,
has acted for years with the Republicans
made speech not long since advocating
the election of Wade Hampton and Gov
ernor Til;let,, and excused himself b,
saying that he was forced to do 80 to saw
ms property and perhaps his life.
Inc whole white male Democratic pop
N'a,ioh - aigiel TO be completely armed
anu large consignments of rifles, revolver
ana knives are received constantly. Ee
no dealer will sell Republican even
hhl'e. The very boys are armed, ant
,ae boys of the military school at C0lum
pia openly wear their rcvolyers beltc,
around them. The Senator says tha
liliy 10000 men,, armed and mounted
are thoroughly patfdlling the whole Stat
under the direction and command O
bfutler, of Hamburg fame, and thes
,efces are not only armed, but complete
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