The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-10-12
GOV. CHAMBERLAIN'S REPLY TO
COL. HASKELL.
A Summary of its Leading Points-Mis-
representation and Abuse Of the Peo-
ple-The Cloven Foot Exposed.

We print to-day the manly and re-
spectful letter addressed to the carpet
bag Governor of South Carolina by Col.
A. C. Haskell, the Chairman of the State
Democratic Executive Committee, invit-
ing him to meet Gen. Hampton in joint
discussion before the people. To this
letter Gov. Chamberlain has replied in a
document of fourteen columns in length,
printed in fine type, in which he pre-
tends to set forth the facts and circum-
stances attending the present campaign.
The unusual length of Gov. Chamber
lain's reply precludes its reproduction
in our columns, and we regret that the
pressure of other matters will debar our
readers from perusal of this delectable
production, which is slanderous and
partisan effort to malign the good people
of this State, worthy of the meanest and
vilest of the crew Of cormorants who are
preying upon the yitals of our common
wealth. Chamberlain has exposed the
the cloven foot, and this villainous docu-
ment justifes all that we have said in
relation to his hypocritical character as a
pretended reformer. We present a brief
summary of the leading points of Cham
berlain's letter:
At the outset the Governor acknowl-
edges the respectful terms in which Col.
Haskell's letter is framed, but thinks the
challenge should have been addressed to
the chairman of the Republican Excel
tive Committee. He has informed the
latter that he is ready, as soon as his Off
cial duties will permit, to meet Gen.
Hampton in joint discussion.
He says that Col. HaskelPs statements
as to the spirit of the Democratic party,
and the charges quoted from the New
York Sun, World and Tribune, cover the
whole field of the present political con-
troversy. The statements made in the
Sun and World are wholly untrue and
unfounded, and he is in no way response
BILE for Patterson's statements and views.
He reviews the last two years admins
tration and claims to have carried out all
the reforms promised; in proof of which
he refers to the utterances of leading citi-
zens and of the public press, giving ex-
tracts from the closing article in the
Charleston News and Curriers' record of
Governor Chamberlain. He claims that
he was re-nominated as Reformer by a
two-third vote of the convention that
he secured the adoption of articles four,
six, and seven of the State Republican
platform, and invites comparison of
this with the Democratic platform. He
claims that his denomination as a re-
former and the reform platform are a
sufficient answer to Col. Haskell's charge
of inconsistency in accepting the re-nom-
ination.
He knows no public cause of complaint
against his associates on the State ticket,
except that two of them opposed his
course as Governor, and, in Elliott's case,
he compares his relations with him to
those between Tilden and Hendricks.
Moreover, though he did not approve of
or consent to E[liott's nomination, Elliott
has since cordially endorsed the work of
the convention in re-nominating him,
(Chamberlain) and in pledging reform.
re-affirms all he has ever said concerning
Moses and Whipper, and claims that they,
and all who go with them, have been un-
loaded. "This," he says, "has been ac-
complished by the Republican party, for
whatever I have done is chargeable to
the credit Of the Republican party, which