The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-12-30
The South Carolina Committee.

The South SarOfaae SOHi1HAtecs.
THEIR LABoRs NEARLY coMPLETED-TnE
STATE CONSERVATIVE TICKET AND REPUBLI-
CAN ELECTORAL TICKET CHOSEN
COLUMBIA, December 29.-Messrs, Sayler,
Abbott, and Lawrence, sub-congressional
committee, completed their work here to-
day. Their report from the returns as SUBJ
mitted gives the State to Hayes and Vince
Ter by about 100 majority; but shows
Hampton and the entire Democratic State
ticket elected by n much larger majority
This committee leaves for Charleston to-.
night to Join the subcommittee there, and
will probably leave for Washington on Mon
day. -a:'
[Second Dispatch.]
GOVERNOR HAMPTON COMMUNICATING WITH
HAYEs-AN APPEAL FOR PEACE. s.
COLUMBUS, December 29.-Judge Il. j..
Mackey, OF South Carolina, is here as bearer
Of letter from General Wade Hampton to
Governor HAYES. The letter is as follows !:
Executive Chamber, Columbia, s. C., De
cember 90, 1S76.-My Dear Sir,--I have the
honor to enclose a copy OF my inaugural rs
the duly elected Governor Of South Caro-
lima. In view OF the present events and the
official sanction given to gross misrepre-
sentation of the acts and purposes OF the
majority Of the good people Of this
Commonwealth, I deem it proper to
declare that profound peace prevails
throughout the State; that the course
OF judicial proceedings is obstruct-
ed by no combination OF citizens there
Of: and that the laws for the protec-
ton of the inhabitants in all their rights OF
person, property, and citizenship are being
enforced in our courts, while the people of
this State are not wanting either In the
spirit or means to maintain their rights OF
citizenship against the usurper's power,
which now defics the supreme judicial
authority of the State. They have such
faith in the justice of their cause that they
propose to leave its vindication to the proper
legal tribunals, appealing at the same time
to the patriotism and public sentiment OF
the whole country. The intiammatory
utterances OF portion Of the public press
render it perhaps not inopportune for
me to state that although the people
in South Carolina view with grave concern
the present critical coniuncture in the al
fairs of our country, which threatens to
subject to an extreme test the republican
system of government itself, 1t is their hrm
and deliberate purpose to condemn any So
luton of the existing political problem that
| involves INC EAulUlLlOu VI aCu AoiSSJ VI
that made through any other channel than
the prescribed form OF the Constitution or
the peaceful agencies Of law. Trusting that
solution may be had which, while main
tanning the peace Of the country, shall DO
no violence to the constitutional safeguards
of popular rights, and will tend still firmly
to unite the people Of all the States in an
earnest effort to preserve the peace and
sustain the laws and the Constitution, am,
very respectfully, your obedient servant l
[Signed] 50 WADE HAMPTON, =, :,
Governor of South Carolina
HIS E1cellsncy r. B. Hayes, Governor o.
Ohio. aga
P. S.-As the settlement OF the yeXeo
political question which now agitates the
public mind must ultimately depend on
yourself, or upon your distinguished com.
petitor for the presidency, have addressed
letter similar to this to his Excellency
Governor Tilden. Yours, .,E...s,.. =
WADE HAMPTON.