, 1876-12-28
James Redpath's Interview with
Gov. Chamberlain Con-
cluded.
What the Governor Knows About
tho Genuine South Carolina
Democrats,
The Old Bourbon and the CARPET.
Bag Governments Con-
trasted.
Tho mississippi Plan" in South
Caroiina---Tiltlcn and AS.
sagsfnattOn.
Special Correspondence Qf TAt Trttuns.

COLUMBIA, 4. G., Dec. M.-Gov. Chamber
lain Ia tnan ofllfgll culture and rare capacity.
No one here questioned his honesty Of purpose
until It was determined to carry tho stnte by
the Mississippi plan u; and no one here has
questioned hEa ability siae* tie adoption Of that
policy In South Carolina. Ho las baffled the
conspiratoss at every step. lie 1,as made their
bogus Legislature laughing-stock. The boast-
f'l Palmetto politicians, who gloried in their
sKill a. partisan managers,-thcy called II
F." statesmanship, p,''-hava found in him their
master; for they hare been as helpless rs chill
drcn whenever they have undertaken, outside
Of tho marshaling Of military force, to defeat
the political policy Of "the stranger" lie laa
proven to them that their fasoritc theory that
"the superior raco nsust rule tho inferforn Ii =
theory TINT ls applicable to them as well as to
the negro He Is tho right man In the right
place.
Wade Hampton, am informed, owns no
property In South Carolina. lie las planta-
tfon In Mississippi Gov. Chamberlain does
own property here. He cane here eleven years
ago, and has lived hero ever sinre. Therefore
(by the logic Of South Carolina) Hampton is
citizen and Chamberlain carpct-bagger!
But to resume tho report Of my interview
With the Governor:
SOUTH CAROLINA CONSERVATIVES.
Q.-"I notice TINT tho Democrats down hero
generally abnegate the title Of 'Dcnocrat,' and
call themselves 'Conservativcs.' What want
to know is. Whether the present leaders Of tho
Democratic party In South Carol[na represent
Whnt VIC regard In the North rs the conscrra-
tive element OF politics, or whether they are
the satno class OF MEN who were conspicuous In
urging the State into rcbellionf''
Gov. Clambcr1uin-"Th truth Is that the
term conservative as used in this Btate for
tho last few ycura Is 4 misnomcr. 'Radical
Domocrata' would be much more appropriate
term. The leaders Of tho Hampton moyc-
mcnt' have generally been the men who were
the 'llre-catcrs' Of 1SG0 the sirrccoocilablcs Of
1865, md tho rcyoluttonfsts generally from that
tinlo to tho present."
i, WADE HAMPTON 4 MEnE FIoUHE-nEAD.
OIL havc been repeatedly told, stucc l
came here, TINT Gen. Hampton ia only tho
'Ftgurc-hcad' Of tho pressnt revolutionary
movement, but that But1cr and Gary are tho
real leaders. Arc these statements cosrect7"
Gov. c." Yca; they arc substantially COR
rect. The Hampton movement has been pop
ular1Y the 'straightrout,' or Elgelcld policy,
aud this Is neither more NOT less than the Miss
iasppi' plan, called tere the Edgefeld policy
because 1t was nost loudly advocated ut nrat in
TINT County, md because that county WIS most
completely Euhtcctcd to tho effects Of the
Mississippi plan.' I should say, therefore,
that the part which Hampton has played In tue
present canyRss was correctly styled d Figure
Head.'n
Q-'1 sec it stated today In the papers, that
Corcorau, THE Washington baukef) Bancroft,
md some others. arc raising tcstimonlai-or
passing round tlle Int for Gen. Hampton on
account Of Ills house having been lately burned
down. Although Mey, ortginatoss OF tho sub.
scrfpt!on, dou't say so, It l,as BEEN published oil
over the North TINT Gen. anlnpton's house was
burned down by negroes. As matter OF fnct,
has hts house been burned down at all1''
GOV. Gil do> not understand that Gen.
Hampton ss now tho owner Of any house, or has
been Of late in this State. Tho house ttlat was
burned down recently, as am informed (and /
have never heard tho statement contradlctedl
was the house Of bis sister. do not think
there Is any evidence either, that the house was
burned by negroes or by inecndlarles.'
Q.--"Wcl!, SO far you haze explained the
causes Of tho South Carolina Muddle' clearly,
but there arc some poluts jet that 10 not uu-
1eratand. There are ono or two mysteries yet.
The first Ia, what hayo you done, since last
August-or what has been done by your friends,
that nll the Democratic papers are now t1o-
notlnclng you In the most brutal terms, while
they praised you almost as warmly as II you Ind
been native Of South Caro1Ina before that
timci And how does 1t come TINT you received
sixty odd votes In tho Democratic Convention
for Governor, against eighty odd for Iamp.oul"
GOV: CHAMBERLAIN AND TIE DEMOCRATIC
LEADERS.
Gov. c." ! know Of no excuse OH the part Of
the people OF South Car0]ua, for auy ciaure nj