The New York herald., 1876-08-02

THE FEELING IN WASHINGTON.
THE DEMAND THAT THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES
SHALL DO THEIR DUTY THE HAMBURG Az
FAIR TO BE MADE A TEST cAsE-cAN THE
LAWS DE ENFORCED IN THE SOUTHERN
STATES?
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON, August l. 1875.
The President to-day sent a message on Southern
nffairs into Congress- containing copy of letter he
had written to Governor Chamberlain, OF South Caro-
lima The message contains a severe dcnuncation of
he political condition OF Mississippi and Louisiana
ana in his letter he promises Governor Chamberlain
such assistance as he can, under the constitution rem
der him II ho shall need IL; but tells him to do his
duty as Governor The Governor seems to be doing t.
os the following OF tho progress of the inves
tgaton at Hamburg received hore by telegraph o-da
by Senator Robertson shows The da,c of the des
patch is Columbia, August -
INVESTIGATION.
Tho coroncrs inquest over tho victims at Hamburg
brought It's work to close yesterday and to-day the
verdict has been published 1t charges General NJ c.
Butler Colonel A. r. Butler DR.. Pierce Butler Rev. j.
Mceling and nny-thrce other citizcnsof Aiken and
Edgeneld counties, and thirty Gcorgans with murder
Tho inquest has been searching and exhaustive, and
the verdict has been reached tho earliest practicable
time Warrants OF for all tho persons charged
with the crime are now In the hands OF tho Sheriff OF
Aiken county. The South CarolinIans said to in
tend to surrender to the Sheriff without delay Gov
ernor Chamberlain will Immediately issue rcquisitons
upon the Governor Of Georgia for all persons charged
by the verdict in that State. Attorney General Stono
is in Aiken by direction of the Governor charge
of the prosecution. Tho evidence is said to bo far
more damning than heretofore believed
60 far tho iax hao
says the South Carolinans will surrender to the
Sheriff. II may yet turn out a leading republican
remarked here, that tins Hamburg affair will be-
MOST FORTUNATE INCIDENT
for the South. Public attention has been so directed
to It, and there has been such universal demand in
the North that the local authorities shall be allowed
and required to do their duty, and that the federal
power shall not interfere unless further and very
resistance to law is made that both tho Governor
and the whitc people will DO held by pub opinion to
their just responsibility.
GOVERNOR CHAxBERLAIN's INTENTION.
1t is known hero that Governor Chamberlain intends
to enforce the laws, maintain order and that JUS
tico is done without federal interfcencc that he WILL
II necessary, call upon the white people OF the county
In which Hamburg les and il they are not sufficient
upon those OF adjacent counties, to help him; and
that in Short local self government, long neglected
in such cases, Is be asserted 1t should
not be forgotten that the region about Hamburg is
DrsoRDERLY CONNER.
Of the State that for this and other the
Hamburg case is crucial test to which the whole
country will look with interest until tho trials
cluded. Tho Hamburg riot will, It is hoped cause tho
Governors OF States to feel their responsibility
for disorder 1t will certainly have tho effect already
felt here of fixing public attention upon such ourages
their tho vigor with which the local govern
ments repress and punish them.
STATES
Ten Southern States-virginia, West Virginia Geor.
gin, Alabama Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri Mlssis-
sipp Arkansas and Toxas-have now democratic Gov.
crDors; fourNorth Carolina, South Carolina Florida
and Louisana-have republican Governors Mississippi
had republican Governor Ames until, by his resgnn-
tion, a democrat (Stone) succeeded few months ago
and tho Legislature Is also democratic There Is dis
position TO hold these Governors, matter whether
they are democratic republican, responsible for
good order and peace in their respective States, and
while doubtless tho President is very ready afford
tho of federal troops where constitutional
ground for such demand be shown republican pol
ticians have made feel such federal nterfer-
will be very unpopular and damaging tho party
unless It is mado clearly necessary through tho apathy
a.d misconduct Of the whites, who is generally ad-
mItted by the democrats, must, under such changed
ties in maintaining order and punishing lawlcssness-
that say, local public opinion and local action
to havo an opportunity In tho Southern States act
toward tho maintenance OF peace and the prevention
and punishment OF lawessncss and It will depend
upon the whito people in the South from now until
after the election to
SETTLE THE vExED QUESTION
whether those States rs awlcss the cxtrcme
pubicans assert whether IL is as tho democrats say
fault OF republican State governments that ouragcs
occur and crime goes unpunished. The test Is per-
fcctly fair one, and on which will depend to a
siderable extent, the Northern vote in November for
there doubt that two outrages lkc that at
Hamburg, II they were not At once put down by tho
efforts the whitc pcoplo and by their cooperation
with tho local powers would turn very large Northern
vote from the democratic to the republican side. Tho
Southern whites put on their responsibility.
TORNADO IN MISSOURI.