Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-09
HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
Wade Hampton Denounces Cham
berlain as a Liar.
The Congressional Investigation
Committee Arrived.
BOTH LEGISL ATURES IN SES.
SION.
COLUMBIA. Dec. Z

COLUMBIA, Dec. Z.
The Senate and Republican House
to-day passed the bill authorizing any
qualified officer to administer the oath
10 the Governor.
At a few minutes past l o'clock the
Repu olican members OF the Senate
marched to the Republican House,
where Chamberlain was inaugurated
and sworn in by Probate Judge Boone.
He delivered a short inaugural.
The Democratic House appointed a
committee to inform the Senate and
General Ruger that it was the legal
House under the decision of the ST.
prenie Court, and requested the latter
TO withdraw the troops from tire State
House.
COLUMBIA, S. G., Dec. 7.
Governor Chamberlain to day took
tire oath OF office as Governor, in the
State House, before Probate Judge
Boone, the joint resolution repeating
the law that the oath should be taken
before the Chief Justice or Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court having
been passed previously. The inau2ur
alton was over before it was known in
the city, and only a few parties were
admitted by the authorities to witness
the ceremony. A company Of troops
was stationed in the lower corridor
aud the constabulary guarded the en-
trance. Gov. Chamberlain said he ac
cepted the Office to which by a ma
jority of the votes of the people he had
q second time been elected, with 4
knowledge of its grave responsibility
and difficulties, and which no consid
Grafton hut duty inpelled him to ac
cept. He Remarked: 1.-The present
hour in South Carolina is a crisis at
which no patriotic citizen should shrink
from any public post to which called
The present struggle is in defense OF
the foundation Of our Government and
institutions, and if we fail now the
government of South Carolina will no
longer rest on the consent Of the gov
erned expressed by the vote of a ma
jority of the people. If our opponents
triumph under whatever guise Of legal
forms, free government in the State is
overthrown. His chief care will be to
contribute his utmost effort to defend
the rights, guard the peace and pro-
mote the welfare of all the people of
the Slate. Only cowardice or treachery
can rob the Republicans OF victory,
and if the Republicans yield we shall
witness the contamination of the cruel
1 SStANl ~ oSy ~ tAlO oOtkttCiA v W oNCI~
come by brute force the political veal
of 20, 200 lawful votes. He had mourn
ed over previous public abuses. 1t
is written in blood thai no nation can
safely rest on enforced slavery and the
degradation of a race, yet the Anleri
car people are to day divided ON the
question Of the disfranchisement and
degradation Of the same race it freed,
and, what is more astonishing, the Re-
publicans have permitted errors at
tending the first efforts OF this race in
self government to so chill their sym
pathy rs to stand and practically say,
the peace Of political servitude is bet
ter than the abuses which newly &C
quired freedom has brought. He de
nounced the conduct of the Democratic
campaign as a brutal outrage, depend
ing on fraud, prescription, intimidation
and murder. Wade Hampton had
said he held not only tho peace of the
State, but his (Chamberlain's) life in
his hands. This he did not doubt.
His life could be easily taken, but
nothing could make him abate his
hatred to the oppression and enslave-
ment of the people of South Carolina.
The Legislature then adjourned.
The Democrats have met to-day with
a constitutional quorum of members
holding certificates from the Secretary
of State. They confirmed all of the
! acts previously done, and finally seated
the Edgefield and Laurens delegation.
A committee was appointed to inform
the Senate that the House was ready
| for business, and to ask Gen. Kruger 70