Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-10-12
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LETTER TO GOV. CHAMBERLAIN,

letter TO GOV. CHAMBERLAIN.
INVITATION TO MEET HAMPTON IN
FAIR DISCUSSION.
Calls upon him as Governor to deny the infa.
nous Slanders against the State.
Or If the Charges are True, to be Governor
and maintain the Lau.
This letter was delivered to Gov. Chamber
lain on 29th September, and he has failed to
give reply, although the publication has
been delayed to give him full time:
Rooms STATE Dem. Ex. COMMITTEE, !
COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept. %, 1876. !
To His Erceuency Daniel II. Chamberlain,
Columbia, S. c.
SIR beg leave to tender to you, in be-
half of General Wade Hampton and the other
nominees upon the State Democratic ticket,
and in pursuance Of, the spirit manifested in
the card issued on 23d August, by the State
Democratic Executive Committee, an invita-
tion to attend the Democratic mass meetings
which are being held in succession, in each
county in the State. The order in which they
follow, together with the dates, appear in
nearly all of the papers of the State. You
are invited to be present and to join in the
discussion. You are aware that the canvass
is warm one, and that your party and your
own official course are charged with having
inflicted great wrongs upon the people whose
interests it was your duty to promote. That
is the nature of political discussion under
such circumstances; but you are, at the same
time, we'll aware, that the people you are in
vited to address are, by nature and by habit,
quiet and law-abiding, and that so far from
rudeness or violence, you will personally re-
ceive nothing but courteous treatment, howev-
or bitter your political and official course may
be assailed. ... ........,.. .-..s.-
You will call to mind that on the 18th in
stant, gave this invitation to you verbally,
and your reply was that you appreciated the
attention, but your policy for the campaign
had not been fixed that personal matters re-
quired you to 60 to the North; that your ab-
sence would be for probably eight days, and
you could not give your positive answer until
after your return. / learned yesterday that
you had returned, and beg leave, as l said,
to formally extend to you this invitation, as
suring you that if you acceptit, your appear
auce before the. Democracy throughout this
State, will be to yourself, as Governor, most
pleasing refutation of the slanderous charges
which are constantly published against our
party in some newspapers which claim to be
your political organs, and also in the North
ern papers, backed by the name of Senator
Patterson or some other person, who claims to
be your political friend and exponent. We
deem it due to you and to ourselves, that these
charges be either contradicted by your denial
of them, or looked into by your going in per.
son to ascertain the truth. You do not hold
the position of candidate only you are also
Governor of this State; and while as mere
candidate you may not be bound to correct
charges which your followers make against
your opponents, though you know them to be
false, you are, as Governor and candidate,
bound by your gubernatorial pledge and honor
to prevent your followers using the sanction
of your official silence to sustain those charges
against your opponents, when the charges al
lege the overthrow of the peace and dignity
of the State, which yoc are sworn to defend.
As instances of the class of ISLANDERS to which
I refer, 1 beg leave to cite the following:
WASHINGTON, September 6.
1t is reported here, upon what is deemed
good authority, that parties in New York
have agreed to ship Chamberlain $1,000 stand
of arms to arm the blacks in South Carolina.
This is one of Chamberlain's tricks to curry
favor with the blacks and be renominated.
The arms will be landed in Charleston on the
18th instant, the day before the meeting of
the Republican State Convention. While
here, Chamberlain was very bitter in his de-
nunciation of the South Carolina whites, call
ing them ku klux scoundrels, &c.-N Y. Sun.
'''.. .'| WASHINGTON, September 6.
Governor Chamberlain, of South Carolina,
has Just returned from another visit to this
city to confer with the authorities upon send
ing troops to that State. The Governor was
noisy in his denunciations of such men as
Haskell, Hampton, Gary, ex. Governor Perry
and others, whom he charges are on the eve
of precipitating another rebellion. He makes
the idle boast that he has proof that Butler
and Hampton were at the head Of the Ham,
burg riot, and he expects, in less than two
months, to have them tried. The Governor
declared to a prominent South Carolina poll
tician last night, that he was done with reform
talk, and hereafter the Legislature would find
no barrier in him. The Governor has made
arrangements to have 10000 stand of arms
sent down to arm the blacks. The arms will
be landed in Charleston on the 18th instant,
the day previous to the meeting of the Radi-
cal Convention. Y. World.
WASHINGTON, September 20.
Senator Patterson arrived here this morn
ing from South Carolina to apply for more
hel p to protect the voters and prevent the ter
rorism which extends over the whole State.
Governor Chamberlain and United States
Marshal Wallace and others, will arrive TO-.
morrow morning An old resident of Colum-
bi ! told the Senator last week that he could
not speak to him on the street if he met him.
The excitement and feeling is far worse than
it was in 1860 and the days of secession, and
it is dangerous to even speak to Radical.
Judge Cooke, who has acted for years with
the Republicans, made speech not long since
advocating the election of Wade Hampton
and Governor Tilden, and excused himselfby
saying that he was forced to do 30 to save bis
property and perhaps his life.
The whole white male Democratic popula-
ton is said to be completely armed, and large
consignments of rifles, revolvers and knives
are received constantly. Yet no dealer will
sell a Republican even knife. The very
boys are armed, and the boys of the military
school at Columbia openly wear their revol-
vers belted around them. The Senator says
that fully 10000 men, armed and mounted,
are thoroughly patrolling the whole State un: