The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-12-11
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\ President. :n9i 7, 9'si 7fa 10 ~
wAsatSoTos, December 1o.4Presider
Graut, ID the course Of along intervie
With representative OF the Associate
Press concerning political affairs, sal
lhatreceh,ly he had received dispatc
from Gov. Chamberlain informing hir
that II was currently reported in C0lun
bla that the Pteaideut had, in bis intel
view with Representative Hewitt, c
New York, q week ago, remarked ths
when the sixty.three members Of III
South Carolina House Of Representative
holding certificates from the secretar
OF State, should convene he woul
recognize them rs the legal House. Th
President, 10 reply to Gov. Chamberlain
telegraphed. to him that II NJ
Hewitt had sent or authorized th
sending Of such q dispatch,
was untrue that he had 20 expresse
himself. The President says he had
free and agreeable conversation vii.
Hewitt, In which he said that In his judy
ment not lesA than 63 members were ell
gible 10 organize the House and transac
business, including the determination o
the qualification Of It's members. Thi
was the view he then held, but it wa
merely private opinion and he nigh
have been wrong. q The President on tha
OCCASION further expressed his views viii
I,regard. TO the grounds on which each Wipl
or member Of the House respectively
claimed their seats, and In this connec
tion the President produced note ad
dressed TO him by Hewitt, dated House o.
Representatives, December 9th, as follows
"7o he President: -s,a- 4'ss ~ sI'-aJ
II have received a reliable Telegram
from Columbia stating that the esd mem
Der holding certificate from the Secfe'
tary OF State had been sworn in the
House, presided over by Speaker Wal.
lace, which Is therefore organized In &C.
cordance with the requirements Of the
law stated by you" -. ,-..r .r. = f,
On the same day Mr.. Hewitt sent him
another note, asS follows: ..
81 have just -received q. later dispatch
saying that the Supreme Court Of South
Carolina has pronounced its Judgement,
and declared. that the House presided
over by,SWallace Is the legally cousti.
tuted House Of Representatives, and that
Mackey Is a private person and not
Speaker or In any respect an officer Of
the Legislative body.n ~ W Z
The President said, with reference 10
these notes, that he did not think, after
his free conversation with Hewitt, the
latter would make use Of what he said for
the purpose Of defeating the party which
the President represented. When Hewitt
and Senator Randolph called on him sew
eral days ago, he informed Hewitt OF the
contents Of n dispatch he had received
from G Chamberlain and the reply he made
10 Il, and intimated 10 Hewitt that he
thought his confidence had been abused.
Hewitt denied that he had sent 10 Col.
umbfa such a dispatch. Tie President then
repeated TO Hewitt the substance of the,
dispatch 10 reply to Gov. Chamberlain
as TO the report current 10 Columbia. Sem
ator Randolph then produced dispatch
from Gov, Hampton, in which he said, II
the President would recognize the Wal
lace horse and Withdraw the troops, he
would Goieverything possible to preserve
the peace. The President remarked thai
he looked upon this as . piece Of imper-
tinence on the part Of Gov. Hampton, ain
telling him what to do, that the send
ing troops to South Carolina, was in
obedience to the call OF Gov. Chamber.
lain, the danger there being too formid-
able Tor the authorities Of the State to
,pntro', that organized rife clubs, n pre-
,enting Gov. Hampton, we're lin
The city Of, Columbia, and that should |
The Federal troops be Withdrawn there |
would be peace, but II would be the rest
II death. Senator Randolph then, OK.
plained that the President should not |
:hink that Gen. Hampton sought advice
IS to what to do, and that the dispatch |
which was shown to the President was a
-eply to one that Senator Randolph had |
Ient to Gen. Hampton. -, g.fi
In reply to question, the President |
Iaid he had never instructed Ruger to
place troops in the State House, but that
vas the way Gen. Ruger understood him,
The troops were 10 South Carolina, the
President repeated, In obedience to the
.all OF Governor Chamberlain to suppress
IN insurrection too formidable for him
o, control, and had 1t not been for these
roops Governor Chamberlain would be
refugee today, as Governor Ames now
s from Mississippi. JlIAG " IL I
The Pfesident said in the course OF the
that he looked on the situa-
ion as embarrassing, to say the least. A
,ood'deai Of bad temper had been shown
IN the Democratic side and many we're
Icling unreasonably. They seemed to
ear. that he was doing what was right,
md were abusing everybody for not yield.
ng TO their views. This struck him as
TRANCE considering the scenes through
rhich We have passed. Governor Hayes
epresented party that carried In. The
ate election all but four Of tho States that /
urnished means for the suppression Of
be rebellion, and Governor Tilden car
led all but three OF those which sought
o destroy The Union. re fa' |
In allusion TO the frauds he said the
asjority for Tilden 10 New York was
arger than his total minority In the en-.
ire State, and in which city much crime
) perpetra,ed, and where there Is alarge
lumber Of men who have very little inter.
st either 10 the State oria the Republic. [
nlthe same way frauds were committed I
D the States Of New Jersey and Con.
ecticut, whtleit was true that those 10 |,
he Southern States who gave Gov Tilden
majority 3 Eweres voters, many
{ them voted more than once, but
o body claimed that Tildsn did not carry
ueh States. The same party that perpe.
rated frauds In the Southern States Tor
'ilden complain Of frauds In Florida,
,ouisiana and South Carolina; but il
here had been no frauds In Mississippi,
forth Carolina and Arkansas, these
tates would have gone for Hayes and
Wheeler. The President justified the
Of Laurehs and EdgeGeld coun-
les from the South Carolina returns, on
be grounds that Georgians voted 10 them
reqiently aud cast more votes than there
Iere Democratic voters. Much had been
MD about the use Of troops, but
the number q lives sacrificed
I'D the many political murders In the
outh, Il was necessary to afford the re-
uired protection. The President thought
II was quiet now In the South, and so
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