The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-04-07

( Pres and words were put ia his
5IinoQth which he did not utter: What
1 he didsay was that he should ..insist
4 fnpof bis rights as an American citi-
zen end that therights Of the Amers
I. icaa citizens of South Carolina as ex-
] pressedat the ballot should be held
sacred and inviolate.
.l Coy. Hampton made no allusion
to hisrival, Gov. Chamberlain. He
Itakes The ground that the majority
.Eof hepeople of his State, white and
4 b aclS, recognize him as the legal
i GoNafnor. What he desires is not
recognition by the President, but the
Il rightt0 administer unhampered the
Il duties Qf the office to which he has
/ beeIhtli0sen. He will make no cons
h,asS .ssise ofany nature which will rec-
ognize that Chamberlain has any
claim to the executive Office. He
says that the peace will be preserved
and the rights of all respected if the
troops are withdrawn, and that his
authority as Governor is respected all
over the State, except within that
boundary patrolled by the Federal
troops. He thinks if the President
will withdraw the military to the
barracks that the complications now
existing will speedily right them
selves, and that the Governor who
does not have the respect Of the peo
pie will soon tire of administering an
office without honor or emOluments.
Governor Hampton says that he
will administer the affairs of the
State for the best interests of all
classes. He will see that the blacks
are protected in all their rights. He
thinks that the dawn of peace is
about to break in upon South Caro-
lima, and with the civil government
restored and the mandates of the
courts obeyed, that the State will
rapidly build up its waste places; that
capital and labor will go hand in hand
to develop it, and that ere many
years the Palmetto State will have a
Commonwealth over which any one
may be proud to preside.
Governor Hampton also thinks
that President Hayes means to stand
by the principles breathed in his in
augural address, and that time will
show to the country the wisdom of
his Southern policy.
! In conversation the Governor is
agreeable; he speaks without any re-
serve or hesitation. AT times he is
interesting, and has an engaging
manner, calculator to impress any
one who comes in contact with him,
He has a number of acquaintance in
Washington, many of whom have
already called upon him. Hon. Fer
randO Wood was among the callers
this morning,
Governor Hampton, accompanied
by Senator Gordon, of Georgia, and
Attorney General Conner, of South
Carolina, had an interview with the
President by appointment this after
noon. The conversation was of a
free and general character. 1t related
primarily to the question as to the
probable condition of the State in
case the troops should be withdrawn.
The points urge by Governor Hamp-
ton and his friends were as follows
First, they claimed that there is an
imperative necessity for speedy ac-
ton, as the planting interests OF
South Carolina are in absolute dan
ger of destruction by reason Of the
present unsettled state of affairs, the
labor system being now in process OF
disintegration, and although the sea-
son for planting is already at hand
; the planters are unable as heretofore
to obtain advances OF money from
merchants and factors, and this dis
astrous condition of affairs they said
would continue until some stable sys.
tenn of government shall have been
established. In short, business is
paralyzed, and credit almost entirely
. destroyed throughout the State in
consequence of its present unsettled
. condition. Another reason forspeedy
action urged by these gentlemen was
that carpet baggers" and others in.
terested in the perpetuation of the
Chamberlain rule were constantly in.
citing riots and disaffection, and the
most assiduOus care and forbearance
had to be exercised to prevent open
breaches of the public peace, the
ever present danger being that they
[ might become general throughout
the State. Instances and illustra'
tions of this precariOus condition ol
affairs were presented to the Presi
dent with some popularity and de
tail.