The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-03-30

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spnth Carolina, thA many pscplt&ts AsetsSinx
= believe thss such recognition = 1ssessary TO
established Cor. Hampton's elsim to tn osRcs.
notwithstanding . majority ofsths votes Of the
people elected him to Il. ES
No doubt the koudholdsrs- and Republican
ef6ee.holders Of the country would be pleased
il they could make the people believe such recog-
the country. 1t would be ~ Ards
the. establishment Of atconsoHds25 81 9Fahest
over the United States, and. for them, the pres
ent is the most propitions time. By the most
glaring high handed frauds they have wrested
the government from the people, and feel safe
In their controlling power for the next four years.
Wipe out State lines and State rights and con-
solidate the whole machinery Of government at
Washington, now, or during the administration
Of Hayes and the power of the bondholders will
be irrevocably established.
If the people Of any State once submit to the
fatal dogma that q Governor of State must
be recognized as such ty the President of the
United States, it will be but quick short step,
for the narplots of the party in power to take,
to convince the people that a Governors Com
mission must be "sgned, sealed and delivered"
at Washington, before he will be allowed to per-
form the duties of his office.
| This delusion of Presidential recognition
reaches even further back than that. II says 10
| ever voter when he goes to the polls ':yol may
deposit your ballot for whom you plcasednd elect
the man of your choice Governor, but unless
that choice shall be in accordance with the wish
es and interests of the party in power at Wash
ington, he will not be recognized, and therefore,
will not be your Governor"
Hayes has no more to do with recognising
Hampton as Governor of South Carolina than the
Queen of England. A majority Of the people
of this State elected him, and they are the only
parties to whom he has any right to look for
recognition. lie knows and appreciates that as
we'll any man can, and il remains for the peo-
pie to ratify their votes at the ballot box, by
clingng to him, with all the ardor of true citi-
zens and oil the means at their command, until
his enemies and the enemies Of good government
shall be compelled to remove all obstacles to the
full exercise of his authority.
vacillating policy of Hayes an | his advisers may
rrotrncL the day, but the delay is becoming irk-
some to the whole country and the Injustice will
not be submitted to much longer.
The delay in removing the troops from the
State House land that is all that is necessary "a
be done) is, no doubt, in the hope that some COM
promise mny be affected by which Chamberlain
or some Of his followers may secure some nrom-
'"ont position, either in the State government
or in the U. S. Senate.
In every political compromise hct->orore ,hs
democrats of the South have lost every inch or
ground they had gained. 1t is not the policy
of the Republicans to entertain n compromise
until they find they have all to gain and nothing
to lose by it. The Louisiana compromise. four
years ago, gave the Republicans the fraudulent
Returning Board that manipulated the vote Of
that State for Hayes, in defiance Off 900 majori-
ty against him. The compromises made in this
State for ten years came very near annihila,ing
thedemocratic party and now that we have fair
ly and honorably elect cd an honest and
State Government, it will not do to give one iotn
of what we have gained.
1t is very clear that majority of the voters
elected Hampton Governor of South Carolina
and it is equally clear that Majority of the
voters did not elect Hayes President of the Uni
ted States. The people of South Carolina rccog.
nizc liampton rs their Governor, and they will
have no other. Mr.. Hayes is not so sure in his
position, and before he assumes the prerogative
Of recognizing Hampton, he should ask himself
whether the people of the United States tru
lv ockpn lo51 tb,; la
ident
Had Tilden been supported, after his election
with the same devotion and unsnimity, by tho
Northern Democracy, rs Hampton is by the peo
pie of South Carolina Hayes would not now b.
assuming tho functions of the Presidential office
One disgraces the whole country by acceptin,
ito l;shrst once through perjury and fraud, tn
other is an honOred representative of devote,
majority Of q sovereign State.
The people must set their faces as Hints arains
any compromise whatever. Hampton is oppose,
to- it, and we must stregthcn his hands by n uni
ted determination to stand by him at every haz
ard. We must determine to pay no taxes to an,
but the Hampton government, to recognize n,
appointees but those holding Commissions from
Hampton, and in every other way possible tn,
people must recognize no government of tbi
State but that of which Hampton is tho bead
And this determination must be so united, sc
firm and so unmistakeable that neither Have,
nor Chamberlain shall be encouraged to hop.
that any compromise will be submitted to. Lei
the people stand firm let all the people stand
firm.
GsD- We give this week letter from Hayes
to Gov. Hampton and ID. II. Chamberlain, ask.
ing the two latter to meet the former IN Wash.
ingson' either in person, or by n confidential
delegate or letter. to convey to him (your) their
views Of the impedimcnts to the peaceful and