The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-03-29
THROWING UP THE SPONGE.
TIE CHAMPION CARPE1-BA GGER
COMES TO THE FRONT For HAMPTON

mr. CfAhiION CHHPEI-BI GGEI
COMES TO YEFRON1 FOR HAMPTON
Characteristic Lettor from Ieslie--He
lays down his arms and cries
Einough"-. .Radicalism dead In South
Carolina.
From the National Republican.
Below is printed u letter from G..
p. Leslie, whose name is no doubt
familiar to many as the beau ideal
of South Carolina carpet-baggor.
Mr.. Leslie has had quite varied ex-
periencc in the State, having been
intimately associated with Mr..
Chamberlain and others of the
Radical type in South Carolina. He
was candidate for tho State Senate
from Barnwell county, and was per-,
haps one of Mr.. Chamberlain a
warmest advocates in the recent
election. When he says, "The bat
tie is lost" it seems as though the
men who have so long &C
knowledged him as ono of their
leaders might think woll over his
advice. His letter is given in full,
rs follows:
WAsn1NaToN, d. c., March 10, 1877.
TO the Editor of the National
Republican:
SIR: The keynote Of the policy
of the Administration, Us I undor-
stand it, is tho complete rcconcilia
ton and commercial prosperity of
the whole country, and especially of
the South. It is not the recogni-
ton of Hampton or Chamberlain as
Governor of South Carolina, or the
success of this or the other faction
OF political party nor is it guess
ton ofhow the people of that State,
or any other Southern State, will
vote in the next Presidential elec>
ton, or in any other election. In a
word, there is no party politics, and
there can be none, in this policy.
Politics must be kept aloof politi-
cinns must stand aside
PEACE AND ORDER MUST PREVAIL;
proper and needful legislatlon-in q
word, n generous policy toward the
South. The appointees to Federal
positions for the South should be
mon who command the confidence
Of the people at home and the re~
spect of the country at large.
South Carolina is to~day torn and
distracted by political feuds; her
commercial and Inherent resources
paralyzed, and still the war goes on.
Chamberlain is penned up in the
State e-house, surrounded and pro-
tected by United States soldiers,
and demands Of the Administrator
that this protection III I'll be con-
tinued indefinitely, or until he can
try law suit to determine his title,
which will consume the next two
years, the United States in the
meantime to be continued as one of
the parties to tho proceeding. This
certainly can be no part of the poll
cy of the Administration, and Cham
berlain ought not to demand OF
even expect it. The political SYM
pathios of the Administration proba-
bly, go out to Chamberlain and those
who have sustained him, but the de-
mands of patriotism and the univer-
sal prosperity of the entire country
insist that the triumph of party
must forthwith be subordinated to
the good of the whole people.
In the fierce political canvass that
has taken place in South Carolina
the Republicans made heroic fight,
and { do not understand that it is
the intention Of tho Administration
to do aught but to praise them, nor
of their political enemies to condemn
them. But Z
THEY HAVE LOST THE DATTLE
for the State government, and if
they arc friends Of the people they
will Immediately withdraw from q
position that increasingly aggravatos
the misfortunes of that distracted
country. am informed that the
committee that waited upon the
President yesterday urged that if
the Administration would recognize
Chamberlain as governor they could
reorganize the Republican party in
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