Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-04-10
AT THE PRESIDENTS HOUSE.
SOufir Carolina.

| COLUMBIA, >. u, April lO.-IEG Unltnu
States troops were formed and moved out Of!
the State House at II m. to-day.
Chamberlain has lust issued the following;
address retiring from the contest Tor GoVcrnnt-
ship:
BY your voice was made Governor OF this
State in 1874. 1T the election on The eth Of
November last was again by your votes elect
! cd TO the same Office My title 10 the office
upon legal aud moral ground Is to-day clear and
perfect BY the recent decision aud action Of
the President Of the United States find NY
self unable longer to maintain my olllelal rights
with the prospect OF final success, ana hereby
announce to you that l. am unwilling 10 prolouG
struggle which can only bring further suffer
ing upon those who engage in it, La annOI1c
ing this conclusion ii is my duty 10 say for You
that the republicans of South Carolina entered
upon their recent political struggle Tor the
maintenance Of their political and civil rights,
constituting, beyond question, = large majority
Of the lawful voters Of the State. lOu allied
yourselves with that political party whose c2n-
trail and inspiring principle has hitherto ba2n
the civil and political freedom Of all ln2l! undHr
the constitution aud laws Of oar country. BY
heroic efforts and sacrifices which the just yav-
dict of history will rescue from Lhn coWarily
scorn now cast upon them by political placemen
and traders you secured The electoral vote Of
South Carolina for Hayes and Wheeler. la
accomplishing this result you became the vic
TINS Of every form Of persecution and Injury.
From authentic evidence it is shown that not
less than one hundred Of your number were
murdered because they were faithful to
their priuci Piles and exercised rights solemn
" guaranteed TO them by the nation. You woro
denied employment; driven from your homes;
robbed of the earnings Of years of honest iE-
dustry; hunted for your lives like wild beast:
your families outraged and scattered for 40 Of
Tense, except your peaceful and firm determ-
nation 10 exercise yonr political rights; you
trusted, as you had right to trust, that, il by
such efforts, you established tho lawful ST
tho Government of the Uuitod States in The
discharge of lis constitutional duty would PRO-
tecS the lawful government Of the State from
overthrow at the hands OF your political enc
mics. From causes pateut to all men aud qu:s.
toned by none who regard truth, you have
been unable to overcome the unlawful coulhlna q
tons and obstacles which have opposed the
practical supremacy of the government which
your votes have established. For many weary
months you have waited Tor your devcrancc.
While the long struggle for the presidency was
10 progress you were eXbortcd by every repre-
sentative aud organ Of the national republican
rarty to keep your allegiance true to that par
ty, in order that your deliverance from the
hands OF your oppressors might be certain aud
complete. Not the tainteSt whisper of the pos
sibiIiy of disappointment 10 these hopes and
promises ever reached you while the struggle
was pending. To-day, April 10th, 1877, by
the order Of the President, whom your votes
alone rescued from overwhelming defeat, the
Government OF the United States sbandons
you and deliberately withdraws from you its
support, With the full knowledge that the law.
full Government Of the State will be speedily |
oVerthrown hy new Interpretation of the Con
stiution Of the u. S. at variance alike with the |
previous p.actice Of the Government and with |
the decisions Of the Supreme Court. The ESecu- |
tive of the u. s. evades the duty Of ascertanog
which Of the Two rival State governments is
tho lawful one, and by the withdrawal Cfl
the troops now protecting the State from domes-
tic violenc abandons tho lawful State govern
ment 10 struggle with an insurrectioDary force
too powerful to be resisted. The grounds OF
policy upon which such action is defended are
startling. 1t is said that the North is weary
Of the long Southern troubles. 1t was weary
too OF the long troubles which sprung from the