The daily gazette., 1877-04-12
April 1S, 1877.

April 1S, 1927.
CHAMBERLAIN's ADDREss.-The ad-
dress promulgated by Chamberlain etc
the People Of South Carolina" on aban-
doning his fraudulent claim 10 the Gu
bernatorial office and surrendering the
papers and effects thereof to Gov. Hamp-
ton on Tuesday, is Ole of the most bare
faced, ,impudent and audacious documents
ever printed in this country, and only
shows what class of men the Republican
party had allowed to climb to its lead.
He opens his address by claiming that
he was elected Governor by the votes of
the people, on the 7th of November last,
and says "My title to the Office upon
every legal and moral ground is to-day
clear and perfect" and after impudently
charging the President with deserting
him, he again repeats his accusation, in
these words:
To-day, April 10, 1877, by the order
of the President whom your votes alone
rescued from overwhelming defeat, the
Government of the United States aban-
dons you and deliberately withdraws
from you its support with the full knowl-
edge that the lawful government of the
State will be speedily overthrown. BY a
new Interpretation Of the Constitution, at
variance alike with the previous practice
n nax,fa nd ww,th h. do -
of the Supreme Court, the Executive of
the United States evades the duty of as
certaining which of the two rival State
governments is the lawful one and by the
withdrawal Of the troops now protecting
the State from domestic violence aban-
dons the lawful State government to a
struggle with insurrectionary force too
powerful to be resisted. The grounds of
policy upon which this action is defended
are startling. 1t is said the North is
weary Of the long Southern troubles"
Could anything be more unreasonable
and devilish. This man Chamberlain has
kept this whole nation in a fever of ex-
citement for two years the greater part
of which time he has been surrounded
with United States troops TO protect him
from his own party most of the time and
now he asks that the people of the whole
country shall continue to keep an army
under pay to keep him in power as Gov
ernor.
The claim Of Chamberlain has beer
proven to be without title in the Court.
of South Carolina where all the Judge.
were Republicans. Hampton's maiorit,
over Chamberlain has been proved befor
aRepublican Returning Board this ma
jority was obtained while all the electio,
officers were of Chamberlain's party
while he was also himself Governor, an
all the police of the State were Republ
can, and the Court officers of his ow
appointment. Further than this, Chan
berlain armed the Republican negr
militia and sent them through the Stat
during the campaign and to the polls
the election, after he had disarmed th
AA"NA avg III ouullloh W IIllS, OraI
sent to Chamberlain several batteries an
regiments of U. S. troops. With all th
power and all these troops at his COL
mand, while Hampton's friends, the whi
people, meekly delivered up their gun
private property, which they had a Co
stitutional right to hold, the latter W
elected by about 1000 majority, and y
Chamberlain claims perfect title. tt
President ought to treat this ungratef
knave with contempt.
Suppose the President should ha
complied with Chamberlan's deman
to be kept in power by the U. S. troo,
could not other States have claimed t
same favor; and how long would it
before large standing army would
necessary for the purpose ? If this thi
is right for the Republican party TO dc
ought to be right for the Democra
party to do when the General Cove
nnent falls into its hands.
1t is the duty Of every good citizen
sustain the President in his refusal
sustain Chamberlain, and we hope Il
he will not yield to the demands
Wendell Phillips, Chandler, Blaine, B
Ter, and the crowd that are now end
Voring to keep up the strife in the coun
at the expense of every interest deal
the people. He should extend the sa
treatment to Nichols he has to Hampt
Let us have peace, and prosperity will
sure 10 follow.
Judge Ludlow, of the Philadelu
Court of Common Pleas. has delivere