The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-04
governor ,efamberlain' Insanes

his insolent and ignoble; ambition to med.
itate a measure, which stamps him either
as a Catalina, or a, maniac. :. The most
charitable treatmen his, friends could be-
stow ON, him. would be to shaXe his ahead, }:
put him in straijacket and commit him
t9 some ,Hndly managed iratreat for the
insane, If hiis' power were as, great as his.
temper is, uagoYernable and syicSed he
would be dangerous, man to bel lett at
large What, be now threatens us, To-.
arrest, Wade Hampton on a charge, OF
treason. The atrocity of this wild threat
does. not consist, in the, intended conse-
onences to the. victim, The, hanging, of.
General Hampton would be, small crime
in comparison with the incendiary effect
Of. such an attempt. A maniac who,
should carry torch into a ,poYder ,magr
ii azine, ,ior- y villain ,Who should send q tool:
on.that errand, would hardly excite more
horror than an ipcendiarY politician un-,
dertaking TO arrest fos treason the. most @
popular and trusted citizen of South Car
oIina in, the present inttam mable, ,condi7i
tion. of public, feeling in, that; State. A
man, must be absolutely insane, not 10
know. that such an act; would kindle the,
whole. STATE into q ,confagration. Il.
would be absurd to; say that the author.
did, not intend; this consequence if:ihet
S 1on,,Ia2 ,n;ass;ons are. excited 10 snch q
HE;tcS E fbst fhs restraining mora, ,infuence
IF XIV Wade hampton himself is .,Ehe. only
thing tbat has sp prevented, violent, out
breaks. IF Governor Hampton could be
arrested. tried: sentenced and hanged
With as little tnmult as attends, the, ordir;
narT1conrse. : Of Of Justice, even then the CON
duct of Cham berlain would be ,ignoble
and detestable. Bds if such a thing were
attempted there -wo,uld be q general up.
rising throughout. acll South Carolina: and
the, ,neighboripg States. to protect, and de-
fensd him, and. when, violence had once.
begun in that, way; all control oyer popu-
lar passions ,Wopld be lost and nobody.
Could foresee, to what eStremItles they
would go. IT tisinot the, one life Of Wade
Hampton that would be put IN peril, but
theliyes of half the people of South Carr
olina, The, worst enemy of the country.
in, such, q. crisis as. this is he who hings
ftsbrands into an excited ana ;cemPusti-
BILE, community and sets its passions pas. IN
blaze. No language OF indignant denan=
clatlon can he ssSEong enough 1oe; SO aeEo-
clous 3 trathag W1th: the puDnc peace.
This threat OF Chamnersaln is, o! course,
mere imp9sene "lcAeI[ess ~ iat % =.
concerns Governor Hampton himsei!
butts, lnso.en VIII n9t ;oe mPosenI ID
its effect on public feeling II an attempt
is made sto' put the threat m.execution. ,,
Even:lf'1t be,only an sexn!oition, o! iols
buiiylng:ano 'oravaao ~ IS selh .Mieseu ses
andrseoltous as tenoing |" ProSoAe provoke ~. us
earDances Oh tne peace. -.
reason; agalhsC Heaee 40 aar aosI.eso
leea.ao DE sure, Tue olaVss lave,la"s
dehnlng ana Punisnf9g trsason' puI .ney
have so long oeen' q deaa iee0er .tnae nce
one citizen IN athousana Is aware o, "neir
existence. Ihey are hKe,a sword enas
has rusted so long in'lts scaooafd tnat IL
cannot be drawn, aln the wnole nis1ory
or euracouasly tneie has SsS Sesn o..o.a. Dus vnS
trlal ior treason against' : . ossse gusS1u
ment, ana that sohtary' lnseaucs was an 4l
gorgeous Diu1oer soon fePeneeu me- oi u1
tne otate OF -Hnoos tslanG !, nomss "
Dorr was convicted Oh treason ,.I anu Sei.
fenced to Imprisonment 'tof. me; .1us
when the pnbtic e3cltemens'haas suosioeu
ne was pardoned, ana tue Leglsla:iIie =,
the State,passed an set restoring ms civil
rights and ordering the record OF ms sen
tence TO De e3pungeo. IL IVA was .ei. ea,-Ss so-ge
.oiSgrace 10 Jug ota'e t.ia' .ISI @ 49,
should De stained, Dy .seasenoe iol Sie q,
son. sihat was tne nfse'Irsason =, Gfia' ~
any State of this Union, and 1t WILL prop
ablyrbe !thelast. The States stand IN no
need ofa treason law, because their gov.
ernments aretguaranteed by the United
States. When public excitement ran SO
high IN Louisiana ana Arkansas over
contestlng:! claims 10 the government ehece
was no talk or thought OF arrests ior trea-
SON, because that remedy Is AMEN 1os our
institutions Even ithe .ieoeral govern
ment places; no dePenasnee on treason
trials for its security Not a single triai
for treason followed our great c!Yii. war
Jefferson. Davis was arrested and indicted,
butthe government released him on bail
and was too glad to ;aTold trial. Inc
abortive trial of Aaron Burr IS the, only
onein our Judicial records. mr.: Cham
berlain must be as crazy as ne is oespe.
rate and malignant TO oranolsn tne1nreat
of a atreasonTtrisi IN the faees OF the peor
pleim South Carolina. i,,a - $50
Even if'the courts OF the state recog-
nized his title to the Governorshlp, even
ifhe' had judges on the bench as. serViie
and brutal as the infamous Jeffrles, ne
could not procure the conviction OF wade
Hampton Iae s idsa ina. ,as;os eo9in f ,;ts IrG
lima jury would hnd q verdict OF gnlsy',s
ridiculous, even lftBe-Juages were soois
Of Chamberlain. But, fortunately, the
courts Of South; Carolina have OF Late
acted; in q very becoming independence
of party ties. Whenever the clam ol
Chamberlain to office comes before, them
for adjudication they are likely to decide
against him: II is Prepos!sfous .or nun
to fhink that he can get rid of his com;
petitor by prosecution tor treason; oos
the threat and an attempt 10 e%eeute IL
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