, 1877-04-09


WARRINGTON, April SIT appears that new
complications have arisen ID South Carolina
Affairs. Cor, Chamberlain and his friends, IT is
said, hare determined to make an effort to hare
him continue to assert hIs claim to be Governor
on tho ground that II neither he nor Hampton
arc properly inauguratcd then Cham.
bcrfaiu holds under clause In
tic Constitution Of South Carolina which
provides that all officers shall continue to dis
charge tho lutlcs Of their ofIlco until their sue
ccsaorh aru elected and qualified. Wright, the
thlr1 Judge Of tho Supreme Court, holds tlls
doctrine. Chamberlain, who arrived At coluhl-
meet, II at all. un1er Chambcr'atn's call, and
cltilcr orlcr now election, recanyasa tho yoto,
Or do whatever ID 10 be loc As the case n,ay bc.
40 SEEN DY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or Eiour
YEARS or FMiaHuLE-ALL IAnUsTitAL AGftv-
lTf At 4 sTANps1lLir-woNko or Tnk RopnEns
--1oy. CHAANEHLAlH's NEFpMMs-TnE srM-
rATur HE DEsEAyEs--liAArToK AND HIS
sGrruNTElts.
Sha'it1@ htter to tas St.o 1ork TtibHsf thtD,.
CHanLRsros, 8. c., April Lit Is impotdi-
bic not 10 feel some sympatly for Gov. Cham.
tcrlalm. Tncrc Ia no denying that for two years
l.c icpt tbs wolves and vulturcs OIL tho pros
tratc State. For tho men wflose tnturcsts he
had dcfcnded, aud whose property he had saved
from further spo1tatluu, to turn upon lin with
fcroclous hate, as they did iaat fall, WAS ccr-
tainly crtlclly unjust. Gov. Chamberlain Ia tho
most clcyrr and cultivated ef ntl tho carpct-
l,asgcrs Of tho Bouth. A. lawyer,
llc compelled tho respect OF tho Charles
ton Bar. as an orator, he las no superior
hrrc, whcre o7atory Is cultivated NJ Llo csscu-
tial c.oaaplIs'llnent for public lie. Few turn
wlcid u moro vigorous pcn, ~ tho readers Of
tho Tribune, who remember Its dispatches ard
letters tn this paper during the late campaign,
can testify. In general culture ! doubt II he
has his equal In South Carolina: Ills ambition,
after the rulnoua tendencies Of negro ru1o bc-
cane evident, was to build up u reform party
by breaking d0wn tho cotor-llnc. to save tho
Stats from tho utter wreck which threatened
her industry ana soclcty, aud, Identifying litu.
the choaen political icAdcrs Of the best clements
Of her population. II tho Presidential cam.
palGn lad not eotnc oil last year, believe
he would haYo succeeded. Hut theEu waa
no getting nut Of she cotllistin:
currents ti.as were swsspinE the sountEy, TS
tic rtldcn ptoccsslon, and Chamberlain was nut
available W. their candidate. Itls popularity
a,IpMg them, anl tho a,niidenes tt.cy Tcpoael
~ ttlm, wcrc shown in a striking way b, tl's
lcafY yoto lio rot In t!iclr conversation. A
cli4ngc Of three votes would lure gtycn linn
their nomination. Falling In The purt use t,s
Ind kct MIS- lIvAtt uout tho politician til Cham
bcrla!n cainc uptcrtuost, AnI liz IeIl back to h[s
Old party Ut blacks mil c1rprk-baggsrs. Ept
their Endorsement, aud (.s;ulzcd u GGlt uia tIlv
old cG(or.hncs III c,Gfso no WAS encouraged tu
ao this BY the Northern Republicans, to wliuIn
It WIS vital that tho Electoral yoiu Ut thta State
should be secured lor I[ayrs.
tlu was ioEccd to fr4tcrlslzc NTH tho VERY men
hu !sall laeesy denounced with Elliott, tho un-
pTlnr!r!v4 negro lcadrr; With the I!srcputablv
croWt.u OF Charleston ttadItals; with Patkers+u,
the Senator who bought his plaro with the pro-
ceeda u tte uelscatr fer despulIln: tho State Ut
her Failsoal stock; aud with others of uke
feather. All nlru know tho result. tbs xtaIt
OF Wrnth were poured out upon him; and tho
men who haa Lately been his friends, believing,
IL tue heat " tho sanyass, thas they had beGll
support, turned upon hfIu with savage abu&u-
On The nthcr band, uo one Ut iii llhalllAs with
tho Wsceehea history Of this btato for tlle past
ctght ycars can iatl to fccl that AcT Whtto popu-
laisoi. asc !a tho right In longing anu striving
utterly to wipe out VII ycstiEcs Ut tho shocking
nisrulc thcy hays suffered from. A horrible
black nightmare has sat upon their hrrast. since
rceo,istsuctlon, depriyin.: thru Ut all energy
aIi hope. AZ last they saw in tho election II
MRda Hampton rhan:u for relief: they luade
hero OF him, very dcnl!god. 10 their ex.
ette1 itnaEiuAt!ona be scclned ch.eltau anoinG-
cd OF Heaven to guido them out oE th9 wilder
ness, and to smite thclr enemies hip aud thigh.
Now that dcliYczancc Is at hAnd, people b.gtn
to scan tue Euln wrought by thcso long eight
years OF uIsgovcsunIeut- Tbs State deut,
Whirh MAS about Aalt millioa when t1u carpet.