The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-04-11
STATE OF SouTH CAROLINA, }
EXECUTIVE, CHAMBER. !

d. EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
r. COLUMBIA, April 1919
Sir,-Rcplving to your note Of this date,
l have to say that my private secretary will
meet such officer rs you may designate at
II meridian tomorrow at the Executive
chamber for the purpose indicated in your
note. Very respectfully,
[Signcdl . D. II. CHAMBERLAIN,
- ..,. Governor South Carolina.
Hon. Vade Hampton. .">..
EVERYTHING QUIET.
There is no excitement whatever. All
seem to take the result as proper for the fu-
ture welfare OF the State. The surrender
of the government to Hampton is preceded
by an Interesting, diynitied statement OF
the situation by Chamberlain. .-.
CHAMBERLAIN's ADDRESS.
Chamberain's address to the Republicans
OF South Carolina concludes Us follows:
But the cdict has gone forth. No argyll
mcnt or considerations which your friend
could present have sufficed to avert the dis
aster. No effective means Of resistance to
the contamination OF the wrong are lett.
The struggle can be prolonged. My strict
legal rights are of course wholly unaffected
by the action of the President. No court
Of the State has jurisdiction to pass upon
the title to my office. No lawful Legisla-
ture can be convened except upon my
call. II the use Of these powers prom
lses ultimate success to our cause /
should not Shrink from any sacrifices
which might confront me. It is cause in
which by the light OF reason and conscience
a man might we'll lay down his life; but, to
my mind, my present responsibility involves
the consideration Of the effect OF my action
upon those whose representative I am. [
have hitherto been willing tosask Repub,i-
cars OF South Carolina to risk all danger
and endure all hardships until relief should
come from the Government Of the United
States. That relief will never come. |,
cannot ask you TO follow me further. In
my Judgment, / can no longer serve you by
further resistance 10 the impending calamity.
With gratitude for the measures Of endu-
rance with which he has hitherto inspired
| me; with gratitude to you for your boundless
confidence in me; with profound admira-
ton of your matchlcss fidelity to the cause
in which we nave struggled, l now an
nounce to you and to the people OF the State
that shall no longer actively assert my
right to the Office OF Governor OF South
Carolina. The motives and purposes OF the
President Of the United States in the policy
which compels nc to my present course are
unqucStionably honorable and patriotic. /
devoutly pray that events may indicate the
wisdom Of his action, and thai peace, JUS
ticc, freedom, and prosperity may here
after be the portion OF every citizen Of
South Carolina. .-
CHAMBERLAIN STATE OFFICERS ADVISE HIM
TO YIELD-AFIING At THE ADMINISTRATION.
COLUMBIA, S. c., April 10, 1S77.-His En-
ceUency D. II. Chamberlain, Governor OF
II, nn0r
Sir-Recurring to the views seyerally en-
pressed by us during the personal confer
ence which we had the honor to hold with
you yesterday in regard to the political COM
plicationS which have grown out OF the late
canvass in this State, we beg leave to ap-
prise you formally of the conclusions we
have reached after mature dcliberatlon and
the gravest reflection which we have been
able to bestow upon. the subject. Whilst we
are no less inspired with admiration for tue
digniiicd and resolute manner in which you
consistently maintained your claims to the
gubernatorial chair by virtue OF the election
held in November last than we are solemnly
impressed with the validity OF your title to
the Office, we arc unanimous in the belief
that to prolong the contest in the absence OF
that moral aid to which we feel ourselves
and our party Justly entitled at the hands
OF n national Administration, installed in
large measure through the same agencies
which arc now held to be insufficient
for Our maintenance, will be to ill.,
cur the responsibility OF keeping alive
partisan prejudices, which are in the
last degree detrimental TO the best
interest Of the people OF the State, and
perhaps of precipitating physical con-
flict that could have but one result to our
defenceless constituency. We cannot afford
to contribute, however Indirectly, to such
catastrophe, even in the advocacy OF what
we know to be our rights. We are agreed,
therefore, in counselling you to discon-
tinue the struggle for the. occupancy
of the gubcrnatorial chair, convinced that
we are-in view Of the disasastrous
odds to. which its maintenance has been
subjected by the 3, action OF the ma.
tional Observation-Disclosures retirement VIII
involve no surrender of principles, nor
its motive be misapprehended by the great
body OF the political party to which, in COM
mon with ourselves, you are attached, and
whose success in the past in this State mas
been ennobled by your intelligent and un-
selfish services.
We have the honor 10 bevcry respectfully
yours, .E
ISicned1 ROBERT B. ELLIOTT,
Attorney-General;
r.. THOMAS G. DUNN,
Controller General;
JOHN r. TALBERT,
r.. Superintendent Education;
F. CARDoZA, .....
... Treasurer;
JAMES KENNEDY,
Adjutant- and superintendent.
TIE LATEST-THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS.
COLUMBIA, April 1880 p. M.-General
j. B. Gordon, Washington: Perfect peace
prevails. The troops have been withdrawn,
and Chamberlain surrenders. South Caro-
]ina's thanks to you.
[Signed] WADE HAMPTON.
WASHINGTON, April 10 Governor Hamp-
ton, Columbia: Your telegram just received.
The friends OF peace, OF Justice, and Of
constitutional government everywhere re-
ioice with you.
GSirned1 j. B. GORDON.
New York.
ARREST OF THE ALLEGED woMAN-BuRNER.
New York, April 10.-The man who
caused the death OF Lucy Freeman, an octo-
room, in a house OF ill-fame, was arrested
to-day by the police. He gave his name rs
| Henry Cooner. and admitted having been in