The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-12-27
VOL. KILL "a.
Hampton and pattersen.
Special DispqteA to Me Nev York aya.es.

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Special Dispatch TO ae Now York 2ymes.
CoLUMBIA, 3. O., Dec. II.
| Some utteyances Of GOV. Hamptoat to.
day will be Of interest 70 Senator Patter-
son. Gen. Butler has been hard as work
since his return from Washington to have
all criminal proceedings against Mr..
Patterson dropped, aud como Of the basar
class Of Democratic have shown dispo.
/ sition TO help him. Previous to Gen.
Buffers arrival, q resolution passed ths
State House Of Representatives, without
opposition, directing q certified copy of
the report of the investigating committee
touching Mr.. Patterson's bribery of the
Legislature of 1872 to DO sent to Gen.
Butler, with instructions 10 present it to
the United States Senate. Before it
could come up for concurrence in the
Senate, General Butler had arrived here.
and, when Informed of the state of Affairs.
went himself to the Senate chamber and
prompted Senator Crittenden TO oppose
action on tho resolution. The result Of
two days manipulation by Gen. Butler
wss that new committee was raised in
tts Senate, under the appropriate title
of Committee on Federal Relations. II
was made up entirely of Democrats, and
Butler Democrats at that. The Repub-
licans being denied representation on it,
OF course the resolution was referred to
this committee for the express purpose of
having it killed.
1t has not been supposed that Gov.
Hampton was party to these intrigues,
or would in any way sustain them, but
1t having been telegraphed to Washing
ton that ne had determined upon policy
OF general amnesty to Patterson aud the
like, some uneasiness began to be mani
tested among those who have most faith.
fully sustained his administration. It
may be said with absolute certainty that
no such uneasiness will be felt by them
hereafter. Governor Hampton has to-
day declared himself firmly opposed to
my bargain with Mr.. Patterson. Whether
Governor Hampton was favorable or un.
favorable to an investigation of Mr., Pat
terson's case In the beginning, he saws
that since the proof of that persons guilt
had been made apparent to the public
authorities, to the State, and to the coun.
try, it would be disgrace to South
Carolina IL criminal proceedings, based
upon such Overwhelming testimony, were
not earnestly and energet;cslly pressed
to an issue. The evidence obtained by.
the same committee which indicted Mr..
Patterson, and the convictions already
had, Justify the existence of this admin
istration in the eyes OF even those who
bitterly opposed it's success, and has
crushed out hostile criticism upon some
Of the methods employed to overcome
an enormous majority. Merely to OBJ.
tain the ascendanoy of o political party,
or win Office for himself, no such cam
paign would have been entered upon by
him. He sought to rescue the State, not
from Republicans, but from plundcrers; |;
otherwise he would not have abandoned
private life to enter upon the strifes,
anxieties and responsibilities of such d
campaign as that Of 1875 Tc condonc
now the offenses of Mr.. Patterson in re-
turn for mere political services, no mat
ter how valuable, would be to abandon
the high grounds upon which he con-
sented to make the effort to redeem the
State when the task was we'll nigh hope
less.
Governor Hampton rejoices that Mr..
patterson's vote secured seat in the
United States Senate to General Butler.
Hs has no doubt that it may be used
hereafter to the advantage of the Demo.
cratic party but to allow him to go un-
punished would. justify the charges
which have been made by Mr.. Patter-
sons friends that the prosecutions against
him originated in political hostility and
have looked solely to political results,
and would place the Democratic party of
South Carolina in the position of buying
a seat for q United States Senator by the the
condonement Of felonies committed
against the people of the State. This
would be s;fain s3poa .ha integrity of
hiR administration.
More than this, he would regard It as
q dangerous argument to be placed in
the hands of the opponents of the Dem.
ocratic party in the next Presidential
campaign. he does not regard the In
vestigation of crimes by legislative COM
mittees or tho Inauguration of criminal
proceedings in the courts Us the fitting
machinery for determining the right to
seats II the Ssiiate of the United States.
If Senator Patterson has rendered @
service to General Butler, with or with
out a promise of consideration, Gov.
Hampton Is quite willing for Gen. Butler
to reward Senator Patterson as best ne
may; but whatever settlement is to be
made between the old Senator and the
new, Gov. Hampton does not think that
his administration should be made psr-
ty to 1t.
1t is now certain that the resolution
will not be killed In the Committee on
Fedora! Relations, but will be reported
~ day 9: t@@o with sn s:.enddss..ee..sst. .
General Butler has declared that It would
be impossible for him, in view of his
obligations to Mr. Patterson, to present
the report of the investigating commit
tee to the Senate of ffthe United States,
) and 1t is now propssseea., IA order to re-
. love him from such an embarrassment,
TO amend the reenlntinn nf the Ha,aee so
as TO send the report Of the investigating
committe to the President Of the Senate,
} with a request that he will present It TO
that body. In such shape the resolu-
ton will undoubtedly pass, nutwithstand-
ing kilograms from Messrs. Lamar, Ste.
phens, Hill and Gordon, advising other:
wise. si q
Il - President Hayes and his policies
!; have again been beaten in the United
States Senate hy Rannhlican WITS
the New York nominations which
he sent In again, Last week, having been
rejected on Wednesday. The supporters
, # his policy have suffered themselves to
be beaten In detail. Al the beginning oil
the session they conceded everything to
sT. ColssiIs, anaak.Sa &c a:. .. i: S:s:s,:;
and In committee, and helped him to dc.
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