The daily gazette., 1877-03-31
Wade Hampton's Victory
THE TROOPS TO BE WITHDRAWN.
no REcoeNITIoN TO BE MADE OF CHAM
BERLAIN-ALL HAMPTON WANTS is A
q CHANGE TO GO INTO THE COURTS
THE coLoRED PEOPLE TO BE PRoTEo-
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Special dispatch 10 the Times. t
WASHINGTON, March 80.

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Special dispatch 10 the Times. n
WASHINGTON, March 80.
The South Carolina question has alb
sorbed everything else here to-day and the
interest in it is unabated tonight. Wade
Hampton has been oppressed with the
crowded welcome he has received from
both parties, and he has with much diff
ficulty averted public demonstrations in
his honor. He kept his room most of the
day receiving callers Unfortunately land
a crowd of several hundred people beseig-
ed Wizards Hotel all the time to get a
glimpse of him and give him a hearty
cheer. He looked bronzed and field.
hardened as he did fifteen years ago when
he was in Stuart's raid on Chambersburg
and displays all the genuine cordiality Of
the gallant soldier. With him are the
more impetuous and electrical Senator
Gordon, of Georgia, who has made the
South Carolina case his own, and SEN
tor-elect Butler, whose presence silences
Chamberlain on the Hamburg massacre,
because Butler demands to know why
Chamberlain would not allow him to be
tried or even a bill to be given to grand
jury, when the Judge was Republican,
the prosecuting officers were Republicans
and majority ofboth the grand and
traverse jurors were negroes. While he
is at hand there is silence on the Ham,
burg affair, for he was admitted to nomi-
nal bail by Republican Judge, and has
appeared in open court and asked for a
bill to be presented, so that he might be
tried and let the world know the truth,
but it has thus far been refused by Cha m
berlain's friends. .lA .eilnela ad q
Hampton has wisely refused to speak
in public here, because of the studied pur
pose distort what he says and he has con-
fined his discussion of the South Carolina
issue to written statements presented to
the President and Cabinet. He stated to
me this evening that while he felt entire
ly confident of an early withdrawal of
the troops from the Capitol of his State
he had no positive assurance of it from
the President. On the other hand, Sena--
tor Patterson declared this evening to
Senator Butler that the troops would net
be withdrawn at all. 1t is understood
that Schurz and Thompson are the posi-
tive members of the Cabinet in favor of
Withdrawing the troops, and Sherman
and McCrary are the only members who
positively favor the protection of the car
pet-bag Governor by bayonets. 1 do not
doubt that the troops will be withdrawn
from the South Carolina Capitol in very
short time, probably tomorrow or Mon
day and the delay has been fought for
by Sherman and McCrary with the hope
that Hampton could be brought to some
sort of compromise that would save
Chamberlain and his followers from the
public brand of disgrace but it is now
well understood that Hampton has nc
terms to make and will not be party to
any agreement that recognizes Chamber
lain 10 be on footing that entities him
to be consulted about the matter. All
Hampton asks is that when he proceeds,
under Chamberlain,s own law and in
Chamberlain's own court, to evict Cham
berlain from the officer charged with the
service of The writ.shall not be interrupted
by national bayonets, and when he get:
the judgment of Ch2mberlain's court de
claring him the lawfully chosen Cover
nor of the State, that then he and his
| people shall be no .longer harassed by
the army. Such is Wade Hampton's ap-
peal to the administration and he asks nc
| recognition beyond that of his right to e
into the courts where Republican Judge.
are to decide for or against him, and there
have a lawful determination Of the dis
pute. OF course, no administration o.
party can hold out long against one who
asks only what cannot be denied to any
without palpable injustice. 1t is safe
therefore to say that Wade Hampton vii
be the undisputed Governor Of Soutl
Carolina within the next week.
THE LOUISIANA CASE.
Louisiana is more perplexing to the ad
ministration. The timidity of the Presi.
dent in executing his declared policy of
maintaining selfgovernment in all the
States has brought him fearful growtf
of most embarrassing complications, and
the decision has been handed over to g
commission that is to make any possible
dicker to save something in the final
wreck OF the carpet-baggers. That the
troops must be withdrawn from the sup.
port of Packard is now inevitable, andthe
only question is, What can be negotiated
from the Nichols men as the price of Law
and peace? The commission is unanimous
| in the purpose to attain the recall of the
troops, but majority of its composers
will doubtless sympathize with the Pres
ident in struggling for some appearance
of terms, if they should be but shadows
to break the fall Of the men who counted
Louisiana for Hayes. In this they may
succeed, hut their success will be nomin
al and other than real, and after two Oh
three weeks of distressing delay the swort
will surrender Louisiana to the govern
ment Of her people.
THE sPEAKERsHIP. 4..as
Speaker Randall is here, and dinet
tonight at Fernando Woods with Hamp
| ton and others. He is entirely confiden