The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-03-15
INTERVIEWING HAYES.

INTERVIEWING HAYES.
Rival Delegations from South Carolina
calling upon the President.
The special correspondent of the New
York Herald gives the following account
of an interview with the President to
secure a recognition of the Hampton
government:
WASHINGTON, March 6.
General Kershaw, Judge T. j. Mackey,
ex- Governor R. K. Scott, and ]. 81. Rion,
of South Carolina, arrived here this even
ing, deputized by Wade Hampton to pre-
sent to President Hayes Gov. Hampton's
claim for recognition. The committee
will be given an interview with the Pres
ident tomorrow at ten o'clock, when the
letter prepared by Hampton will be pre-
sented to President Hayes. 1t is the un-
derstanding that there will be no argu-
ment or statement beyond the written
document which asks that Gen. Ruger
may be instructed to Withdraw the troops
quartered in the State House, where the
public records are kept and which at
times it is difficult to get access to, there
by obstructing public business, while it
does not define the existence of the
Chamberlain faction any better than if
| the Court records were accessible by all
parties. Accompanying the letter is an
lattested copy of the Judgment of the
State Supreme Court recognizing Wade
Hampton as Governor of South Carolina.
The chairman of the committee, Gen.
Kershaw, is personally known to Presi-
dent Hayes, he having encountered the
division commanded by General Hayes
at the battle of Cedar Mountain, in July,
1864, in Virginia. 1t is expected that
this meeting of the President and Gen.
Kershaw will promote more pleasant re.
lations, and though no decision is hoped
for Immediately the committee tonight
| feel assured that their visit and the suc-
cinct manner in which Mr.. Hampton has
presented his argument, will eventually
be followed by at least the withdrawal of
the troops from the State House.
The Charleston Journal Of Commerce
has the following dispatch:
WASHINGTON, March 9.
Representatives Ellis and Gibson, of
Louisiana, called on the President this
morning, and in their interview with him
urged the legality of the Nichols gov
ernment, and the propriety of the recog-
milton of it.
Representatives Smalls and Rainey, of
South Carolina, and colored South Car
olina delegation were with the President
this morning, urging forward Chamber
lain's claims to the South Carolina gov
ernment. To both these delegations the
President replied that he would consider
the matter, and appointed half-past two
o'clock this afternoon as the time at
which he would receive the South Caro-
lima delegation and hear their further
views.
The delegation was promptly on hand,
at two o'clock, consisting of Cain, Smalls,
Rainey, Cardozo and Judge Wright. Mr..
Rainey, in speech, thanked Mr.. Hayes
for his mention of the colored people in
his address, and said that he was glad to
see they had not been forgotten. He
then introduced his colleagues to the
President, and q discussion took place,
the delegation urging upon him the re-
cognition of Governor Chamberlain.
The President in reply said he could
not give them any definite information
as to what course he would pursue, and
would not announce it until he had con-
suited his chosen Cabinet upon the SUBJ
iect. He also said that he hoped to adopt
such measures as would render unneces-
sary the presence of the bayonet in any
State, and that his course would be con-
ciliatory.
The delegation then withdrew, after
saying that they would heartily concur
in any conciliatory measure he would
adopt.
The New York Herald has this version
of the same interview:
WASHINGTON, March 9.
A delegation of colored South Caro-
linians waited upon President Hayes to.
day, and were granted an interview of
forty minutes duration. The delegation
comprised J. H. Rainey, Representative
of the First Congressional District; Hon.
R. H. Cain, Representative of the Second
J Congressional District; Hon. Robert
Smalls, Representative of the Fifth Con-
gressional District; Hon. j. j. Wright,
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; ;
F. L. Cardozo, Treasurer of South Caro-
lima; Fl. J. Maxwell, State Senator, and
Colonel T. J. Minton. The President
spoke with perfect frankness, stating that
he desired to remove the antagonism ex-
listing between the races, especially the
political differences resting upon the color
line, so that the colored men and Repub-
licans might not need the protection
of the army. He stated that the use of
military force in civil affairs was repug-
nant to the genius of American institu-
tions, and should be dispensed with if