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

excitnd much cnHftnens during tia paat
week. It appears ithas5o 4. b, Hss.
keis thc GisiTus ofsis. ofst J; s4 ~; ~:
State Excessive comfpitt9e returned
;SoE=: :=:.:s:ss &c -: -: ~ Asly part Of
last week, and loon Thereafter held seye.
raj interviews with Ex-Gov. Chamber.
lain. He vas the bearer of 4 letter from
Judge Stanley Matthews, who IL an init.
mate friend of Mr.. Hayes, and u candi-
date for United States Senator from Ohio.
This lettc. contained an endorsement by
Hon. VIM. NJ. Eyarts, who has been
given the first place in the Cabinet of
Mr.. Hayes. The letters are as follows:
WAsHIYGToN CITY, March 6, 1876.
To Hon. d. II. Chamberlain, Columbia,
South Carolina
nv DEAR SIR Il have not the honor
of personal acquaintance with you, but
have learned to respect you from INV
knowledge OF your reputation. l take
the Liberty Of addressing YOU now with
great distrust Of the propristy of doing
so, prcfacing it by saying that / speak
without authority from any one, and rep
resent only my own views. The situa-
ton Of public affairs in South Carolinn
is too complicated to be discussed at
length III & note, and yet impreases me An
one that ought to be changed by the pol
icy of Republican statesmen in such q
way az not only to remove all the contro-
ycrsics that disturb that State, but to re-
move all cmbarrassments arising from it
TO the party in other parts Of tie coun-
try. 1t has occurred to me 10 suggest
whether by your own concurrence and
corporation an accommodation could
not be arrived at which would obyiate
the necessity for the use Of Federal arms
10 support either government, and leave
that to stand which was best able to stand
of itself. Such n con!se would relieve
the administration from the necessity, 80
lar as executive action is concerned, of
making any decision between the con-
fiicting governments, and would place
you in position of making the sacrifice
of what you deemed your abstract right
for the sake of tho peace of the commu-
nifty, which would cntitle you to the graf
itudc not only of your party, but the re-
spect and esteem of the entire country.
| trust you will pardon the liberty have
taken, as my motive is to promote not
only the public, but your personal good.
With great respect,
STANLEY MATTHEWS.
Appended TO the foregoing letter are
the following lines by Mr. Evarts:
DEAR GovERNoR-I have read this
letter. and converscd with Col. Haskell
and Senator Gordon on this subject, so
interesting to us all. l should be very
glad TO aid in solution of the difficult
ties of the situation, and especially TO
hear from you speedily.
with my compliments to Mrs. Cham
berlain, yours very truly,
"WM. NJ. EvARrs."
Upon receipt Of the foregoing, Mr..
Chamberlain Immediately tclcgraphed as
follows to Washington:
COLUMBIA, s. c., March 6, 1877.
To Hon. u. r. C0r6in:
have just had long interview with
Haskell, who brings letters to me from
Stanley Matthews and Mr.. Evarts. The
purport of Matthews letter is that
ought to yield my rights for the good of
the country. This is embarrassing be.
y0nd endurance. If such action is de-.
sired, want to know it authoritatively.
am rot acting for myself, and cannot
assume such responsibility. Please in
quirc and telegraph me tonight.
ID. Ii. CHAMBERLAIN.
Whom this Telegram was received,
Blaine was making speech in the Uni
TED States Senate upon the Touisiana
question, and he read the dispatch from
Chamberlain Mt the request of Corbin.
Blaine took occasion to make the same
enquiries that Chamberlain does, and
demanded to know whether any Senator
was willing 20 become responsible for the
suggestions of S1r Matthews. He failed
to get q response from the Republican
side, and it may be concluded that none
j oi che Republican Senators were ready
to champion the conciliatory policy of
Mr.. Hayes to the extent implied in :he
telegram of Chamberlain. Two days af-
forwards, Mr.. Blaine sent the following
letter to the Clerks desk, fsking that il
be read:
WASHINGTON, March 8.
Hon. j. q. Blaine
DEAR SIR-Hon. w. NJ Evarts begged
me to say 10 you that he did not endorse
the letter of Stanley Matthews to Gov
ernOr Chamberlain to tho extent implied
by the telegram of Governor Chamber
lain 10 me; that tho letter was presented
to him by MIR. Haskell, of South Caro-
lima, and he wrote upon it substantially
as follows: That he had read the fore
going letter; that he desired to see the
t:oebles in South Carolina composed, and
he desired to hear from Governor Guam
berlain upon the subject.
Very respectfully,
! D. T.. CoRBIN.
/ This shGTs ut once that the scheme to
impress Chamberlain was never intended
hy Mr.. Evarts to be made public, and
that he shrinks from beconing the advo-
cate of o just, broad and liberal policy
on the part Of the administration, inten-
ded to secure n peaceful settlement of
the difficulties in So- th Carolina, without
maintaining the unauthorized .interfer-
ence OF the military power iu tie mau-
agement of local affairs. The. attitude Of
Mr.. Evarts Is not praiseyoyshy, by any
means. ,ss.t ,,,ss ,7si,4r1.,l.,.,, H.
The Columbia correspondent Of the
New York Herald, as soon as it became
known that the, foregoing letters were to
be published, Jed upon Ex-Goyernor
Chamberlain to get his views Of the situ-
alton, and the following conversation
took place: '1 "ss2'thr 'ih