The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-04-18
The Radicals Give Up.
THE LAST ACT IN THE DRAMA.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

olAlE OF FobCIh VA hDLlSAt
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
COLUMBIA, $. G., April 10, MT.
III Having learned That you now pnr-
pose to turn over to nc the executive cham
Der, with the records aud papers belonging to
the executive office now in Your possession
to inform you that l Will send q proper
officer to receive the same ut any hour you
may indicate us most convenient to yourself.
(Sisncd) WADE HAMPTON,
Governor.
Hon. D. II. CHAMBERLAIN.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
COLUMBIA, S. C., April 10, 1877.
SIR: Replying to your note of this date, |
have to- say that my private secretary will
meet such officer rs you may designate ut IL
meridian tomorrow, at the executive cham
(signed) u. II. CHAMBERLAIN,
Governor OF South Carolina.
Hon. WADE HAMPTON.
Following the correspondence arc the views
of the Radical claimants to the State offices,
which are presented in the following docu-
ment:
COLUMBIA, s.. c., April 10, 1877.
His Ercchcncy b. II. Chamberlain, Governor Of
South CurOiiH0, Columbia, s. G.
DEAR SIR: Recurring to the views several
ly expressed by us during the personal con-
ference, which we had the honor to hold with
you yesterday, In regard to the political conf
canvcs SIS in this state, we beg leave to apprIso
you formally Of the conclusions we nave
reached, after mature dcliberation and the
gruvcSt reflection which we have boon able to
bestow upon the subject.
Whilst we are no less Inspired with admira-
tIOn fot the dignitled II rcsolute manner in
which you nave consistently maintained
your claims to the Gubernatorlal chair, by
Virtue of the election held in November last,
than we arc solemnly impressed with the va
lidity of your title to the office, we are unani-
nous in the belief that TO prolong the contest
in the absence OF that moral MD to which We
feel ourselves and our party Justly entitled
at the hands Of q national administration
installed, IN large measure, til .ough the same
agcncici which arc now held to be insufficient
for our maintenance, will be to incur the re.
spOnsibillty Of keeping alive partisan preJu.
dIces which are in the last degree detrlmen-
tul to the best interests Of the people Of the
State, and perhaps of preclpitating O physi.
cal conflict that could have but one result tC
our defcnse'ess constituency. We cannot Of
ford to contribute, however Indirectly, tc
such q catastrophe, even II the advocacy Of
what We know to be our rights.
We nre agreed, therefore, In counscling yor
to discontinue tho stl uggle for the occupancy
OF the Guhornatorial chair, convinced rs we
are that, in view OF the disastrous odds to
which IFS maintenance has hcen subjected BY
the action OF the national ADMINISTRATION
your reiirement will involve no surrender o
principle. nor Its motive be misapprehendet
by the great body OF that political party tC
which, In coinm0h with ourselves, you ar
attached. and whose success In the past ir
this State haS been ennoblcl by your intelli
gent aud useful services. We have The honor
to he, very respectfully. J y@prS' rr,1o,~r
Attorney General.
THOMAS L. DUNN,
Comptroller General.