The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-04
THE HAMPTON GOVERNMENT.

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South Carolina has been issued by Gov.
| Hampton; ip:accordance with the author
| itysgisen him by the Constitutional
House Of Representatives in the pream-
BILE and resolutions which we published
last week:
| COLUMBIA, 8. g., January 1, 1877.
In accordance with and under the au-
thority given by the annexed resolutions
! oft6e House Of Representative, I hereby
| call upon all faithful, law-abiding and
loyal citizens of South Carolina who de-
sire to maintain the government of their
choice, to come forward promptly, and to
pay ten PEE cent. Of the amount of the
taxes paid by them last year. Due notice
will be given to. the citizens Of each
county OF the appointment of some prop
er. agent for. the collection of the contri-
button here called for. The resolutions
of the House Of Representatives authorize
a call for twenty-five per cent. of last
YEARS. taxes, but all immediate wants Of
the: legitimate government of the State
can be supplied, if the people will re-
spond generally to the call here. made for
ten per cent. The, inmates Of the chari-
table and penal institutions Of the State
are now suffering for want of proper sup
plies, and i; is to meet their needs which
appeal to Us so strongly that funds are
now required. g. arsf
tits for the people Of South Carolina
now to determine whether they will sup.
port the government they have installed
or the attempted usurpation which is only
upheld by the bayonets of the Federal
troops. I ain but the representative of
the people Of the State, and to their decis-
ion shall bow with profound respect.
As long as they choose to support me as
the duly elected Governor. / shall main
tain that position, and if supported by
them feel safe in assuring them that
their rights will soon be firmly established
and fully recognized. Our cause is just,
and we have left its vindicaticn to the
highest legal tribunal of the State and Of
the United States. I adjure our people,
therefore, to be steadfast, law.abiding
aud pesceful. and pray that the new
year will bring to them the blessings Of
peace and prosperity.
WADE HAMPTON,
Governor of South Carolina.
The request made in this address is not
only reasonable but it is modest one,
the compliance with which addresses it.
self to the patriotism of our whole peo-
pie. We have elected the government
of our choice for the first time in eight
years, and Republican Senate, in def
ance ofthe will Of. the people, has united
with an usurping body, styling itself the
House of Representatives ofSouth Caro-
lima, and inaugurated by the support of
Federal bayonets the most brazen pre-
tender of modern times IS Governor of
South Carolina, and that after be had
been defeated by more than eleven hun
dred votes at the polls. In obedience to
the will of the people as expressed ut the
ballot box, and under the forms of law,
as far as it was possible to observe them,
the Constitutional House and Senators
iaaugurated as Governor Gen. Hampton,
Who was the choice of the people. One
or the other of these dual governments
must fail for lack of support from the
people in the way of taxes. Which
shall it be7 The Chamberlain govern
ment, usurping power in defiance of the
highest Court Of the State, has levied a
tax of about seventeen mills, while the
Hampton government has levied no tax,
but appeals for support to the contribu-
tons of the people, under the pledge
that the amount paid by them shall be
good for taxes whenever they are levied.
The call is only for one-tenth of what
perOons paid last year. Our people must
decide TO which party they will give alle-
glance. If they do not support Hampton
his government will fail; if they do not
support Chamberlain his government
will fail. 1t will not be severe drain
upon our people to contribute one dollar
out of every ten which they paid for
taxes last year, and they will have the,
satisfaction of knowing that it is honestly
employed after it is contributed. The
Penitentiay. the Aaylum, the Courts Of
Justice and all the public institutions of
the State are to be supported by the
Hampton government. Hence, it il i'm
portant for our whole people to respond
promptly to the call of Gov. Hampton.
We are confident that the people of An
derson County will cheerfully pay in
their proportion to sustain the glorious
victory, for which we had the honor to
begin the battle. We presume this
among other things will occupy the at
.ention of our County Convention on
next Monday. Those who pay to the
usurpen are very sure to lose their
money, while those who pay to Hampton
are reasonably safe, and even if it was
possible to lose it would not be one-tenth
of what they would throw away by pay
ing to Chamberlain. Let our people pay
to the government of their choice, and it
will prevail, despite the tyranny of des-
pots and the chicanery of knaves.
"A political suicide in real life took
place Tuesday, the 4th Of December. at
Sedalia, No. Hezekiah Cole, farmer,
who had been an active and vehement