The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-04-19

II,
Superintendent of Education.
JAMES KENNEDY.
Adiutant and Inspector General.
The following is the address of Mr..
Chamberlain:
To the Republicans of South H1roHna /:
BY your 'qiW was made Governor of
this State in 1874, at, the, election on
the 7th Of November last / was again, 'by
your votes, elected to the same Office.
My title to tha Office, upon every legal
and moral ground, is to-day clear and
perfect. By the recent decision and &C.
ton of the President of the United States
find myself unable longer to maintain
my official rights with Che prospect of
final success, and hereby announce to
yon that 1. am unwilling to prolong
struggle which can only. bring further
suffering upon those who engage in it.
In announcing this conclusion, it is my
duty to say for yoa that the Republicans
of South Carolina entered upon their re-
cent political struggle for the mainte-
nance of their political and civil rights.
Constituting, beyond question, g largo
majority ef.tt5 lawf,a voters OF the State,
you allied yourselves with that political
party whose central and inspiring prin-
clpio has hitherto heen the civil and
political freedom of all men under the
constitution and lava of our country.
BY heroic efforts and sacrifices which the
just verdict of history will rescue from
the cowardly scorn now cast upon them
by political placenen and traders, you
secured the electoral vote of South Caro-.
lima for Hayes and Wheeler. In accom-
plishing this result you became the VIC,
TINA OF every form of persecution and in
jury. From authentic evidence It is
shown that not less than one hundred of
your nu,ri:er were murdered because
they were faithful to their principles and
exercised rights sclemnly guaranteed to
them by the. nation. You were, denied
employment, driven from your homes,
robbed of the earnings of years of honest
industry, hunted for your lives like wild
beasts; your families outraged and scat
tered, for no ofense except your peaceful
and frm determination to exercise your
political rights. You trusted, as you had
right to trust, that if by such efforts
you established the lawful supremacy of
your political party In the nation, the
government Of the United States, in the
discharge Of its constitutional duty,
would protect the lawful government Of
the State froLs overthrow at the hands Of
your pqiaEaN eihie4: IA From causes,
Patens C sah men and questioiSd " mono
who regard truth, you have been unable
70 overcome the nnlawful combinations
ana obstacles which have opposed the
practical supremacy of the government
which ydnfVoses have establiShed. For
many weary months you have waited for
your deliyefance. While the long strng-
S,s Ior the Presidency was In progress
you were exhorted by every represents.
i've and organ Of the national Republican
party TO keep your. allegiance true 70 that
party in order that your deliverance from
.ne nands, OF your oppressors might ba
certain and complete. Not the faintest
whisper Of the possibility of disappoint-
ment 10 these hopes and promises ever
reached you while the struggle was pend
ing. Tn.aag, April 10, 1877, by the
s,uoi % tae president wnom your votes
alone rescued from overwhelming defeat,
t1e government of the United States
aoandons you; deliberately withdraws
moM youits snppott, with the full knowl-
SSage that the lawful government of the
o'ate Will be speedily overthrown.
ny new Interpretation of the cvnsti-
suuon Of the United States, at variance
aliSe with the. previous practice of the
Out aalu Nttn tl0 uSCtoiUub VI Tue
supreme Court, the Executive of the
Unl!ea states eyadeg the ,1usy U. acc. s.sscccc.
tainlhg which of two rival State govern
ments is the lawful one, and by tho
SSitndrawal of troops now protecting .he
State from domestic violence abandons
tno lawful Stete government to struggle
with insurrec.i6n1Iy forces too powerful to
pe resisted. The grounds of policy upon
Which StIch ona;AN,,9;n s3afSnda9 ava atoyk
ling.
!, It is said chat the North is weary Of
me long Southern troubles 1t was
weary, too, Of the long troubles which
sprung from the stupenGoas cr'ue of
chsttel slavery and longed for ropose. 1t
sought to cover them from eight by wick
60 compromises with the wrong which
disturbed its peace, but God held it 70 itS
anty until, through q conflict which
rocked and a9ohized the nation, the great
Silme was put away aud freedom was or
" ia said that il majority Of the peo-
P'e Of u State are unable 81 physical