The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-21

hand. Labor was dissrganissc. rne sst.ss maeL,sss
o. agricultural production vas so 10 speak oui OF gear
The colored people ana utterly deDora1ei whole com
nuntiex The poor lesro=s were taxed by nnprinci.
pied oHce holders right and left, and bndiy pad ~nat
you nigh. call blood money. Troy were taught IL
hate iae.r EN- ployeIs. They would leave tho led,
contracts. everything, behind them al tho becx am
call " a local party orgnIizaiipI They were laugh
10 believe eher That return 10 slavery awaited then
cppost.on 70 ,sriy commands or they were threat
ened and whipped INTO party linc Probably IN ths
whole course .. our political history thero has never
been sIcn compact force rcaoy Tor any ard every
work ard such complete obedience TO sutocrat:c
power As that wnca existed in south Carolina Is
was q e.sn .. audaciy anu crime.
EkroEikn-And ali this - changcls
Governor HAsrTo>-l gas about 10 tell you From
end OF the state the other peace reigns where
bsiore all Was iurmcn and fear The planter be.
gins fecls assurance because the laborer is working
better. >otwiihstartny The general commercial de.
preston feeling u confidence mas been en- gsndersd
When called Tor a payment OF taxes account tot
the purposeol supporting my government before the
Legislature assembled. received moro money than
could use. ColoIsi people who never paid tax before
paid Il then. There have been fewer Of every
grade. Our courts are recrsanzed and justice is al
safety through ANY part OF South Carolina and repub-
;icans continually addressing mo letters pled.lug
iAer adherence TO my platform and promising their
rHs WADE HAMPTON rLarroKx.
eEro.rkK-?ardon me, Governor, bat what do you
call your platform
Governor AAMrroS--ll Is the same that you heard
me announce IN Columbia n 1906, sheu, n the pres
enco OF concourse OF coored people and few whites
! claimed .or Them cot only suffrage but perfect
equality with tho white man under the law a. 1t
administered IN Massachusetts, or Indiana and, tar
as their intellgence permitted the enjoyment
o. their share OF Official privileges. II ~ Only
l!ttlc while ago that appointed Richard Gieavss,
formerly a hign olnc,aI OF ,hs state ana one Of
The mos respectable coored msn ia Il. trial justice.
ana nave 60 doubt mat no WIN faithfully per.
form The functions OF his Office. III word, my plat
form means tao restoration Of the old friendship be-
tween the two races, tho development through them,
rally, the obcralion OF nil mostly and tho begin
nns o. an era which mere politics shall take Sec
ondary place. We have had enough o! party now We
want TO grow
RgroKrrR And wha. do you consider the elements
OF that growth
Governor HAMrroN--Emigraliona aud capital. There
Is no state ia the Union which offers greater induce
ments 10 those who seek competency and COMFORT
than south Carolina Our water power Is superb. Our
lands arc cheap and productive Our RAILWAY system
enables tho farmer 10 reach the seaboard with com-
parauvc ease Tho climate is healthy the soii richi
cotton, wheat aud ,cssluliy grown up &c
our northern border, and the time has gone by when
people proscr bad Tor anything but dishoussy II
Is 10 welcome every family Of setlers and
they viii readily discover the difference between the
reception winch they viii and the treatment OF
tho miserable political adventurers have 80 long
been tho pests OF tie South.
rREsDkSr RAVES.
RkroRTHR-lt may DO y delicate question, Governor
Hampton, but let mo put II to you at the risk OF 70.
bun, What do you think Of President Hayes
Governor hAArroS-l have no hcsitation IN saying
that like him. be ~ true man and cvidentiy under
stands The wants OF tho entire country Politically ~
party sense, many OF our people, and among The
rest NAV dinor with HIM ou, why should antaso.
uize who has done much 10 secure welfare
When saw hin IN " Washington ne asked NO cofnpro.
mise; required none simply asked n,ln 10 remove
tho federal troops from the state House, and nay
guarantee OF pubic order hc did so. You know what
has beon the result and might have come years ago
had people united on = common platform There
Is great deal VI talk about Mr. Hayes having been
irauduoniiy elected. II was the democrats Ia Con-
gress VIM made The Commission, and the Commisson
having gwen It's decision u becomes The citizeus OF
the United states To accept tue verdict OF that body
We Of the South certainly have no right TO complain
OF the policy which he has observed IN the treatncnt
oil our section. When people have endured with 80
nush An mi -
entered into and affected their domestic ana business
lie, u poorly becomes them 70 throw obsructons IN
the path Of y ruler whose aim appears so be The
reconstruction OF the enure country upou . oasis
which means peace and prosperity throughout ths
toud