The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-07-26
TIE GENTLE CHAMBERLAIN.
a Graphic Picture Of the Vsrtuous nm,
seif-Sacrifcing Carnes.Bagger.

it is remarkable what patient, suffer.
ing set of men the Republican Office
holders Of the Inst dynasty were. This
was particularly the case with the North.
ern gentlemen of that persuasion who
held office in the South. In undertaking
the arduous duties forced upon them in
that section of the country, they would
have it believed they did 80 only from n
sense Of duty, pure philanthrophy. and n
frm conviction that if they should ever
be entitled TO receive the pleudit of
well done, good and faithful servant"
in the next world they must bear Tia
cross of political seryitude in this. We
nave hne example of this devotion to
duty-sacrifice of self fol the good of
others-in the case of the patriot, Dan
lei II. Chamberlain. This estimable
gentleman. Of Northern birth, Christian
virtues, and desire of bringing the be-
nghted brethren of the South from un.
der the curse OF Democratic rule, packed
his scanty wardrobe into diminutivo
carpet-bag, and wended his way to the
region of South Carolina. Here he pro-
fessed unboundcd love for the negroes.
although at his natal home ho had never
eyinced the slightest regard for brother
or sister with q dark skin, and would no
more hold familiar associations with one
of them than he would with canal dig
glng lrishman, or q lager beer drinking
German. But in the Palmetto State the
sympathetic Chamberlain took warm
interest in tho emancipated, and aided
iby tho government at Washington, he
became the Governor of South Carolina.
This the patriotic Chamberlain pre-
tends was n great sacrifice on his part,
although 1t is said that during the short
poriod of his holding Office in the South
he became abundantly rich. This, how.
ever, was only a proper reward for his
extraordinary virtues and services. In
his own estimation he was second Jo-
scph, and South Carolina another Egypt
which he was to deliver from the rule of
tyranny and save its down.trodien people
from famine. But unlike toe first 10.
saeph, who stored up grair for the people
in tho air time of need. ne plunged them
into deeper pOvert; than they ever expe-
rienccd before his advent among them.
The treasury of the State became deple.
ted i'll the same proportion that his own
became full. The people, with the
strange perversity which ignorance gen.
orally produces, could not appreciate the
sacrifice he was making in their behalf.
aud Mt tho last election chose ano.i,er
man as Governor in his place. Cham
borlain, however, knowing that O great
mistake on their part had been made,
was not disposed to give up the helm Of
afiai.s-his paternal feelings for them
would not permit him to do so. He set
his arithmeticians, who had charge of
the election returns, to work, and these,
after rubbing out few 6gnrea here md
adding more there, reported that ma
lority OF the votes were in his favor. But
his opponent, n stubborn fellow named
Hampton, said: "No neither the sub.
straction or addition Of these experts Is
correct. was elected Governor and am
going to act rs SUCH" Chamberlain.
however, was not dismayed-the chiefs
of the party he was acting with cared
very little Tor majorities or the popular
will-they had the reins of power in
their own hands, and were accustomed to
ride down all opposition. A new Presi-
dent had been boosted into Office, with
out being elected to 1t, and Chamberlain
naturally thought that this gentleman
would sustain his position. But in this
be WAS mistaken.
MIR. Hayes thought that, though he
had won his place by o false count, it
would not do to assist others in playing
the same game. SO the late Governor OF.
South Carolina had to step down and out,
and Mr.. Hampton is ably filling his
place. Now, people would suppose that
if Chamberlain believed tho majority of
the people were in his favor, and fe1t'the
interest in their welfare which he pro.
fcssed, he would remain among them
work for them-help them to regain what
they had lost, and at the next election
try ct the ballot box to turn what he calls
the usurpers out of Office. No, this ia
not the carpet-baggcr's rule c: action.
He had made all he could out OF tine ig.
norant people he had deIuded ho knew
that with them his occupation was gone,
SO he pulls up stakes and hies to the
North TO spend tho riches which he made
in the few short years of his Shedding Office
at the South. He never had any feelinrs
in common with the Southern people.
wlilte or black, and having p.ade alltha
money out of them that he could, he
turned the cold shoulder to them OF the
earliest possible moment. d; Yet he is only
a fair specimen of the cormorants With
which the Republican party has filled
the South. =,
At q pow-wow, half religious, half pU.
litical, held at Woodstock, Connecticut,
on the itn Of this month, in carefully
prepared speech, he said: $50 far as per-
sonal interests are concerned, recent
events have but relieved me Of a burden
heavy almost beyond endurance. For
And proceeds to say that his complaint
is only OH behalf of "the helpless and
deserted patriot, the widow whose bus-
band, the child whose father, has fallen
by the blow of the political assassin. My
are limited" His own class
of political leecheg are the only parties
which have fomented strifes at the South,
by arraying the blacks against the whites,
and then, when kicked out Of Office them.
selves, leaving their unfortunate dupes to
bear the evils which their selfishness
brought upon them. Ohainbeylsir held
on TO Office after he knew he no longer
had any claim to it, and only reiinquished
it when he was compelled to do so. And
yct he has the impudeEc to say that SO
taf as he Ia concerned he has only been
"relieved of burden heavy almost be-
yond endurance" But this ia the cant
OF oil his tribe. The South will never
attain It's true position until every carpet
Dagger like him is obliged to pack up his
ill-gotten gains aud leave it to be gov
erned by better men who have an interest
in its prosperity. philadelphia Chronicle.
HAY CRoP.-It is estimated that the
nay crop of tho Gniti GnitTi, Stats Ssas1s i 5 ;,o..I
annually over three hundred millions of
dollars, whereas thirty years ago it did