The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1877-01-25

. 1uS uAthNcI huo HcuU Ou upon our
, own resources. In fact we par
doned persons much nearer homo,
! who fancied. Us Mr. Hewitt did, that
our hopes tri,nsccnded our pros-
poets. His answer wss not u rebuff
We made no appeal for charity, but
submitted our demand solely upon
it's merits. the reply did not
irritate Gen. Hampton, who was, by
day ana by night, canyHssing the
State with an cnergy and h lnu-
deDce thah has never been e1cclled;
nor lid it IN nnywiac diminish his
efforts, which were always brave and
! earnest in behalf Of tie National
Delpnc5atir Presidential ticket. II
is uti'lly uotlue "tGnt in tie cam
pAi:,n WHICH entu,ti Gtn. Epmptou
confined himself 10 making votes for
tue State ticket, and let nationul
ppli:ica und the candidacy Of GoIer-
nor TiiIen severe alone" Tne cyi-
dcnce given to maintain this asser-
ton is too l,uerile for notice.
Gen. Henpton's speeches were
not advortscies Of State candidates
; in person any more than national
nor were they arguments on petty
politics. They were appcalG 20 the
, peopie III behalf OF hose~ty and
reform. Thee words compYebcnd-
ea everything, and when he gained
votes he gained them for tho whole
ticket, State nni National. The
sli int discrepancy Of few hundred
votes in u vote of 1S3, ,O00. between
tue State ;.nd National ticket, is due
to the fact that there iac in the
StHte IL icw hundred Republicans
who are honest men, and free from
thc sit,kles which h,va held together
Lilc r'hored race. IheHc men re-
manned true to the Nat.onal nepu1.
hcan party, bat f1puiiated tie
St..t" pa ", and were won over 70
the State l1emocrlcy by their sd
hi: ;:!ion fov tie hone.;t t;;nt watch
WAS being conducted bef,ie tnen
Anal in this Gen. Hampton ,G3 not
dcvi:.te fr"n The policy of eitbev
the N&:ioull OF State Dem ocratic
platforms.
/
! The truth with regard t., the above
(the withdrawal of thc Electoral
ticket s;ad TO have been cuntenplat
e.D is this: On tho night Of TITO day
afte. Nj. Chamberlain IS Nomination
; by thc Radicals, Judge Cooke und
Judge M.2hcy called ut the o:fjrc cf
: the executive committee ia Co!um
bin (Gon. Hampton was at Abhe
! wiley and declared their intention to
, join Us in Tie State contest. They
! had been earnest supporters Of MT.
Ch"micil.in, but lcpudiattd his
; ticket: >"nu him with 1t. They did
uys;e the abandonment of the nation
"! contest; the argument, 900. wGs
forcib)e. Ti,ey submitted that we
could not thereby injurc the Nation
81 democracy, st&t.nT We wele He-
galetcd IS an embarrassment, rather
! tn,sn a Lr:cht. 20 the patty, 1--WE lad
heard tho raine from ot!1cr sources
N | could greatly benefit she State
Judge M.a'iey stated tnat tho plan
! Of tiA Rl,iic;I leaders was 10 be
! passive fot q .iSle, Sllego that they
! "c'e ieG"rUncu from c;.nvass,insr
: from fear nF violence musinwhie to
excite yiot and violence among the
cclJred race, cause b!oodshe1, and
then invoke military interference
! iic expressed his conviction th It
such wus tho State and National
plan, ind events have proved the
exact Correctness of his predict ,ns.
! Judge Cooke confirmed the views
above steted. saying he knew Of
, contemplated rioG and blood
sieid!n9 from conversation with
! leading Republicans with whom he
was; allied up so that time.
The proposition was discussed by
, The comnittcc, but no action taken,
: except the resolution that nothing
should BE- done without consultation
with Che national executive com
mittoo. The next day Judge Cooke
Went to Abbeville, to appear ON the
! stand as " speaker III behalf of our
party. Col. Hoyt, Of the executive
! committee, went to Abbeville with
him, and there, as instructed by the
committee, conferred with Gen.
Hampton and somo other gentle
men. The reasons advanced were
at FIRST sight regarded very strong
but no decision was arrived at, OK
cept that no such step should DO
taken except with the approval of
Mr.. Tilden Oh tho ground that our
position was embarrassing the na-
tionAl party--the withdrawal then
! to be under a protest stating the
plot as laid down by Judges Mackey
and Cooke, and announcing that we
withdrew to prevent the interven-
ton of military force which wouldrob
us Of the exercise ofour constitutions
al rights Gen. Hampton wrote to
: Mr.. Tilden through Mr.. Manton
: Marble. L wrote to Mr.. Hewitt.
: Before their answers had been re-
ceived Gen. Hampton had, on res
Election, come to the conclusion that
t.e proposition was not wise or
proper The committee had como
to tho Same conclusion. Tho re-