The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-03-07
Hampton, or Revolution.

The Charleston Noes and (0uricl
proposes 70 have Hampton OF revolu-
ton, and we believe that paper utters
the sentiments OF nine-tcnths of the
whole people of South Carolina. We
are too poor to have Chamberlain and
his crew levy their monstrous taxes on
this country. This county coald not
have paid tie taxes which this bogus
House levied, without the sacrifice of
much property by sale under tax exc
cution. The prevention of the coilec-
ton of that tax levy was 4 God-scnd
to our people, and hence their great
anxiety to Sustain our own govern
ment. In case we are denied the
Governor, who has boon lawfully
elected by a majority Of the votes cast,
we believe it better to resist the usurp-
er by all the force necessary to have
the State put under martial law. We
cannot allow the alien NANCY crew..to
get control Of the government again
for many reasons: Because it is not
their right; and because we cannot af-
ford it in a pecuniary point of view.
Should these usurpers get into office
again they would think they had
wrongs to redress, and they would by
al oppressive administration of the
law, and Ivy unjust legislation, crush
our very life. We must resist the
Chamberlain government with all the
force that is necessary. The ignorant
negroes have enabled the unscrupu-
lous carpet-baggcrs to nearly ruin the
State, and wcthink further obedience
or concession to usurpers a disgrace to
the fair fame of South Carolinians.
We make the following extract from
the NeWs and Courier:
For more than two months a dual Gov
crnment has existed in South Carolina.
In n majority of the counties the APP
pointces of Governor Hampton and the
appointees of Mr.. Chamberlain have
ctll u ~ StlIiE NpSi OliiNis = SiiS
capital there has been Il persiStant en-
dcavor, on the part of the Chamberlain
tics, to provoke physical conflict. of
which the Democrats and the United
States soldiers should bear the brunt.
Yet not a blow has been struck not an
arm has been raised in anger against the
wretches who, have robbed the people of
their property, would nov deny them the
public officers whom they voted for and
elected. With the power to crumple up
the Chamberlain C~onstabularv like q
scroll, with the ability to drive Mr.. Cham
herlain and his adharcnts ANONYMOUSLY
from the State, the Democracy at the bid
ding of Governor Hampton, have await
ed patiently q judicial solution of the
public troubles. But the people will not
always be as forhearing. When it shall
be seen that the Court will not act, or
that its action is indeciSive or wrong,
why should the people remain inert?
There is not, it must be remembered,
any doubt that Wade Hampton is Cover
nor of South Carolina. The Constitution
of the State provides that ''thc person
"who has received the highest number
''of votes shall be Governors" and it is
conceded, on all sides, that Governor
Hampton received the highest number of
votes at tho election held in November.
Upon that the people stand. The Sn-
prcmo Court cannot make Governor
Hampton the Governor of South Carroll
ma The Court can only declare him Gov
ernor, and recognize him as such. Gov
ernor he is, and Governor he will be, OF Il
hundred Thousand Carolinians will know
the reason why! The time is past when
II Court in South Carolina could by ac-
ton, or inaction, nulify the will of the
people. When the means provided by
law for settling public questions shall
have failed, the people will resort to other
measures"