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Governor uampton's Pledge to Haye 8

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Governor Hampton's Pledge to Haye 8 .
WASHINGTON, March 18..-Unless
Mr.. Chamberlain withdraws volun~
tarily in South Carolina, Governor
Hampton will, whenever the ar-
rangements of the Federal authori-
tics are completed, proceed against
him i'll the courts of the State and
under statute, which, curiously
enough, was enacted by the Republi-
cans in 1868, to enable them to put
out some Democratic Iincumbent.
This statute provides for the sums
mary eviction of any person intrud.
ing himself into public Office by q
warrant issued by Il Circuit Judge.
The party evicted under such war
rant is authorized by the statute to
assert his claim or pretensions in
the court if he wishes, but he must
give way first and ct once on the
issue and protension Of the warrant
to the officer elected. ..... ...
BY the following letter addressed
to the President two days ago it will
be seen that Governor Hampton has
given guarantee that if the troops
are withdrawn no violence will occur
or be allowed, but that he will pro
cced against Chamberlain by legal
meals only:
WAsH1NGToN, March 16, 1877.
His ETcellency Il. B. Hayes,
President Of the United States.
SIR : A publication in the Nation
AZ ,Repu6lican of this date, to the
effect that your Excellency has been
assured that, if the troops are with
drawn from the State House 1T
Columbia, Governor Hampton will
m Ike no effort to dispose D. H
Chamberlain, by civil process or
otherwise, renders it proper that I
should inform your Excollency that
Governor Hampton recognizes no
status quo as to this issue which he
is under obligations to respect, OK
cept in SO fr as it is his boundon
duty to maintain the public peace,
and assert his authority only by
legal methods. He is not appealing
to your Excellency to determine
that he is the Governor Of South
Carolina, but as the Governor of the
State he asks that the Federal troops
shall be withdrawn from the State
House, to the end that the process
of the courts may be offectually in
voked to determine the usurped
possession of the records of the
Executive Department, now with
held from him in defiance of the
constitution and laws OF the State.
Whenever the civil authority is no
longer hold IN subordination to the
military, Governor Hampton will
proceed by due process of law to
terminate that wrongful possession
now and heretofore upheld by the
armed forces of the United States.
In reference to tho proposed
scheme for new election in South
Carolina, Governor Hampton au-
thorizes mo to say TINT, holding his
title to tho Office of Governor
by vii tue of his election by
tho people, and tho same having
be N affirmed by the highest judicial
tribunal in tho State, he would
deem it n breach of his official trust
and an act of personal dishonor to
give any sanction whatever to such
@ scheme. ... .ag s.
+ Ibeg leave to add that an authori
ty stamped with every judicial sane
ton, and which, in addition to its
de jure character, exhibits all the
attributes that can.define tho ae factc
government in q State, could scarce
ly be expected to subject tho citi.
zens of South Carolina to the cor.
tain ills which must attend the
execution of a scheme which at best
can only produce a'hybrid governo,
1 BY a miscegepation between the
military authorities Of the United
States and the civil authorities OF