The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-04-20

use of these pew ers promised ulti-
mate success to Off cause I should
mot shrink from any saerifiee
which might confront me. tits
q cause for which, by the light of
reason and conscience, a man
might well lay down his life. But
TO my mind the present response
bility involves the consideration
of the effect of my action upon
those whose representative I am.
L have hitherto been willing to
ask you, Republicans of South
Carolina, to risk all danger and
endure all hardships until relief
should come from the government
of the United States. That re-
lief will never come. L cannot
ask you to follow me further. In
my judgment 1 can no longer
serve you by further resistance to
the impending calamity.
With gratitude to God for the
measure of endurance with which
He has hitherto inspired me,
with gratitude to you for your
boundless confidence in me, and
With profound admiration for
your matchless fidelity to the
cause in which we haye struggled,
now announce to you and to the
people of the State that I shall
no longer actively assert my
rights to the Office of Governor
of South Carolina.
The motives of the purpose of
the President of the United
States in his policy which com
pels me to pursue my present
course are unquestion&bly honor
able and patriotic. / devoutedly
pray that events may vindicate the
wisdom of his action and that
peace, justice, freedom and pros
perity may hereafter be the por-
ton of every citizen of South
Carolina Signed
ID. FL. CHAMBERLAIN,
Gov. of South Carolina.
WHAT CHAMBERLAIN CABINET"
HAS TO SAY.
COLUMBIA, S. c., April 10.
To His Excellency, D. II. Cham
berlaiD, Gov. of South Carolina:
DEAR SIR: Reviewing the views
severally expressed by US during
the personal conference which we
had the honor to hold with you
yesterday in regard to the pellti-
cal complications which have
grown out of the late canvass in
this State, we beg leave to apprise
you formally of the conclusions
we have reached after mature
deliberation and the gravest re-
Fiction which we bave been able
to bestow upon the subject.
Whilst we are no less inspired
with admiration for the dignified
and resolute manner IN which
you consistently mainland your
claim to the gubernctorial chair
by virtue of the election held in
November last, than we are SOL
EMMY impressed with the vail dity
of your title to tb Office, we are
unanimous in the belief that it is
not best to proiong the contest in
the absence of that moral aid to
which we feel ourselves and our
party justly entitled at the hands
OF the national administration, in
stalled in a large measure through
the same agencies which are now
held to be insufficient for your
maintenance.
Neither will we incur the re-
sponsibility of keeping alive par
tisan predJudices, which are in
the last degree detrimental to the
best interests of the people of the
State, and perhaps of precipitat
ing a conflict that could have
but one result to our defenceless
constituency. We cannot afford
to contribute, however indirectly,
to such a result, even in the advo-
cacy of what we know to be our
rights.
We agreed, therefore, in coun-
selling you to discontinue the
struggle for the occupancy of the
gubernatorial chair, convinced as
we are that, in view of the disas
trous odds to which maintenance
has been subjected by the action of
the national administration, your
retirement will involve no sur
reder of principles, nor it's motive
be Inexperienced by the great
body of that political party to
which, in common with ourselves,
you are attached, and whose sue
cess in the past in this State has
been emobled by your intelligent
and unselfish services.
We have the honor to be very
respectfully yours, r. r. ELLIOTT,
Attorney General;
| THos. CSDUNN,
Comptroller General;
| JOHN r. ToLBERT,
| Sup't of Education;
i. L. CARDOZA,
Treasurer s. c.;
JAMES KENNEDY,
Adj. and Inspector Gen.
ii. e. HAYNES,
Secretary of State.
WADE To DANIEL-DANIEL TO WADE.
COLUMBIA, s. c., April IOth-The
following correspondence has been
made public:
STATE OF SoUTH CARoLISA,l
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
COLUMBIA, S. c., Apr. 10, TN
SIR: Having learned you now
purpose to turn over to me the
Executive Chamber with the rec
ords and papers belonging to the
Office now in your possession, /
beg leave to inform you will send
q proper officer to receive the
same at any hour you may indicate
as most convenient to yourself.
I am, very respectfully. your
obedient servant,
WADE HAMPTON.
Gov. Of State of South Caro-
lima.
To Hon. d. III. Chamberlain.
STATE OF SOUTH CARoLINA,
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER.
COLUMBIA, s. C., prIl 10, 1877.
SIR: Replying to your aote of
this date / have to say that nv