The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-03-29
ANDERSON. S. T., m pRsDAY, MARCH 80, 1871 , " I

cies, and 10 advance the ecsAssioh illtSr6stS
;oftheiF Sitszehship, bit lthe9eis NC aueh
Gppsidsfatioa ee expediency % .impel &c.
.ti6R adverse to che 'sAil exercise, by Gov.
''efh0F Hampton, OF BIS authority as tho
duly elected Governor of South Caroii6a,
HE publiE declarations and nets attest
his purpose, that under his adn,iBietfa.
ton tte govertimentf or South OasoIina
aliali Recognise aud maintain ihvi6late
the rights Of all ,niand that is will obb, q
government which Aubmits' loyalty and
heartily to the Constitution and laws /;
the laws oftaS nation aud tie s.auas ofshe
State, accepting and obeying faithfully
the whole Constitution as itis." Permit
Gis 20 add; that 'tthe question 70 consider
for the immediate welfare" Of the Slate
Of South Caroiina, ''is tho question of
government or no government; OF soeial
order, and aiithe peaceful industries chat
belong 70 ss, CT 6 return 20 harhatism."
II Is the unalterabie resolve of Governor
Hampton, and of the majority Of the peo.
pie Of South Carolina, who BY their free
suffsages elected him as their Chief Mag
istrate, never TO submit TO the domina.
ton Of the usurped authority which now
holds with Mn armed force the Capitol of
the krate. They will resist II everywhere
and continually, TO their utmost power,
yet always within the limits that pre-.
scribe their paramount duty Us American
citizens to bear true faith and allegiance
TO the Constitution and the Union, and
practice true obedience TO the laws.
/ Such resistance cannot be doomed in.
consistent with Iaw-abiding citizenship,
for the Hampton government has re-
ceived the recognition directly or indi-
rectay Of all the Circuit Judges, save one,
and even ne has decided that Governor
Hampton received the highest number of
votes, although holding that the election
was not legally declared, the Senate hav.
ing failed or refused 10 attend ut the pub.
lication Of the vote by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives. The Circuit
Courts ore now virtually our courts of
last resort, owing TO the death Of the
Chief Justice the absence or non.con-
currence of one of the two Associate Jus.
ticesS who now constitute the Supreme
Court, and the fact that tho General AS.
sembly, whioh,.is alono empowered, to ali
the vacancy, has the same dIal character
as the Governorship. The government of
Governor Hampton iial $50 the active
support Of almost the entire intelligence
and respectability OF both races and par
ties in the State, while that Of Chamber
lain 10 upheld chiefly by bayonets and
the merceEary hands of unworthy Office
holders and office-seekerS. iN
We, therefore, respectfully submit that
obedience TO law, as announced by our
court Of last resort, with no provision Of
the National Constitution initiating
Herewith, and with no tribunal having
the power to absolve IA from the duty to
render such obedience, the Congress of
the United States having enacted no
statute in the premises, imperatively re-.
quiFes every good citizen to maintain
under all eircumstaney3, and at all
hazards, the Hampton government al.
wsya, however, with due submission to
the LAWS Of, the United Btates;r while a
regard for enduring peace and the com.
mon good makes the same government q
desideratum to all true patriots, aud ad-
vocates of that sslf.governmsrt com.
rnended, by the declaration of 6ur Nm.
tional Independence 'lltH oi i."
We have the honor 20 be, very respect
fully, your obedient servants and fellow
ci.!sens. J. 3. KEgsKAw. ?
R. K:'ScoTr. '',
T. J. MAcKEY.
~ JAMES H. RIoN.
T. J. R0BERTsoN.