New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-30
A CHARLESTON DELEGATION.
THEY DESCRIBE TO MR.. HAYES THE DEmoEAIHA-
TON OF BUSINESS AND NEED or PEACE.


TON OF BUSINESS AND NEED OF PEACE.
GENERAL PRESS DIsPATCHi
WAsHINGTON March 29.-The Committee APP
pointed by the Charleston Chamber Of Commerce
had an interview with President Hayes this even
ing They read to him an address setting forth i'll
substance the following points South C9{olina Is
an agricultural State, and upon agriculture all de-
ponds. Yet plantations everywhere are Gull
tiyated half less than last year.
Laborers are willing to work, but
capitalists are unable to give planters the means to
employ them, so that blacks and whites alike are
affected. If Hampton were recognized, confidence
would be restored, money employed and all trades
revived. But if this was not soon done 1t would he
too late The interests of the whites and blacks are
the same. and under Hampton all conditions and
aims of the Presidents inaugural address will be
satisfied and peace, happiness, religion, and pcty
prevail everywhere.
Mr. Adger then insisted on the necessity OF imne-
diate action, and invited MIR. Upper, President of
the Chamber of Commerce, to communicate his
views as TO the great detriment beng done Ia the
State by the present delay. Mr.. Upper thereupon
SCI forth the present angulshing condition OF busi-
ness growing out of the uncertainty OF political
affairs in the present and future and insisted, as
representative of the commercial interests, thai
nothing but the absolute and universal recognition
of HAMPTON as Governor could give peace and pro-
gIeSs to the state.
MIR. Pelzer then said that his firm had been in
duced by tho condition of affairs TO be unusually
cautious in making advances to planters, and That
in his opinion Hamptons administration could give
peace and ultimate prosperity to the State.
W. H. Smith then followed, and said that the
banking capital of Charleston is not more than one
fifth of what it was before the war; ana neverthe-
less such is the present want OF confidence that even
that limited capital could not be loaned out satisac-
torlv He claimed that the settlement OF the p0tl-
cal tronbes would harmonic the two Iaces, and re-
Stare lost confidence to the whole people.
Iouis ID. De Saussere then argued that the charac-
ter of the disturbances the State required an im-
mediate remedy and demonstrated that Hampton
xyos declared Governor by the only body capable OF
that act He said large majority OF the Judges In
tho STATE had so decided and Hampton was gradu-
aliv absorbing the whole power of the State, as
eynced by the payment OF voluntary tax, the sup
mort of public institutions, &c. In conclusion, he
said the people would accept no other government
than Hampton's it was that or Territorial condl-
ton in South Carolina.
The President SAID that it might have been sup
nosed that he could have acted earlier but he could
't act until his constitutional advisers had been
onno;nted. and when appointed he and they were
obliged to give attention to vacancies held 10 exist
IN tho Civil ,eryice Most of those vacancies, u
uas found could he over and his successor would
NOT be embarrassed as he was. He had now reached
South Carolina and was confident his ultimate pui
moses were the same as those OF the COM