Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-03-15

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HAYES AND THE SOUTH.
A delegation, which might properly be
termed "mixed commission" consisting of
Gen. Kershaw, Judge T. j. Mackey, exGov-
ernor R. K. Scott, and J. n. Rion, Esq, of
South Carolina, waited upon President Hayes
on the day after his Inauguration. They
claimed to have been deputized by. Governor
Hampton to present to the President the
claims of Governor Hampton for recognition.
Speaking of this delegation, a correspondent
of the New York Herald says:
The committee will be given an interview
with the President on Wednesday at ten
o'clock, when the letter prepared by Hampton
will be presented to President Hayes. 1t is
the understanding that there will be no ar
gument or statement beyond the written doc
ument which asks that General Ruger may
be instructed to withdraw the troops quarter.
ed in the State House, where the public re-
cords are kept, and which at times it is diff
cult to get access to, thereby obstructing pub
lie business, while it does not define the ex.
istence of the Chamberlain faction any better
than if the Court records we're accessible by
all parties. Accompanying the letter is an
attested copy Of the judgment II, the State
Supreme Court recognizing Wade Hampton
as Governor of South Carolina. The chair.
man of the committee, Gen. Kershaw, is per-
sonally known to President Hayes, he having
encountered fhe division commanded by Gen.
HAYES at the battle of Cedar Mountain, in
July, 1864, in Virginia. 1t is expected that
this meeting of the President and Gen. Ker-
shaw will promote more pleasant relations,
and though no decision is hoped for immediate
ly, the committee tonight feel assured that
their visit and the succinct manner in which
Mr.. Hampton has presented his argument,
will eventually be followed by at least the
withdrawal of the troops from the State House.
Colonel Rion has returned to his home in
Winnsboro, and gives the following account
of the interview the committee, of which he
was a member, had with the President:
While at the Capital he waited upon Presi.
dent Hayes in company with ex-senator Rob-
ertson, Gen. Kershaw, Judge Mackey and ex-
Governor Scott, and they were treated very
courteously and with marked attention. Gov.
ernor Hampton's claims were laid before the
President by Gen. Kershaw, and the assur-
ance was given by Mr.. Hayes that these
claims would receive due consideration as soon
as the new Cabinet was formally organized
and called into consultation. Col. Rion says
that the result of this interview was entirely
satisfactory to the committee, and he believes
that in very short time every obstacle that
now obstructs Governor Hampton's admins
tration will be removed. Col. Rion also had
a very pleasant interview with Gen. Sherman,
who spoke hopefully of Southern affairs. Col.
Rion regards the outlook in Washington as
very favorable to the Hampton and Nichols
governments, and considers their recognition
BY the new administration only question of
time. The indications also are that neither
Butler nor Corbin will be seated as Senator
from this State.
The correspondent of the Herald, under
date of the 9th, gives the following account
of the interview:
The committee sent by Governor Wade
Hampton, from South Carolina, composed of
General Kershaw, Judge Mackey, ex. Cover
nor Scott and Mr.. Rion, was received by
President Hayes in his office this morning at
ten o'clock. The committee was not desirous
of presenting Mr.. Hampton's letter until Sat-
urday, but ex-senator Robertson, of South
Carolina, who had arranged for the interview,
was told by Mr.. Hayes that it was his pleas
ure to receive the document without delay.
Senator Robertson represented that the COM
mittee would not argue the case or engage in
controversy as to the legal issue involved, a
fact which the President approvingly recog-
nized, when General Kershaw read the
brief letter from Hampton, not covering two
pages of letter paper. As the letter recited
the fact that the Hampton government had
been decided by the State Supreme Court of
South Carolina to be the one elected by the
people, an attested copy of that decision was
submitted as an appendix.
Restoring the documents to the envelope,
President Hayes said that he recognized the
gravity of the question and that it should re-
ceive his earliest consideration. Pressing en-
gagements of an official nature prevented his
extending longer interview, but he intima-
ted that he should be pleased to have another
visit before the committee left for South Car
olina.
The letter, after reciting the judgment of the
Supreme Court, sets forth that the executive
office of the State is under military guard,
which prevents an execution of that judgment
as we'll as obstructs legitimate public business,
and prevents access to the court and executive
records. He requests that such interference
shall cease, by order of the Chief Executive
of the nation, and concludes substantially as
follows:
The just and natural indignation of the
people of South Carolina would have found
vent in a widespread popular outbreak, in
view of this outrage on the right Of citizen:
ship, but for their law-abiding character and
their abiding faith in the efficacy of the Con,
stitution of their country to remedy the
wrong inflicted upon them, and to that sa'
cred instrument appeal on their behalf:
The President, as the party was withdraw
ing, alluded to the last time General Kershaw
and himself met at the battle of Cedar Noun.
tain, and the narrow escape both had on that
occasion from ever peacefully discussing po'