The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-25

petty politics. They were appeals to th'
people, as is truthfully stated in tn,
above sentence, in behalf of honesty ane
reform. These words comprehendet
everything, and when he gained votes
he gained them for the whole ticket
State and National. The slight discrep
ancy of few hundred votes in a vote O
$4,000 between the State and Nationa
ticket is due to the fact that there are ir
the State few hundred Republicans wht
are honest men, and free from tht
shackles which have held together the
colored race. These men remained true
to the National Republican party, but re-
pudiated the State party, and were wor
over to the State Democracy by their ad
miration for the honest fight which wa'
being conducted before them. And ii
this General Hampton did not deviate
from the policy of either the National ol
State Democratic platforms.
put in the next paragraph with re-
gret for its length, but it is proper that
its entire deformity should be made ap'
parent:
"But this was not all. 1t will be re-
membered that at one time it was report.
ed that proposition had been made by
certain Republican leaders in South Car
olina to support Hampton against Cham
berlain if the former would have the Til.
den electoral ticket withdrawn. 1t was
generally believed that General Hampton
declined to consider. such proposition
This is not the fact. am informed that
he favored such course when it was
suggested, and that want of time, alone,
prevented it from being taken. Judges
Mackey and Cooke, who saw that Hamp-
ton was dissatisfied with the way in which
he had been treated, and the Republican
Congressman Hoge, made overtures to
him on this subject, promising that if the
Tilden electoral ticket was withdrawn
they would support the Democratic State
ticket .>and insure it's success. Mackey
even went so far as 10 say that if these
terms were accepted he could secure $1O,
900 from the National Republican Exec
utive Committee for the Hampton cam
paign. General Hampton was willing
and anxious that such an arrangement
should be made. At what is known as
The big meeting in Abbeville this prop
sition was made to General MCGOWAN,
one of the candidates for elector from the
State at large on the Tilden ticket. Gen
eral Toonbs, of Georgia, is reported to
have been present when this scheme was
suggested, favored the withdrawal, and
himself offered to give $4,000 to the
Hampton campaign fund. General Nc
Gowan declined to be party to such a
proceeding, but there is little doubt that
the withdrawal would have been attemp-
ted if the step had not been proposed at
such late day. In order to accomplish
it legally it would have been necessary
to have State convention of the Demo
cratic party, and by the time such con-
vention had assembled and acted, it
would have been too late for the action
to have much effect upon the canvass.
This alone prevented a Hayes and Hamp-
ton canvass, for Hampton's word was
law, and Hampton favored the with
drawal." -
The truth with regard to the above is
this: On the night of the day after Mr..
Chamberlain's nomination by the Radi-
Gals, Judges Cooke and Mackey called at
the office of the Executive Committee in
Columbia, General Hampton was at Abb
beville,) and declared their intention to
join us in the State contest. They had
been earnest supporters of Mr.. Chamber
lain, but repudiated his ticket, and him
with it. They did urge the abandonment
of the national contest. The argument,
too, was forcible. They submitted that
we could not thereby injure the national
Democracy, stating that we were regard
ed as an embarrassment rather than a
benefit to the party, 1--WE had heard the
same from other sources and could
greatly benefit the State. Judge Mackey
stated that the plan of the Radical lead
ers was to be passive for time; allege
that they were restrained from canvass
ing from fear of violence; meanwhile to
excite riot and violence among the COL
ored race, cause bloodshed, and then in
woke military interference; Heexpressed
his conviction that such was the State
and national plan, and events have proved
the exact correctness of his predictions.
Judge Cooke confirmed the views above
stated, saying he knew of contemplated
riot and bloodshedding from conversation
with leading Republicans with whom he
was allied up to that time.
The proposition was discussed by the
committee, but no action taken, except
the resolution that nothing should be
done without consultation with the Ma
tional Executive Committee. The next
day Judge Cooke went to Abbeville, to
appear on the stand as speaker in be-
half of our party. Col. Hoyt, of the
Executive Committee, went to Abbeville
with him, and there, as instructed by the
committee, conferred with Gen. Hamp-
ton and some other gentlemen. The
reasons advanced were at first sight re-
garded very strong, but no decision was
arrived at, except that no such step should
be taken except with the approval of Mr..
Tilden, on the ground that our position
was embarrassing the national party-the
withdrawal then to be under protest,
stating the plot as laid down by Judges
Mackey and Cooke, and announcing that
we withdraw to prevent the Intervention
of military force, which would rob us of
the exercise of our constitutional rights.
General Hampton wrote to Mr.. Tilden
through Mr.. Manton Marble. l wrote to
Mr. Hewitt Before their answers had
been received, Gen. Hampton had, on
reflection, come to the conclusion that
the proposition was not wise or proper.
The committee had come to the same
conclusion. The responses from Mr..
Tilden and the National Executive Com
mittee concurred with our views. We
were assured that we were not embarrass-
ing but aiding the national cause, and
the proposition was thus finally settled
and never again thought of until brought
up by your correspondent. The prepos-
ferrous idea of its defeat by lack Of time
is utterly without foundation. The Ex-
ecutive Committee regarded itself as
fully possessed of~the power, and would
at once, had they deemed it proper, have
announced that the electors were with
drown from the ticket No difficulty