The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-04-05

protected, is as sincere as feel assured
is your own for the accomplishment of
Of tho same ends. Ny position for year.
past in reference to the political rights
Of colored citizens, and my solemn
pledges given during she late canvass in
South Carolina, that under my Admins
tration ali their rights should be abso-
lutely secure, should furnish a sufficient
guarantee Of my sincerity Oh these points
which appear to be tho subject of special
anxiety. | have the honor to ask at
what hour it will be your pleasure to re-
ccive me?
/ am, sir, very truly your obedient SER
want,
WADE HAMILTON,
Governor of South Carolina.
The President returned nm immediate
answer by Col. Rogers, his private secre.
tary, for Governor Hampton, accom-.
panied by Senator Gordon and Attorney
General Conner, to wait on the President
at o'clock.
The Charleston committee, by appoint
ment, met the President at s O'clock.
viz: Messrs. Adger, Bee, Pelzer, DeSaus.
Smith, Amory, Fairly and Dawson. The
T.. II.
aud Mr.. Bee then, in a brief address,
showed the hmentable condition of the
State. He said that South Carolina was
an agricultural State, and that upon agri-
culture oil depended. Yet planters
they did last year. Laborers were will.
ing to work, but capitalists were unnbls
to give the planters the means to employ
hot !, ,l,< Il ,l..a
were affected. If Hampton wero recog-
money employed, and all trades revived !;
but, If it was not coon done, it would be
700 late. The interests of whites and
blacks were tho same, and, under Hamp-
ton, ell the conditions and aims Of the
Presidents Inaugural Address would be
satisfied, and peace, happiness, religion
and piety prevail everywhere.
MIR. Adger then, i'll forciblo and lucid
manner, insisted on the necessity of i'm
mediate action, and invited Capt. S. Y.
Iuppcr, president of the Chamber of
Commerce, to communicate their views
as to the great detrimcnt being done to
the ctate BY the present delny
Capt. Tupper. in an eloquent and COM
prehensve address, exposed the present
|
ing Ga: of the uncertainty Of political
affairs in the present and future, and in
sisted, as the representative of the COM
r.ercinl interests, that nothing but the
absolute and universal recognition of
Hampton, as Governor, could give peace
and progress to the State.
Mr.. +. J. Pelzer said that his firm had
been induced by tue condition of affairs
to be unusually cautious in making adj
vances 10 planters, and that in his opinion
Hampton's administration could give
peace and ultimate prosperity to the State.
Mr.. w. B. Smith followed and sad
that the banking capital of Charleston is
not moro than one-fifth of what it was
before the war, and nevertheless such wa=
the present want of confidence that even
that limited capital could not be loaned
out satisfactorily, and that the settlement
o. our political troubles would harmonize
the two races and restore lost confidence
10 the whole people.
Capt. Louis D. peSaussure then ex-
planned the character of the disturbances
in the State as requiring immediate rem
edy, and demonstrated that Hampton had
been declared Governor by the only body
capable of that act. A large majority Of
the Judges in the State had 80 decided.
and Hampton was gradually absorbing
the whole power in The State, as was s
evidenced by the payment oc the volun-
tary Tux, the support of public institu.
tiOns, &c. In conclusion he SAID TINT the
people would accept no other goye.n,nent
than that Of Hampton's. Il was either
that or territorial condition for Carolina.
The President said that it might have
been supposed that he could have acted
earlier, but he conlG NOT act until his
advisers had been appoint
ed, and when appointed he and they were
obliged to give attention to vacancies
held to exist in the civil service. Most
oe such vacancies it was found could lie
oyer and his SUCCESSOR would not be EN-.
barrassed rs he was. He had now reach
ed South Carolina, and was confident
that his ultimate purposes were the same
rs those of tho committee. He had in
yited Hampton and Chamberlain to
Washington as the persons most likely to
be able to give an Intelligent statement
Of affairs, and he was confident that q
solution would be found.
The whole interview was very pleasant
and the committee were received with
marked courtesy by the President.
Z. In the course Of ths interview Capt.
Tunper asked the President if he appre-
hended any difficulties or disorder in the
State. i, -'.--,'
The President said he was glad TO saw
that he had no such fear.
Capt. Tupper then asked If there was
any reason for Executive interference to
keep peace and order in Carolina.
The President, laughingly, said that
be could not answer such pointed aues-
tions. rf
Governor Hampton, Senator Gordon
and Attorney General Conner met the
President at ! o'clock according TO an
pointment and lunched with him at 2
O'clock. ,,,eEi
In Inc aIteEnvun inc sumio parties iian
an interview with the President by ap-
pointment. The conversation was of q
free and general character. It related
TO the question as to the prob
able condition Of the State in c:ss the
troops should be withdrawn. Ths points
urged by Governor Hampton and his
friends were as follovs:
First, they claimed that there is an
imperative necessity for speedy action.
na the planting interests of South Caroli-
na are in absolute danger OF destruction
by reason Of the present unsettled state
of affairs; the lshor system being now ia
process of diaintegration, and although
the season for planting Ia alrearv at