Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-19
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Chamberlain's Address 10 the
Republicans.
He Relires from The Contest f0l
the Gov sernorship.
A Brave and Manly Address.

COLUMBIA, April 10-The United
states troups were formed in lins anI
NOV. d out of the State House st mon
10 day. Chamberlain has just issued
the fo lowing address, retiring FROM tht
contest for the GOveinOrship:
CHAMBERLAIN's TITLE.
70 the Republicans of South Carolina
By your choice was uiaue Guveruol
Of this State in 1874. AT the election
'm the 7th of November last Wa.
again, by your votes, elected To the
sauIe office. My title To the office, spoL
every legal and moral ground, Is To
day a5 clear aud perfect. BY the re.
cent decision and action ef the Presi-
dent Of the United States, find my.
s III unable longer 20 maintain my Ofii-
cial righ hts, with prospect If final sue
cess, and 1 hereOy announce To yvU
tnaI l an unwilling to prulong stru.
gle which can only tring further suf.
fering upon tn, sc who engage Ia it.
THE RkPUlL CAN STRUGGLE.
Announcing this conclusion, 1t is ny
duty 10 say Tor You hat the Repubii
c.ns Of South Caro- IA entered upo,
their Cent political siru .gle for th.
maintenance of their pOiitic.l and civI
rights, constituting leyond gu, stlun u
rye uIajurlty of the lawful votes q
the State. You allied yourselves win.
hat political party whose central
and inspiring principle has hithert,
De-n The civil and political ireedumI q
all men, unde. the Constitution anu
l.v oi uur cuun'ry. By heroic tfor,,
anu sacrifices " hich the just verdict a..
history viii RESCUE from the tUwardl,
-curn now cast upon thria by politira.
placemen and traders, yUu see'ured tn.
el, cIural vote of South Carolina to,
Hayss and Wheeler. In sccuuplish
Ing this result you became victims ovei
every form of
PERSECUTION AND INJURY.
From suthentie evidence it is showr
that no .ss than one hundred of youi
number were murdered because the,
We're faithful to their principles, anu
exercised rights solemnly guaranteed
Ia them ty the Nations You were de,
nie,i 9 nplOy ment, driven from YOU,
homes, rubbed of the earnings of ear
OF honest industry, hnnted for you,
lives like beasts, your families outra
ged and scattered, fnr no offense excepI
yoar pc c-fHl and hrm derprminatio.
TO exercise your political right.
TRUST IN THEGovERNMENr,
You trusted, as you had a right Ia
trust, that If by sach efforts you estab.
lished the lawful supr. macy of you,
(, , poli,ical party in the n ,tion, the Gov
eI eInment of the United States In the
discharge of its constitutional duty
would protect the lawful Guvernmen,
1T State from overthrow at the
/ hands of your political enemies. From
, Causes patent to all men, and question
ed by none who regard truth 3 on hav.
/, been unable to overcome the unlawfu
! combinations AID obstacles which hsys
opposed the practical supremacy of th,
Government which your votes have q.
tsblished. For many wesry months
. you have waited for your oelIyeranc
While the long struggle for the Prrsi
| den'.y was in progress you were ex
h0rted ny every representative and or
gan OF the National Republican part,
TO keep yocr sllekianes true to tina