The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-11-28
HANCOCK AND HAMPTON.
An English View of American Politics i'm
the Near Future.
From The Anglo-.imericun Time.


The defeat of the Democrats and
Greenbackers in Ohio may prove fatal to
the chances of Senator Thurman for the
| Presidential nomination, and il is alleged
that the prospects of Mir. Tiiden are
waning, in consequence Of the success
which has SO far attended Mr.. Kelly in
his manipulation Of the Tammany vote
Thus, the names most familiarly associ.
ntcd with he great political event of
1861 drop out, Or 'scraichcd" one by
one. AS they go, the name of Bayard
becomes more prominent than ever, as
the most consistent Of his party on the
views now beginning to prevail. They
say, however, that the man for the first
place must belong to the Valley of Mis-
siSsppi, for all sorts of candidates have
been run from the Atlantic States. and
always to defeat Seymour Greely, Til
den, hailed from the Empire State; so
in the west the voters are determined to
have for the first place on the Democratic
ticket Wectern man. Who is the puz-
zle over which many fertile minds are at
work, though the dark horse ma; rot
out of his own accord in the in erval :;
whereas for the second place there seems
to be no difficulty in the selection. AL
ready Governor Wade Hampton, ofS;cuth
Carolina, has been named, and he ap-
pears to fill the requirements admirably.
The South demands a candidate of its
own on the ticket. It is felt that the
place must be second, not first: and the
man, one to whom no serious objection
could be raised. Some urge q fusion
names which would represent the pre-.
vaiing sentiments of the party, and as
it alleges, of the country. They say
that the Democrats are helplessly split
on finance, therefore to take any politi-
cian is to cast away many vo,es. The
inhationist would be opposed by the re-
sumptonist without reference to party,
and the resumptionist by the inilationist.
An Eastern man is Objectionable to the
West, ana the West has scarcely states
man around whom the East would rally.
Let us cast these issues aside, and select
a distinguished Northern general for the
Presidency, and q distinguished South
ern general for the Vice Presidency :;
combining on the same ticket the men
on the field; fusion tirl-at. to represent
reconciliation.
General Hancock, it is pretty generally
admitted, would suit for the first place.
and General Hampton for the second.
Governor Hampton's reputation in the
North is almost as good as in the South
nor is it confined to party: for he is re.
garded as n statesman, imbued, it is true,
with Southern views, yet sound, patri-
otc, honest, and able. Several South
5rners have made reputation iii Con-
gress of late, but no one has acquired a
name so high for executive ability. The
conduct Of the government of South
Carolina since the collapse of the carpet
bag regime has stap:red General Wade
Hampton as the man for the position.
1t required tact, judgment, knowledge
of character, the discrimination which
teaches how to act in these intricate oascs
touching the relations between the races.
None but a man born to the work could
have succeeded, while few reared en- the
spot were qualified to utilize whatever
knowledge their rearing have impaired
For none but superior man could
rise above the prejudice, the sentiments
generated in the locality; and nowhere
stronger than in South Carolina.
Hampton was born to the inheritance of
plantations and slaves. He was educated
in the : Of the most arrogant of that
aris'o' ,acy. The Palmetto State prided
itself on the lead it assumed on questions
1t termed domestic" 1t was typical of
the feeling that prevailed south OF
Dixie's line, as was Massachusetts on the
other side to the North 1t was South
Carolina that led in the war and the
class to which Governor Hampton be-
longed were its leaders, alike in battle
end IN conncil. And it was .hcy who los:
most ; who were the chief sufferers. Yet
when it came to healing the wounds of
the prostrate State, at the moment when
race was arrayed nest bitterly against
race; when the flag under which the Re.
publieans rallied throughout the North
was the "anti-shot-gun policy" of South
Carolina, to General Hampton all ewes
turned, and his was the hand that
effected the cure. Ho knew how to con-
ciliate; how to soothe the irritation OF
those who looked to him rs n follower.
while he could command the confidence
and love Of the oolored population.
Eminently fair in his dealings, per-
sonally disinterested, and having a large
capacity for comprehending what was
submitted, he dealt out justice so acting
ms to become buffer between conflicting
tactions-those who had been oppressed.
and those by means of whom the CARPET.
haggers had been unable to opprees.
The consequence was peace where tur
moil had prevailed; honesty of admins
tration where corruption was the rule
iigniiy and good order in Offices and
legislative halls at which the world had
been jee.;i5; indeed the change could
not escape the observation of the country.
and has done moro .han anything else to