Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-04-25

the office as he administers It are very en-.
crossing, while place in the Senate would
give hing leisure during a large part Of the
year. II he should express q desire 10 Sd
sent to Washington, he could Of course 70.
but it is really serious question Whether
he could safely leave the Governorship next
March. Every Republican whom I quest. b
ioned on this point expressed grave appre.s 4
tensions whether Hampton's work could as
yet be taken up and carried through by
any other man, and devout hope that he &
would continue Governor throughout Tie
entire noxt term. Intelligent, far-sighted
Democrats admitted that there would ba y
much greater opposition to Hampton's poli4 !:
cy'if Hampton we're to drop out, but they
regard it as too manifestly The policy Of the
future to be ever overthrown. Very much
depends upon the character Of the Legisla-
ture that is to be elected next fall. The
Governor recognizes the oyershadowing
Importance Of this question, and appeals
for the election Of conservative men SWero
the burden Of his speeches on his recent
trip. The last Legislature was not suoh q 1
body as the crisis demands; it was largely
composed Of young and inexperienced men,
political accidents many Of them, who were i
nominated without any real hope th9t they
would be elected. With another such body
1t Is doubtful whether any other man than
Hampton could carry on Hampton's work;
with such Legislature as the State needs
and Hampton urges, a Legislature Of
Hampton men, the name Of Governor will
not not be Of SO much Importance. In
either case, However, thero is no question
tnat Hampton could do vastly more for the
State as Governor than any other man
| and it may be we'll doubted whether either i
the people or he himself will allow the man !;
! they elect Governor to desert that office for
any other before the expiration Of hia X
| term. He recognizes the situation verys
clearly, and is too true friend of the
State to leave the Governorship if he feels 4;
that there is any danger Of harm thus
coming to the cause he represents. InM d
South Carolina more than in almost any
other State, has survived the anci,rt senti-
ment that the Governorship Of the stste Is 4
the highest Office in it's gift, and less s
than anywhere else does man feel that d
ne is taking stop up when when he 4
goes from tho Executive Chamber to the
National Capitol.
AS already said, the Republicans will
make no opposition to Governor Hampton'a
recollection or to any Of the State officers,
indeed. For congressman and members Of
the Legislature they will make fight, and n
with hopes Of eleoting two or three Of the a
former and good representation in the ,S
Legislature. Governor Hampton is states
man enough to recognize the valuo Of
strong minority in every law making ss- IL
sembly; and would prefer, q Legislature
with good representation of honest Re-
publicans to 80 nearly unanimous Demo.
cratic one as they have in Georgia and ID e. Il
Mississippi. On the other hand, there Is r
no Republican unless it be one of the old (
Ring thieves, who ever wants to soc rgain &
one of the old fashioned Republican, Legis--
latures, wherein on ono ocoason there were
80 negroes, the great majority Of whom 81
could neither read nor write, out Of l24 II
members, and ignorance under the lead OF B!
| corruption enacted confiscation into Law. ;
The honest Republicans soc that even such
a Legislature as tho last is infinitely better
than any that their party could ever hope to Z
eject, and they will not mourn as those
without hope If the next one contains no
larger representation Of their own party. 81
The negro enthusiasm for Hampton will Of
course carry considerable colored vote vi
over to tho Democratic legislative ticket as n
vol, and it will need no cheating or res
turning board to elect majority. Wher6
the Republicans do elect mon, they will be
given their seats.
South Carolina to day presents perhaps
the most interesting field Of study to be
found anywhere in this country. Theirs
are many topics that meant to have taken
up, but this letter is already 80 long that L s.
must postpone them to another. ss, SS
STEALING A RIDE.A negro man
jumped on the platform Of the up train of
the Greenyille and Columbia Railroad
yesterday afternoon at Greenwood, In Alb
bevile County, for the purpose Of stealing
la ride to a station eleven miles
away. Shortly after the train left Green- &
wood he fell from tho train and broke his &
leg. The conductor discovered that the Il
negro was in helpless condition and Id
great pain, backed the cars and returned 4
to Greenwood, carrying the manned man
back to the platform at Greenwood. Tho
passengers wero evidently in a. charitable
mood upon learning tho mans misfortunes,
and made upa purse of 825 with which "a. s
pay a surgeon to attend to him. DIR. Max. &
we'll, a physician Of tho village Of Green-si
wood, was sent for, and set tie fractured
bone generously refusing to aooopt any fec
and insisted upon tho money boing applied
to the purpose of making the man comfort.s
able during tho time ho must necessarily
be 6cnfned to his bed. It turned QUO &
| finally that the man was making an effor1
to get to The bedside 81 .ans only and dying
daughter. Is 81 81 ,Ia