The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-10-03
From the New Republic.l
Wade Hampton, the Rebel Governor of
South Carolina,

! In the Southern States, where the peo-
| pie are not troubled with the fear of yel-
low fever, the leading Democrats are as
! disloyal as they ever were, and have made
| preparations to intimidate the Republi-
can vote or assassinate the "stalwart"
Republican voter. South Carolina is a
sample of what is being done, and Wade
| Hampton is shining light among the
bull-dozing fraternity. His history is Pc
culiar, but not romantic. He has played
many parts in the drama Of slavery and
rebellion, but none were marked with
chivalry. His prominence as a politi-
clan arose from his utter selfshness and
lack of gentlemanly feeling, which, if
possessed by some, may be made to hide
multitude of political crimes Wade
Hampton, however, has not rag under
which his crimes can be hidden. He
stands forward man of very small cali
bre, whom circumstances have elevated
on pedestal, so that he stands before the
world as frightful example of colossal
fraud. Very small men mentally have
often been found guilty of very great
crimes when the opportunity was fur
nished.
And this is the case with Wade Hamp-
ton. He is fraud on many grounds. He
knows that the law provides for an elec-
ton by majority of citizens, allowed to
cast their ballots according te their con-
victions but Wade Hampton was busy
in 1876 in summoning the rifle clubs, the
members of which assembled to bull. doze
or assassinate Republicans. In this crime,
through which the Democrats were able
to seize upon the State of South Carolina
Wade Hampton participated. and when
he spoke of an election in South Carolina
he spoke of fraud and became fraud
himself, because there had been no cleo
ton under the law Then he increased
his right to be regarded as a fraud by
claiming to have been elected as Govern
or. He, with the help of the murderous
rifle clubs, had slaughtered the Republi-
can vote, and he clamored so loud and
fraudulently that he got the office; but
some of his clamor partooz of the nature
of promises before he was allowed to pos
sess it.
He promised to be a good citizen, to
obey the laws, to be just and decent
toward other people, and to accord them
State and the nation, and not to perse-
cute Republicans on patched up charges
by his bull doing friends. But his prom
ises were fraudulent and meant to be So
He commenced a series of prosecutions
against Republicans for sham political
offenses, and so persistent were his tools |
in persecution that some pleaded guilty |
of what they had never committed, and |
others gave that kind of testimony he |
wanted in order to reach and smirch 9th
er Republicans. Indeed, he ran "a-muck"
against the Republican party in the |
State, and as for peace and justice, and
law and order under the rule of Wade |
Hampton, it was and is farce and |
fraud. At last he grew weary of perse |
cutting Republicans for not being rebel |
Democrats like Wade Hampton. He
therefore turned his attention to protect |
ing criminals who violated the revenue
laws These n en- were rebel Democrats |
in good standing, handy bull dozers, who
could swoop down in rife clubs for MUIR
derous violence on Republican meetings. !
These criminals defied the law and killed |
the officers sent out to apprehend them.
The rebel Democratic friends of Wade |
Hampton shielded them and helped to
arrest the revenue officials, who had |
slain a noted criminal in self defense
South Carolina justice takes its color
from that Of Wade Hampton. The Judge |
of the State Supreme Court held the of
ficers on charge of murder and, with
the approval of the Governor, declined
to have the case transferred to the Unit
ed States court as the statutes prOVlCe.
Wade Hampton then showed to what a
towering height of fraud he had grown.
II was able to beard the Administration
and defy the national power by support
ing the law officers of the State in refus-
ing to obey the law of the nation.
Not satisfied with this, and just to keep
his hand in, he forwarded a requistion
to the Governor OF the State of Massa.
chusetts to arrest and return to South
Carolina jail one w. II. Kimpton, who
had been a financial agent of the State of
South Carolina before Wade Hampton's
elevation Kimpton was arrested ac-
cordingly; but before his arrest, and after
his arrest, and during all the proceedings
under the Governors requistion, Wade |
Hampton was offering immunity to
Kimpton if he would come back and give |
testimony of a certain kind, which he |
refused And the Governor of Massa-
chusetts declined to comply with Wade |
Hampton's request, because an examina
tion of the papers revealed that it was
Hampton's design to get Kimpton sur