The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-05-02

receive, as on recent trip, the heartiest
ovationS in the latter region. IL is there
very much more the tribute to the per.
eonai leader than the recognition of an
1 accepted policy which Charleston Yields.
| weighing all the evidence, think it fair
70 say that a majority Of the Democrats
have supported the man rather thar the
poficy tho past year, and that any other
person who had attempted to embody
Bimiia: idcss would have failed TO- carry
the party with him. ] iIf ~ :
| Az the same time q year Of Hampton's
policy, however and why ever accepted.
| has an Immense edncative effect. A
great many Democrats Who did not be.
heye In such Ideaa year ego a.s ceEainS
&c accept them now. There can be no
reasonable doubt that another term of
Hampton would carry the good work be.
yn1d the possibility Of ever being un.
! done. There is, of course, no question
i, OF Hampton's reelection for. this term,
out Patterson's term in the United States
Senate expires next March, and the Gov
ernor ie naturally thought Of as' his sue
cessor. The change would of course
have many attractions for him. He can
Iioniy continue Governor another two
years at serious saLcifice to his own per-
sonal efiairs; for the duties of the Office
as ne administers it are very engrossipg.
while q place in the Senate would give
him leisure during q large pars Of the
| year. If he should express Z, desire to
be sent TO Washington, he could Of
course go, but it Is really o serious fuue5-
ton whether he could safely leave the
Goverhorship next March. z Every Re-
publican whom ] questioned on this
point expressed grave apprehensions
wnetner Hnrhnten'e work eS..la 'ss ss y {. 8. h.A;
taken up and carried through byy any
other. man, and g dev0dE hope that ne
would continue Governos throughout th;S.
entire next term. Intelligent, far-sieht.
ed Democrats admitted that there would
be much greater opposition to Hampton's
policy If Hampton ,were to drop out, but
they regard 1t as too manifestly the' pol-
ICY OF the fhsute TO be, ever 6verthroIWn.
Very much depends upon Tie character OF
the Legislature that isito ba elected next
fall. The Governor recognizes the over
5hadoWlng Importance OF this question.
end appeala for the election Of conscrys:
tive Elen we're tho burden of hisspeechea
On bis recent trip. The last Legislature
was not such O body as the. cTiais de.
pands; itiwas largely composed of young
and inexperienced men, political acci-
dents many of them, who were nomina-
ted without any real hope that they
would be elected. . With another such
body It Is doubtful whether any other
man than Hampton could carry on
Asmpten's work = with such; Legisla.
tpre as the State needs aud Hampton
urges, O Legislature Of Hampton men,
the name of Governor will not be of 30
much Importance. In either case, how.
ever, there - no question that Hampton
could do vastly more for the State as
Governor then any other man, and it
may well be doubted whether either the
people Or be himself will slloy the man
they elect Governor to desert thst Office
for any other before the expiration of hja
term. de recognizes the situation very
clearly, and is too true o friend of the
State TO leave the Goyernorship if he
feels that there is any danger of harm
thus coming TO the cause he represents.
In South Carolina moro than iI, almost
any other Stata haa survived the ancient
sentiment that the Governorship of the
State iB the hiehest GH'ce ;r So s,n. end
less than anywhere else does O man feel
that he is taking o long step up when he
goes from the Executive Chamber to the
National Capitol.
As already said, the Republicans will
make no opposition to Governor Hamp-
toms reelection, or to any of the State
officerS, indeed. For congressman and
members of the Legislature they will
make fight, and with hopes of electing
two or three of the former and good
representation in the Legislature. Gov
ernor Hampton is statesman enough to
recognize the value of strong minority
In every, law-making assembly, and would
prefer Legislature with o. good repre-.
sentalon of honest Republicans to 30
nearly unanimous o Democratic one "a
they have in Georgia and Mississippi.
On the other ha2d, .liare is ne Repu6li-
CAM. unless it DO one Of the old Ring
thieves, who ever wants to see again one
of the old fashioned RepuI lican Legis-
aatures, wherein on one occasion there
were 98i negroes, the great majority of
whom could neither read nor write. out
Of 124 Il embers, and ignorance under
the lead Of corruption enacted confisca-
:ion into law, The honest Republicans
see that even such a Legislature as the
last is infinitely better than any that their
party could ever hope to elect, and they
will not mourn as those without hope If
the next one contains no larger represen-
tation of their owa party. The negro
enthusiasm for Hampton will Of course
carry considerable colored vote over to
the Democratic Legislative ticket as well,
and IL will need no cheating or returning
board to elect a majority. Where the
Republicans do elect men, they will be
given their seate.yp ~ g
South Carolina to-day presenta per-
haps the most interesting field A study
70 DO fGupd anywhere In this county.
There are many topics that IImeant to
have taken up, but this letter is already
go. long that l must postpone them to an
other. . srr-