The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-12-31

why, General, exclaimed
confidential friend, who stood nea
during the conversation, don
you know very we'll there amt
man., woman or white child il
South Carolina that wouldn't g
for Tilden if he was nominated
again P
BADLY TREATED-DAMN HIM.
Just you hold on. I'm coming
to that said Gen. Gary. 'Tilden
it he gets nominated again, will
get the unanimous support Of th'
Southern people. It's idle to dis
pute that solioest of all solid fact
in the so.called Solid South. Damn
him = proceeded the General, nov
warming to the theme, '1'm sorry
for him, too. l think Tilden ha!
been badly treated. He was solo
ont BY Southern leaders. Hf
ought not, however, to have suf
fered himself. to be sold out by
ANYBODY. He should have claimed
his : rights. That's why, even
while | say I'm sorry for him, ]
add that don't like his sort Of a
man. He has nothing Of the An
drew Jackson kind 10 him. Yet
I would support him heartily
again, because I believe be was
sacrificed to the, South and that
the South owes him an atonement. t.
Moreover, [ believe that, being
the greatest political. ,taetician OF
thetime, having immense .machin-
cry " hich he has organized at bis
disposal, having still the most
powerfuEof his: friends,in 1876 to
back him, and, perhaps, having
besides tie commodity: he is. re-
ported to have by the barrel full,
be may be nominated in 1880, and,
if nominated, will certainly be
elected.',v5@ : ...ss. e. .,' ,....~'.:.
SAMUEL SOLD OUT BY THE SOUTH.
But you say Tilden was sold
out by Southern leaders. That's
a new phase. How p -.
oh, | know it will raise the
DEVIL said Gen. Gary, 'but it might
as we'll come out, The long and
short oft is. that a proposition
was made to me at the we'll
known mass meeting at Ab=
bevi1Ie in 1876 to withdrawthe
Tilden electors of this SFzte!'
THE SHAMEFUL PROPOSITION.
RYw60m p ....-.. -.
BY Gen. Hampton, at the time
be had been nominated but no1
elected for the Governorship. He
Todmbs and myself spoke at that
meeting. Hampton approached
me on the platform with thai a.
proposition
-. Now, NN I asked Gen. Gary, please
ex plain for what reason. that sug
gestion was made, and what ser
vice it's adoption would have beer
to Hampton's cause ...,..
.sWell, sir, at that time we want
ed to redeem South Carolina from
carpet.bag rule, and: some OF Ut
didn't care damn how it was te
come about. Hampton knew that
the Radicals here wouldn't vote
-.
for Tilaen and Hendricks and at
thessam satime they hated Cham.
berlain, the Republican candidate
for Governor like the devil. Ii
was understood that Cooke and
Mackey said they would bolt she
Hampton State ticket if Hampton
would Withdraw the Tilden elec
tors and thus insure the State
for r the Repabllcan Nationa
ticket. Hampton virtully said
to these men, If you elect me me
Governor, L don't care Wnom you
elect President That was why
be came to me at AbbeviIle with
the propositionsI have. mention
ed.'.s .s.%- ..
A SHARP ANSWER TO HAMPTON.
What did you say: to it ?
I said, in the first place, that
as South Carolina had sent dele
gates to and fairly participated in
the National Convention which
nominated Tiden, the withdrawal
IF the electors would be a piece
of bad faith. In the next place, l
said it couldu', be done without
calling another convention. To
this Hampton responded that 1t
might be done through the State
Executive Committee. Without
ac0uiescing. I answered Hampton