National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-02-03
A WORD TO WADE HAMPTON.

The Charleston Notgs and Courier dons the
WAR paint and goes for WADE HAMPTON
with an alacrity that one would expect from
when he resolves to lay bare the venality
aud reasonable designs of the Southern
Democracy. WADE HAMPToN's conscience
having become disturbed by the mule mis-
hap, recently gave evidence before the TEL
LER Committee in which he admitted that
lawlessness was practiccd to too great an ex-
tent in the last election in South Carolina
especially in the seaboard counties. The
Ne,cs and Courier says to the Governor:
| Governor HAMPTON admits that there were
| irregularities" in our Democratic household
mt the late election. There is no reason why
| the admission should not be made. There is,
| 1t seems to u.s. Il strong reason why this admis.
/ sion should not be coupled with the declara.
tion that mo good citizen, no wise man, no
good patriot can afford to cloak and cover up
| fraud or corruption in elections" and with the
declaration that even the poor excuse of being
! necessary to the preservation of civilized rule
| is wanting to any irregularities put afoot on
our side" There wero no more Irregular
| ties in 1873 than in 1876. A large number of
| counties were left in the hands of the Radicals
was elected. These counties, with ono excep-
tion, were redeemed last November, and they
were redeemed in the way that Abbevlle,
| Edgefie!d, Barnwell, and Laurens were re-
deemed two years before. There was tho same
necessity to get possession of Richland, SUM-
ter, Kershaw, Williamsburg, Georgetown, and
Charleston that there was to get possession of
any other county. Our civilization was ut
stake. Our brethren were free, and we were
resolved to be free. There were no more mir
acles in Charleston and Richland in 1873 than
/ there were in dozen other counties In HAMP-
TONS year.
! HAMPTON has now reached his goal, the
United States Senate, and is desirous Of re-
moving some of the stains from his char
acter, and hence his admissions before the
TELLER Committee. But he cannot succeed
in such an undertaking.
Mr.. HAMPTON, your record is so black
that thousand confessions before Congress
sional cOmmittees-yea, even all the waters
of your muddy South Carolina creeks
could not whiten your blood-stained hands
Northern Gushers and Conciliators might
have been duped by your hyPoerisies, but
that time is past, never to return, and
you stand before the country as what you
Rre, a whited sepulcher, which outwardly is
beauty and cOmeliness, but inwardly is filled
with dead mems bones and all uncleanness
While acting as Governor of South Caro-
lima you had it in your power to bring to
Justice the willful slayers of loyal citizens AT
Hamburg, Cainhoy, and Ellenton; but in.
steRd of doing 30 you applauded the mur.
derers and defended their deeds, on the score
of political necessity" You may live tc
come TO the Senate, but the face Of every
honest man will be turned against you
loyalty will everywhere spurn you. Only
in the companionship of such men as NJ. C
BUTLER, Fort Pillow CHALMERS and the
slayer Of BILL YANcEY will you find wei.
come; while the cries of the orphans of the
victims who were laid low by rife clubs in
1876 will continually sound in your eur:
and disturb you, and you will finally re,
ceive the doom allotted to hypoerites aud
knayes