The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-18

orn brigadiers' not being docilo to tho
decision of tho party or not being
friends OF tho Union. BY Godt cy-
pcct they're about tho best friends the
Union has to-day just because they've
had some experience In butting against
it."
senator Hampton Bitterly Denies tho
Charge OF Inhdslity.
washington Special to tho New York Herald. !
Senator Hamptom's attention was
drawn to-day to the conversation of
Con. Mart Gary concerning him, re-
ported by q correspondent from CO.
Columbia, 5. g., in to-days' Herald.
nc read the correspondence over care-
fully, and said that while there were
various misrepresentation, beginning
us far back as the events 0fthe war, he
did not consider anything worthy Of
notice except SO much as related to the
alleged breach Of faith in tho matter of
the Tilden electors. Upon this point
he remarked:
"Whilc | have never condcsccndcd
to notice tho rumOrs, Of which the
Herold speaks to-day, about Senator
liamptOn's iniidclity to the Democrat
ic electoral ticket in 1876, which have
been floating in the air ever since {;
and while cannot agree with tho
Herald that they have, as it SAYS, now
found respectable sponsor in Gencra
Gary. still rs some one is ut last found
to father these ISLANDERS | am Induced
to pronounce them utterly and abso-
lutcly false.
"Tllat they arc falsc,' he continued,
''can be easily established by the fol-
lowing facts: Soon after tho election
III 1876 an article appeared in an Au-
gusta, Ga., paper, Of course anony-
mously, making tho same charges and
referring to Gen. McGowan, as Gary
now does. lie was bchiud them, us
hc is now, and this article, il not writ
ten by Gen. Gary, was at least inspired
ny him. The chairman Of the State Ex-
ccntive Committee, A. G. Haskell,
subsequently, elected to the Supreme
Bench Of the State Of the State, imme-
diately responded to it and denounced
it as untrue. Gen. McGowan also re-
piled to it and took tho same ground.
so complete and overwhelming were
these replies that the author of tho
slandcr made no response to them, and
| need only refer you to their letters
for my full vindication and that Of the
Democratic party Of South Carolina.
nat party acted III perfect good faith
during the whole canvass, and the fact
that MIR. Hayes majority by Republi-
can count was only about 600 votes
over Mr.. Tildcn, shows how earnestly
we worked for the latter's election.
That [ consulted with General Gary on
this matter or any other during that CALI
vass, OF before it, or since, has entirely
escaped my recollection, if this ever
occurred. 1t may have been my mis-
fortune that l havo not done so, but
rs / have always regarded his views as
narrow, unwlsc and dangerous, have
st'ldiously avoided asking his advice or
acting on his suggestion"
1t will DC seen that Senator IIamp-
ton mckcs very square denial of
General Gary's accusations. Your
correspondent will add that during the
canvass Of 1876 the Herald OH very
frequent occasions cditorially urged
the Democrats ofSouth Carolina, and
Gen. Hampton, as their candidate, to
abandon the Tildcn electoral ticket, or
at least to run ticket Of Hayes and
Hampton, and that there was at that
time general disappointment that tho
Democrats and Gen. Hampton refused
to do what many Of their Northern
friends thought wise and proper.