The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-03-06
Proclamation.

Governor Simpson issued the following
proclamation on Wednesday, 26th oi
February, last, which explains itself:
Whereas the Honorable Wade Hamp
ton has resigned the Office of the Cover.
nor of the State of South Carolina, q.
appears by the following communication
this day received:
OAKLAND, S. c., Feb. q, 1879.
My DEAR SIR: In rendering, as ! here
do, my resignation as Governor of South
Carolina, it is proper that l should give
the reasons which have caused me tc
postpone doing so until the present time
When the General Assembly did INC
the honor to elect me United States Sen.
ator, there were some official acts which
it was supposed could be properly dis
charged ONLY by myself. / proposed
therefore, to resume Executive authority
for 4 few days to perform these duties
but my health has never permitted me to
do so, and the recent decision Of the Su-
preme Court renders it unnecessary fol
me to take any action in this matter.
can, therefore, now resign, without any
prejudice to the State or any embarrass.
ment to yourself and in doing so feel
that / commit the Executive authority to
one in every way worthy and competent
to WELD it.
1t will always be source of pride and
qualification to me to recall my official
connection with yourself and with the
other officers Of State. We have been in
perfect accord ON all the great public
questions which have agitated the State,
and our personal relations have been
those Of the closest friendship. In sever
ing my connection with them officially,
beg to express my great obligations to
them and my earnest wishes for their
prosperity and success.
TO the people of South Carolina, who
have done me such undeserved honor in
the past, who have sustained me with
such unfaltering confidence, and who
have manifested towards me during my
late illness an affection never surpassed,
1 have no words by which adequately to
express my gratitude. I can only prom
ise to devote whatever of life and ability
God may grant me to their service, only
asking them to remember that have
never solicited Office at their hands; and
if l fail in the new sphere to which they
have elevated me, it will be my misfor-
tune, not my fault. They have placed
me there, and it shall be my earnest effort
to prove myself worthy Of their conf
dence. Thanking them profoundly for
their kindness to me, and invoking on
them the choicest blessings Of God, am,
with great regard,
Very truly yours,
WADE HAMPTON.
To His Excellency Governor Simpson.
And whereas by the Constitution Of
this State the said office devolved on me,
William D. Simpson:
Now, therefore, /, William D. Simpson,
the Governor of the said State, do pro-
claim that have this day taken the oath
of office rs the Governor of the State OF
South Carolina and entered upon the
execution Of the duties.thereof.
In testimony whereof | have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Great
Seal of the State to be affixed,
at Columbia, this 26th day OF
L. 5. February, a. D. 1879, and in
the one hundred and third
year Of the Independence OF
the United States of America.
w. u. SIMPSON,,
Governor.
By the Governor:
r. NJ. SINS, Secretary of State.