The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-12-25

| A Quick and Tart Reply from Senator
Hampton-He pronounces Gen. Gary's
Charges "Utterly and Absolutely False."
Washington Special to the Ncw York Herald.
Senator Hampton's attention was
drawn to-day to the conversation of Gen.
Mart Gary concerning him, reported by
correspondent from Columbia, S. c.,
in to-day's Herald. He read the CORES
pondence over carefully, and said that
while there were various misrepresenta-
tions, beginning as far back as the events
of the war, he did not consider anything
worthy of notice except so much as rela-
ted to the alleged breach of faith in the
matter of the Tilden electors. Upon
this point he remarked:
| "While I have never condescended to
notice the rumors, of which the Herald
speaks to-day, about Senator Hampton's
infdelity to the Democratic electoral
ticket in 1876, which have been floating
in the air ever since; and while I cannot
agree with the Herald that they have, as
it says, now found respectable sponsor
in Gen. Gary, still as some one is at last
found to father these ISLANDERS I am in
duced to pronounce them utterly and ab-
solutely false.
"That they are false" be continued,
1N@can easily be established by the follow
ing facts Soon after the election in 1876
an article appeared in an Augusta, Ga,
paper, of course anonymously, making the
same charges and referring to Gen. Nc
Gowan, as Gary now does. He was be-
hind them, as he is now, and this article,
if not written by. Gen. Gary, was at least
inspired by him. The chairman of the
State Executive Committee, A. G. Has
kell, subsequently elected to the Supreme
Bench of the State, Immediately re.
sponded to it and denounced it as untrue.
Gen. MCGOWAN also replied to it and
took the same ground. So complete and
overwhelming were these replies that the
author of the slander made no response
to them, and 1 need only refer you to
their letters for my full vindication and
that of the Democratic party of South
Carolina. That party acted in perfect
good faith during the whole canvass, and
the fact that Mr.. Hayes's majority by
Republican count was only about 900
votes over Mr.. Tilden, shows how ear
nestly we worked for the latter's election.
That I consulted with Gen. Gary on this
matter or any other during that canvass,
or before it, or since, has entirely escaped
my recollection, if this ever occurred.
1t may have been my misfortune that l
have not done 80, but as I have always
regarded his views as narrow, unwise and
dangerous, I have studiously avoided
asking his advice or acting on his sugges-
tions."
1t will be seen that Senator Hampton
makes a very square denial of Gen. Ga
ry's accusations. Your correspondent
will add that during the canvass of 1876
the Herald on very frequent occasions
editorially urged the Democrats of South
Carolina, and Gen. Hampton, as their
candidate, to abandon the Tilden electo-
raj ticket, or at least to run ticket of
Hayes and Hampton, and that there was
at that time general Disappointment that
the Democrats and Gen. Hampton re-
fused to do what many of their Northern
friends thought wise and proper.
GARY SPEAKS AGAIN.
How South Carolina Defeated TtldeE In
1876-Tricker3 at Abbeville-Aneged
Conspiracy Botweon Toombs, Hampton,
Cothran, Hoyt and Others-Where VIII
ItEnd?
Bg Telegraph 10 the Ne,0 York Herald
COLUMBIA, S. G., December 16.
The interview between Gen. Mart W.
Gary and Heraldreporter, aud the sharp
reioinder of Senator Wade Hampton, de-
nouncing Gary's statements as false,
published in the Herald few days ago,
have occasioned great excitement in Co.
lumbia, and in fact all over South Caro-
lima. For the past few days the matter
has been discussed at the street corners,
in the lobbies of the State House and
the hotels. Both Hampton and Gary
have hosts of warm friends and support
ers throughout the State, and the peo-
pie are very much excited over the
controversy between them. Opinions
are divided as to which one of the dis
putants has the advantage. To-day l
had short, informal interviews with
number of prominent members of the
Legislature, which disclosed the fact
the Gary stock is rising rapidly while the
stock of Hampton is decidedly on the
wane. A distinguished Charlestonian
remarked with considerable warmth
"Gary is as much entitled to credence as
Hampton, and I want something more
substantial than the latter's mere denial
of the grave imputations. The onus of
disproying Gary's charges rests there,
and it will not do for him to retort by
denouncing them as false" One of the
leading lawyers of the State, who has
always been an ardent supporter of
Hampton remarked that the whole
thing is an ugly piece of business, and
few more such interviews would elect
Gary Governor.
OPINIONS ADVERSE TO HAMPTON.
Another prominent politician ex-
pressed himself in very pointed terms,
declaring that the effect of Hampton's
bitter denunciations was to make Gary
ten-fold more popular than he ever was.
I asked leading colored Republican of
this city what the colored people thought
of the controversy, and he replied that it
was "no funeral" of theirs, but as far as
he was concerned he would prefer to
take Gary's word to that of Hampton.
So uneasy have the opponents of Gary
become that they are making efforts to
get him out of the race for Governor. A
proposition was actually made to-day to
elect him Chief Justice if he would with
draw from the race. He declined the
proposition in unique style, declaring
that he would not take the position, for
he had serious misgivings as to his abil-
ity to fill an Office which required such
profound legal knowledge. The people
are on the qui vire to see Gary's reply
to Hampton's charges.
GENERAL GARY REPEATS HIS CHARGES.
This afternoon, with view of ascer-
tanning what the gallant General was
going to do about it, called upon him
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