The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-12-25
ANDERSON, S. 9, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2 1879

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Dental fraud, whereby the Democrat,
party lost Tiiden, who should have beer
declared. the President of The United
States.
| NOT A PERSONAL QUARREL.
Correspondent-What ara your person
| al relations to Senator HAMPTON ant
what will be the result Of this tyoubleP
General Gary--I have already stated
that do not propose to handy epithet.
with Senator Hampton and as to his re-
marks as TO my being "unwise, marrow
| and dangerous" am willing to leave
that to the soldiers who fought under us
both during the war and to the people Of
South Carolina, who have known us all
our lives; for we arc both on record by
our acts and speeches. see nothing tc
come out OF. it except newspaper dis
cusslon, by which no one but Mr. Tilder
can be benefited. have no disposition
under existing circumstances, to make II
personal Issue. 1t Is true he dislikes
me, or rather hates me. Although
have served in the war under him as my
comp anding officer, and have done SO
since as my political leader, with all the
energy, courage and ability that pos.
sess, my so-called Opposition" has never
been of persona character, and was
simply in the nsc.entious discharge OF
my public duty. Although I have on
many occasions su ported him, and given
him the highest evidence of o deairo to
do him justice, 1 have always had his
bitter and unrelent'ug opposition to
carry, and suppose ao will continue TO
keep me down until he or die"
at this juncture our conversation was
interrupted by the entrance of number
Of visitors, and the interviewer took shis
departure.
A Frank Expression OF tho views OF tho
Edgefield Senator.
Dispatch 10 the Me,rs and Courier.
COLUMBIA, December II.
After several unsuccessful attempts. I
finally induced Gen. Gary to talk, for
publication, tonight. I found him in
the Senate Chamber during the session.
He seemed in perfectly good humor, and
avoided anything like bitterness toward
anybody. In reply to q general question
regarding thu difference between Gen.
Hampton and himself, he said:
You can Say, for me, that re-
ciprocate the sentiments of the Ne,cs and
Courier as expressed in the editorial en-
titled the Hampton and Gary Embro-
glio." I'm willing to make the school.
boy bargain with him referring to Hamp.
ton, and let him alone If he will me.
I've always been willing to do that, and
always said I'd let them alone if they'd
let me alone too. / reiterate what I've
often said before: That my opposition
to Senator Hampton has never been of
personal character, but an honest and
conscientious difference of opinion as to
the policy of the State and National De.
mocraoy. have never indnlged in any
opposition to Hampton himself"
Gen. Gary stopped here to take part for
q second in the Senate debate, and re-
sumed: Senator Hampton took the ini-
tial step In the opposition, and I always
propose to strike back when I'm struck.
A conflict of ideas is like any other con-
Hict. You've got to fight to win it. /
always have, and will, repel opposition
with opposition. / desire the unity of
the Democratic party as heartily as any
man, and as o member of the party sub.
mitted to be gagged in 1876, and to be
dictated 70 by Hampton where and when
l 1should and shouldn't speak, end i'll ever
received courtesy from him, or those as
sociated with him, / don't know it. I am
willing to retire from public life if it lis
necessary for the unity of the party, bat
I'm not to be driven out Of it by anybody.
] know ! am charged by Senator Hampton
with writing articles that didn't write.
but my fight has been open and not o
secret one. Pm not that kind OF man.
use neither mufiied dagger nor stilietto.
am willing to meet him or any other.
man in open political contest, if it is nec-
essary. Even the interview in the Her
aid was not q deliberate attack on Hamp-
ton or designed to do him injustice, my
only idea being t. do Tilden justice.
My idea was to give full justice to
Iilden, though Pm no champion of his.
You can say now that regard him rs
great leader Of the Democracy, and
think he deserves consideration at my
hands, and Hampton's hands, too. am
willing to give him his dues. He has
done more for the party than any man
in America. Like some great military gen.
eral. be won great battle in '76, when re.
trenchment and reform were emblazoned
on cur banners, but he failed to reap the
spoilp and developments may prove,n
added the General, "that it was not his
fault after all. The General then =aid
he thought he had said enough. He re.
marked that the former interview was
largely due to tho Eeraistence of the
Herald man, who bad worried and bad
gered and coaxe1 MIN into talking when
he was tired and half sick and didn't
feel like it. -S
AT an informal interview previously
Gen. Gary said that he did not consider
that an issne nf veracity hetwaan him
self and Hampton existed, the latter
having said he did not recollect the con-
yersation alluded to between them.
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