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

Dental fraud, whereby the Democratic
party lost Tilden, who should have been
declared. the President of the United
States.
NOT A PERSONAL QUARREL.
Correspondent-What are your person
al relations to Senator Hampton and
what will be the result OF this trouble?
General Gary-I have already stated
that 1 do not propose to handy epithets
with Senator Hampton and as to his re-
marks as to my being "unwise, narrow
and dangerous, I 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 are both on record by
our acts and speeches. l see nothing to
come out of it except newspaper dis
cussion, by which no one but Mr.. Tilden
can be benefited. have no disposition,
under existing circumstances, to make it
personal issue. 1t is true he dislikes
me, or rather hates ME. Although l
have served in the war under him as my
commanding officer, and have done so
since as my political leader, with a.. the
energy, courage and ability that I pos
sess, my so-called opposition" has never
been of a personal character, and was
simply in the conscientious discharge of
my public duty. Although 1 have on
many occasions supported him, and given
him the highest evidence of desire to
do him justice, I have always had his
bitter and unrelenting opposition to
carry, and suppose he will continue to
keep me down until he or 1 die"
At this iuncture our conversation was
interrupted by the entrance of number
of visitors, and the interviewer took his
departure.
A Frank Expression of the Views of the
Edgefeld Senator.
Dispatch to The Mc,cs and Courier.
COLUMBIA, December II.
After several unsuccessful attempts, l
finally induced Gen. Gary to talk, for
publication, tonight. 1 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 general question
regarding the difference between Gen.
Hampton and himself, he said:
"You can say, for me, that I re.
ciprocate the sentiments of the News and
Courier as expressed in the editorial en-
titled the Hampton and Gary Embro-
Clio" 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. I 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-
mocracy. Ihave never indnlged in any
opposition to Hampton himself"
Gen. Gary stopped here to take part for
a second in the Senate debate, and re-
sumed: Senator Hampton took the ini-
tial step in the opposition, and 1 always
propose to strike back when Pm struck.
A conflict of ideas is like any other con-
fict. You've got to fight to win it. 1
always have, and will, repel opposition
with opposition. I desire the unity of
the Democratic party as heartily as any
man, and as q member of the party sub.
mitted to be gagged in 1876, and to be
dictated 10 by Hampton where and when
should and shouldn't speak, and i'll ever
received courtesy from him, or those as
sociated with him, I don't know it. lam
willing to retire from public life if it is
necessary for the unity of the party, but
Pm 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
secret one. Pm not that kind of man.
I use neither muffled dagger nor stilletto.
I 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 deliberate attack on Hamp-
ton or designed to do him injustice, my
only idea being to do Tilden justice.
My idea was to give full justice to
Tilden, though Pm no champion of his.
You can say now that regard him as q
great leader Of the Democracy, and
think he deserves consideration at my
hands, and Hampton's hands, too. 1 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 a great battle in '76, when re-
trenchment and reform we're emblazoned
on our banners, but ne failed to reap the
spoils, and developments may PROVE"
added the General, "that it was not his
fault after all. The General then said
he thought he had said enough. He re-
marked that the former interview was
largely due to the persistence of the
Herald man, who had worried and bad
gered and coaxed him into talking when
he was tired and half sick and didn't
feel like it.
At an informal interview previously
Gen. Gary said that he did not consider
that an issue of veracity between him
self and Hampton existed, the latter
having said he did not recollect the con-
versation alluded to between them.
A. B. w.