Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-10-20
sHERMAN--HAMPTON.I

DOGGER'S SPRINGS, Sept. IL 1880.
Hyu. John onerman, secretary OF
the treasury: SiE-S1 1me days ago |
SAW a report of your speech at "a cOn-,
ference held by the nat onal replhil-
can committee, at FHty asenaes
hotel, New YORK, and yon
were quoted as having used the
following language, ''an0 nowSyGu are
ask ed to surrender all you have done
into the hands OF Wade Ham ptOn and
the ku-klux and the little seg gmeLt 10
me north called tle demOcrat>c party"
May ask if-y0u- used these words,
and if you did SO did youmean to cons
meet me directly or Indirectly with
what is known as the ku-klux klan.
Requesting an eafly Feplys addressed
40 me. in Care of Augustus Scheil,
ESQ.,, New York, i am, very respect
iuily your obedlent servant, N
WADE HAMPToN.\
WAsHINGToN.D o., sppU.-z.l 1850.
Hon. Wade Hampton, New YOrK:
SIR: Your note of The 18th inst. is
received, Ia which you inquire whit ther
at:a conference held by the national
republican committee at the Fifth
avenue hotet, New York, used Isu-
guage st:rIbut ID TO me as. follows:
Aud now you are as6ed TO surrender
all you have done Into the hands of
Wade Hampton aud the ku klux and
the little segment in tue. north zEfasis
called the democratic parGyp
La reply I have 10 advise you
mat, while DO not renenber
precise language. prasnne the re.
porter CORRECTLY stated, In u condensed
way, d ls Idea of what L said. no
doubt spoke OF you as leading repre-
ssnt i've of the democratic party In
the south and referred to the ku klux
kian rs u represen yattve ofgthe barbar
Gus agencies by which democaat5 have
subverted the civll aud political rights
of republicans of the south. IdId not
Connect you PERSONALLY with the K0
klux khan. Inndeed / knew tast you
had, In une or two important inst LnCes,
| resisted and defeated It's worst 1me
puIses. / appreciate the sense of
honor which makes you shrink from
being named in connection with it
Sull, you and your associates. leading
men In the south, now enjoy the bene-
fl $ of political power derived from
atrocities OF the kuklux khan, ia which
phr Sc I include all the numerous
aliases by which it has. from time to
t me, been known in the south. Your
power in tne southern states rests
upon actual crimes OF every grade
Ia The code of crimes, from mur-
der TO the meanest form
of ballot box stuffing com united by
the kukiux klan ana its kindred as
socia tes, and as you Know some of the
worst Of them committed since 1877
when you and they gave most solemn
ASSURANCES OF prOGecLlon To tae fre edom
uf tAe soutn. These crimes are. all
aimed at the civil and political rights
of the republicans In the south, ana as
L Deilese 9 buL for these agencies, the
very state that you represent as well
as many other states IN the south ,
would be represented, 10th in the
senate aud mouse, by republicans
but for tlese crimes. The Doast at
trlbnLed 10 you That t0e 1S6 solid
southern votes would be ca T for the
democratic cket would be bit IDLE
vaporing, but no " We. eel that 1t ls The
sUber truLn. While have 40 reason
to believe that you or your, norlhern
associai es personally parllclpats sd 10
the Otfenses named, YET whIIe you and
they enjoy the fruIts of these rImes,
You may IN logic anu morals be ciasstd
rs c. assed ou, as joint coparIners " ia
Tie kukluX. klan IN the policy which
thus lar nave beena successful IN seiZ
ing political power in the south, and
winch it Is MOI Ell by the aid on asmal
segment Of the dtmocratic parry IL
the norm ma be exiended TO all de-
partmeLts of the government. 1t il
III this sense tnat spokeSOf you, The
kukiux khan auu the northern demo
cratic paItJ. Permit me, In conctu
sion, wuile frauk'y aus weriDg yoa
question, to say tnat the most fata
pullcy for the south would be- by suct
agencies as / have mentioned
to secure again political as
tendency In this counLry. for
assure You that the manhood fane
Independence of the mol 4 will certain
~ continue TO struggie until every re
publican in the SOU, b shall have fire.,
and un est acteu snj ,S melt of ~equa
cIVir aua pollilcAl pElyiIs ges. lneluulnl
far Vote, y fair count. free speecl
a. d free press. The agitation mad
| necessary to secure euch resuirs9 MAJ
greatly affeci, iIj .riousls +, the 1T rest
OF the people OF the sou b.
Very respectfully. your obedien
servant, JOHN SHERMAN.
CHAkLOTTESvILLE Va, 1Ucu. S L.
Sir: Your Ietter has been IL Ieceiyed an
as you do not disclaim le language t
: which / called you attention, nav
o only 10 say taat IN using il y ou Htttr +
ed what W as absolutely false aud whs
= you knew to be false. My address vii
be Columbia, e. C.1 am youf ebedi
D eLt servant, % s.WADE HAMPTON.
J To Hon John Sherman. .-
q TREASURY rDEPARgMENT,r VASE
| INGTON o., Is 1880.
. Hon. Wade Hampton. Columbia,
y e.: Sir have to acknow ledge
Il receipt of your note of the 1st iDsr
= handed me unopened by Mr. G. Nj
Y Kinley few moments ago, after M
return from the west. I had thl
morning read whst was purported {
be an extract of speech made by you
published in the Charlstons News an
Curier, aud upon your general reputs
g tation as gentleman, denied that 20
d had made such spsech or written sue
at let er as is attributed to you In tina
s. paper. What 1 stated to you in m
+, let.er OF ofSeptember 2lsf, Ibelieyegto b
n true, Notwithstanding Your adepia
- and it can be shown to be true by, th
10 puoltc records and as q mater OF his
1T tory. AS you had long before you
70 ie t9r was delivered to me seen props
20 MAKE public a statement of yOu
views or the correspondence, I wi
give It to the press without note {
comment and let the public decid