Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-10-21
HAMPTON AND SHERMAN.

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docs not hesitate, while maintaining
the s!audcrons assertions hc has uttered
against Gov. Hampton to threaten the
Sonthby creating an agitation madc neces.
sMy 10 secure Such results. which man
greatly G6rcf i@j"rio"siy the interests Of III,
popir of the .Soaih."
The meaning Of Sherman's threat is,
that the Republican party, if successful,
will again bring the bayonets of the
Federal army 10 oar peaceful homes and
GFcsiics.
II is well that these relentless enemies
OF Our people Should know that time
comes when iorbcarancc ceases to be u
virtue. The South intends to be loyal
to the tnioa, but not 10 u military dcs-
poiism. II Republican President and
Congress are elected onr people will
abide the result as they did, even when
Hayes was placed in the Presidential
chair through. fraud and uSurpa,on.
Misfortune has not made base towards
Of the American citizens who i've South
OF Mason and DiNon'8 Inc.
Sherman and the soullcSs men who
are preaching another crusade against
the South, would do as well to withhold
their buster.
Southern men are not slaves. They
possess certain rights, which, as free
men, they will dare maintain; even, if
by so doing, Mcy Gcdtiy nOrcf iny"rio"yly
III" interests q Ne pcoptc oj the 'goaN
WAsHiNGrDN, Oct I5.--Secretarv
Sherman to-day furnished for publication
the following correspondence. consisting
offn,r letters, which have passed between
himself and Senator Hampton of South
Caroiina.
DAGGEES SrEINGs, sept. Hon.
John Slcrnan, Secretary the Treasury:
Sir-S0fnc days ago, saw report of
your speech at conference held by the
National Republican Committee ut the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, and Won
We're quoted shaving used the following
language: "And now you are asked TO
surrender all yon have done into the
hands Of Wade Hampton and the Ku
Kiux and the little segment in the North,
that is called the Democratic party
May ask if you nseh these words, and
if yoH did so, did you ncan to connect
me direct y or Indirectly with what is
known us the kn KluX Khan. Request
ing al early reply, addressed TO me care
Of August Schcil, Esq, New York, lam,
very respectfully, your obcdicnl servant,
. WADE HAMPTON. o
WhsniNGroN, ID. e., Sept. 2l.-To the
Hon. Wade Hampton, New york-Sir:
Your note Of The 18th inst, is received
in which You inquire whether at u con
ference held BY the National Republican
at the Fifth Aycnuc Hotel,
III New York, used language attributed
to me as follows: "And now YOU are
asked TO surrender all you have done
into the hands Of Wade Hampton and
the ku-klHX, and the little segment in
the North that is called the Democratic
party In reply, have to advise yoll
that while ] do not remember the pre-
Else language, ! presume the rcportes
correctly stated in condensed way I,is
dca of what said. no doubt spoke
If you us leading representative of the
Democratic party in the South, and re-
tcrIcd to the ku-kluN Khan as the re-
preventative of barharous agencies BY
which the Democrats have subvcrtcd
,hc civil and political rights of the Re
'uh'lcanS Of the Sont!isi do not connect
iou personally with tie Ku-klux Khan.
indeed | know that you had in one or
wo important instances resisted and de-
Gated its worst impulses. appreciate
he sense Of honor which makes You
drink from being named in connection
With it. Still, YOU and your associates.
ealing men in the South, now enjoy the
benefits Of political power derived from
he atrocities of the ku-KIuX Khan, in
which phrases include numerous aliases
y which it has from time to time been
lnown in the South. Your power in
he Southern States rests upon actual
rmcs Of every GRADE in The code Of
rlmcS, from murder 10 the mcancst form
# ballot-boX stuifiug committed by Nu-
<luN Khan aud its kindred associates. And
IS yon know, some of the worst of them
committed since lsI1, when yon and they
ave most solemn assurances Of protcc-
ION t" the freedmen Of the South. These
rimcS are I'LL aimed nj the civil and DO
iiIcaI rights of the Republicans of the
south, and rs believe but for these
agencies the very state that you repre-
cnI, as well us many other States in the
south, would he represented both in the
senate and the House by Republicans:
MT FOR these crimes The boast attributed
o you that the l3- solid Southern votes
would be cast for the Democratic ticket
'onld be but idle yaporing, but now we
EEL that It IS the sober truth. While |
ave no reason to believe that YOU or
our Northern associates personally par
Icipated in the olcnscs have named,
ct while yon and thoy enjoy the fruits
t these crimes, You may in logic and
norals be classcd as claSscd you as joint
opartncrS with the Km-KluX klan in thei
'oiicy which tlas far has been success
I'll III Selling the political power in the
outh, and which it is hoped, by the aid
1 n small segment Of The Democratic
arty III the North, may be extended to
II departments Of the Government II