Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-02-12


and Vicc President in 1880, iu the event
Of the nomination of Grant by the Repub
lican party, aud at Greenvillc few days
la,cr, | alluded to Governor Hampton as
follows: "Compare Hampton to Chamber
lain. 1t is hko comparing Hyperion to
SntJr.' This is tho speech about which SO
much was said and to which Hampton and
ot"ers took exceptions because said that
we night SOON hear duing and dancing
with neg:nfs excused as champion Demo.
racy." .,Thja seiniy sensitive point with
him it was then that the gagging process
began by his instructing tho executive
committee not to assign ne to speak at any
place where he wns to appear, thus cndea
v"r'ng - rule me out of tho campaign und
denying mo the freedom of speech and
the opportunity of replying to him in
public
This is the sum and substance of my
opp"sit.oa to senator Hampton, und it will
be seen therrirnm that although | have
treated him with the greatest courtesy and
consideration. hive nominated HIM for
positions aud complimcntcd him in the
highest terms, still ia his opinion am not
even respectable source from which any
IN
is "uttcrly and absolutely false" aud am
so "uuwisc, narrow and dangerous" !" that
he has never even ''consultrd' ne on uny
occasion. may have had tomo little
personal feeling ut times, when felt that
although L. had shown the desire to do him
full Justice, he had never rcciproculrd the
feeling, and that had his constant, uurc
lcntng opposition ard weight to carry, he
quietly welding u power and influence that
| had largely helped TO place in his hands
But | repeat that my opposition has been
in the faithful discharge of my duty. aud
lave too often risen above mere personal
feeling to do him justice and honor, my
State and country service, to TIC damned
now wi'hou; fair inquiry into the nature
of that opposition being made.
have been sustained by time and the
Democratic party iu my opposition to Gov.
Hampton on all public questions, as | will
show. lst. was oppusci to the State
paying the fraudulent bonded debt. as it
had been adjusted by the Radical Lcgis-
laturc, n which | was supported by the
majority Of the Democrats III the Lesisla-
ture, aud the late decision of the Supreme
Court by which VIC have saved The State at
SJO
advocated the passage of the usury law.
prohibiting the charging Of more than 7
per ccat interest, aud its passage has given
general satisfaction. 80 | was opposed t.,
uniting the South Carolina College and the
Claiin (eolorcd) University under the
same President, thereby placing the white
and co!a:cd youths upou the same cduc"-
TO- al plane, and advocated mere practical
and scientific system Of education for the
present, and have been supported first ty
the Cniia University, which reused to
unite with the white college, aud the Legis
l",ur" at its last sitting adopted thu system
of education advocated by me. 4th in
trodaccd and Governor Hampton had
opposed, the p,ssage of the bill prohibiting
the intcrWariasc ol the races, which passed
at the lrs: session of the Legislature. 5th
was in !,vnr Of II thorough reorganization
ot our Circuit aud Supreme Courts. and
therefore, opposed the re-clcclion of Judges
Willard and Mackcy, and with these two
exceptions | was sus.aincd by the IIegisla-
'urr. was opposed TO the arbitrary annual
levy OF the sum Of not Jess than two mills
f''r educational purposes, being fixed by
constitutional amendment, which is not
t"lr and impartial system and works injus-
tiee to the tnxpayors of our State. | was
opposed to keeping the fraudulently elected
and counted in Radical lDcmbers of the
Legislature, and was in favor of purgiDg il
ri every mcmber who was known 10 have
received bribcs CIR to have been party to
corrupt lrg laiop, and in this I was sus-
tanned by the Legislature and the people.
was opposed 10 tlamptou's universal
amnesty act, Which, contrary to the organic
law ot toe State and all precedent gave
tim the privileges belonging to tho Attor-
nry General, ordering nolic pros upon
the indictments against the Radical thieves
who fur eight years had preycd upon the
State. The fact that Was right and the
evil of the act is now felt md seen by the
pr, sence uf some OF these old thieves who are
n,w rcorsauiz'ng the R.dic,l party, whilst
Others urc returning 10 The St,,e, for aln
glad 10 say that am opposed to every
compromise OF that kind whiuh iIampton's
fusion policy led US into
Senator llamptou had more prestige than
any other man in the State, and for that
reason | nominated him fcr Governor iu
1876, (anothcr evidence ofmy tcing "nnwisc,
narrow aud dangerous" supppsr) II,s
deluson that his fusion or conclintory
policy, or rather his personal power, popu--
larity and Influence made Ii 900 (snpposrd)
negroes vote, when they had refused to vote
for Gems. Kcrshaw and Butler, who had
tried this same plan in 1871 This, | say
makes him believe that he and 1900
negroes saved the, State, and am afraid
that between his ambition aud vanity
which has been lsttercd no little of lutc
years, ho hag forgotten or ignored the great