The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-10-19
Last Nights Dispatches.
SHERMAN AND HAMPTON!
coRREsPoNDExcE BETWEEN THEM.
speech in a letter. while Hampton
retorts in very plain language.

speaoh in a letter, while Hampton
L reterts IN very plain language.
/ WASHINGTON, Oct 19.-Secretary
Sherman furnishes for publication the
following correspondence:
| DoGGER's s SPRINGS, Sept, II 1880,
10 Hon. John She1nean. Secretary Of tn
Treasury:
SIR:-Some days ago saw report Of
lyOur speech at the conference held by the
National Republican Committee at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. New I ork and you
were quoted as having used the following
language:
And now you are asked to surrender
all you done into the hands of Wade
Hampton and the KuKlux. and a little
segment in the North that is called the
Democratic party.
May / ask if you used these words. and
if you did SO, did mean to connect me
directly or Indirectly with what was known
as the ku-klux klanP Requesting an
early reply. addressed to me, care OF
Augustus Schell, Esq. New York. | am
very respectfully your obedient servant.
| WADE HAMPTON,
WASHINGTON, d, c., Sept. q, 1880.
Hon. Wade Hampton. care of augustus
! Schett, Esq. Nea0 York;
| SIR:-Your note of the l7th inst, is re-
oeived. / use the 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 KuKlux and the little
segment in the north that is called the
Democratic party"
| In reply, have to advise you that while
1 l. L.
| | presume the reporter correctly stated iD
condensed way his idea of what said
| | no doubt spoke OF you as leading repre-
Sentative of the Democratic party in the
South, and referred to the kuKlux Khan
as representative of the barbarous agen-
oies by which the Democratic party have
subverted the civil and political rights Of
the Republicans of the South. | did not
connect You personally with the ku Klux
Klan. Indeed, | knew that you had in
one or two important instances resisted
and defeated its worst impulses. apure.
ciate the sense OF honor which makes you
shrink from being named ln connection
with it; still you and your associates, lead
| ing men IN the South, now erjoy the bene-
Cts of the political power derived from the
atrocities of the huh hlux han. Ia which
phrase | include all the numerous aliases
| by which it has from time to time been
known in the South. Your power in the
Southern States rests upon actual crimes
| of every grade n the code of crimes, from
mEr9e- to the meapest form of ballot bog
stuflng, committed by the Is u hlux Is Ian
and it's kindred associations, and Gs you
| know, some of the worst of them COM
mItted since 1877, when you and they
gave the most solemn assurances OF
n h. @G Al
These crimes a4e all AIMED st the
civil and political rights of Republicans
10 the South, and, as l believe. but
for these agencies the very State
that you represent, S. c., both in the
Senate and House by Republicans, but for
these crimes, the toast attributed to you
that one hunqreq sn4 thistY-eiglt solid
southern votes would be cast Ter tie Dem
ocratic ticket would DE but idle vaporing,
bat now we feel that it is u sober truth.
While have 40 reason to believe that you
or your northern associates personally par
ticipated in these ofeuses | have named.
yct while you and they enjoy the fruits OF
these crimes you i.isy ln logic snd u1Tais
be classed as classed you as Joint partners
with the Ku KIux kaD in the policy
Which thus far has been successful 10 selz-
ing political power In the south; and
segment of the Democratic party In the
North, may be extended to all denert-
l1ents OF the gogefDmeat. 1t is In this
seDse that spoke of you, kp>klux klaD,
aud the northern Democratic party Per
snit me in conclusion. while frankly
answering yonr question, to say the most
fatal policy for the south would be by such
agencies as | have mentioned, to secure
again political ascendenoy in this COUNTRY.
tcr assure goa that TIE EaDhood and
| Iin5ependeuce Of the North will certainly
continue the struggle until every Republl
eap 10 the south shall have free and
urrestriated enjoyment OF equal civil and
nalitical privileges, including fair count
free speech. and a free press; and the
agitation made necessary TO secure such
results may greatly affect, injutiously the
interests of the people of the South. Very
respectfully your obedient servant
JOHN SHERMAN
CHARLoTsvILLE, Va, Oct. /, 1885,
Sir: Your letter has been received and
as you do not disclaim the language to
which | called your attention have only
TO say that IN using it you uttered what
was absolutely false, and what you know
to be false My address will bo Columbia
South Carolina. ] an your obedient ser
Yant, WADE HAMPTON,
| To John Sherman,
| TREASURY DEPARTMENT, w AsHINaToN.
| D. O., Oct, Is, 'S0-To Hon. Wade
Hampton. Columbia. s. C.,-I have to
| acknowledge the receipt of your note OF
the lst inst, handed me unopened by Mr..
| g. Mckinley few minutes ago. after my
return from the West. had ibis morn
ing road what purported to be an extract
of speech made by you published in the
! Charleston Nesos and Courier, and upon
your general reputation as a gentleman
had denied that you had made such g.
| speech or written such letter as Is attr
buted to you 10 that paper. What |
stated TO you IN my letter of the 2lst |
| believe to be true, notwithstanding your
denial, and II can be shown to be true By
| the public records and as matter of his
tory. As you had. long before your letter
was delivered TO ine, seen proper to make
public statement OF your views ot the
correspondence. | will give it to the press
without note or comment aud let the
| mn hlie decide between as