The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-01-08
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WAsHINaToN, Dec. q, 1877

The evident and widespread interest
which has been manifested in regard to
the matter or an alleged bargain for the
withdrawal Of the Tilden electors from
the Democratic ticket in South Carolina
during the campaign Of 1876, induced
ms 90 apply to Senator Hampton, few
days ago, for statement Of the actual
facts In the case Us known to him. In
the couree OF several conversations sipce
mad with him upon this subject, other
facts wers brought out incidentally.
which requested to be allowed TO make
known aieo as throwing new light upon
subject In which the people of the State
will always feel the deepest interest.
The following narrative Is the result of
my application, and must be understood
MS presenting only the substance of his
replies TO my numero,T inquiries.
THE CAMPAIGN OF 1880.
Senator Hampton said that, in the alb
sence OF all his papers, and after SO long
inpse Of time, q great many details
must have escaped his memory, and he
could, therefore, only give the general
facts ns far as he could racollect them. I
regret exceedinglY he, continued, that
these questions concerning the Tilden
matter hRye been Ta-opened. can see
no good that can arise from the discus.
sion at o time when the Dernocratic
party in South Corolina requires 10 ia
united in order to be successful. Mypc .
sition with reference to its duty and In
terest has been that all the gentlemen
l- tses:; es:;. ei;ttIhi5T for Gov
ernor for any other Office, for the next
CANVASS should have their names fairly
brought before the public and presented
to the Convention. The duty of select
ing the standard bearers would devolve
uPonethats Convention, and its action
should be binding have notexpressed
III public any preference for any man in
the State to fill any particular Office, and
have only indicated, in general terms,
my. views, that we should hold to the
policy which was SO successful in 1876.
II as no longer an experimental one it
lsthe only one that has ever carried the
State-the only one that could have car
ried il, and is the only one that can carry
it ia future. !.
TWO WAYS TO CARRY THE STATE.
We have q majority of fifteen thou
sand colored voters, and it must be pal
pablo to every sensible man that there
are but two ways, to carry the election.
The first is to secure enough of these col
ored yotes-as we did in 1876--to give
success to the Democratic party. The
second 10 to suppress that majority by
fraud. Betweel. these alternatives I
think there can be no question, not only
as to the duty, but the wisdom of choos-
ing the first. It is the only one that has
been auccessfnl; it is the only one that
is right or that can be made right.
Bly, belief in the canvass of 1876 was
that by appealing to the colored pe-7le,
and showing them that their int. ests
were identical with those of the white
people, we could secure the allegiance of
alarge number Of them, and the result
justified that belief. Many colored men
in every county exerted their best efforts
to promote the Democratic cause, and
huadredssvoted the Democratic ticket at
tue election. MY h0po Wa5 is siIiss III TIis77s
should be Governor the administration of
the laws Hould be so impartial and the
improvement in the affaifs Of the State
beso marked, that the colored men would
recognize the fact that their interests
were cara, ana q large number of them
be thus won to give the Democratic par
ty s.ieir cordial and steahy support,
That this hope, TOO, was justified is
proved by the fact that tlS Republicans
placed no State ticket in the field in
1873, and gave me the assnrance-Rhich
was the strongest indncement to me to
become q candidate again--tiiat If I
would allow my name to be used there
should be:no opposition to me, and it
was further proved by the fact that near
~ 40, 600 negroes voted for me in the
election of that year. There are only
about 10000 white voters in the State,
and as therc was but one ticket, and it
! received over 100, 900 votes, lei manifest
that nearly $4,000 cnlored men voted
with us,of their own good will. believe
that byfpursuing in '78 the same policy
as in ,76, we would be successful, aud we
were 60. 81
FRAUD Ann lTS CoNsEoUEHoEs.
As To- the other alternative. In the
i firstS place, it would be- clearly wrong,
and In the next place, would ultimately
3 react on our own people To such an ex-
ttBntt ttiiiat everything like purify nI eiec-
tions would become fafea and moo kerry |;
and, and ia ia Aha third place, it y,ns,ld inavl-
tably subject all who psrpetrated any
fraud TO persecution and punishment by
the United Ssatea Government. For
& these reasons, while not expressing d
preference for any particular men as cam
4 didates, haye thought it Of the last com
sequence that We ahouid nominate q
3 ticket full representing the conservative
The. "a ;:s Is "a ssli v
ofl876. These being my general yiewB
as to its policy, and recognizing the ab-
solute necessity for our party to remain
united and harmonious, have earnest-
ly deprecated and do deprecat all agita,
tion that could tend to disintegsate the
party, and ell issues which would seem
10 ba nero personal omen.
THE ATTACK on HAaIPToN.
Acting. uppH these considerationss /
To any OF the attacks that have been made
upon myself, and II shonld have remained
silent so long as they were confined to
South Carolina or were given currency
only in that Stats. Bit when the charge
was made directly by Gen. Cory in,t6e
New York Herald; that. / had proposed
20 him to Hsol o1t Tilden - that Hthe
\ asm,nefrl proposition, had been made by
fnlz With 9 view 90 securing cay oEn cleo
tion, and sllat I had been unfaithful to
Z 4;;;-s - :. - "a. rs EtsISllss !
thought II incumbent upon ME, in jtistice
II Mr.. Tilden thp Democratic patty, and
myself p6rao0aiiys toy pronounce Il un.
true, no I have d0ue. Tho saSise charges
had been made BY 8 a Tilden d Democrat, t. 2
in an AUG gststa paper, in January. 1877,
4 and were prompt Fsf d tsss by Colonel "A.
u G. Haskell, chhifElan Of tas State Demo.
cratic Gonisnittes, and General he
GogRn, who relaxed what tealiY had oS-
c,tress1 ,,tf T. y a. 4 ,, f~,ts =, 4 =,