The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-01-08
HAMpToN's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

HAMPToN's OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
In further eyideEce. OF 10Y disposition
regarding. this matter, it shonld be re-
mem6eFed that before was nominated
in 1876 / declared iD the Convention that
l considered 1t Of more importance to So
cure the success of the National ticket
than tiat of the State, and that if any Of
our frieads Thought my nomination would
be prejudicial to the National Demo
cratic party, would not accept it.
urged the Convention not to nominate
me under such circumstances, and with
drawing from the body in order to leave
them entirely sIntrammelled in their ac-
tion, did not return until the nomination
was unanimously rendered TO me.
THE ABBEvILLE CONFERENCE.
AS to this specific charge of tims and
place. Col. Haskell gives tho explaua-
tion that at the mass meeting we held in
Abbeville the Executive Committee sent
word to us that proposition had been
made to them concerning the withdrawal
OF .he Electors, and one of the Commit
tee, Col. J. a. Hoyt, came up to consult
with us in reference to it. Neither Judge
Cooke nor Judge Msosoy had ever said q
word q. me on the subject. judge Mack
ey had not yet so much as announced his
adherence to our party, and, if remem-
Der Alright, was not at Abbeville. Judge
Cooke, as is we'll known, had only Joined
us that afternoon. Coming out TO our
meeting at o late nonr he announced
from the stand, for the first time, that he
proposed to sustain our ticket. No one
llknew of his position towards us until that
moment, and he certainly took no part In
any consultation. do not know by
whom the proposition was made to the
Executive COMMITTEES, end had even
forgotten who brought it to Us, until re-
minded recently that il was Col. Hoyt.
He can give the facts There was no
injecting" held that night, and, of cor,rse,
did not preside over any meet,up.
Gen. Toombs, Gen. MCGOWAN and myself
were together in Gen. Tooiabs' room. bus
instead of Offering us $40, 600 if we would
consent 20 withdraw the Electors, Gen.
Toombs readily offered Internationally
to give in $10, 0,0e0, out of hiso pocket,
TO aid as in, our canvass for the whole
ticket. The proposition concerning the
electors YVES discussed among other mat.
ters, and we came to the conclusion, as
Gen. McGowan has announced, that We
| would not entertain it, Nothing moro
was ever said about it, and the character
OF the canvass was not changed in the
slightest degree. The Presidential Eec-
tors accompanied me TO every meeting
that was held in the State, and the two
tickets Sere carried as fsr as possible to-
gether.
THE DISCREPANCY IN. THE VOTES u
cast for Mr.. Tilder and myself can be
accounted for in two ways. In the first
place, the returns for the election of Gov
ernor and Lieutenant. Governor in South
Carolina are required to be scaled by the
managers OF election, to be opened only
6y the Legislature, and did not, there
| fore, go before the Returning Board.
There was no chance of tampering with
them, while the vote for Presidential
Electors was canvassed by that board,
/ which was composed entirely OF Repub.
iicans. Another very good reason for
my vote being larger than Mr.. Tilden'a
is that many white leepub h;cdEs, as we'll
as some OF the colored ones voted for
Mr. Hayes and the Democratic State
ticket Republicans of character in Cn-
lumbia, Charleston and Beaufort voted
for me, and the difference (abont 6OO)
was even lesss than we expected.
GEN. GARy's LAST 1MTERvIEw.
In his last " Interview Gen. Gary
changes the issue and att5nrts to move
that there was . copsultation at A iJbe-
vile, which has never been denisd. II
have said simply that the charges that III
| made the proposition referred to- cs that
| = h9i proposed in any weJ 20 sell ont
| IiiG-n, or that I was unfaithful to the
National Democratic party, were utterly
| and absolutely false, and i reiIeraIe It.
Gen. Gary also says in his last inter-
view thu. his statements in the first. In.
regard to the meeting at Mrs. Noryood's.
! have been "corrohorated by Gen. Nc.
Gowan since the appearance of my reply
to him. I'll have just received the fol-
lowing telegram from Gen. McGowan:
| lcopy.)
haye not seen but hsyeI heard of Gan.
Gary,e card in the Herald. When al
rectly interrogated i stated what I hava
before stated In my letter, that a pTopo.
s'tion IVES made through the Executive,
Con, iittee, which was brought to ,is at
| Abbeville and promptly declined. That
! the canvass went en- precisely 90 it had
done before not one vote being affected
by the rejected proposition. THAT I
knew Governor Hampton to be aS true TO
the i3tate and the Democratic party az
i any man IN South Cltuiina. I .ans ont
Of politics, and cannot be induced TO ap.
| pear in print, but / thought you should
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SAMUEL MoGowAE.n
GEN. GARY
says again that he etsubmitted to b6
gagged IN 1876, and be dictated to by
sII y ii5n Z set,tiiIi aud
/ shouldn't speak. p The Executive Com.
/ mites, however, made the appointments.
i and behave selected the apeakers.; /
lad not Indicated TO them anything in
reference TO il, and if they did not invite
Gen. Gary TO speak, they must have Ind
some very good reason for not SioiDe so.
i At he did not canfaEs the State. &c gag
4 NOT from any advice I gave, aud IL he
wants in formation. upon this point. the
! satisfactory reasons why hss Ma, Il m not IN. M
/ vited 10 doso. AZ 20 my "a king the siini.
| tial step in opposition TO him. it Is we'll
| known that during the whole 1f my tenn
/ ns Governor, Gen. Gary made constant
and unwarranted attacks on me- In che
Senate, and where he knew / couIa not
anaSTer them, and ] haYe never answered
/ hin except on two occasions Oae OF
i $hose was IN Greenville. In reply to his
/ remark in substance, that 'fte next
] l,thfng va Rhonld hear hf the Hnnantns.
| Democracy would be that they were win.
j ing and dining with the ccIofed brothers
I hud sistefs,1 replied aB nearly as 4 can
i Iremcmbef, that If he had said that Z
/ was doing anything 10 lower the standard
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