Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-02-05

peat my oHeT W Plofe oy H's o"H "itAeose
that it is false.
Further, in the interview, he says: "Bu
Hampton met with the misfortune of break
ing his leg, and of course l could not strike
him when he was down." Let him repea
this, and l will prove that it, too, is false, anc
that Gen. Gary made the most indecent as
sault on Gen. Hampton at the very time he
was thought to be dying. He shall not now
lay claim to magnanimity which he did moi
show. .
think have made my points clear, and
unless Gen. Gary "admits them by silence.
I shall prove each and every one of them:
l might we'll stop here, but l shall add q
few words on Gen. Gary himself He utterly
misuuderstands his own position, or he mis-
states it as grossly as he does that of others
He is entirely mistaken in holding that any
one has stood between him and the people
and kept him from his rights. The people
afwaW have and always will, choose fol-
themselves WHO shah ssrve'tf7ein." The whole
trouble has been that they would not take
Gen. Gary at his own valuation. They have
not thought him worth the price. Whenever
they want him they will undoubtedly take
him, but not before.
I frankly admit that do not think Gen
Gary is fit for the high places to which he
has aspired, and will give as some of the rea'
sons for my opinion, the following facts
which, if Gen. Gary will deny, l will prove
to be true:
1st. In 1871, Gen. Gary did agree, for pay,
ito use his best efforts 10 get the Taxpayers
Convention to endorse the whole bonded debt Of
the State," both the honest and the fraudulent
"Picture it, think Of it."
I'd. That he did, about the same time, en-
gage with the advocates of the Blue Ridge
Railroad "to aid in securing" the approval OF
the same Convention to the REIMBURSEMENT
by the State of its first mortgage on the Blue
Ridge Railroad to private parties. 1t is true,
that when Major Marley denounced the
scheme in the Convention, and Gen. Gary was
called on to redeem his pledge, he refused to
do it, but he took his pay all the same.
Sd. That he was the constant defender Of
McDevitt, the Radical treasurer of Edge6eld,
and that one of the indictments against Nc
Dewitt was for fraudulently paying to Gen.
Gary large sum of county money.
4th. That in 1875, after he had been de-
feated for the United States Senate by Gen.
Butler he did advocate that Gen. Butler
should be Withdrawn, and that Whittemore
(who had been expelled by the Radical Con.
gress for bribe takiug) put in his place.
have long known these facts, but have not
cared to use them, and do so now only to oon-
vince Gen. Gary that he cannot, with impu,
nifty, indulge in abuse of those who have nev-
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the ass's ears under the lions skin.
I have addressed this communication to
your paper because it circulated the charges.
1t is only justice that it should carry the de-
nial to the same audience.
That there may be no apprehension, |
will add that Gen. Hampton knows nothing
of this communication, Gen. Gary, with his
usual taste, having made the last assault
while he was absent in Mississippi at the
death bed of his son. am, sir, your obedl.
ent servant, aJoHN c. HASKELL.
To make the record complete, we give the
"Hampden" interview, which was published
in the Abbeville Medium on the 9TH Of JAN
uary, as follows:
EDGEF1ELD, S. G., January 3, 1880.
After the appearance of Hampton's last in
terview with the New York Herald reporter,
in which he reafirmed the statements con-
tanned in his first publication regarding Gen.
Gary, as special correspondent of the Medium,
l epaired 80 Gen. Gary's residence at Edge
field Courthouse and sought an interview.
The gallant General received me very kindly,
but at first refused most positively to say any
thing for the press. He saw no new issue in
Senator Hampton's so-called "reply" so far
as he was concerned and did not think any
answer from him at all necessary but for the
editorial comments of The Neus and Courier
concerning it as follows, to wit: "The
denial of the charge that the Democratic
leaders of Senator Hampton himself pro
posed or desired to abandon the Tilden cleo
tors ticket in 1876, is repeated and riveted." ;"
If the papers friendly to Hampton comment
on the interviews, he thought it would be but
just for the fair and impartial press to give
his side of the question. He then spoke sub
stantially as follows:
"In the original interview of the reporter of
the New York Herald, raised the following
points:
1st. That many of the papers of the United
States had charged that Tilden and Hen
bricks had been sold out by Southern leaders
for the sake of South Carolina, Louisiana and
Florida.
I'd. That an attempt had been made in the
campaign of 1876 to withdraw the Iilden
electors.
Sd. That Hampton submitted the PROPOSE
tion of withdrawing the Tilden electors on
the stand of the mass meeting at Abbeville on
the 18th of September, 1876, and from his
combating one of my objections, to wit, the
necessity of calling convention of the Dem
ocratic party, as no one else had the power to
withdraw them, and his replying that the
State executive committee would assume the
power to withdraw them, with his subsequent
conduct, and subsequent facts and circum,
stances connected with the canvass, led me to
the opinion that he did then desire their with
drawal
4th. That the proposition Of their with.
drawal was discussed on the night of the said
18th Of September, 1876 at the house OF
Mrs. Norwood, at which meeting Hampton
Toombs, MCGOWAN, Cothran and others were
present. The facts are corroborated by the
testimony of MCGOWAN and the admission Of
Hampton himself
5,h. They are corroborated by the appear
ance, after the night of the 18th of Septem-
ber, 1876, of Judge Mackey and Judge
Cooke upon the same platform at various
mass meetings, notably the one at Edge6eld
G.. H., when Judge Mackey advocated the
election of Hayes and Wheeler and Hampton
and Simpson from the same platform from
which Hampton spoke, and in his presence
l ask what was this but gross in6delity to the