Year: 1877

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To Presideas<fs., b., Hayes. .. .aa. luo.a .ra
S1R-Thc' result Of the conference btc
which you did me the honor to invite me


has been to leave on my, mind the conviction


that you sincerely desire to see Q, peaceful


and just settlement of 1.-THE questions which


are distracting our people, and injuring SO
seriously the material interests of our State,
and l trust that you are equally convinced
OF my earnest wish to aid in accomplishing
this happy end. As 1 may not have tho
pleasure Of seeing you again ON this subject,
is may be proper to put before you, in the
fullest and most dcnnite form, the assurances
given to you verbally.


1 repeat, therefore, that if the Federal
troops are withdrawn from the State House,
there shall be, on my part or that of my
friends, no resort to. violence to assert our
claims, but that we shall look for their
maintenance simply to such peaceablc REM
edies as the constitution and laws of the
State provide. I shall use all of my au
thority to repress the use or the exhibition
of force in the settlement of all disputed
questions, and this authority shall be exer-
cised in such q manner that the peace shall
be preserved. We only desire the establish
ment in our State Of government which
will secure to.ssefy yseisazen, the lowest as
we'll as the highest, black as well as white,
full and equal protection in the enjoyment
of all his rights under the Constitution of
the United States.


No one can be more deeply impressed
than myself with the imperative necessity
of establishing cordial relations between all
classes and both races in South Carolina
for it is only by these means that the true
and enduring welfare of the State can be
secured. With the recognition of the per-
feet equality of every citizen before the law,
with just and impartial administration of
the laws, with practical and secure exer-
else of the right ofsuffragc, with system Of
public education which will open the sources
of knowledge to all classes, We may hope to
see our State soon take the position to which
she is entitled. 1t was the patriotic hope


- anna,,,s s,l;nL-.Aai- -nf -4hAsA- alma
that called me from my retirement to become
a candidate for the Office of Governor. of
South Carolina. 1t was through the conf
dcnce of the people of that State, that /
would honestly and faithfully carry out all
these purposes, that 1 was elected their Chief
and l feel profoundly thai peace
can be surely preserved there and prosperi-
ty restored by our people, that the right of
local elfgovernment, so prominently
brought forward in your inaugural and so
favorably received by the whole country, is
to be promptly carried out as the rule of
your Administration. I anticipate the
ready fulflment of the just and reasonable
hopes inspired by the announcement of the
policy you have unfolded, policy which
found responsive echo in every patriotic
heart, as indicating purpose to administer
the government in the true spirit of the
Constitution.


In conclusion permit me to assure you
that I feel the strongest confidence that the
wise and patriotic policy announced in your
Inaugural will, as soon as it takes shape in
action, produce such fruits that the whole
country will enjoy the blessing of peace,
prosperity and harmony. Thanking you,
sir, for the courtesy you have extended to
to me, with my good wishes.


1 am, very respectfully, your obedient SER
want, WADE HAMPTON,


Governor of South Carolina.


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