Talk:Compromise of 1877

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The article should emphasize that the "compromise" did not amount to much. The key items had already been promised by Hayes and they were reaffirmed. Rjensen 07:36, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

that vigilantes like the KKK were a part of the democratic takeover is textbook. how did the federal troops "prop up" the republican governments except by ensuring voting rights and ending intimidation?

The KKK was dead by early 1870s. The Federal troops guarded the state house and would not recognize the Democrats who had been elected governor in the 3 stateniiga

s. As soon as the troops left most of the Republicans left town too. The soldiers did *not* guard election booths in 1876-77 or prevent voter intimidation (they did that a few years earlier). In other words, the Republican governors were using the US troops to control the state capital. Critics said that was violation of the principles of self government. Rjensen 17:13, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

What did Federal troops do? example: (Wallace. Hist SC p 604) "Governor Chamberlain, at midnight before the legislature assembled on November 28, 1876, placed Federal troops in the State House under orders to obey his agent. Fifty-nine Republicans (five of them white) assembled in their hall and elected E. W. M. Mackey speaker. The sixty-five Democrats approached the door, headed by the five Edgefield claimants followed by the three from Laurens. These eight bore the Supreme Court's certified copy of the returns showing them to have received the majority, and the others the certificate of the Secretary of State. Governor Chamberlain's agent, flanked by soldiers, refused the claimants from Edgefield and Laurens admission. The Democratic members of the house, leaving W. H. Wallace, elected from Union, to observe the Mackey House, marched to Carolina Hall, organized as the only House of Representatives possessing a legal quorum, and elected Wallace speaker." [so you had 2 governments and 2 sets of election returns.]Rjensen 17:22, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Election of 1876

Should we go into at least some background on this? NuclearWarfare (talk) 19:04, 18 April 2008 (UTC)