Henry S. Sanford Letter to Governor Drew Concerning the Election of 1876, page 2
will be non-partisan and hope and believe yours will be! And that the old line Whig elements [moderate Republicans] in the South will have recognition and support. It is to that we work to help rejuvenate and make prosperous the South—not to violent partisans or either old Bourbon Democrats [usually former Confederates] or irresponsible political adventurers who call themselves
