The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-11-23
well.Timed Advice.

vO14-A4AkO0 &ASA
The handsome and complimentary vote
given to Gers WADE HAMPTON III the
late election for Governorhas called forth
from that favorte son of Carolina an ex-
ccllcnt letter, replcte with the counsels of
wisdom, and HtS-ee.n which VIC make tho
following extracts. His manly utteran-
COS cannot fail to engravc his namo yet
deeper upon the hearts of the people, to
whom his letter is addressed:
For wears past, it has been the boast of
our State that there Was but one party
within her limits. Commcndablc and
vital rs that state of affairs was during
the war, it is scarcely, if ut all, less so
now. Every association of.the past eve
ry duty of the present, every hope OF the
future, bid us still to stand shoulder to
shoulder" The work before US demands
all tho patriotism, all tho courage, all the
endurance of our whole people. Let no
party strife, no minor issues, no petty pol
itics. divert us from the great and press
ine work of the hour That of reanima-
ting. as far as possible, our PROSTATE and
bleeding State, and rchabitating her, as
speedily as may be, with tho forms, the
rights and the sanctity of government
and of law.
That barquc, which was launched q few
years ago, amid such joyous acclamatlons,
Which was freightcd with such precious
hopcs, and which was waited on by such
earnest prayers has suffered shipwreck.
Tt behooycs us, as wise men, to build of its
broken timbcrs, as best we may, q raft,
whenever VIC may hope to reach u haven
of rest .snd safety.
It may be, that when the forms of gov
crnmcnt are restored, and freedom Of
speech arc allowed to US, your late Con-
vcntion will be subjected to harsh criti-
cism and its action impugncd. Should
such, unhappily, be tho case, remember
that you, the people of South Carolina,
accepted this Convention as part and par
eel of the terms OF your surrender. The
President had no shadow OF authority, L
admit-undcr the Constitution of the Uni
ted States-to order Convention in this
or any other State; but, asa conqucror,
he had the right to offer, if not to dictate
terms. Tho terms offered by him you
have accepted, and You arc bound, by cv-
cry dictate of honor and of mallncss, to
abide by them honestly and to keep, in
GOOD faith, the pledges you Lave given.
| I do not, myself, concur fully in all the
measures adoptc;! by the Convention, but
shall chccriully acquicsce in tho action
it took to carry out faithfully the terms
agreed on, and ! willingly accord to it
high praise for the manner in whie.lt
discharged It's ardlious and unwclcomc Ia
bors. No similar body ever represented
more largely than it did the dignity, tho
learning, the virtue and the patriotism OF
the State, and am sure that it was actr-
atcd by pure and high motives. Enter
tanning thcso views, think that it is our
duty to sustain the action Of the Conven-
tic, in recognizing the abolition of slave
ry, to support tho President OF the Uni
ted States so long as he manifests dlspo-
sition to restore all our rights rs q sover-
cign State, and to give to our newly elec-
| ted Governor cordial co-operationin his
..ray. ard responsible duties. Above all,
let us stand by our State-hcr record is
honorable, her cscutcleon untarnished.
Here is our country-thc land of our ma
tivity, the home of our affection. Here
all our hopes should centre; here VIC. have
worsh;pped the God of our fathers; herc,
amid charrcl and backened ruins, are
the spots wo once fondly called our
homes; and here we buried the ashc. of
our kindred. All these sacred tics bind
MS to our State, and they arc intensified
! by her suffering and her dcsolation.
"And, as q Child when soaring sounds modest,
Clngs close sl closer to'thc mothers brcast,
J Go tIc loud torrent and The whilwnds roar,
Bot bind us 10 o.r native land the MORE"