New-York tribune., 1868-10-19
B1DE IN re-. WADE OUT


The Southern Chivalry who ran the late
Democratic National Convention and are run
ming the Seymour and Blair party are hard to
please. Hearing that Howell Cobb, Toombs
&c, were to speak at a Seymour Ratification
in Atlanta, we sent down one of the best ste
nOgraphers in America to report their speeches
rGrJaGm, which he did, and we published them
exactly as they reached us. Word was directly
sent hence to Georgia that such speeches would
not answer, and from that hour systematic but
dastardly efforts have been made to impugn the
accuracy Of our report No man has directly,
openly impeached it but all manner of tricky,
undcrhand devices have been employed to IN
duco general belief that no such speeches
were made, or that they were not uttered as
we printed theml
Gen. Wade Hampton we regret to see on the
same track. He fought we'll in the late
struggle though on tho wrong side, and hls
military standing should preclude his playing
the part of an Artful Dodger-but it does Mt
Gen. Hampton was n member of the late
| Democratic National Convention, and OF its
Platform Committee. Returning directly to
Charleston, be there made speech (July 24th)
to a Seymour and Blair Ratification meeting
which was duly reported in that Chiyaliic
organ, The Charleston Mcrcury. In that speech,
he claimed the credit of having cngHfted in
the Democratic Platform the mOment0us deca-
ration that the Reconstruction acts of Congress
are unconstitutional, revolutionary, and void"
We reprinted fully, The Mercurys report of
that portion of lus speech in our last. 80 we
will here reproduce only the gist OF it-as
| follows:
"Imusl say that "! t.l.y .llIops Of the North met
usIn that Committee. everywhere olsc with the NJ
most cordalliy and good viii They expressed t,r IL
out states to the U"ion. Nhcers A. we were noa w
knew that represented the feelings Of my people by -
doing and. when The rcsuulpn- offered 10y io senator
FROM Maryland which declared that The night of suffrage
belorg rged n tho political rower, ~ state being
| considered, Dr. eyed to add fow simple words They
agreed, atd took The fc-oniions which J"n viii hnd
embodied IN the platform. md added o ihol, and We
declare that tc reconstruction acts ~ Cougc"s are nm,
CONSTITUTIONAL revolutionary aud void lChccrsI mat
,ras NJ piank IN NE fir,0rm. wanted nothing else
Tor when the great Domocue party had pledged then'.
selves To that-when hoy had declared that these acl
were 'unconsltu'ouel. revoutonary, ara void was
umphant, aud apply tie remedy in ther o"n good time
This is plain. frank, and (wo doubt not
true. Cen Hampton thought he had done II
good thing i'll foisting those ominOus words
into the platform, and claimed tho credit
thereof from his Rebel friends. But, as 1t il
now plain that this Revolutionary" issue will
not go down, Gen. Hampton sees fit to change
hs tune. He "roars you as gently as "A suck
ing doye-as il were a nightingale" Here is
his version of the samc transaction, given at
an ovation TO John Quincy Adams at Colum-
! bia, 5. c.. on the 12th inst, and reported in
! Tie Charleston Courier:
"a word n relation 60 inysclf Thaye been the victim
Of great wul, ana malicious msrr representation; The
Radical Papcrs and leaders have accused mo oi dsoy'
ay, ald, 10 substgnate elr charges they have taken
/ NJ and 4nrlcd ny alleged statement that tho clause
Reconstruction acts uro revolutionary, nnll RLd Void,
/ in mo Democratic platform. was my plauk-that dc
tatcd i To this noInt refer tusc distinguished
and esteemed guest has referred 10 II In lis very able nd
dre,s. Now hero dcny That made any such shieiarnt
dd not dictate H. dd ,ay that II was ny plank IA nc
ban Vas on thc Committee To frano the platform
ard The soutcru delegates on that Committee fIt them
iu The nomination going and Ia take 10 sicps ia
the Interpolation 81 any plank IN Tho platform. We
hunds Of tho c,cat j. mocracy Of the North. feel
iug assured ihat thry NgHd 90 Va ht least iuI
or of & Iiird st,trs and propo.lpe To- lray. the nnt
fo4 o. tie status 81 e olticr states I'm their bands Tor
final adjustment md settlement In the progress ~ the
- H. t n, AZ i.c ,roli i,i me- lie i,oini uto
which Cycry Southern delegate withdrew whatever 'cro
ntinn De nil zht have offered a gentleman from Mch
gan uttered Tho thn IN the event Of success oi
the Democracy the fOuth would hnd relief from her
troubles; tnf the Reconstruction acts of Congress
would be declared Revolutionary, hull, and VOID then
said If those thrcc words inserted m tho platform
u would be al We would ash. Ne would he satisfied.
These W0Id, cc Inserted by distinguished Of that
clorous ltle state ConuciIou aud were unanimously
adopted That wa- the extent of my revolutionary ac
ton IN tcW-loik"
Having thus given in juXtapostion both Of
Gen. IIamptons versions Of the matter in his
own words, we submit that his charge of gar
bling is ii-advised. The only authority with
regard to his doings III that Platform Commit
tee is Wade Hampton; the only authority for
the statement that the revolutionary" plank
in that Platform was his Is that same Wade
| Hampton; and it is fortunate that his two
speeches were botn reported for and printed in
South Carolina journals of his own faith and,
| if there has been any great, wilful, and mali
"cious Misrepresentation" its author is still
| Wade Hampton. We respectfully advise him
to think twice before he speaks again.