Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-08-25
The Way Wade Hamnton TaIks.

The Way Wade Hampton Talks.
Inasmuch as the Republican politicians
make ira cause of complaint, that WADE
HAMPTON and men such as he were mem
bers OF the Convention that nominated
ISEgMoUR and BLA1R, it becomes impor-
tant to know how WADE HAMProN, who is
made to appear as a horrible "Rebef'
dragon, talks. We subjoin speech made
by him at the Democratic State Conyen-
tion OF South Carolina, held at Columbia
on the 9Th. 1t is known how earnest he
was in War. He is intensity in earnest,
and he is laboring as earnestly in the cause
of peace as he did in the cause of War;
He does not prosecute this labor because
he expects that "the lost causen will ever
be successful; but because he hopes'that he
will have an opportunity to witness ''the
restoration Of the Government and the su-
tpremacy of the Consultations of the United
States, But to the speech:9 nwo I'D 10
General WADE HAMPTON said: 94igdi1l
Tam glad that the reference made BY the
gentleman from Marion affords me oop-
lportunity to say q few words concerning
| myself, If these Interpretations of
anguage which have uttered, If the per-
version of facts which have stated re-
| fected only upon me, Ishould mot only
! bear the inflictipn with patience, but treat
| it with the contempt 1t deserves. When,
however, am told that these falsehoods
are a source OF injufyto our cause, and that
they weaken the Democratic party-that
party upon which our life and salvation de-
pend-I am glad to denounce them and
their authors as Infamous.
| have said more TO the people Of New
York than Rto5 any Southern audience.
told, them that we believed we were right,
but that we were willing to accord to 9TH
ers what we claimed for ourselves, viz !:
4 Perfect sincerity in our convictions, and
dEuuquestioned devotion to principle Z I. told
4 the Northern people that we spoke with no
i double tongues that we were earnest and
i truthful in our desire to support the Union
and the Constitution, and In that spirit we
accepted the hand SO freely extended to us
by the great Democracy of the North.
restored; that We looked for no remedies
/ in our platform; that we did not propose
| to incorporate into that instrument any
4 thing in the shape of remedy, and we
simply asked that this platform should de-
clare these Reconstruction acts to be I'M
Unconstitutional? Indeed, I had the honor to
foffer in that body a. resolution providing
/ for the arbitrament of this question by the
been rendered, there is not a man in the
i South who would not have cheerfuny
4 obeyed the law. We were all prepared to
abide by it, Does this look like revolution?
\ I declared that we wanted peace; but
Instead of receiving peace. we have not on
rEly been charged with being revolutionary,
but there seems to have been a persistent
effort to drag US into some outrage or out
break, which would afford them any polit-
| ical capital at our expense.
j5lI have recently seen what purports to be
a. quotation from a speech made in Charles
ton, not to an ordinary meeting, but in ac-
/ acknowledgement of a 1compliment-a sere-
made given me BY my old SOLDIERS. am
Itold that in the Nelo YoTk Herald 1t is pub
I1ished that i said s'the flag lhadb been pre-
served, and 1 cshenldf one day unfold il
and call around me, the men who had
fused to follow that, banner on the
1 field 70 aII need mot jteHi HidyotS that 8hs
statement lis, in every respect, false. On
4 the contrary, swbenl spoke of the flag Iof
the the Coniederscy, ! remarked that it w was
grave OF our lost cause. 4 did make ANAL
| lnsionIto another flag which hadbeen fol-
i lloWedIby MANY OF the men standing around
i me. 1t was a fiagqthat had heen worked by
I the descendants of revolutionary patriots,
Pand presented to as by the noble wemeH of
South Carolina, through lthe0 hands of eur
|
! fioated amid the smoke of many a-desperate
battle field, which had been borne by my
own hero sonssandlwhich cheushpouded him
when he was carried to the tomb, told
them that flag was resting With me-; for I
knew they would be glad 70 hear dings
of banner that had long been familiar to
their sons, and whose amplelfolds did
Fnot contain space )eneugh to write the
names of all the engagements in which it
had foated in front of battle. Because l
told my old comrafes that that flag of a
single regiment had not been burned Gin
the wreck of Columbia, these Radicals of
the North basely perverted. both language
and sense for the purpose, of producing po-
litical effect. Had they taken tEe pains to
that even that flag was fprled forever. to be
buried In the grave of the lost cause! Al
l,should trohaye noticed these gross
Misrepresentation had they not been
brought to my notice In q direct manner
/ by my friend from Marion, but since he
has afforded me. an boppo oftIHity of doing
statements' "a as false but TO Teiterate here,
as 1 do in every place, thatI am fighting as
earnestly the interests CT peace as " did LIN
sodr.. In saying this, I recognize all Of the
] issues involved in this contest, and also re-
cognize, to the fullest extent, the kindness
extended to us at the North by those who
i nau met US Oh 3lIluuuTta lUabIlc ucius, anu
who, standing around a common altar
which they wished once more to raise, ex-
Itended ina ifaithneand kindness the right
handof friendship, / ask you what more
can Z do /? Everywhere. have urged our
| people to come forward in this contest, and
be as true soldiers in, the cause OF peace as
they were in the cause of war. This is all l
have done, and ii is what shall continue
to do, notwithstanding the misrepfesenta-
| tions that may be given to the world.
Whatever may be the. character of the
/ falsehoods circulated, / intend to pursue
an even course, and will not be provoked to
say one word thattis acrimonious or often
Isive. II know the object which the Radicals
have in view, and urge the people not to
give way to prejudice or orpassion. Let them
| in patience endure othe misfortunes they
can not control, avoid all conflict with ne
groes, give no political capital to our ene-
mics, trust to the Democratic party, fight
this great struggle with peaceful agencies
along, and there is every reason to believe
that we shall witness the restoration of the
Government, and the supremacy of the Constt-
tuition of the United States. a.; 7s,,est--.r,
1899 Letter from Delaware 5di1I
Correspondence of the Ohio Statesman g
l-92'2T ts re DELAwARE, o., Aug. %, 1868.
The Sherman and Capital City Guards of
your city had picnic here on Thursday
| last, They paraded several of our streets