Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-08-07

count Of the New York COnven'
tiOn.
Wade Hampton was welcomed by
the people of Charleston on Friday
night, upon his return from the Tam
many Convention. He was received
/ BY long procession and having been
conducted to a four-horse carriage was
/ escorted amid the shouts of the multi
tude to his temporary stopping-place
in the city.
In the evening large meeting was
held in the open air. James b Camp
bell Dresi led. and after o few remarks
introduced Hampton as that undaun :
ted soldier, unUsullied gentleman, and
earnest patriot" The band played
Dixie, and the enthusiasm vas so great
that he was unable 10 utter an audible
word. Quiet being at last restored,
General Hampton said
'bIore than four years-years haUe
seen a sdtioa's death, which have
brought to as sorrow, humiliation and
rHin-have passed since / last stood in
your noble and battle-scarred old city.
Then proudly erect, flushed with vic
tory and devotion in her patriotism,
she held in her heroic hands the key
Of our state sdefying with indomitable
courage the assaults Of her enemies.
While a portion of her sons here guar
ded 80 bravely the portals of the state,
others we're following the glorious
Southern Cross wherever At was wa
wing in triumph, or were sleeping their
last sleep on the fields which their.
valor had contributed to win AHqCese
doing their dutqds CaToliniaRs and
the great historic names of the revO-
luton were gilded with a new Iustre
as the descendants of. MeHltFie, of
Rutledge, of I0Wndes, of Hayne, of
Pinckney, and Huger, fought as did
their fathers for this dear old Carolina
of ours. Well then might she be proud
of the immortal record she was max
ing for herself; and, as one Of her
sons, my heart used to swell with joy
and pride as day after day tidings came
to our far distant camp fires In Vir-
ginia that the brave old city, ravaged
by FIRE, torn by shot and shell,
still stood dunc0nquered and unconquer-
able. Thank GodI she stood to the last!
She heard the first gun of the war, and
through all of those four years Of
blood and deadly strife that followed,
our flag hOated triumphantly from her
beleagured walls. and not until that
flag was folded forever, to be buried
with the Lost Cause, did hostile feet
press her soil. Nobly, then did she
fulfil her arduous trust during those
years of war. Come what may
her past is beyond Feproach. So long
as patriotism, constancy and valor are
esteemed, the wondrous story of her |
! r q r,E
men, and noble women will teach their /
children to lisp The name Of Bea"re-
gard
So long as old Ocean dashes its
waves against the ruins of Sumter, |
her sonswill tell with pride bow those /
ruins were held-even after they had /
ceased to afford shelter to their garri- /
son amid the ineessant storm of shot /
and shelby the heroic Elliot. These
lre the memories, so full of mingled I
pride and sadness, which are called up
IS I stand among my fellow citizens of
and which make me long
10 look once more upon the spot that
rave me birth. l have not forgotten
how many of your noblest and braVest
IONS followed my standard through all
.he eventfuI days of the war; and 1 !
Tished to look upon the faces and
grasp again the hands of these COM
'ades, so tried and so true. l wished !
10 thank them in the presence of their
kindred for their services, and to ex-
press my deep sense of obligation to
hem. / desired to take counsel with I
hem upon the grave issues that are
'oreed upon us to draw hope from
heir eourags, and to adjure them by
,yery memory Of the glorious past
1y their immortal dead, who gave
heir lives to their ceuntry-by your
,hildren, who have the right to claim
IF you as their heritage an eseHteheOn5
by shame and dishOnOr-
~ every hope of the future to be true
o themselves, and to prove to our
riends as we'll as to our enemies, that
there's life In the old land yet"
7 yieEd to none IN eUOtiOntO that Lost Cause
he cause fsself Jdiied and tot tie qrflsciB1es
g1tSch gaze Il Efs a1eFs therefore a0roNQ. Meier
hall brand 5e men aVlto upheld e so 7lOblU as
rebels" or traitors. Never shall II
gnominiously seek safety or base
promotion BY a dastardly denial or
betrayal Of it; but still
an accord to those who conscientious
y differ with me what claim for my
and entire sincerity in
olloWing the dictates Ofduty. : ao*
WORK IN THE PLATFORM.
AS it was my good fortune to be
be committee which framed this in
trument, it may be interesting to you, ]
perhaps, to learn the details BY which
{ was perfected, and the views of
hose who made it. As you are aware .
he Committee on Resolutions consist
i ~Er hos i
)n assembling it was found that a |
rery large difference of opinion exis-
ed Among other resolutions offer
ID were some declaring that the right
# suffrage belonged to the states, and
his was announced to be good dem.
,Cratic doctrine. / agreed to the
but at the same time said
hat il seemed to me they had omitted
me very vital point, 40Itich aVas that it
leclare to 1Ch0t states the doctrine aIpLi-
a. / thought it vas necessary to |
,uard and limit that declaration, and !
o the end that We might know at what
ime we could go back and say who I
we're the citizens of the states, I ask
d that they 1Cottld declare that these
ruestioRs belonged to the states mader
heir Consultations qfp to the year 1866.
Gentlemen were there from North, :
South, East and West, aud by all we
we're met with extreme cOrdiality.
Phey said they a0ere toiELiaq 10
ne us everything 10e desired; but zoe of
he South mast remember that they had
/ great fight to make and 10 could not
e Policy 20 place upon that Platform that
ryich tg0tttd e1aenCter prejudice at the North.
rhey, however, pledged themselves
o do all in their power to relieve the
outhern states and restore to us the
Constitution as it had existed. AS we !
we're met in such a kindly spirit, I
,ould not but reciprocate it. / knew n
hat I was representing the feelings of
ny people when I did so, and I told ,
bem that / would withdraw all the
I had offered, and no
loubt other southern delegates would ]
10 the same, aud would accept the res
,lutiuns Uttered by Hon. Mr.. Bayard,
he Senator from Delaware, which de-
,lared thar the right of suffrage be-
onged to the states. | said l would
IN be tho rasolufiOns Is thav uvould al