American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1868-07-25

of the balcony took fire. Some one
shouted, "Oh, lie can stand freP
YES" replied the General q but
don't like IA fire in my rear" Laugh
ter. 49,.
sPEErH OF GEN. HAMPTON.
Gen. Hempton said:
Fellow CtiSens OF Neu York --
am violatingla rule tllat | imposed
on myself when l came here, in ad
dressing you--in speaking at all
and that | do violate it is due wholly
to the people of New York, who
have met those of the South wqth
such kindness and such cordiat!ty.
| Applause. But, gentlemen, come
solely that / may thank you for the
cordiality extended to us and to all
the Southern State delegations, and
that might explain to you why it
was that we were here, and what
good we hoped might be effected by
our presence. 1t was determined
by us when We came on that We
would take no part in the conven-
ton no PROMINENT part; not be-
cause we did not feel chat we were
the equals of any Othe2 delegates,
but solely because we were afraid
that if we Of the South--Cut of as
We have been for the last few years
from the political world-shoud in,
dicate our preference, we might ac.
cideutRlly' select a man who would
bring defeat on the great Democrat.
ic party. We. determined that we
would let the Democracy of the
United States, in convention Assem-.
bled, indicate who was to be their
standard bearer, and that then we
would come up in solid phalanx and
pledge our support to confirm the
nominations. Acting upon that de
termination, we cast our votes foI
the President of the United States,
Andrew johnson, [applausel who
had stood between us and ruin.
We wished to show him that we ap.
preciated.that kindness, and to pay
him the compliment that was due him.
Cries of Good, good.'] 1t was
then seemingly the work of'the
Democracy to take the great young
statesman of Ohio. When that ap-
peared to be the case, North Carroll,
na rendered him her support. When
that distinguished soldier-that hon.
orcd Pennsylvania whom | have
met on many bloody field, zap.
plause who, l take pleasure in say
ing, was one of the most geti4nt of
sOldiers-General. Hancock - when
his name pas presented, we took
him up, and we voted until the last
for him. Applause. And when the
name of IIoratio Seymour, of New
York, [applause] was presented, and
State after State rolled on and swell.
ed the grand column, ourlittle State
came next to YOUR own, at last, and
declared that he was their choice,
and fully. These, gen
tlemen, were the reasons that prompt.
ed us to take the cenrse we did. If
We have been mistaken, am sure of
me thing, at least, that you will be-
ieve that we have been inspired by
)ut one single motive, and thai was
% promote the success of the Demo
,ratic'.party. [Applause.]
1t has been the earnest desire of
he. South, since the war closed, to
DIN with the Democratic party and
want you all to know that if we
lad been willing to go with the
Radical party, we could have made
my terms that we chose. But we
determined to take defeat with the
Democracy, rather than, by sacrafic-
ng our principles, TO gain success
With the Radicals, fApplause.l We
believed that if we were true to those
if We were true to our
elves, that God would not forsake
is, and that the broad principles Of
liberty, underlying the principles of
he Democratic party, would tri-
I'M ,,h, and that We would at last be
rec and delivered from the ruin
hat has been imlIending over us.
And nov, gentlemen,
ou of the North DO not know !. you
annot conceive the condition of the
southern States.
A roice-" iy God, / can" :, go, .
General Hampton-T am glad you
an. {
TIE rOice-" have been there" +;
Gen. Hampton-I will only state
few facts, for it is a thing upon [
Ihichd i dare not speak. In the leg.
stature of South Carolina, composed i