The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-08-06
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General Hampton then took bis seat amid
wild andrepeated cheering.
At this moment Ex-Governor Bonham, Cen
eral NJ. @. Butler. Bishop Wightman, and
LEROY Youmans Esq, came upon the stand,
Mr.. Finley then introduced the Hon. W. d.
billiard, of Augusta, who spoke as follows:
SPEECH OF NIB. HLLIARD.
Fellow Citizens: I did not expect to speak to
You this morning, but cannot refuse, when
the banner is Haunting the air, which bears the
names Of that party with which are Identified
the greatest glories OF our country. speak
under the flag which first waved in New York,
and now, like the fiery cross Of old, is passing
through the country calling upon all good
men and true to strive to carry it on to VIC
Hitherto in our party politics men have been
striving for the sway Of the country, Tor place
and for proper power. The old hne Det~esn
Wings and Democrats is well known, out tne
defeated party was always sure that at Iease se
the country was safe. Now We nave g NO 1ast; mete
tutional liberty itself, the last struggle tnae
NAV ever be made on this continent II we go
down in the fight. Cheers.I
Your chieftain, Wade Hampton, fought most
: Rs1lantly, 80 did the men on the other sloe,
and when at Appomattox General Lee gave up
. lfhe desperate contest, every sectional wound
MIGHT have been healed. The battle was won
by those who fought for the Union, and 1t they
had but said "you fought well and honestly,
let as bury our differences and come together
IN restored Union," this would now be the
best and strongest and proudest government
;on earth. But q political party sprang up.
The men Of the South were to be kept down,
and that series Of measures was adopted
(which we now. deuounce. as sunconstitutional,
Revolutionary and void" First, because they IN
tarfere with the prerogatiyes Of the States; say
who shall be enfranchised and who Shall De
disqualified. Second, because by mere force
of numbers they have fastened upon I US tya syL.
country, which only awaits the proper tune to
declare its indienation. Third. because being
unconstitptionaI and revolutionary, they must
be void.
The Confederate banner, my friends, is no
longer seen on earth. It; has been laid aside
amid regrets and tears, but it has not been
buried. twill never be lifted up again in hos
atae demonstration, but it belongs to history
xand to the people who have garnered it IN
: Their hearts, never to be forgotten while aught
by men is reverenced or loved. This we now
speak of not with sectional spirit, but because
while the North is etrong and prosperous. the
!, South has been and is under the ban, and II We
loved our State well in the day OF her prosperl-
ty, We love her better still in the hour OF her
adversity. In the South the spirit OF freedom
has never died, and hencsforth, while We may
estabEd dh new relations, We will never surren-
der an attachment to the cause of ccnstitu-
tional Liberty. Much Of our property was gone
when the. war closed, but we did not give up
liberty, andif it had been known that we should
be held forever IN subjection as a subjugated
people, rather than surrender, we would all
have died upon the field Of battle. We surren-
dered our arms, but we did not surrender our
liberty. IF that surrender Of arms is to be
construed into surrender Of liberty, We should
all exclaim, in the language Of poet, written
for another cline:
OH could we from death but recover,
Those hearts as they bounded before,
In the face of high Heaven fight over
.=S-s That combat for freedom once more.
~ = Could the chain for an instant be riven,
That tyranny flung round us then?
Nol ,Hs not In msn nor in Heaven
=. 70 let tyranny biId It again. [Cheers]
j: But there are men in the North who recog-
..1Iiize us as men whose glory has never been
tarniahed, and these men will see to it that
Carolina wheels into line and enjoys all her
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