Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-12-10
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From tho Wilmington On. c. Star.
Wade Hampton,


Wade Hampton.
In the whole South there is no man, VIII
cmbodics in his own character and antccclcnts
moro of the representative qualities of oul
people than General Wade Hampton.
He is a fitting exponent Of the highest vir
tues and most cherished traditions Of the
South. Previous to the war, possessed Of the
ample means aud abundant leisure, which
wero the fitting attendants upon hi, gcnt!e
birth and breeding, he was enabled peculiar.
ly to illustrate that splendid ;csthcticpl devel.
opmcnt of which the Southern character is
capable. During the war he was a gallant
defender of the cause of his people In that
long and il!ustriouS record OF heroic achieve
ment, his name was cngraven HIGH upon the
"bcad-role' of glory. Few soldiers Of the
South won more splendid and enduring ii
tic to fame. ~ brilliant career in connection
with the cavalry operations incidental to tho
campaigns of the Grand Old Army of North,
crn Virginia made Hampton the worthy smc.
ccssor of Staurt, when that gallant Rupert Of
the South was slain. When tho strife had
ceased, Hampton returned a stainless sword
to its scnbbord, and siucc the war he has rep.
resented by his conduct the patience and d:
nifty of his people, not less fifty than he did
their valor aud devotion in war
The ntteranccs Of such men as Uampt on
cannot fail to excrcisca commanding in Aucrce
both at home and abroad. No Southern man
will repudiato his nobly won right to speak in
behalf of the people whose name he has so il.
lustratcd to all tho ages to come. At the
North, too, the sentiments nf Wade Hampton
will not fail to make that deep Impression Of
which they arc worthy. 1t is With rare salts
faction-a satisfaction proportionatc to our
conviction of the bcnrGccnt influence which
his opinions will exert, that We note the man.
ly, frank aud statesmanliic position which
General Hampton takes with references TO
pending issues. If he shall NOW lend the
weight of his great namo and potent Influence
to the adequate instruction Of the Southern
people as to their true interests and dnties.
the adoption of his wise counscIs, he will earn
a civic wreath worthy to adorn the completed
shaft of bis warriors fame.
General Hampton was the orator chosen to
inaugurato the recent State Fair at Macon,
Georgia. His address is highly commenaa.
BILE as in all respects adapted to tho occasion
and the subject, but is chiefly noticeable for
its wise and elevated views as to public duty
during the pending social and political prob
lem working out in the South. lie advised
tbc oor;r,ltrr,l;sts of tho cnn,,, Xxi u'a.a
engaged in developing and fos,erina her in.
dustrics, to leave to placcmen and n,r tisans
tho troubled field of po,itics to scck peoco ro.
creation and bonn;ncss in tho move cpnann;al
more allurpe and more honorable rnrs,,;ts of
agriculture. '''''''' =
ITe said TINT dptv t. o,r o,,ntrv 1onooas
that we Shall Jevnie ~, orr onom,;os '','l",iS .o
restoration of nrnsnnr;tr. - tnn @ .i,.h ~ .uo
ment Of law and ordcgr,. an,;I;re p'''o,'sn
throuehout MI tho lim;ts of ,hn " snS,,, ponon u
concluded with ,slow;no, md I niooon4 ] a." ""u
ute to his old cmr,dos + m nrms I"o op1 1na1 aao
thom to dedicate thcmsclyas - INV ,ho s1n.a ""tsn
Of their whole country. " = wy S'''''0