Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-09-29
Con. Wade Hampton on the Situation.

of the l9th;8 s
a COLUMBIA, September 8, 1871.
MI Dear ,Slr. The s,SouAlcfa Home, Of
She 5thSinstant; CONTAINING your editorial on
Ithe policy to be pursued by The Southern
States in reference to tho next National Do.
mooratio Convention, reached mo day or
two ago, aud along with it the letter in which
you were kind enough to ask my opinion on
this question. Though cannot tlatter my.
self that any opinions may entertain can
havo the weight your, partality would induce
you to attach to them, most cheerfully ooul.
ply with the request contained in your letter,
because it is only by consultation aud discus.
sion among ourselves that wc can hope to act
judiciousy aud tremendously.
It'would, perhaps, be sufficient to say that
- concur fully in the yiows you have ex.
D pressed, as to the improprietY Of the South
taking any part in tho approaching Couvcn-
ton; but, 10 deferonce to your wishes, give
briefly the reasons which havo induced this
conviction in any MUD. fa sig u.
"A. The Southern delegates in National
q tGonyention could exercise 10 influence in
t5shaping the policy, making up the issues, Or
ttseleoting the candidates for tho next contest
without seriously injuring the prospect of
Z; ;Democratiotriumph. That this would inevi
tably be the case, is proven by the result of
jtho,last Democratic Convention, whore the
very presence Of iSoutherpcrs was used to
+ prejudice the action and to defeat the candi,
4dutes ofour party.
oin,2. If the Southern delegates could not,
with propriety, exert any influence in the
Convention, while their mere attendance in it
!! might result in infinite mischief to the Do.
inocrat,c party, it is surely tho part Of wisdom
{ to refrain from participating in the dclibcra.
, tions Of the Convention.
. 5. The Northern Democracy will have to
!, bear the burthcn Of the fight in the next Pre-
,sidentiai contest, and is only right that they
Gshould chuose the Gell and select the stand.
srd bearers.
These, in brief are the reasons, in con.
Junction with those you have already 50, ably
,7advanced, that have convinced me that our
true policy is to abstain altogether fromsall
participation in the next National Democratic
b Convention. Of course, in pursuing this
: We should toke care to have our conduct and
: n.,s;ves fully understood by our Northern
fiiends We should say to them, that we
arc uctuated solely by the desire to promote
the success Of Democratic principles and,Dc-
Z Yimocratio candidates; that we wish to leave
Il thcm free to act, as the best Interests of our
3 panty, demand; and that we pledge thcm ID
! the contest ALL the aid wc'can give, .only ask.
iag them to give rs good platform, and as
. scceptable candidates, as they can. When
.Ithe platform is announced and the candidates
selcoted, the Democracy of the Soutl, can IA
7tify the action of tho National Convention,
I and they can use every effort to secure the
tsuocess Of the party; for on its success de-
pends.. the existence of the Southcrn''States
rl flour people concur in this policy, ar.
rnngements should be made in each State to
carry it out fully and cifcctualy. Should
ptheylnot concur, we must, in any event, act
in ,porHeot accord and with entire harmony
ltlToo much is at stake for us. to differ
tanong gst ourselves, aud |, for one, um willing
4 10 yield my own opinions for the success Of
any plan which will tend to save tho South
! from ruin. Lam, very respectfully and truly,
7yours,.
4 ~. a" WADE HAMPTON.
..s.a !. 40 Gen. B B i. p'...
7 :. '1rE SourII." We have received the
first number Of this paper, published in New
York. 1t is handsome paper Of eight pages,
1and is devoted to the material interests of the
1Southesn States. We make the following ex.
\ tract from the ":Sautatory :"
',Our object will he to devote it to the cx.
elusive use and benefit of the Southern States
+, Of tho Union, and to the development of their
best Interests, in a material point of view,
having nothing whatever 10 do with party
politics. We shall labor to set forth clearly
and fully all tic advantages which all these
States possess, ard Which rendSr them pre-.
euincntly the most valuable and desirable
portions Of this wonderful country. There is
no equal area of the carth's surface upon
which has beeu bestowed moro bountifnl gifts
lof. soil, climate, minerals, forests animals and
Vegetables. It's soil is the most prolific it's
F,eimsso. the most salubrious, it's minerals tho
i most valuable, it's forests tho grundcst, its au-
!, ,iinlal' md vegetable productions the most va.
! riyd and luxuripnt, its rivers tho largest, its
flowers the sweetest, its skies the brightest
, 1t has. an uplimited acreage Of the richest
lands, inexhaustiblc beds Of the finrst ores of
iron, Of marble, and Of coal and innumera.
bic sites for the erection of factories It needs
that these facts should be brought prominent
=. and continuously before the people of this
1 country and of Europe. in order that they
may know ,pnn,n.L;"S dcHnitely and nyacsicai
7 W.Sf ffis almost terra fncognua. II we can
MD in doing this, we shall accomplish our
WORK, The papers Of the South, busted us
they ore with political issues and local affairs,
nave noS the time, even if they could devote
'ethetspace necessary to a full consideration of
nthesc subjects" a",,s.
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