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H.AMPTON'S
DRESS.
Sound ADVICE to Carolinians'-Ihe
t;ctors Must be MnSnanlmo"S.


Sound ADVICE to Carolinians'-fhe
tictors Must be Mnsnanimo"S.
The following has just been issued
! To the Pcop1r Of the Sf"tr:
In offering to our people ny heart
felt CONGRATULATIONS and gratitude !ol
the Grand victory they Eare won. |
venture to beg them to prove them
! selves worthy If il bva continued ob.
] scrvanec of good order and the rigid
preservation of prace. Let as show
that We seek only the restoration Of
good government, the return OF pros
peritv and the establishment OF har-
mony to ti,c people OF u State. In
the hour Of victory We should be mag
unanimous, and we should strive to for
ret the annmoSit;es of the contest by
recalling the grand results of Il sue
cess; prescribing non for differences
of opinion; regarding nom rs our en-
emies save such as are inimical to law
and order. Let us all continue in the
patriotic work of rcdceming our State.
BY SUCH conduct we can not only bring
about good feeling among all classes,
but can most surely reap the best fruits
of victory.
(Signei) WADE HAMPTON.
The foregoing address like every
thing that has cminated from our dis
tinguishcd standard bearer during the
present excited canvass is replete with
! wisdom. 1t is in strict harmony with
the keynote which was struck in the
opening speech of the campaign at
| Anderson in August last, which struck
ia responsive chord in the breasts OF
the brave and generous people. OF
whom he is to-day the fttest and full
lest representative, and %ith whose
united efforts the redemption of the
State has been effected.
In striking unison with these mag
unanimous uttersllces have been the
proceedings of the various meetings Of
our people, spontaneously assembled,
rs at this place, during the days oil
suspense last week and naturally on
Thursday. (big) when Lowndesville,
glorious old Llowndesville, brought up
the last Of the boxes, with a net ma
iority of 273 for Hampton and Reform
turning the scales and giving Able
willie County to the Democracy by Il
majority of 1873 votes. The detach-
ment of Federal troops which had
been stationed on election day at
Lowndesville bearing in the box, SO
big with our redemption, proceeded by
an escort of mounted men, were wei
coined at the upper corner Of the
Square with deafening shouts. After
sundry evolutions in the Public Square,
some of which were rather unique,
for instance the treating of sundry
well-known citizens to rides upon the
shoulders of enthusiastic Democrats,
&c, the crowd consisting of several
hundred persons assembled around
the Aston Corner and called for a
speech from General MCGOWAN, who
responded in terms appropriate to the
occasion, drawing a striking contrast
between the policy of the two parties.
That of the Radicals having been to
divide the races for the perpetnation of
political power-sowing the seeds OF
suspiciof. distrust and hatred-so
much so that in the language of the
parrot, for the last ten years, 1--WE have
had q hell of a time"
On the other hand jill mission is to
save the State-to heal the wounds-to
reconcile the races and to promote the
peace, prosperity and happiness of all.
In kindness and justice there is infin-
lite power. Nothing n withstand
the continued practice of charity and
peace on earth and good will to men.
Col. Cothran vas then called to the
stand and after congratulating our
people on the splendid victory which
they had achieved over great odds, in
the election Of the entire State and
County ticket, commended them to
practice towards their political enc
mics that liberality and forbearance
which a brave and magnanimous peo-
pie know so we'll how to exercise.
About the same time and actuated
by a similar impulse the people ol
~(irecnville City, as We learn from Il
recent number of the Nca0s. received
the news of the States redemption
with the utmost enthusiasm and joy.
An impromptu assembling OF all the
people was held, and Drs. Reynolds,
Furman, Capers and Broddus, veneer
able men of God, were requested by
the citizens to address them, which
they did in glowing terms commend
ing their zeal in Il good cause. and
counselling generosity and magma
ninity to their vanquished opponents.
DR.. Reynolds said, amongst other
excellent things:
1T becomes us now to exhibit the
browning grace of the electromagnetic
nimity."
"Our conduct must be tempered by
Christian grace. We must remember
We are Carolinians, that we have her
honor in our keeping, and must be,
shall be magnaninous. We cannot
afford to sully the ancient honor Of
our proud commonwealth with vim
dictive spleen. DIR. Furnan.
81 have watched your earnestness,
justice and zeal in the great canvass
which has now been crowned with
victory. God has blessed your pa
thence, and your zeal, and your faith
in the ultimate triumph Of the right,
and he has promised to sustain and
to keep those who toll and labor, aud
suffer and die in the maintenance OF
such God-like virtues. Go on as you
have begun. 1t is very hard to bear
adversely, and our Holy Saviour has
taught US, that it is equally hard to
bear our triumphs and he just-our
prosperity with wisdom. Let Hamp-
IONS character and Misconduct be our
example, and he is u leader in this
contes REV. Ellison Capers.
"In conclusion, he urged that we
must all go to work to lift up. u
State, which has lain so low in degra-
dation and public corruption. Let us
all practice industry and economy,
practice virtue and public justice let
us strive humbly to fulfil the duties of
religion, and 10y the blessing of God
we might hope to make South Caro-
lima once more a glorious State, in
which our children would be proud to
livc."-Dr. Brnadus.
The Election.
WI are scarcely able to define orr