The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-09-07

Masonic building, were profusely deco
rated with medium size flags. The Jour
nal Office and G. F. Tolly's Furnitur
House had a large flag each, and every
thing portrayed the interest of the tonn
The stores were shut, and everything il
the way of business was given up for tn
day by the people of Anderson. Afte
passing the square the procession 6led-t'
left and marched down McDuffe stree
to University hill and there!fled to righ
and ed-into-the-e enclosure. of -tb.
Carolina Collegiate Institute, where I
handsome stand and a large number o
seats had been prepared for the speaking
When the head Of the procession reached
the College Grounds the foot had, no
moved from the Fair Grounds so that,i
must have been some two miles long
There were by actual count 1855 mount
ed men in the procession, and this mum
ber was undoubtedly increased by subse'
quent additions. z
THE STAND
was substantially and conveniently cree
ted-eighteen feet long by about sever
wide, covered with canvas on top and
neatly carpeted. 1t presented q gable
front with the apex about five feet above
the line of the top, and upon the space in
front, which was covered with white
cloth, contained the following inscrip'
tions, wrought. .ip beautiful letters covered
with seyergreens:
"Hard Money and Plenty of It."
,,,, .'!'Hldep and Hendricksspgo II.
"Peace aapd Protection taiAllG Glasses y
champion and Simpson,
"Retrenchment, Reconciliation and Re.
~. form.n ~. !. - -, !,
The posts and top of the stage were
idecked in evergreens and entwined with
thifty-eight wreaths, with the name Of q
State in, each and with a flag floating
from each wreath. Upon the stand wa,
"a table ornamented; with pyramid ol
flowers some three feet high and mos'
beautifully alg1iaangsd. These decorations
;together.iNiths the tlarge llHags,. were the
hahdiwork ofthelfair daughters of An.
.desson, and ieItltls' them to the thankr
and admiration Of Ehs County for; this
display of their patriotism and exquisite
taste. On each side, of :tbeaspeakeps
stand was another stand erected for the
Anderson and Pendleton Bands, which
were also we'll arranged and carpeted.
At frequent intervals during the day
:. ~ CANNON PEELED FORTH
the spirit Of enthusiasm with. which the
Democrats of Anderson are inspired
Their reports were distinctly heard and
recognized. as far off as Abbeville Court
House. After the procession was seated
and music from each band enjoyed, Col
James A. Hoyt, ina briefspeech, vel
coined the audience, which numbered
about six thousand persons, in the name
of the Democracy Of Anderson County,
and in an appropriate manner introduced
the nominee for Governor,
: is5f GENERAL WADE HAMPTON. y
When he arose q deafening storm of en-
thusisstic and wild applause went forth
from the multitude and lasted for several
minutes. After silence was obtained, the
General made most excellent speech.
It was calm, temperate, conciliatory, dig.
nifed and comprehensive. We would
like to reproduce his whole speech, but
will not do him the injustice to attempt
more than brief outline of his excellent
speech. He at last began by saying thai
he was gratifed at receiving such q warm
reception from the people of Anderson,
He approved of the action of the State
Convention in making straight out
nomination, though he was sorry they
had selected him as the standard-b bearer
for he accepted it as the command Of his
State and felt bound to obey, even at
sacrifice of his own interests, for at a time
like this our State has right to COM
mand the services of all her sons, and
they should obey. Hitherto he had paid
no attention to the ISLANDERS and misrep-
resentations of enemies, for he was pri-
yate citizen and their calumnies could
not affect him, but now he felt that il
was due to the people who nominated
him. that he should define his position
upon some subjects which he had moi
hitherto troubled himself to make public,
He had been regarded as great rebel
and secesionist, but that this was mis-,
take. While in the war he had made the
best fight he could, but when he was
forced to surrender he did so in perfect
good faith, and accepted the change
brought about by the results Of the war.
That he and Gen. Lee had agreed that
let the war terminate as it might, slavery
would be abolished, and that he had con-
CURED with Lee in offering liberty to the
slaves who volunteered in the Confede.
rate service and liberty for their families
also. he made speech in Richland
County soon after the war in which he
declared himself in favor of giving the
right Of suffrage to the colored man. he
then favored qualification for suffrage
This was before any of the constitutional
amendments were passed or any one had
seriously moved for colored suffrage, and
that W. B. Nash would bear him out in
these assertions. He said that in Mis-
sissippi his hands had come to him be-
fore cthe election and told him that the