The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-02
DISTRICT.
Wade Hampton for Governor OF South
Carolina.

In the last issue OF the mOnne heCtetC
we found the following editorial para
graph
Robert Toombs and Wade Hampton were among
the speakers at n democratic meeting at Abbey
Vile, ; g. Saturday. There are one type OF Mr..
Tilden's dcformers.
Many other of the Hayes organs in the
north have endeavored to work upon the
prejudices Of their readers by pointing to
the fact that the Democrats in South Caro-
lima have nominated for governor Wade
Hampton, who was a general in the Con
fedeIate army From this they undertake
TO show that the spirit of rebellion is still
rife in the SOUTH and that if Hampton
should be elected the negroes of South
Carolina would be virtually relegated to a
condition Of slavery. The following ex-
tract from speech delivered by Gen.
Hampton, in Abbeyville, a few days ago,
shows his real sentiments upon the
question of races He said
THE only way to bring about prosperity
in this state is to bring the two races in
friendly relations together The Democratic
party in South Carolina, OF whom am the
exponent, has promised that every citizen
of this state is TO be the equal of all-he is to
have every right given him by the consti
tuition of the United States and Of this
state. The Democratic party in So. Carolina
pledges itself to support and accept the
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments of the United States consti-
tuition; aud / pledge my faith,
aud / pledge it for those gen
tlemen who are on the ticket with me,
that if We arc elected, as far as in us lies
we will observe, protect and defend the
rights Of the colored man as quickly as
any man in South Carolina. Ii there is a
white man in this assembly who, because
he is Democrat or because he is a white
man, believes that wheG | am elected gov
ernOr, if / should be, will stand between
him and the law, or grant TO him any
privileges or immuDities that shall not be-
granted to the colored man, he is mistaken,
and | tell him now that If that is his rea
son for voting for me, not to vote at all, y
And here is a manly declaration from
Wade Hampton's speech at Darlington
S. c.,
II do, here, what did in the convention
IpLedge myself solemnIy, IN The presenc,
ofhe people Of SOuh Carolina and IN tn,
presence ofmy Col, that ifthe Democratic
ticket as elected, 1 shall k:nOSo no party, non
race, IN the administration Of The Lat1 81
sure as the Ldi1 proH0uaces a man guilty
so sure shall that man be punished.
shall knO1 nothing bit the laU, and H,
constitution Of SOuth Caroline and ofM,
United States. Immense applause
We recognize the thirteenth, fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments OF the consti.
tuition Of the United States aud accept
them in good faith. The colored people
know that il is under those amendments
that they enjoy the rights they now have.
We stand upon that platform, and not one
SINGLE right eAjoyei bg the coiored peOpl,
shall he t1ksn from them. They shdU 6f
the equals, under the L0io, Of any man ia
South Carolina And we further pledge
that we will give better facilities for edu
cation than they have ever had before.
Loud cheering
The views here expressed are those OF
the great majority Of the white citizens OF
the reconstructed states, and especially OF
those who by reason of their superior in-
telligence are the leaders of public opinion.
We ask every canuid reader to Judge foI
himself which is the most creditable-thC
action Of former rebels, like Hampton who
accepting in good faith all the results Of
the late war, are endenvoring to restore 6
real peace and to promote amicable rela
tions between neighbors of different races
or that Of bomb-proof warriors, like jim
Blaine, whose utmost efforts are directed
to !ekindling the animosities engeudereC
by the evil war, AID to the instisation o
dissensions between the white and coloreC
voters of the south?
Moseby, aud Longstreet. and Settle, aud
AckermaD, and Acorn, and other leadinl
men in the south who were in the rebe
army have been appointed by a Republi
can administration to high office, and tb,
Republican press and party have approx
ed the act. Did any Of them ever utter
better sentiments than Gen Hamptonl i,
the extract we give from his speech
Dare the Republican newspapers pcrmi
their readers to see this extract from Gen
HaTptous speech2 Mo- one Of them dar,
publish it-but all will repeat the lie tina
Hampton is not good union man. He i
the best representative Of the best unisr
sentiment in the south, and better maj
to-day than most of the managing leader
of the Republican party.