The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-09-14

Hampton VIVA Brought is contact; aud
thu latter enccee6ed in inspiring him
with scsls degrea lof thst caution which
Sheridan, In Tirginie, mad learned, after
much experience 70 feet. @ m T'''
/ Az This time it waa--a few days before
the svacuesson Of Colnmbia-G General
Hampton was promoted 70 the rank of
I iLseutenant-Genersl, which WIS fitting
recognition Of such service as the govern
rneht had received at his hands.
Tho last Eight OF Hanpton's command
was near Raleigh, North Carolina, just
after the Confedeyatess evacuated that
city. General Fitzpatrick charged Hamp-
toms rear guard. The Confed. ;ates
turned on the Federal, charged and drove
them back In confusion. taking prisoners,
and killing and wounding some.
In general estimate Of these military
services, re must not forget the ma3nf.
t.ide of the war. 1t is doubleos O reason.
able estimate 10 reckon that General
Hampton saw ten times as much actual
service in tho fields as General Washing.
CON did.
When the war was over, he that bad
been great III war, showed greatness
quite as honorable in peace. Temperate
in oil his views, earnest In every issue,
cIear.s:ghted when most others were con-
founded, he has spoken and written
words that tho future will cherish as
words of wisdom, when such words were
so few.
On The 10th of August, 1865, just after
3 public meeting Of whites had been held
in Columbia, General Hampton advised
against any public movement until tho
general government had indicated its
policy toward the State. He aaid ".T'he
State 10 eitasr member Of tso FEDERAL
Union, or 1t iB not. If member then
not only is it work of fsupererogation
for her 10 ask admission to tae Union,
but she 10, by the Constitution of the
United States, guaranteed a Republican
form of Government, aud si:a has the
right to administer her government under
such Constitution and by such laws nc
she chooses. But if she il, on the con.
trary not member of tho Union, she
must be regarded either as Territory, or
as conquered province. In either con-
dition, tho United States authorities arc
charged with the duty of providing q
proper government for her, aud / tsink
the true policy of the State is TO remain
passive until such G. government Is given
hsr, or is forced upon her" He then
proceeded to show that Convention of the
people and an acquiescence in every do.
mand that Congress might make would
not result in restoring the State to her
proper relations to the Federal Govern.
mcnt--a fact which hEs become patent to
good many since that time.
On the 7th of August, 1S67-two years
later, when two conventions Of our citi.
zens had been held-he expressed tie
same convictions. After showing that the
faith kept by the North toward the South
had been Punic, he says: 81 touch on
these points only to chow the mistakes
committed by the South, when il con-
formed to shoye demands of the North
which were'intcrpolnted into the condi-
tions after our surrender. Our State
Conventions we're .n;ssskeee; &c ,T~efo the
changes of our Constitutions; greater
than ali other, was the legislation ratify-
ing the amendment Of the United States
Constitution knows as Article 49,"
Again, he says: "Hau this policy Of con.
cession to unlawful commands been pro.
ductive Of benefit that we still desire To
pursue ~ Are We prepared, for the
cake of e:xpefiiency-that fatal fallacy
tvhicll has lured US SO fer on the road to
q destruction.-that Trojan Horse which
barter away the few rights 10
us7 Yet this Is the course Ne must fcl-
low, If We accept terms -1c.ich we know
we surrendered, and which are It'd open
and palpable Violation Of the Constitu-
tion of The United States-of that Con-
stitdtion which we swear to support at
the very moment we are FROSTY ontrae9
Ing its most sacred provisions" His adJ
vice at that juncttire was "Les every
MIN register and east his vote against
the Convention" "frf go So =
In all his discussions of the difficult
problem of the relations betweefi the tyo
races in the South, General Hampton hns
never lost sight of their idehtity''o or inter-
ests. In February, 1867, addressing
meeting OF freedmen in Columbia, no
said: 'Your welfare is inseperably link
ed with that of the whites Of The South.
If We are unjust taxed, you will suffsr: IL
we are ruined, You will be destroyed.
Your prosperity depends entirely on yhet
Of your country, ard whatever fate awaits
the white people of the South will be
yours" t
These are words Of wisdom. that the
unfortunate freedmen have been seduous-
ly taught to forget; taught by adven.
turefs who grow rich Upon the ruiz, OF
both races. - sG - ~ =
Upon the abolition of slavery hs said
e'The deed has been done, and I, for one,
do honestly declare that mover wish 70
see it revoked. Nor do believe that
the people of the South would now re-
maud the negro to slavery, ifthey had
the power to DO So" b3i' SAP - Ndi
His Idea of the course to pursue to.
ward the negin appears in these words,
addressed TO his former companions In
arms, in the fall of 1866: "AsIR siave, he
wss faithful to us; as n freeman, let us
trent him as a friend. Deal with him
frankly, justly, kindly, and my wore for
it, he will reciproeatel YOUR kindness,
clinging TO his old hose, his own couu-'
try and his former masterS." This was
before the negro had been tampeFed with
by party politicians. E
In 1865, he gave the most decided cx-.
pressions OF his opinion as TO the policy
10 bepursued yet pursued toward
the negro. This was his Oration at the
Georg:a State Fair in Macon, on the 18TH
of November. These are his words; !
"The negro is undoubtedly better TT
ted, from hia long training, his physical
configuration and his adaptah'lity 10 sil
the divesities Of cur climate, TO make a
Especially is thia trne whes the labor is
portions Of our country. Ouv object,
then, should be to develop, to the utmost,
his capacity as a iaborer. To do this,
exercise great foEbearance, constant pru-
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