Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-08-25
Wade Hampton and Gov. Matthews
at White sulphur Springs.

Wade Hampton and Gov. Matthews
at White sulphur Springs.
From the special to the Cincinnati
Enquirer, we give the following re-
port of a most interesting affair at
tendant upon the sojourn of Gov.
Hampton, of South Carolina and
Gov. Matthews, of West Virginia,
at the Greenbrier White Sulphur
Springs:
GREENBRIER WHITE SULPHER
SPRINGS, w. VA, August To-
Wade Hampton and Governor
Matthews, of West Virginia, were
serenaded tonight by the First Vir-
ginia regiment, Col. Bradley Il.
johnson incommand. Colonel John
son, in short and eloquent address,
spoke for the citizen-sOldiers. Gov
ernOr Matthews, in response, intro
duced Governor Hampton. He in
formed the South Carolina governor
that this was an assembiage of Re
publicans and Democrats. In some
of the companies before him were
men who wore the blue, and others
who wore thegray They join in this
demonstration of respect for the
man of the Palmetto State, who is
pre-eminently the representative of
the spirit of reconciliation and peace.
Governor Hampton received an en-
thusiastic greeting. After express
ing his thanks for the compliment,
he touched upon the struggle of
-, b nI
she is no longer the PROSTATE State,
but the Palmetto State of Old"
1t was his pride that the victory
was without appealing to force. 1t
was the result of the harmonious
union of black and white. Cover
nor Matthews has told us that in
the regiment before us are men who
wore the gray and others who wore
the blue. l am glad to see them.
| TCheerS. | was not always glad to
see the blue; but used to give them
as warm welcome as l could. |
am glad to see them here, shoulder
| to shoulder, under one flag and one
constitution. Cheers. The con-
sentative feeling of the South finds
fit illustration in the union of the
brave boys of the North and South,
| am reiOiced'to know that while
riot and blOOdshed had ragged at the
North, the South had remained
peaceful and law-abiding, looking
not only to the preservation of law
and order in the States, but express
ing in an unmistakable manner
her solicitude for the safety of the
national capital, and her desire to
be of service to the national govern
ment. Applause. Thousands of
men in South Carolina indicated to
me their willingness to go North and
render the President any aid in their
power. They would have been glad
to have gone, and stood shoulder to
shoulder with the men they once
fOught-this time to protect a COM
mon country. Let the people OF the
/ North remember this: We recog-
nize that the Union is restored; we
| recognize the constitution of the
| United States. And when l say
| that, mean the constitution with
all its amendments. Applause.
We have surrendered in good faith.
The Southern States ask for equal
laws. Let Maine be put on par with
South Carolina. Regard Louisiana
as you do Massachusetts,, and you
will find no men.in the Union who
will stand by the constitution of the
United States more loyalty than the
men of the South. Great cheering.
Soldiers and citizens Of the North,
will you forget the shout of victory
while we extend the hand of frater-
nitye We propose to uphold the
laws in every Southern State. We
do not want strong standing army.
! [Cheers.l We want no standing
army in times of peace. We can
commit our interests to our citi-
zen soldiery. We want union, and
peace, and fraternity. AS States,
let us be as distinct as the pillows
as country, let us be one as the sea;
all people striving alike for the hap
piness and prosperity of the whole
American republic" [Cheers.]