Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-09-26

Nashville for the cause of education.
My friends, you will SEQ by the size
of this great crowd, by the noise that
comes up to us from all parts of it,
that they are not hearing what I say,
that am speaking to those reporters
and small circle around me- 1t is
very interesting to me, but / fear it
is not interesting to the rest; of you.
j thank the Governor and friends for
the warm, very hearty, and for the
very sincere welcome you have given
us. You welcome us, / think, be-
cause you think we are sincerely in
favor of that peace and harmony and
union which you are in favor of. l
now give place in order that others
may address you. Loud and pro-
longed applause. s3 4aIl
Ha HAMPTON. 8 8$
Loud calls were made for Cover
nor Hampton. who came forward
and said:
"MY FRIENDS OF TENNESSEE: If the
President of the whole United states
could not make himself heard in this
crowd, how can tho Governor of one
little State? APPLAUSE wish that
every man and every woman and ev-
cry child in this crowd had heard the
patriotic words which fell from his
excellency, the President, and not
only they, but every man and woman
in Tennessee, and this broad land of
ours. can say nothing more to add
weight and power, and emphasis to
those patriotic words of the Presi-
dent of the United States. When he
planted himself upon the laws, hold,
ing up the flag of the whole country,
and said that all people of all races,
of all sections were 10 be equal
when he declared that he was the
President Of the whole country. not
of a party; when he declared that
tho same laws which governed Mass
aclusetts should rule in South Caro-
lima, and those which governed Ohio
should prevail i'm Louisiana. then L
forget, or il did not forget, placed
in subordination the fact that i was a
Southern man, and remembered that
| was again an American citizen.
Applause Ithen cordially, hearth
ly and earnestly indorsed that policy,
though l think it is wrong to call it
policy, for ii is true statesmanship
true because il is right. | sustain it
cordially, and have tried in my own
limited sphere to work cut the same
result which he has boon carrying on
so grand scale, and came to you,
people Of Tennessee, and | have
right TO speak to you, for in that
room is the portrait of the man South
Carolina gave to Tennessee, Old
Hickory, the man alongside OF whom
my father fought Iapplansel, and |
say to you now that the same
peace which is spreading through
all our country prevails in South
Carolina. | have tried honestly,
earnestly and faithfnlly to
discharge my pledges that every man,
white or black. who was citizen of
that State should be equal before the
laws and under the constitution of
that state and of the Constitution of
the United States. Applause. We
have forgotten, at least for time,
that there are any party lines. We
arc working earnestly, not only to
bring peace to our own section, but
to aid in spreading it over the whole
land, and trust in God and pray
that peace, happiness. prosperity, and
the reservation Of all the blessings
which follow good government may
be restored to the whole country and
that we will be free, happy, glori-
GUS, and united people, aH