The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-04-06
WADE HAMPTON.


known men have been forced to the
surface Of politics, Here and there
good man has come up but there are
only very few instances on record
whore they have remained long on the
surface, or survived many Of the natu
raj failures and changes incident to our
rapidly varying progress Here and
there, however, we ilnd o great man
towering far above the wild masses,
surging and struggling about him
Several schools are represented by these
instances Of grandeur, Lincoln, the
simple and pure dgure'head Of most
corrupt party, represents one of these
schools, The cool, careful, wary, far,
seeing, patriotic, unparalleled and un.
stained Hampton another, Fanaticism
or frenzy took away the life of Lincoln
but envy hatred and trickery have all
been powerless 90 yet to affect the
downfall Of tho peerless and chivalrc
Hampton. The Good Father il would
seem, provides this type of man for
every possible emergency, but even
creative wisdom seems TO be exhausted
in their production, and it is worse for
mankind that IL is 30.
When Wade Hampton first arose
above the horizon in the politics OF
South Carolina, he was butlittle known.
His first utterances and actions taught
men that new sun had appeared, Il
star OF hope was risen. Enemies won.
dered and dispaired, friends hoped and
rcjoiced. Amid oil the turbulent scenes
Of South Carolina, Hampton stall1ed
on to one goal, unswerved by
threats and unmoved by adulation, In,
terest eliminated in him. when he re
ceived the conservative nomination for
Governor last summer. Immediately
every true, loyal and honest heart, not
only in South Carolina, but throughout
the South throbbed with delight, and
was filed with an invincible determine
ton to secure his triumph, if that were
possible to honest effort. Against the
prestige Of both the State and national
administrations the impoverished
Hampton, and his ruined friends, en-,
tered the then almost hopeless contest
They grandly triumphed, and that toe
with so clearly defined n majority thai
even corrupt partizan returning boarc
had not the eilrontery to deny it.
The personal character Of their stand
ard bearer, together with their Owl
wonderful forbearance, enabled the
honest people of South Carolina, botl
black and white to win the proudest
victory of modern ages over the most
fearful odds. Notwithstanding this
the death grip of the carpet Dagger was
fastened unrelaXingly upon the State
government, aud eversince the middle o.
November has unblushingly and appa
rently without shame lifted up it,
puny arm against the lawful and &C
copied government of that State, and
still no blood blot attaches to the peer
less Hampton and his devoted fol
lowers.
These are high qualities. They
IRE - very remarkable in these
latter days, and stamp their possessol
n man among men, and ono of those
characters that States can lean on in
times Of trouble, in full confidence that
neither judgment or strength will fail
them in the hour of public need
A great Northern paper boldly asserts
that Hampton will be the next presi
dent OF the United States, and warmly
supports its own suggestion. Whether
this will ever be or not, no one, certain.
ly not we, can tell, hut that it would be
great public blessing all can see, and
the honest and frank will admit. No
man Of the age, occupies so enviable a
position as does Hampton. Fairly
worshiped by those who know him best,
he is respected universally by those who
only know him through his connection
with the great events which have
crowded each other so rapidly within
the last few years. We regard Govern
or Hampton as the coming man, whose
mission it is to restore the two sections
of our country again to mutual good
will and friendly relations. fit is ever
done by earthly power just such man
as Hampton, is the man to accomplish
it. There is great future immediate.
ly befor this distinguished son of South
Carolina, or we are sadly out in our es-
innate of the man, and the men Of the
times.
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