The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-09-06
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION, 1880.
Governor Hampton Growing into Favor
..e as Prominent Candidate inS
From, lthe Ma,raukse Daily Wisconsin, Au9.

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From ae Mz,rausss Daily Wisconsin, AS9 s. g.
1t is we'll known that Gov. Tilden vii
make an effort in 1880 to claim renom
ination for the Presidency, and he will
have q large following; because his mos
ardent partisans think that he was elected
to that Office in 1876, but under the. forms
of law it was handed over to Rutherford
B. Hayes. Hendricks, who was Tilden's
chief competitor, will, lin, 1880, be; an un.
compromising candidate j that is be- will
accept no second place, We do notthink
the next time he can be overslaughed by
Tilden. Hendricks is now manevreing
to unite all the conflicting Democratic
elements in Indiana into "a solid wedge
for himself. He will have large fol.
lowing among the greenback Democrats
of the West, but we do not think either
of these former candidates will carry'o of
the prize in the convention. -, :it1yn
We think. the; two growing men in the
ranks of the Democracy are Gov. Wade
Hampton, of South Carolina, and Col. Z.
@. G. Lamar, of Mississippi. Hampton
is especially growing into favor, and he
omits no opportunity to!increase thepop-
ular regard. In the early summer he at
tended the anniversary celebration of the
Shields Guard at Auburn, N. Y. His
manner there was very popular, and his
speech was so thoroughly national and
in good tone that it: even disarned the
criticism of old anti-slavery men. In
truth Wade Hampton. had never had so
much of the respect of the North as after
that manifestation. He has had recently
another occasion to show his hand, and
he has performed his part with similar
effect. He has been sojourning at Green
brier Springs, West Virginia. Governor
Matthews introduced to him regiment
of State militia composed Of Republicans
and Democrats. Hampton then felicit.
ously addressed them as follows: p'se 2;
CATER ex pressing his thanks for the
compliment, he touched upon the strug-
gle in South Carolina: Now, thank
God! she is no longer the PROSTATE State,
but the Palmetto State of oldl 1t was
his pride that victory was won without
appealing to force. It was the result Of
the harmonious union of black and white.
Governor Matthews has told us that the
regiment before us are men who wore the
gray and others who wore the blue. II
am glad to see them. [Cheers. I was
not always glad to see the blue; but I
used to give them as warm welcome as
I could. I am glad to see this spirit. of
fraternity. I am glad to see them; here,
shoulder to shoulder, and under one flag
and one constitution. Cheers.
'The conservative feeling of the South
finds fit illustration in the union of the
brave boys of the North and South. II
am rejoiced to know that while riot and
bloodshed has ragged at the North, the
South has remained peaceful and law
abiding, looking not only to the preserva-
tion oforder in her States, but expressing
in an unmistakable manner her solisitude
for the safety of the national capital, and
her desire to be of service to the national
government. 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, shoul-
der with the men they once fought to
protect common country.
"Let the people of the North remem.
Der this: We recognizeithat the Union
is restored; we recognize the constitution
of the. United States. And, when I say
that, I mean the constitution with all Of
its amendments. Applause. We have
surrendered in good faith. The Southern
States now ask for equal laws. Let
Maine be put on a par with South Caro-
lima, regard Louisiana as you do Massa-
chusetts, 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 fraternity q We
propose to uphold the laws in every
Southern State. We do notwanta strong
standing army. [Cheers. We want no
standing army in times of peace. We
can commit our interests to the citizen
soldiery. We want union and peace and
fraternity: AS States, let us be as dis
tinct as the pillows; as a country let us
be one as the sea all people striving
alike for the happiness and prosperity Of
the whole American republic" [Cheers1
1t will be observed that Hampton, laid
particular stress upon the good feeling
subsisting toward him among the colored
people of South Carolina. The whole
tone of,the speech is really broad and
national, and calculated to. produce q
kindly feeling toward Governor ..Hamp,
ton in all the Northern. States. Now, il
be proves himself SO fair and Just in his
administration of the laws towards The
late slaves, but now free men, that INC
complaint whatever arises from his State
and he also evinces executive ability tt
retrieve the disordered finances Of South
Carolina, he will also 60 further to make
himself man of mark asa candidate
for the Presidency than any. other Demo
crat. Lamar has been elected Senator
and we hold that will shelve his Presi
Dental aspirations, forthe reason that {
Senator, however distinguished, nevel
| reaches the Presidential office, and VI
think Lamar also lacks the e'bold frank
ness of Hampton in accepting the co
operation and copartnership with South
ern negro voters. Lamar accepts th'
constitutional amendments; but he doe
not do it with the .heartiness which
Hampton displays, and, therefore, Hamp
ton will have more of the popular regard
for we believe the millions are unchange
ably bent upon accepting the amend
ments, both in letter and in spirit. 9ar.e
Hampton has, been bold and squar!
rebel. The people always have, respec
for such men, while Tilden and Hen
bricks, though living in the North, havi
been sneaking rebels-that is copper
heads-and we believe that much large
portion of the voters of the North would
if Democrat is to be chosen to the chic
magistracy Of the nation; prefer q mai
of the class of Wade Hamptonior Colone
Lamar to the cold, mousing and calcula
ting politicians, like Tilden Or Hendric:k91l: