The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-09-28

VADE lAmA AVNs
Address Delivered by Gov. Hampton, OF
South Carolina, mt the WinnebagO Coun-
~ nIiJ Fair nj Rockford, Sept. IS.
From the Chicago Times.
Mn. PRESIDENT AND MY FELLOW CITIZENS
o. ILLINOIS II any evidence was needed to
show the high appreciation in which hold
the invitation which brings me here to day II
would surely be found in the fact that have
travelled more than thousand miles that
may make my acknowledgements 20 you for
the honor you have conferred,in person. APP
plauscl And let me say 20 you, and ! say IL
with infinite pleasure. that had that journey
been far longer, had its fatigucs been great
the cordiaiity Of the welcome given BY the
people OF Illinois, would have amply com
pcnsatcd me. Applause Undcrordinary cir
cumstances should scarcely have felt AZ I'D
crty 10 have left my official duties 20 par
ticipnte in an occasion Of this sort, however
gratifying the honor might have been but
the invitation OF the Wfnnebago Agricultural
society carried with IL such peculiar weight
that IL imposed upon me an obligation which
felt that l could not neglect. II WAS this
society year ago, before the political spirit
abatcd. that was among the first 10 inaugu-
rate that spirit Of
RECONCILIATION AND FRATERNITY
which Is now spreading with such wholesome
force over this broad land Of ours. There.
fore. when they made "a call upon me, |, as
Southern man, felt that IL was not only my
pleasure, hut that Il was my duty. 10 20 and
make response 10 them in person, ana
thank them for their course in the interest 81
harmony and fraternity, and 20 pledge my
cordial co operation in this patriotic and
noble work. lApplause.]
Gentlemen Of the society, II comprehend
the purpose Of your invitation TO me, II was
not that should speak 10 you merely upon
agricultural subjects, but that ! should dis-
cuss those grayer and broader issues which
are distracting the country. But, my friends,
In doing that you need not fear that shah
violate the proprietics OF the occasion ~ Civ
ing you q political speech. No, there are
times when great questions spring up which
ovcrshndow all political parties. ana in my
Judgment this Is one of those cventful cras
l shall speak to You then for no man, for no
party, for no section. but Tor this whole
country applause T. and I'm doing that
shall strive earnestly, honestly, and truthful.
y % sink All men and all craftsmanship: and
where alone true and pure patriotism can be
found. [Applause.l As construe the mo-
tive- Of this movement. my friends, II Il in
PEACE AND RECONCILIATION.
Undcrsfandingit 50, a was that which brought
me here .sni Il By any thing that can say
or do, II can IN the slightest degree assist
these re llcnlen IN the noble work that they
have ina Il rated then indeed, my friends Of
Illinois, shall feel that my mission has not
altogether failed
The chief thing had In view in coming
here was 20 promote true and corr
rect understanding between the pco-
Pile Of the North and those Of the
south. You must all admit that very
many Of the evils which have fallen upon the
whole country have come from "A misconcep-
ton of the purposes. motives, ana Intentions
each OF the other ION remember there y a
profound truth as well a knowledge 81 hu.
man nature embodied In the fable, where II
X told that in olden times a shield white on
one side and black on the other was hung az
the intersection Of two ronds, and two knights,
approaching In opposite directions, disputed
as to the color OF the shield. Finally their
lances were put in rest, and they periled life
each 20 support his own convictions. IL has
seemed TO me In looking over all these qucs-
tions that something Of the same sort hap
pcncd between the North and the south. The
Constitution was the shield. Viewed, a II
was, from different points and with different
constructions, the dispute upon the points
wuxed warmer and warmer. the sword was
called IN. and under it. red arbitration many
brave and true and gallant and knighty sol
der laid down his life in support Of his con.
viction. What might have happened, my
friends, had
ruled the hour il Is idle for NJ 20 say now
The statesman looks % the past peills 81 ms
country simply that he may guard against
them In the future; and the prayer and the
work Of the patriot should tend 70 the same
end. All nature teaches N that this J. 4 law
4 81 God. God, speaking - NJ through his i'm
mutable laws, tells u~ that rcpnratiOn H. one
of his laws. when the mountain torrent
sweeps down from the sides ~ the hills, TAX
ing away with Il every thing that opposes ~
lTb4ft~~, lfNNitiA itllu anu u'NhNiNtith ~ ~
trail, our Mother Nature, with kind. genial
SOFT but sure hands decks again the cha~n
with her perpetualvcrdurca and covers Il Will
smiling flowers. 30 lei II be With ~. Philo-
ophy and religion 70 hand IN hand upon tins
for while one tells ~ that upon this cartl
matter a. indestructiblc. the other Disclose
that immortal life Is a fixed law of,snd. Well
my friends. speak for the south. We ~ thu
south have had not only. enough, but to-
much Of war. II.aughtcr.l
WE SEEK PEACE.
We come now 10 plead In the interest q
peace, and Il is for that that am here bcfor
you to day. CHEERS. Can you doubt. M
friends that the south wants pcaccy 60 AM
look nj her ruined fields. her blasted indus
tries the misrule under which she has liNc'
for twelve years, and You will doubt it NJ
longer DO you, men " Illinois. doubt ne
sincerity She has been charged with man.
faults, but among those fnults her worst enc
mics have never said that she wa hypocriti
cal or that she spoke with double tongue
impctuouS. rash. impulSivc, she may he, hut
thank God, fnlsc never, LChccr-.l do vo
want proof OF her sincerity Look in the re
cent past ana tell me II you can find any thin
more conclusive and higher than T. gwen 2
her conduct. Need tell you 20 look back =
those trying days when the Presidential con
test was unscttlcdg what was the course q
the south them Her enemies told yo
through the North that they wanted an on
lortunity for another rebellion, rs they Gale
Ii. They said that they who had met 70
brnvcly and honestly In battle were willin