Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-03-29
Governor Hampton.

Gov. Wade Hampton and party arrived at
Richmond about haif.past eight cclocS, last
oisht, en- route ior Washington. He was met
!! lle depot by gu immense concourse Of PEG.
pie, numbering fully Eve thousand Including
conservative clubs Of the city, with music, and
committee OF prominent citlzuu-, Hui vsas r,-
ceiyed with great enthusiasm, amid firing OF
cannon a5d fireworks. The address Of welcome
was made by Hon. \. N. Kelly. ex.Mayor of
Richmond After returning thanks for the
ovation, Gov Hampton said he Interpreted the
demonstration Is tribute TO tie cause he rep
resented. good government, nome rule, and re-
form.
The people II South Carolina, he continued,
are 10 earnest. We have tried compromise in
vain, and 50 last iall we planted our feet firmly
on the Constitution aud began to battle for our
rights We remembered that ours was one Of
the original thirteen States, and strong men
and noble women joined hands in the struggle,
declaring b. Almighty God that they would
sacrifice everything to win. !Cbeegs. A voice
Aud you did win" Ies my friend, we
did win. You canuot Imagine what these peo
pie had to bear 70 win their constitutional vic
tory, but they WOO, and fully twenty thousand
colored men co.opcratcd With them, and rUw
thousands and teas Of Thousands of coioroi men
are paying taxes 10 Lay government. Cheers.
And now all W. ask, aud 81! | am going to
Washington to ask, IS that the Federal troops
lie Withdrawn from the State house Of South
Carolina, the only place 10 the State where my
authority is cot respected. Send the soldiers
to the barracks, where they belong. Leave
the government CT that State to the men who
are strong enough to sustain it. My people tell
me to hold on, and so long as they have right
10 give me suc;l advice, SO be p me God, | will
bold on. Prolonged cheering.
At Petersburg Governor Hampton was
greeted With most enthusiastic demonstration.
10 reply to a speech OF welcome he said that
South Carolina had made the fight that Viz
GINA bud made in 1869. We have won the
victory at the ballot box, and We will not sub
nit our cause to the arbitration OF any CON-
mission or compromise OF any sort.
The Governor arrived at the Baltimore and
Potomac depot 10 Washington, this morning
at 2.30 clock. Lie was accompanied by the
following committee Of the Chamber of Com.
MERGE of Charleston, comprising its leading
merchants and weallhicst capitalists, viz: Rob-
ert Adger, ". 3. Smith, 5. L. Topper. w. &.
Bee, K. Bollman. Capt Farley and f. ".
Dorsey.
OHluS W tuC idtc AutiI VI l0ClI dit!Sal LuS.e
was 90 formal reception. They were uet at
the depot by Senator Gordon and Judge
Mackey, who escorted them to their carriages,
and they were driven at o6ce to Willagd's lilo.
tel, where elegant quarters lad been provided
for them.
He was suffering somewhat from fatigue at his
long journey and had very little to say beycnd
expressing his pleasure at meeting his cid
friends.
Governor Hampton, GU his arrival at vii.
hard's, was showu b. Senator Gordon the re-
port Of his speech at the reception at Wimiog.
ton yesterday. The Governor promptly dis.
owned the defiant u;terances attributed TO him
10 that report, and said that his language was
perfectly temperate, and that he had carefully
avoided every political alluson and, least of
all, did he utter any menace
A gentleman who carefully noted the speech
10 question says that its concluding paragraph
was as follows -
60 to Washington. asking for the people of
South Carolina their rights as American citi.
zens We shall not demand more thao this.
and we will DOT be content With less. / still
trnst that all our rights will be accorded us, for
| have yet faith 10 the justice Of the President
aud 10 his respect for the Constitution of our
country.
Foreign News.
LONDON, March 29--Ths afternoons Pail
Mall Gazette announces very prominently that
England has consented to sign the protocol,