Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-09-05

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products of tie fsI x<d ID Be-
| fore Il.
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hone. Would he leads Would be
take the banner Of reform, and. with
Gods help, plant if upon some bastion
Of the shattered wall! He answered,
and the voice of the people gave back
that answer m tones that could not be
mistaken. Thevreat popular wave rose
At the foot of the mountains. and swept
onward till IL reached the last sand spit
of the coast: and then surging back
/ ward. and eastward and westward, il
broke in thunders at the base of the
granite hills of the Capitol. II was not
an election merely; it was revolution.
Chamberlain was bot a tempest.tossed
atom on its crest. Never again can We
behold so grand an upheaval Of human
will and human effort. Gen. Hampton
was elected. but the friphtful crisis was
mot vet over. The great. oyeYwhelm-
inc national issue still trembled in the
balance.
The office Of oovernor could of itself
add NOTHING 10 The fame Of Hamnton.
The unwithered laurels that. as a Lieu
tenant General. he had won upon the
field. could derive no new lustre from
an Office which, however honorable in
the past. had been dragged in the dust
by a roue like Scott, rogue like Moses
and a knsve like Chamberlain. The
Office could do nothing for the man, but
the man could do much for the Office.
He could again elevate IL. lf not 10 the
same power, al least TO the same digni-
ty and virtue which had adorned il when
filed by such men as Hayne, and Ham,
iIton. and McDufie. Ifthe mere Office
could do little for Governor HAMPTON.
the great campaign to secure il had
done much. II presented him 10 the
country in a new light. Ifhis fame had
rested heretofore unon his being a hard
fghter. IL now rested upou his wise
counseIs, his liberal views, bis love oI
peace. and. above aIf. uuon his ability
/ 10 control himself ana dieil the pas.
sions Of the multitude. The country
can never cease to remember the great
December day In 1876, when the State
House at Columbia was held by band
of negro hirelings when the conquer.
ing army OF the Union was degraded
. into an ignoble police: when the right.
. ful governor-elect was kept at bay by Z
negro mob: when the legislature. duly
. elected bv the people. and so declared
| IN he bv The eonrts' we're ordered 10 re-.
. tire from their seats by the negro CON.
stables. Al that momeot Gov. Hamp.
. tor had 10000 veteran soldiers around
, him who filed the air with their clam.
ors for the word OF command. Gen
j Maoruder and his unhappy 900 could
|, have been anuihilated IN the tw:nklins
. of an eve: Chamberlain and his inso.
lent negro constabularv could have
been swept out Of existence in a mo.
ment. The surging multitude, armed
TO the teeth. in front of the Capitol
|, suddenly made rush 10 beat down the
doors, overwhelm The guard and cap.
ture the building. Had single blow
been struck who could have foretolt
The consequences The United States
captain Of the guard appealed TO Gov
, Hampton, 10 guard the guard Oui,
ensfodief iDsos e.tsfodsss Gov. Hamp.
} tom promptlv and tn persou answered
. that Question. He stepped upon the
, portico Of the Cap;tol. and in that mem.
orable Eve minutes speech which ha,
. resounded throuob he land. he ouellee
/ the tumuIt of the onset. Bv his single
voice order was restored. The excited
| multitude began Ca melt away al The
, circumference. and within less thar
thirty minutes Cor. Hampton stoos
alone M the cenief Of The circle. witt
, | the olive braneh of heaee n his hands
! Ana The goyernox-eIeet surned sadI,
swav from ,ha s.,sr.le wEisl, HE ow1
reo,le haa sreesed I'M, ne ,,ee ~ she;
Execn,;ve the;r Les;slasrsre saa Ihei
. ;ud;e;.ry and Iefl ifEin he hands Of
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