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Governor Aampton's Speech at Blackville.

Governor h8mpIonB opeecu II oiaCkVAio'
At the conclusion Of Gen. Connors Grafton,
and as SOON rs tho applause which followed it
had died away, hundred voices oellei out
champion" The cry soon became general and
the Governor finding escape impossible, came
to the front amid perfect thunder of cheers
and shower Of bouquets.
After assuring the audience that he came to
Biackville merely as locker on, and not rs
sneaker the Governor said: "And am sure
that could say nothing better than to repeat
the remark made by gentleman, who was once
called upon TO speak after Burke. lie got up
and said: Il say ditto to all Mr.. Burke has
said Now would say, to-day, ditto to every
thing that Gen. Connor has said. would soy.
to YOU that when | sat here and listened to- tire
advice of that man, who made great sacrifices
10 become n candidate rs any man in the State,
who came In and devoted all his time and en-
crgy and great ability to the cause of freedom
n,l ilumc rule-who, when we were successful,
give to our government TINT sound judgment
ami that conservatism which have marked his
course throughout when | heard him give to
the people to-day and through them to the
whole State, those pregnant words; when |
heard him tell the young men that there was
something more than office; when heard him
teal the people TO sccrn the Office seekers aud to
look for mcn who subord!nated self to the feel
i, Of patriotism for South Carolina; when
hard him appeal to you to send The best men TO
T.. Lcgisiutarc when heard him tell you of
the struggles we hal gone through, and the
,r,vc responsibilities that rested upon us as the
N.>Iyrs of this campaign, felt that ii there was
c..c faau whose voice should be tho exponent of
trc sentiment OF the best people of South Caro-
Ina, il is the man ,vho has just addressed you
to-day. Tchccrs. If [ could reinforce any
Ing tlat he has said to you would tell you
lnat tie donycrs are still Impending. would as
.rc you that The victory is not get ~on. would
tell you that upon your conduct in the next two
..t that yin
Shall be enjoyed by our children for generations
10 come or whether you Will allow it to pass
from YOU like n worthless bauble. l would tell
you that it depends upon you whether you will
serve Goa or Mammon. 1t is for you to choose.
If you listen TO dcmugogucs, if you listen to
men who subordinate everything to office, to
wealth, TO place ana to power; II you VIII
hcarkcn to extreme men, who will tell you that
the glorious platform of 1876 was very well rs II
promise to be kept only to the ear and broken
to tho hsaYt-; if you listen to those men, then 1
say yoa ayt9fy as ,eeH at once relinquish tie fgh,
for South Carolina will soon pass again under
the rule and to the ruin from which she has ust
y%ssssS on gso we sna shan al ,"s Sas OWN
but we the people Of South Carolina, will be
the cause of breaking down the National Dem
ocracy. 4 voice: ave will never do it -
You have it all in your own hands. You
claim to be the banner county of the State, and
your claim is not without right. Cheers.
You carried your election by an overwhelming
majority, because you came before the people,
wl,itc aud black, recognizing the rights of every
citizen and saying, "lou shall all be equal un-
der the law You went 70 the colorcd people
and told them that their rights would be pro-
tcc.el. You told them that had pledged
ourselves that the Constitution and laws Of South
Carolina should give equal protection to all
l1u appealed to them to come and help you
work out the redemption of the State. They
came by hundreds and did help. And now
would you turn back upon them, and, after try.
ing for ten years to convince the colored man
that his true interests lay with the Democratic
Sous' on .siS1t, not vo,s ,nv- primary
elections" If this be the policy of South Car
olina then am sadly mistaken in the people Of
South Carolina and the people are mistaken in
mc, because I can carry om no such policy as
nat. 4 stand ,rkere yoU pW M, az 1876. | have
not deviated one 'ota, and despite the criticisms
against me, defy any man to place his singer
npon one single act of mine that il not in strict
accord with the policy of the Democratic party
in convention assembled in 1876 They gave
Inc chart and compass 6y which was to con-
duet the campaign Taking it as my guide, l
went before the people, black and white, and
in the name of the people held up that plat
form and said to them: "llere is what the
reople ot South Carolina have said to the world:
We have accepted the Sn,ionuN De,uocratic Mat
form, which recognizes The equality OF every
Citizen before the law. We have adopted our
own platform Of 1876, which endorses the ma
tional platform and guarantees equality to oil
men before the law " Cheers.
From where tho bluc-capped mountains kiss
the sky to where old ocean rolls upon the coast
from North to South, from East to West. | went
before the people, white and black, and told
them that if they elected u.s. they would put
men in Office who would recognize all the pled-
le:s and would carry them out in good faith and
Itcll You the men you have placed in power
lIagOoJ and his colleagues in the State Offices
W0uid ca. their right arms of beJOre hcy would
r.,'ai" their plcolyes. prolonged applause,l
II il is Thought that we can lie successful in
this election by fraud (asd faSe d&eaSrt rtr 4
NJ Jrs hosting throughout the State occasionally,
intmating that we had the machinery of the
elections in our own hands and that could
count in anybody we rlcascd,) tell YOU, people
of Bnrnwell and people Of south Carolina, that
ii you once countcnance fraud, before many
years pass over your heads you will not be
W rth saving, and will not be worthy of the
Stat" YOU live in Cheers. Fra I'd cannot be
81, ,ccssful because the chosen sons of South Car
o, na form the Returning Board now. The men
that you have placed there rs representing the
trrin and honor Of South Carolina would die
b''rcc they would peri urc themselves 10y placing
men wrougiu!ly in Office. Cheers.
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