The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-07-11


Ended Dangers to the State and
Nation.
At tho recent celebration of Harts
Battery, ut DlaclSvillc, after Gen.
Connor had spoken, Governor
Hampton WAS called for. After
complimcnti.g General Conner, the
Governor continued
If l. could reinforce anyihinp
that he has said to you I would tell
you that the Dangers ore still in,-
Pc"0i"g. l. would assure you that
tie cictory IS not get acon. I would
tell you tlat upon your conduct in
the next tw years. depends whether
tae flults Of that victory shall be
enjoyed by our children and chill
drens children for generations to
come, or whether you will allow it
TO pass from YOU like Il worthless
bauhie. | would tell you that it
depends upon you whether you will
serve God or Mlmmon. It is for
yon TO choose.
u you Listen to demagogues, if
you listen to men who subordinate
everything - oIliae, TO wealth, to
place ahd to power if YOU will
hearkcn to the extreme men, who
Will tell yon that the glorious plat.
form OF 1876 WAS vcry well as Il
promise to be kept Only to the eur
nnI broken to the heart if YOU
lis"en to those men, then { SAY yp,<
nay as 'rc~ ct once reiinqutSh The
Fyht, for South Ca DINA will soon
puas again under the rule and to the
ruin from which s.la has lust
emerged, and IN ttc great Presid.n
tl.'l contest of 1880 We sh,ll not
only lose our own election, but we,
the people CT South Carolina, will
De the cause of breaking down the
Na lonal Democracy. IA voice {:
I'VE will mover do 1t ri
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. TCheers I
You carried your election by an
overwhelming majority, because
you came before the people, white
and black, recognizing the rights Of
every citizen and saying, "You shall
all be equal under the law" You
went to the colored people and told
them that their rights would bo
prolected You told them that we
had Pledged ourselves that t, ,le Con-
stitulon ana LAWS of South Carolina
Should give equal protootion to all.
Hon appealed to them to come aud
help You work ont the redompii,n Of
the site. Tncy c:tme ny mmIreds
ahd "ld help you. And now wou.d
80" turn your back upon them, and,
after trying sor ten years to con
Y'hce the c";"rcd man that his true
interests lay with the Democratic
parry, would you say, Nov we
have no use for you. You shall not
vote even ut tho primary elections"
If tins b tho policy Of South Caro-
Ina thoa am | sadly mistaken in che
people Of South Carolina and the
people are mistaken in me, because
i c't'1 Curry ont no such p>Hcy as
Mut: 1 st"aa ao|tere you pot me IL.
1876. I have not devia.ed ole ioto.
and despite the criticisms against
me, defy any mn to place his
hnSer upon enc SINGLE act of mino
th,t6 IS not in strict accord with tho
p'Ilcy Of the Democratic party in
>@nVentlon assembled in 1876.
Ihey gave me u cnlrt AMI compass
by which l WIS TO conduct this cam
paisn. T"k.n.s it rs my guide, 1
went before the people, black an /
white, and in. the name Of the people
l held mp that platform and / sud
to them: "Here is what the white
people Of South Carolina havo
said to the world 'We have
accepted the National Democratic
platform which recognizes the
equality of every citizen before the
law. We have adopted our own
platform of 1876, which endorses
the national platform and guaran-
tees equality to all mon before the
law" Cheers.]
From where the blue 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 us, thew Wonld mt