Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-07-11
REUNION OF HARRIS BATTERY.

The reunion of Hart's Battery, at Black.
Vile, on the Fourth, was celebrated with a
military parade and review, participated in
by the survivors of the battery present, "a
in number; the Washington Artillery, of
Charleston the Bamberg Guards; the Cor
don Volunteers, of Blackville; the Centen-
nial Rifles, of Graham's; the Edsto Guards
the Hagood Light Infantry; and the Hamp'
ton Mountain Rifles, of Aiken.
In the afternoon meeting was held and
an association was organized with the follow
ing officers President-Jas. F. Hart. Vice
Presidents-F. M. Bamberg, S. G. Horsey.
Secretary-L. c. Stephens. Messrs. Stephens.
Harvey and Verdier we're appointed com.
mittee to prepare roll of the survivors, and
the association then adjourned to meet at
Williston, on the 4th of July, 1879.
Gen. Conner was the orator of the day,
and at the conclusion of his address, Cover
nor Hampton, who occupied seat on the
platform, was loudly called, and spoke as
follows:
After assuring the audience that he came
to Blackville merely as locker on, and not
as speach.maker, the Governor said: And
am sure that l could say nothing better than
to repeat the remark made by gentleman,
who was once called upon to speak after
Burke He got up and said II say ditto to
all Mr.. Burke has said" Now would say,
today, ditto" to everything that Gen. Con.
ner has said. l would say to you that when |
sat here and listened to the advice of that
man, who made as great sacrifices to become
candidate as any man in the State, who
came in and devoted all his time and energy
and great ability to the cause of freedom and
home rule-who, when we were successful,
gave to our government that sound jud gment
and that conservatism which have marked bis
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 tell the people to scorn the office-seekers
and to look for men who subordinated self to
the feeling of patriotism for South Carolina
when heard him appeal to you to send the
best men to the Legislature; when heard him
tell you of the struggles we had gone through
and the grave responsibilities that rested up
on US as vctors Of this campaign, felt that
if there was one man whose voice should be
the exponent of the sentiment of the best
people of South Carolina, it is the man who
has just addressed you to-day. Cheers. II
| could reinforce anything that he has said tc
you would tell you that the dangers are still
impending. l would assure you that the uic
tory Is not yet ,po,a. l would tell you that up
on your conduct in the next two years de-
pends whether the fruits Of that victory shall
| be enjoyed by our children and children I
children for generations to come, or whether
you will allow it to pass from you like q
worthless bauble. would tell you that il
depends upon you whether you will serve
| God or Mammon. 1t is for you to choose.
If you listen to demagogues, if you listen
to men who subordinate everything to office
to wealth, to place and to power; if you will
hearken to extreme men, who will tell you
that the glorious platform of 1875 was very
we'll as a promise to be kept only to the eal
and broken to the heart; if you listen to those
men, then I say you may as well at once reIin
quish the fight for South Carolina will soor
pass again under the rule and to the ruiz
/ from which she has just emerged, and in the
great Presidential contest of 1880 We shal
not only lose our own election but we, the
people of South Carolina, will be the cause o
breaking down the National Democracy
. IA voice: "We will never do it!"
You have it all in your own hands. Yot
claim to be the Banner County of the State
and your claim is not without right. [Cheers.
You carried your election by an overwhem
ing majority, because you came before th'
people, white and black, recognizing the right
of every citizen and saying, "You shall al