The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-10-02
From The News and Courier.
THE GOVERNORS GREAT
SPEECH IN GREEN

What He Thinks Of the Views Lately Ex
pressed by Gen. Gary-The Policy Of the
! Democratic Party-Words Of Wisdom
for the People.
GREENyILLE, Wednesday, Sep
tenn Der 18.-Thc speech Of Gov
ernor Hampton to the people Of
Grecnville, to-day, was the most
impressive l have ever heard him
deliver. Knowing the keen in
terest with which it will be read
throughout the length and breadth
Of the State, l have reported it
fully. The Governor, having been
introduced to tho assemblage by
Mayor Mauldin, spoke as follows /:
Mr. Chairman and my Fello0-
Citizens Of Greenville A little
more than o month ago | left
Columbia with a view to attend
the meetings at Spartanburg,
Greenvillc, Easley and Pendleton.
| camo with the view of attend
ing those meetings, because sup
posed I should not have another
opportunity to see the people Of
the mountain region. l wanted
only to thank them for what they
had done in the last canvass, as |
knew that it was unnecessary to
speak fol the ensuing one. But
when I reached spartanburg-
worn out by work and broken
down by confinement, responsible
ity and anxiety-I was stricken
down by illness, and from that
day to this have been unable to
meet my constituents. l almost
fear that am not able to do so
now, and if | should not be able
to discuss all the questions [ should
today, or if I discuss those ! do
touch upon in an incoherent and
disconnected manner you must
recollect that strong as has been
my constitution am not made Of
iron, and that the work and cares
of the last two years have left
their mark upon me.
It was two years ago that l
came into this county to plead
the cause ofSouth Carolina. When
your Convention of August, 1875,
with a upanimity never surpassed,
did me the honor to nominate me
as their standard-bea came
to these glorious tains, under
whose shadow we now stand to
rest for a few weeks and to digest
the plan Of the campaign, and
from there | came into this Pied
mont region to speak to the men
of the mountains, to display our
flag first to them, and to call upon
them to rally under it and fight
for their hearths, their homes and
their. fatherland,
1t was no accident that arranged
that part 0fmy programme. Com
1nuning alone with nature in those
grand solitudes | had considered
what would be the plan of opera
tions, and l determined to 60 first
TO the men of the mountains.
Liberty, they say, has always
loved to dwell upon the mountains,
and ! came first to her chosen
sons. With the right of our line
Of battle resting on the hills OF
Georgia, and our lett extending to
North Carolina, | knew We would
sweep everything before US. l
know that the fires ofpatriotism
kindled here would be reflected
throughout the State, and ] was
right. They were caught up and
carried on until every hilltop
glowcd with them, and the slogan
raised in the mountains was re-
echoed from the coast.
| have not come, however,
to speak about the last cam
paigu. Every man and woman
in the State, and every child
that can remember anything, re-
members the glorious work OF
those days. I have not come to
speak: to you Of that campaign
| then, but Of the future-to tell
you of the campaign Of '79. You
your Convention which recently
assembled in South Carolina
have sent your old standard=bear-
ers again into the field. You have
placed them upon the same broad,
catholic and liberal platform which
drew to it's support the honesty
and conservative men ofall par