Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-11-13
Speech Of Ex- GOV. Hampton.

NPooGA VI GA-SOV. 1dll pCOu.
ArEEvIrLE, Ouober 3l.-Dcspitc tho
clSnppointmcnt of yesterday, there was
another and scarcely diminished gather
lug of tho people at the fair ground to-day,
the principal attraction evidently being he
prospect of scciug aud hearing Senator
Hampton. Many, however, still doubted,
and some seemed disposed to charge That
the announcement of the expected
presence of the distinguished guest
was unauthorized and d, ,sgncd only
TO "d,aw.' The discussion as to whether
or not che would come, grew quito AMI
mated among persons who knew nothing
whatever of The matter, aud as the time Of
the expected arrival drew near, derisious
aud wcll-nIgh dcf,nccs were exchanged
until The dispute was settled ty the appear
ance of piir of handsome black horses,
behind which sat the Senator His
appearance was greeted with cheering,
which sunk into n compassionate
and sympathizins murmur as he
slowly toi'ed up thc Steps Of the judges
stand, aud lose again us ifin cong,atulation
as ne safely reached the top aud was sca,c,
Everything else was deserted, and every
body clustered about the outside of tho
horse ring and watched Hampton while he
watched the prizo horses which were
led in and shown of for his benc-
lii. When this was done, Col. j.
5. Cothrap, President OF the Fair Associ.-
ion, invited The people inside the ring and
after they had gathered about the stand
briefly announced Senator Hampton, who
came forward amid cheers and spoke for =
few minutes.
lie said that it had been part of The
agreement with the President that he
should not be called upon to say anything.
aud lha, gentleman had violated his promise
in that particular. 1t would, however, be
nnSint"iul ~ him not to acknowledge The
erecting Lc had received from the people
OF Ahbcvi!c, and thauk them for and tell
item hat he had not forgotten all that they
had done lor him. He could not forget
how gloliously they had stood by the
stron platform of conservatism that carried
the s aic in 1876, and with what devotion
they had adhered to it in all the troubous
times that had passed so roughly
since then. In all South Carolina no
people had been trucr 10 their cause than
those OF Abbcvilc County When he was
stricken down, among the d,ly messages
of coincidence aud sympathy that reached
him, uone were mere cordial or frequent
than those from Abhcyile. lie had 10:
forgotten Incse hincs, aud that was why he
had come lie had come to look them
in the face aud thank them, aud tell them
that while all that life had and all enjoy
mcnt it promised bad been maned for him,
he hoped, for The sake of lie people who
had SO nooly sIoud by him, that his use
funcss was not destroyed lle had still
strength lei! to work in their cause. While
his heart ihrohbcd, all that he could do,
couIo work for, hope for, or pray for, would
be given 10 tho people of South Carolina
(Chccrs.)
He would say that upon thcm-upon The
South, aud South Carolina par,icuIarly-
depended much of the future. If they
would show hat the, were acting in honest
good faith, aud regarded their pledges as
sacredly as in 1876, they would be as
strong and far stronger than then. BY
standing honestly by their pledges, and the
Constitution, they could stop the cry now
being raised, of 'soid South" Those
who hcarkcned to that cry forgot that the
South was not solid against tho North, but
solid for the Constitution, home rule, and
good government. (Chccrs.) Hero they
were solid for South Carolina. The South
was not untaSonistc to tho North 1t
would be as just to cry out against a solid
and untagonistic New England because that
part of the country was given over to Re-
pubcanism and the other isms. Tho
South was not solid against ho Consltu.
tion, hut she was sold for her interests and
her civilization. If the people OF the South
would show that they did not desire to
encronch upon tho rights of any; if they
would show that they were acting in strict
good foith; if they would show that, having
fought as long and as bravoly as they could,
believing they wcrc right, and being dc4
featcd, surrendered in good faith and came
back faithfully, intending to DO good citi>
zens of the United States, if they would
show that thev had not md ,youla uot ,,;o