Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-01
WADE HAMPTON'S SPEECH.
Tho Maqic OF "PersonaI Endorsement. y

rsonaI Endorsement. "
VI The speech as "pera"n-
! ally endorsed" to the ed
:, itor Of Thc Herdld, 4 H.
gust 16.
t FRIENDS OF VIRGINIA !:
II have responded to your
t call to be with you to-day,
S not only for the reason
8 that my heart is enlisted
. in the cause which you ad-
S vance, but also because I
y claim some right to speak
, here and to Virginians. A
, hundred years ago my an
cestor, a Virginian, left
this state to fight the In
dams in South Carolina,
, and fell there. Nearly Il
i. century later almost every
male descendant Of his
who could then buckle on
the sword came hithcr to
fight and die for Virginia
and Virginians. Do not
!, understand that l come
here to dictate Il policy to
you or to advise you what
!; you must do. Rather am
, 1 here to consult with ynll
| as 4 Dem. crat, as a man,
and as a southern soldier
: -as one who looks back
to the time when he shared
!, with you privations and
!, suffering and defeat in the
: army of northernVirgi
1 am here to voice the ear
nest hope that I feel, to
! utter the fervent prayer of
!, my heart, that Virginia,
. the mother of states and
tIstatesmcn. Of heroes and
patriots the state that
! gave the brain that con-
|, |ccived and the hand that
penned the declaration Of
independence - the state
THAT gave the sword that
made that independence a
I, fact-wi]l not prove rccrn-
ant to all her high tradi-
tions.
j What is VirgiDia's duty
now? You hardly realize
!, my friends how much de.
pends on the action of yonr
Estate. You do not bring
. home to your thoughtwhat
4 responsibility you carry
lin this contest. We Of tn"
, south, who, having been
; so long plunged into utter
. darkness, have at last
emerged from the hack
, ness Of despair and car
ried forward our states to
where they belong in the
,isp!cndid sistcrhood, com"
to you to-day and tell you
that We mean victory. We
intend to subordinate
every selfish personal coz
sidcration; we intend to
put away every side issue ;
we intend to look solely
:, and only to the Democratic
!, platform and the Demo-
; cratic standard bearers,
and with Gods help VIC i'll
! tend to win this fight for
that platform and for those
standard bearers. Will
Virginia, when we have
success in our very gras].;
will the men who were
; born free, men who w,re
), reared under the doctrine
of jefferson and of Nladi-
son; will the NTH who fol-
. lowed Lee and Jackson
will you sacrifice the DEM
. ocratic party, will you sac
litice the south, will you
} sacrifice the national gov
ernment, by aiding, indi-
rectly though it be, to elect
a Republican president:
III cannot believe it. Re
|aliZe, if you can, what Will
follow a Republican tri-
Iumph in November. You
have all seen what strides
that party has male to-
ward Capitalization you
, have seen your judccs
> Istr1ckcn down by the
lmailed hand Of the nation
Ial government; you have
seen the Republican party
mass troops at your polls
to overawe your free suf-
frage; you have seen their
deputy marshals, their ST.
IpervisorS, their returning
; boards, their instruments
to an overthrow of the last
vcstige of state rights. 1
; tell yon, my cOuntrynlen,
!, the fate of the south will
be harder than eyer if The
Republican party is tnc-
ccssfl in this campaign.
; We shall behold 10 moro
| free elections, no more l,li-
> tramnlellcd Expression ut
: 'po1itica sentiment, and rn
|, one of us now living will
> ever again see a rcst"raiiou
ito Democratic RUE AMI
principle.
If we elect the Dcinr-
, cratic nominees the Re
publican party will go TO
f pieces like a rope of sand.
Their lnission is cn'led, if
: they ever had 4 mission.
, There is nothing that holds
f them together to-day bat
, 'thc cohesive power of
, public plunder." The I:r-
publican party is the party
{ of hate, the party of rank
: and rabid scctionalisnl.
The Democratic party i
f the party of peace and Of
-IunioD that would blot out
t all sectional differences
!, forever, and it has proven
this in the nomination Of
l General Hancock at Gin
: cinnati. There was but
, one feeling there among
2 the southern delegates.
TIL .tfee]ing was expressed
t when we said to our north
!, ern Democratic brethren,
, I" Give us a northern DEM
ocrat who can be elected.
1--WE bring you 1873 votes,
r and We ask you to bring
us a man who can bril- &
; lis SO more" They gave
; us the man: his name is
, Hancock. That name took
, like wildtirc at Cincinnati,
} as it has taken like Wild
| fire from one end Of the
: Union to the other. Since
that nomination was. made
y every man who was in that
G. convention has come to the
u conclusion that we could
!, not possibly have made 4
o wiser or a better. When
: Hancock was nominated
Bayard wrote to me that
/ he was perfectly satisfied
! that Hancock was the only
: man who had no o).pu-
c Encnts in the party, and
furthermore, that he was
one against whom the
bloody shirt could not be
waved. We have put it in
1.-THE power of the people to
elect this ticket. They can
elect it if they will. You
Twill hear to-day from one
who can speak better than
any other man alive for
North Carolina-nay, for
Ithe whole south. Govern
or Vance will confirm my
words, and tell you that
we can carry our states,
that we can carry the
south, if you will only car
ry Virginia. He has come.
like me, to appeal to you
not to forsake us in the
hour of our need. I ap-
|peal to you in the name of
the great men Of Virginia.
1 know that both sides are
sincere in this local fight,
1 know there are honest
men and true in both yollr
factions, but whether yoll
be Readjuster or Funder,
whether you be Green
hacker or hard money
man, 1 abjure you, in
Gods name, remember
that you are Virginians.
n Reported Him Says.
on Valley Virginian.]
It was in General Hamp'
delivered his speech il
know what his Language
hat the Democratic part,
was fighting for the SAME
Jackson fought for, ant
rn soldiers died. There
in the terms used. Hi
~ in the Democratic part.
ke it effective he brough'
ice to touch the feeling