Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-09-08
WADE HAMPToN's SPEECH.
n, M.o;e .. J. P,r,or,, Endorsement. /"

feyDrfcd ia the .StduH- a
tor. VALLEY Virginiaa, 4
judy 20. q
After alludine 10 the fact 4
that his ancestry wefc vlrS ! b
ginsank, and Had foughtEcal
side by side with the sons not
Of t,,e old state, and to his tba
own services during thelin
late war, he said, 20 It is,var
that i am bound to you byIclai
bonds which death alone her
can sever. So IL ia that !, hui
like 81 7nanyof the retcy- ces
ana Of the Cepfcderaey, thiI
an, saio.s of the honor, iia
GHo proud ef the gtoriousl lsnt
heritage bcgueathcd 10 herlcen
by her Lee and her Stone ma
,caU Jdckson. DO not un. lwh
dcrstand that I como here the
to dictate policy to you, lfig'
or TO advise you what yon an,
must do: rather am ! here an,
10 consult with you as a hei
Democrat, ~ q NAH, and yo'
rs a Southern soldier; asIyo,
one who looks back TO the ! b
time when he shared with as
you liriratibns and suffer- AM
ing and defeat In the srmyI--a
Of northern Virginia. tot
l am here 10 voice theI wit
earnest hope that I feel, tolsui
utter the fervent prayer ofIar1
my heart, that Virginia, l q
the mother Of states, will ne'
not prove rccrcant to allIutt
her high traditions. We my
hare alsedys looked 20 her the
b teai, and rec kRo,c that sta
she has the right TO do so. pa
We knO,e her history, and ga
rc ka0W that in scekfngIcei
the path Of duty she hdslpel
crer found the ,rdy 10 int
glory. ] abjure you birth;
pour traditions, By all thdtimu
you hold sacred, 10 lead fat
again, riryiaia, as you an
hare done before, not al. tio
Days 30 rfetoyp, but AZ.
| icuys 10 honor. no
What Is Virginia's dutylm,
now? You hardly realize, PEE
my friends, how much deE sta
ponds on the action Of your ho
State. With a united south a r
casting one hundred and in
M'rfy-eight electordt rotes sol
ire need only Ner York'so
| and Indiana, and ] be- da
here IRE snail haze them. iem
viii Virginia, when we ne
have success within our rie
very grasp, sacrifice the'wf
Democratic party, will she sp'
sacrifice the south, will she to
sacrifice the national gov tn;
ernment by aiding. indi- 1 n
rectiy though 1t be, to elect ev'
| Republican president =? sic
I WIN not believe ii. fpu
stood. four ycavs By the side VIC
Of Pirginians, and kaoW an
the sfuF ~ tchich they arelpl'
aaade. In those four years or;
! nercr sa1c them .fditcr I ian
.Atthis crisis I cannot, 1 tei
,piit mt think that you thi
wiH prove false to your sta
t,uditioas-tkat you can vi
Drore recrcant 10 the ca su
aited teachings, the en- wi
nobting inspirations Of DO
yOur glorious past. P,st re,
by ererything hat can dis of
tract yo,r attention from sol
Our one great object. Look 10,
only 10 that; Gght for IL, wi
and inin the .Eght. I hare oc1
nothing 10 say to youaboutir irii
your local Differences; roe -,
hare them in oar o,ra err
state, but tce harc rcsolute- re-
ly put them behind tts. q
Realize ii you can whatII II
will follow a Republican Inli
triumph in November. ifol
You have all seen whatlu Jun
strides that party has madelha
Observation-Disclosures, you thl
have seen your judges wa
stricken down by the ha
mailed hands of the ma str
tional government; you ms
have seen the Republican al
party mass troops at the SCI
polls to ooverawe your free m;
suffrage; you have seen to
their deputy msrshals, fra
their supervisors, their re- de
turning boards-the in pc
strumeuts of an overthrow bo
of the last vestige of state TO
rights. I tell you, myIve,
countrynen, the fate ofltel
the south will he harderlth,
than ever If the Republi- be
can party is successful in Re
this campaign. We shall Gel
behold no more free elec- W,
tens, s,nomore untramelled frt
expression of political sen trs
timent; and no one Of us po
now living will ever again on
see a restoration Of Demo- ev'
cratic rule and principles. to
If we elect the Demo- pr
cratic nominees the Re-
publican party will 60 toicr'
pieces like q rope of sand. pu
Their mission is ended, If pi'
they ever had . mission. II
There snothing that holds tn
them together to-day save II
"the cohesive power of tn
the public spoils." The 81
Democratic party is the pu
party OF peace and Of lpu
union that would blot out of
all sectional difference for an
ever, and it has proven II
this by the nomination Of th
General Hancock at Gin Iur
ctnnnti. There was but all
enc feeling there amonglfo
the southern delegates. til
Thatfeeling was expressed g,
when we said to our north lcil
ern Democratic brethren on
"give us any available til
man." They gave US thatlTl
man, and we have put itlwl
In the power Of the peopleler
to elect the ticket. Theyl"'
can elect it if they will. loc
You will hear from one to- W
day who can speak for or
North Carolina. Govern us
or Vance viii confirm myIu us
words that We can carryu us
the south if YOU can only H
carry Virginia. He has. III
come like me to appeal tolas