Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-09-24
SAMPLE ssBROAD AND DOWN
REACHING FOR THE
UNION.
Extract from u Speech of Gen.
Wade Hampton before the
Southern HIstOx ical SOciG-
ty. in the Senate Cham
Der. at Richmond. Va,
lRcENher 80. 1879.

AS IL was the uuty vi EVERY IDau ~
devote himselfto@ the service of his
country in the great struggle which
has lust endeu so dfsas rousty, net
only TO the south, bul TO the cause IT
government under re-
publican institutions in the new world;
SO now, when that country is pTose
trate in the dust, weeping for the dead
who died ia vain TO I've hei liberties,
every patriotic impulse should urge
her surviving children 10 vlndIcate
the great principles for which she
fOugnt.
CHILDREN 10 BE TAUGHT TO FIGHT
FIR THE LOST CAUSE"
These are The imperative duties i'm
posed upon US of the south; and Inc
chief peril of the times is that IN our
despair at the evil that has fallen on us,
we forget those Obligations to the
eternal principle for which We fought;
to the martyred dead who gave up
their lives for their principles;
and to our children VINO snou De
taught to cling 10 them with unswerV-
ing fidelity. Ii those who are to come
after US, aud o whose hauds the destl
MES of our country are soon TO De COM
mitted, are properly Instructed IN the
theory and practice VI republican in-
stitutions; if they are made to com>
orehend the origin, progress and cul-
mination of that great controversy |
he, ween the antagoDistic sections of
the continent, which began in the |
| convention of 1857. and end, d Tor the !
| tlme being, at Appomatox IN 1865, they |
can not fail to see that truth, rlgh',
iustiCe were on the side of their fatL-
ers, and tnrS wi sufey strive TO brins |
back to the republic those cardIn,
principles on which it was unded, |
and on which it alone can exist. :.
How SUCCESS IS To BE SECURED |
| Our care should be 20 bring her (the
republc) back 10 her old aud sa g
anchorage l. Is amid these
gloomy surroundings and FAD fore
| Oodiugs, gentlemen of The Historical
socle y, that We ho have lot lost all
noue aud faith, are met 10 take counsel
together. We may be able, il is true, 10
save but little from the general wreck.
hut we can, at least, leave to future
generations the true record OF our
struggle il righteous cause.
| The society proposes TO publish
regularly and systematically all con-
E-tFibutions which eiucidate the tTu n :
reflect the glory, and maintain the
principles involved in the late war,
aud il calls upon all who are not lost TO
! honor, to aid in this laudable under
: taking. 1t wishes To enroll not only
every true man, but every true woman
in is ranks. -.
Maid, mother, wife gave freely to
that country the most cherished rhjec's
of their affection Il was wisely
done, therefore, 10 invoke their aid in
J behalf of our society. Ii Is theirs
To teach our children that their fatht r.
were neither traitors nor rebels; that
we believed "a firmly as in the eteina
t Word of God that we were In the
irIgh; and that we have settled faith
;. which no trials eau shake, thatin HIS
own good time the right will be made
manifest. as
e These are the lessons our children
o should learn from tneir mothers. Nor
are these the only ones which should
t be inculcated, for the pages OF history
furnish many which should not be
. overlooked Tnese teach, In the clear
r est and most emphatic manner that
there is always hope for people who
cherish the spirit of freedom, WI no vii
It not tanely give up their rights, ant
who, amid all the changes of time th'
i trials Of adversely, remain steadfast IL
II their convictions that liberty is thei
birthright. --
y THE SOUTH COMPARED TO PRUSSIA
IS AND THE NORTH TO FRANCE.
= When Napoleon in that wonderful
- campaign OF Jena struck down in
IS few weeks the W hole military strength
of Prussia, destroyed the army witt
10 which the great Frederick had held a
oS bay the combined forces of Europe
and crushed GU, apparently forev r
io the liberties, seemingly the very exis
le tence of that great state, but one hop
, of her disenthralment and regeDera
I'll ton was LETT berthe uncODquere
nj and uncOOQueraOle patriotism of he
sons. AS far as human foresight coul
a. penetrate the future, this hope appear
III ed but vain and decisive one; ye
only q few years passed before he
81 troops turned the scale of victory 8
- Waterloo, and the treaty of Pari
Ao atoned in part for the modification {
ill that Of Tilset. lea
She educated her children by a sys
ch tenn which made them good citizens i
tv peace and fofmidabt soldiers in wa
= she kindled and kept alive the sacre
fire of patriotism; she woke the slun
- bering spirit of the Fatherland; an
w what has been the result of this sci
,er devotion of whole people for half
II century? Single-handed she has ju
~ met her old antagonist; the shame
a Der defeats of yore has been wiped OF
by glorious victories; the cOntribl
IL tions extorted from her have be-
a more than rep.id; her insults ha'
-. been avenged, and her victoriol
Ter eag ;es sweeping over the broken ILL
no of + er enemy, waived in triumph fro
NV 'oo the walls of conquered Paris, viii
In -he dicta ed peace to PROSTATE al
a humble FraBce. Is not the moral
'o- be drawn from this noble dedicate
IN. of people 10 the IN eres's and hon
g. of their country worth leGlemo erlns
LUZ Hungary in her recent struggle
to throw off the yoke of Austria "
crushed to the earth, and yet tod
NC the Hungarians, rs cltizens of Austr
is exercise a controlling power IN tn
: great empire.
ful Mr.. President and gentlemen Of {
all society, the task assigned to me
your partial kindness has been d
ace charged. -.
It seemed to me not inapPropria
while explaining the purposes of t
society, to show to you how inpe
'es- tant are the objects 1t contemp plat
the how vital to the future condition OF O
liz people, and how vast the Influence
af n Srsre =