Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-07-30
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FRIDAY MORNING. JULY 80, 1886.


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THE NATIONAL LbM0CRAOY IN THE
FIELD.
AN AUDIENCE OF TWO THOUSAND PER
SONS AT THE OPERA HOUsE-nUN-
DREDs OF LADIES PREsENT-FUNDERs
AND COMBINING TO HEAR
WADE HAMPTON, SENATOR VANCE AND
DIR. MoFFETT-PATRIoTIC SPEECHES.
SC, &C., &C.
The oldest man in Augusta DOESN'T rec
ollect such grand meeting as that which
assembled in the Opera House on Monday
in answer to the call of the Chairman of
the Augusta County Connittee of the
Democratic party of Augusta The hall
which as decorated with national flags
was crowded with people. There.
could not have been less thin two thou
SAID persons present OF whom it is proba-
bly, not an exagseration to say that three
hundred were ladies from The county an:
city. Long after all standing room was
filed, streams of people ware coming to
t ie doors and departing, disappointed, and
We regret to learn that am )ug than there
were many Of the gubernatorial eonyen-
ton delegates from West Virginia who
Slapped here Oh their way,to Martinsburg,
with the view of attending this meeting.
The audience was composed Of both dlyis-
ions of the Democratic party, those who
III State questions are Readjusters and act
with that party, and Funders who act
with that party but who III Presidential
election are Democrats and act with the
National Democratic party. On the plat
form were some of the original Readjuster
Democrats Of the county and some of the
N o,t consistent Funders.
Capt. James Bumgardner, Jr., Chair
man of the County Committee, was on
mo ion OF John H. Crawford, Esq. made
permanent Chairman of the vast assem-
blage.
at Il O'Clock Senator Wade Hampton.
of South Carolina, and Senator Zeb.
Vance, of North Carolina, were'seen COM
ing down the aisle accompanied by Capt. J.
Bumgardner, Jr., of the County Commit
tee and IL. st. Geo. Tucker, Esq. Presi-
dent of the Hancock and English club
The applause at the appearance of the dis
tinguished strangers was deafening. Men
leap up and waved their hats and ladies'
waved their handkerchiefs After they
reached the stage and the tumult had sub
c1dod tho Chairman jI.tro6unGd
SENATOR WADE HAMPTON, OF SOUTH
CAROLINA.
Senator Hampton, is a man about tit ty-
five years of age, of splendid personal APP
! pearance, with fine face, on which he
wears long side whiskers, strongly tinged
with gray, which is also the tinge of lis
hair. His manner is grave, dlgnifed and
impressive. He said:
have not responded to the invitation of
| your chairman to address the Democrats
of Augusta simply because my heart IS
enlisted in the same cause that you are,
but also because I feel that have some
right to speak in Virginia. applause
More than cen ury ago my anc estor left
Virginia to fight the Indians in South
| Carolina and fell there. A century later
| nearly every male member Of my family
| came here, and many of them laid down
their lives on your soil. Many of the
dearest ties bind me to-aVirginia; one,
thai which binds comrades in arms. (cheers)
You know fellow-so diers how strong that
is! (applause.) You feel that every SOL
der that stood by you is your friend, and
you, Virginians, should know that every
soldier, no matter where from, who stood
by you is jealous of the fame and honor of
Virginia aud feels a personal interest in
A TOUCHING APPEAL FOR THE UNION OF
TEE VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS,
l am not here to dictate to you; that
would be arrogant. l am not here to ad-
wise you; that would be presumptuous.
am here to counsel with you, to consult
together as fellow soldiers may do. have
come to express the most fervent hope, to
breathe the most earnest prayer, that Vir-
ginia, the mother of heroes and statesmen,
the first in asserting cur independence, al
ways foremost in the cause of cOnstitu-
tional liberty will not prove recreant now.
(cheers). We of the South feel that she is
a leader. She has taught us that the path
If duty is the path of glory (applause) and
L have come here now to adjure you by
the glories Of the past by the hopes of the
future, to lead us again as you have led us
in the past-not always perhaps to victory
but always to honor (applause). You can
hardly realize how much depends on your
vote. We have felt confident that the
electoral votes of the Democratic states OF
the South were Safe. We of the South
who have passed through the trials of re-
construction; we come to-day to tell you
that we mean victory (applause). That
we intend to do everything; to discard all
personal anmositles: to put away all
side issues in order that the Democratic
nominees may be placed in power zap
plause). With Virginia We need only
New York and Indiana to do it. Will
you of Virginia, now that victory is assur
ed to us, will you-you men born free,
men that have lived after the teaching of
Jefferson, men that have followed Lee and
Jackson (cheers) will you sacrifice us of
TIE South Win you sacrifice the Demo-
cratic party of the nation on a local issue?
Ceres of No! NoD have heard that you
might do it. l could no. believe it. 1t
cannot be, it must not be ! | express no
opinion on your local differences. only
implore you to put them aside We of !
South Carolina have our local differences
in our own state, but we have put them
oeido until the great nuestion il decided |