The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-09-02
Wade Hampton in Virginia.

\ grand political meeting was held in
Stanton, Va, recently, and was atten-
ded by the largest crowd ever assembled ,
at that place, Senator Wade Hampton
Of South Carolina, was introduced to
the audience, and made a telling speech, !
round after round Of applause greeting
him. His speech vas for the most part |
an appeal for harmony in the ranks of
the Democratic party in Virginia. AZ
ter abiding TO the fact that his ances-
try were Nirginians, and had fought
side by side with the sons of the old
state, and to his own services during the
late war, he said;
" SO it is that | am bound to you BY
bonds which death alone can sever. 50
il is that |, like 50 many Of the veterans
of the Coniederacy, am jealous of the
honor and proud Of the glorious heritage
bequeathed to her by her Lee and her
Stunewall jackson. Do not understand
that came here to dictate policy to
You, Or to advise you what you must
do rather am | here to consult with
you as a Democrat, rs man, and as a
Southern soldier; as one who looks back
to the time when he shared with your
prlyatlons and suffering and defeat in
the army Of Northern Virginia. am
z here to voice the earnest hope that |
+ feel, TO utter the fervent prayer of my
heart, that Virginia, the mother Of
States, will not prove recreant to all
her high traditions. We have always
looked to her to lead, and we know that
she has the right to do 50. We know
her history, and know that in seeking
the path Of duty she has ever found the
J. way to glory. | adjure you by your
X, traditions, by all that you hold sacred
to lead again, Virginia, as you have
done heretofore, not always to victory
but always to honor.
u What is Virgnia's duty now? You
z hardly realize, my friends, how much
!. depends On the action Of your State
r. With united South casting 1873 electO
raj votes, We need only New York anc
Indiana, and believe we shall hav
them. viii Virginia, when we hav
d, success within our very grasp, sacrifc
id the Democratic party? VIII she sacri
i, fee the National Government by aid
~ ing, indirectly though it be, to elect
Republican President? will not be
lieyc it. | stood four years by the sid
, Of Nirginians, and | know the stuff o
III which they are made. In those fou
~ years | never saw them falter At thi
r, crisis | cannot, | will not, think tina
in you prove false to your traditons-tha
you can prove recreant to the exalte'
teachings, the ennobling inspirations 0
your glorious past Put by everything
N' that can distract your attention iron
Is our one great object. Look only t
III that, fight for it, and win the fight.
70 have nothing to say to you about YOU
~. local differences We have them in on
vi own ~rate, but we have resolutely pu
them behind us. Realize if YOU cal
What will follow & Republican triumph
'c You have all seen what strides that par
rs ty has made toward Capitalization; 20,
D., have seen your Judge stricken down b.
W the mailed hands Of the national GOV
'" crnment; you have seen the Republi
Is can party mass troops at the polls t.
v overawe your free suffrage; YOU hav
seen their deputy marshals, their super
vlsors, their returning boards-the in
Strumcnts Of an overthrow of the las
ycstige Of State rights tell YOU, my
countrymen, the fate Of the South will
II be harder than ever if the Republican
party is successful in this campaign.
= We shall behold no more free elections
d no more nntrammcled expression of po
= lltIcal sentiment, and no one Of US now
q living will ever again see restora tior
q Of Democratic rule and principles.
" If we elect the Democratic nominee
4 the Republican party will 90 to pieces
like a rope of sand Their mission is
ended, if they ever had mission.
There Is nothing that holds them to-
o gethcr to-day save the cohesive power
OF the public plumber. The Democrat
, ic party is the party of peace and of
union, that would blot out all sectional
difference forever, and it has proved
this in the nomination of General Han
cock at Cincinnati There was but one
feeling there among the Southern dele
gates. That feeling was expressed
when we said to our Northern Demo
cratic brethren, Give us any available
man They gave us that man, and We
have put it in the power of the people
to elect the ticket. They can elect it if
they will. You will hear from one to-
day who can speak for North Carolina.
Gov. Vance will confirm my words that
we can carry the South if you will only
carry Virginia. He has come, like me,
to appeal to you not TO forsake us in
the hour of need.
! Tho y-Lo,, A.,