Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-08-28
Is0mEsTIC NEWS.

Wade HnmptOn's Specific nenies that
He Uttered Di,iOyaI Sentlmcnts-The
valley yirgiHian on the subject.
CHICAGO, August 27th.-The Tribune has q
two-column special from J. Yost, editor OF
the Pqliey Virginian, discussing Wade Hamp-
toms speech at Stanton, about which there
has been 50 much controversy.
1t begins by quoting the following, which
purports to be an extract from a letter OF
Wade Hampton to the Post and which has
been going the rounds Of the press for some
days
Is my whole record since the close of the war,
and all my Efforts Tor better understanding between
the sections broad and far seeing, for the Union to
be frittered away by the forgeries Of an obscure
newspaper writerl 1 neither used the words at
tributed to me nor anything approaching them in
meaning.
Yost says one of the editors of his paper
wrote to Hampton as follows
The incosed slip purports to be n literal extract
from private letter written by You TO the editor OF
the Washington Post The substance of the letter
is said TO be a denial Of the language attributed to
you by the iiYtgGn iii its report OF your speech in
Staunton Juy 10Th copy of that report here
with send. In it you are quoted as having used
these words in substance: Consider what Lee and
Jackson would do were they alive. These are the
same principles for which they fought four years
Remember the men who poured forth their blood on
Airginla's SOIL. and do not abandon them now. Inc
quotation above is the text OF the alleged letter to
the editor Of the Post write to ash if it is true
that such letter written by you. Ii so, is the
inclosed slip literal extract herefrOm re-
Spouse AZ your earliest convenience will greatly
oblige yours, respectfully, J. YOST.
In reply. letter was received from
Senator Hampton, in which he says:
have not the slightest recollection OF having
used the language attributed to me in the closing
sentences OF your report, and certainly never in
tended to convey the idea embodied i'll them Your
reporter misconceved my language. Isppeaed to
the Vigniaus present to consider before they voted
how Lee and jackson would vote, were they alive,
and asked i. any one present could for moment
suppose that these devoted Yirginians would ever
have done any thing which would create disseutiou
in the State they had loved so well My sole object
at stanton to appeal to the Democrats OF Vir-
ginia TO forget the local differences and to strike
for the Of the Democratic party. The prin
cpe involved IN the war WAS the claim maze by the
South to the right Of peaceabie secession This
right was d MED by the North Democrats as well as
Republicans joining in the denial On this issue
battle was joined The North triumphed, and the
results OF her success were embodied IN the amend
Incnts to the Constitution settling beyond all cues
ton and forever the right OF peaceble secession by
the adverse decision of the highest earthly tribunal
recognized among mankind. The war bad nothing
do with the princip IF the National Democratic
party, and was peculiarly unfortunate II any eX-
preston OF line IN stanton could be so miscon
strued as 10 give the impression that | supposed
eile luAotNeu EIestueutlal COlllesl
were those for which we fought for four years. /
have made no charge against your paper, or any
other OF willful Misrepresentation, but must dis
claim emphatiealy the construction placed upon my
speech, well the language attributed to me in
the few last sentences al your report.
The TiggiHian, discussing this letter, finds
nothing to modify its expression Of the senti-
ments Hampton enunciated in his speech.
On the other hand, it describes the effect
which the much discussed sentence had upon
the audience, saying that while Hampton's
previous utterances had called forth lively
applause, this one seemed TO check the ardor
of the people, and was only applauded by one
or two persons. That General Hampton's
memory is defective about the whole matter
is evinced by the fact that he had accepted
the report of the World as correct, when the
gentleman who made that report says it was
not published as taken down and written out
by him, and furnished to the World. If he
could be mistaken in this, then he is just as
liable to error in other references. That he
/, is at fault in the matter at issue we are as
confident as that we have existence. We
certainly differ from General Hampton in
his assumption that the issues involved
80 do with the National Demo-
cratic party. The theory of State
sovereignty maintained by the Southern De-
mocracy Is precisely that which was Joined
In the conflict of arms and which, it was be-
iieved, had been finally settled in the result
of that conflict. National authority, as ex-
pressed in the amendments to the Constitu-
ton, Is defied il. his own State, in denying
the citizens the free exercise OF the elective
privilege as guaranteed by the Constitution.
1t was lagrantly defed in the recent election
in Alabama, and was defed by wholesale
when he pledged in the Cincinnati Conven-
ton the thirteen electoral votes from the
solid South for General Hancock. We call
attention particularly to General Hampton's
disclaimer Of the authorship of the paragraph
viii h conveyed disrespect to the Tifytaida,
and which was furnished by the Washington
Post, and accepted by the New York World
and the Baltimore Gazette Having dis
claimed its authorship it follows that forgery
has been committed, and we leave the re-
sponsibility for this criminal wrong to be To-
Gated bv the parties most interested.
The Virginjaa further says that when MIR.
Gordon made the report for the New York
World. the senior editor of the ViTyiniGn
called his attention to the fact that he had
omitted the words in dispute. and that Cor
don replied g l do not intend to send that
North for misconstruction. The editor re-
piled % Hampton made use of those words,
and 1 intend 70 let him have the full benefit
of them" The Yiryinidn publishes sffida-
WIS GGhuCEdlS WIZ
the speech, and who indorse it as correct.
The Viryintdns report of the matter has
created great interest and general comment
In the North and South. which is sufficient
excuse for this full account OF the late phase
of the controversy.
|.Home Rule" In the souih-A Document
which Every one In the North should
Read.
CHICAGO, August 27th.-The Inter Oceans
Washington special says: The Republican
Congressional Committee will issue docu-
rnent tomorrow that shows few of the re-
suits from Home Rule in the South that
Wade Hampton thanked God at Cincinnati
was solid The State debts are taken up
first, and it is shown that by the dishonest
swiudling of creditors, the wholesale repudia-
tons Of sacred obligations, increased by the
will of the people, the world has been
defrauded by the Southern States since
the close of the war out of Sf26 800, 900.
Not only were State moneys squandered
in railroad schemes, but trust funds, held for
school and other inviolable purposes, have
thus been wasted. 1t is shown how railroads
have been built at the expense of conhding
subscribers to bonds, aud then, when finished,
the bonds have been repudiated and turned
over to the Democrats by the State as a
gift pure and simple, as the profit of undis-
guised theft and gigantic confidence game
manipulated by Democratic Governors,
Courts and officials generally In the face of
this wholesale plundering, the Democratic
party now ask the people to sur
render to its management the finances
of the nation, in order that it may ex-
tend its brigandish operations. The con-
dition of the State Governments is
then considered, and it is shown how the
Democrats have reduced the number OF poll
Eng places in Republican counties, so that
Republicans had sometimes TO travel thirti
miles to vote. The difficulties put il H.