New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-20
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ITaDE UINpTON AGAIN,

| European war.
WADE HAMPTON AGAIN.
The pressure which Northern Democrats have
brough, to bear upon Wade Hampton has pro-
duced from him fresh and more comprehen-
sive denial OF that most troublesome passage IN
his Stanton speech In published defence
of the Senator, the Editor of The washington
Post says:
had last night private letter from Senator Hampton
of an almost despaIrng tone. " what good he asks'
to deny this story, instantly be confronted Win
more desperate flbsicationl j. whole record since
tho close OF the war and all my efforts for "a better
understanding bet een the sertousa broad and down
rcachng for the UniOn-tO DC frttered away by tDe
forgcres II on obscure newspaper writer! neither
used the words attributed 10 nor ANYTHING approach
ing them in meaning / am pcrp.eXed aud almost us
couraged"
This denial is aimed onIv st that passage in
the speech which THE TRIBUNE has been
printing at the head of its editorial columns,
and. 80 far as that pa sage is concerned, reduces
the Gaze to a question OF veraclty between the
newspaper which made the report and the Sena-
tor. What that newspaper has to say III de-
fence OF INC integrity OF its report, we have al
ready published. Whether the exact language
of tire Senator was given or not III tn" pm. sage,
there is no doubt, however but that 1t was III
accordance with the spirit OF the whole speech.
There are other passages whose truthtulness
the Senator has not denied, and still Others
whose accuracy he has indorsed, which album
dainty prove this. Here is one, for instance,
which stands very near the beginning OF the
speech as originally reported:
SOFT j. that l. Ike many Of tine veteran oi the Con
fedciacy am Jealous OF the honor aud proud Of the
Orious heritage b.qucathcJ 10 nor ny her Ice anu heF
ston wal! Jackson.
4 little further along occurs this tribute to
Virginia:
We have always looked to her to lead, and know
thar she has the rsht 70 40 So We her history
and we know tuat seeking the pata Of duty she has
ever found The TO glory ! adjurc you by your
traditions by all than you hold sacrci 60 lead again
Virginia. You have done here Oiorc-not always 10
victory, bur always TO honor.
"Not always to victory, but always to honor
what does that mean! IL thit what the
"perplexcl and discouraged" Senator calls
broad and dOwn-reachng for the Union y? If
1t is, there Is no wonder he is perplexed. A sim
liar bewllderment must have afflicted hum
few minutes later for directly in tn" centre Of
the speech this passage 0ccurs
stood lour years b. the side OF Yrginans, and l
know the stufT OF which they made. In those four
wears never saw them tater. At this crisis cannot
will not think that you viii prove false Ia your trad
onshat yOu prove rccroant to the exalted teach
lngs the ennobng IL spratons Of your glorious past
Pu; by everything that distract your attention from
our one great object Look only to that sh for it,
and win the n,ht. have nothing to you about
your local differences: have them in State,
but we have rssoutcy put them bshipd u.
These three passages were carefully removed
bv the Senator when he found it necessary to
make personal Endorsement of the speech,
bat he LETT others, which he admits to be gen
uine, which strangely enough harmonic with
these "forgercs of an obscure newspaper
"writer' Here is one early in the speech;
Do not understand that come here to dictate policy
to Won or TO advise YOU wnat you must do Rather
here to consult with you Dem jcrat man and
as "A Southern sOldler-as one WHO looks back 10 the
1me when ne shared W tn privauons and suffering
and defeat in the Army OF Northern Virginia.
This quotation is word for word the same in
both versions of the speech. and in the I'M
trimmed report it follows Immediately after the
first quotation, beginning, SO ii IL that |" etc,
and is itself followed almost Immediately by
the passage about Virginia's leading always to
honor if not to victory. With all Difference to
the "perplexed" Senator, they seem to sap
proachn each other in meaning and in style
also. Toward the end of his version these pas
sages are given
VIII Virginia. when have success In very
grasp will who were born free. men who were
reared under doctrines OF Je ferson and Ma son;
will men who followed Lee and Jlckson-wi you
sacrifice the Democratic party. Will you sacrifice the
South will you sacrifice the National Government by
aiding ind rectly though 1t may be, to elect Repub
lcan PRESIDENT
tell you. my countryhen, the fate Of the South
will DO harder than If tho Republican
partv ia uccessiu in this campaign We shall behold
no more elections more untrammeled expression
OF political sentiment. and OF us now living VIII
ever again see a restoration to Democratic rule and
principle.
Those are singular sentiments to OOze out of
a man who IL striving "fOr better under
"standing between the sections" Why are Lee
and jackson, the same men who figure so prom
nently in the forged" passage, brought In
here i'll connection with an appeal to the Solid
South to unite for the possession of the National
Government That isn't 4" broad and down.
"reaching for the Union" as the North under
stands it. And what does the Senator mean by
telling these "men who follow ed Lee and Jack
/" SON. that tho South will behold more
I" free elections, no more untrammelled express
sion of political sentiment" if Hancock is de-
feated? Simply that census stuffing, ballot
box stutling. and free counting will be impOs-
sible under a Republican Administration. This
Is the old principle of "let rs alone" which
was named State Sovereignty. Lee and Jack
son fought or it, and the men who followed
8" Lee and Jackson are fighting for it still.
DISFIG URING THE PARK