The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-12-17

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80 far as I am concernei.if con-
sidered it merely a personal matter
there is no man in South Carolina, or
the world, who would get my ballot
before Wade Hampton; hut cannot
consider it a personal matter. l think
the issues have b9en made up and We
are pledged to the people upon these
issues. Therefore / second the noml-
nation Of j. L. NJ. 1rby, a representa-
tive of the young Democracy OF the
State. l present him to you, not as an
uptried man, but as the man who with
a clear eve and steady hand held the
helm of Ship of State through all these
irving months and guided it through
the rocks and shadows into what l.
confidently hope will be a maven OF
rest
Mr.. Jones, of Lancaster: Il rise to
express a hope that the nomination
lust seconded will triumph on the floor
today. The wheel of progress has
moved forward and we must elect a
man in accord with the sentiments OF
the day. l will allow no man to out
strip me in my reverence for the past.
/ love the past OF South Carolina, and l
love her great men, and when l think
of the great hero whose name has been
so touchingly mentioned here to-day
the words Of Tennysom come lying 10
my mind:
so. good gray head which all men know,
O, voice from Which good omen all men
drew.
O! iron ..e-ve to true occasion true,
A tower III strength which stands
Four SQUARE to all the winds that DloW.
.Such was Wade Hampton. I. But,
Mr.. Speaker the State of South Caro-
lima has moved forward, and While we
will not forget great memories OF the
past the living issues of the present oe-
mand our attention.
During the great reform movement
that swept over this State in August
and September on whom were the eyes
of the people of South Carolina turned
When Independentism was about 10
blot out the fair eScutcheon OF South
Carolina who was it that stood by the
State and the Democrat party? Was
it Wade Hamptoun? Was 1t DonaId-
son? 1t was Irby, Of Lau1ens. l think
it would be a retrograde movement at
the triumph of the party Of reform to
defeat the man who led that party TO
victory ,
Mr.. T.. L. Hardin, of Chester: "Mr.
Speaker, | nominate the true, noble
and patriotic Wade Hampton.
Mr.. Stanyarne Wilson, Of Spartan
burg: We are here to-day making his
tory for South Carolina. The special
order before US to-day proponnds the
question: What is South Carolloa
going to do with Wade Hampton? No
less distinguished a writer than Ma
caulav has written that no people has
ever continued to be great people VINO
was iorgetful of or untrue to her
heroes. South Carolina is a great
State. Her history is illustrlous: Her
pages are illumin;d with the deeds ana
thoughts of her heroes. We are PROUD
of our past-It is glorious past. Inc
name of South Carolina is an insplra-
tion to us, and there breathes not with,
| in this Southland man OF the SOIL
who does not feel an inspiration When
he remembers that he is a South caro-
linian. Whve Because it comes to us
from the past, because the voice OF our
| history tells US that the people OF South
Carolina have been and still are great
people. Judged by that standard,
| Judged by the standard laid down by
Macaulay, she certainly has been true
to herself. We are not without our
heroes in war and in peace. IN the
davs of the Swamp Fox and the Game
cock. in the days of '61 to '64, when
South Carolina sent her sons by tnous,
ands into the field, IN peace, IN Ine
councils of the nation, on the Bencnl,
South Carolina has had her heroes, and,
be it said to her honor, that meyer yet
has she received back into her SOIL a
single one of her sons bearing upon his
heart the death-thrust of her own ln-
gratitude. Never has there been a
Single son of South Carolina worthy OF
his State who has carried to his grave
the memory of his States ingratltude.
"If YOU will look upon the bas rellets
in the front of this building you Will
see fixed for eternity the great names
of Hayne and McDutlie. Look upon
the records of your State and you VIII
see there enshrined the memory OF
your Calhoun. Never yet has Soutn
Carolina gone back on one OF her true
sons. BE it said to her lasting honor
never up to this day has she done this
We are making history to-day l say:
Who is the man who is presented to US
What is he? Has he any claim upon
South Carolina? The name OF Wa1e
Hampton, Why, gentlemen. atout
fourteen years ago it was tallsmanlc
When all was depression; when we
were in the depths of despair; when
the future Icy black and dreary before
us: and there was no one to denver
where was Wade Hampton ana no"
did he bring himself to the front IN
South Carolina? He came upon the
call of his people and, without gong
over the events Of that campaign, IL Is
onlv necessary to call TO the memory
of this House what took place within
these very walls. The name of Wade
Hampton was then magic, when re
calling to you the memories Whlcf
must Shake you to the very foundatlor
of your being; memories OF the held
memories of which | know nothing
but can only conjecture. But, gentle
men. without going back to the field;
= Ss>S1N ~>'>>~
rs the name of Wade Hampton was
magic in South Carolina.
| What has Wade Hampton done
since then to lose his hold upon the
hearts of the people? Nothing! AS
stand here before my Creator there Is
not one word, not one act OF Wade
Hampton'S which has cast dishonol
upon his fair fame. I say, what has he
done to forfeit the love, admiration ano
sgratitude of his people? He had il i
then! Why should he be denied il
now! He has it to-day, gentlemen
And in a few years, when all party
prejudice and feelings have died away
as these things inevitably do, when
men look back with softer second
thought and an eye single to Justice
you will say: What had Wade Hamp'
ton done?
"To-day where does stand? Upon
every single issue before the public IS
ba not IN elbow toDoh with tine DpODle