The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-07-03
Who chooses the Conven.

Convention. T'ho chooses the conVen.
| tion2 The people choose the delegates
and send them there, and you can IN
stfuct them to any convention; the con.
stituents direct them what to do. Take
the State Convention. The County Con-
| yention elected by you elect the delegates
to the State Convention and the County
Convention can instruct its delegates.
Therefore if the people do not choose
good men in tbs convention, or in the
primary, it is because you DO not take
interest enough in the elections to DO
your proper share of tie work. Now, !
ssy that the convention can be conducted
in perfectly proper and straightforward
manner. would be perfectly willing
that every Democrat in the State could
express his vote directly st the polls, but
say that the people Of South Carolina
have been free from rings, from all oil:
garchy. from all ariStocracy bnt what IS
aristocracy?
God knows, don't know. I don't
recognize any people as Common"
people. recognize every true Demo
crat, and especially if he is man who
stood by me in the war or if he is the
son of man. Applause and hurrahs
for Hampton. If be is the son OF q
man that fought in the var he is the
aristocrat. Applause and cheers. Talk
of the aristocracy in South Carolina /!
My God, if there be man here who fol-
lowed me through the war, I appeal to
him to say, to bear me witness that l
treated the man in the ragged grey jack.
ct as we'll as the man with the stars on
his coat. Great applause. I regarded
them not only as my equals. put they
were the men who bore more of the brunt
of the battle, and the privations OF war,
andssot less credit for it than the otts-
GERS.
Ny friends, you have seen that they
have proposed in Congress some measures
that they call the sub treasury, the ware:
house system, and our distinguished
Senator from California, Stanford, intro.
duced bill the other day by which ne
proposes to lend money to the farmers on
q mortgage of per cent, and then he
very innoceutly said that the farmers
could make money by lending it out at
Cor Z per cent. hardly think that
Stanford, when be was railroad presl'
dent, would have conducted his business
on that line. Hardly think the scheme
| is a good speculation. But Ii cannot
| pass because both measures are absolute
lY unconstitutional. You would hardly
| expect that any of your Representatives
should violate the Constitution, which
they swore to obey, By voting for those
bills.
I say to you that if there has been
anything which has depressed the tar,
mers above all others it is the tariff.
That is where the pressure Is the hea7i-
est on the laboring man, upon all the
industrial classes of South Carolina.
[Applsuse and cries of "Protection pro:
lection !"1 Yes, that is protection, but |
am not an advocate of free trade. That
is impracticable, but say that the farm
| ing interests should receive all the bene'
fits. Here there was great confusion
and noise caused by the passage through
the crowd of the Sumter delegation and
at their head Col. Earle.
When quiet was restored Governor
Hampton continued:
7 will not detain you much longer. If
you will give me three minutes longer l
will finish, and you will be as glad as |
will be. only want to say few words
in conclusion, and the true motive which
brought me here. In every canvass since
| 1875 I have taken part, and whatever the
part assigned to me by the executive
COMMITTEES have worked for the supre.
macy of the Democratic party. 1t was
nv good fortune to be your standard
bearer when you placed the flag; of the
Democracy on the State House. From
that day to this have felt the suprerest
interest in the success of that grand old
party and I have come down here to
appeal to the men who listened to me,
who trusted me, Hho had confidence in
me-I have come to them as | would to
brothers, as would to my old brigade
9hen going into action, to stand shoulder
to shoulder.
implore you men Of Carolina not to
forget the past. implore you not to let
passion or prejudice lead you, for they
are unsafe guides, which, when followed,
dethrone your reason. 1t is uneless to
contend that you are Democrats when
you do anything to divide your own, the
Democratic, party. Tremendous ap.
plause. Stand together, implore you.
have no personal interest in this can
yass. can have none. The people OF
South Carolina have none. The people
of South Carolina have given to NE, have
bestowed on ME, every honor in their
gift. and that should satisfy the ambition
Of any man in this world; for as / stand
here under our genial skies on my native
soil I declare to you, on my honor, |
would rather be the Governor of South
Carolina than to be President OF the
United States. Applause and cheers;
This people, as I said, have bestowed
their honors on me, and much aa | prize
them value still more than all the
political honors, than all the good that
has been showered upon me, the kind
ness, the confidence, the affection extend
ed to me by the people of South Carroll
ma. Applause. -,
My career must soon close. In the
natural course of events | cannot hope to
be here much longer, and hope to God
that when the time comes, and am at
rest forever under the soil that e.eve me
birth, my eyes may look over a happy,
prosperous and united people: Ap;;
plausa. I hope that Q merciflll God
will ntinue to shower His blessings On
this people, and I end by saying "God
save the old State !" Wild and long
continued applause and cheering)
e10O Reward.