The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-12-18

Sauee any sacred principle. Every
mule stone which marks the progress
or Angio-Saxon rights has been accom-
panied Dy revolutions in times past, by
revolutions of bloodshed and violence.
Sucn q revolution unattended by blood
shed the people of South Carolina and
OF the whole United States had lust
passed through. The issues were fair
ly made up at the ballot box. IfIwas
asked to name some Of them would
say that tho people of South Carolina
telt that they had ceased to be the mas
ters: They felt that the power which
by right was theirs had eluded their
grasp. am not prepared to say
whether they were right or wrong, but
they attested the desire at the ballot
DoX That their representatives should
feel their direct responsibilities in car
rylng out the great economic and re-
form principles involved in the cam
paign.
| 80 far as am concerned. if con-
sldered it merely personal matter
there is no man in South Carolina, or
the world, who would get nv ballot
before Wade lIampton; but | cannot
consider 1T personal matter. think
the issues have b9en made up and we
are pledged to the people upon these
issues. Therefore second the nomi-
nation of }. l.. Nj. Irby, Il representa-
tive OF the young Democracy of the
State. present him to you, not as an
untried man, but us the man who with
clear eye and steady hand held the
helm OF ship Of State through all these
trying months and guided it through
the rocks and shadows into what |
confidently hope will be haven of
rest"
| Mr.. Jones, Of Lancaster: 81 rise to
| express hope that the nomination
Just seconded will triumph on the lloor
to-day. The wheel of progress has
moved forward and we must elect a
man in accord with the sentiments Of
the day. | will allow no man to out
strip me in my reverence for the past.
l love the past Of South Carolina, and
love her great men, and when | think
OF the great hero whose name has been
SO touchingly mentioned here to-day
| the words of Tennysom come dying to
my mind:
30! good gray head which all men know,
u! Ioico from which good omen all men
drew.
0! iron nerve to true occasion true,
a tower of strength which stands
-Four square to all the winds that blow"
'Such was Wade Hampton But,
MIR. 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 de-
mand our attention.
"Durlng the great reform movement
that swept over this State in August
and September OH whom were the ewes
OF the people OF South Carolina turned?
When lndcpcndcntiSm was about to
blot out the fair cscutcheOn of South
Carolina who was it that stood by the
state and the Democratic C party? Was
it Wade llampt0un Was it Donald.
son? 1t was lrby, Of Laurens. think
would be retrograde movement at
ne triumph Of the party of reform to
leteat the man who led that party to {
victory"
Mr.. T.. l.. Hardin, Of Chester: "Mr.
speaker. | nominate the true, noble .
md patriotic Wade Hampton"
MIR. Stanyarne Wilson, of Spartan
burg: We arc here to-day making his
tory for South Carolina. The special
order before us today propounds the
question: what is South Carolina
going to do with Wade Hampton? No
less distinguished writer than Ma
caulay has written that no people has
ever continued to be a great people who
was torgetiul OF or untrue to her |
heroes. South Carolina Is Il great |
State. Her history is il!ustrous. Her
pages are illumin, d with the deeds and |
thoughts Of her heroes. We are proud |
OF our paSt-lt is glorious past. The
name OF South Carolina is an inSpira- |
ton to us, and there DreathcS 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. Why? 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 hy that standard, |
judged by the standard laid down bv |
Macaulaiy, she certainly has been true
to herself We are not without our
heroes in war and in peace. In the
days of the Swamp Fox and the Game
cock, in the days OF 81 to "a, when
South Carolina sent her sons ly thous-
andS into the field, in peace, in the
councils OF the nation, on the Bench,
South Carolina has had her heroes, and,
be it said to her honor, that meyer vet
has she received back into her soil n
single one Of her sons bearing upon his
heart the dcath-thruSt Of her own in
gratitude. Never has there been Il
single son of South Carolina worthy Of |
his State who has carried to his grave
the memory of his States ingrattude. |
w" VII looh tIol Iilt DtS lcllclS
in the front of this building you will |
see fixed for eternity the great names |
of llaync and McDunic. Look upon |
the records Of your State and you will |
see there enShrined the memory Of |
your Calhoun. Never yet has South |
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 say.
Who is the man who is presented to us ?
What is he? Has he any claim upon
South Carolina? The name of Wade
Hampton! Why, gentlemen, about
fourteen years ago it was talismanic.
When all was depression; when we
were in the depths of despair; when
the future lay black and dreary before
us; and there was no one to deliver,
where was Wade Hampton and how
lid he bring himself to the front in
south Carolina? He came upon the
call Of his people and, without going
over the events of that campaign, it is
)nly necessary to call to the memory
If this House what took place within
heSe very walls. The name Of Wade