Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-07-28
gSWould not sign paper, pledging
.:msalf to vote for the ConserYa-

;tsse ticket?
s e were very much mortified to
read the article of Gen. Hampton
lin The State recently. He was
one of the signers to the cali for
The Thirteen's convention and
:sslrely y he has forgotten that they
style themselves "peace and
unit '' e" A man who was revered,
Esteemed, loved, and honored by
South Carolinians. Yet this agrand
;soa hero Of Of 49, g.. whom everybody
.thought the champion. of Democ-
:1aey, Il 8 says aThis I should have
done voted, for Tiliman) but for
:afortunate accident which saved
me- from what /. should always
have regarded as an inevitable but
lsinmit itigated calamity" Thus it
appears that he intentionally
csused this calamity" and that
M Mhe is proud Of the fact that he did
not support the Democratic nomi-
pses He also states that he re-
sggasded Gilman and his supporters
|aB Independents, and that "they
Saould have been ruled out of the
Bono ocratic party. Thus he is very
hahkfu and grateful to The brave
aid patri otic people of South Caro-
aii1a for hon oring him so highly in
ssfehs sels pastl
Had all of them been "ruled
'oass who would have composed
l TIE Democratic party of South
Carolina? But the idea for Gen.
aIanp ton 10 refer to the Reformers
sa Inde ependents, seems to be a
Variable ssled edge-hammer blow in
3a9or peace and unity!n
M Yonder if Gen. Hampton
isttIsought that possibly that article
H5ght strengthen the Haskellite
force next fall with u few more
IS ;sSoses2 and instead of promoting
peace and unity" he was scatter
dng broad least the seeds OF 1"discord
aid dissension ?"
Gen Hampton and many other
Coated derate generals have been
Justly honoTed forstheir gallant
Services. Some papers and some
pessonss s;hoWeyer, imagine that be-
'caNse these brave men did their
e l theys deserve more at our
:citssssea issa-sssssfy naT' more. DID Gen.
Hampton do, or any other general,
for that matter, than the humblest
private who never faltered? What
more did they do than the idiot
with only sense enough to obey
commands and fight bra.vely? If
these generals were capable of do
ing more head work than the
idiotic: :brave soldier, we contend
thatsthey did no more than this
soldier and thousands of others in
the privates ranks. These privates
did their whole duty, did these
generals do more? Could anybody
do;more? The anti-administratior
organs will roll this from Gen
Kampton's pen as a sweet morse
under their tongues. Bnt it nigh
be we'll for them to remember, first
that Gen. Hampton was a membe
of the 1892 March convention
alsoSthat because Tillman was
Suggested candidate, he and hi
followers were Independents, tina
the Conservative ticket is a "sug
gestedn ticket, therefore, accordin
to Gen. Hampton, their ticket an
their supporters are Independents
and that.he says he is still read
to reiterate that, San lndependen
is worse than a Radical" There
fore, since g Suggested" candidate
and their followers are undemc
cratic and independents, it follow
according to Gen. HAMPTON an
/ the C Conservative press, that Haml
ton and the other supporters of tt
v Suggested Conservative ticket al
. undelnocratic and Independent
9 Thus Gen. Hampton and tt
j. "straightout'' press have whette
E the blades with which to cut the
f own throats, suicidal polio
8 also verified the statement that tt
b "straightout" policy has been al
j. is to rule or ruin"
; Wool HAT.
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