The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-15
AN OVATION TO WADE HAMPTON
CHARLESTON GREETs HIM wITH
GUNS. CHEERS AND CHIMES.


Thirty thousand People Along the
Line Of Ills Houte 10 the Academy
of Musicale Delivers "A Thrilling
Address ON the Memories OF the
War and Pleads for the Rc-estnb-
Iishment OF Peace Among the
White People of the state.
Charleston. 5. c.. May 1.-THE cradle OF
secession united to-day in giving an ola
time welcome TO ex-Gov. Wade Hampton.
who came here at the invitation of the
Sons OF Confederate Veterans and the
Daughters of the Confederacy TO make
an address, The escort OF Gen. Hampton
from the depot to his place Of residence
partook Of the nature OF an ovation. the
like OF which has never been known here
since the days Of '36. All the military
paraded, salute OF artillery fired
by veterans Of the war, the pealing
of ST. Nichaels chimes and the huzza ~,
Of the 5000 people who lined the sidewalks
along the route Of the procession united TO
make IL a grand demonstration. At the
Academy of Music tonight Gen Hampton
delivered an address, the keynote of which
was the memories of the war and the
powerful prayer for the re-establishment
of peace among the white people of the
state.
The audience filled the Academy of Afd-
sic to its utmost capacity. In the course
OF his address Gen. Hampton said: IF
cOmprehend Alright the objects OF your
associations, they are to rekindle the la
tent fires of patriotism among our people.
70 strive TO bring them once again together
IN peace and brotherhood. all striving. as
IN dayS gone by, TO uphold the honor and
promote the welfare of the state, and TO
instill in the minds of the rising genera
tiOn "a love of country and reverence for
the memory Of those who made South Car
olina illustriOus In the past
To younger hands than those Of the re-
naming veterans, the destiny of the state
must soon be committed, Tor our ranks
are day by day moved down by the reap
er whose name is Death and In few
brief years we must all join the great
army Of our dead comrades who hay
passed over the river and are at rest.
Those who fell in defence of our state
need no prouder epitaph than that given
by the Spartans at Thermopylae; NO
stranger at LaCedaemon fell
Twas in obedience to her laws we
fell, and the living only ask that their fei-
low citizens Will do them the Justice 10
say that they did their duty TO their stare
faithfully as they saw IL. That verdict is
the only compensation they seek for their
services. IL viii be the task of your or
ganizatiOns and kindred ones. which
trust will be established throughout your
state, to preserve the honor and to pre-
serve from detraction the memory of
those who-sacriflced everything In the ser
vice of the state, and that their task will
be nobly discharged none can doubt
knowing the patriotic hands to which
this sacred duty Is committed.
You VIII encounter many grave diffl-
cuiies in the prosecution OF your work.
but be not discouraged for II is well
worthy of your labors and your prayers.
y ou Will perhaps be told that the Old
South'-that south I'm which we all took
such much prlde-is dead and that the
New South the cardinal principal of which
seems to be that the highest ambition of
many of it's advocates is the accumuln-
tion of riches-shOuld take the place of the
old in our affections Others may say TO
you that the cause for which so many of
our brave sons gave their lives was sub
mitted to the stern arbitumcnt Of the
sword, and as the verdict, against which
no appeal lies, was rendered against us,
the cause for which we fought must nee
eSSarily have been wrong. DO not allow
yourselves, my friends, TO be mislead by
that false doctrine, false to your faith, TO
your state and TO your God, which tells
you that because OF the failure of our
cause there was no truth or justice in II.
Amy human undertaking, however just il
may be- may fail, but the everlasting
principle of right and of justice can neV-
| er be blotted out. A great truth like the
God-head whence 1t emanatcs is eternal
and it will live 'till the last syllable Of re-
corded time
''If we admit that as our cause went
down in disaster we were only rebels,
we shall brand our heroic dead, as well
/ as the living, as traitors, covering all
alike with deserved infamy. VIII the liv-
ing soldiers who followed the starry cross
on hundreds Of battleiields ever consent
to denOunce their dead comrades as trait
oTs? win the sons of these veterans for
get the sufferngs, the sacrifices, the
heroism Of their fathers? Win the
women of the south, who for a quarter
of a century have tenderIy and reverently
cherished the memory of our dead ever
be willing to brand them as 'rebels2'
"Ah no, these things can never be as
long as truth patriotism, honor, virtue
and their synonym courage, are respected; /;
as long as the fame of the men in gray
as the page of history is made illustrlous
by the names of Lee, Johnson and Of
ut was my fortune to command during
the war men from nearly every southern
state and wherever the survivors may be
scattered, If my voice could reach them.
they should know how proud have ever
been of their gallant deeds, and they might
rest assured that they never Will be for
gotten, and that the memory of our dead
comrades is cherished by me with affec-
tion and reverence.
Il am proud that 1, too, am a son Of
Charleston. Other emotions Of pride con-
nected with the state have stirred my
heart ! have felt pride on many a battle
field when southern arms were victorious,
but the prOudest day of my life was that
on which ! announced to our people on my
return from Washington, that the federal
troops would be Withdrawn from the state
house and that Carolinians, the rightful
rulers of the state, would resume their
hereditary authority, 50 long denied them.
i felt then
That all my state Is free.
From east to west, from north to
south.
She garrisons herself and tyrants rule
no more.
Il have right to feel some pride IN the
result Of that memorable political contest
of '76-in my judgment the most memora-
BILE ever waged on this continent. for home
rule. for personal liberty and states rights,
for it was my good fortune to bear the
standard placed by our people in my hands
to victory and whatever fate may have in
store for me, nothing can ever deprive me
of the honest pride / feel that l contrib
uted in part to the glorious victory won
then by the people of my state"
Nrw YoRIk.s REEoRM nILLs.