The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1902-04-25
WADE HAMpTON'S
i'nrcwcll 10 Iiia Old 3soidicrs ISrom
IIispiazza Inst May. y.

f5y$g sSa ftiS l'tAEER AlOSC Mays }1tSs *
''When the Con fetlcratc Iteunion was
held In Columbia last May tho old sol.
dicrs called on General Hampton at
his home In u body. On that occn-
sion lie made the following speech:
My Comrades: have indeed, rs
Maj. Hart has said, heard That Rebel
yell Often before and when ] heard 1t
from my own men, from tho men whom
! had tho honor To command, | knew
that we were safe. Ithinkiit Is ono
"lhe Kites know we'll
The long leagues swell
Ehat3bids lie Romans cloSc.o
imight. palnpirusc5this By saying: 5
The Yanks knew well
The Rebel yell
Eliat bade tho J0hnnlcs close
Ny old heroes, hope II never viii
G forgottcn. lhopp twill be trans
mlttcd TO your children and 10 your
childrrn's rhlldrcnlfn0tf0r them To
use To tell how itused to ring from the
forests OF Virginia, how IL rang from
Gcttyshnrg to the west, and how,ital-
ways told 0fmcn who we're willing TO
die for their southland, TO die fOrtruth,
for honor, for manhood, for cliivalry
and for a great truth / want you to
try ana iSacl, 10 your children and 10
not q lost cause. ] want you TO tell
them that we were lighting for tile
right. George Washington was q rebel,
but Lee was not. When Great Britain
recognized the independence ot this
country she did nOlfrccognlzc the In
dependence OF the United States, but
OF each sovereign State us independent
and sovereign. There we're i3 indc-
pendent and ovcteigif.yStatcs. They
| founded this unionAnds they had the
rightto Withdraw from 1t Whenever
| they chose SO TO do. We were not sue
ccssful Is not given. tn mortals to
command success. You have done
mOres8you have deserved 1t.
And now in your declining years and
Whcn mine have extended long be-
lyOnd the period allotted to man, you,
myold comrades, whom j loved, whom
| IltrnStcd and WitllWliOniI j felt as SD fe
as / do nov, want to say to you all
that all tho love YOU have givcn me
has been more than STeciprocatG cd; that
Ian that have ever been able to do
i for yOu, forany{pneo ofyO,l, or for South
/ Carolina, llps 3Jcell more than repaid
llsbys tlaes sliOilors ayoil$ hayee nDsolieitctl
II sstl III ID
/ cfoWil iDgS honor oftniyl life. 3 II lniiynot
sec yOll again. lrcniember% Il story OF
i anold bishop who, Wllengrcady to re.
i tire from public life wcntto the abbot
lind said:
Father nhbOt,an old man whose
heart is broken by the storms of state
IS come TO lay5his weary bones among
IyOn," 3.
That IS all shall ask OF South Car.
o,in,t@ ~ loW feet OF earth where my
kindred FOR s!X generations are resting.
And am proud to say that one or
more 81 each generation, since they
were known IN South Carolina, has
iillcda bloody grave for south Carolina.
lApplausc.) claim no credit for
that. Every south Carolinian who
was true was willing 10 give his blood
and his life for the old state. ! am
sure that was willing 10 do SO, |
think. can say so TO- you, my men,
That ] never turned my back upon any
| 81 you when your faces were turned to-
ward tile enemy. The grcatcsthonor
mat J felt during the war was once
was dying. ! stopped beside him and
and am proud TO de lighting 'tmdcr
| YOU"
! pray God will bless you and viii
give YOU pence and prosperity, give it
to the old state, give II TO each one OF
you and that yol will 20 home and tell
your kindred that youhavc seen your
| Old comradc and that he thanks them
| through you.
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