The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-11-29
GEN. BUTlER'S SPEECH

Aafw goes back - thT founders 81 tan
State These Staraoass mra whn had
taken lSsarS wsth Ehe neither roaa-
III had bepHea;hed sAe divine r2<at
To rule 10 every cltlxsu ot this esgss-
tgy. Anost thg~e tEre. battling fer
their eountry's rights wAs found ;
Hampton. General Nade Hampsoa.
in whoss hoyur this xtEfue j. erected.
Was one Of those aao opposed sc9sF-
ale secession II State. bat Whsu tbs
long debate MAS adyoaned ;o The bat
tleheId b. saw hts duiy 10 his State
aud did il. lie had 10 doubt ia hss
mind - 10 where hts first allegssn
was due.
.'It has been he speakers purpose
10 review General Hampton : militia
~ record. aud 10 that end lie ha.
written 10 the War Department, &c
questing II be furnished with such IN
formation as the government possess
ed on the military SERVERS Of GentE-
al Hampton.
lie had found on investigation and
reflection that il would require vol
ume 10 do justice 10 such career
as Hampton The battles mentioned
Oh the base of the monument wer1
but few of the fights hs was en'
gagged in. Want of space forbade
mention of more. but as he thought
of old DAYS. what an array of bat
ties rose up before him.
He had often been asked II Ham,
| ton were Il taetirian. and III the mar
row sense of that word, he would
answer. mo- lie seriously doubted
| If Hampton ever read a book on lac.
| tics in his life He was first a eli
izen. not soldier But In the broad
er sense. General Hampton was j
| grand tactician. He knew how IL
seize the advantage points In field
| of battle far better than most com
manders, and the enemy Was alway.
| guessing where he would strike next
He kept thems mystehed.
| He said Hampton stalked the enc
my like he was hunting big game. A.
an instance i'll point, he cited Trevil
liam s station, where Hampton had de-
feated the enemy with odds of thres
to one against him, and had thereby
checked Que OF Grants grand move
ments.
sit was due to General Hampton
after General j. +. B. Stuart 's deatl
in April, 1854, that he received tn
appointment of Lieutenant General
but for some reason the appointment
was temperorily withheld and he di'
not receive it until the following
year"
General Butler here traced in de
| tail some of the stirring incidents o
the war, citing instances of conspic
l,sous galIaDtry, and mentioned MAJ
Theo. G. Baker, as having been lef
for dead, when he was here on Ia
stand, forty-odd years afterwards.
In regard TO the burning of 20
lumbia, he gave a graphic account
never before made. He said that h
(Butler) was ordered to remain i
charge of the evacuation and see tha
no act Of offense was committee. ii
remained in the city three hours al
ter General Hampton had quilted
and personally saw that no fire ha
been started and when he left, jus
! ahead of Sherman's advance guar
O there was no fire in the city.
: 1t was perfectly clear that the fiji
begun after all Confederate troop
had left the city for many hours.
{ General Butler gave a graphic a.
= count also of the nomination {
Hampton in 1876 and cited the speee
he made. He also called attention
4 Hampton s message and letters :
: containing wise deliverances, III ella
$ sic phrase.
4 He predicted that Hampton wonl
. 90 down the centuries with increaslr
fame and that no brighter examp
could be chosen by the youth of Il
4 State. His peroration was pathet
and impressive.
= AT the conclusion of the addre
d the students of Winthrop, the Colur
Il bia Female College and the Cole;
i for Women and the school ehlldr'
:. from this and other cities sang Il
). "Bonnie Blue Flag and other p
II triotic airs while the Daughters
u the Confederacy banked the mon
ment with garlands and wreaths.
% Hampton in History.
,e Significant is the fact that just
,. years ago all eyes were turned
!. Hampton. At every railway stati'
&c anxious crowds we're assembled
= catch any news that might be afloa
"A Hourly messages came and went fre
Ii one end Of the State TO the 9th
Here in Columbia angry crowds SUI
II ed TO and fro. No man knew wh
g: an hour might bring forth. The 0
{ supreme figure, calm and unrufti'
ID that kept his head through all I
storm. was Wade Hampton. On
q broad shoulders rested the fate of
}. people.
The people trusted not in vain.
n. rose to the occasion saw that &C
4 fiet with the Federal authorities mi
II be avoided at all hazards, met the {
cited crowd of his fellow-countrym
IN ut Democratic headquarters and Il
n. them to 60 home-that was all
"I have been elected Governor
ch South Carolina and by the eternal q
o. [ shall be Governor, or else there sh
u be none. Disperse quietly and go
Il; your hdRne.'' Those were his VOL
ae Now thirty years after, W.