Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-11-23
Statue TO HAMPTON.
Handsome Memorial Unveiled Last
Tuesday.


South Carolina Honors a Great Son
City Beautifully Deeorated-Govern-
or Hayward Receives the Monument
In Behalf Of the State and Intro
duees Senator M. c. Butler, Who
Makes the Speech Of the Occasion.
From the Charlotte Observer:
COLUMBIA, November 2O.-The i'm
pressive ceremony Of the unveiling Of
the handsome $4,000 bronze equestrian
statue of Gen. Wade Hampton, one
of the worlds greatest cavalrymen and
South Carolina's greatest statesman
and. most lovable son, brought 10000
people to the city today, the special and
regular trains from every portion Of
the state being crowded. Main street,
beautifully decorated In Confederate
colors, was thronged as on big day
of fair week and the long procession
representing the Confederate organi-
cations Of the state, the schools and
colleges, the National Guard organi-
cations, the executive, judicial and leg
islative branches Of the state govern
ment, was cheered to the echo as it
moved down Main street from the post
office: thence around the capitol build
ing opposite the stand erected for spe-
cial guests by the side Of the statue,
which faces the capitol building from
the east.
The Procession.
The procession today, headed by a
Gordon Of police and bands Of music,
wss in charge of Major Theodore G..
Barker, grand marshal Of the day, and
himself a splendid figure Of the old
time. 1t was escorted by a squad Of
Hampton's old cavalry under Col. T.
J. Lipscombe. Governor Hayward and
staff and Brigadier General Willie
Jones and staff Of the National Guard
Organization came next and these In
turn were followed by the Citadel ca
diets, the Clemson cadets, company
from Porter Military academy Of
Charleston, and the National Guard
Organization of the state. Next came
Major General Thomas Carwile and
staff of the state Confederate divi-
sion, followed by the veterans and sons
Of veterans. A bevy Of pretty Winthrop
girls bearing banners closed this Sec
tion of the parade.
Next came six carriages bearing
these: Gen. M. G. Butler, the orator
Of the day; Bishop Ellison Capers,
himself a distinguished Confederate
general; Major Lowndes, Chairman J..
Q. Marshall of the monument commits
sion: F. w. Ruckstuhl, the monument
sculptor. Governor-elect M. +. Ansel,
President Benjamin Sloan Of the South
Carolina university; Hon. Richard l..
Manning. Of Sumter; President P. H..
Nell Of Clemson college; Col. w. A.
Clark, Col w. R Simpson, Col. B. A.
Morgan. Superintendent A. Coward OF
the Citadel; President D. B. Johnson
of Winthrop college; Hon. E. M. Sea-
brook and Rev. Mikell. Hampton's
grandchildren in charge Of Col. Wade
H. Manning, his chief aide camp;
Mayor T. B. Gibbes Of Columbia, and
Mayor R. Goodwin Rhett Of Charles
ton.
The officers and members Of the re-
tiring legislature and the members
elect of the new legislature, members
of the Clemson faculty and members
Of the Chamber Of Commerce Of Co
lumbia met in the capitol building and
proceeded to the stand outside under
the sergeants Of arms and the senate
and house bearing the official mace
and sword Of state.
The unveiling ceremony proper OPEN
ed with prayer from Bishop Capers.
| Then after music the unveiling was
done by the Hampton grandchildren,
four girls and one boy. A great
shout went up from 10000 voices as
the folds fell away from the hand
some figure Of Hampton on his steed.
The commission then formally turn
ed the monument over to Governor
Heyward, who received 1t In behalf OF
the state and introduced General But
Ter, the orator of the day, who charm
ed his audience with a two hours
splendid oration General Butler is one
of the south's splendid speakers and
his fascinating diction and touching
eloquence held the attention Of the
crowd throughout.
General Buffers Speech.
General Butler said in part:
The story of Wade Hampton's life
goes back to the founders Of the state.
| Those glorious men who had taken is
sues with the mother country had be-
queathed the divine right to rule to
every citizen Of this country. Among
those men, battling for their country's
rights was found a Hampton. General
| Wade Hampton, in whose honor this
statue is erected, was one Of those
who opposed separate secession or
state, but when the long debate was
adjourned to the battlefield he saw his
duty to his state and did 1t. He had
no doubt in his mind as to where his
first allegiance was due.
1t has been the speakers purpose to
review General Hampton's military
record, and to that end he had writ
ten to the war department, requesting
to be furnished with such information
as the government possessed on the
military services Of General Hampton.
He had found on investigation and
reflection that it would require VOL
ume to do justice to such a career as
Hampton's. The battles mentioned on
the base Of the monument were but q
few of the fights he was engaged In.
Want of space forbade mention OF
more, but as he thought Of old days,
what an array Of battles rose up be-
fore him.
| He had often been asked If Hamp-
ton were a tactician, and in the mar
row sense Of that word, he would an
swer No" He seriously doubted IL
Hampton ever read a book on tactics
in his life. He was first citizen, not
soldier. But in the broader sense,
General Hampton was grand tacti-