The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-04
THE DISPATCH: RC1MoND SUNDAY AUGUSTA 1907

Governor for political supremacy III
then, native state, aud is compllcatct.i
by the loYe OF the ss,i.ator's d,tusntl,d
for botl, Of the contestants.
Senator For"yee mas held his stale
lie has come. Almost to believe tna,
he has q divine r,gnt 10 be Is rulcr, /
ana IN the eXetclsc OF that riSllt ne 4
employs methods which only an amDi-
tious man Of blunted conscience car
employ lie Niews, nrst with .amaze-
ment and then With alarm. the III.
r ,,i,,a, sucGe ,stni Efforts Of an
er. TO put the state in decent polucai |
order.
Tic Senator's redeeming feature Is
his string love for. his daughter. VINO
becomes cn'ightenea as to the o,her !
side Of his character. and recognizes
the finer and noblsr naigre Of tie man |
who loves her but who remains her
fathers consistent opponent.
This setting afforls opportunity for
strong and sincere emotional sis n.
tong. TIE book has well constructed
plot IL fun Of incidents. with de-
what unexpected.
& II is written In the same crisp style.
and IN 4, the same entertainins vein rs
trict S htorn wo viii Pis
make wider appeal. because the lows
interest Is sustained to the very end.
HAMPTON AND RECONSTRUCTION.
BY Edward l.. Wells The STATE
Company, Columbia. S. c.. puD-
fishers.
The appearance of another book oni
Reconstruction IRON the hand OF the
soldier and author, Edward / NyeIls. |
nf 81 utaf. i
pleter illumination of the dark petiou.
. Mr. Weilss book is not limited 70
as its tiue, ;'iamptonl
and Reconstruction" indicates; but 1t
deals with the most interesting anu
important aspect of that period. the,
lofty role played in II and the redemp-
tion Of the state from carpet-bag am
Hampton The author served witt,
Hampton in the famous legion. and his
|prerious book. Hampton and His Cav
airy In 81" is authority on the mag
nifcent military career Of the great
Carolinian. In the present book Mr..
Wells gives a fuller portrait Of his
hero. painting on larger canvas
-redeemer of his oppressed Common
wealth. AS TO the scope and purpose
of his work, the author says. in hisil
preface:
OF people. the American people, at
most important period Of its life. me |
past is the parent Of the. present and.
of the, future Of peoples life. as IA
incinations, good and evil, influence a
peoples career just as they influence
that of an individual and they should
be equally subject 70 the guidance an
through conscience. Although this ~
years ago. yet the causes producing
them. at present in the background. are
9s q ia n
are sleeping lions. Where treasure Is,
near at hand will always be lurking
thieves. Because you may be sailing
on sumner seas FREQ Of care and with
no thought OF tempests, you do not
doubt that the ocean, now SO harmless
looking, will some time or other be
dashed into angry waves mountain
thigh by blasts at present slumbering
| in the caves OF the winds. SO will5the,
tdemonyo of storms rehppear fromstim to
time In your political summer seas.
You cannot prevent this by ignoring
Ishipwreck by proftingi by the expert
Ience Of others. The miserles Of Re
construction were rendered possible
tive government-'the consent Of tile
governed'-without which all govern
smcnt is simply despotism. however dis
Iguised. This thing can never again
preteXt--the negro-for that humpug
4 has been exploded by the unans vera bic
logic of. the reductio ad absurdurn.
But. Willy uns or, politicians,
later manufacture other pretexts to
fool the people.' Next time tn North.
tor West may become the scene OF such
PLANNED wholesale burglary. wlnen
that time comes the afflicted SECTION
VIII sorely need political heir OF the
qualities Of Hampton, and also sorelv
stand In need of the experience taught
| TO the Southern people by their att1c-.
It Is often said that the history q.
an epoch is best written by some one
living after It or at least outside OF
But this is. not always true Hs
| In narrating so Important a story. it
was necessary to go back and sixteen
briefly the youth and early MANHOOD
the man. His early career md his
splendid record in the War Between
for he still NOR, splendid character
In It's most desperate hour.
1T will be made clear" to quote the
concluding words of the preface, now
was brought about BY Wade Hampton,
and that In the nacihcation of the en-
tire country, in the restoration of ira
ternal feeling. no mans handiwork was
was. In the truest. most patriotic, most
exalted. and most all-embracing sense
OF the term Union man.
Mr.. Wells has had uneoualed taclr-
ties. for gathering. the material for his
of memories of Hampton. both during
the war and In the dark era of Ito-
construction, but he has had access to
every other source Of information
about the great cavalry leader and
statesman. That he has made the FULL
est and most effective use of this
material Is seen on every page, winch
y tn a mr.
4 light OH Hampton.
The work is really a broad!v-chn-
ceived biography Of Hampton. written
with regard t., his relation to ,,is TING
fairs in the two great crises of South
ern and South Carolina history r.
4 Such a work cannot fail OF Its true
1 mission - to aid in placing Wade
i Ia II, his rsrht ful ST lon 4, .a,is-