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WASHINGTON THE GREAT.
CELEBRATION
OF THE
SIXTEENTH ANNIVERSARY,
OE THE
GREENVILLE GUARDS.
WITH THE
ORATION OF CAPTAIN W. C. McGOWAN,
OF
ABBEVILLE, S. C
GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA,
WASHINGTON'S DAY, 1893.
Press of the Daily News, Greenville, S. C.
WASHINGTON THE GREAT.
CELEBRATION
OF THE
SIXTEENTH AN N I VERSI ARY,
OK THE
GREENVI
H
GUARDS
WITH THE
ORATION OF CAPTAIN W. C. McGOWAN,
OF
ABBEVILLE. S. C
GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA,
WASHINGTON'S DAY, 1893.
Press of the Daily News, Greenville, S. C.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The Greenville Guards to Captain W. C. McGowan :
Greenville, S. C, February 28, 1893,
Captain W. C. McGozvan, Abbeville, S. C. :
Dear Sir: — I take pleasure in enclosing you an official
copy of the resolutions adopted by the Greenville Guards
at a meeting held on the 27th inst.
I beg to express the hope that you will favorably consider
the request contained in the resolutions.
Very respectfully
A. R. MORGAN,
Secretary G. G.
The Resolutions :
Greenville, S. C, February 28, 1893,
At a meeting of the Greenville Guards, held on the 27th
inst., the following resolutions were offered by Lieutenant
Conyers and unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That the thanks of the Greenville Guards are
due and are hereby tendered Captain W. C. McGowan,
of Abbeville, S. C, for his eloquent and scholarly address
delivered by him before this Company at their Anniversary,
Washington's Day, 1893.
Resolved, That the above resolution be forwarded to
Captain McGowan, with the request for a copy of his
address for publication by this Company.
Resolved, That Captain W. C. McGowan be elected an
Honorary member of the Greenville Guards.
ELLISON A. SMYTH,
A. R. MORGAN, Captain G. G.
Secretary G. G.
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Captain W. C. McGowan to the Greenville Guards :
Abbeville, S. C, March 6, 1893,
Mr. A. R. Morgan, Secretary Greenville Gtiards,
Greenville, S. C.
Dear Sir: — Your communication, dated February 28th,
only reached me this P.. M. I take the earliest opportunity
for replying.
I am exceedingly grateful to my Greenville friends, the
Guards, for their very kind resolutions adopted on the 27th
February, and am gratified that they should think my
address worthy of preservation. I enclose the manuscript
as you request.
With my sincere thanks to your gallant command for the
honor done me, and with my best wishes to them for along
and prosperous career, graced by many such delightful cele-
brations as your banquet of 1893, I remain.
Yours very truly,
W. C. McGOWAN.
THE GREENVILLE GUARDS.
SIXTEENTH ANNIVERSIARY,
February 22nd, 1893.
From The Greenville, S. C, Daily News, February 23c?, 1893 :
OUR GUARDS IN GLORY.
Appropriate and Enjoyable Celebration
of Yesterday.
Captain McGowan's Oration Last Night — A Fine Effort Thoroughly
Appreciated— The Life Story of the World's Greatest
Man — Last Nights Banquet — Colonel
Armstrong's Beautiful
Tribute to
HAMPTON.
The Greenville Guards are to be congratulated on their
celebration of Washington's birthday. It was a thoroughly
delightful occasion and a perfect success from beginning to
end, and will be memorable in local annals as one of the
most well arranged and completely executed occasions the
city has ever known.
There was a large gathering of friends of the company in
Ferguson's hall. The ladies were present in very large
numbers and appeared to enjoy the exercises heartily.
The stage was handsomely and appropriately decorated.
At the rear were three large flags draping the entire width
of the stage. The United States flag was in the middle, a
silk State flag hung at the right and at the left was the
Confedrate flag with the inscription :
"Though conquered we adore it.
Love the cold dead hands that bore it."
Life size portraits of Captains Norwood, Sloan and Smyth
in full uniform stood on easles, facing the audience, and the
frames were trimmed with evergreens and flowers. At the
front were two full stacks of rifles with belts and cartridge
boxes on them. On the walls of the dressing rooms flanking
the stage were large W's of rifles.
As usual with Greenville people, the audience was late
arriving and it was 8 o'clock when the members of the
company marched in, in their handsome uniforms and with
military precision went to their place at the front row of
seats. There were on the stage Capt. E. A. Smyth, com-
manding the company and presiding, Lieutenants Conyers,
Bentz and Anderson, Chaplain Mercer, Surgeon Wilkerson,
Col. James Armstrong, of Charleston, Judge J. S. Cothran,
Capt. W. C. McGowan, the orator of the occasion, Col. J. C.
Boyd, in uniform, Maj. J. A. Mooney, of the Butler Guards,
Col. J. W. Cagle, Mayor Gilreath, Col. J. A. Hoyt, Julius C.
Smith, J. F. Richardson, R. G. McPherson, James H. Max-
well, Charles McAlister, H. J. Haynsworth, Frank Capers,
L. W. Parker, C. Garlington, of Spartanburg, J. S. Cureton,
A. W. Anderson, C. McAlister and other distinguished
guests and citizens, most of them in fwll dress or uniform.
The Rev. I. M. Mercer, chaplain of the company, opened
the proceedings with prayer. A little stir went through
the audience when, in giving thanks for the existence of
the organization to maintain law and order, he spoke of
"cruel and inhuman murderers going about our streets"
and the apparent difficulty in having justice done.
Miss Ellie Earle, daughter of Col. J. H. Earle, performed
brilliantly on the large piano standing in the hall the Mar-
seillaise Hymn, the martial strains of which thrilled the
audience and evoked its applause.
Captain Smyth said, just fifteen years ago at a celebra-
tion similar to this by the company he then had the honor
to command, the Washington Artillery of Charleston, it had
been his privilege and pleasure to introduce as the orator
of the day, that eminent soldier, Statesman and jurist, Gen-
eral Samuel McGowan. To-night he had the pleasure of
introducing to a Greenville audience, the worthy son of a
worthy father; Captain William C. McGowan, of Abbeville,
the orator of the Greenville Guards.
Captain McGowan then advanced and was received with
warm applause. His oration occupied nearly an hour in its
delivery and was universally commended as a model of fit-
ness for the occasion and compliance with its purpose. He
was frequently interrupted by enthusiastic applause. What
he said was thoroughly well said — often eloquently said —
and covered the ground of Washington's career and char-
acter with vivid touches and with wonderful completeness.
There was prolonged applause as Captain McGowan con-
cluded one of the most useful, complete and compact ora-
tion ever prepared for such an occasion, and the enthusiasm
was renewed a few minutes later when "Dixie" dashed and
sparkled from the piano under Miss Earle's fingers.
The chaplain then pronounced the benediction.
THE BANQUET.
After the address by Captain McGowan at Ferguson's
hall, the Greenville Guards and their guests assembled in
the parlors of the M.ansion House. At half past 9 o'clock
Guards and guests proceeded to the dining room to enjoy
the rich banquet prepared by Mr. Gates.
Capt. E. A. Smyth presided, introducing the Rev. I. M.
Mercer who asked the Divine blessings upon the assembled
company and friends:
Thirty-three members of the Guards were present in
uniform and sixty reserve members in full evening dress.
Among the invited guests were Colonel Armstrong, of
Charleston; Colonel Boyd and Lieutenant Colonel Mooney,
of the Fifth S. C. Volunteers; Captain McGowan, Judge
Cothran, J. C. Garlington, R. L. Todd, J. E. Hazell and
Lieutenant E. M. Blythe, of the Butler Guards.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE MENU :
Lynnhaven Bay Oysters, Half Shell
Norfolk Selects, Stewed.
Kalamazoo Celery, Queen Olives,
Chicken Salad, Sliced Tomatoes,
Champaigne, Extra Dry.
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Boned Turkey. Boiled Magnolia Ham.
Aspic Jelly'. Current Jelly.
Salmon Salad.
Fruit Cake. Plain Cake.
Assorted Cakes.
Monticello Claret.
Newport Ice Cream. Greenville Guards Punch.
Assorted Fruits. Assorted Nuts.
French Coffee. Green Tea.
Sweet Milk.
After an hour and a half spent in the enjoyment of the
delicious viands, Captain Smyth arose and in a short happy
address introduced Col. J. A. Hoyt to respond to the toast.
"The day we celebrate. Glorious in the annals of our Com-
monwealth as the birthday of him we call the father of his
country, and as the anniversary of the Greenville Guards."
Colonel Hoyt's response was a glowing tribute to the
memory of Washington, taking the "Farewell Address" of
the great patriot as the key note of his remarks, commend-
ing his sublime character as the model, comparing the last
great American, Grover Cleveland, with the first and
greatest of all Americans. There was a hearty response to
the eloquent and patriotic speech.
The next toast, ''The Orator of the Day, eloquent and
silver tongued. We owe him thanks for his able address
this evening."
This toast naturally called Captain McGowan to his feet
and he commended the Guards for their patriotic efforts to
keep alive the old time custom of observing the day and
more especially their marked success in keeping up the
standard of the company by frequent social and other
unions. He intimated that he had been heard enough for one
evening and said he would resign the floor to the eloquent
son of Charleston, Colonel Armstrong.
The third toast :
"Wade Hampton. Manly man and soldier Statesman.
The true type of a South Carolina hero."
Colonel Armstrong was greeted with rounds of applause
when he arose to respond.
He introduced himself by a series of humorous remarks
which at once caught the attention and interest of all pres-
ent. He spoke of Hampton as the great Carolinian. In
chaste and striking language, he followed the history of
Hampton through the war, relating the pathetic and dram-
atic scene when Hampton's son was killed at the side of the
father — the soldier hastily dismounting, kissing the pale
brow of his dead boy, then leaping into the saddle and
dashing like a god of war into the thickest flame of carnage
madly driving the enemy before him. Then he traced
Hampton's career through the strife of '76. leading his
people to victory and redeeming his State from the hands
of knaves and thieves. Then his service in the Senate of the
United States and the love and respect shown him by his
associates was touched upon. There was a pause. It was
a wonderfully dramatic situation as the speaker stood with
hand raised and pronounced the words :
"Wade Hampton is now a private citizen."
There was a hush — a painful stillness as the words were
uttered. The orator spoke of the • age of the hero, how
before many years he must go to join the glorious and
glorified spirits of Jackson, Stuart, Lee and the hosts of others
who had fought with him. Then the stars and the sun
would shine on the narrow mound which hid Hampton from
view, but on his heart would be written "the Confederacy-
Carolina," and the people would say he was "The Great
Carolinian."
The other toasts of the evening were read and responded
to as follows :
"South Carolina. Glorious in her past, yet hopeful of her
future." H. J. Haynsworth.
"The Judiciary. Mightier than the bayonet, stronger
than passion; in its majestic presence the weak grow valiant
and the oppressed become free." Judge J. S. Cothran.
"The City of Greenville. The Pearl of the Piedmont.
May she continue in her onward march of progress and
prosperity." Mayor W. W. Gilreath.
"The Fifth Regiment, S. C. V. T. Where duty calls,
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there you will always find them." Col. J. A. Mooney.
'•The Butler Guards. • The brave custodian of an honored
name. We hail them as brothers in arms." E. M.
Blythe.
"The Press. The sentinel of civilization. To its watch-
fulness we look for warning as danger approaches." J.
Conway Garlington.
"Woman. Oh, woman ! Lovely woman! Nature made
thee to temper man. We had been brutes without you." L.
W. Parker.
At a late hour, or rather an early hour, the banquet closed
with the unanimous opinion that it was a most delightful
one.
CAPTAIN McGOWAN'S ORATION.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
The most striking- object which meets the eye as you
near the splendid Capital of our country, is a towering-
obelisk. No base reliefs surround its broad foundation.
No carving nor sculpture. No deep cut letters of praise or
epitaph. No figure crowns its lofty top. A simple massive
marble shaft, it reaches heavenward nearly 600 feet. One
need not be told that this is Washington's Monument, and
gazing upon its perfect proportions and marble purity, one
can but feel the influence of its silent grandeur and its
stately dignity. A nation's tribute to her greatest son.
"When Phaon, the sophist, consulted the oracle, he was
directed 'to enquire of the dead,' and turning to the
records of their wisdom, found the answer he sought "
It is well, mv friends, to occasionallv review the life of
some great and good man. It is well for the young of our
land to have held up to them the high qualities and
great achievements of our forefathers, so that they may, as
far as possible, pattern after them. We should always
strike high. We can approximate if we can not attain.
Of perfect characters we have had but one, He who spake
as never man spake before, and worthy of all imitation; but
of mere earthly men after careful study, I deliberately say,
that all in all, the worthiest, highest, and best example, of
the many which the world has given us, is that of George
Washington.
When your kind summons to appear before you on this
occasion, first reached me, I determined to speak of Wash-
inton as the typical American, as it were, applying his
standards to the men and measures of to-day; but as I read
more and more of this wonderful man, I determined to
speak only of him- I shall ne»ver repent my choice. It has
at least made me familiar with his career, and taught me
to appreciate his worth, and if by what I say to-night, I can
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induce any of you to go and do likewise, I will feel amply
repaid for whatever time and study I may have given the
subject. We do not know enough of Washington. How
many of as have read his life ? We know he was called the
father of his country, and are familiar with the story of ihe
hatchet and the cherry tree, and other mythical traditions,
being content to go no deeper into the subject. We are
inclined to think of him as a high, pure man, something
above mediocrity, who luckily came upon the scene during
the infancy of our country, when great men were scarce,
and achievements exaggerated: and we are apt to think that
if he was so good, he could not have been so great. This
should not be. I confess 10 being one of those who under-
estimated him, but, I also confess that since studying his
life and character, the whole current of my thought is
changed; I now consider him the greatest of our many great
men. I am therefore grateful to mv Greenville friends, not
only for the honor of being called to address you, but also
for the opportunity which otherwise I might never have
made, of becoming acquainted with this illustrious man.
Washington's life is so full of stirring incident from earli-
est youth, and his character so worthy of careful analysis,
that it is impossible to do justice to either within the limits
of a popular address. We must, therefore, to use the meta-
phor of Coleridge, "tell the storv by flashes of lightning,"
present our hero at different times and under varied cir-
cumstances, review the opinions of great men, and see what
impression is left of his character, as a General, as a States-
man, as a Man.
"Biography is the best part of history," and it is only by
the studv of the character and motives of the leading-
spirits of an epoch, that we can arrive at a just conclusion
concerning the events which marked it; and from what
limited study I have been able to give the period which
includes the birth and infancy of this great Republic, Wash-
ington appears in all sober truth as the God-given father.
To use the words of another, "heaven granted us one great
soul, one leading mind, to extricate the best cause from that
ruin which seemed to await it."
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Washington was a soldier from his cradle. In hisbo)' , ish
games he loved to play captain, and early turned his
thoughts to the studv of war.
At the aee of nineteen, during the French and Indian
wars, he was commissioned Adjutant-General of the Vir-
ginia forces, and at twenty-one, he was made commander of
of the Northern Military district of Virginia by Governor
Dinwiddie.
At twenty-three, his vigorous defence of Fort Necessity
having stamped him as a man of uncommon military talents,
he was commissioned commander-in-chief of all the Vir-
ginia forces. For the next three vears he defended a
frontier of more than 350 miles with 700 men; and in 1758
he led the expedition which captured Fort DuQuesne, re-
naming it Fort Pitt.
These early campaigns, with all their trials and experi-
ences, went far to form the character, and fit the man for
his future destiny. The French and Indian war being over,
he resigned his commission, married Mrs. Custis, a rich
widow, settled at Mount Vernon, and for the next twenty
years lived the life of a typical Virginia planter, which in-
cluded, at that time, an active part in the politics of his
native State.
On the 15th of June, 1775, on motion of John Adams, in
the Continental Congress, he was unanimously elected
"General and Commander-in-Chief of such forces as are, or
shall be, raised for the maintenance and preservation of
American Liberty."
His eminent biographer, Irving, says of him : "Wash-
ington had but little private life, his was eminently a public
character ;" and from the date of his election as Com-
mander-in-Chief of the army, his great career begins. What
other character, after facing the search-light of public
opinion for more than one hundred years, stands forth as
flawless as his?
Hear his modest reply when informed of his election. "I
beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the
room, that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I
do not think myself equal to the command I am honored
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with." To appreciate this honor, we must remember that
to some extent the same feeling between North and South,
existed then as now. Puritan against Cavalier. Massachu-
setts and Virginia were rival colonies. The war had actu-
ally begun in New England ; two battles had been fought,
and the army was then commanded bv a New Englander.
Yet, Washington is nominated by a Massachusetts man,
and elected unanimously in a body where New England
sentiment predominated. This shows conclusively what
his contemporaries thought of him.
He now begins his wonderful campaign of eight long,
weary years, during which the weight of his cares and re-
sponsibilities constantly increased, from the siege of Boston,
the final triumph of which was long deferred through oppo-
sition to his plans, followed by his campaign in the Jerseys,
which included what Frederick the Great has declared,
"the most brilliant achievements of anv recorded in the
annals of military action," and so succeeding each other,
sccesses and reverses. Monmouth and Brandywine, German-
town and Valley Forge, through all, suffering and priva-
tions which might well have appalled the bravest, to the
siege of Yorktown, the crowning victory, when he humbled
the haughty Cornwallis on the soil of his own beloved Vir-
ginia.
Creasy, in his "Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World,"
selects Saratoga as the all-important event of the American
Revolution. With all due respect, I beg to differ from him.
It is not surprising that a foreigner, especially an English-
man, should think Saratoga the turning point in our strug-
gle. It was startling to hear of the surrender of Burgoyne
an,d his 8,000 veterans; and more than all, this battle de-
termined the halting court of France to lend us that aid we
had so long desired. Hence Creasy 's mistake was natural.
It was a glorious victory, but it was not the pivot. The tide
had turned before Saratoga, and in my judgment the battle
of Trenton decided the fate of American Liberty.
During the year preceding Trenton, nothing but disaster
had followed the continental arms. We see city after city
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fall, and defeat follow fast upon defeat, until hope itself was
dead.
Even the patriots lost heart, and the end seemed very
near. Washington saw that a blow must be struck, more
to revive his own countrymen than hoping to materially
weaken his foe. The British, flushed by repeated successes,
were sure of their prey. Washington chose Christmas
night, when he thought the enemy would be off his guard.
He crossed the Delaware amid huge blocks of floating
ice, and marched eight miles through a blinding storm of
sleet and snow. Many of his men were bare-footed, leaving,
as they marched, their foot prints marked with blood. Two
of his generals were to have joined him, but none save
Washington could accomplish this perilous undertaking.
He made the attack alone. As the day began to dawn and
his men, wearied and almost frozen, neared the town, we
may imagine the feelings of Washington. He halted and
thus addressed his followers as they crowded around him :
"Soldiers, now or never, this is our last chance, march on."
Never did Napoleon inflame his troops with simpler or
more heart-reaching eloquence; and never did patriots win
a more important victory. Without fear, and with but little
hope, this brave band followed Washington through that
awful night, as the Greeks followed Leonidas to Thermopy-
lae; as the Carthaginians followed Hannibal to Zama, and as
these English red-coats followed Wellington to Waterloo,
resolved to win or perish.
'"Ours not to reason why.
Ours not to make reply,
Ours but to do or die."
The despicable Hessians, stupid from their mid-night de-
bauch were stricken hip and thigh, and once more the ban-
ner of Liberty floated triumphant to the breeze.
This bold and daring stroke resulted in the recovery of
the Jerseys, the renewal of courage and hope, and gained for
Washington, in Europe, the name of the American Fabius.
But for this victory, the battle of Saratoga would never
have been fought, therefore, I say, Trenton should be reck-
oned as one of the fifteen decisive battles of the world.
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Napoleon, the greatest warrior the world has ever pro-
duced, has said that he planned some of his most daring
campaigns after Washington's Delaware manoeuvres.
Washington knew full well the tremendous issue at stake.
Had Hannibal triumphed at Zama the progress of the world
would have stopped. Had Washington failed at Trenton
or had he been killed or taken prisoner, our Revolution to a
certainty would have collapsed, and today, instead of enjoy-
ing political freedom and equality, we might still be but an
English colony.
It is not fair to compare Washington with other most
noted captains. Napoleon had his Old Guard which "dies
but never surrenders." Caesar had his Tenth Legion,
which never failed. Frederick had his Grenadiers, invinci-
ble. Washington had only the rawest recruits, badly
armed, poorly clad, and often without powder. Continual
jealousies and dissensions among his officers. An obstinate,
and at times, impotent Congress to vex him. With no
means of communication, to have carried on this war from
Canada to Florida, and after eight years to have ended it
with complete and glorious victory, is an achievement
which we may well doubt if Napoleon himself could have
accomplished.
Think of it ! England was at the zenith of her power,
ruling in India, holding Gibralter and thinking herself un-
disputed mistress in the new world, France having retired
in despair from the contest. The colonies were weak and
widely separated. No money; no army; no credit. No rail-
roads; no arms; no ammunition. Little of anything except
determination, and even that at times forsook all save
Washington. Then does it not seem arrogance and pre-
sumption in these weak little colonies, to have defied the
well disciplined and unconquered armies of the mother
country ?
Why did we not fail ? This is a question often asked and
rarely answered. The man who reads history impartially
cannot hesitate long. The answer lies in a single word, and
that word is — Washington.
Hear his bold and defiant answer when asked what he
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would do if the enemy drove him from Pennsylvania, and
this when the future was very gloomy; hear his inspiring
words : "I will retire to Augusta county, among the moun-
tains of Virginia, and, if necessary, beyond the Alleghanies,
but never yield." Never once, in the darkest of the many
dark hours during those eight years of terrible struggle, did
the heart of Washington fail him. There were times, e. g.,
the beginning of the year i/~6, when he literally stood alone.
Doubt and despair had seized upon all, the last spark of
hope seemed extinguished, and yet this dauntless spirit stood
undismayed. It is impossible to over-estimate the effects
upon our cause of this unshaken courage. Unhesitatingly,
I say, that but for Washington, the Revolution would have
failed, and the contest which gave not only to America, but
to the world, the great principle of political equality, would
have gone down in history, not applauded as a patriotic
revolution, but stigmatized as an ungrateful rebellion.
It is the fashion now-adays to underestimate Washing-
ton as a military man. It is said he was too cautious, and
too fond of retreat. Those who allege this, betray their
io-orance. This verv caution, under the circumstances,
proves more than anything else that he was a General equal
to the occasion. He knew that pitched batties with the
English veterans meant certain defeat, and he adopted the
only mode of warfare which could have succeeded, viz.: that
of worrying his foe continually, and fighting only when he
had the advatage.
Napoleon won his most famous battles by forcing his
enemy to fight though unwilling; neither Clinton, Bur-
Sfovne nor Cornwallis could ever coax or inveigle Wash-
ington into battle unless he himself desired it. Thus, the
very argument to belittle, stamps him as a genius.
See him at Monongahela in the fiercest of the fight — two
horses shot under him and four bullets through his coat.
See him at Kipp's Bay, vainly striving to check his cowardly
troops by rushing to the front. See him at Princeton, when
seizing a standard he galloped between the lines. Read
these heroic deeds and who dare say he lacked boldness or
dash ?
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As a tactician and strategist he ranks high. The very-
fact that the British could never make him fight speaks
volumes in his praise, while Trenton and Yorktown are per-
petual reminders that he could manoeuvre as well as fight
Sir Henry Clinton thought him still before New York,
when he was at Yorktown receiving the sword of Corn-
wallis.
Brave General Wayne, who executed the assault on Stony
Point, has admitted that it was all the plan of Washington;
and his reply, when asked if he would undertake this haz-
ardous enterprise, is characteristic of the man. It shows
not only the undaunted spirit of Wayne, but also his un-
bounded confidence in his chief. He replied enthusiasti-
cally : ' General, I will assault Hell, if you but plan it." This
splendid attack gave "Mad Anthony" his fame. To judge
of Washington as a General, we must take into considera-
tion all the circumstances, means, conditions and difficulties
which surrounded him, and when you do this, his military
reputation is -afe.
While on this branch of my subject, and speaking to a
Carolina audience, the temptation is great to refer to Moul-
trie and Marion and Sumter, our own gallant Generals; and
it is hard to pass unnoticed Eutaw Springs, Camden, Ninety-
Six, Cowpens and Kings Mountain. Equally hard is it to
"hands off" from that Sherman of the Revolution, the cruel
Tarlton, bu as Washington did command in person in the
South, 1 must desist.
AS A STATESMAN.
"It was well said by John Milton, war has made many
great whom peace makes small. But of Washington, we
can say as Milton said to Cromwell, that while war made
him great, peace made him greater." The war being over,
and all he fought for accomplished, Washington sheathes
his faithful sword and surrenders it to Congress, simply but
grandly, the ex-calibur of a stainless knight. For a brief
season he seeks the quiet of that rural home which he so
much loved, but not for long. The infant Republic is not
yet safe from even the perils of its birth, and his clear
head and strong arm are needed once again.
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The convention is called to frame the constitution, and
Washington is unanimously elected to preside over its de-
liberations. He had much to do with the formation of that
constitution which since its adoption has been the admira-
tion of the world. This Federal League, for the purposes
of a free people occupying an extended territory, is the most
wonderful discovery in the whole range of political science.
Its most importan.t feature was Washington's idea. In 1783,
in his letter to all the governors of the States, he says :
"There are four things which I humbly conceive are essen-
tial to the well-being, I may venture to sav the existence,
of the United States as an Independent Power. First — An
Indissolvable Union of theStates under one Federal Head,"
etc., thus showing that the greatest underlying and over-
lapping principle of that wonderful instrument, novel and
all-important, viz. : Home-Rule of the States with a general
Federal supervision and control, was advocated bv Washing,
ton long before the Constitution was adopted. This alone,
is sufficient to prove him great as a Statesman.
He spoke but seldom in public, but his numerous letters
and state papers are models of their kind.
It is well for us that during the first eight vears of our
national existence, when both Republic and Constitution
were untried, and the world sneered at what they consid-
ered a reckless speculation, that Washington was at the
helm. But for his wise counsel, and his unceasing efforts
to reconcile all differences during this season of awful pro-
bation, England might have seen what she so much desired,
an early and disastrous collapse of this republican experi-
ment. It has been said that the pen is mightier than the
sword, certain it is that Washington's pen was as quick as
his sword to respond to his country's call, and performed
its part equally as well. His writings were always clear,
concise, and to the point. Grover Cleveland, the greatest
President since Wasington, has given us many terse epi-
grams which have become proverbial, but Washington
rivals him in this. "Cherish public credit." "Observe good
faith and justice to all nations, cultivate peace and harmony
with all." "In proportion as the structure of a government
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gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public
opinon should be enlightened." And lastly, "The Union,
the Union in any event." These are axioms of political
economy as true to-day as when he uttered them.
When Arnold returned disappointed from the attack of
Quebec, what was the generous greeting of Washington ?
"No man can command success, but you have done more,
you have deserved it."
AS A MAN.
If Washington was great as a General; if he was greater
in the councils of peace; he was greatest as a man.
His character was exalted, and I feel most my feebleness
when I attempt to delineate it. "Mark the perfect man and
behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace."
He was an earnest, unostentatious Christian. Listen to
his words of faith, betraying at the same time the innate
modesty of the man :
"When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as
it was visibly manifest, in guiding us through the Revolution
in preparing us for the reception of the general govern-
ment, and in conciliating the good will of the people of
America toward one another after its adoption, I feel myself
oppressed and almost overwhelmed, by a sense of Divine
munificence. I feel that nothing is due to my personal
acrencv in all those wonderful and complicated events, ex-
cept what can be attributed to an honest zeal for the good
of my country."
Again : "No people can be bound to acknowledge and
adore an invincible hand which conducts the affairs of men
more than the people of the United States. Every step by
which we have advanced to the character of an independ-
ent nation, seems to have been distinguished by some token
of Providential agencv."
Aoain : "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to
political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensi-
ble supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute
of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars
of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of
men and citizens."
Such words come straight from the heart of a srood man,
and speak to us to-day, if anything-, more stronglv than one
hundred years ago.
Daniel Webster said, at the completion of the monument
at Bunker Hill: "America has furnished to the world the
character of Washington, and if our American institutions
had done nothing else, that alone would have entitled them
to the respect of mankind."
All of Washington's greatness was built upon his sterling
character. In every sense he was an honest man, he
thought honestly, he spoke honestly, and he acted honestly.
I would say his cardinal characteristics were, high princi-
ples, unspotted integrity, down-right honesty, and under all
circumstances, sound judgment and "saving common
sense."
His patriotism was so pure that power had no allurements
or temptations for him. His army wanted to make him a
king, and he replied with such scornful indignation as to
wither the scheme at its very inception. His jealous offi-
cers reported him anonymously to Congress, and he begged
that the charges be laid before that bodv, saying: "Why
should I be exempt from censure, the unfailing lot of an
elevated station? Merits and talents which I cannot pre-
tend to rival, have ever been subject to it. My heart tells
me that it has been my unremitted aim to do the best which
circumstances would permit. Yet I may have been very
often mistaken in my judgment of the means, and may in
many instances deserve the imputation of error." Who has
ever shown higher characterthan this?
Washington's character would be more appreciated had
it been more irregular. The public admire the individual
more than the national character, and his was pre-eminently
national. I mean by this that he lived for his country, and
not for himself, always preferring the national good to per-
sonal fame. Had he been simply a great General, or a great
Statesman, or a great Orator, the public would know more
of him; but his mind was so perfectly balanced, his charac-
ter, on every side, so evenly developed, that like the tern-
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pies of old, their very perfection in proportion and symme-
try, deceives the eye as 10 their magnitude.
Webster, in speaking of the Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts, which he loved so well, when praise and panegyric
seemed to fail him, in simple eloquence, exclaimed : "There
she stands;" so my friends, I feel in speaking of the char-
acter of Washington. Such a sacred inheritance is not to
be loaded with adjective and superlative. There it stands !
A priceless heirloom to every patriotic American, whose
pleasure it should be to study its every detail, and whose
duty it should be to imitate if be can.
I am no idolatrous hero worshipper, and perfection is not
of earth. Washington was mortal, and even he had his mo-
ments of weakness. But I do say that he manifested as lit-
tle of the old Adam as ever falls to the lot of man, especially
when we remember the flatterers who must have surrounded
him, and that great temptations proverbially beset the path-
way of the great.
At Monmouth, so justly exasperated was he at the cow-
ardly conduct of Lee, that with flashing eye and burning
cheek he braded him to his face and before his command,
"A damned poltroon." I am glad to say that this Lee was
not the forefather of our own noble Lee.
Towards the close of his career as President, he was
greatly harrassed by dissensions between the parries,
anonymous letters and newspaper attacks, in which he was
spoken of as the step-father of his country, embittered him
temporarily, and he declared in a cabinet meeting in 1793,
"that he had never repented but once the having slipped
the moment of resigning his office, and that was every
moment since." This dissatisfaction was confined, however,
to a few politicians, who were as pestiferous then as now,
and had he consented to run again his election wonld have
been unanimous in 1796, as it had been in 1789 and in 1792.
To sum up: In the war of the Revolution — the leader of
our army; in framing the Constitution — the President of our
Councils; in organizing the Government- -the Chief Magis-
trate of the Republic. Who, before or since, has compassed
the half ? '
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OPINIONS OF GREAT MEN.
Listen to the estimate of Washington by those best able
to judge.
John Adams said, in speaking of the various trials which
beset Washington, and the violent passions and discordant
interests at work against him : "It requires more serenity
of temper, a deeper understanding, and more courage than
fell to the lot of Marlborough, to ride in this whirlwind."
Lord Erskine, in dedicating one of his works to Washing-
ton, says : "You are the only being for whom I have an
awful reverence."
Charles James Fox apostrophized him, in the House of
Commons, as follows : "Illustrious man, before whom all
borrowed greatness sinks into insignificance."
And from Lord Brougham we add this tribute: "Until
time shall be no more, will a test of the progress which our
race has made in wisdom and virtue, be derived from the
veneration paid to the immortal name of Washington."
Mr. Gladstone, the greatest living man today, except
Grov'er Cleveland, who, but a few days since at the age
of eightv-three, thrilled the world with his matchless elo-
quence in behalf of down-trodden Ireland. What is his
verdict? In conversation he has said that "Washington is
the purest character in history," and he deliberately writes:
"That if among all the pedestals supplied by history for
public characters of extraordinary nobility and purity, I
saw one higher than all the rest, and if I were required at a
moment's notice to name the fittest occupant for it, my
choice, at any time during the last forty-five years, would
have lighted, as- it would now light, upon Washington."
Greater praise hath no man than this.
While the storm of the French Revolution was raging
Gouverneur Morris wrote from Paris in 1793: "Happy,
happv America ! Governed by reason, by law, by the man
whom she loves, whom she almost adores. It is the pride
of my life to consider chat man my friend, and I hope long
to be honored with that title."
Count Herzburg who, for thirty years presided over the
ministry of foreign affairs under Frederick the Great,
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writes to Washington : "I have always admired your great
virtues and qualities, your distinguished patriotism, your
unshaken courage and simplicity of manners — qualifica-
tions by which you surpass even the most noted of an-
tiquity. '
Blunt old Benjamin Franklin, distinguished alike for his
sincerity and hard common sense, leaves the following
record in his last will and testament : "My fine crab-tree
walking-stick, with a gold head curiously wrought in the
form of the cap of liberty, I give to my friend and the
friend of mankind, George Washington. If it were a sceptre
he has merited it, and would adorn it."
Thomas Tefferson, the analytical logician, who, as we
know, was not very friendly to Washington, has left this
judgment of him : "His integrity was most pure; his justice
the most inflexible I have ever known: no motives of interest
or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to
bias his decision. He was indeed, in every sense of the
words, a wise, a good and a great man."
When Patrick Henry returned home from the first'Con-
tinental Congress, he was asked who was the greatest man
in that body, he replied : "If you speak of eloquence, Mr.
Rutledge, of South Carolina, is the greatest orator; but if
vou speak of solid information and sound judgment, Col-
onel Washington, is by far the greatest man on that floor."
When we remember that Patrick Henry spoke this before
Washington had advanced to any national notoriety, we
can but judge of his sincerity and truthfulness.
Even Thomas Conway, prime mover of the traitorous
cabal at Valley Forge, when he believed himself on his
death bed, and "just able," as he said, to hold the pen for a
few minutes,' 1 used them in writing to Washington of his
"sincere grief for having done, written or said, anything
disagreeable." And he added, as if to avow his thorough
repentance and conversion : "You are in my eyes the great
and good man. May you long enjoy the love, veneration
and esteem of those Stares, whose liberties you have asserted
bv your virtues." This, coming from the man suppose. to
be his o-reatest enemy, is indeed the culminating tribute.
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Byron, the greatest of poets, and the relentless enemy and
exposure of sham and hypocrsiy —himself a martyr to his
love of liberty on the shores of ill fated Greece — gave us
these undying lines :
•'Where may the wearied eve repose
When gazing on the great.
Where neither guilty glory glows.
Nor despicable state ?
Yes, ONE — the first, the last, the best,
The Cincinnatus of the West.
Whom envy dared not hate —
Bequeath the name of ashington
To make men blush there was but one."
John Marshall, whose name is as inseparably linked to
the Constitution in construing", as Washington's in the
making of it, with that judicial precision and clear-cut terse-
ness which characterizes his every utterance, has summed
up the services of Washington in these words : "It was the
peculiar lot of this distinguished man, at everv epoch when
the destinies of his country seemed dependent on the meas-
ure adopted, to be called by the united voice of his fellow-
citizens to those high stations on which the success of
those measures principally depended."
Light Horse Harry Lee has epitomized into a single im-
mortal sentence, the life and character of Washington :
"First in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his
countrymen." Well said ! And history bears testimony to
its truth.
Other testimonials could be added, but surely this is
enough. What was it then, my friends, that called forth
such spontaneous praise from such great men of all nations ?
Was it magnetism ? No. If there was a defect, and defect
it be called in Washington's composition, he was inclined
to be cold and impassive.
Was it pretension ? And did he get credit for what he
had not ? No. That burning light which beats upon
thrones, has for over one hundred vears, tested its gen-
uineness.
Was it chance or accident? Never. "No man," says
Carlyle, "becomes a saint in his sleep." And there is no
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greater fallacy than that which often attributes success in
great things to luck.
Reputations are now and then wafted to a man, like
thistle-down, for no better visible reason than that he
happens to be out in the same wind with them. But in
the long run the logic of cause and effect will vindicate it-
self; and though we do sometimes, for a season, have
imposters and charlatans, sham heroes and mock saints, the
blessed fact remains, that the winds of time and contest do
at last blow away all the chaff from the great grain floor of
humanitv. Hemisphere does not cry aloud to Hemisphere
about a hypocrite; nor do Nations rise up and praise the
unworthy.
No, fellow countrymen ; no, Washington's fame is safe.
Built upon the everlasting rock of merit, neither anxious
criticism, searching analysis, nor the lapse of time prevail
against it ; but more and more does it brighten with sue-
ceeding ages, and more and more, as we study and imitate,
do its glorious precepts shine forth in letters of living light.
"All the ends he aimed at
Were hi6 Country's, his God*s aud Truth's."
The Encyclopaedia Britannica, one of the latest authori-
ties upon any subject, sums up the character of Washing-
ton in these words, which I believe is the judgment of man-
kind : "Of all men that ever lived, he was the greatest of
good men and the best of great men.'"
Robert C. Winthrop, the cultured and scholarly orator,
to whom I owe many of my quotations from the writings
of Washington, and the opinions of great men, closed his
magnificent oration on the completion of the Washington
Monument, in these words: "The most elaborate and dur-
able monuments may perish, but neither the forces of
nature nor any fiendish crime of man can ever mar or
mutilate a great example of public or private virtue. Our
matchless Obelisk stands proudly before us to-day, and we
hail it with the exultations of a united and glorious nation.
It mav or may not be proof against the cavils of critics, but
nothing of human construction is proof against the casual-
American held up to your view and admiration.
So. when other speakers more eloquent than I, appear
before you year after year, let them always speak to vou of
Washington. They could not ask a better theme, nor could
you find one more profitable. It never ends, it never tires,
but is like our most valued flowers, which bloom perenni-
ally to gladden and to bless.
Let us not fall behind the outside world in knowledge and
appreciation of our Highest and Best. Washington's char-
acter stands unparalleled on earth. Dwell upon it. Let us
emulate and imitate as far as possible, his example and vir-
tues, and be well assured that his fame will transmit his
name to the remotest end of time, as Washington the
Great.
PRIVATES
Allen, W. L.
Bostick, J. W.
Bull, J. A.
Bruns, J. F.
Butler, C. P.
Carter, R.
Collins, H. P.
Crookshanks, F. W.
Cureton, A. L.
Davenport, L. M.
Davis, T. W., Jr.
Deal, J. S.
Fahnestock, T. V. L.
Ferguson, _C. C.
Gaston, C. E.
Green, L. L.
Hallman, W. L.
Hammett, G. P.
Leach, M. B.
March banks, G. E.
McDavid, I.
McCullough, J. A.
Mitchell, J. F.
Nichols, F. E.
Rigby, C. S., Jr.
Rogers, J. C.
Russell, J. M.
Smith, C. A.
Steel, J. A.
Watson, W. N.
Williman, W. H.
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RESERVE MEMBERS
Adger, J. E., Jr.
Anderson, A. W.
Ballenger, R. M.
Bates, E. F.
Beattie, W. T£.
Birnie, J.
Blake, L. D.
Bollin, E. M.
Burgiss, W. W.
Cagle, J. W.
Capers, F. F.
Cothran, T. P.
Cureton, J. S.
Earle, J. I.
Earnhardt, W. C.
Finlay, M. H.
Fitzgerald, J. C.
Gates, A. A.
Goldsmith, Wm., Jr.
Gower, A. G.
Haynsworth, H. J.
Hockaday, J. B.
Hoyt, J. A.
Lanneau, C. H.
Lucas, E. R.
Macbeth, Alex.
Marshall, J. B.
Maxwell, Jas. H.
Maxwell, J. H., M. D.
McAlister, C.
McBee, L. M.
McBee, A., Jr.
McPherson, R. G., Jr.
Miller, G. R.
Orr, J. L.
Orr, J.
Owen, E. B.
Parker, L. W.
Rabb, C. W.
Richardson, J. F.
Sirine, J. E.
Slattery, J.
Slatiery, J., Jr.
Smith, J. C.
Smith, J. R.
Turner, J. T.
Walker, C. C.
Watson, C. E.
Whitmire, T. B.
Whilden, W, G.
Whitmire, B. T.
Williams, A. B.
Williams, J. T.
HONORARY MEMBERS
Ex-Captain J. W. Norwood.
Ex-Captain J. M. Patrick.
W. C. McGowan.
James Armstroug.
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^Ay 14th, 1895.
PUBLISHED BY
Camp Moultrie," sons of confederate Veterans,
OF CHARLESTON, S. C.
JUNE, 1895.
SOLD TO AID IN PURCHASING A HALL FOR THE CAMP. .
L^UAfCClA*Jt*l<ltf A
ECHOES
FROM
U
Hampton Day"
MAY 14th, 1895.
COMPILED AND ARRANGED FOR THE CAMP.
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co., Printers,
Nos. 3 aud 5 Broad and 117 East Bay Streets.
1895.
THE JOINT MEETING OF
"Camp Moultrie/' Sons of Confederate Veterans
WITH THE
"Daughters of the Confederacy"
Of Charleston, S. C.
Held at the Academy of Nltisic,
May 14th, 1895.
INTRODUCTION.
Ever since the formation of "Camp Moultrie," Sons of
Confederate Veterans, it has been the great desire of this
Camp to hold a joint meeting, in some public hall together
with the Charleston Chapter of " The Daughters of the Con-
federacy." which was organized a few months after " Camp
Moultrie," and to invite some prominent Confederate hero to
address the Joint Meeting. The object of this public meeting
being to illustrate the purposes of the two organizations and
by making a charge for admission, to raise the nucleus for a
charitable fund for relieving needy Confederates and widows
and children of those who gave their lives for the defence of
their country.
With this end in view " Camp Moultrie " sent a cordial in-
vitation to the " Daughters of the Confederacv " to join them
in a Public Joint Meeting, which invitation was read before
the meeting of " The Daughters," held March 20th, 1895, and
unanimously accepted.
Upon the request of " Camp Moultrie " a Committee of
three was appointed by "The Daughters" to meet a similar
committee from "Camp Moultrie" to arrange for the Joint
Meeting. The committee from " The Daughters *' consisted
of Mrs. Langdon Cheves, Chairman, Mrs. Geo. D. Bryan and
I*rs. B. F. Alston, while Messrs. Robert A*. Smyth, Chairman,
4 Echoes from Hampton Day.
Stephen R. Bell and. W. Turner Logan were appointed the
committee from '' Camp Moultrie."
A meeting of these two committees was held on April 11th,
and by a unanimous vote, General Wade Hampton was selected
to be the Orator of this occasion.
For the arrangement of the business details Mr. Robert A.
Smyth was elected the General Chairman of the Joint Com-
mittees, and Messrs. Stephen R. Bell and W. Turner Logan
and the General Chairman were appointed the Committee of
Arrangements for the Joint Meeting. The Ladies were ap-
pointed a Committee in charge of the decorating of the
assembly hall.
The following letter was signed by the Joint Committee
and sent by special delivery to General Wade Hampton :
The Daughters of the Confederacy,
Moultrie, Sons of Confederate Veterans !
of
Charleston, South Carolina.
Charleston, S. C, April 11th, 1895.
General Wade Hampton,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir : — Our joint committees have the honor to address
you, on behalf of the associations we represent and of the
community at large, and feel that in appealing to you, we in-
voke the aid of one who has never in peace or war, failed to
champion the cause of right or weakness.
Our associations have been recently formed, with the
special object of arousing the dormant love and memory of
of the Confederacy and its Heroes, in the hearts of those who
have become too entirely absorbed by the '' cares of this world,"
and to awaken the interest, and inform the ignorance of a
generation that is growing up, unconscious of the glorious
past that it can boast.
With this end in view we desire to open our infant careers
with a prestige that shall arouse an enthusiasm now lament-
ably wanting, and what can so effectually accomplish this, as
the presence and voice of our own especial Confederate Hero,
Wade Hampton, at our first joint meeting.
An oration from you on this occasion, would be invaluable
to us, and could you consistently, with your other engage-
Introduction. 5
nieiits, make us a Confederate address on any evening in May,
from the 6th to the 15th, omitting the 10th and 11th, (when
other objects might make a full attendance impossible) we
should gratefully feel the success of our undertaking assured.
As we desire you to be our only orator, we must respectfully
beg for a positive answer and a fixed date.
Earnestly hoping that you may accede to our desire, and
give this one service more to the cause, whose faithful servant
and minister you have ever been, and asking for an early
reply, we have the honor to subscribe ourselves,
.Respectfully yours,
SOPHIA L. CHEVES, Chairman,
MAEY M. BRYAN,
CAROLINE S. ALSTON,
Committee Daughters of the Confederacy.
ROBERT A. SMYTH, Chairman,
STEPHEN R. BELL,
W. TURNER LOGAN,
Committee " Camp Moultrie"
Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Please address your reply to Robert A. Smyth. General
Chairman Joint Committee, Box 234, Charleston, S. C.
It was the desire and intention of the Joint Committee that
the fact of General Hampton's being invited to Charleston be
kept a secret until his acceptance had been received, but a few
days after the imitation was sent to him it became
known in the city, and nearly every military command in the
city tendered its services as an Escort of Honor to General
Hampton, from the depot to his place of residence.
On April 1 5th the following letter was received from Gen.
Hampton, which made glad the hearts of the Committee, and
when published, their joy was shared by the entire city of
Charleston :
department of the interior. |
Office of Commissioner of Railroads. [
Washington, April 14, 1895.
Mr. Robert A. Smyth, Gertl Chairman Joint Committee :
My Dear Sir — The nattering invitation extended to me by
the Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Confederate
6 Echoes from Hampton Day.
Veterans to address their organizations, has been received,
and though I had expected never to speak in South Carolina
again, the appeal made to me is in behalf of so noble and
patriotic a cause, and from such a source, that I cannot refuse it.
In my native city, and before such an audience as will at-
tend your meeting, I can feel sure of a hearing, and it will
give me pleasure to respond in person to your invitation. The
14th or 15th of May would suit me, if agreeable to you, and
I beg that you will let me know at what hour the address is be
made.
Thanking your Committee not only for their invitation,
but for the kind terms in which it was given, I am,
Very truly yours,
WADE HAMPTON.
After the publication of this acceptance, every military
company in the city fell into line and joined the offer of an
Escort of Honor. It was at first intended to hold this joint
meeting in the Hibernian Hall, on Meeting street, but on
account of the great interest taken in it by the general public
it was deemed expedient to secure a larger hall, and the
Academy of Music was hired.
May 14th was selected as the most suitable day, and Gen.
Hampton agreeing to that date, it was arranged to hold
the Joint Meeting on Tuesday night, May 14th, 1895.
HAMPTON DAY.
MAY 14th, 1895.
[The following account of General Hampton's arrival, and the
Joint Meeting, is taken, in the main, from the News and Courier, of
May 15 :]
" There was no element of uncertainty in the welcome that
Charleston extended to her distinguished and beloved son,
Wade Hampton, yesterday. The demonstration was one of
that peculiar kind that only Charleston can make when the
city is in dead earnest. Even the weather was in keeping
with the occasion. In the early morning the bright rays of
the May sun glinted across the wavelets in the bay dancing
merrily to the music of the wintry breeze that was wafted
down from the icy North, and put a glow of health and happi-
ness on the faces of the thousands of women and children, es-
pecially children, who thronged the streets and waited pa-
tiently for a sight of the man whose name is a household
word in all the homes of this city. Flags fluttered to the
wind from housetop and steeple. The militiamen stepped
lively on the way to the rendezvous and the women and chil-
dren dressed in brave attire pervaded every avenue and thor-
oughfare that had been laid down as part of the route of the
procession."
" There was music in the air. Five bands arrayed in all the
panoply of war, music in the ring of St. Michael's chimes,
their mellow tones rich in the memories of two hundred years,
music in the whoops and cheers of the thousands of children,
many of whom were to see the face of Hampton for the first
time and all perhaps for the last. And above all there was a
pathetic motive in the hearts of the few hundred Veterans
who had followed Hampton on the battlefield and were about
to see Hampton again perhaps for the last time on earth."
" The air of Charleston was filled with music and the hearts
of its people filled with gladness."
THE ARRIVAL IN THE CITY.
The train bearing the General arrived at the depot on time
at 6.08 o'clock on the morning of May 14th, and the General's
car was switched off so as to preclude the necessity of causing
him to rise so early, and also that of having the grand parade
8 Echoes from Hampton Day.
at an hour so inconvenient that many would have been unable
to take part in it. Half-past eight was the hour fixed
for the departure from the depot, but long before
that hour large crowds had collected at the depot to catch a
glimpse of the old hero. At that hour, too, every Veteran in
the city was at the depot and many entered the car and paid
their respects before the ceremonies began.
Shortly after half-past eight the start was made, the Veterans
of Camp Sumter and Palmetto Guard Camp, lining up on the
depot facing the General's car,
A moment later Commandant Virgil C. Dibble, of Camp
Sumter, stepped from the rear platform of the car and said
" Comrades, here is Gen. Hampton. You know how to re-
ceive him." These words had scarcely left Mr. Dibble's lips
when the old hero appeared on the platform and as he stepped
to the ground the " Rebel Yell " pierced the skies once more.
The General walked with Major Theodore G. Barker, his
adjutant of thirty-four years ago, past the long line of Veterans
and to his carriage, followed by the other prominent Confed-
erates and the Committee, who were to ride in the car-
riages. The troops, composing the Escort of Honor, were lined
up facing the depot and extending over four blocks.
As the General appeared at the door of the depot the troops
presented arms, and the Sons of Confederate Veterans of Camp
Moultrie, seventy strong, uncovered, while the cannon's roar
and the cheers of the crowds rent the air.
General Hampton being seated in his carriage, a beautiful
Victoria drawn by a splendid pair of bays, the order was
given to " break from the right in columns of fours" and the
inarch began. As the troops passed the depot Gen. Hamp-
ton rose in the carriage with his hat off until all had passed.
From the moment the procession started, which was like a
triumphal entry into a city, until the place of residence was
reached, a route of almost two miles or more, the air was
never still. Cheer after cheer was sent heavenward in honor
of the old hero, the greatest son of Carolina. All along the
streets the people were packed like sardines in a box and the
cheering was almost deafening. When the corner of Hasell
and Meeting Streets, at which stands the St. Charles Hotel, was
reached, the cheering was so great that the very houses must
have vibrated. Down Meeting street past the Charleston
Hotel, and on past St. Michael's Church was like a triumphal
march, every window being filled and the pavements packed.
Around the Battery was a continuation of the ovation. When
Mr. Rawlins Lowndes' residence was reached the troops lined
up and presented arms as General Hampton's carriage and his
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personal escort went by and drew up at the door. Here Gen-
eral Hampton alighted, and it was seen that he was so moved
by the outburst of his people's love, that he was unable to
speak.
The salute of the day was fired by a section of the German
Artillery on Marion Square. The two guns were manned by
veterans of the corps, all attired in citizens' clothes. The
first gun of the salute was fired about 8.35 A. M., when a
mounted officer of the Light Dragoons rode up and reported
that the escort parade had started out. Thirteen guns were
fired with the precision of the veterans who had handled the
pieces at a time when there were cannon to the front of them
and to the rear of them, and when the air was thick with a
hail of lead and iron. Before the echoes of the last gun had
died away in the distance the head of the column wheeled
from John street into King street and the triumphal march
was well under way. Around the square and in King street
both the sidewalks were packed with people, a very large por-
tion of them being school children. A very marked feature
of the landscape was the City Orphans, about three hundred
in number, who were advantageously lined up on the east
sidewalk, just opposite, and to the left, of the position occu-
pied by the firing detachment of the artillery.
As the victoria containing Gen. Hampton and his war ad-
jutant, Major Barker, came in sight, the artillery veterans,
who had finished firing the salute and were drawn up in line,
cannonneers to the front, started the ovation by giving
"three cheers for Hampton," cheers given with a military
precision which can only be attained by veterans. This was
a signal for a general hurrah, the piping voices of the little
children took it up, and the men and women along the side-
walks fell in, and that cheer of welcome followed the hero of
the Lost Cause along the route till it reached Broad street,
when the musical chimes of historic St. Michael's, which
means bo much to Charlestonians, joined in a peal of wel-
come that made the welkin ring and that must have stirred
the hearts of all true Carolinians.
The Escort of Honor was composed of twenty military
companies, two battalions of artillery, one battalion of cavalry,
the Veteran.- of the two Camps U. C. V. in the city, number-
ing over 100 men ; the members of Camp Moultrie ; Sons of
Confederate Veterans not parading with their military com-
panies, numbering 70 men, and followed by the carriage con-
taining their Sponsor and her maids of Honor ; the Charleston
Light Dragoons acting as personal escort, and four carriages
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tilled with prominent Confederates and the Committee. The
longest line of march seen in Charleston for many years.
THE LINE OF MARCH
was down Chapel street to John, down John to King, down
King to Hasell, down Hasell to Meeting, down Meeting to
the Battery, around the Battery and up East Bay to Mr.
Lowndes' house.
The troops composing the Escort of Honor were commanded
by Lieut. John M. Jenkins, 9th U. S. Cavalry, and Com-
mandant of the Cadets of the South Carolina Military
Academy. He was assisted by Lieut. A. L. Bristol, Adjutant
of the Washington Light Infantry Battalion.
The order of their parade was as follows :
Fourth Brigade Band.
First Regiment, under Capt. E. M. Whaley.
Battalion of Cadets, South Carolina Military Academy,
composed of four companies.
Battalion of Cadets, Porter Military Academy, composed of
three companies.
German Fusiliers Band.
Second Regiment, under Major Alex. W. Marshall.
German Fusiliers, Montgomery Guards, Irish Volunteers,
battalion, under Capt. Henry Schachte.
Sumter Guards, Carolina Rifles, Palmetto Guards, battalion,
under Capt. T. T. Hyde.
Clark's Band.
Company A, Washington Light Infantry, Company B, Wash-
ington Light Infantry, Moultrie Guards, battalion, under Capt,
J. E. Cogswell.
Lafayette Artillery, commanded by Capt. DuBos.
Bavarian Band.
German Artillery, composed/)!' two companies, commanded
by Capt. F, W. Wagener.
German Hussars, commanded by Capt. F. W. Jessen.
First Regimental Band.
Members of Camp Moultrie, Sons of Confederate Veterans,
under 1st Lieut. Commander St. John P. Kinloch, assisted
by 2nd Lieut. Commander John B. Adger, Jr., headed by the
beautiful Confederate flag presented the Camp by its Sponsor,
carried by Mr. Eugene N. Simons, the Color Sergeant.
Carriage containing Miss Jane Haywood Johnson, the Spon-
sor of Camp Moultrie, and her Maids of Honor, Misses Ethel
Dawson, Mary Bryan and Elsie Thompson.
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Veterans of Camp Sumter, Palmetto Guard Camp and
Visiting Veterans.
Personal Escort, the Charleston Light Dragoons.
First Carriage, containing Gen. Wade Hampton and Maj.
Theo. G. Barker.
In the carriages which followed Gen. Hampton, rode :
Second carriage — Mr. Robert A. Smyth, General Chairman,
and Commandant " Camp Moultrie ;" Mr. James G. Holmes,
Deputy for " The Daughters ;" Major V. C. Dibble, Com-
mandant Camp Sumter, and Major G. Lamb Buist, Com-
mandant Palmetto Guard Camp.
Third carriage — Mr. Stephen R. Bell, Committee of
Arrangements ; Col. Zimmerman Davis, representing the
Confederate Cavalry ; the Rev. John Johnson, D. D., Chaplain
of the Meeting ; the Hon. John F. Ficken, Mayor of the city,
and Capt. Geo. D. Bryan, representing the Confederate States
Navy.
Fourth carriage — Mr. W. Turner Logan, Committee of
Arrangements ; Col. W. J. Green, of Fayetteville, N. C, who
accompanied Gen. Hampton to Charleston ; Major T. A.
Huguenin, Commander of Fort Sumter 1860 ; the Rev. A.
Toomer Porter, D. D., Chaplain of Company A, Hampton
Legion.
RECEIVING VISITORS.
The rest of the day after the parade was spent by General
Hampton chiefly in receiving visitors. The day being pleasant,
the General sat in the first story piazza of Mr. Lowndes' resi-
dence. All day long flowers in baskets, in bunches, in trays
and in waiters kept pouring in. The General read every card
with the greatest interest, and preserved them all, seeming
delighted not only with the attention, but also by the beauty
of the blooms themselves. One of the most exquisite of these
tributes was a beautiful wreath of laurel with the name of
" Hampton" in the centre.
Many of the houses and stores along the line of inarch had
flags displayed, and the effect of the scene on the Battery was
greatly heightened by the appearance of the schooner Luther
M. Reynolds, which was dressed from stem to stern with the
gayest of bunting. The commander of the Reynolds was in
( inarleston when the tirst gun was tired, and is an enthusiastic
admirer of Gen. Hampton.
The light house schooner, Pharos, Capt. Anderson, was also
beautifully dressed.
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TILE JOINT MEETING.
Academy of Music,
Tuesday Night, May 14, 1895, 9 P. M.
" The world loves a hero as it loves a lover, for he is the
greatest of all lovers, the true and loyal spouse of his country.
Once in a generation or so, and but a few times in the life-
time of a nation, there appears upon the stage of existence a
man, who stands boldly forth from the ranks of his fellows and
wins for himself an individuality in his people's reverence. It
may be in the hour of his country's glory, or of her disaster,
that his fame is made, possibly in both, but once achieved, it
becomes henceforth imperishable. Reverses and adversity
may follow, yet through every vicissitude of fortune he is
still the hero, in whom ebbs and flows and centres that
patriotic fervor and national reverence in which, in times of
peace,a people's love of country finds its utterance. It may
slumber in tli3 ashes of a new condition of things, or it may
smoulder in quiescence while other issues are tried and other
causes proven, but a spark will set it aflame again, to burn
with as lirece a heat as ever. It is a fire fed by a people's life-
blood, and every heart-beat maintains it A national hero is a
national heritage, and the reverence which is laid down with
the ■ life of one generation is taken up with the birth of
another, and the reverence of the country's idol is perpetuated
through the ages."
"This is something of what the spectators felt and saw
while they witnessed the great demonstration in honor oi
Wade Hampton which was made at the Academy of Music
last night. The State's greatest chieftain and typical hero
was present, and to do him reverence the gallantry and beauty
bowed before him and then shouted their admiration until the
walls of the old building shook, and rung again. It was a
marvellous scene, a great event, an inspiring spectacle ; one
not equalled in a quarter of a century and one which will
never be forgotten."
"The military demonstration of the morning had fired the
hearts and imaginations of the people. The battles that
Hampton had fought in peace and war had been lived over
again in a thousand homes during the day. The Veterans
heard once more the clangor of the war drum and the blow of
the bugle, and the echo of the martial music which awoke to
an ecstacy the patriotism of the people many years ago, was
heard once more. Old men saw visions of a glory that once
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was and that might have been, and young men dreamed
dreams of deeds yet to come. Charleston had waited long
and in silence for the coming of Hampton, and once in her
presence her love, devotion and reverence for all that he is,
all that he has represented, and all that lie does represent,
burst the bands of conventionality and enveloped the city in
an enthusiasm which was boundless."
''This was not fully realized until the audience had assem-
bled at the Academy of Music last night. The scene was one
never to be forgotten. The old building was dressed as it
has never been dressed before. From its roof-tree to its por-
tals the Committee had decked it in gala-wise costume.
Bunting, flags, streamers, cut flowers and palmetto branches
covered the interior of the auditorium. Banners that had
floated triumphantly over an hundred fields of glory adorned
the stage, miniature emblems of the cause that was lost waved
right gallantly from pillar and gallery, the national colors
were not wanting, and beginning far up against the roof an
hundred streamers fell in festoons above a sea of faces. Fac-
ing the stage there was a veritable wall of humanity that
seemed to spring from the footlights and rise to the very
rafters. When the seats had been filled the people packed
themselves into the rear aisles. The capacity of the house
was taxed to its utmost."
"The Committee of Ladies of whom Mrs. Geo. D. Bryan
was Chairman, who decorated the building, had exercised
exquisite taste coupled with tireless energy. Their work had
besmn with the iron doors which command the entrance to the
vestibule and it ended with the background of the stage.
Nothing had escaped them. The walls of the first section of
the entrance corridor was decorated with palmettoes, the
second was clothed in a garb of banners. Two enormous
State flags curtained the inner vestibule. About each of the
galleries were looped red and white bunting caught about
each pillar and pinned with a palmetto branch. Gathered in
the middle of each pillar itself were three small Confederate
flags. In the center of the first gallery and just above the
middle aisle portraits of Davis, Lee and Jackson rested against
a background of garland evergreens."
''The stage was, of course, the center of attraction. The
footlights were lost behind a bank of cut flowers, red and
white roses, bedded in green leaves, and falling from which
were graceful festoons of ribbon grass. The boxes were deco-
rated with palmettoes. Rising from either side of the stage,
climbing about the scenery and reaching the center of the
half-furled curtain, and then falling in loops and garlands.
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were wreaths of red and white roses. Suspended immediately
over the speaker's stand was a crown of laurel leaves. At
either side of the stage were stands of colors, among which
appeared conspicuously the battle flags of Charleston's famous
military organizations. At the rear of the stage and drooped
above the door through which Hampton was to enter was a
large State and Confederate flag. The house presented a
beautiful appearance.''
"The doors were not opened until 8.30, but long before
that time the corridor was tilled with an expectant crowd of
people. When the barriers were once ,removed they poured
into the house in a continuous stream, which quickly filled it.
The audience represented all Charleston. Fair women, gowned
after the latest mode, brushed elbows with the old veterans.
Young and old, men, women, youth and maidens, struggled
and flocked forward, intent upon the united purpose of doing
honor and reverence to the man whose history is the State's
pride and glory."
The gentlemen who were to occupy the stage were
gathering behind the scenes in the meantime. When the
hour for opening the meeting had arrived they were placed as
follows :
SEATS ON THE STAGE.
On the first row on the stage sat the following gentlemen ;
to the right of the aisle, Major Theodore G. Barker, presid-
ing over the meeting. On his right Gen. Wade Hampton ;
the Rev. John Johnson, D. D., Chaplain of the meeting ;
Major T. A. Huguenin, Commander of Fort Sumter ; Gen.
Samuel McGowan and Col. Edward McCrady, representing
the Confederate Infantry ; to the left of the aisle sat Mr.
Robert A. Smyth, the General Chairman of the Joint Meet-
ing, and Commandant of Camp Moultrie ; Mr. James G.
Holmes, Deputy for ''The Daughters'' ; Major V. C. Dibble,
Commandant Camp Sumter No. 250 U. C. V. ; Col. Zimmer-
man Davis, representing the Confederate Cavalry ; Capt.
James Simons, representing the Artillery of Hampton's
Legion ; Col. C. I. Walker, Chairman Committee for organ-
izing Camp Moultrie.
On the next row were seated Capt. G. D. Bryan, representing
the Confederate Navy ; Capt. Rawlins Lowndes, personal aide
on Gen. Hampton's staff; the Hon. John F. Ficken, Mayor ;
the Rev. A. Toomer Porter, D. D., Chaplain of Company A,
Hampton Legion ; the Rev. W. T. Thompson, D. D., Chap-
lain Camp Sumter, U. C. V. ; Mr. A. T. Smythe, the repre-
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sentative of "The Daughters" ; the Hon. Charles H. Simon-
ton and the Hon. W. H. Brawley ; Capt. Charles Inglesby
and Major Hall T. McGee, members of the committee for the
organization of Camp Moultrie ; Major George Lamb Buist,
Commandant of Palmetto Guard Camp ; Dr. F. L. Parker,
representing the Confederate Surgeons ; Col. Asbury Coward,
representing the State Military Schools ; Mr. John S. Fairly,
of Gen. Whiting's staff and Mr. J. C. Hemphill, Editor "Xews
& Courier."
On the third and fourth rows sat the representatives of the
Escort of Honor, as follows: Lieut. John M. Jenkins, U. S. A.
Commander of Parade ; Lieut. A. L. Bristol, Adjutant of
Parade ; W. S. Allan, Captain Carolina Rifles ; T. S. Sinkler,
Captain Charleston Light Dragoons ; Henry Schachte, Cap-
tain German Fusiliers; F. W. Jessen, Captain German Hus-
sars; Major Alex. W. Marshall, W. L. I. Battalion ; F. W.
Wagener, Captain German Artillery ; Captain E. M. Whaley,
Commandant of Cadets Porter Military Academy; T. T.
Hyde, Captain Sumter Guards ; Julius E. Cogswell, Captain
Company A. W. L. I. Battalion ; W. M. Muckenfnss,
Captain Company B, W. L. I. Battalion ; R. S. Cathcart, Cap-
tain Montgomery Guards; David Macmillan, Captain Palmetto
Guard ; James F. O'Gara, Captain Irish Volunteers ; J. M.
Ward, Captain Moultrie Guards ; Chas. L. DuBos, Captain
Lafayette Artillery ; Mr. Stephen R. Bell and Mr. W. Turner
Logan, of the Committee of Arrangements for the Joint
Meeting.
Standing to the rear of these two sections on the right and
left of the broad aisle leading down the center of the stage,
were a detachment of the Charleston Light Dragoons, who
had occupied the coveted position of personal escort to Genl.
Hampton in the parade and had that night escorted his car-
riage to the Academy from his residence.
The other gentlemen had taken their seats. There was a
brief pause and at a signal from the General Chairman the
band burst forth into that most appropriate air "Hail to the
Chief," and Gen. Hampton leaning on the arm of Major Barker,
and followed by the Rev. John Johnson, D. D., with Mr.
Rawlins Lowndes, Genl. Hampton's Personal aide, came from
beneath the State and Confederate flags draped above the
door at the rear of the stage, and walked down the aisle to
their seats. At their appearance the applause started with a
hand-clap, and in an instant rose to a shout. As one man the '
audience rose to their feet. Men waved their hats, gloves and
canes above their heads and cheered, ladies waved their hand-
kerchiefs and cried aloud in the excitement of the applause ;
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and standing thus and shouting its love and esteem for the old
hero the house remained. He had scarcely been seated ere
the excitement burst forth again.
The boxes were filled with ladies. In the proscenium box
sat the Sponsor of Camp Moultrie, Miss Jane Haywood John-
son with her maids of honor, Misses Mary Bryan, Elsie
Thompson and Ethel Dawson ; also 1st and 2nd Lieut. Com-
manders St. John P. Kinloch and John B. Adger, Jr., and
Color Sergeant E. N. Simons of Camp Moultrie. On the
right of the aisle, directly in front of the stage, sat the Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy ; to the left of the aisle sat the Sons
of Confederate Veterans of Camp Moultrie, and directly be-
hind these organizations sat the Veterans of the U. C. V.
Camps of the City, forming as it were, a background for the
younger organizations. From the boxes to the highest gallery
the applause rose in one long continued cry of approval.
When the enthusiasm of the audience had vented itself,
momentarily, Major Barker rose and said the meeting would
be opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. John Johnson.
THE PRATER.
O ! God, whose name is excellent in all the earth, and Thy
glory above the heavens, we humbly invoke Thy blessing on
this assembly. Help us now to worship Thee in spirit and in
truth : to seek first in these proceedings, as in all things, the
honor of Thy holy name : confessing that we have not loved
Thee, served Thee nor obeyed Thee as we ought to have
done : lifting up our hearts and giving thanks to Thee our
faithful Creator and most merciful Saviour.
Though we should recall this evening the years when Thou
didst raise us up and cast us down, when Thou didst rebuke
us as a people and chasten us with Thy Fatherly hand, may
we never unlearn the uses of adversity ! May we never
doubt the love that restrains us as well as bestows, that with-
holds in order to bless, that beams and glows within the veil,
that shines and warms behind the clouds which hide the Mercy
Seat !
Though once we felt that all things were against us, suffer
us not to lose our faith in Thee nor place it anywhere but in
Thee. Though now our thoughts be solemnized in memory's
sacred chamber of the mind, leave us not, we beseech Thee,
without hope, to animate the Soul and stimulate our labors
for the brighter day !
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AVhile we look back over scenes of pain and sorrow, be-
reavement and desolation, do Thou, Lord, spare ns, weak
creatures in our retrospect ! Be not extreme to mark
what is done amiss, but pour into our hearts that most excel-
lent gift of Charity, the very bond of peace and of all virtue.
So, with love to Thee and love to one another, we shall com-
fort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be patient toward
all men. So, we shall strive to heal up the scars of war and to
seek the peace of the land wherein we dwell.
Grant us, Lord, Thy special guidance in the affairs of our
own dear State at this time of her great perplexity. Grant
that we may both perceive and know what things we ought to
do, and may have grace and power faithfully to perform the
same. So shall we serve Thee with a glad mind, and in
abounding peace, giving Thee thanks forever ; and we shall
always be showing forth Thy praise from one generation to
another, through Jesus Christ, our only Saviour and Redeemer,
to whom with Thee, Father, and Thee, O Holy Ghost, ever
one God, be glorv in the Church throughout all ages, world
without end. Amen.
Major Barker then rose to introduce General Hampton.
Frequently his address was interrupted with loud and long con-
tinued applause, and when he referred to General Hampton
as ,4 the stone which the political builders of 1S90 refused,
&c.," the entire audience rose and burst into one shout of
applause, which lasted for many minutes.
MAJOR BARKER'S INTRODUCTION.
Ladies and Gentlemen : Three decades have come and
gone since the conquered banner of the Southern Confederacy
was sadly furled at Appomattox, and Lee and Johnston's
glorious legions were paroled and dispersed to their im-
poverished homes. Thirty years of endurance and struggle
against poverty and political starvation have been encountered
by the survivors of that heroic drama, but the blighting breath
of oblivion has not dimmed the memories of those who lived
in those eventful days, nor weakened the faith of Southern
women in the religious duty of teaching to Southern youth
the truth of that grand story of the life and death of the
Southern Confederacy. Indeed, the farther we are removed
by the march of years from the days of the great war for
Southern Independence, the more thoroughly the burning
2
18 Echoes from Hampton Day.
issues of those days have become dead issues of the past, aud
the more absolutely our new conditions accepted, the more
intense and vivid seems to grow the interest, and the more
tender the reverence for that sacred past, which was illumined
by the splendid valor and heroic sufferings of our dead
soldiers and the patriotic devotion of the women of the South.
Born of this enduring reverence and holy inspiration, the
two Associations who join hands in this celebration, the
il Daughters of the Confederacy," and the " Sons of Con-
federate Veterans" — the purpose of whose being is to aid the
helpless survivors, to preserve the records, to tight the battle
of Truth in History, and to keep green the memory of those
who served the South, and who did their duty in her days of
trial, have graced this their inaugural ceremonial by calling
from his official labors in Washington City, one truly well
known to you all — the stone which the political builders of
1890 refused, but who remains, and will ever remain, the
headstone of the corner in the temple of a grateful people's
heart.
His presence here to-night is at once a benediction and an
inspiration. Loyalty to and love for Wade Hampton is no
longer an idolatry. It survives as the uncalculating and un-
selfish outpouring of gratitude from the men and women of
Carolina, who will not let the memory of good deeds die, who
are true to their own highest ideals, and who deem ingratitude
a base sin !
(Turning to Gen. Hampton : ) Thus ever to you, honored
sir, the loyal heart of Carolina speaks :
" The mother may forget her child,
She fondled at her knee,
But I'll remember thee, Glencairn,
And all thou hast done for me ."•'
HAMPTON WAS THE CEY.
As Major Barker sat down the shouting began in earnest.
"Col. Zimmerman Davis rose from his seat with the evident
intention of proposing three cheers for the old hero, but the
audience anticipated him, for they rose with one impulse, and
gave them with a resounding yell that might have been a
battle cry. Gen. Hampton had been seated in a large arm
chair, slightlv to the right of the centre of the stage. During
these demonstrations, and during Major Barker's address, he
had sat with his head supported by his hand, and evidently
much affected by the ovation awarded him.''
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" He rose, and came slowly forward to the speaker's stand,
where lie began his address in a voice which gave evidence of
his profound feelings. At first he stood erect, but as he spoke
on he came to lean npon the desk. His voice rapidly gathered
strength, ringing ont clear and strong to the farthest corner of
the house. The audience could find no adequate expression
of the enthusiasm which it felt. Every paragraph of the
speech was punctuated with applause."
" Gen Hampton's reference to himself was the occasion for
another wild demonstration, and at frequent intervals while
he spoke the audience shouted aloud its approbation. Such a
scene has probably never before been witnessed in the Academy
of Music, and a greater tribute has never been paid to any
man."
THE ADDRESS.
When the flattering invitation from the " Daughters of the
Confederacy " and the " Sons of Confederate Veterans,"
reached me, it came to me as the bugle call to arms during
the war, for the objects contemplated by these patriotic organ-
izations gave me hope that there was " life in the old land yet."
I had feared that in the hard battle of life which adverse
fate had forced upon our people, and which made the daily
struggle for the means of livelihood the pressing and absorb-
ing duty of all, that the younger generation, who will soon
take our places here, had grown indifferent to the glorious
traditions and memories of the past, and that even the sons of
veterans were becoming forgetful of the undying fame won
for our State by their fathers. But the action of your socie-
ties has dispelled that fear and inspired the confident hope
that our State will take once again and keep forever the proud
place she held of yore in the sisterhood of States.
Thus in response to the call on me by your noble organiza-
tions I have come to bid you God-speed in your noble work,
and to pray with all the fervor of a patriotic heart that God
may prosper and bless your efforts, crowning them with the
success they so richly deserve. ISTo cause championed by the
women of South Carolina can fail — those noble, devoted wo-
men, always "faithful among the faithless,'' the real martyrs
of the war and the greatest sufferers, they who for four years
of mortal agony felt that all they had held most precious was
at stake, all whom thev loved better than themselves were
periling life and all that made life sweet, in defence of the
State, who never faltered, who never despaired, and who, when
the end came, worked with a devotion never surpassed, t<> re-
deem and save our State. To them, more than to any other
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class, was due the redemption of the State in 1876, and if mortal
hands can save it now, theirs can. Aided as they will be by
the Sons of Veterans, dead and living, and by other societies
of similar character, how can they fail in so noble a cause ?
If I comprehend aright the objects -of your association,
they are to rekindle the latent lires of patriotism among our
people, to 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 generation a love of country and a
reverence for the memory of those who made South Carolina
illustrious in the past.
To younger hands than those of the remaining veterans
the destiny of the State must soon be committed, for our
ranks are day by day " mowed down by the reaper whose
name is Death," and in a few brief years we must all join
the great army of our dead comrades who have 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 :
"Go, stranger, at Lacedpemon tell,
'T was in obedience to her laws we fell."
And the living only ask that their fellow-citizens will do them
the justice to say that they did their duty to their State
faithfully, as they saw it. That verdict is the only compensa-
tion they seek for their services. It will be the task of your
organizations and kindred ones, which I trust will be estab-
lished throughout your State, to preserve the honor and to
preserve from detraction the memory of those who sacrificed
everything in the service 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 will encounter many grave difficulties in the prosecu-
tion of your work, but be not discouraged, for it is well wor-
thy of your labors and your prayers. You will perhaps be
told that the " Old South "—that South in which we all
took such just pride — is dead, and that the New South, the
cardinal principle of which seems to be that the highest ambi-
tion of many of its advocates is the accumulation of riches —
should take the place of the Old in onr affections. Others
may say to you that the cause for which so many of our brave
sons gave their lives was submitted to the stern arbitrament
of the sword, and as the verdict, against which no appeal lies,
was rendered against us, the. cause for which we fought must
General Hampton 's Address. 2i
necessarily have b3en wrong. Do not allow yourselves, my
friends, to be misled 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 it. Any human undertaking, however just it
may be, may fail, but the everlasting principle of right and
justice can never be blotted out. A great truth, like the
God-head whence it emanates, is eternal, and it will live " till
the last syllable of recorded 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, cover-
ing all alike with deserved infamy. Will the living soldiers
who followed the Starry Cross on hundreds of battlefields
ever consent to denounce their dead comrades as traitors ?
Will the sons of those veterans ever forget the sufferings, the
sacrifices, the heroism of their fathers ? Will the women of
the South, who for a quarter of a century have tenderly and
reverently cherished the memory of our dead, ever be wil-
ling to brand them as " rebels ?" Ah! no; these things can
never be as long as truth, patriotism, honor, virtue and their
Bynonym, courage, are respected ; as long as the fame of '' the
men in grey," goes sounding down the ages, as long as the page
of history is made illustrious by the names of Lee, of Johnston
and of Jackson. Let me not be misunderstood as speaking to
re-awaken sectional animosity, now happily dving out, 7ior of
counseling one act of disloyalty to the restored Union. I rec-
ognize, as every true Confederate soldier does, the supremacy
of the Constitution, the integrity of the Union, and the ob-
ligations we assumed when our arms were laid down. We of
the South are now an integral part of the great Republic.
Its flag waves unchallenged from the rock-ribbed coast of
Maine to the Golden Gate of far off Alaska, from the snow-
capped mountains of the North to the orange groves of
Florida, and it is the duty of every patriot to make that
country the fit abode for freemen for all time to come.
But I appeal earnestly and reverently for justice to my
Confederate comrades, dead and living. Thev discharged
their duty bravely and nobly, and God alone can judge
whether they were right or wrong. We are certainly not
called on to admit that we were in the wrong, and every
brave man who met us in battle would justly despise us were
we to do so. The failure of the cause does not necessarily
prove that it was an unjust one, nor can the denial of a
truth establish a falsehood. When the torture wrung a re-
cantation from Galileo, did the earth cease to revolve on its
axis ? Did the river which swept the ashes of Huss to the
22 Echoes from Hampton Bay.
sea bury in its waves forever the truths he had proclaimed ?
When our Divine Master perished on the cross did the doc-
trines for which He died die with Him ?
While we recognize all the obligations imposed on us by
the results of the war we certainly are not called on to adjure
the settled convictions of a life time, to forget all the honor-
able, glorious memories and traditions of the past, and to
cover ourselves with shame by defaming the memory of our
patriotic dead.
Though we have lost much, we can at least maintain our
self-respect and preserve our honor so that we can bequeath
to our children a fair name and unblemished honoi*. While
accepting all the legitimate consequences of our defeat we
claim the right to justify ourselves, to vindicate our motives
and to honor our dead.
By no other means can we preserve our self-respect or gain
that of mankind. By no other means can we escape the doom
which awaits the people who sacrifice principle for subservient
expediency ; who abandon their ancient virtues to adopt the
vices of their conquerors, who are willing to barter freedom
for gilded servitude. To the State that sells her birthright no
day of redemption can ever dawn.
***** «sh. e S h a i] be bought
And sold, and be an appanage to those
Who shall despise her. She shall stoop to be
A province for an Empire. Petty town.
In lieu of capital — with slaves for senates,
Beggars for nobles, panders for a people ;
Her sons are in the lowest scale of being,
Slaves turned over to the vanquished by the victors,
Despised by cowards for their greater cowardice."
• It is our duty alike to those who died for us and for those
who are to take our places in the future that we should strive
by every means in our power to justify ourselves. Will history
vindicate us if we condemn ourselves? But if we cling stead-
fastly to the faith taught us by our forefathers, if we prove
worthy of that faith we shall not have fought in vain, for
though we can no longer defend our cause with our sword, we
can justify it before the great tribunal of histoiy, and posterity
will do us the justice now denied to us. I adjure you, then,
by all the glorious memories of the past, by all the hopes of
the future, to dedicate yourselves to the service of your State ;
to use every effort to reunite our people once again in the
bonds of brotherhood and to bring white-winged peace
to dwell amongst us forever. Be steadfast in the right,
'' stand fast." " To stand or fall, free in thine own arbitrament
it lies."
General Hampton's Address. 23
In the annals of the Saracens a story is told of the heroic
conduct of the mother of one of the caliphs who was besieged
in Mecca. " When he perceived himself forsaken on all
sides," said the historian, "he went to his mother and said to
her, ' Oh ! mother, the people and even my own children
have deserted me. My enemies are ready to give me, if I
will submit, whatever I can desire in this world. What do
you advise me to do?' ' Son,' said she, ' judge for yourself.
If, as you pretend to be, you know you are right, persevere,
for your friends have died for the sake of it. But if thou
choosest the present world — alas ! bad servant — thou hast de-
stroyed thyself and those who were killed for thee. And if
thou sayest, ' I stood to the truth, but when my friends declined
I was weakened,' this is neither the part of an ingenious or a
religious man. And how long can you continue in the world \
Death is preferable.' He took the advice of his mother, and,
leaving off his armor so as to meet death the more surely, he
sallied forth and gave his life for the cause he believed to be
true."
Centuries have rolled by since the brave words uttered by
that noble woman were spoken, but they are as true and as
applicable as they were a thousand years ago. " Judge for
yourself."
" If, as you pretend to be, you know that you are in the
right, persevere in it, for your friends have died for the
sake of it." Sublime sentiments clothed in noble words,
inculcating a lesson to the women of the South for all gener-
ations to come. Let them teach their children that their pa-
triotic fathers fought for their fatherland ; that they were in-
spired by as patriotic motives as ever fired the hearts or
nerved the arms of freemen ; and though our cause has gone
down in disaster, in ruin, in blood, not one stain of dishonor
rests upon it.
If I speak warmly on this subject bear in mind that it is
one near my heart, for I speak in behalf of my dead com-
rades ; I speak not for the victors, but for the vanquished ;
not for those who wear the laurel, but for those whose em-
blem is our mournful cypress — :
'I sing the hymn of the conquered, who fell in the battle of life,
The hymn of the wounded, the beaten, who died overwhelmed in
the strife ;
Not the jubilant song of the victors, for whom the resounding ac-
claim
Of nations was lifted in chorus, whose brows wore the chaplet of
fame.
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But the hymn of the low and the humble, the weary, the broken in
heart,
Who strove, and who failed, acting bravely, a silent and desperate
part ;
Whose youth bore no flowers on its branches, whose hopes burned in
ashes away,
From whose hands slipped the prize they had grasped at, who stood
at the dying of day,
With the wreck of their lives all around, unpitied, unheeded, alone,
With death swooping down o'er their failure, all but their faith over-
thrown,
While the voice of the world shouts its chorus — its paean— for those
who have won —
While the trumpet is sounding triumphant, and high to the breeze
and the sun.
Glad banners are waving, hands clapping and hurrying feet,
Thronging after the laurel-crowned victors, I stand on the field of
defeat —
In the shadow with those who are fallen and wounded and dying-and
there
Chant a requiem low, place my hand on their pain-knitted brows,
breathe a prayer,
Hold the hand that is helpless and whisper :
'They only the victory win
Who have fought the good fight,
Who have held their faith, unseduced by the prize that the world
holds on high,
Who have dared for a high cause to suffer, resist, fight — if need be
to die.'
Speak, history ! who are life's victors? Unroll your annals and say:
Are they those whom the world called the victors— who won the
success of a day !
The martyrs or Nero? The Spartans who fell at Thermopolse's
tryst,
Or the Persians and Xerxes, His judges or Socrates? Pilate or
Christ?"
I speak for my comrades
"Who have held to their faith, unseduced by the prize that the
world holds on high,
Who have dared for a high cause to suffer, resist, fight — if need be
to die"
I speak for brave men all over the South who held to their
faith unseduced, and for those who proved their faith by giv-
ing their lives in defence of it.
It is difficult, if not impossible, for a civilian to compre-
hend how strong are the ties which, like hooks of steel, bind
together men who have stood shoulder to shoulder amid the
storm of battle. These ties are indissoluble, and a soldier
finds in every true comrade a friend wherever they meet and
whatever time may have elapsed since they met. Political
differences may seem to have weakened temporarily the bond
of comradeship, but the grasp of the hand and the touch of the
elbow will awaken the memory of the past, and all differences
Genwal Hampton's Address. 25
are forgotten, all faults on either side forgiven. These feelings
s\vav all true soldiers when they meet together, for all feel
that " hlood is thicker than water. 1 ' This is as it should be,
for men who were once brothers in arms should at least bo
friends in peace. Such have always been my feelings, and in
every soldier who was true during the war and has been true
since I recognize a worthy comrade, but I have oidy scorn for
the deserters or renegades.
It 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 I have ever been of their gallant deeds, and they
might rest assured that they never will be forgotten, and that
the memory of our dead comrades is cherished by me with
affection and reverence. In this connection let me say that
the soldiers whom this citv gave to mv command never turned
their backs on me when the Palmetto flag was waving in the
forefront of battle, and the brave sons of Charleston were
fighting and dying for the State we all loved so well. As I
looked over the long line of gallant volunteers who did me
the honor to escort me to-day many sad but proud memories
thronged through my heart. How could it have been
otherwise when that glittering and martial array of Charles-
ton's soldiery, young and brave men, as willing to die in de-
fence of their State as were their fathers, marched proudly
through these battle-scarred streets.
And when the glorious flag which floated in victory over
the fields of Cowpens and Eutaw, which was borne in pride
during the late war by the Washington Light Infantry, and
which for more than a century has "braved the battle and the
breeze" — with not one stain of dishonor to mar its folds —
met my sight, my thoughts carried me back to the days when
that gallant company contributed so greatly to the glory of the
Hampton Legion. In the ranks to-day I saw also other names
familiar and dear to me, for their were the German Artillery,
who were as stanch as were their sires in their Fatherland,
and my gallant comrades of the 4th cav alary. These were
the men who were willing to fight and die for their faith, and
recognizing to-day the names of these old commands in whom
I aways placed implicit confidence, and which never be-
trayed that confidence, do you wonder that I am proud that I,
too, am a son of Charleston ? Other emotions of pride con-
nected with the State have stirred my heart. I have felt
pride on many a battlefield when Southern arms were vic-
torious, but the proudest day <>!' my life was that on which I
announced to our people, on my return from Washington,
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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, so 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 !"
I hare a right to feel some pride in the result of that mem-
orable political contest of '76 — in my judgment the most
memorable 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 vic-
tory, and whatever Fate may have in store for me, nothing
can ever deprive me of the honest pride I feel that I con-
tributed, in part, to the glorious victory won then by the peo-
ple of my State.
Would to God they were as united now as then ! Every
patriot must re-echo that wish, and everyone should strive to
bring about this happy result, for ''a house divided against
itself cannot stand". I can only hope and pray that brighter
and happier days may yet bless our State.
Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Veterans, the
grateful duty imposed on me by your kindness is discharged,
all inadequately I feel, but believe me it has been done with a
heart in full sympathy with your cause and with a high ap-
preciation of the honor you conferred on me by making me
your advocate.
There is, too, another feeling which has moved me beyond
the power of expression, and that is one of gratitude for the
kind greeting given to me, not only here, but on every side,
by the people of Charleston. My eyes tirst saw the light in
this historic city ; my earliest memories and associations are
connected with it ; my earliest friendships were formed here —
friendships which in many cases are still dear to me — and
here I have found friends who have never turned their backs
on me. It is not strange, then, that I love this old city and
her people, and it seems tit that this, the last occasion on which
I shall in all probability ever address my fellow citizens of
South Carolina, in public, should be here. JMy life work for
Carolina is finished, and whatever judgment shall be passed
on it, no son of her's ever served her with more willing hands,
a more loyal and devoted heart, than myself. My highest
ambition always was to serve her faithfully, my dearest hope
to ''live in hearts I leave behind.''
Presentation of Flag. 27
" Land of my sires, what mortal baud
Can e'er untie the filial baud,
Tbat knits me to tby rugged strand ?
E'eu as I view eacb well-known scene,
Think what is now, or what hath been.
Seems as to me of all bereft,
Sole friends, thy woods and streams are left,
And thus I love thee better still,
Even in extremity of ill.
And now, my friends, it only remains to me to thank you
gratefully, to pray that a merciful God may bring peace,
prosperity and happiness to our State and to bid you farewell.
When the speaker sat down the crowd broke once more
into vociferous cheers. One lady in the audience rose aud
hurled a hugh bunch of roses at the stage, and this was the
beginning of a floral bombardment. And while these bouquets
and baskets of flowers were being sent and thrown to the
stage the audience were standing on their feet, waving hats
and handkerchiefs and shouting aloud its approbation.
THE PRESENTATION OF THE FLAG TO
" CAMP MOULTEIE."
In the meanwhile, midst the deafening applause, Major
Barker retired from the stage, but soon reappeared escorting
Mrs. J. W. Lewis, President of the Ladies' Worlds Fair Olub
of Charleston, closely followed by a member of the Charleston
Light Dragoons bearing the large and beautiful silk State Flag
which had been exhibited at the Fair, and was now to be pre-
sented to " Camp Moultrie," by the ladies of this Club. Mrs.
Lewis handed the flag to General Hampton and requested him
to present it to " Camp Moultrie."
As the General again stepped forward, Mr. Robert A.
Smyth, Commandant of " Camp Moultrie '' rose from his seat
to receive it, and General Hampton in presenting it said :
" Mr. Smyth : I am charged with the very grateful duty of
presenting this flag, which was displayed at the World's Fair
at Chicago, and made by the ladies who represented our State
then, and given by them to the Sons of the Veterans. I can
only say to them that if they will live and work, and if need
be, fight as their sires did, they will he worthy sons of those
men who have made South Carolina illustrious. I present to
you, sir, in the name of these ladies, and for your organization
28 Echoes from Hampton Bay.
this flag. Remember that it symbolizes the honor of South
Carolina, and die for it before you allow that honor to be tar-
nished."
In accepting this gift on behalf of " Camp Moultrie," Mr.
Smyth said :
" Mrs. Lewis and Ladies, General Hampton and Gentle-
men ; It is a great honor that has been conferred on "Camp
Moultrie" in selecting her as the recipient and guardian of
this beautiful flag, and we feel like the young knight whose
vows have been recorded and who is now invested by beauty
and by valour with the insignia of his high calling.
(Turning to Mrs. Lewis.) We thank you, the representa-
tive of our ladies, for this great act of confidence in our loyalty
you have manifested by entrusting this flag to our keeping.
(Turning again to General Hampton.) And to you, the gal-
lant hero, who has illustrated in life and in action those
a e tion i and principles towards which we have been taught to
aspire, we tender our sincere and grateful thanks. Your
presence and your words are an inspiration to us, and will
stir us up to higher thoughts and nobler deeds.
And now on behalf of the Sons of Confederate Veterans
who have associated themselves into " Camp Moultrie," we
pledge you that this flag will be cared for by us and guarded
as our choicest possession.
Color Sergeant ! In your keeping I place this flag, as you
have been appointed by the Camp for this sacred trust. Place
the flag by the side of our Sponsor, and guard it well.''
At this command Mr. Eugene N. Simons, the Color Ser-
geant, came forward to the front of the stage, and took the
flag, placing it by the side of Miss Johnson, the Sponsor,
while the band played '' The Bonny Blue Flag."
At the conclusion of this incident, when the strains of the
music had died away, the Rev. Dr. Johnson, the Chaplain,
pronounced the benediction.
After this the General held an informal reception on the
stage lasting nearly two hours. Thus ended the greatest day
Charleston has ever known.
THE MAX WE WELCOMED ON MAY 14TH, 1895.
HAMPTON, THE HEEO OF MANY FIELDS, SAVIOR
OF THE STATE.
His deeds described, his character portrayed by loving
pens. As Warrior, Peacemaker, Statesman and Planter, alike
distinguished and renowned- The man all true South Caro-
linians admire, and whose fame they will transmit to their
posterity as a proud inheritance.
Wade Hampton. 31
*
FOUR YEARS OF FIGHTIXG.
The story of Hampton's Career en the War for Southern
Independence.
[From the News and Covrier..~\
A man of inherited wealth, owning large possessions in
Mississippi and South Carolina, entitled to chouse a life of
leisure, a gentleman of literary culture, the determination of
his native State in I860 to exercise her Constitutional right
to secede from the Union found Wade Hampton ready to
obey the call of South Carolina to arms in her defence, not-
withstanding the previous attitude he had held as a Conserva-
tive in politics on the question of secession.
In May, 1S6], having obtained authority from the Confede-
rate Government to raise a body of troops composed of three
arms of service, viz., infantry, cavalry and artillery, acting
together under the designation of a legion, Colonel Hampton
proceeded to organize the Hampton Legion. Six companies
of infantry, four companies of cavalry and eventually two
companies of artillery were enrolled under Wade Hampton as
Colonel, Benjamin H. Johnson as Lieutenant-Colonel, J. B.
Griffin as Major, Theodore G. Barker as Adjutant, L. L. Good-
win as Quartermaster and Thomas Beggs as Commissary.
THE LEGION ORGANIZED.
Iu June, 1861, the six infantry companies with Colonel
Hampton and Lieut, Col. Johnson and the Staff, departed
from Columbia by rail for Richmond, Va., and followed later
by the four companies of cavalry under Major Griffin and a
battery of artillery under ('apt. Stephen D. Lee went into
Camp of Instruction near Richmond, where they remained
until the orders were issued about June 18, 1801, to proceed
to Manassas Junction, the infantry by rail, the cavalry and ar-
tillery by dirt road.
The infantry, after three days and two nights spent on the
cars, without one day's < ked rations, were landed at Manas-
sas on Sunday morning, July 21, about daylight. After a
hurried and very >lim breakfast orders were received bv Col.
Hampton to proceed to the left of the Confsderate line on the
Bull Run, and to march " in the direction of the tiring.*' This
brought the command about half-past 9 o'clock A. M, within
32 Echoes from Hampton Day.
range of the Federal artillery tiring upon the plateau, upon
which the main battle of the day was fought, around the now
historic farms known as that of the free negro Robinson, on
the eastern side of the Centreville turnpike, and that of the
Henry House, a little to the southeast of the Robinson House.
OVER SEVEN HOURS UNDER FIRE.
This plateau was the pivot around which the flank move-
ment of the Federals was wrapped like the fold of a serpent
and upon which from 9:30 A. JVI. until 5 P. M. the Hampton
Legion remained under constant tire of musketry and artil-
lery, the tire ot the enemy, who occupied the fields on the
west of the Centreville turnpike, proceeding without intermis-
sion and striking the Legion, posted in the turnpike, at first
from its right obliquely and in front, and afterwards obliquely
from its left and rear.
Lieutenant-Colonel Johnson was killed about 10:30 A. M-
in the turnpike- The Legion held its position in that road
until about 2 o'clock when it was withdrawn under per-
emptory orders conveyed by General Barnard E. Bee, and or-
dered to retire from the Robinson House and hill across a
ravine to a position then occupied by the brigade under com-
mand of General Jackson, and where Jackson's brigade was
christened '' The Stonewall Brigade " by General Bee's his-
toric speech made in rallying other troops upon the plateau,
pointing to the place : " There stands Jackson like a stone-
wall." Colonel Hampton marched his command across the
ravine and up the slope of the hill between the guns of Jask-
son's artillery and formed on the right of Jackson's line of in-
fantry.
In its new position Beauregard's line now being forced to
the rear, the Legion was fired upon from its rear and right
flank by the enemy posted in a piece of woods. It then
joined in the charge ordered by Beauregard in the direction of
the Henry House, which overlooked the stone bridge at the
Junction of the turnpike from Centreville and the road lead-
ing from Manassas Junction to Sudley Ford, which crosses the
turnpike at the stone bridge.
This charge was checked in the rear of the Henry House
and the Confederate line was reformed and made a second
charge upon the enemy, who had already crossed the turn-
pike and the Sudley Ford road and had planted artillery at
the slo])e of the hill upon the top of which the Henry
House was situated.
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Hampton's first wound.
At this point Col. Hampton received his first wound from
a buckshot in his left temple, and was taken to the rear, leav-
ing the Legion under command of Capt. James Conner, of
Company " A," Washington Light Infantry.
( Jol. Hampton and the Legion received from Gens. Joseph
Johnston and Beauregard high praise for the tenacity with
which it held the position and the gallantry displayed by the
officers and men on that eventful day. It made a reputation
which was never lost or dimmed throughout the four years
of war which followed.
After that first great battle, in which Col. Hampton and
his command received their baptism in war, other troops were
added to Col. Hampton's command enlarging his force to the
compass of a brigade, which was stationed during the rest of
the year, 1861, and the winter of 1861-1862 on the line of the
Occoquan or lower Bull Hun. The cavalry and artillery
which did not reach Manassas in time for the fight was sta-
tioned with the infantry to guard that line.
AGAIN WOUNDED AT SEVEN PINES.
Time will not permit us to follow Col. Hampton's career
throughout the war. He commanded a brigade in the Seven
Pines' fight, where he was again wounded. During his re-
covery the war department determined to adopt the plan of
brigading the troops according to their respective arms. The
infantry of the Le<rion was left under the command of Col.
Hampton and Lieut. Griffin and Major James Conner, who
were promoted after Lieut. Col. Johnson's death ; while the
artillery of the Legion was detached from it and brigaded
with other artillery. The cavalry, under Major Calbraith
Butler, was brigaded with other cavalry.
When the seven days' battle around Richmond were com-
menced Col. Hampton was without a command until put in
command of another brigade. Soon, however, Col. Hampton
was made brigadier general and put in command of a brigade
of cavalry, composed of Butler's regiment, (of which the four
companies originally of the Legion were part, and which was
kimwn as the I'd South Carolina cavalry,) of the 1st South
Carolina cavalry, under Col. Black, the Cobb Legion, of
Georgia, the 1st North Carolina cavalry, the Jeff Davis
Legion, and to this brigade was attached a battery of flying
artillery, afterwards known as "Hart's Battery.' 5
In August. 1863, Gen. Hampton was made general of cav-
34 Echoes from Hampton Day.
airy, and assigned to the command of a division formed of his
old brigade, under Brigadier-General Butler, and other bri-
gades.
Gen. Hampton remained major-general in command of this
division throughout all the operations oi the cavalry of the
Army of Northern Virginia, until some time after the death
of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, who had commanded the cavalry
corps, composed of Hampton's division, Fitz Lee's division
and W. H. F. Lee's division.
A GRAVE RESPONSIBILITY THRUST UPON HIM.
The orders of Gen. Lee provided that each division should
report directly to the headquarters of the army, but when act-
ing together in the field the divisions should all be under the
command of Hampton as senior major-general.
The arrangement was unwise, in this respect, that it left no
opportunity for Gen. Hampton to become acquainted with the
other troops of his own division while in action, and threw
them when in active operations as strangers to him under his
orders. It was unjust to Gen. Hampton in that it made him
responsible, when engaged in critical operations, for the effi-
ciency of the troops thus thrown under his command when he
had had no previous familiarity with the troops or they with
him. It was calculated to excite the jealousy and want of
trust of the other division commanders, and was ill-calculated
for successful work.
That such an arrangement should have been permitted by
Gen. Lee is evidence that he had not then learned to know the
value of Gen. Hampton as an officer fitted to command a
corps of cavalry, and to trust his capacity for handling a
corps. It caused an awkward and uncomfortable delay in
that promotion which his division felt he was entitled to at
Stuart's death.
BATTLE OF TRE VILLI An's STATION.
Such was the situation when the important battle of Tre-
villian's Station was fought on the 11th and 1 2th days of
June, 1864.
To appreciate the importance of the battle of Trevillian's
Station it is necessary to consider the situation of Gen. Lee's
army, below Richmond and Petersburg, dependent for its sup-
plies upon the railroads running into Richmond from Gor-
donsville, Charlottesville on the north, from Staunton and
Lynchburg to the west, and the south side railroads from
Wade Hampton. 35
Danville and the intermediate country on the south of the
James River. In the valley of the Shenandoah the Federal
Gen Hunter, was moving towards Staunton and Lynchburg
with a strong force, Sheridan with a large force of cavalry
and artillery, with a pontoon train and all appliances for
effective operations, was on the north side of the Pamun.-k v
River, on the right of Grant's army, (as it faced Gen.
Lee) while Speer's, Wilson's and Kontz's cavalry forces were
collected on Grant's left below Petersburg.
It was afterward understood that a grand combined move-
ment had been planned by which Sheridan would move on
Gordonsville and Charlottesville breaking up Lee's railroad
communication and, joining with Hunter, bear down upon
Lynchburg, while Speer's, Wilson's and Kontz's cavalry
should pass around Lee's right flank, break up the railroads on
the south side and unite with Hunter and Sheridan at Lynch-
burg.
If the movement had been successful the whole country
from which Lee's army was supplied would have been in the
possession of the enemy, and all Lee's communications been
broken up, and the probable result would have been the
forced evacuation of Richmond and Petersburg by Lee, with
Grant's whole force in his front, and nothing for General Lee
to fall back upon between Richmond and the mountains.
On June 8, 1864, General Hampton, having reported to
General Lee that Sheridan had crossed the Pamunky, received
orders to take two divisions of cavalry to oppose Sheridan. He
moved rapidly with his (Hampton's) division from the south
side of the James River, below Richmond, so as to interpose
his command between Sheridan and Gordonsville and Char-
lottesville, and in two days' march reached Green Spring
V alley, three miles from Trevillian's Station, on the night of
June 10. Hearing that Sheridan had crossed the North Anna
at Carpenter's Ford, General Hampton determined to attack
him at daylight.
The road on which Sheridan was moving at a few miles
from the river passed a point known as Clayton's Store, from
which point the road continued west to Trevillian Station,
and thence on to Charlottesville ; another road ran north to
Gordonsville, and a third ran south to Louisa Court House.
General Fitz Lee's division had been directed to follow
Hampton, and was reported at Louisa Court House. General
Hampton ordered Bntler's brigade, reinforced by Young's
brigade, to move down the road from Trevillian's Station to-
wards Clayton's Store, and attack the enemy at daylight,
which was done.
30 Echoes from Hampton Day.
Rosser was ordered to guard the road from Clayton's Store
to Grordonsville. Fitz Lee was ordered to move down the road
from Louisa Court House towards Clayton's Store, and form
a junction with the right of Butler's line, which was done.
Butler's command was soon heavily engaged and drove
back Sheridan's main force into their works, which they had
thrown up. While driving the enemy with Butler's and
Young's brigades a brigade of Federal cavalry under Custer
made a singularly bold movement, and managed to get be-
tween Butler's right and Fitz Lee, and to reach the road be-
tween Trevillian's and Louisa Court House, where he secured
a position with cavalry and artillery, completely in rear of
Butler and Young's line. Rosser was sent for and Bntler
was ordered to fall back. This was done under heavy fire
from Sheridan, who instantly pressed forward, and the brigades
under Butler and Young were at the same instant lighting
Sheridan, who was pressing behind them, and Custer in their
front.
These commands suffered heavily, and many men were
killed, wounded or captured.
Rosser came up and promptly engaged Custer, driving him
back and relieving the pressure upon the other two brigades.
This closed the first day's fighting at Trevillian's.
On the second day General Hampton threw two brigades
of his division across the roads leading from Trevillian's to
Gordonsville and Charlottesville and awaited Sheridan's
movement. When General Fitz Lee joined him his division
was moved to the left of the line. In the afternoon the at-
tack was made by Sheridan with his main force dismounted
upon the center of the line occupied by Butler's brigade, and
a series of infantry charges were made by Sheridan without
his gaining an inch of ground. Attack was made by Fitz Lee
on the left at the same time that those of the enemy were re
pulsed by the troops in the center, and the enemy fled in con-
fusion, when night came and pursuit was impossible. By day-
light he had withdrawn entirely, and, recrossing the North
Anna, was in full retreat, leaving his dead and many of his
wounded on the field.
As Sheridan had the means of recrossins; the river with his
o
pontoons at any point between Trevillian's and the White
House on the lower Pamunky with a largely superior force,
and having a whole night's start, it was impossible to follow
him on the north side of the river, which lie had crossed.
General Hampton moved his command down the right bank
of the North Anna, and attacked the enemy at the White
House, whence he retreated to the James River, and was
ferried across in boats behind the lines of Grant's army.
Wade Hampton. 37
In no operation duringthe war did the high qualities of Gen-
eral Hampton show more conspicuously than in this perform-
ance. The indomitable spirit with which, after a day of disap-
pointment and disaster, he gathered up the broken fragments of
the brigades which had suffered, and with which he took up
his position and held it during the night and the next day, the
judgment with which he selected his position and the spirit
with which he inspired his men were unsurpassed.
After this there was no longer any doubt in General Lee's
mind as to whether this civilian from South Carolina, this
Mississippi planter without military training or West Point
education, this man with no preparation for grand tactics be-
yond his woodcraft and practice in deer and bear hunting
could be trusted with the handling of the cavalry corps.
The well-earned promotion which was his due soon followed
and Wade Hampton was made Lieutenant-General and put in
command of all the cavalry of Northern Virginia. This posi-
tion brought General Hampton necessarily into closer rela-
tions with General Robert E. Lee than had been possible in
his previous career, and with these nearer relations began an
appreciation which rapidly ripened into abounding confidence
and implicit trust, which continued to the end of the war, and
which lasted until General Lee's death, relations as grateful to
General Hampton as they are in themselves proof of the title
he earned to be regarded as a great cavalry leader and one of
the great generals of the Confederacy.
Theodore G. Barker,
Major and A. A. G., Hampton's Cavalry.
SANS PE UR, SANS REPROCHE.
WHAT THE WOMEN OF CAROLINA THINK OF WADE HAMPTON.
{From the News & Courier.)
Hero worshipping by nature sprung from a hero worship-
ping people by every tie of devotion born of a common in-
heritance, common pride in our birth right as Carolinians,
38 Echoes from Hampton Day.
common memories of triumphs, of joys, of woe, of victory
and defeat, bnt thank God, never of shame, do we Carolina
women glory in our hero, Wade Hampton.
Ah ! how the very name thrills us as we remember tales
told us at our mothers' knees of the quiet virtues shown in
the boyhood of the great man — of his having when a mere
lad perilled his life to save from fire the dwelling and shop of
a poor neighbor — of his steady pursuance of right and avoid-
ance of wrong. Then, when older, with his foot on the thres-
hold of Europe, with every thing combined to give him pleas-
ure and excitement, the news reached him that one he loved
at home had met with a sore bereavement, how he turned his
back on the allurements of foreign travel and recrossed the
Atlantic to come home to cheer and comfort that bereaved
one. ; 'A much grander thing," said a lady who loved him,
"than making the grand tour.''
AS THE SOLDIER OF THE LEGION.
Can any of us forget the swelling of heart with which we
saw him standing in the yard of the railway station with his
grey-coated legion around him ready for their journey to the
fields of Virginia, while the man of God beside him with up-
lifted hands commended him to the God of battles ? Then
when the news of the fight came, our faces never blanched,
our lips never quivered, for we knew the men into whose
hands the honor of South Carolina was entrusted, and we
knew that if the Palmetto flag were foun.l lying in the dust,
beneath its folds would be found the dead body of the last son
of South Carolina.
And never was trust better fulfilled. The tidings came
that our men were falling, that the blood of South Carolina
was being poured forth like water. Our hearts were bleeding
and broken, but they failed not, for honor was dearer than
life, and we knew that the honor of the State was safe in the
hands of the men that were led by Wade Hampton. The
men from the battle field told us that he never said ''Go," but
"Come," and afterwards in his own modest way he himself
told us that he never ordered his men to go into a place where
he did not lead them. And we said "God bless our Hero"
when we heard that in the hottest fury of the fight he was
faithful to the teachings of his mother and to the traditions of
his In mie — that no word of profanity was ever heard to pass
his lips, and the name of a woman was a sacred thing in his
Camp.
Wade Hampton. 39
The thoughts grow too tender for words as the memories
coins, of the handsome, gallant brother, whom Wade Hamp-
ton saw shot down bv his side while he fought on ; of the
light that faded out of the beautiful violet eyes and the ineffa-
ble smile that was frozen on the lips of Preston Hampton,
while the father placed a last kiss on the brow of the boy who
lav in the arms of hi* wounded brother, dying for South Caro-
lina. And the father stayed on the battle Held until the day
was done, fighting for us. Is our love for Wade Hampton
foolishness \
Then, when the war was over, for the last time he put on
his grey uniform to appear at the wedding of his daughter
and put her hand in the left hand of a man whose right arm
was buried in Virginia.
Only once more will the great cavalry leader wear the uni-
form of the Confederate Army.
Hampton's home near Columbia.
Near Columbia is an odd-shaped, cpiaint looking little cot-
tage — the only place which Hampton can call home. From
the debris of his beautiful home burned to the ground by
order of Gen. Sherman, he with the help of his iormer slaves
contrived to build that humble cottage. Curiously enough as
a room was added here and there, it assumed the shape of a
cross. So it is significantly called by Hampton's friends
"The Southern Cross." One woman values among her most
precious treasures, a small glove box made from a cedar tree,
which once stood in front of General Hampton's old home.
The tree was destroyed by the same fire which ruined the
dwelling. The box was fashioned by the General's own hands
and given to its owner with the remark : He hoped she would
think him more successful at construction, than his enemies
thought he had been at "reconstruction"
After the war, part of General Hampton's days were spent
in this little cottage, and part on his plantation in Mississippi,
striving with as much fortitude and courage to meet and bear
the disappointments and vicissitudes of life, as he had met the
fortunes and reverses of war, ready always to come to the
front when South Carolina needed his voice or pen.
THE DAYS OF '76.
The days of 1876 came. He redeemed the State from the
worst tyranny that ever scourged a people. The Greeks ban-
ished Aristides, poisoned Socrates, degraded Epaminondas, and
the mob of South Carolina put aside Wade Hampton.
40 Echoes from Hampton Day.
Is "Wade Hampton's work for South Carolina done ? We
women will not believe it —
"For one so true
There must be other, nobler work to do."
These are dark days for the State, but the word on her
shield is "Spes", and we women believe there is yet a future
for Wade Hampton, and the men and women who love him
and all he represents — that
*
* * * Beyond the dim unknown
Standeth God within the darkness
Keeping watch above His own.
Isabel D. Martin.
HAMPTON AS A FARMER.
[From the Neivs and Courier.']
To the Editor of the News and Courier : The unanimous
voice of Confederate Veterans has united in the demand, that
at the grand re-union to be held in your city, he should again
be called to the front — , who, like the Father of his Country,
" was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his
countrymen." Thirty years have passed since the ploughshare
took the place of the sword, but the name of Wade Hampton
is fresh and green in every true Confederate heart.
It is not my purpose to dwell on him as a soldier or a states-
man. As such he is known to all. But I do say, that if there
is one man in the State of South Carolina entitled to stand
pre-eminent as a practical, plain, hard, horse-sense business
man and planter, that man is Wade Hampton. An intimate
acquaintance and association with him for sixty years entitles
me to speak knowingly.
His father, Col. Wade Hampton, was one of the most suc-
cessful planters of the South. His name was a synonym for
all that was high-toned, liberal, hospitable and generous ; a
man whose purse, like his house, was open to all, and one who
was truly the poor man's friend.
Gen. Hampton, our Hampton, was "a worthy son of a
worthy sire."' His large planting interests in Mississippi were
managed with care, intelligence and skill. His place near
Skipwith's Landing was one of the finest places in the South,
Wade Hampton. 41
perhaps the equal of any in the world. He did not, like many
gentleman planters, leave everything to his overseer. No, his
close attention to detail, and his practical business methods
were the secret of his success. His kind treatment and atten-
tion to his negroes was proverbial, and had much to do with
the kind feeling and regard manifested to him by the colored
people, who, even in the dark days of the carpetbaggers, loved
and honored him.
The present generation, many of whom have only known
him for his war record, and as the man who redeemed his^
State in 1876, have little idea that his reputation as a soldier
and a statesman is due to the effect of that plain, common
sense, calm, cool judgment that has ever distinguished him.
His close attention to his planting interests would no doubt
have enabled him to triumph over the results of the war, had
not the destruction of his cotton, the crops of several years —
destroyed to prevent its capture — left him with a heavy debt
which ultimately forced him to give up his lands to liquidate.
No better testimonial to the good judgment, high character,
and universal confidence in the man could be named, and the
fact that he was the acknowledged referee and umpire in
nearlv every misunderstanding or difficulty occurrino- in our
community. His advice was sought as one whose recommen-
dations were honorable, and never without the best results.
Columbia, S. C. G.
AN INCIDENT OF WAR TIMES.
" General, for God's sake don't leave me, I want to die
WITH YOTJ."
[From the JS ews and Courier.]
While others sing of arms and battlefields, I bring to twine
with the laurel leaf a simple flower, one of those gentle deeds
characteristic of the tender heart of the man, whom we this
day delight to honor.
In the summer of 1893, a clergyman, widely known through-
out the State, and universally beloved, was travelling to his
summer house in the mountains in a private conveyance, and
as night drew near, stopped at a country house and asked for
shelter. This was readily granted by the hospitable owner.
During the evening the conversation turned on affairs
42 Echoes from Hampton Day.
political and otherwise. Both gentlemen had served in the
Confederate army, and thus a bond of comradeship was soon
established. When Hampton's name was mentioned, with
love and admiration, the hqgt warmly assented to the remarks
of his guest, and mentioned an incident indicative of Hamp-
ton's care and devotion to those under his command. It
occurred while the Confederates were encamped on the
Potomac. Among the sick, was one very ill with typhoid
fever. An order came to break up camp and retire, leaving
that part of the country to the enemy.
Gen. Hampton, whose habit it was to visit his sick, went in
with Dr. Taylor to see the sick man, and afterwards outside,
had a conversation with the Doctor as to the possibility of
moving the patient. The latter, from what he overheard, con-
cluded that the Doctor had told the General that he would
most likely die, and he must be left. Calling the General, he
looked up into his face, which was full of sympathy, and ex-
claimed : " General, for God's sake don't leave me, I want
to die with you."
The appeal was not in vain. When the time came, Hamp-
ton personally superintended his removal to the ambulance,
and " the Doctor stuck to him night and day." The host was
" the sick soldier," and he told, with much feeling, how he
owed his life to the skill and attention of Dr. Taylor, and the
tender and faithful kindness of Hampton. J. R. B.
HURRAH FOR HAMPTON !
[Greenville (S. C.) News, Editorial May 16th, 1895.']
The State of South Carolina owes thanks to Charleston for
the magnificent reception by the people of that city to General
Hampton on Tuesday.
The good old city has good reason to be proud of the day
and its doings. In honoring Hampton — her son by birth —
she honored herself.
In the history of South Carolina, no name will stand higher
than that of Wade Hampton, no fame will stand brighter or
whiter than his.
He has given the State a life time of service and devotion,
a reputation on which there is no blemish, an example which
all her sons may emulate and strive to follow.
He is one man who has never wavered or dodged or
Wade Hampton. 43
avoided his duty anywhere or in any emergency, who has
never sought his own interest, who has been true to his State
and her people in all circumstances and conditions.
Gen. Hampton is not a politician. He is not an orator or
statesman even. He is a big hearted, big souled, true, manly,
brave man, faithful to his friends, his State, his cause and
himself. He does not understand stooping that thrift may
follow fawning. Loving his State and people, he would not
yield even to the majority of the peopie when he thought
they were wrong. He let everything go, honors, place,
power, fortune and all, rather than yield one inch of princi-
ple or humiliate himself to ask one particle of favor from
his foes.
Time and time again he has offered life, fortune, all that
men hold dear to the honor and protection of South Caro-
lina. He has given the State the best years of his life, the
best thoughts of his brain, the pure and intense love of his
heart, all the energy and power with which nature endowed
him. He has asked nothing, he has made no unmanly com-
plaints, he has carried himself with unfailing dignity and un-
flinching courage; and with unsullied name through all the
varied and trying situations in which the fortunes of war and
and the changes of politics have placed him.
He is a man who can be held up before coming generations
of South Carolinians and before all the world as an illus-
tration of the State's manhood, as a representative of her
chivalry and strength and dignity, every inch a man, without
fear or reproach ; a soldier, gentleman and South Carolinian
of the best type.
We are glad all Charleston turned out to do him honor. It
is good to know that his loyal heart was gladdened by assur-
ances of the continued love of people for whom he has done so
much. We like to think of him once more going between
lanes of cheering South Carolinians with every eye lighted with
love for him, with his badges shining on the breasts of the men
and women, and the babies held up to see him go by.
It was a splendid ovation by a splendid people to a splendid
man. We know that it made Gen. Hampton happy. We know
that the cheers that sounded in the streets of Charleston, and
rang through the crowded theatre there as the mass of people
rose to shout their greeting to the sturdy old hero, will be
echoed in loyal and loving hearts from one end of South Caro-
lina to the other, from Savannah to Catawba, from swamp and
coast and pinelands to the crests of the Blue Ridge Mountains
44 Echoes from Hampton Day.
WADE HAMPTON IN CHARLESTON.
WHAT THE NEWSPAPERS OF THE STATE SAY ABOUT HIS RECENT
ROYAL WELCOME.
{From the" Chester Reporter")
The "Old City by the Sea" did itself proud in its grand
ovation to Gen. Wade Hampton. The hero of 1861-65 and
1876 is deserving of all the honors shown him on that occasion.
{From the "Pickens Sentinel")
Gen. Wade Hampton was tendered a royal reception in
Charleston. The place of his birth does not forget him in
political adversity, and with true patriotism the citizens of
Charleston have honored her most illustrious son, who, being
neither statesman nor orator even, has done more for South
Carolina than any other living man.
{From the "St Matthews' Herald.")
The ovation given Gen. Wade Hampton in Charleston was
soul-stirring indeed, and makes us glad to know that the
memory of the grand old hero is not yet dead in this, the
State of his birth ; in this State, which his leadership freed
from a corrupt government. May the day never come when
his coming among us will not be hailed with delight.
{From the "Anderson Intelligencer")
It gives us pleasure to note the grand ovation that was ten-
dered to that grand old hero, Wade Hampton, in Charleston,
where he went by invitation of the Charleston Chapter of the
Daughters of the Confederacy and Camp Moultrie, Sons of
Confederate Veterans. He was met on his arrival by all the
companies of the local military, and prominent citizens, and as
the procession proceeded up the streets the thousands of spec-
tators cheered vociferously for the noble old patriot.
{From the "Charlotte (iT. C) Observer," of May 15, 1895.)
Gen. Wade Hampton is in Charleston this week, and is
receiving an ovation such as was never accorded even to Cal-
houn. Col Wharton J. Green, who is a warm friend of Gen.
Hampton's, is in Cnarleston, and yesterday sent us this tele-
gram ; "No living man of this or antecedent time has ever
received such a grand, spontaneous ovation as was accorded
Gen. Wade Hampton to-day in Charleston, his native city."
APPENDIX.
CONTAINING
LETTERS RECEIVED
BY
CAMP MOULTRIE, SONS OF CONFEDERATE
VETERANS,
CONCERNING THE
HAMPTON CELEBRATION.
Appendix. 47
Cashiers Valley, N. C, June 3rd, 1895.
Sons of Confederate Veterans, Charleston, S. C.
Dear Gentlemen ; — The echo of that outburst of loving
feeling to our Brother, Charleston's son, was so heartsome and
true that it reached even unto the fastnesses of these far-away
mountains and brought to us, who love him, the deepest grati-
fication. To him there never has been a prouder moment,
and well may he have appreciated in the fullest degree the
honor tendered him. The hearts of the young and the old
beating out to him the love they bore him.
May we thank you for the ovation and send our best wishes
for each member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and say
we pray they may become "like unto the precious Sons of God,
comparable to tine gold."
Yours truly,
Kate Hampton.
Camp Sumter, No 250, U. C. V. 1
Charleston, S. C, June 18, 1895. f
Mr. Stephen R. Bell, Adjutant Camp Moultrie, Sons of Con-
federate Veterans, Charleston, S. C.
My Dear Sir ; — At a meeting of Camp Sumter, No 250,
U. C. V., held on the 16th of May, 1895, a unanimous vote of
thanks was tendered to Camp Moultrie, Sons of Confederate
Veterans, for inviting Gen. Wade Hampton to visit our city,
and for the admirable manner your committee arranged for his
reception and entertainment while here.
The Veterans of our Camp are truly thankful to you for
once more affording them the pleasure of looking into his face,
shaking his hand, and, above all, for the privilege of hearing
his eloquent address, so timely in this hour of Carolina's sore
distress.
Again thanking you all on behalf of Camp Sumter, I am
Very respectfully,
J. W. Ward,
Adjutant Camp Sumter, U. C. V.
48 Appendix.
The Daughters of the Confederacy, )
Charleston, S. C., May 22, 1895. f
Mr. Robert A. Sm/yth, Commcmdcmt Camp Moultrie, Sons of
OonfederaU Veterems, Charleston, S. C.
Dear Sir ; — The very pleasant duty has been assigned me
of forwarding to you, as Commandant of Camp Moultrie, Sons
of Confederate Veterans, the accompanying resolutions, adopted
by the Officers and Managers of "The Daughters of the Con-
federacy" at a meeting held by them May 16th, as a memento
of the recent joint meeting of your Camp and our Chapter.
The brilliant success of this meeting will make it always one
of our valued memories, not only for the welcome accorded
our beloved Hampton, but also for the strong bond it cements
between Camp Moultrie, Sons of Confederate Veterans, and
"The Daughters of the Confederacy," who will always remem-
ber that it was the invitation from your Camp to join them in
a meeting which made our recent success a possibility.
With highest esteem, yours, etc,
Martha B. Washington,
Corresponding Secretary.
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