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Show Governor Wade Hampton of South Carolina made a splendid address ad-dress on Thursday before the Rock-ford Rock-ford (111.) agricultural fair. It mainly was au eloquent plea for peace and full reconciliation and fraternity between be-tween the north and the- eouth. In the course of his remarks he alluded to the fact that this society had first among the northern organizations inaugurated in-augurated a spirit of fraternity and reconciliation, which was now bearing bear-ing such wholesome fruit iu ita invitation invi-tation to Jeflerson Davis to speak to them. Ho deemed it his duty to thank them for their spirit of patriotism. patriot-ism. The entire addre.3 was conceived con-ceived id a purely patriotic spirit, omitting all arguments in regard to past sectional difficulties. Referring to the alleged threats he had received, he read a letter which stated that 100 veterans of Rockford had sworn to send him away from there in a box. He treated the matter jocosely, to the great amusement of his audience. Ha closed with complimentary allusions allu-sions to the fertility of the soil of Illinois, Illi-nois, predicting a great future for the Mississippi valley, and with another appeal for fraternity, reconciliation and peace. He was frequently ap- ptauded during his address. |