Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-03-17
An Ingenisos but Disloyal Sout h
Car0llnian.

An Ingenisos but Disloyal Souti
Carolinian.
An application was recently made l.
Congress for the renewal Of the patent Q
an easy chair, invented BY . citizen q
South Carolina. When the case came u
in the Senate, quite . discussion ensued
during which Mr.. Hale made decides
hit for the applicant iu the following speecl
after which the bill passed without any dill
6culty:
Mr.. Hale-I hope this bill will pass
In the first place, ! am very much in ia
vor Of the article that is patented. 1t il
an easy chair. In the second place Soutl
Carolina troubles the Patent Office but We
ry little; and l think it would be very un
gracious to oppose this application from
South Carolina now. hope it will pass
We wonder if this was the same paten,
tee Of whom good story was quite current
winter before last.
Old Judge Evans, the late Segator from
5. Carolina was very earnest sincere
and venerable old gentleman WHO unde,
an exceedingly gentle, mild and clerical
exterior, concealed some very decided
points of character, among which was An
intense State pride and strong bias in
favor Of the institutions, and even OF the
weakness and defects of his old State. To
him South Carolina was the beau ideal Of
everything admirable, great and good
Her errors and defects were, to him, vir.
tues and sndowments. And, though i,
was not in the nature of the good OLD man
to hate anything or anybody, be cherished
decided and very South Carolinish re.
pugnance to the institutions, ideas and
customs Of New England. For any South
Carolinian to possess any of the qualities
the accomplishments or tastes Of the peo'
pie of that section, was in the view of the
old Senator, serious breach Of faith and
duty to his honored and beloved old Pal.
metto State.
Now, it happened that Judge Evans was
applied to bya young South Carolinian
who had invented some ingenious me chan
ical contrivance which be desired to have
patented. The young applicant intro.
duced himself as the SOD OF an old friend
and fellow psrishoner Of the Judge, and
begged his favor and aid il. obtaining his
letters patent.
The venerable Senator, raising his spec
tAcIes, and fixing his eyes in wonder snd
amazement OH the ingenious young Car.
Gilman, in his mild but emphatic tone, iu'
,errogated him as follows:
"You are the son of Colonel H. o.
St.--Parish, South Carolina, who was
born in tile said parish ?"
~ am, sir" promptly and proudly re
sponded the young gentleman.
THE grandson Of Gen. Il, who
served under General Sumpter in the Rev
olutionary war;"
"Yes, sir" was the prompt reply.
"Your mother was the daughter Of Mrs
Naney-. who set fire to her mansion
in the Revolution, to prevent the British
occupying it ?
Yes, SIR enthusiastically exclaimed
the representative of one of Carolina
proudest families.
"And you, continued the patriotic OLE
Senator, .have been educated 1T the acad
emy Of - in -, and instructed
in the principles, duties. and knowledg,
proper to your position, your birth ant
family?'
"les, SIR modestly remarked the nov
impatient youth.
Then, sir" exclaimed the Judge, in {
tone Of naughty firmness and indignation
show dare you turn your back upon all tn,
traditional principles, and IDEAS, and Gus
toms Of your State, upon the sentiments
and principles of your family, your ances-
tors and your eountrymen. and degrade
yourself to the level of common wooden
nutmeg Yankee, by inventing a machine!
The ingenious, but alas high born
young Carolinian was so affected by the
forcibls manner in which the Senator pre-
sented the enormity @: his conduct, tina,
he abandoned his application, and return,
ed to South Carolina, with view of stan
ding for Congress in his District at the
next election.