The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-07-01
TIE R1aHr SORT OF a MAH.

Gen. Charles P. Stone, formerly gallant Fed
eraI officer, who has settled since the in Gooch
land County, Virginia, where his upright and
courteous demeanor has Won him many friends,
veg recently unanimously nominated BY a conven-
tion of the conservatives of Goochland, Powhattan
and Fluyanna to represent their district in the
Senate Of Virginia. lie declined the honor in n
letter manly, frank and delicate, that we cannot
refrain from making an extract, to illustrate the
difference between the Northern gentleman and the
carpet bagger-
Having thanked the Convention for the honor of
the nomination, and observed that it is q proud
position, when perious times come upon o people,
be selected their representative By their free
choice, Gen. Stone says:
Il is not to be supposed that It can have been o
perfectly free choice in this case. It is not be
supposed that in Virginia Senatorial District COM
Erising three large Counties, free choice should
set aside all the gentlemen who born and bred
in the district, and who havessived honored in i,
from youth up, and select one, who, while yielding
to no one in sincere and earnest devotion to the
welfare and IN desire to protect the rights and ad-
vance the interests of the people of the district
yet has been resilient in it only two and half
years; one who was born Yankee, in Yankee
Land. and who LOOKS back to FIVE generations of
Yankee ancestors, glozying inthe lineage. Public
duty demands of D. man that be shall if necessary
for the public good, sacrifice every ainetaat is his
save his self-respect. That can never be required
and if required, cannot be yielded.
should lose mine did accept public trust rot
freely offered, and climb to office by reason of the
present peculiar condition of public affairs
While, by its Constitution, our country claims to
be free republic, resting upon the consent of the
whole people, no voluntary act of mine shall np-
pear to admit that it is not one-and it would be
apparent, should now be selected from among nv
peers for the trust in question, that one strong
point governing the. choice, is my mere ability to
freely take an aboninable test oath, which dis.
graces the proposed Constitution Of the State, rem
dering ineligible largo numbers of the most honor
able and most trustworthy voters and Taxpayers
within its limits. oan,lever accept Office under
such conditions
What rebuke this is te tnc tribe of adyenturers,
numerous as the locusts of Egypt that have over
run the whole South, absorbing oil the Offices and
glorying in that which should bstheir shame
Most of these birds Of prey migrate to. the South,
5or no other purpose than to gorge themselves upon
what the battle hns left. Not few of them have
left their own country "for their counry's good',
Instead of being ashamed to 'climb to office by
reason of the present peculiar condition of public
affairs" they would be ashamed Of themselves if
they neglected the opportunity. 1t is not, US q
general thing, for the distinction of the Offices that
they core 10 have them, but for the emouments
and stealings, though there nre some who really
seem to think that on Office copfers honor, TO mat.
ter how it is obtained. General Stone deserves
the thanks Of bis own section for giving the South
ut least one specimen of true, self-respectng
Northern manhood, which has long been dis
gracefully represented in the Official vampires who
are riotins in the lifetload Of lie sol:.hrn people.