Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-03-25
Letter of Acceptance from General

Scott.
The following letter has been received from
General Scott:
HEADQUARTERS ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER,
BUREAU REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AsD
ABANDONED LANDS,
DISTRICT OF SOUTH CARoLIHA.
CHARLESTON, S. G., March llth, 1868.
Aessrs. F. J. Moses, Jr, DR.. B. A. Bossman,
and DR.. j. l.. Neagle, Committee:
GENTLEHEY-I have the honor to acknowl.
edge the receipt of your communication of
the llth inst, notifying me of my nomination
by the Urion Republican State Nominating
Convention" as its candidate for the Cover
norship of South Carolina.
have not sought from the people of the
State this expression of their confidence, and
therefore do the moro highly appreciate the
action of your convention. cordially &C.
cept the nomination, and shall do all in my
power to contribute to the success OF the
party and the future prosperity of the Stale.
have the honor to be, gentlemen,
Very respectfully, your ob't serv't.
R.K. SCOTT,
Brevet Major-General.
The following are the remarks of General
R. K. Scott, Republican nominee for Cover
nor, made at the Club House banquet Friday
night, the, 18th:
Mr. President and Gentlemen IL am furci
there is no new thing under the sun, for the
reason that it is impossible to say anything
that has not been repeated again and again
by every candidate for political preferment
since hefoundation uf Republican institutions,
each clothing his thoughts according 10 his
| peculiar taste.
Allow me to say that it is matter Of sur.
prise to me that should have been selected
for this most responsible and honorable place
upon your ticket, when you have so many
able and true men among you, men who
would discharge the duties Of the Office of
Governor of South Carolina alike with honor
to themselves and credit to the people, the
whole people.
I can therefore only regard your action as
an endorsement of my course as Assistant
Commissioner during the past two years. If
the past meet your approval, you have in it
guarantee for the future. Having assisted
in the organization of the Republican party,
and witnessed the soundness of its political
theories while passing through the ordeal to
which they have been subjected, the convic-
ton is forced upon my mind that the Ameri.
can people can look alone to that party for
the perpetuation Of Republican institutions,
and to sustain the broad principles Of " equal
and exact Justice to all men," Permit me,
gentlemen of the Convention, to say, that
trust on returning to Jour homes, you will
forget that there is an up country or low
country, but that you will only remember that
the boundaries Of the State enclose one COM
monwealth with common interest to protect
Inthe organization of civil Government,
which should be so just and impartial in all
its features, that the opposers of civil liberty
will be compelled TO admit their error, and
make common cause with us in our efforts
to make South Carolina one of the great
States of great brotherhood of Staten, limit.
ed only by the Northern lakes on the one
hand, and the Gulf of Mexico on the other,
and extending from ocean to ocean, whose
common purpose is to transmit to posterity,
our institutions perfect, harmonious and lib.
eral
In conclusion let me say if the Civil Gev.
ernment of th, State bc once failry Inaugural
ted on Republican basis, securing to all
classes of citizens the fullest justice and pro-
, lection, feel justified in assuring you Of
prompt assistance in rcpenshing your State
Treasury, and of unlimited capital from the
; North coming here to seek investment and
assist in the devclopcment of the rich and
abundant resources of the State, now lying
idle for the want of means aud enterprise
thank you again for your friendly greet
ing and the expression of confidence ,xhibit
5 cd in my nomination.