The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-01-24
! GEN. NJ. ". GARY.

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this distinguished soldier and brilliant
statesman for the United States Senate
in the following article:
sSs,We are glad to learn from the Colum-
Ebias Register, of the 10Th December "a
paper which generally speaks with con-
siderable. authority in regard to such
matters-that Gov. Hampton does not
intend under any circumstances to be a
candidate for; John ] Patterson's seat in
1.-The Il. s. Senate if it should become va
can't by resignation or otherwise during
his. Gov. Hampton's, present guberna-
toriai term. This being the case, and
having been struck lately by theieloquent
suggestions in. q number of onf, leading
papers that Gen. M. w. Gary yiwould be
one of the fittest7meni to represent South
Carolina in the u. S. Senate, we now
cheerfully take up the subject. Indeed
to do otherwise would not only seem
churlish:towards our distinguished fellow
citizen himself, but would be perhaps re-
gardless Of the feelings of the hundreds
of people throughout Edgefeld who
honor him! so deeply, and cherish 80
abiding a sense of his patriotism and
public services. y =
A Gen. Gary was second to none of our
leaders in the amount and value of the
services rendered the State in the cam
paipn of 1876. He was chairman of the
Executive Committee of Edgefeld, and
with the members of that Committee
planned and carried out the campaign
that drew, the concentrated efforts of the
opposition upon the County, thus making
the battle in the rest Of the State COM
paratiyely an Hseasy going affair" and
rendering this old, District the Banner
i County, of the State by the decided vic
tory achieved against such odds.
h It will be remembered that Gen. Gary
received the-yote of. the Democratic
members of the Senate before the. party
went into caucus. It was high comPli-
ment to his. craftsmanship to be thus en-
:tdorsed by the Wisest and most conserya-
tive heads Of; the commonwealth. No
Senator of the present day has done more
to regenerate and purify the General AS.
isembly than Gen. Gary. He boldly put
in motion the ball that relieved this body
of some of its worst spirits. His intro
duction of the, Usury Bill, that has be-
come the law by an overwhelming ma
jority, and his watchful and conscientious
position upon the bonded debt of the
State, add new laurels to his fame as a
sagacious and patriotic Statesman.
And, as we have above limited, -he
suggestion of Gen. Gary's name as the
successor of Patterson in several OF the
leading papers of the States seems to us
an indication that the people, while re-
warding their many distinguished sons,
will not overlook his claims when the
opportunity occurs to show their appre-
citation of his services and ability.
.s The Carolina Spartan thus. speaks OF
him in this connection: sShould this
vacancy occur, it has been suggested that
Senator N. w. Gary, of Edgs6eld, who,
with Gen. M. G. Butler, first pitched the
straight-out Democratic fight against
hamberlain in Edgefeld, would be the
party to stand by him in the United
States Senate. IF it is intended to re-
ward men for heroic devotion to the
State in peace and in war, for unswery-
ing Democratic principles and distin-
glished ability, then the old "bald eagle"
will stand a good chance Of breaking q
lance with Blaine and other Radical Re-
publicans."
We most heartily endorse the above
sentiment, for we believe that no two
men could and would do the State more
good than Butler and Gary in the o. 8.
Senate. They are twin political stars,
and should not be separated.