The crescent. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-09-11

| GOyerpOF, Simpson, has .rOthlng marked
about l. ,beyghd the timid, following in
the path beated BY Hampfdf, for, il
truth, simpson , Hot marked man, y
having never disp1ayed-~sny Of the indi
viduality, strength or heroislh of'a leader
orstatesmarl even id his owh' county
WHARF he failed to boldly confront the
| radicals. and lead the people in ,thei,
| greatest emefgefcy." He u . goed law
yer, nice gentleman, a politician Of isii
Es saS Rss s,,ais asGYs g. q sipsSs ~
d;nary' Gcvsrh6l ,fot 'ths@ piping sirses
OF psaess i no, It. itf,+;::,+ !. d. +
Of Senator Butler it can be said that
whilst he has fully met the expectations
of his most sanguine' friends aud has not
that application and pfcwsriM. tQncsntra-
tiGn peees4Hfy @ to to utilize I'll tis extraordinary
'"''o's' *'"~r>.:s. tons p ,''itr> /,
There Is much eepuiue modesty and
true greatness both inherited and achieved
in Gener1 X Kefshaa, the great cohserta.
tive leader Of the Stats wk6; iu war and
in peace, h2s Murd by Ind fSishfH2y Ind
uncom plainiieiy served hef. tie s TOO
much OF gentlemaE for the political
arena and should have been and still
should be placed on the Supreme BeRch
where his presence would place it "a
whole atmosphere above Suspicion. onlhe
bond aid and other questions, GenSA
Haeoosdf Is or d tyre which makesa qules
I'aseful citizen III the pursuit of his own
iinterests but ready to" respond iu great
emergencies. Too cold and distant, to ev.
er touch the hearts 0r our people and
with the sdditional 'Hiisfort,fss of leaning
too raucfi f66 IN, i'm" ptiucibies as 'ex-
pressed II his speeches BY saying Of the
them oiisee;; ,es,e;'m ", bM bM Iissgetks!ess . brave
man .whS has wcfthsy upheld sgsod
nsnS Ss ssspsd sdf tssss sss stsa,s hurried:
sketch TO devote some space 90 ttDse
mentioned al hating stachieyep their
grsstas GAI ! I t;SSo'fes y saee, Brat
len and aisd HUI ~ othefs. f'wished 10
notice Generals Gary aud Connor, Far-
:tirulsfiy =, that eccentric genius, Ten.
Gary, the most feared and admired and
the least understood OF aH '6ilt leading
men. I'm spite; of tfe'iong continued OPP
position Sf dIaifbStt55Sft rSks ;rSks Aef aristoefae
is spesEss y - sssfl s.s s
fiSs SSTf{ nsAaaee M M 'teafae of faine
-sasiI Waann0a + fY6fi Ifhif biftef ibesahe ssckn6M
,slrMsn,cEof y 3f FS6itiS as \ sJidier rsata his
ab,jity 3 sssS Siatesaafi.. SrEiugine Yfois
the leins 81 tr.s people and yet too proud
Sa,s great T hs ias foassft his fysohis press
snt exalted 'position. Ths he: has faults
cannot be deslcd, but these afe patelt,
rot hidden, as is too OitceIke cas-, being
, o.. sras6 The cceentrschie - genius or
BIZ. kiolc6t stlf-aassesftttiloohs Bf ~ proud,
bra$ free r,an who will gptahd' Hnnot
,Lo Elaad by the shacs3essGf narrow
S,islied. .Dseifadices u tl& copventiouali-
. .tie$ aud tyrarries Of so6eyx while his
bdSfer nature, his herpis@ kis patriot.
i. IN, his genius iG hort Arc only shown
&liEe flashes Of e1ectricit5 on great n
cssions when the toesin ,fS war shas hsGy
snSdcd, wbsG the peoble e bstN,
ssa;,,st the arisiocrats and SApitNists re
NJ he,fo1 sfts on tile fdtim, OF 'whsn he
arch 6end. 'bam6 6etlaint, to Hss 50
many bowed anl who was at lasbsfa.
-aoned, is to be cowe1 and driven: :aEs$1o
make room for our owG great ff1nl1on
whose. battles our Garys sanG Our Baufrs
have generously fought 1t as,siaisdIE
.said that Gary is ,rssfi dahgerouss
mad in fact. Because, forsooth, he ;haS
Boldly stesyed his gallant ship out upoa
ths;ocsan Of life and confronted the Rev-
eaSe. Cutter l"Chamberlaiu and the
shin Of wsp, Champion" If he is mad
there is method in his madness," is
shown by the cooluess, skill aud b'avcry
with which he handled his troops in war,
the good sense with which he has mail-
aged his own affairs ald the genius dis
pIayedin his brilliant career as states
MN. The asoncepti9snl, and Inauguration
cal victory on the f2tb Of, August, 10,
over Cbapiberlain and Mackey. the parg-
ing and publication Of the Legislature
and. the Judiciary in 1871, lin spite of
the opposition of HAMPTON, the passage
| of the psury law, thendyoeacy of much
needed system of education for the
maases.; and .all at"..his;; great speeches
bold And daring actss and, finally, the in
l;Esstisatiee apd, (so bs sySGntual :y'' over, =,
Hampton, viii all stand as mondmsspts
10, his ,nethodieaI madness. Thoroughly
educated and we'll read, a constitutional
statesman, we can say of this great
"Commoner' of South Carolina, surely
Gary,.' much learning hath made made thee
''Having" |" asserted my right to free
thought and free speech" which you say
! we need in this State, | will elose under
a nom de Plume, knowing that the truth,
! even, when 6tly'spoken" is not always
relished in South Carolina. Having
| ventured also TO "criticisc the critics,
h,s the ,press, as we'll as some OF the ,t
iaok iq South Carolina l may expect t te
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