Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-04-14

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Sproach of death, and he passed away
swith little pain, retaining his con-
/ sscience until about an hour before he
4 died.
/ From, The Chronicle d COnstitntionalist
a of Sunday. ~
a Martin Witherspoon Gary was a
snative of Cokesbury, Abbeville coun
ETY.. S. G., and was ffty.two years old.
lin his early youth he moved to Edge.
sfeld to practice law at the bar of then
1.-THE brightest lights of the Southern
9judiciary. For the ambitious, brainy
syoung man, the haunts of Wigfall,
2of Wardlaw, of Carroll, and of hosts
8of others, possessed the charm to en-
Sulate and to inspire, and he was de
9termined to mould his professional ca
greer about the round.table of these
remarkable men, whcse manners and
amethods were standards in legal, po-
alitical and social spheres. Under
ssuch influences it is not to be won
sdered that he caught the old cavalier
Esprit of Carolina, and grew up with
sthe finish, if with some of the preju-
sdices, of the old time Southern gen
atleman.
4 When the war broke out Gen. GA.
Try. about thirty years old, entered the
aConfederate service as Captain inI
Hampton's Legion. He was gallant
commander, and soon arose to the
rank of Lieutenant-C Colonel OF a regi-I
ment. Upon the reorganization of
5the Legion he was commissioned Brig
9adier- General Of a division he formed
l Into cavalry brigade, whose record
was so illustrious in the army oil
Northern Virginia. From Manassas
Ito Appomattox he fought continuous
3ly, and when Gen. Lee surrendered, !!
this undaunted chieftain did not =
4" Bow his crested head nor tame his heart
Of fire."
5ShAs; ll;,.--s.u4.-lL
acommand over to lower officer, aHdS
/ cut his own way homeward through
5picket lines and foes. 1t is indeed|
ssaid Of him that he never accepted!
spardon or parole.
Since the war Gen. Gary has BEEN
successfully engaged in practiciag law
I in Edgefeld. He had accumulated
i gquite handsome property, and was
a worker of talent, energy and thrift
aHe was above all, a man of firm con
gvictions and outspoken opinions. His
was not nature of compromise or
aconcession where principle was con-
Scerned, and yet the belief, frequently
HELD, that he lacked conservatism oil
moderation was incorrect Frequent
lily extravagant in speech there was al
balance wheel of common sense inf
1 ahis character which chastened an n
petuous nature and guided his career
5aright. He was generous, frank, man
4 ly and true, and, by his friends, inf
thigh esteem was held. He was ones
Of the guiding spirits which promptedE
the straightout movement in SouthE
Carolina in 1876, and worked cease /
lessly in the campaign which so COM I
4 pletely vindicated the wisdom of hisS
! policy as well as the prudence Of hiss
course. How thoroughly do we re-
member the circular which Gen. Garys
issued after the November election,E I
| in which, from the exuberance of hisE
patriotism, he was led to exclaim:
Fclloau- Citizens The most mo-
nentous and important political strug-E
Lyle that has ever engaged the atter-s
Jion of the people Of Edgefield coun /
ty has just terminated. A splendidI
Victory has been won. The robbers
band that has so long fattened ands
|thrived upon the spoils which hav,E
been wrung from the ,toiling massesE
iunder the form Of law, has been rou-s
led, discounted and utterly demolish-
/ ed. The foes of good government
have been overwhelmed and defeated
by the advocates of reform. The days
1 lof our deliverance from the rod ots
! THE oppressor has at las: come. OnrS
! lost liberties have been found ourss
dead country is risen again. Thanks
be-to Almighty God, who has givenS /
US the, great and glorious victory. . y
| We trust that the. election Of that }
pure patriot and virtuous citizen
Wade Hampton, will crown the workh
of the redemption Of the whole State,
and henceforth the. race issue mayF
never be.known in South Carolina.
In 1876 Gen. Gary was elected toS
the State Senate from Edgefeld coun-
|ty, and his course there WIS markeds
Iby TIE same straight forward, manlyE
work for his people. His followers
were numbered by thousands in hisE
own State, and across the Georgia line
he was known and loved. He was al
man of literary tastes and broad cul- {
ture, his library at home aboundinsf
lin works standard and writings rare.
He was familiar with tho teachingsh
of modern philosophy, and in publics
questions, State and National, took
the most-en!ightened AMI the livelieat I