The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-05-14

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Orn CAspipATE r1B HO{lnNOu.
Since Cen Wduhall lGs .igHi.
fed The imppasibilHy 40 lia acclp.
lance Of tho uomipation Co.'S haf
ornor Of the State. the SrW ha.
another nnmc 20 present lor cou
nidcration IN connection wlth lhUl
high Office. AS thc gentleman b.
a ncighbor and (gllow-loNnWman
Justice TO him requires thai $50
preface DIR remark with Ihr sD1'c
mcnt that what wc do ~ on our
own responsibility, and contrary
to his wish, though strongly and
abundaptly endorsed BY others,
without regard 10 party, race or
creed.
The gentleman whose name wc
present, while one Of those mod
est, unassuming men who scorn %
press themselves forward, tand
God knows the number is small
has never been known to occupy
a rcar position when duty COM
manded him 10 the front. even
though that duty involved subslan
tial danger. lie has little taste
and less desire for public litn, and
yet, the one tenn which he repre-
sentcd this county in tie .cna'.
was sufficient not only to establish
bis fitness for that sort of lite, hut
also to establish q character and
reputation and acquire 40 in.u
ence tkat Is usually ,he C.oa.
result OF a litc-timc of successful
public service. We "knoW oH.r.-
of we speak when we say thar
no colleague Of his IN ,he senate, mo
senator or member Of the othl.
branch Of the legislature, acquired
or welded a greater influence lhan
he did during his term OF service,
and, among the leading men o..
the State, he is recognized to-day
as n Of the soundrst and most
substantial men in the Democratic
party. lie is not a politician, bu,
a lawyer and farmer, a deep
thinker, a close and cogcnt rca-
soner, and 4 fearless champion ui
the right in any and every cause.
A man indeed, il God ever made
one, ''in whom there Is no guile, "
for he Is as free from the tricks
and receptions Of mankind as
childhood itself, We think wc
hazard nothing in saying lhat he
might have been the occupant Of
the Guberna,orial mansion al the
presen, time had he so desired.
When il became necessary TO cleo.
a presiding officer Of the senate
Davis having resigned the Lieu.
tcnant-G oyernorship-hi friend.
wished to place him in that posi-
ton, but feeling tina, Stone was
by his seniority, entitled TO III.
precedence, he declined to be pa
forward, aud advised and urge,
his friends TO support Stone. I'll.
result Is well known. Stone wa
elected. and when, at a later day
Ames, the corrupt head Of thI
earpet-bag dynasty, saved himscl
from impeachment by resigning
he, OF course, became Governo
Of the State for the unexpirc,
term, and was subsequently elect
ed 10 a full term by an oycrwhelm
ing vote of the people. Thcs.
are facts that are too fresh in th
minds Of the people TO have bee.
lost sight Of or forgotten. VI
could say much more. ii il wer
al all necessary, 10 show the wort
and sell-denyiug integrity of In
man, and also TO show his ,ig.
lance, unbrng industry and stead
fast devotion to duty and principI
as a public servant. But this
unnecessary at present, and fret
what We have already said il
hardly even necessary FOR us
say that the man whose namc "
present this week as our candida
for Governor Of the State is n
Hon. Robert II. Taylor, Of ?.
nola county.
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