The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-09-16

'here Is no rap OF the snuff box
here.
Take Lieutenant Governor Sheppard !;
who were his grand or great-grandsires?
We do not know. Take Secretary of
y a'e Lipscomb. Is there any q, of tte
snuff box about him :? A descendant of
substantial stock, with pleasant
plantation manners" it is known of all
men that though "wheel horse" in
tie stubl orn fight for State rcdemp-
ton in 1876, the manipulators Mt the
fore kepthim out of place and position as
long as the people would consent to it.
Take Comptroller General Stoncy.
How did he get his position ? Why, as
the whole State knows, he got it by his
high efficiency and courteous de-
meanor MS clerk in tho department.
If man of his name in the State has
ever held public Office before, or has
ever been member Of the Legislature
even, We do not recall it. There is no
snuff box there, then. Take State
Treasurer Richardson. He is man of
distinguished ancestry. Although not
exactly "a hard-handed son of TOLL if
there be more couteous, more accept
able, more diligcnt, more popular off,
cial in the whole South we would like
to sec him trotted out. II the golden
snuff box has given US this worthy gen.
tleman and official We would like to
have some more Of them.
Take Adjutant General Manigault, a
gentleman to the last inch of him. Ho
belongs to race that the people of
South Carolina have been accustomed.
and rightly, to respect from tho time of
their honored ancestress Judith, Mani,
gault, to the present. How many g, eat
offices have..they ever held in the State.
AS you looked over the whole Carolina,
Legislature Of four years ago,
there sat General Manigault the
the member from Georgetown. returned
there by negro votes, an outspoken,
declared Democrat, and one whose very
presence in the Assembly would strike
the casual visitor Of the House as the
courteous. refined, modest, manly rep
resentative Of better day. In honor
ing him. South Carolina honorcd her.
self. If there was any rap % the snuff
box there the plain people of the
State will profit by little more of it.
Take the Superintendent Of Educa-
ton, Colonel Coward. He is another
schoolmaster, and VIC don't know who
were his grand and great grandsires.
He was manifestly chosen for his place
on account eff his reputation as n teach
cr. There can scarcely be any rap of
the snuff box there.
Take Attorney General Miles Apart
FROM being member Of q new and tai
ented family, who, one after another,
rose to distinction by their own intrinsic
talents, We don't sec rap of the snuff
box there. Mr.. Miles reached prefer
ment strictly OH account Of his Shigh or
der Of talents, his unqucstioncd profess
sional ability and his nnimpcac achabie
char actcr as man.
Now, turn to our Congressional dele
CATION. Take Senator Hampton. There
is great deal Of talk out of the State
abou, his distinguished ancestry. Most
people in the State don't care grot for
it. And Wade Hampton has been as
essentially as any man the maker of his
own reputation. Opposed to secession
on principle, and his family surrounds
ings had been Of the Union school Of
politics in their proclivitics. yet when
the State acted he raised legion (thanks
to his wealthy and went into the field,
whore he rose from a Coloncicy 70 a
Lieutenant Generals command. He
proved hihlself brilliant cavalry lead.
er, whilst his men loved him liked a
brother. That's his record. and that is
just the record that called him from the
Mississippi bottoms to take the lead
here when the men of Carolina put
their house in order to achieve the re-
demption of tho State. He filled the
bill completely /; and though the people
Of the State had themselves to thank
for their political redemption, it would
Le saying what is untrue to history to
say that tho man they matched to their
great emprisc failed them in ono partic.
lar. He was calm, he was self-collect-
ed, no was courageous, he was patient,
he was wise, he was just. Take it
altogether. it made him most remark
ble man before tho whole country.
This. too, it will be remembered, was
just when the INe,cs and Courier was
coquetting with Chamberlain.
Take Senator Butler. He had dis
tingnished ancestor we believe on his
mothers side in Commodore Perry, and
he has more or less distinguished
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