Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-30
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Friday. December 80, 1904.
THE APPOINTMENT OF Mr.. STUART.

The appointment OF Mr. }. T.. b.
Stuart to be Marshal of the Eastern
District of Virginia, came as a sur
prise to Mr.. Morgan Treat the gentle
man who at that time held the office,
so we are told. We believe it. 1t
came as a surprise, we are led to be-
lieve, also to many other Federal office
holders in Virginia, as well as many
would be office holders. The appoint
ment caused surprise also to many
who knew Mr.. Stuart, but were OF
opposite politics. 1t was not generally
known in this quarter where Mr..
Stuart lived for some time, that he
had grown penitent and undergone a
change of heart. Those who knew
him as Democrat here and had fol-
lowed his gallant father through many
dangers, never thought that this his
SOD would join Gen. Longstreet, and
Gen. Rosser, and Col. Slemp. and Capt.
Wise, and that long list of Confeder-
ates who have tried so hard to make
amends for their own conduct during
the war, as well as that of their rela-
tives and friends. Mr.. Stuart will now
have ample opportunity to make such
amends, but bis friends and acquain-
tances here did not know any such
thought was on his mind! Yet they
are not surprised. they are sure it arose
from honest convictions and not polit-
ical disappointment. Seeing that he
was told to enter the vineyard so soon
after he presented himself at the gate,
may call to his mind the losses he has
sustained by not earlier presenting
himself before the lord of the vineyard,
though we read in holy writ where
those that began work at late hour
received the same reward as those that
had borne the heat and burden of the
day. This may be the result in Mr.
Stuart's case.
How gratifying it will be to many
to see that the sins of the father will
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that the son can largely atone by loya
devotion to country, that is the Re
publican party, for the misguided
course of his father, indeed it ma.
prove source of some regret to Mr.
St uart that he bears his father S lnl
tials, making the apology more Otter
necessary, as his fathers fame as
"Traitor and Rebel" have becOm
widely known. If his initials were no
the same there are some who nigh
actually come in contact with the ne,
marshal and not recognize in him an
elements of greatness, or pass him an
not see that be was the son of a grea
sire. Thus would Mr.. Stuart be entire
ly, at times, relieved of apologizing fo
any sins but his own. AS it is a grea
burden has been laid on him for Ion
time. His friends felt 1t no doubt
Mr.. Stuart himself must have sweltel
ed under it, people would hear hi
name, look at him and think of b
father. Some would have the rudenes
to speak of his father-especially "
feel sure when N orth Mr.. Stuart wouI
suffer torture. When in compan
with very loyal persons his nam
would be spoken and look of scorn /
cast upon him because he was the SO
of rebel. lie can now when that loo
falls on him mitigate it, he can tie
them how loyal he is, and how deepl
he has always regretted his father
course. He can assure them, and b
can prove by many witnesses, that ha
he been South during the civil war.
would never have been great cavall
leader.