Show guv gov AIKEN willain kiken aiken the son aon or grandson of a scotch irish immigrant was in 1860 the largest slaveholder and probably the richest man in south carolina we believe but one nain man in the union owned more slaves than lie he did he was twice or thrice chosen to congress from the alie charleston district without opposition oll and was the final rallying point of ef the pro slavery parties for speaker of the banks banke congress the vote standing banks aiken he declined further election but served a term as governor of the state being uniformly esteemed one of her best citizens gov aiken like senator hammond ke kept p t silence when lien their state made mr lincoln Lincol ns election the pretext of secession he could ilie tide tidd but he hi e refused faed to be carried along anti and hassmie ba t 3 abil c e re remained mai na a qu amet ayt alit interested te gr sid observer until chalks ton fe fell 11 once more under the union flag when lie declared himself what gehad ferhad always dt at heart been a unionist his slaves are now free fraze lie he has supplied them with land 1 a i nd addlie and he i is wark working ehg bi hard d to allevi alleviate ate the miseries miseries c mused caused by unhallowed ambition T to 0 this end nd i his bis means and efforts iare ar armestead estead steadfastly devoted who ho can doubt that the class to winch aai ch gov aiken belongs the clas clae of southern Sout herh gentlemen who blest with ample fortune have outlived outlive dor or spurned the impulses of ambition ambita am bitin m are at heart with gov aiken A akon |