The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-02-09

IT is useless to disguise the lamentable fact that
too many of DIR people are given to dependency
and detection. They become depressed, dispirited
and dishcarleneG now, where they would have been
ashamed .t9acknowlcdgeit two years ago. As yet,
though. The croakers are in minority. There are
hundreds, aye thousands, of good and true men,
all over the land, who see no just cause for this
gloomincss, and heartily despise lis growth But
this infection is contagious, and preventive must
be appIsJso cleck ii in The incipicut Stage of The
disease n no other way, can this be so effccual-
ly accomplished as for the. newspaper press to
unite in an earnest effort 10 enlighten The masses
as 10 our real condition, future prospects and
available resources. When The people come
10 understand what is required of them 10 secure
independence and lasting pcdce, there win be not
even The shadow of doubt as 10 The result. In our
humble opinion, The virtue of .eadnrancesis 10
bring us forth from this conflict more ccritly tlar
anything else. Far greater disasters than those
which have in the past broke suddenly upon us,
may in The future orcrshadow our cause; defeat
may follow defeat, and rcyerscs cling close upon
The heels Of others; but if VIC lave The foitiiulo
and spirit to endure, as our torefathers did, The
very worst that may bcide, there will surely come
the glorious dawn of liberty and final success. If
we cannot do tlis-if the Struggle is TO continue
for time, and lien fall through because there Is
slacliing discrimination and nerve to prosecute it
iurll.cr-then is the record OF past sacrifices a
hollow mockery. and the sooner nc succumb and
become degraded 10 the lowest level, the better IL
wiltbe for as But We anticipate no such altcrna-
live. Tihcc is 90, n,etcrnal haired between The pco
pie now at war; created over the dead bodies of The
thousand shin in ilis strife for our srbjusation,
which will forever silence The l,ought of our sub
nil ing taacly 10 lc yoke, of lyi.,nny which they
hope 10 pl.cc upon our nccks. This hate, upon
our par, is baptized in the richest blood of The
South, freely poured ont the battlefield to
achieve an independence for posicfty like unto
that bequca'icd 10 us from pStrioic auces.fy.
Wlicn We cease 10 regard te great principles OF
justice and right with which we entered tlle con-
test and begin 10 seek an accommodation of these
difficulties for the sake of a delusivc and fatal
peace; lhcn We ignore The memories of our fallen
heroes, and stamp tlcir deeds OF yalor and love of
liberty with an everlasting infamy. We have an
Gliding confidence in the sterling sense of duty
which will acuatc the people of these Confederate
Sttes to brave all, endure evcryihing necessary,
and bear thc slip Of slate. to n port of safety.
The whole mater is summed up in tlc question,
whether we are 10 submit abjectly aud become the
vassals of a dcspolc majority, or cogtnuc battling
for fvccdcm yet q liijle while longer. Indcpcn-
denco viii come, and though present negotiations
fail to accomplish a recognition of our status in
thc family of nations, nevertheless lhc bright star
oflibcriy will break through The horizon, if We re-
rnaiu truc to our.clvcs and firmly reliant upon
Him who .lslleth nations as well as individuals
Let every one, then, be of good chcer, and sustan
the authorities in whaleyes c9nI9ecs to promote
.expcnd the last resource 10 obtain