The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-08-24
Politico-,Social Apathy.

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Assuming that Governor Perry has
rightly exercised his authority, in calling
: for an election Of members to Conven
tion to which it will be allotted to re-or
ganize the State and for ageneral revis
ion of the Constitution, then it occurs to
US that a most profound and apathetic in
difference. prevails throughout the State,
in regard to this object. Whether it is
that the effect of the late revolution in
our affairs has had the effect of stunning
the popular mind-whethcr it is that tho
necessities Of the household and the indi-
vidual have put all political objects en-
tirely out of the peoples head-or wheth-
er all sympathy with politics, of whatever
kind, has been crushed out by the over
throw of the fondly entertained political
faith of fifty years-it matters not; the
fact is, nevertheless, unquestionabIe, that
so far as we have seen, the public mind
takes but little interest in any politics,
and exhibits no sort of activity or even
-sensibility in respect to an election which
is to hold, within its results, an entirely
new political organization for the coun-
try. On former occasions, in matter SO
vitally interesting, public meetings would
have been held at all the court houses, on
sale or other public days, and there would
probably have been popular nomination
of a ticket including the preferred names
of the community. At present, if an
election takes place at all, it lis destined to
be scrub race. There are really no
candidates-ho parties seek represcnta-
tives-and it is very unlikely that many
votes will BE taken. The parties elected
may or may not be good men and true
They are just as likely TO be worthless.
All seem Indifferent to the result. The
question occurs to. us, ais this right or
wise ?" If our people are to live in this
country, then it behooves them to see that
the control of the country does not fall
into the hands of the vicious or the worth
less. The members Of the seeding Con,
vention, the members of the Confederate
Congress, and the State Legislatures, are,
we believe excluded from place in the Con-
vention. This exclusion operates serious
ly against the picked men of this country.
1t denies us the use of many of our finest
minds. Can we find substitutes for these?
Are there not men to be found, in all the
districts, not liable to the objection, who
are yet capable of the duties and to be
trusted in the situation? And is it not
the duty of the people to seek out such
men, in every precinct, and assure them
selves of the best capacities for lcgisla-
ton that the country mag still possess p?
Such is our opinion. We should not
show reckless disregard of the future
because OF. the misfortuncs and disap-
pontments of the past.
Let our people therefore in all the dis
tricts, proceed promptly and unitedly, to
an examination Into their social and in
tellcctual resources, in order to their en-
ployment in the organization of the State
anew, and to the future legislation under
it. We need, in the Convention especial:
ly, the best legal and judicial minds-men
conversanc with all the nice discrimiiia-
tions Of law-conversant with political
definitions and constitutions, and capa-
hle of weighing we'll the import of every
sentence which is uttered. The Govern
ment of the United States can only re-
ouire of us a Republican form of Consti-
tuition, and the model for this is to be
found in the Constitution of those States,
whose characteristics, policy andpeople,
most resemble our own.
In the chocc of these mon, while we
may prefer many who are excluded by
reason of the exceptions made in the
Presidential proclamations of amnesty:
let us not insist upon them; but, avoid
ing all occasions for cayil, let us turn to
others of our citizens, such as VIC think,
from their general moral high tone,
known virtues and superior intellect, may
be relied upon for the duty, and cast our
votes for them with all possible una
nimity.-Cozumbia Phenir.
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