The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-10-05
For. the Indulgence.
TO THE VOTERS OF ANDERSON DISTRICT.

For tie Intelligence.
TO THE VOTERS. OF ANDERSON DISTRICT.
Having accepted q nomination for the Legisla-
ture at the ensuing election, it is proper that
should say that will be necessarily absent fe,m
the District during the canvass The Convention
at its late session authorized the Governor to- send
to Washington an agent TO represent directly the
interests of the State in reference to abandoned
lands .pardops, &c., and he has abeensplcssed to
con6dc that duty to me- 1t would not be proper
that should delay the discharge of that duty SIM
ply for the pul pose of securing votes for myself.
B,,t at the last election, with kindness con new
err forget, you honorcd me, then almost stranger,
with the REPRESENTATION Of this Dislrict.raly re-
sponsibity was soon ended, for directly nfterthc
close of the first session Of the Legislature the
military occupatiou,of the State destroyed all civ
il government. trust, however that nothing oc-
Cured in the short term of our political connec-
ton to diininis. the confidence and the kindness
you rhcn manifested. Between that period and
this time when We hope to resume the privileges OF
our citizenship, great changes have taken place,
We have failed in an attempt which We may regret,
but which we cannot disown However bitter has
been our experience it's not without its worth
however enormous the treasure. we have expen-
ded, let us hope that it will bear interest in the
future, and rich and copious as was the precious
blood we have Shed, it has dyed the record Of our
contest with crimson glory that time cannot
darken Our. children will read tire story with
sadness but not with shame: But if we have met
our defeat like brave men, let as use it as wise
ones The State itself which separated us from
the Union has replaced us under the authority of
the old government. If we were bound to obey
then so a1e we bound to. obey now. The State.
has rccognized:the emancipation of the negro, and
if we discharged our duty to the slave then, so
should we dischargeour duty to the freedman now.
In adjusting the legislation Of the.Sate to the new
condition of things there viii be much difficulty.
1 can only say that, if elected will endeayor to
discharge my duty upon these principles: b,
/. That the State must expect to achieve its fu-
ture prosperity by harmonizing its interests with
those of the whole Union, and placing her IN
cordial relation with the sentiment Of what is
again common country. e.t
3 That our system of slave, labor is abolished
forever, DuI tuttL IL 10 90 ,iS
race to maintain that superiority, to legislate
firmly, but kindly and justly, in reference to the
new relations which this change has established,
and for.the interest botho of the freedman and the
State to re-establsh asisoon as possbe,thc syste-
matte development of free labor. IL
8. That whore. it is. the duty Of the Legislature
to maintain with the most scrupuous care the pub
lie and private crelitof the State and to impress
upon our people the vital necessity to their exist
encc as a society of sacred respect for the ob-
CATION of consacis yctits equally the a'9 OF the
Legislature in the present impoverished and dis
tresscd condition Of ilc People totakc care that
justice is not abuscg E" oppression, and to pro-
vide that ethe collection Of debts shall be made
gradually and will, due regard both to thc claim
of the creditor and the condition and neccssi'yvof
the debtor. q wI.s HENRY TRESCoT-