The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-11-01
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ANOTHER JOURNAL IsNUFFs THE BREEZE.
The Washington (Geo.) Gazette of last Friday
comes to.us with an article fayoring the Constitu
tional Amendment mrksd,-in order, we presume
that its singular contents may not be overlooked
We do. not propose to engage ina controversy up,
on this subject, for several reasons. In the hrsi
place, we are confident that the people OF thif
State at least are sufficiently instructed as to the
nature and effects of this political abomlnanon'
and therefore need no further enlightenment as %
their duty in the premises. Secondly, the adVo-
Gates of this Amendment in the South, SO lar as
we have observed merely apologize for their opin'
ions. and have not manfully plead in its behalf ;
therefore the discussion is futile and unnecessary.
t But our Georgia eotemporary must have thought
,;s ,o;nts well put, and we will not let the occasion
nass without examining his fallacious position,
end endeayor TO set the editor in new train of
thought.
The third section, as we consider it, has not been
"settled although the Gazette is of that opinion.
For instance, the adoption of this section by the
excluded States will eectually debar all those held
in high esteem before the war, and whose talents
and services were pre-eminent, from holding Office
hereafter, either under the State or Federal Gov
ernments This cannot be denied, and it is the
mercst subterfuge to reply that Congress is en-
powered to remove such disability. Does the Ga
retts candidly seek this RESULT If so we pity the
noble old State of Georgia when any one of her
journals would strike this blow at her STEPHENS,
BROWN and JENKrNs. Not only would such men
as these be kept from any participation in the na
tional or State councils, but her worthiest officers
and truest soldiers would fall under the guillotine
thus shamefully inaugurated.
Again. The article referred to declares in
substance that the professed admirers Of the Pres
ident should hasten to have the South represented
in Congress,-"by every means and by some sac
rifces, where her votes could assist in the con-
test with the Radicals. Is the editor ignorant of
the feet thst the Executive has long since declared
against the South adopting this amendment for
that purpose? In truth, he is the very first man
who pronounced against the monstrous evil, and
by his special message on the subject sounded the
alarm of danger, and gave the broadest condem-
nation Of its purposes. Further, our contemporary
must be far behind the times, unless he remem-'
bers the platform of the Philadelphia Convention
endorsing the President in this very particular.
But, for confirmation of these things, the Hon.
Mr. BROWNING, Secretary of the Interior, has just
published letter strongly urging that the States
ought not to accept the proposition of Congress,
which letter fully ascribes this position to the Pres
ident. If, then, the Amendment is rejected by the
Administration itself, how can it be urged that the
South should unite in q work calculated to defeat
the views Of its strongest safeguard?
In conclusion, We will briefly notice one more
point made BY the Gazette, when it is declared that
..the proposed terms may appear hard, but We
must suffer them, or suffer more.n This is not the
language of an ex-Confederate, surely. When
danger. is presented, the brave soldier meets it
bravely, not in bringing, fawning spirit. To
avoid imaginary evils, this writer would have us
act the sycophant, and place the toola Of torture
upon our own persons Away with such peurile
reasoning! If the South is doomed to suffer yet
more, and have her rights trampled deeper in the
dust of humiliation let the enemies ct justice and
strangers to magnanimity forge the chains to bind
her hand and foot. Her people, like their ilusri-
GUS leader in shameless captivity, con maintain
dignifed silence, and endure the wrongs Of oppres
sion, thereby preserving untarnished honor.