The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-12-13
VOLUME II.-No. 2e.
a Cheerful View.

| IA GAeeiIul view. s5
The Richmond Tines, referring to the
belief among many that the future of
that State is destined to become brighter
than the present, .chcerfully remarks as
follows: ~
We sincerely hope that the eneoura-
ging peep which these gentlemen seem to
havo had behind the curtain Of futnrity
has disclosed sights and events which,
when they come within the range of 9TH
er mems eyes, will confirm their impress
sions and predictions We are not given
to dependency, and we swallow with
joyous ayidity any hopes which are
thrown to us from any quarter Webe-
lieye in hope-we look upon it as the poet
did. = SD
"Hope Of oil the ills that men endure,
The only chaap and universal cure.
Thou osptiy's freedom end thou sick man health;
Thou lovers victory and thou beggar's realthl'
There is q vitality in hope which 10
hard to destroy. The Radicals cannot
"confscate" it, nor can they exclude il
from our hearts by; a constitutional
amendment. We are very rich shope,
and we can increase our wealth in this
respect whenever we please. And the
most hopeful sign which;w have seen is
the fact that 80 many of our best spoliti-
clans are turning their attentionato agri.
culture, which is the only lever after all
that can lift us out of tho pit of woe and
misfortune into which we have been cast
by the unsuccessful results of our at
tempts to exercise the right of selEgov.
ernment. g -,-.7-i -c;r-s
1t is subject of congratulation thatso
many of our lato soldiers and statesmen
are initiating Cinoinnatus--not through
choice, perhaps, but from constraint Of
circumstances. But 30 their zeal, energy,
talents and examples are secured, no mat
ter how, in developing the most important
of all the natural resources of a State,
the desired result will be accomplished:
What we want now is the creation and
accumulation of wealth, and the speedi.
est and surest way to get it will be to
dig and plow the earth. Money is said
to be "the root of all evil" but The want
of the 0root" is working more evil in this
commonwealth than the possession Of it
would do.
Most of the indignity, persecution and
oppression which we now receive at the
hands of the ruling faction of the North
arise because of our present poverty and
helplessness. We are like poor relations,
objects to be snubbed and put upon. But
let US onco begin to be prosperous let it
be generally known that we are getting
rich that we have "corn for sale" and
straightway our friends will become as
locusts, and their affection will be most
touching. If we shall then beindiferent
about taking our seats in Congress, they
will be ready to drag US in by force.
1t is prodigious thing to have money;
it is "treason" to bcpoor. Wealth adds
to mans rospectability and "loyalty;%
poverty keeps him out of his seatin Con-
gress and proves conclusively that he lisa
arebel." The way to get justice and
power and friends is to get rich, and I'VE
can do so through the aid of agriculture,
because our staple products are worth
now more than they ever were beforea
Every man who has a field has q gold
mine-let him dig it. Politics pay moth,
ing at present, and it is hoped that every
politician will become plowman; and if.
that does not suit him let him turn wood.
sawyer and chop sticks instead of logic
When we have retrieved QUE fortunes,
then we will try and set the country to,
rights meantime, let the Radicals run
their machine to Hades if they wish it.,
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