The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-08-09
THE coNvENT1oN.

The Philadelphia Age, commenting upon the
threats which certain Radicals have made, that the
National Union Convention shall be broken up by
mob, says:
Fl is not our present purpose however, to dis
cuss probabilities. We have no wish to glance,
even, at the possibility of events shaping them
selves into violence and bloodshed. But we must
deal with facts-stern stubborn facts-as We find
them, and, therefore, we must speak plainly and
without reserve.
1t is q duty from which We dare not shrink, no
matter how unpleasant may be our utterances to
those around U.S. The men of property in Phila-
delphia, of all parties, have too much at stake to
blindly overlook what must follow, assuredly as
light follows darkness, if this Radical madness,
unrebuked and unrestrained, crops out into its
natural and legitimate fruit Not the mere tools of
these madmen would alone meet with proper pun
ishmcnt, but the greater criminals, who, in their
counting rooms and dainty parlors, and snug off,
ccs, concocted and instigated the deep villamy,
would be sought out and ground to powder beneath
''thc neither milestone of the peoples wrath"
It is folly any longer to blink the truth, fearful
and appalling though the vision of the future may
be. One fact is certain, and may be relied upon
the approaching convention will provoke spirit
in the breasts of the friends of the Union and the
Constitution little dreamed of by these miserable
ssarohitects of ruin" Those who SOW the storm
must not complain if they are compelled to reap
the whirlwind. 1t may be that the new civil war,
so anxiously desired by these wretched fanatics,
and 80 laboriously prepared for by their reckless
and unprincipled leaders in Congress, may thus
be Quickly inaugurated
We are no alarmists, but silence now would be
worse than criminal. AS unwavering and consis-
tent friends of law and order who in the dreary
past counselled in every instance, patience and
submission to the laws, and the men who executed
them, no matter how burdensome, We here, to-day,
enter solemn protest against the revolutionary
schemes of these "dark political gamesters." We
speak not to mere partiSuns We speak to the
brave the loyal and true of all creeds and all par
ties We speak to men embarked on common
voyage, whose certain destiny is either common
safety or common ruin" In Gods name, let US
have peace.
The scars of our people are still fresh, and the
wounds of many of our brethren are still bleeding.
Let the ghastly doors of the temple of Janus be
kept closed, at least until the widow puts off her
mourning, and the mother no longer weeps for her
stricken child. Let the wise and patriotic policy
of Andrew Johnson, who has sworn to preserve
the unity of the Republic and maintain the sover-
eighty of the States be permitted to produce its
legitimate results.
We believe the masses are earnestly with him.
In the quiet, humble homes of the people-in the
crowded marts of trade and commerce, ''where
passionate discord rears eternal Baber'-his name
is blessed as their friend and protector. Night
and morning, from thousand affairs, prayers as
cend to heaven for his welfare and preservation.
And if the crisis comes-if the storm breaks and
the volcano vomits forth its fire and blood-it will
be found that there are millions of white free
men scattered throughout the once distracted, but
now united, North and South, ready to throw
themselves into the yawning gulf, to do battle for
the great Tribune of the People.