The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-11-22
The Possible Result.

The Possible Result.
The Richmond Times thinks that their
late victories may make the radicals con-
servative. 1t says:
The vast majorities by which the radi-
calls have swept the North, seating them
securely in power, may render them 80
conscious of their strength, that all the
wild outcry against the South, for the
hanging Of our leaders and the confisca-
tion Of our property, may possibly cease.
We know that the great mass of the
North hate us with an intensity that
would startle the devils in hell, and that
many a gentle woman in the land of
wooden nutmegs and pumpkin pics, and
many u white cravatted Puritan divine,
minister of the Prince of Peace, would
como trooping joyfully, as on o pleasure
excursion, to Witness " tae hanging of the
illustrious ex-Presidentof the Confederate
States, or any of our distinguished chief.
tains. But politicians are generally more
practical men. Ths radicals saw that
the ground was slipping from beneath
their feet, aid the sceItre of power was
about to be snatched from their grasp,
and that to retain it they must, by every
political falsehood, by every appeal to the
Northern masses, lash their passions into
a fury that would carry the elections for
them; and they have done itsuecessfully.
They promised the sweet maiden, on
the banks of the Connecticut, that she
should lap the blood Of "traitors." They
pledged the holy man of God that he
might persecute the Southerners, and
that they should be compelled to listen to
his nasal preachinngs for hours at time,
till they were educated CIR converted
and they promised the rest distribution
of our goods and chattels, for it was right
that the saints should enjoy the lands of
the sinners. By such and similar appeals,
the radicals, aided by any quantity of elec-
tioneering lies and Forrey's and Greeley's
sensation stories, have swept the North
and got firmly seated once more in power.
They have got what they wanted-ofice;
and to enjoy it, they. must have quiet
They do notwant revolution-that would
spoil their plans, and possibly GUST them
from their fat places.
Having got what they chiefly desired,
and for the attainment of which they
have, for year and a half, been making
such ferocious and blood thirsty speeches,
it is quite probable they will drop that
song, become quite conservative and-com-
promise with the President. Getting
into power, and being certain of their po-
sition, they are very apt to make both
men and parties conservative. We shall
see it it has that effect the next session OF
the United States Congress.
The New York World thinks that the
radicals have already done their worst
against the South. 1t says:
AS regards the South, they have al
ready gone to the length of their tether.
After passing over the veto Of the Presi-
dent, their civil rights bill, and their
Freedmen's Bureau bill, they could pro-
ceed no farther except by proposing
amendments to the constitution. But
amendments being nullities till rattle d by
three-fourths of the States, the resistance
of the South is more effective in respect
to them, than the Presidential veto is in
respect to ordinary laws. The veto can
be overcome by two-thirds OF both
Houses, but the negative thirteen States
(Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware make
MP the thirteen) on a proposed amend.
ment, can in no way be overcome till the
number of States reaches ffty-two-a
larger number than we are likely to have
THE South, then, has nothing worse to
fear, as q consequence of the late elec,
tions, than protracted exclusion from
Congress- Negro suffrage cannot be
forced on them except by an amendment
to the constitution, which they can check
mate. Now penalties for treason are
equally impossible, by the prohibition to
pass er post facto laws. The old penal
| ties have been renlitted by the Presidents
proclamation of amnesty and his individ-
ual pardons. The State governments
which have been formed inthe South can
not be upset, because Congress never
comes in contact with them except in
Judging of their competency TO furnish
credentials to members Of that body. Con-
grcss having already done its utmost
against the South, that section has moth:
ing to fear in consequence of the elections,
beyond what it already suffers. ~:
THE LONDON TIMES ON THE NEGRO
The London Times in dilating on the SUBJ
ject of negro suffrage in the United States,
says:
Why cannot the negro be declared a
citizen and invested with all the rights OF
man? The real answer is that he is
not q citizen, and cannot be made o citi-
zen by a proclamation or a law. We
have unfortunately had a little experience