The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-05-24
REPLY.

furnishing us with copy OF the hepnoHcdn anu re-
questing that paper be forwarded to that jour
nal. The complimentary manner in which the Re
publican speaks of US, under ordinary circum-
stances would elicit profound thanks but it sounds
so much like an attempt to 'damn with faint
praise" that we must be allowed to withhold any
expressions of qualification on the present occa-
sion. Indeed, the commendation in regard to our
stone public questions has caused some little
alarm in our mind end q careful rehearsal of the
course pursued by the LntclIgencT has failed to
discover why or wherefore this rabid, relentless
and uncompromisDg supporter of Radicalism has
seen fit to applaud the policy. 1t may be that we
have been out-spoken and honest that is our con-
slant dim and consistent pursuit. But, before
Heaven, we have never truculently bowed the form
or bended the "cringing knee that thrift might fol-
low fawning" Neither have others been advised
to do so. And so long as life lasts, or the power
to WELD the pen is retained, the Iutelgecer shall
not be debased by sycophantc appeals to gener-
osity they know not how TO render, or by adula-
tions of the extremist measures of hatred and Sec
tional malice which this Radical party are daily
concocting. If, therefore, the Republican, when it
saws that the Inteugercer is not what it ought to
be-" means that we are to endorse Internationally
the acts of its party before reaching that state OF
blissful perfection, then might the delusion be OF
once dispelled and all doubts set at final rest
There is an intermnable morass, lying betwixt the
principles we cherish for the government Of our
country and the dogmas ard fallacies the Reoubh-
cans party would set up over them, which can
never be crossed by one whose ideas of justice and
equality are derived from the Magma Charta of the
land, with the supremacy of power gained "by the
consent of the governed" The party led by SUM-
SEn. STEVENS, and others of that ilk, whose glo-,
rifcation'' is continually being sung by the Re
publican, have not shown the remotest pretensions
of allowing the white inhabitants of the South
| full share of consent in the Government which is
being rapidly reared in these United (?) States
On the contrary, their entire aim and object, as
derived from Congressional speeches, constitu-
tional amendments, and the vaporing of newspa-
pers, seems to be the withdrawal of oil power of
consent from the white citizens and placing the
balance in the hands of an unenlghtened, ignorant
and dcbased negro population. For one, before
acitly acknowledging this monstrosity in political
economy much less advocating it before the South
ern people, among whom We were born and reared
and with whose sons we have fought and bled for
principle and honor,-before thus disgracing the
estate of manhood, we prefer not only "misery
and wretchcdness," but complete, thorough and
utter "annihilation J"
We come now to consider the suggestion" made
by our amable and friendly contemporary, who is
exercised about our "glorifcation of rebels, and
hero-worshp and adulations of Copperhead De-
mocracy." Who is there in this broad land, not
blinded by prejudice or stepped in the depths of
fapaticism, but has felt thrill of admiration for
the peerless LEE, the immortal JACKSON, and the
faithful followers of those christian warriors? The
characters of these men will some day command
tie warmest panegyrics of the unbiased historian
of these times. Their constancy, devotion and un-
firing pursuit of independence will beget enconi-
umns which shall far surpass in brilliancy and
lustre the petty record of their defamers. The
services were not bought by filthy lucre and whose
dash and daring must be recognized as distinc-
tive feature of their own creation, deserves in an
eminent degree our ''gorifcation," and palsied be
the tongue when we shall cease to proclaim their
virtues, their heroism and their undying valor-
But we opine that this admiration of comrades-in-
arms is not the true secret of the Republicans sug
gestion. That party cannot help evincing de-
cided twinge whenever the Democracy is named.
Tie .'Copperheads," as they are pleased to term
them, are perpetual thorn in the side, and allied
with honest Republicans in support Of the Pres-
dent, the decree is written that the days of Rad-
cal usurpation are numbered. This is the ''mlk in
the cocoanut," and explains how it got there. Fat
Offices, rich spoils, and public plunder, whose CO.
hesive power has upheld the strange consistency Of
that party's incongruous ingredients, are soon to
evanish before their bewildered visions; and then
will be,
"Othellos occupation gone"
The manly sentiment which has been awakened by
President JOHNSON throughout the North, united
with tbc strength of the Southern States will bring
hack the Government 10 its pristine purity and in
corruption. This is not the end desired by the
Dostructiyes and therefore we are solemnly warned
AGAINST fellowship with men whose teachings ac-
cord with this declaratioh. "! te"Po'o' W "0''''
But we will assign more significant and timely
reason than heretofore given for afiation with
the Democracy. Setting aside the justice and
maunanmity of this class rs inducement to
echo their sentiments through our columns, there
is corresponding injustice and narrow-minded-
ness exhibited by the Republican and its friends,
which, if fairly presented to the great masses OF
the South, would Increase eumity, engendered
by four years strife, that should be allayed and
assuaged rather than augmented. Let us illustrate