The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-07-03
Editorial Pennings and Clippings.

cotaInandant of Charleston caused salute OF thlr.
teen guns to be fred at sunrise, and during the
day the national flag was displayed on the public
buildings, the forts, and shipping in the harbor.
The Charleston Mercury has the following resume
of the engagement:
The force ON Sulliven's Island at the time Of the
attack was 435 men,-of whom 4l3 were OF the "a
South Carolina regiment of infantry and ~ of the
4th South Carolina regiment of artillery, the whole
commanded by Colonel Moultrie. Admiral Par
ker's feet consisted of two fifty gun ships, four
frigates and number of smaller vessels The
fort occupied by the Carolinians was built of pal
metto logs, and within it was deep morass. Upon
this point the main attack was made. the British
land forces, under Clinton being held in check by
the Sd South Carolina regiment under Colonel
Thompson The battle at the fort lasted from 10
A. N. to 8 2: NJ, and was fought with heroic GAL
lantry. When the enemy drew off the Experiment
had lost fty-seven killed and thirty wounded, the
Bristol forty killed and seventy-one wounded and
tie Commodore ship lost more than one hundred
in killed and wounded. The 14cteon, twenty eight
guns, was abandoned and destroyed by the enemy
at the close of the engagement. In the fort the
total loss Was but ten men killed and twenty
wounded. It was for an act of gallantry in this
action that Sergeant jasper was presented with e
sword by President Rutledge, and it was on this
day that the brave Macdauel said:
81 die, my comrades; but do not let the cause
of liberty die with mel"
"Register! Register ~
Such is the watchword of nearly all Of our
Southern exchanges. We con scarcely open q
Southern paper that does not ring out this signal
word in glarng capitals. The Richmond Whg
well says:
There are two modes of manifesing opposition
to rcconstruction--one by active, the other by
passive, resistance Active resistance would be
made by registering and voting against conren-
tions and against acceptable candidates and con-
stitutions; passive resistance by not registering
voting at oil. Between the two the bolder and
more manly course, though equally disastrous, is
the former. 1t is, therefore, more to be respected
It does not hide or seek to hide, itself, but comes
out frankly, assumes all the responsibility that
properly attaches to it, and relieves the commu-
nifty from any share of it, while those who pursue
the passive policy shrink away from observation
and accountability, leaving the community in
which they live to bear the responsibility.
The Grand Army.
The New York Tribune thus pays its respects to
the Grand Army of the Republic.
We find a sentiment in the West that has cx-
preston in few miserable, jobbing newspapers
kind of-Thcnardier feeling. a number of Office
beggars and politicians, calling themselves the
Grand Army of the Republic, and meeting in out
of-thc-way places with grips and passwords, are
passing resolutions demanding confscation and
farms. This is either knavery or madness. Peo-
Pile who want farms work for them. The only
class we know that takes other peoples property
because they want it is largely represented at Sing
Sing. The people of this country do not want
Sing Sing and Mexican banditti principles intro
duced into their craftsmanship. we can never re-
construct America by the gallows and the Deputy
Sheriff, and we trust that the spirit of kindness
will preval-especially because this contest is not
made by the Southern people.
Souther1 Agricultural Convenlons
The Montgomery Nal proposes the holding of a
Southern Agricultural Convention in that city at
an early day. Il enlarges upon the advantages
that would grow out of the assembling and action
of such body composed of delegates from the
Gulf States. One of the leading objects would be
the adoption of some means by which immigrants
might be brought to the fields of labor now so
much needing their presence. 1t says: We are
now moving along like ship without compass, ap-
parently at the mercy of laborers who have pro-
claimed their intention to rule and tax the white
land owners to their hearts content. If we re-
main quiet they may possibly succeed but if we
set on foot some such plan as We have suggested,
we can procure such intelligent and friendly labor
as will work with u.s. prosper with US, and sympa-
thize with US.
Military Orders and Law.
The military orders of General sicklcs subvert-
ing the supremacy of the civil authority in North
and South Carolina, says the Washington Express,
have not been very much needed by the Chief
Justice of the United States. 1t will be remcm-
bered that General Sickles enacted stay law by
military order, and assumed the functions OF su-
nreme legislator for both of those States. Wise as
may have been his measures, they were unauihor-
lied and the Chief Justice, at Raleigh, pronounced
them without force in reference to the pleadings
and practice in the United States Circuit Court.
It does not become the Chief Justice to give the
sanction of law to the extra legal assumptions of
Military Commander, though no one would be
more ready than Chief Justice Chase to uphold the
authority of military officer within his own
sphere.
Good Advice.
The Columbia Phenir, in concluding an article
upon the situation, has tho following sound and
practical advice: