The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-04-10
The lntelligencer Job Uass.


with will receive prompt attention
only in great and substantial good
nation at large, but that great al :
stantial blessings must follow to the
OF the South 1t is not so much m
pose to convince You that these me
will accomplish the benefcient results
templated by Congress, as it is to corr
them to your Judgment and appreci&
in their trae purpose and object, accord;
to my belief and also, gentlemen, g
sure YOU thatit is IN this sense, and 81
these hopes that, so far as my duties
concerned, these acts of Congress vii
executed. That the result to yoursc:g
to your posterity, and to our CONF
country, may strengthen and endear
ties that must hencetorth make our des5c
inseparable, is my prayer and will be =
Gentlemen, l commend to you II
brighter aspect of the future. There MSS
never been an important experiment ii
public affairs, that has not suggested i:
eravest doubts and difficulties, and esq
ciallv is this true in the matter of sufraee
Every large addition to the voting popg
lation of country has excited tile alata'
of many who fancied themselves amone
the wisest of their generation. Waer
universal suffrage was granted to the wil.t,
race. it was predicted that it would invo;-
We the downfall of the Republic. 1he
naturalization laws, and the consequcnt
encouragement given to emigration, have
brouoht to our shores millions of European.
of every race and cline. At the outset
was predicted that this foreign elemen
would revolutionize our institutions ane
break down our experiment of free goy-
ernment. Great Britain, in 1882, by The
Reform Bill, added very large number
to the voting population of that empire
MANY British statesmen maintained then.
that rs a necessary consequence the decline
and downfall OF England was imminent, il
not inevitable. Now we see the leaders oi
the Tory party originating and advocating
q measure of enfranchisement, compared
with which the Reform Bill Of 1892 Wa
insignificant.
Gentlemen, commend to you that il
choosing your course you should not as
sumo that every possible danger is ineg.
table. Take the risk. Do all you can rc
avert unhappy consequences; but cling
and cleave to the brighter hope. Let US
have faith in our good fortune. Let u
believe that the bene6cent result is prac.
ticable, and il it be true, as many of MS
have been admonished to believe by the
events so unforeseen and inscrutable OF the
past years,-ifit it be true that in this epoch
of war, emancipation and enfranchisement:
we are in the hands ofn higher Providegcc:
leading us to the fufilment of a destiny ;y'e
perhaps but dimy see, let lis have taits.
that that same Providence which has coi.-
dnctcd MS thus far through many hazarS.s
and difficulties OF the experiment OF Re
publican freedom, will yet lead us safely
through tile dangers aud difficulties that
now seem to lie in our way. Let us haze
faith that in the future. as i'll the past:
liberty and trernen may vindicate them
selves against the sneers and doubts OF
their enemies.
The history of great commonwealth
proves that Ill proportion to their freedom
they gained in prosperity and power, as III
culture and military renown. Power thus
developed is conservative to nations anis
to civilization. 1t may be that for brieA
period while the new order Of things is-la
process OF adjustment. the productive c.
nacity of the South will be impaired. This
cannot last long. The cotton crops raised
by free labor last year under greater dis
advantages than are likely ever to occur
AGAIN. sold for as much rs the largest crop
ever raised in the South. Before many
years the most prosperous, opulent and
contentcd agricultural population in the
world Will cultivate the territory lying
between the Potomac and the RIO Grande.
In conclusion, let me borrow an lluStra-
ton from the most brilliant of modern
historians. "Ariosto tells aprctty story Of
a fairy. who, by some mysterious law OF
her nature, was condemned to appear at
certain seasons i'll the form of foul and
venomous snake. Those who injured her
during the period of her disguise, We're
forever excluded from participation in the
blessings she bestowed. But 10 those who.
in spite of her loathsome aspect, pltled and
protected her, she afterwards revealed
herself in the beautiful and celestial form
which was natural to her, accompanied
their steps, granted all their wishes, filled
their homes with wealth, and made them
bappy in love and victorious i'll war. Sucll
a spirit is liberty. At times she takes the
form of a hateful reptile. She grovels,
she Kisses, she stings. Bnt woe to those
who in disgust shall venture to crush her !
And happy are those, who, having dared
to receive her in her degraded, trightful
shape. shall, at length, be rewarded by her
in the time of her beauty and her glory" !"
(Grcat cheers)
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