The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-11-20
THE PERIL NOT YET OVER.

ing Radical organs assert that the large vote un-
polled from their ranks remaihed at home in order
to rebuke their leaders for not going to extreme
measures That there was large vote unpolled
in Pennsylvania and some of the States which
held their elections last Tuesday, is undoubted,
but to which party they belong the future only
con determine. We hope for more marked and
decisive victory for the Democratic party IN 1868.
But MS q enhdid journalist our readers should re-
ceive full information of the obstacles which may
lie in our path.
The Radical leaders have asserted their inten-
tions to retain power at any hazard. They claim
to have secured the permanence of the Union by
their unHnching determination in the darkest
borrs of the struggle Their reward is to be the
full lease of power over this country for an un-
limited period, with full control over the legsla-
ton, the dispeusation of its Offices and the pock-
citing of the plunder which this faction has so un-
blushingy and corruptly dispensed to its partsans
The warning was given out by Forney that the de-
feat of the Radicals would again deluge the coun-
try in blood. The passions of men are the same
in all ages, and no instance can be found where
any faction has willingly surrendered power.
To what desperate means these dark conspira-
tors may resort to subvert the Constitution OF the
country none can say They have placed the free
whites with all their intellect, their bravery, their
education and refinement under the control of the
half savage and illiterate negroes in ten States o
the Union. They have outraged every law of de-
cency or Justice, and what may We not expect
Reports already come that the negroes of the
South are thoroughly armed and contemplate the
massacre of our Southern brethren. The North.
ern Radicals look on with complacency, and thou
sands of them hate Southern men to such an ex
tent that they would even extend assistance to re-
enact the horrors of the West India Islands. The
unanimity with which the negroes have been mar
shalled by the Leagues" and led to the polls
shows what organization has been effected, willis
in HE North the Grand Army of the Republic ha'
been swelling its ranks as coadjutors of the South
ern phalanx.
We are not alarmists; but who, in rejecting or
whae the past six years has brought forth can sin
cercly say that the future is not fraught with ter
rible scenes Is the President man of unfinch
ing nerve? Will he resist the efforts of the con
spirators when they seek to strike down the Con
sttution by thrusting him aside, and has he the ne
cessary means of resistance? These are questions
which may be solved in a few short weeks. So fa
as the leaders in Congress are concerned we see nj
backing down. They seem to get more desperate
at each successive defeat, and the meeting of Con
gress may be the signal for renewed agitation in
flaming the passions of the people, resulting il
God knows what.
The association with Gen. Grant by such men
Logan and Washburne, aud his endorsement b.
Forney, is sufficient Indication thnt he is willing
to stand by the most Radical measures that can b
proposed. We do not regard Gen. Grants nam
as omnipotcnt, nor, in struggle inaugurated b.
Con grcss, would The army be of much avail. A
the outside the total forces Of the United States
now in the Atlantic States, do not exceed twenty
five thousand men. These have their own view
and would take sides with whichever party the
conceded with. great civil war, prccipitatc
by Congress in the mad attempt to destroy th
Constitution and to erect an oigarchical despo
tisrn, would utterly ruin o country now oppresse
with tremendous burdens. After deluge of bloc
the exhausted people would perhaps seek refuge
| in small fragments, under military leaders, from
recurrence of similnr horrors, establishing dozc
monarchies in place of this great and glorious re
public.
The late elections nre encouraging, because th
moral effect may work upon the minds of some G
the men who are now mad. They may be f*
forerunners of similar action in other States. A.
vet ther els not majority FOR the Democratic par
ty in the country without counting i'll the votes
the Southern States. The radica know this, au
therefore it is idle to anticipate any relaxation @
their unscrupulous attempts to bring those blac
electors to secure the election of Radical Presi
dent. Looking over the entire field, and giyin
every vote which the Democrats have secured, o
that may be doubtful, we find that New York
Pennsylvania, Ohio Indiana, New Jersey, COnncc
| tcut, Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, California
| Oregon and Minnesota gave 130 votes. When nj
the Southern Stutcs cast their votes it will requr
154 TO elect, nnd therefore, the black government
of the South are the pivoss upon which Radica
success depends. The Radical Congress is the su
preme arbitcr upon the ballots which may be give
for President. Can we doubt how it would decid
in case of any close contest, if an illeguty tire
mendous fraud should become necessary to secmr
their party's success?
Ne have every cause fer rejoicing in til
strength now evnced BY the Democratic party, bu
the nation is not yet preserved. New struggle
await u.s. new trials to endure but in our in dens
table courage and faith we doubt not that we shal
overcome them. Either with the attempt to lille
gally remove the President in order to grasp tn
rens of power, orto fraudulenly declare the Rad
ical candidate elected in 1868. Tho crisis ma,
come. We do not blink this result. We would no
do our duty if We should assent that great DANCE
did not exist in the future. In 1860 it was to
common to pooh! poohL the possibility of war