The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-06-19

y thanks his GOO that ne. anu MS .oFOtnef
union men are not as other men are not
q as secessionists. are, those who advise ac.
ouiesence, or submission, it the Governor
i prefers that word, to2 the terms of recon
: l.struction, those sswho Che says) are now
Lurging the people voluntarily swallow
/ the: Military Bill, regardless of honor,
principle or Consistency" Such selfsuff-
cheney, arrogance, and egotism as are dis
4 played in these letters are rarely to- be
met. with. !. We.will reserve something
s:s. MoLLoHoN.
/ Coy. PERRY: Ina former number of
this paper I gave brief notice of some of
the,points of-your late letter, which Lad
! dressed to the Editors. I now address
]you,- because I. prefer the use of theBec-
ond person to that Of the third, when
either one, or the other is to DC often re-
peated. I will also adopt the singular
humber Of the personal. pronoun, and
.henceforth, it will be, :syou" and 81
) You have undertaken in these letters,
to arraign, not a few persons, nor par
ticniar. class, but awhole people, and to
put them on trial for the highest political
crime, betrayal of their country: In
making the. charges you have thus pre-
sferrred, you have exhibited your true.
character. of boldness and fearlessness:
. YopS have taken no, pains to qualify.
your words, or. to soften the epithets'
which. you have. applied to your political
+ 0deersaries. Those with whom you differ
IN opinionfyon charge with no less. a crime:
l.than. treason to the;State:
!: In your first letter yon sa5,-- But nQy
|5they lrneaning as the context shows the
people of South Caroliml) arc ggoinggsto
sacrifice their honor, as. u people and lose
their: lands in the bargain! They arc
going to enfranchise 60,O0o black voters.
and surrender the: political power. OF the
State into tho hands Of the negroes.
< "a cain; in :yonr. second letter you say
-aStranse to say that there are many
persons in the Southern: States whose.
|hiph sense of, honor would not let them
-adopt tbo Constitutional amendment, who.
are: e:nowzurging.dhe people to voluntarily
swallow The military bill, regardless of
honor principle, or. consistency. L, am
happy to know that they were secession
lists .and.Dever wore Union men"
In your third letter you say further.
Ir"In order to hasten their return, they
+ (the people }of South ..Caroliha) arc not
|fonly: willing to givc@up all the rights OF
their State. all constitutional and repub-.
l!Iican principles and selfgovernmcnt but
to tr;lnsfcr the: government Of their once
Fprond and. chivalric State into the hands.
OF the negroes"
And at the conclusion of your third let
ter, you make tho announcement-aA
rebel reluctant and unwilling [ did be-
come. My father was one in '76. But q
traitor never can be-" The italics are
/ your. own. .:...z
=, I now put the question to you, if the
language, which you have here used, and
applied, to those who differ with you in
opinion, were applied to you personally !;
ii you were denounced as q traitor and
your conduct characterized as bcing 're-
gardless of honor and principle, or con-
4 sstency,p how would you take it.! If
you could recall a few years, feel quite
sure that you would resentthe insult with
sssterner stuff than mere paper missiles.
Why then did you so far forget the rules
of legitimate controversy, the language OF
politeness and good breeding, the dignity
/ of your position ais an Ex-Governor and
\ quasi United States Senator, as to speak
thus of your political opponents and the
people of South Carolina? Surely, sir,
you lost your, accustomed equanlmity and
FseHcontrol when you wore engaged IN
penning these philipics. Or will you leave
us to imagine, that you claim for your
self what. you deny to others,-that you
can say with impunity what you please
about others that you havc the right to
hold others up to scorn and contempt,
while they have no right to hurl back
upon YOU your own words? Did it not
. occur c to You that other people besides
Gov Perry. have the right to think and
i speak for themselves, without having
their Honor, motives, and character as
sailed? Are you and your opinions to DC
set up as tho only model and test OF
honor2- Is Coy. Perry, par excellence, a
Cheyalier de Bayard, while oil others are
admirers of Sir r9oJohn's "better part OF
valor ?"-. Is every man who has the
hardihood to differ with you, or to advise
a course of political conduct which meets
4 with your disapproyal to be denounced. as
a traitor to the interests of the. Stateas
acting "regardloss of honor?" Ifso, then
s retract all. that.I have said, and dismiss
from my mind all that 1 have thought
about your arrogance and self-sufficicncy
But I join issue with you upon the facts
, which you state. You have .misreprc
sented those who differ with you as tc
: the true policy to be pursued by the peo
pie of South Carolina at this important
luncture of affairs.e i do not say that you
), have dono this wilfully, but you have done
, it deliberately. These charges were no
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