The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-02-05
YANKEE MENDAC1TY.;

There is noticeable feature IN the newspapers
and manufacturers of public opinion at the North
.to which we have alluded heretofore. We mean
the persistent misrepresentation and exaggeration
ef occurrences transpiring in the Southern States
since the war closed. The Radical party has been.
stimulated with the idea that the ..rebeous spirit
IS yet made manifest, and every crime or disorder
: has been seized upon by editors and correspon-
dents to create the impression that hatred and ma
yhgnant feelings hold ascendancy in the minds of
people. Since the South has been under mill ;
tary government, authorized by the Reconstruction
Acts of Congress, the Radical papers have only
now and then manifested this disposition to paint,
in glowing eolors, the horrible state of affairs aud
the assumed disloyalty OF the late Confederates.
Bdt their sinking fortunes demands return to the
swallowing in the rnire of falsehood and misrep-
resentation. Hence we have lately observed For
ser,s Chronicle descanting at length upon .rebel
outrage In Alabama. Hon. RICHARD BUSTED,
q. s. District Judge. was assaulted in Mobile 8
J. fewsweeks since by one MARTIN, District Attorney
of ;the same Court Judge BusrEED is loyn.
man, and we:l-known for his devotion to the
Enion and the Chronicle vents its spleen, in un-
measured terms, upon thesWhole Southern people.
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The truth is ascertaiEed, and ne fnd that the
sailant.is one of that class: known the ..mean
: whites, Of the South, who has perjured himself
By accepting Office under the present Government.
: The difficulty nrose because of en- indictment
: against that individual for his moral turpitude.
But eFeRNkY Instantly recognizes him as one OF
those terrible rebels, who initiate Banquos ghost,
and will not down Mt the bidding of loyal masters.
esEhis is one instance; and we give another. Gen.
BUTLER, of spoon notoriefy, visited Richmond the
other day, on mission TO the loyal-negro-
Convention now in session in, that city, and while
: siere received q challenge from one Gen. WHITE:
As BUTLER has done in every instance where per-
sonal bravery is required, he packed up and left
for Washington, leaving his enemy TO wonder nj
she cool impedence with ahich be responded to the
message. Without waiting 10 learn the antece
-dents of Gen. WHITE, who is q member OF the
- Convention, and doubtless having in mind the fa
: NOUS Virgins guerrilla of that name, the New
FORK Tribune inconiinently dooms the, whole race
ef rebeldom for this startling outrage. Fortunate
II for the Radical party, this man WHiTE explains
his reasons for the course pursued in the chal-
.lenge sent to BrrLER, or else Congress might ere
:, now have been engaged in new scheme OF recon-
.struction. 1dsteal Of being erebe," so-called,
he Has an officer of the Federal army, and served
under Cen BUTLER, and it was for some real OF
>imaginary indignity bestowed upon him by that
valiant and va1oro,s General thai the challenge
originated.
- Herea fair examples of the malicious lying
and studied calunny of the Radical press. rhe
truth is never knowa either, for men who descend
50 low will no, display generosity to their own ap-
parent disadvantage. Thousands of readers are
kept in ignorance of the facls and an exposure of
their conduct only reaches the patrons of snch pa
pers as. are friendly to the South. The uniform
ed. masses are thus deuded, and the Radical party
perpetuates its power. 1t is significant fact,
however. that the old story Of rebel outrages" is
being repeated, and demonstrates the necessities
to which that party he. again been driven, in OF
der to deceive their followers. This is only one
amongst numerous sgns.thst light is breaking!
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