The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-11-18

\ OxAs3 .fs ,so7t siDtis3 I;...nsk !-@Aa,
], to- ourselves, the day is not far distant
when we will sbe1able to- settle npon.a just.
hand satisfactory basis all the complex and n
difficult questions .FFesd ditID from The new
'ffelations 7et onrt eologed spopq!atI4ns ana
lourentire. people WILDE prepared tounlte
peaceably,; energetically and satisfactorily
/ in atl. effort to bufId'sn our wasts places,
and enforce PROSPERITY y and Sonts sntme9t
unprecedented. by our. earlier history
| Tofaid in accomp plishing this lend, to the
.exteht of my poor,abiiisies,' was the lead
| IN inIgi purpose which Inhaa fn.7yie& during
the. somewhat.exciting Campaign that has
Etust.closed, and is, l beg to assure you, my
ffellow:eitisens;; the object, ,ofu.my highest
future ambition. Prior ito:imy nomlrfa-
tioini!. as the Democratic candidate for Con
gressa ss from this DistrEsst7a4:sa nomination
thai Iaccepted, tas yeqrl delegates to- 20
lunibm are aware, with; great reluctance
|i41.lshad attended=some public discussions
of Tie. issues of the daf,,bY soui.abfest and
most distinguish ed tsl Wei tizensi and
whilst was deeply. am pressed With the.
zeal and ability with wbich1the. speakers
entered into the merits Of the Presidential
ca aiiS iris ass, Tzmust confess that i eensid
the,spirit manifested and 'ltterapces used !
as,,ilemany respects, pp guarded 1la and JIM
polite. In other:.words, ,it appeared. to.
me;; that the style in wbich5the canvass
was Is opened, as:ratbef' calculated to .un-
duly excite the psssio2s Of our peop!s at
shomes and the prejadices Of orr political
kanemies abroad, thanto convince the IN.
+ Kkdefstanditng and influence thes judgment
/. therefore, Determined at the eonmctice-J
mneenntof nen the CANVASS, WhTcbI felt it my
duty to make; to.endeayort to- -temper.the
ardor of; ;ldsbate SO assto -concilate rather
than excite, and by addressing myself to
tithss practical questions inypiyed in, the.
tissues of the duy.in a way, That could not
fail. to reach the understanding of the
most iIlitsrate produce, sifspossibleS ;a-
unity offeeling, sentiment and acton .on.
the, ,partsof our entire population This !
line of policy relieved ms trem tbs. neces-.
!. .sity ofaassaiIing either the character or.
personal position of any one of. our po-.
| iiticdl Opponents, and prompted me tosin-.
sist, asI did most strenuoqsly every here,
that. thespeace should, The. pfeseryedsi iall
acts ofsNiolence avoided, land dunonetpt ther.
thans legitimate means resortedito,fto con-
| .tt5i The pending election. And;Eih lturn-
! ing. now 70, review Of Tie FIELD am not
conscious that uttered p woId anyone
of'my addresses tliatany5 individual: could
takespersopal exceptionfto5 orathat could
| berconstrued into an'etfortst to excite, the
passions sot either sections or races. OF
Gen. Grant, the, stsndard=Lealr;eer Of tho
opposition, l knew nothing, except that
he had been successful soldier; and as
slch, belonged to ascfass that tlfey yAneri=
can can people haye always delighted to
4 honor, land seduIously avoided the men;
| ton. of his name until after the result of
the State elections in;;1ndiana,h hOhioiand
lPennsyIvania was known, which prodlcsd
So SO, depressing an effect On our people, that
.Ifelt itmy.duty 10, say, on more thanfone
occasion, that hewould doubtlessbe found
.:dmuch bettera and -wlsersman.than wehad5
ibeen taught toregard him---that being
elevated to tho. first Office il tbe gift OF
thea merican. people, ,,uncomln lniLtedeand
untrammefsd az to bis future policy, ig-
noring the control of the more ultra of
his party. we had reason to hope Chat he
would be Influenced by, wise, cou'nsels---
that his patriotism would, be ,tound large
4 enough to embrace theisinterasls of. the
people of the whole Union-that we need
not apprehend the evils from his admins
tration that the fertile. .sim aginatfohs 'ot
many shad depicted !; and thar tho. result of
the election in our own State was of in
compafabIy more Importance to us than
the result of the Presidential election,asI
stated then, ,.as-I I.repeat now, that no mat:
1 ter what party succeeded in.the Presiden-
tial election, we could not hopeto throw
off the incubus Of tyranny and oppression
that has been fastened upon the State
otherwise than by. our. own eXertions-
through the peaceable instrumentality Of
! the ballot-box, under the existing State
4 Constitution; that with the influence
A and patronage of Democratic admins
;tration, we would doubtless have been
able to bave accomplished tba. much de-.
sired result at an earlier day, but that it
was only. question of time, and defeat
lin the Presidential election should prompt
us to increased efforts to.excite. the pride
and stimulate the interest of every citi-
zen of the State, without regard to race.
or color, to unite in one grand and un-
4 yielding struggle to throw off the un-
iEparalleled oppression thatwsare subjected
Ito BY our domestic rulers; that; the in.
|terests of the white and colorod popula-
lion are identical, and their future pros
perity or adversity entirely in their own
Ekeeping; tbatlothe party in power will
neither clothe or feed them, but protect
ing all alike in the rights guaranteed to
them BY the fundamental law, will leave
them to work out their future destiny in
their own way; that aif not the policy,
!!5the inevitable consequence OF the admin
/ Il Of stha State sGoYernm en tabY the