The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-08-26
LETTER T RI GOV. PERRY.
!; GRERNvILLE, S. c.. Aug. 10, 1868.

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GaERNvIILE, S. c.. Aug. 10, 1858.
esssseapr: &: :LE.; PARksR, Chairman, Sc
Dedr SIR sr In consequences of my profes,,
.sional ii sSl en- gagements in the United States
Court. now sitting here, I shall not be
able to be with you on the 10Th. This 1 |
ssresgrets very much, as; it would give me
: great pleasure to meet;the good.people OF
aAnd derson, and: address them onlthe ensu-
! ing Presiden tial election,
=: On; the. result of this election every
. thing hing depends. It is-a question OF life
and death to tho people of the Southern
, States. If the Dem ocratie party sue
sScseeds, the Federal Government will be
restored 10 its republican principles, and
sssth &: States deemed from their tyranny
ssandS oppression. If the Radical party are
itiinaaed inae Empower all is lost, and a mill,
starS. despotism viii lItake the place of our
sTepub blican form Of government: The
.,:eodnt ywillb beihVolyed in another bloody
ss;.siFiE more terrible and edesolatlng
Szssihansthe one through which we. have just
passed. There will be a war of races, in
s. the Southern States, still more dreadful,
. nd which will end in the utter destruc-
.ssttiion)of.the one OF, the other race.
aaHow any Southern man. who is; both
sssEinttsIligent and honest, can be Radical, l
Z } = ~ ar,, iiecture know very
at. u uaprincipled white men, who
saro loo king, Coz Office and position under
$ Che negro government, may act in con,
scert with athe Radical party, and favor
tbciir success But that an honest man,
!, who seeks the good of his country and
:. society. 5 can 1iye.in the South and be a
Raaical,, is what lido not believe.
For eight years the Radical party have
ss.:heen in power, and during that period
sS Ib,IIoodY war has desolated the Republic
0nes million Of American citizens have
bcel cruelty sacrificed! Five billions Of
: SSmon eg have been thrown away which
eople.shave and must pay! Ten
Sfatessef this Union. have been struck
! down. and destroyed! A military des,
psfisur fi;i1a has been established over one
s::thiirI Of theeRepnblic Military Commits,
s:siioTns:chave 81 .beon established in place. Of
llifeciiyiis Courts, ffor:tbe trial cGany case!
esInnoaasent men, ,sby hundreds and thou.
safl as, haxe been. thrown. into prison and
I: treated with the utmost cruelty s Taxa
= tior, .is crushing .the.people everywhere 70
utter poverty and aant! Fiteeen hun.
:.sdrea amniiiiops of dollars have been collect
sss5ea ,ia3t faxes, from the people Of the United
States. within three years past! And
ssStilf: fbe National debt isincreasng! The
expenditures Of the Federal Government
5;hass been increased, in tune! OF peace
:sfis 4fleIa eighty millions TO Eve hundred mil,
II ififons ,r,s The Constitution has been openly
.:fhTown 20 aside, and trampled in the dust.
oiisress has usurped and is usurping all
til q 10 Meys of the Government into their
;:5iss own sands They have taken from the
ssesident his highest and most important
prerogatiyes! They have
ssieepriisiedS him of the command OF tue
army, and set the Commanding General
oyer ciin1 This Commanding General
s SIS; nols their candidate for the Presidency
They have usnrped1 the powers OF the Ju-
dietary and deprived Che citizen of the
ssT.rightsof appealto the Supreme Court
: STheF shaye; refused to let the Supreme
Court or any other. decide on the consti-
.zs5tutionality of their legislation.! They
have expelled members OF both Houses Of
Con gress, because they were Democrats!
In:ordor to perpetuate their usurpation
tyranny and oppression, they have dis
.s.5fFrancchised hundreds of thousands of the
most. intelligent and virtuous citizens
They. have enfrancbised eight hundred
s4honsard Degroes,iand placed the govern
m ment 81. ten States in their hands And
they have deprived the States of their
constitutional right of deciding who shall
vote in. all elections! The lowest and
S vilest oi; their people have come here, to
set the negroes against the white people,
and fill all the offices of the States, from
) Governordown to School Commissioner
They harescontinued the Freedmen's Bu-
rean, at an expense of ten or fifteen
millions of dollars, for the purpose of es-
tablishing their rule over the negro!
5, How any thinking man can wish to con-
tinue:such.a body in powor is most ex-
traordinary indeed L can assure, from
1neetinn delegates in New York, from