The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-04-08

are not nov merely expounclnG a govern,
ment. We are building one. We are
correcting the injustice, The errors, thetfol-g
lies which were heaped upon other times
by necessity"
This is the sort of language which the
new lights like Stevens, Butler, Ashley
and Sumner apply TO the great work of
the fathers OF this Republic, and to those
patriotic men who sacrificed their lives
and fortunes to establish the eternal prin-:.
ciples Of liberty and justice on the Ameri-. /.
Can cent? cnt. Washington, Jefferson,
Madison, Adams, Jay, and the host of he--
roes and patriots who sat by the cradle of
freedom in its infancy, and nursed il into
vigorous and hopeful life; who perilled all
for its defence, end 10 whose generous and :.
unselfsh devotion -extorted the applause
and adn.iration Of tie civilized world, they
did noi know for what reason they had
thrown off The yoke OF tyranny, or what
character Of insti;@.ion they intended to
found! II Gae reserved for these Slater
day saints TO furnish tie world with "a
new revelation.
Not content with assailing the memory
Of those grand men who sealed our indie
pendeuce as u nation with their blood,
these factious and discrganizing agitators.
lave dared to attack the Fsstrioiism aud
virtue OF the fraIUerso of the Constitution,
who. i'll that great work, erected y monu--
menc to their fame more enduring than
brass, and organized a governing form for
free institutions, which will last through
all time aud stand out as a beacon to cheer
the oppressed peoples of every country and
cline.
Hear what the oracle Of this desperate,
faction tells his adnuring and submissive
followers in the House. asa reason for sup:
porting negro sutfiage Mr.S Stevens said.
''Jhes Constitution of 17S9 did not carry.
out the principles of government which T,
were intended by the fathers. When, in lI7G,
they laid the foundations Of the Govern
ment on which this nation was built. -.
Tie great minds who, with mere than
human wisdom, framed the Constitutions,
having prot,ed by the rude experience
under the confederation, and by the severe
instruction % q seven years war. did not,
it appears, understand the business in
which they wer- engaged, or appreciate
the principles whioh they themselves had
made KnCWl 20 Tue WOll'., % lue (.ttiSc ~,
separation f.om the mother country. At
ter the lapse OF eighty years. Mr. Stevens
Of PENNSYLVANIA, rises in the House and
announces that they were only impostors,,
ani never carried cut their OWL intentions,
and that he is Charged with the duty OF
=enliebtenag this benighttd country as to
what the fathers Of JIG cid intend.
It is, indeed, saddening to know that,
such declarations lr2Y be made with inn:
purity before a body like the american :
House OF Representatives; for it argues q
degree Of dcmoraliZation dangerous to-
every cherished right and liberty. We
have been living happily and prosperously
under this Constitution FOR more than
tlrep-quarters Of a a-centnry, and have at
tained growth and a name inprecedsnted-
ii tic history of the world. Nhen+the
Southern States .padly rebelled against
the laws the Constitution was found strong:
enough and broad enough to enforce all
necessary authority, and tile rebellion was.
eHectually crushed. That Instruments
therefore, stood the strain ofthe most tre--
mcndous ana appalling civi! war that ever.
afflicted the human race; but 1t i, now de.
,,,,.c+..,,+ eor1lIti0n-- 0f
nouneed as lncsiac,sn5 1a 10 saooas 1Oa.''v whose
aim is to sn9yert our Ifee eoysinmeni ,,s ean
ana TO est"oi'sh upon 10 oti'' i''e''l -
ltary despousn. =,
The coAsprtaors %"o are eEsageos "a nr
this tressensple "o'ks hnow pet!ec'ls We1l
thar SO 5o1% do 1is :,oS
they cannot proceed 10 the lnte"Hel
trenity, since Its protection, is pulWsIh;
against Tic authors OF this lsaa.eal5 : pei
lion, just as II was tower 3S 81 SsfgG.n a;ssa
against that o'per le9eiii,i. VI e.ss.px
peared IN aSonyanu aesolSsloii 'ilies J essis sl
ago. es.4 e
For THIS reason, the hadlcal reoc's hlsS
attempt to strike down the ENeeutife e E ana