The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-11-25
The Effect Of the Elections.

1t is but two weeks since the result Of
the Presidential election was made Known,
and already there is Il change for the tct-
ter in the general prospects Of the State
There has not been as yet any consplcu-
Gus revival of business, ncr any marked
advance in the value of real cstate-al-
though in some quarters there has been
an Improvement in the selling price of
cotton lands-but there is more cheerful
ness and confidence in the demeanor Of
the people, an outward evidence OF the
inward consciousness that the turning has
bee,i reached in the long lane of perplcx-
ty and trouble.
We are not fattcring ourselves with the
belief that General Grant is a Democrat,
or that his accession 10 the Presidential
chair will make every politician honest
and every Republican sincere. Less than
this will satisfy our desires; for our main
stumbling block during the beginning and
completion Of the scheme of rcconstruc-
ton was the dread that the morrow had
in store gloom more intense than the
darkness OF today. There was no ex-
pcctalion that we should lightly over
come the depression caused by fo,il>years
of unsuccessful war, and our wishes have
been confined for the most part, to being
able 10 follow without interruption our
usual avocations, and to having it bellev-
cd, by way'of variety, that every. South
ern man is not of necessity Il rowdy or a
knave. And it is because the success of
the Republican party bids fair TO CRAFTY
these, our modest aspirations, that the
people arc more buoyant.in manner and
perhaps light Of heart.
The South made q good fight for Sey-
mour and Blair There was no shame in
our defeat, and it is q comfort to know
that, as u London journal expresses it,
'.thc election of Grant carries with it no
condemnation of Democratic principles" "
The political battle was fought and was
lost. There was no appeal from the de-
cree of the nation, and as the occupation
of kicking against the prcks is singularly
Improbable it was ouly lett us TO do the
best VIC could with the material at our
command 1t required no explanation TO
make this fact intelligble, and it was
equally clear that what we call bad slt
very well nave nccO WOlSc.
Now that tho strife OF party is over.
there is little fear that the Scuth will be
misrepresriilcd and slandercd. Politi-
ciuns who have no longer anything to
gain by our "rcbcliious spirit can afford
to be generous and just. Tales of ku
Nlux klans, OF murders, and OF cntrages,
will not be thrown upon a g gnttcd mar
lct, and il W ill not be gravcly asserted
that the South is the tomb OF capital and
the abiding place of insecurity, lawlcss-
ness ard disorder. The necessity for
these calumnies is past While the Radi,
calls were struggling for another lease Of
power, they were not over scrnpulous in
selecting their weapons but now that
the political goal is reached 1t is tic cb-
oct Of the Northern Republican as OF the
Northern Democrat. TO enable the South
TO do her part in increasing the wealth
and providing for the debt Of the Union.
In this the interests OF the two sectors
arc one and the same, and if the North
has more TO lose the South has more TO
gain.
With no horrid tales of riot and mur-
der to fright the Northern capitalist /;
witt, a,diminuticn IN the number and in
huencc Of the gracelcss llnavcs who have
excited against us the animosity of the
freedmen; with an absolute settlement
for four years Of our Federal political
status, what is there to prevent us from
becoming prosperous and rich? What
we most needed was something settled
and determined, and this we now have.
Gradually the colored people will scc the
wisdom of working with the whites for
the common benefit, and sense Of pro-
gress and of peace must make every de-
scription of property moro valuable,
while it stimulates the employment Of
capital and hastcns the coming of cycle
of social quiet and healthy commercial
activity.
All that We ask is fair play. Give us
this, and our people will do the rest
Charleston Nc,cs.
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4 PUNCTUATION PUzzLE-The follow
ing article forcibly illustrates the necesi-
ty of punctuation. i can be read in two
ways, making very bad man or q very
good man, the result Of depending on the
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