The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-03-25
INTERVIEW or SOUTH CAR0LINIANs WITH
PRESIDENT GRANT.

Among the visitors who called on the President,
on Tuesday morning last, were the Hon. J. P. Reed
and Hon. VI. D. Simpson, Of South Carolina, who
were presented by the Bon. Thomas L. Jores, OF
Kentucky. During the interview.Mr. Reed read,
for himself and Mr. Simpson, the following paper
in relation to the condition of the affairs in that
State: .,o..
elect from the old Commonwealth of South Caroll.
lima to the Forty-frst Congress Of the United
States. to tender for ourselves, and the people we
have been chosen to torepresent, our congratus'lons
upon your auspicous assumption OF tne onace VI
Chief Magistrate of the American Union. ne are
sir. natives Of the State from whence we come:
and claim, as representative men OF its anclen.
nonuat;on. 10 be familiar with their political and
material condition. their sentiments, and aspira.
tions for the future.
"Politicaly in addition to the loss Of nearly all
their necuniary resources, they have by the re-
sults of the war, been practically excluded, for
more than three years, from the family OF States,
and the blessings of civil government; but having
been recently.resored to their original position In
the Union upon the plan which the congress n
;ts wisdom saw ft to adopt, without concurr'ng IN
ths manner of their restoration, they have accep-
ted the accomplished fact in good faith, and are as
| Ioval 10 the Government Of n common country as
INV other equal number of the American people.
s.Their condition, socially, is and has been one
of profound peace; and, aside from few isoiateo
acts of personal violence, thai have occasionally
been committed in different parts OF the STATE such
as are unfortunately of too common occurrence IN
al, sections of the Union good order has preVaeo'
and the laws. State and Federal, enacted for their
.aovernment by bodies in which they were unrep-
resented. have been respected, obeyed and en-
forced without the slightest tendency to tunult OF
murder.
materially the abundant harvests that have
been youchedsnfed to them, and the high prices a'
which their leading staples have ruled, have re-
lieyed them in general measure from theis en-
barrassments, and opened up to their imaginations
the dawn of prosperity so entirely unexpected
as to lead them to hope that events which were
deemed the most crushing evils may turn OUT te
have been indeed blessings in Disguise.
ain sentiment. whilst almost the entire native
white. and q large number Of the colored popula
tion. have affiliated and been identified With thu
national Democratic party, their feters are not o.
such controlling strength as to induce or permit
factious opposition to the party in power, or MIN
der them from yielding hearty support to ai
such measures OF your administrators as will, II
their Judgment, tend to develop the resources
and promote the interests of a common country.
s.Their hopes and aspirations for the future arr
that their State may henceforth occupy Pree1seiJ
the same relations to the Governsaens, under
common Constitution and laws, that is occupied
by the other States of the Union; and to this enc
that the laws imposing burdens md ;onferrinl
benefits on the people may be uniformly enforced
persons and property protected, the peaee pre-
served irvioate, the unity and perpetuity OF tn
Government maintained, and that uninterruptet
fraternity, prosperity and happiness may attent
the whole American people, East, West, North ant
South. without regard to race, color, or previous
condition. And such, sir, are the sentiments o
the hearts Of ourselves and our people,
In response to which, the PresideDt remarked
"GEnTLEmEs: The sentiEsents expressed in tha
paper should meet the appreciation of every law
abiding and Union-loving citizen Of the country.