The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-10-31
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. Ar Earnest and Patriotic Letter.

80 Hon. Daniel W. voorhees, mas wrlgten iee-
ter on the political situation, in which ne e2-
presses a strong confidence in the ultimate sue
cess of the Reform movement, and warmly eu-
logizes the Liberal Republicans for their reso-
lutte besring in the present contest. We give
i, the letter entire knowing that his earnest and
manly utterances will find responsive chord
In the breasts of all patriotic citizens who iaSor
freconciliation and reform:
eiil TERRE HAUTE, Ind, October II, 1872
.G My DEAR SIR: 1t was my intention 10 De
t,resert at the meeting in Indianapolis on the
unight of the 10th, and regret that was pre-
vented by professional engagement. What-
lever NAV have been thought of the moVemens
bin which we are engaged when 1T commenced
Q last NAV. there can be no doubt now as TO our
-TIuty.i What was then crude and discordant
sbecinuing has since inatured- into cause
fraught with the best principles for whlcn men
ever contended. We must go forward until tne
cause triumphs or confess that error Is stronger
chan truth, and that corruption WINS more than I
honesty. have no more doubt that the point
cal elements which have co-operated this sum-
-rner against the reelection of General Grant
will ultimately govern this country than have
that now live, and write these lines. iIhelr
perfect success may not come this year otner
battles NAV have to be fought in order to drive
! a strong and vicious party from power, but all
this will not dishearten earnest men, VINO,
though they hesitated at first, finally embraced
: this cause, and determined after careiui
/. thought that it was good enough to live orsdle
with. Nr. Greeley is merely one man among
millions engaged in it; no more. He tii may oe
elected or defeated, but the cause Will survive,
4 and Ipo forward. 1t has in it the elements OF
= enduring vitality, andit will not be buried by
the falling leaves of this autumn. 1t repre-
ser,ts all the cardinal ideas of free government.
It proclaims the supremacy of the civil author
titles over the sinister and menaclng usurpa-
lions of; q military Administration. 1t asserts
the sacredness of that great instrument OF hu.
man liberty. the writ of habeas corpus, and
declares that it must be upheld beyond she
reach of aspiring tyrants VINO wouio scIAei1
down. It pronounces in favor OF the - enesso,
niaa doctrine of local self government ane
against that concentration of the powers OF ene
people and theS States in the hands OF the federal
Goyernment which was denounced Dy 1ne
fathers of the republic as the certain prelude to
= a monarchy. It advocates the right OF each
State to control its own domestic affairs, subject
tn the Constitution of the United States, With
out let or hindrance from martial law, carpet
bao robbers and official thieves imported from
distant regions and sustained by the bayonets
of the Federal Administration. 1t is IN favor
of releasing the people of the South from
seven-years' bondage of proscriptive laws, gest
oaths, and military domination, by which they
have been excluded from the government OF
themselves and turned over, bound hand ana
foot. to organized and official piracy and pinn-
der. It is opposed to that system OF govern
ment by which States have been bankrupt sa4-
es multiplied a hundred fold, fraudulent debts
created almost beyond computation, and all
fhis and more done to enrich the lawless lead
ers of corrupt and cruel party. 1t rises
shove the low doctrine of hate and lnscrbes
universal amnesty on its banner, heralding In
the. dawn of better and more peaceful day
than this DISTRACTED country has known tor the
last twelve weary and bitter years; day OF
entire reconciliation ard complete American
brotherhood. It appeals in this as IN all Fslse
to the higher and purer instincts of MANKIND
and to the recognized and accepted trutn' Oh
God.
Our cause has also greater aims IN vaew'
which will give it life and victory IN the future:
r. has declared undying hostility to system OF
civil service by which, it is confessed IN an ON
nial investigation friendly to the Admlnlstra-
tionl that one-fourth of the tax collected from
the labpring masses is lost or stolen before IL
reaches the National Treasury 8 system IN
which defalcation, peculation, and robbery are
so heuuent and Of such common occurrence
that the best argument that can De mace ID
favor continuing the present Administrator IN
mower was made by General Butler IN his Wes-.
tern campaign: that the official thieves are
now full, and being gorged may not steal m9cn
more. The cause in which we are Struggling
and II. which we will continue TO work IL ~.
deed the cause of reform and purlhcatlon. ~
strikes at new and marvellous Dynasty OF
IL 1,,ot nf y,rlvQfn
has broken out with a violence and contempt
of morality not hitherto known amongst the
nations of the earth for the last 2oO years;
The President himself has grown suddenly ana
enormously rich, and according to the highest
Republican testimony, he has done so upon the
harter and exchange of official patronage tof
nav. while all his Kindred, immediate and re-
mote. lineal and collateral, by blood and mar,
riare. are auartered on the public treasury ana
fattening or its contents. Ihe world mas SCI
dom beheld spectacle so disgusting ana revoi-
ting since the most shameless and yenai Perioos
of the Roman empire. And II thls Aomihis-
tration is continued in power four years more
it will grow in evil and our cause Will grow IN
importance and gather strength with Tune.
ALREADY the honorable leadership of the Repub-
lican party has been driven from the support
of Grants Administration by its own deDaucn-
cries and vanton violation of the laws OF the
country as we'll as the laws of propriety. Al,
ready the names of Sumner, and Greeley, ana
Brown, and Trumbull and schurs, 5 and psoer koer-
.ner. and Palmer, and Farnsworth, and Banks,
and Austin Blair, and Cassius NJ. Clay, and
Julian, and Brinkerhof, and Fenton, and Grow, Grow,
and hundreds more of the ablest and the purest
of their party are enrolled in the cause OF re re-
form. Time will only swell the column as the
necessity for thorough and sweeping reiorma, ma
tion becomes plain to even the n slowesG anI
most faltering comprehensions. Inc pol,''cai
If am asked why we have suffered defeat
In the recent elections, the answer is easy and
obvious. The first thing to be encountered by
xsEarr,, rnnuennent is ancient and honest prelu-