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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-08-15
Com. Rsnks. Of Massachusetts, Declares for
Greeley.

Greeley.
The following concise and dispasslonate let
ter from Gen. n. P. Banks will be perused with
interest: o.o
Boston, July 81, 1872.
MY DEAR SIR: I have the honor to ac-
knowledge by this note, in addition to our con-
yersation to-day, the receipt of your invitation
to address the citizens of Lynn on Thursday
evening in support of the reelection of Gen.
Grant and the policy of his Administration.
No invitation could have had greater weight
with me from any part tof the country nor from
any portion of my fellow-citizens, and it gives
me great pleasure to assure you that nothing
could be added to your suggestions as a represen-
tative of the citizens of Lynn to induce me to
accede to the request Their kindness to me
many wears since is continuing life remem-
brance, and nothing would give me greater
satisfaction than to renew my acquaintance
with them. But regret to say that l am not
in accord with them in regard to the Preslden-
tial canvass. Against my wishes and my per,
sonal interests | am compelled to Delleve ana
to say that the perpetuation of the present pol
lev of the Government is not for the advantage
of the country, and that it wall not tend to
establish its former peace and prosperity, nor
to promote the interests of any class OF It's cltl
ZenS. NO peISOudi AooiihS oA Guy
enters into this judgment; it is in view OF gen
eral principles and public interests alone that
I adopt this conclusion. The unity of the
masses of the people of all parties, sections,
and races in support of the grand results OF the
war is indispensable to the permanent establish
ment of the common recognition OF those re-
suits It can be secured by NO other means; !;
we shall all be forced to this conclusion sooner
or later. This united action upon this basis
has been the hope of my life. fervently de-
sired it during the war and in the reconssruc-
tion of the States subsequent to the war;, L
believe it is now rendered in good faith IN the
nomination of Mr.. Greeley, and for one can
not reject it. 1t was what desired, and Its
cousummation, although sudden and startling,
docs not alarm me. My duty to myself and
nv country requires me to give him my sup
port. cannot advocate before your friends
different course which neither my Judgment
nor my heart approves.
It grieves me most deeply to separate myself
in thought or act from any one of those with
whom have beep 80 long associated, and to
whom am so greatly indebted, but | believe
the result will Justify my action, give 70 the
country that peace and prosperity which is the
object of all our labors, and secure to every
citizen the civil and political equality and free
dom which was won BY the sacrifice of so many
valued lives. >. 49,.
Accept assurances of my lasting friendship
and esteem, and believe me yours, &c,
N. P. BANKS.
James S. Lewis, Chairman General Republl-
can Committee, Lynn, Mass.
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A crpr FOR WH1sKEy DR1NKERs.-A

A CURE FOR WHIsKEY DRlNKERs.-A
correspondent of an exchange, who signs him
self "Onc who has Reformed" sends the fol-
lowing Captain Hall was the commander OF
the Great Eastern steamship. He had fallen
into such habits of drunkenness that his most
earnest efforts proved una.vailing. AT length
he sought the advice of an eminent physician,
who gave him prescription which he followed
faithfully for seven months. At the end OF
that time he had lost all desire for liquor, al
though he had many times been led captive by
most dcbasing appetite. The prescription,
which he afterwards published, and by which
so many other drunkards have been assisted to
reform, is as follows: Sulphate OF iron, flve
grains; magnesia, ten grains peppermint wa
ter eleven drachms; spirits OF nutmeg, one
drachm twice day.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-08-15

A CHEERFUL HoME.-A single bitter word
NAV disouiet an entire family for whole day.
One surly glance casts gloom over the house
hold; while smile, like CLEAN OF sunshine,
may light up the darkest and wearicst house.
Like unexpected flowers which spring mp along
our path, full Of freshness, fragrance, and
beauty SO do kind words, and gentle acts and
sweet dispositions, make glad the home where
peace and blessings dwell. No matter how
humble the'abode, if it be thus garnished with
grace. and sweetened with kindness and smiles,
the heart will turn longing to it from all the
tumults of the world, and home, it it be ever
so homely, will be the dearest spot beneath the
circuit of the sun.
And the influences of home perpetuate them
selves. The gentle grace of the mother lives
in the daughters long after her head Is Pillowed
in the dust of death; and fatherly kindness
finds its echo in the nobility and courtesy OF
sons who come to wear his mantle and to fill
his place; while, on the other hand, from an
unhappy. misgoverned, and disordered home
oo forth persons who shall make other homes
miserable. and perpetuate the sournesa and
sadness. the contentious, and strifes, and rail-
mos which have made their own early lives 80
wretched and distorted. -,
Toward the cheerful home the children gath.
er "as clouds and as doves to their windows"
while from the home which is the abode Of dis
contentment, and strife, and trouble they hy
forth as vultures to rend their prey.
The class of men that disturb, and disorder,
and distress the world are not those natured
amid the hallowed influences of CHRISTIAN
homes; but rather those whose early. LIE mas
been a scene of trouble and yexatlon-who9
have started wrong in the pilgrimage, and
whose course is one of disaster to themselves
and trouble to those around them.
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Such is the origin of my opposition. could
not have done less without failure in that duty
which is with me the rule of my life, nor can
doubt that when partisan sentiments are less
active you will regret the wrong you have done '1
me. Meanwhile, I appeal confidently 70 tne
candid judgment Of oaoen those Tho 0n n areat
iects, far above party or President, 10 WHICH
my life is devoted.
am, Sir, your obedient servant, ,,r,,n
To the Hon. Speaker Blaine.
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GRAr1rY1Ne.-Thep progressivcness ofscience
is truly gratifying. We present the following
delivery upon earthquakes and recommend it
to the careful perusal of all scientists. We are
of the same opinion with the distinguished
authoress:
A lady correspondent of the San Francisco
Call, writing on earthquakes, thinks that hete-
rogeneous parallexes prismatically converging
are not due to the silicious introductions Of
photosphercal asteroids, but rather to parabol-
ic qualifications of igneous zygema.
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No man can, for any considerable period,
wear one face to himself and another to the
multitude, without finally getting bewildered
as to which he may be.
A druggist is not inappropriately termed
the chief pill-er of society.
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Intense study of the Bible will keep any

sCuuy 0I oF.o
man from being vulgar in point Of style.
= An item in lawyers bill to his client
ran thus: To lying awake at night thinking
over your case, forty dollars.
= Kalamazoo is thriving Western town,
it sent 46 criminals to.the penitentiary in sin
gle month
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Mr.. Greeley's capacity for the Presidency
is the theme for an editorial in the Hartford
Post. (Grant.) The capacity generally re-
quired nowadays of ofice-holdes is the capa-
ciousness of their pockets to hold the plunder
they steal from the publicly Y. Herald.
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- The unsightly white hairs on horses
caused by the wear of saddle or harness may
be removed to make way for those of natural
color. by applying lard at three or four differ,
ent times and rubbing the same with the hand
until it becomes quite hot.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-08-15

New York city boasts of nearly $500 bar
rooms and vet there were only three murders
last Sunday.
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To the Hon. Speaker Blaine.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-10-10

lost was q vote for Grant aud corruption,
whether intended or not. AT the coDclu.
sion of bis speech, the following resolution
was offered and adopted withouta dissent
ing voice:
Remlred, Tba! Hon Frank Hereford
from the able account he has given US Of
bis stewardship 10. Congress, is entitled to
the plaudit Of "Wcll done thou good aud
faithful servant" and in consideration Of
his efficient services we hereby pledge him
our hearty and undivided support.
There were many other points in Mr..
lIereford's speech that We would like to
have mentioned had we the time. Suffice
it to say that bis speech was the best one
we ever heard him deliver, aud was equal
to any that has been delivered in this place
for years He was frequently interrupted
by rounds Of applause. We can safely set
down Mason county for Hereford BY a
handsome majority.
On Friday, Major Hereford spoke at
LOOMS Mil, Union township, and Satur-
day night at Hartford City, and Monday
night at Clifton, and at all these places we
are told, that there were large and enthu-
siaslc meetings.
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Validity of the August Election.

We presume that the IatrNigeucsr will
scarcely dene the people of the State had
full power and authority to order that the
new Constitution should take effect on the
day Of its ratification. Well. -theu, if it
was in force during any part Of Mat day,
for in cases oftllls kind the law recngpis-
es no fraction Of day, We come then to
the question. Did the people ofthe State
decree that the new Constitution. should be
lin full force from and Including The
fourth Thursday in August, 1922 We
claim that by ratifyins the Constitution
and Schedule on the day they did 50 decree.
The lnIeuigencer asserts that "thc Sched-
ule itself was not submitted for ratification
or rejectio:" and that I'VE voted on the
Constitution alone" tits just here that
our ueighbor makes the fatal mistake thai,
destroys the very foundation ofhis very
revolutionary scheme He has certainly
never read the Schedule or he could not
have fallen into SO g|aring an error. :
The Constitution and Schedule were to.
gether submitted to the people aud we're
ratified together. the Sd section of the
Schedule says "the votes of all persons
qualified to vote under the existing Con-
stitutiou, and Offering to vote, shall be ia
ken upon the question Of ratifyiug or re.
jecting this Constitution md Schelule.'
The 9th section requires the Supervisor to
certify to the Governor 1.-THE number Of
votes given in their respective counties for
ratification Of the Constitution and Seized.
ule and the number given for rejection :"
The 9th section makes it the duty of the
Governor ito declare by proclamation the
aggregate vote in the State for and against
the ratification of the Constitution and
Schedule; and if it shall appear from said
proclamation thate majority Of the votes
cast are in favor OF their ratification,
this Constitution and Schedule shall be
operative and in force from aud including
the Fourth Thursday of August, 1872"
The Constitution aud Schedule were &C.
accordingly voted upon and ratified, aud
BY that act The people Of the State declared
that the new Constitution should be oper-
alive and in full force from and including
the day Of its ratification. If the Consti
tuition was 10 force on that day, then the
election Of officers on that day, as provd.
ed 10 the Schedule, was strictly a legal and
valid election. From this conclusion
there is no escape. : IvAediny Register.
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From The Conrier.l

Why we Should Vote for Greeley.
Believing, as we do. that the national
prosperity, the integrity Of the Govern
ment and the individual welfare Of each
citizen Of our State, depends upon the
election Of Horace Greeley over Grant
mex. November, it becomes matter Of
paramount Importance thatno man should
be allowed to cast his vote without full
knowledge 70 the qualifications Of the two
men between whom he is to choose. A
politician who remains honest and consist
ent in his views through the changed
scenes and shifting majoritics of Repub.
lican political life. may we'll be looked up.
on as almost an anomaly. And when
We have, in addition to this, intellect Of a
high order, an ultimate acquaintance
with the machinery of government and
the various phases of political existence
through which our country has passed 10
the last twenty years; what more could be
deemed necessary to qualify a man for the
arduous duties of the Presidential chair?
We ask no further evidence Of that in :
born greatness Of soul and intellectual pow
er, which rises superior to every obstacle,
than the fact that Mr.. Greeley, from an
obscure boy, raised on farm and with
few advantages for acquiring knowledge,
rose to the pre-eminence Of conducting a
paper whose large circulation aud inau.
ence in the counsels Of the nation, has
rarely been equaIled, never excellcd. 1t
is true that Mr.. Greeley has always been
a Republican, but he has ever been consis.
tent in his views and magnanimous in lis
treatment Of those who differed with him in
opinion Extremes are dangerous and
always meet. Mr. Greeley has never been
an extremist, but ever conservative
Who but man of enlarged intellect and
generous spirit would have made himself
liable to heavy pecuuiary loss, all staked
upon the honor Of a Rebel chicftain subject
to the will of the conqucror, and whom he
had regarded as his bittcrcst cncmy?-
Would Grant or Wilson have taken the
risk No' Their policy has been rather
TO employ for the benefit Of relations and
parasites the shrunkcn contents of non
treasury, impoverished by a four years
var, and to grind into the dust people
already conquered aud willing to abide in
good faith by the issues which had been
settled by the irrcvocable decision of the
sword How can we hesitate for mo-
mert between the two men! The prosper.
ity of the South, particularly, depends up
on the election ola military lespot from
the throne of power, What has become
Of the boosted freedom Of a Republican
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Why the South Supports Mr.. Greeley.
Gen. Bradley 7. johnson, formerly Of
this State, delivered an address before the
Liberal meeting in Fauuil Hall, Boston,
on Thursday. We quote: 1.-The South
desires peace because it is necessary for
US. The sole controlling desire why we
went for Horace Greeley for President
loud applause was because we expected
that would hasten it, Tho South thought
he had been eminent for kindness aud
generosity; he had been liberal aud brave,
aud was tue only public man we knew Of
that had taken such position and could
promote our welfare. Applause, =
Wien we took up his support We thought
his character was SO far above dispute aud
cavil, that the act Of our support would be
pledge Of good faith forever. Applause
We have got tired Of retreating pledges
and plighting honor. We have told you
once that we Intend to be faithful to this
Government, and we do not intend to re-
iterate that same pledge overa again. Jap,
plausc Our word is os good as our
bond. We took Horace Greeley because
We supposed our support of him would re.
move all the old issues from the public
mind, and we would be able to 60 forward
and discuss questions Of peace aud recon
ciliatiou in which we are so vitality con.
cerned. We supposed if you asked for
pledge Of our support Of the Union We
could point to him as one Of the strongest
supporters Applause II you ask
about the slavery question, we thought we
could point to him as Que who had been
foremost and ablest in its overthrow. II
you ask about the negroes rights We could
rely upon Horace Greeley, because be had
always been prominent in that direction
[Applause. The argument that there
will be an attempt to pay the Confederate
debt is worthless, as all Union soldiers
know, because the very paper bore on it
face the announcement that it would be
redeemed six mouths after treaty Of
peace between the Confederate States aud
the United States. This never can hap.
pen, hence the paper which was sold soon
after the war at q cents pound, cau
never be redeemed. With regard to the
argument that Confederate soldiers viii
ask to be pensioned, do not discuss that
point until we ask for such pensions; bn
you all know we shall not ask your alms
and would not take them if offered"
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ORGANIZER,

Organize Tor the election of Congress-
men on the Fourth Thursday (2ltI) of
this month. Let US redeem Mason county
by giving Hon. Frank Hereford a rousing
majority. Make it a, least 300. Let ev-
cry Democrat and Conservative and I.ibe-
raj Republican be at the polls on the 9th
Of October Let every man who is oppo.
sed to fraud and corruption, and to the in-
famous and oppressive laws enacted by a
viudictivc Radical Congress, aud who are
opposed to the present tyranuical Admin
istralion, and who favor reconciliation and
good feeling between all sections Of our
country, 60 to the election and vote for
Hon. Frank Hereford. Democrats see to
it, that our whole vote is polled at each
precinct. The Radicals arc counting on a
small Democratic and Conservative vote,
and from this they expect to carry the
county, by voting their entire strength.
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1t is intimated in the Grant organs in
North Carolina that Governor Caldwell,
under instruction from Washington, is
prepared to retain his place by the most
indefensible revolutionary means. The
inference is that United States troops are
to be used in bis behalf. As Caldwell
was chosen by illegal votes, the Demo.
Gratis and Conservative are preparing to
contest the election in legal, constitution.
al way before the Legislature at its meet.
ing in November. II this is done, the
GRANTEES declare that Governor Caldwell
will pronounce the Legislature an illegal
body. Fit were Radical body he would
recognize it, whether it be legal or illegal;
it is only because it is Democratic that be
menaces it with violence The pro.
position, therefore. is, that il Mcrrinou
dares to contest bis election before the
Legislature, he will destroy his opponents
case by destroying the tribunal that should
decide it; he will issue his proclamation de-.
cIaring the seats in the Legislature vacant,
and ordering an election for new As.
sembly That election W i'll be controlled
by Federal bayone's, and such return
made as will secure Gov Caldwell in bis
place This is the projected conspiracy to
cheat the people Of North Carolina out Of
their rights
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Negro Naval oRcers.

We see it stated that colored cadet.
appointed to the Naval Academy at An.
napolis, has arrived and reported to the
commander. His name is james Henry
Conyers, and he is . native Of South
Carolina.
This is the first negro cadet sent to tho
Naval School. One or two. as our read.
ers are aware, have been sent to West
Point The navy has, upto this time, es.
capped the infection. Old Admiral Por.
ter is credited with having doue bis best
to prevent it, but it was no use. The as.
ISOLATION Of midshipmeu with negroes in a
close storage in the West Indies, is /,
thingnot to be lightly encountered, 10 faras
odoriferous considerations are concerned
But this is comparatively a smaller matter
This midshipman will have authority to
command white men.
To what pitch Of degradation is this
country coming! Are the white people
actually to be put under the blacks! In
what other country on the face Of the
earth is such thing possible? In what
other military and nava! service can such
spectacle be witnessed, as We shall soon
have in our army and navy-black officers
in command of a white rank and 6le9--
What white man with any sense of self re.
spect will enlist in the national service at
therisk Of SC infinite a degradation?
The future Of the United States, with
such horrors brooding over it, is dark
onough. What it will be in the end, who
eau tell7
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The Salt Interest. = Major Hereford's
Course.

The Salt Interest. = Major Hereford's
Course.
The Republican papers of this District
have grossly misrepresented the course o!
Hon: Frank Hereford Of this District.
They charge him With voting in Congress
agair st the imposition of tariff on salt
The acts are these: Last Winter, Re-
publican Committee, with Mr. Dawes. Of
Massachusetts as Chairman, reported in
favor of reducing the tariff on salt from
eighteen cents to eight cents per hundred
pounds, Major Hereford together with
the other members from Distrctsin which
salt is manufactured opposed liberalization
They united to have the tariff raised from
eight cents, as reported, to twelve. An
amendment to this effect was offered and
Mr. Hereford spoke and voted for it.
The Congressional Globe will show
Courier.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-10-10

The Washington CapitR is still after
the Dents with sharp stick, and there is
certainly more work ahead for the Dent
club In recent number the Capital
pays its compliments to Grants brotber-in-
law US follows: Louis Dent, the victori.
Gus, as it is well known in this city, was
about two years ago Knocked down and
beaten in one of the entries of the Capitol
by mau.to whom he had sold an Office,
and afterward failed to comply Nth his
agreement or to return the consideration.
A respectable citizen of Coyuga county,
New York, addresses us in respect to the
Whitney and Farrand affair Mr.. Whit
ney makes no secret Of the fact Of his con-
uection with the matter, and relates that
he has six letters from Louis Dent, writ
ten while the negotiations were pending.
concerning his appointment as commits
sioner to Peru: also that he had been Of
ferpd $4,000 for the letters for tie purpose
of having them destroyed but had conclnd-
ed to hold on to the documents. Mr..
Whitney also dscloses that he has sixty
letters from Farrand relating to the sale
of two monitors to Secor for S75O,OOO,.
which Secor, as he understands, at once
sold to Peru for 22OVO,OOO
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t is sometimes said that Democrats

II is sometimes said that Democrats
have swallowed good deal in accepting
Mr., Greeley. But no; he has Invested
himself Of what we could not swallow. =
Not SO with General Grant. He has not
improved at all. Yet Mr., Wendell Philips,
who supports Grant nov, said when he
was first taken up as candidate, that bis
party stands ready to commit the helm,
for the next four years, to a successful
soldier, for whom bis warmest friends dare
not claim that he has any ideas-whose
drunkenness in the streets Of Washington
is not deniedand who has not vet con.
descended to let the country know which
side Of this great question of reconstruc.
ton bis convictions Cf he has any, leads
him to take"