The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-08-22
For the anderson Mtelligencer.
To the People of Anderson County.

FELLOW CITIZENS: To carry out and con-
summate the very wise and proper suggestion
of Citizen" in the last issue of the lntelhgsr-
GER, allow me to add few thoughts for your
consideration. There are two political parties
in the feld-the one Radical and the other
Liberal Republican, The former supports
Grant and his host of hirelings, who are sys-
tematically organized. Their opponents in this
County have no organization whatever. Our
candidates for Office are fighting under their
own banners, depending alone upon their per-
sonal friends. Let us pause and mark aoeH.
Without more unanimity, in the language of
Citizen" the Radicals will fill every Office in
the county Shamel o, shamel when we
consider that the conservatives are SO largely
in the majority. appeal to you for the sake
of yourselves, your children and your country,
to arise, throw off all lethargy, cast aside every
personal preference and all private aspirations,
and make one united effort for the continuance
of an honest, economical administration of To-
cal government in all its departments.
To secure the end proposed, allow me to sug-
gest that the various Townships in the County,
as early as practicable, call meetings of their
citizens, canvass the whole subject calmly and
deliberately and select as delegates such per-
sons to represent their views in regard to the
proper men to fill the various Offices. BY all
means, elect these delegates by ballot and not
by committees, thereby avoiding all reasonable
ground for dissatisfaction, pledging yourselves
not only to abide the decision of majority in
the Township, but also to sustain the voice Of
the County when heard from.
Allow me further to suggest as the time is
short, that Saturday the 14th day of September
would be suitable day for all the delegates to
meet at the Court House and assemble in Con-
vention, when the several names suggested by
the Townships may be considered and ballotted
upon, requiring majority of votes or town
ships before nomination is made. Candidates
80 announced will be considered, of course, the
representatives of the party opposed to Radi-
calism.
This plan, if properly carried out, will obvi-
ate all possible objections to cliques and packed
committees, which are always disorganlzlng.
It may be that some will bolt the nominations.
1t is, however, not meet that the whole body
should suffer in consequence of the disafection
of one or two members. There are number
of gentlemen now in the field whom we would
gladly support, but it is impossible to vote for
them all. They have delicacy among them
selves of determining who shall withdraw and
who shall continue to run. l have no doubt
that large majority will most cheerfully SUBJ
NIT to the voice of the party. Our opponents
are laughing in their sleeves at our folly, and
almost feel themselves snugly seated in the dif-
ferent offices.
Will some one move in each Township, and
go to work at once, getting all the people out
on any day that may be fixed upon, and let us
not fall victims to our want of unanimlty and
organization. In the name of Heaven, have
we not already suffered enough in our State re-
lations, without permitting Anderson County
to be governed by the will and opinions of
Radical minority7
ANOTHER CITIZEN.