The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-03-05
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The address q the 9ax.paysssrs' Convention
20 the People ef the State.
Geh J. .BlReashaw,1 w,1ohaishan ofthe com
mites appoiuted TO prepare sn sddfess TO the
pseple I'd, State read the following, which
Vagluasaiaousiy' Adopted: "ft % 80 oii'i
EgssrC Egasssrr Csessaas:n the rspresentatfHes of the
tax.payers TO whom hiss been entrusted the
high and solemn dntyo of recommending meas
usss 6ffpFetecsion againss thercoruption and
rapacity that rule Che organized band of wick
ed and INSCRIPTIONS adventdrers who, under
The gnise, of government and IN the name OF
paFga haEe psslste1tly idespoiled you OF your
property and outraged your most sacred rights.
deem is becoming and proper TO lay before you
Srsthis form certain considerations Id connec!
Si6n with their aetion and deliberations, which
they suppose worthy OF your earnest .. and a,
sho1ghtfal. attention. - a.Te, .-.t.I s,;..
It would be unnecessary and painful to reclte
yos1r wrongs; the sense of these ls' not the
least poignant Of the sufeFings You have been
caliedlto endure during these five years of unl
pgraflsled outrage upon arefned end Christisn!
people. We would have our words speak OF
courage, of hope, OF patience, Of faith, of work
andef. dnty.r~He who has rightfnlly -pondered
the dealings Of an all.wise and bene6cent Prov
i6etce With the affairs OF men, -canrot" faif to
have discovered an unvarying and inevitable
social Law, that all great wrongs tend TO thsif
own corrections and work out in the end sure
compensation for the ills they inaict: Thus
Che ebb and aow Of human ideas obeyiagu the
divineiy implanted principle of perpetual grav-
itation towards the right. always returns from
the widest deviation, and recoils most violently
and With accelerated velocity from the greatest
errors.g This truth has impressed Itself upon
Shs thoughts of the world with. the force of -an
aSfouI uSon which may be based the soundest
pruposftions of the statesman. It has been
aptfy styled .snsthe fanaticism of justice, which
de stars In their course sustain, and against
Sshicfa no attribute Of. the Almighty takes
part ~ 1t isyain to suppose; that the enlight-
eued American people are exempt from the
application oe this Universal social law. We
fsePe justified in stating our conviction that,
breaking through ell the barriers OF prejudice,
political strife, and the resentments OF inter-
necine. war, the rehux of the great tide OF
opinion and sympathy is already moving with
overwhelming force, bearing with it the promise
ef b restored nationality, based upon the broad
and enduring principles Of Liberty, Justice and
tfath. We ,wonld not be understood as en-
coaraging the thought that what has been
swept away III the past can ever be restored:
This great country has takenIay new departure;
has engrafted upon her system Of government
new principles, and deals with new elements.
The returning sense of justicewih find Its task
Ia Che adjustment Of these new. factors of
power into harmonious accord with the trne
principles of repnhIicanisi,, and in providing
ample protection for the rights and liberties Of
the people. It will probably deal not with
organic laws, but with faithless, corrupt and
oppressive administrations.
While wetpresent these cheerful anticipa-
tions, which we feel justified in doing by many
and great changes in sentiment and opinion,
manifested among even the most extreme, o.
the great political leaders and high officials of
the Tconntry, and still more recent popular
movements, it is intended to invite to earnest
and hopeful effort and action, rather than to
lun into false security. No help can ever
reach people who suffer themselves to fall
into apathy or despair. The energies Of men
seeking relief. finn wrong and oppression must
be vitalized, organized and united. Every ac-
csssible position of power must be seized, held
and utilized; and the fght carefully, vigilantly
ana faithfuliy Tough from place to place, until
the citadel be won and the right restored. The
Convention looks to your action as the most
prcininent and essential element Of the success
TO be achieved. In order to procure restorar
sioa,of an honest administration OF. affairs, the
reinb OF honest goyernmen tmust pass inte the
hands Of honest Iler. = Hitherto, political
issues have controlled all elections, and the
ereSt interests of the State have been subordi-
mated to the schemes of corrupt and Evil
men, whose iusatiate avarice and rapacity have
brought US more OF ruin land aes6lation, of
wrongs and snferings, than the fiercestf rayages
nf War. The coming ideas wall sweep away
party lines and destrey, the trade of hungry
political adventgyeFs. Government will be
made once Tnose the agent, Of the people, not
theiE master, and the great industrial Interests
6f; the country, eommsrcs end agriculture, ber
come the prime objects of its protection, rather
Sran iits prey. 10 part Geipate In these benefits
We must; be placed ID 8 condition to- receive
them There mnst Bs an organization npon
basis wholly independent of political parties
and issres, based upon the fundamental princl-
pie that the rightsand interests Of the people
require an honest, faithful and economical
premeditated villany, blind ignorance or total
depravity can prevent this self.evident truth
from co1troslihg fhe government Our work
is to- meet AID OVERCOME every influence that
would bar its recognition. Public opinion is
created by agitation, and I'D community can
long resist the pressure of o great truth, con-
stantly, earnestly ans honestly urged. To do
Els: assneiation d esentialA The Individual
Is as powerlesB as q singfe twfg In the faggos,
but nothing can resist the great power of COM
bination. Iet 4heJ Honest Eand well-meaning
citizens, one by one, DO brought into the Tax
PAYERS Union, and made to, york for. the cause
Of rood government, until 1.-THE State&i re-
deemed. The cclat that. attends the clash of
arms is wanting to such q struggle, but no
cause can be more worthy of the earnest, faith
H,I and patient labor of one who loves his
neople and his State 4 triumph like this is
notto.be moa by asingte decisive battle, nor,
IL may be, by many toilsone scan1paigus but
patfsnt,; enduring and honest work, sooner or
later, will bring victory To. your standards.
No laurel wssaths may crown the victors
hgoms bnt 2 rausoned and redeemed GaTohus.