The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-09-10
ORGANIZATION q Sure Means Of Success.

We make the following extract from prl-
vate letter written by Gen. M. G. Butler, of
Edgefeld, which appeared recently in the
Greenville Daily Neacs::
If I were to suggest means for a more en-
lightened public sentiment l would say that
our people should read more extensively OF the
public prints-.newsp;apers- inform them-
selves more thoroughly in general politics !;
think more for themselves, and rely less on
what some people choose to term leaders.
The people themselves should be the leaders.
Just across the Savannah River, in Georgia,
whose blue hills I can see from where l now
sit, the people are the leaders. Almost every
man you meet there is politician, and under
stands what he is talking about. The result IS
healthy political sentiment.
And finally, if I were to make suggestion
in politics, I would say first, last and always,
that the white men should organize themselves
organize and remain organized-not with a
view of making war upon, or curtailing the
rights of any class of persons, but for the pur-
pose of securing the ascendency of the white
race in South Carolina, and restoring the con-
troll of public affairs to his superior qualltlca-
tions. This cannot be accomplished without
thorough and complete organization, and per-
sstent, continuous and unceaslng effort within
the law. Great reforms have never been ac-
complished by spasmodic efforts and lnterme-
diate leJhargy and supineness.
In New York city it required several years of
patient, untiring prosecution to secure the con-
viction and incarceration of Tweed and his ac-
completes in the Tammany corruptlo2ns, man
who, perhaps, came nearer being all powerful
in public concerns in his community than any
man who has ever welded local power in
America-and yet lie is convict in the State
prison, brought there by the vigilant pursuit
of the committee, almost self-consttuted, OF
sixty influential citizens. They were, how
ever, backed by the money and influence of the
whole community, or the better class of it.,
without regard to party.
The same results can be accomplished in
South Carolina by adopting the same means.
But the trouble here is that the people will
neither spend their time or their means They
will not persevere upon any one line OIL policy.
They meet together, pass resolutions, appoint
two or three persons and 60 home. These two
or three persons are expected to give their en-
tire time and means to the pursuit of the OBJ
iect in view, without aid or support and if they
fail they are written down as either fools or
knaves, or both, and there the matter ends.
Organization and-public spirit will correct
this. In the preparation of an army the com
the company, as nucleus, battalons, regi-
ments brigades, divisions and corps are organ
lied. Auxiliaries are gathered and utilized
from every source, from Africa, India, and
sometimes from the devil to swell the number
with which to effect the ends of the organiza-
ton.
So in South Carolina the white man should
be- not only the unit of organization, but the
unit of action, and auxliaries from every avail
able source should be utilized in recovering
political control of the State This course sue
ceeded in Tennessee, in Virginia, in Georgia,
in Alabama, was attempted in South Carolina
in 1870, and if persevcred in would have sue
ceeded here.
None other is practicable. The white man
cannot 20 into the Radical party as it exists in
South Carolina without the loss of self-respect.
He does not thereby elevate the negro, but
lowers himself to the level of the negro. DO
not mean to say by this, that all negroes are
degraded any more than that all white men are
elevated, but do mean to say that the white
man is his superior, and that whatever progress
the negro makes in life, must be under the aus
pices of the white race.
The crystalization of the white race, and such
aid as we could secure from the negro race,
would not only restore good government in the
years, throughout the entire State. Now the
practical question is, can we get this aid
am fully aware of the difficulties in the way,
and the general feeling of distrust with our
people, but I have never despaired of our
controlling a number of votes sufficient to turn
the balance if proper efforts are put forth. We
are certainly not going to secure the negro
cooperation by contumely, and harslness, and
by exhorting him in one breath to vote with
us and in the next swearing that he has no
right to VOTE / therefore think that we should
cnocede to him the rights which he has ac-
uuired under the constitution and laws OF the
country, and when we make pledges, do as
Gov Kempcr has done in Virginia-keep them.
INJURIOUS EFFECTS OF COLD WATER ON
THE EYEs.-The american Journal Of UeGHh
and Medicine says: "The aquatic furore has
become so general, that for the reason that
cold water is pure, natural product, it is
claimed to be a universal and beneficial appli-
cation. Arsenic is a pure, natural and simple
product; so is prllssic acid, as obtained from
peach kernel A single drop OF tobacco Will
kill a cat or Il dog in five minutes. Many per-
sons are daily running their eyes by opening
them in cold water of mornings. Cold water
will harden and roughen the hands, and much
more IL Will 90 10 the nlanllOlu more ucllcilc
covering of the cyc or the eye will, in self
defense, become scalcy in the manner of fish
that is, the coats Of the eye will thickcn, con-
shutting species Of cataract, which must lnl-
pair the sight That water, cold and harsh as
It is, should be applied to the soft, warm,
lubricating fluid which nature manufactures
for lust such purpose indicates great thong ht-
lessncss or great mental obliquity. Nothing
stronger than ukc-warm water should ever be
applied to the eyes, except by special medical
advice, and under special medical supervision. "
-"And when in after days" said learned
counsel in the courtroom, eve meet together
around the social hearth, where shal no long
er be oppressed by the heat and burden OF the
day, and you, gentlemen, will find yourselves
in other scenes than this at rest from arduous
labors, then, as we talk together of by-gone