The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-07-16
Treatment Of the South.

Treatment Of the South.
1t has long been apparent to every praca5lcal
mind that the proscriptive policy Pursuea 70
ward the Southern States since tne ciose ol tne
tba m aterial interests of the country at large
The nrosperity and resources of twelve millions
of neonle. accustomed to produce the staples
most in demand abroad, and which furnished
The basis of large part OF the foreign e2-
changes. could not be struck down without
very serious reaction.
The effects of that harsh policy have been
felt throughout the crisis of the last twelve
months, and may be said to have added greatly
to Its Intensity. The Southern States have not
only been crushed down by the weight OF some
two hundred millions of debt, created by car
pet-bag Governments, from which tnere Is NO
hope Of relief except through reputation, ont
they are kept impoverished by the successors
of these thieves, who appropriate 10 tnelr own
use all the revenues derived from ene eAtreinesI
forms of ruinous taxation.
instead therefore, of contributing a Just
proportion to the general burdens, and OF
adding to the national wealth, these rich States
have Become almost bankrupt, and are wholly
f,nable to furnish the markets they once did
for Northern manufacturers and Western pro-
duce. As necessary consequence these inter-
ests .hsye greatly suffered from this cause, and
thew in their turn have involved others, thus
heightening greatly the present arrangement
of all business. -.
It was in the power of the President and his
Administration to have at once recoEclled tne
South to its true relations to the Union, ana at
least partially restored the former condition OF
prosperity without compromising any OF the
;ob boJ hoan achieved through
the stern arbitrament of the sword. All they
asked was to be let alone, to be allowed to re-
pair the wastes of the war, and to accommo.
date themselves to the changed condition OF
things brought about by the amendments to
The Constitution. They had had enough OF
bloody. strife, political contention, and folly.
This was the sentiment of the masses OF the
people, and it was natural after their bitter
experience. ..:.-
Instead of Cancellation, q perverse ingenuity
was exercised to make odious and oppressive
laws, and to place their execution IN the hands
of adventures, rogues, and robbers, who mace
them doubly offensive by outrage and oppres-
sion. IF the Preside Mt had turned his face
away from the carper-baggers and their con,
federates, exacted anything like Justice, ana
required accountability, the whole system
would have fallen into disgrace and dissolution.
Ii was maintained solely by the support re-
ceiyed at Washington and by the confidence IN
an irnpunity for any and every crime.
The plundered people appealed in vain tor
relief. They we're answered with Federal bay
onets, to sustain charges made by their oppres-
sors. The party wanted Senators and Repre-
sentativcs to carry special Legislation anu TO
Offset the opposition that might threaten Its
success; and those States were therefore con-
yerted into rotton boroughs for the Claytons,
Spencers. Pattersons, Sawyers, Pools, Kelloggs,
Caseys, and the like, who have been white
slaves of the President for the last five years,
and the pillars of the Republican faith.
Like the Bourbons, the Administration and
its supporters have forgotten none Of their ma
lignity and learned nothing by this long and
costly experience. Look at the situation OF
Louisiana to-day, with all her natural wealth,
and ability to be among the foremost OF the
Southern States. New Orleans, instead of be-
ing the mart of commerce and the centre OF
vast trade that it was until this blight fell upon
it, lies PROSTATE under the heel OF vulgar
usurper, with decay visible everywhere.
Hardly a voice of remonstrance was raised
during the session of seven months against
this Infamous usurpation which, without even
the pretext of a doubtful vote to excuse 1t, IS
maintained by the conniyance of the President
and the patronage which he has corruptly dis
pensed. Louisiana thus enslaved, depopulated1
and ruined, the great West has been deprived
of one of its best customers.
The people of South Carolina, driven to de-
spair by anarchy, robbery, and persecution,
invoked Congress to investigate its condition
and to carry out the guarantee OF the Constr.
tuition by giving to them republican torn OF
government, In place of the carlcature anu
fraud which is now forced upon them Dy fea-
eral power. No heed was taken OF that proper
appeal, and Congress by its failure tacltly ap-
proved the enormities of Moses and his crew
of outlaws, who are now ravaging what may
beIeft Of that afflicted community. :,
But the very men who, contemptuously
spurned the petition of the Intelligence, vlr-
tue public spirit and worth of South Carolina;
rushed forward under the lead of Mr.. Poland
to send a special committee of the House. OF
Representatives to Arkansas at the demand OF
Clayton, Dorsey, and the other carpet-baggers
who were recently defeated in an iniqutous
scheme to issue more bonds and thus cram their
pockets with more plumber.
The time has at last come when these crimes
must be atoned for. After nine years OF So
called peace, the country is in a worse situa-
tion, all things considered, than when the last
gun Of the rebellion was fired. Reckless par
tisanship, corruption in public life, official
dishonesty and Generalization have brought
it to- the verge Of ruin. Unless there is halt
cried and reform begun which shall sweep
every yestige of Grantism from power, 3 terri
BILE explosion is ineYitable.-Neao York iSan.
EDWARD F. SToKEs.-We learn from the
Greenyille News that Edward F. Stokes, who
was committed to the Greenville County Jail
six months ago for contempt.of court, is now
in so feeble condition that it is doubtful
whether he can live through the summer
months It is suggested that the offence has
haar f,il,r ntonad for hu the sufEaringS and de-