The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-11-25

The new Legislature vii! put stop to
this, and not an hour too soon. BY
means of "official advertising" and
"printing of the laws" the taxpayers
have been numerically swindled. In
deed, we have positive assurances that
the new Legislature will inaugurate re-
form in every department. of the govern:
ment. If they. do this thoroughly and
without favor or affection, we shall have
another instance of the truth Of the oft
repeated proposition, that 4 State is hest
governed by those who own it.
TIE NEW SENATOR.
Already speculation is rife as to who
shall be Alcorn's successor. Assurcdly
it will not be Acorn himself. He is
about played out in the estimation of
both parties, and after the expiration of
his present term in the Senate, will have
an opportunity to give his undivided at
tention to the growing of cotton ON his
magnificent plantations in Coahoma.
Alcorn is rich. Before the war he owned
nearly thousand negroes, and still has
very large landed possession. AL
though a valiant Southcrncr during the
war@and his interests in the South were
such that VIC arc not surprised at this
he took the Republican chute after the
struggle, and was elected Governor by
the colored people, Then he went to
the Senate, his term expiring one year
from next March. He and Ames are
enemies. Taking advantage of this, the
Democrats run Alcorn is sort of an in.
dependent candidate for Governor against
Amcs two years ago, hoping thus to
catch the colorcd vote, but the device
vas miserable failure, Ames being
elected by twenty thousand majority.
Just now Lamar is the f;lvoritc for Scna-
tori. @. G. Lamar. He was chosen to
Congress from his district Yesterday with
out Opposition, and is to-day perhaps the
foremost man in Mississippi. The new
Senator, whoever he may be, will be
elected in january.
TEMPER OF TIE WHITES.
The whites are in jolly temper. You
will not soon again hear of "racc con-
hicts" in Mississippi. The whites, hav.
ing now everything their own way, will
lay aside their hOrse-pistols and Win
chester rifles, and return to the flowery
paths of peace. 1 could sec this even be-
fore the polls were closed. rs dispatch
after dispatch came in from different
voting places, showing that large num-
bcrs of colorcd people were voting the
Democratic ticket, the prospects of blood
shed diminished. In the morning there
were the gravcst apprchcnsions ofa riot.
AT noon this apprehension had nearly
worn away, and by o'clock quite so.
| could feel change in the very air. [
can not convey to You the intense gratili-
cation of the white people at the result.
This jollifcation exceeds the descriptive
power of language. One white man,
meeting an acq' pintance, grasps his
hand and says abe this: GLORY don't
we feel good thoL Il? Now no more
riots and fighting; thank God, we will
have peace. Business will revive; con-
fidencc is restored. | feel now that my
property is worth something" All have
something to say about the advance in
the price of property Every man thinks
he is worth ut least twenty-five per cent.
more than before the election. So many
said to me last week: "Why, if the Rad
icals carry this election 1 can't sell my
plantation for dollar and half an
acre" Now they don't want to sell.
Liberal. CONTRIBUTIONS.
The liberaity with which the proper
ty-holdcrs have come down with the
cash to aid in carrying this election en-
cccds anything ever knew in State
campaign. Every man seemed 10 take
the personal interest in it that he would
if it was his private affair. One man III
this city plankcd down check for So
500 to begin with, and nearly doubled
the amount before the close Of
the polls. Yet he is no politician, ney-
er run forsan office, and cares little for
politics in the general way. But he is Il
large propcrty-holdcr; taxation was eat
ing up his profits, and q change became
positive necessity. In six years, in
Mississippi, taxation has increased 500
per cent, and property has deprecated
200 per cent. therefore the rebellion of
property and the resolution to carry the
election at all hazards. Thousand-dollar
contributions from the planters and tax
payers to accomplish this result were fire.
quent. One old man, in the southern
part of the State, sold his cotton crop,
and rcmittcd check for onc-half the
proceeds to be used in the rescue" of
the State. The aggregate county con-
tributions were very large-that is, con-
tributions to be expended in the counties.
The word usually accompanying the
gifts ran about this way: Take this,
use it as you please, but carry the cleo
ton" That was the key-notc-Carry the
election. IF votes had to be bought out
right, why, buy them. The total amount
given for campaign expenses in this CAM
Paign would aggregate an immense sum;
On the other hand, the Republicans had
no funds except the contributions from
the ofIicc-holdcrs. The great party at
large--that is, in the North-did not
come to their aid to the extent of " dol
lar, regarding it, perhaps, as a hopeless
case from the first. The rank and file
of the party in this State having nothing
to give, 80 the expenses of the campaign
had all to be borne by the State office
holders. I really believe the Democrats
had one hundred dollars at their conf
mand where the Republicans had five.
NEXT.
Now that the election is over let lis
hope that the people, white and black,
will give their attention to the saving of
the magnificent cotton crop which viii
tens the landscape. Not half the cotton
is picked The people have run wild
with politics, letting their cotton look
out for itself This has not been univcr-
sally true, for some old planters, in a
fit of desperation, got out their old shot
guns and sworc they would kill the first
cotton picker, white or black, who at
tempted to leave his work to go to a po-
itical meeting of amy description. The
crop is very fine, much larger, perhaps,
than can be gathered. There is a great,
unccasing demand for laborcrs. PickcrS
are paid one dollar per hundred for
picking, and steady hand can make
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