The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-09-09
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we consider the source, and are amused
at the difference of its tone from the one
he published last week. In his first arti-
Gle, he does not, according to his idea,
lose his Judgment or good temper" but
endeavors to palm off carefully concoc-
ted sophistry for argument, and when
that is answered, he writes this his second
manifesto in which he evidently loses
both his Judgment and good tenn
per-" in the unwarranted personal abuse
to which he is compelled to resort to sup
ply his deplorablc lack of argument. We
could not consent to engage in cotrover-
sy with Mr.. Cochran, but for the fact
that his official conduct has compelled
comments from us and of course we allow
him to vindicate himself if possible,
even by granting him the unusual privil-
ege of personally abusing one of the edi-
tors in our own columns. But we take
this occasion to say that this depression
cannot continue longer than to our next
issue. We will confne ourselves strictly
to review of his reply, and there the
matter must end. With this apology
for noticing him. we will proceed to COM
ment.
The prominent idea of his article is,
that we are young, and we are disposed
to ask him what of it? We believe a
young man can tell the truth as well as
an old one. There is no crime in being
young thatfwe are aware of; so he need
not make this one of his charges against
us, for we have no control over our age,
and will promise him to grow old just as
fast as time can fly. Consequently, we
do not take his slurs upon us on this ac-
count as pertinent or in any wise detri-
mental. We do not know any extreme
democrats who are new-fedged in their
faith, but suppose this is one. of those
adroit insinuations for which he and his
advisers are noted, and as his article ap-
plies to us, part of this must also; and
hence we will state for his benefit that
that our principles are the same now that
they have always been, and that is,
as he says, Democratic. We have ia
vored some compromises in the past with
out accomplishing any results, and have,
therefore, decided that we will not in flu
ture support any compromise with the re-
publican party, but that we will advocate
an answering adherence to the princi-
pies we hold dear. Of course, our oppo-
sition to Mr.. Cochran springs from polit-
ical for they are certainly not personal)
motives, and it is entirely unnecessary to
trouble his brain with the thought that
we wish to receive any other benefit from
ouracts in this matter than the appreciation
of all honest men for our course as
journalist. We have repeatedly avowcd
that we have no political aspirations
actuating us, aud he can believe it or not,
just as he pleases. We complained of no
nausea, as we never voted for him or ad-
vocated his cause.
Those who voted the resolution of
thanks To the old Council. 1--WE did not
vote on it, did mean what they said.
There was no objection to the acts of the
former council, except as to the 1nten-
dant being absont from town for about
four months, Though it would
have beeu blessing for the period to
have been much longer, and to his con-
due, in the election of Cotton Weigher
lsst year, of which we will speak present
ly. In last weeks article he says, "under
these circumstances I had no reason to
believe that my official conduct or polit-
ical principles were obnoxious to the ma
jority," and yet he disclaims calling them
republicans Well, we think any man
to whom COL Cochran's "official conduct"
and political principles" are not obnox-
ious, is a thorough republican; so his
compliment to our imagination does little
credit to his judgment on this point As
to the leader question, we admit being
instrumental in getting up the Town
meeting, the objects of which have been
repeatedly stated. We did also make
volunteer speech or two in that meet
ing, and can only justify our course by
saying that if Col. Cochran is accustomed
to being paid for the political stand
he takes, We assume positions vol
UNFAIRLY from principle. We also
worked for the ticket, but Mr.. Orr was
chairman of the committee to which he
alludes, and other persons were as Jealous
in the cause as we we're. AS he wishes
to know, we have not thought him the
proper person to talk Of leaders, since he
led the union league. AS to who assisted
him in leading the negroes we cannot
say, but certainly it was not us. The
nearest we ever came to assisting him was
just before the last general election. Our
readers remember the public meeting
made no nominations, in consequence of
certain promises from the republicans,
and the Dark Corner Township nomina-
ted a conservative ticket. Col Cochran