The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-12-02
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wonderful gerrymander ever made, per-
haps, was that devised by Senator Nor
ton and put into operation In the redis-
tricting of Indiana after the last appoint
ment. The districts are twisted right
and left, darting corners here and there
like crooked lightning; but although
held together in some Instances by very
slender articulations, the parts, Of each
district are still in one sense contiguous.
Morton's perverted ingenuity contrived
districts so admirably designed to defeat
the purposes of the law that several West
ern papers published maps Of them as
political curiosities (; but It remained for
the South Carolina statesmen to consider
outlying counties distant score Of miles
as contiguous. -
- Marion Merchant and Farmer: We
have heretofore given our views upon
the situation and defined our policy; and
now repeat, that organization or reorgan-
Nation of the Democratic Conservative
party of South, Carolina, in a proper
manner and at an early day, is not only
desirable, but that 1t is indispensable to
any success which we may hope for /;
that the motion for such reorganization
should originate with the people; that
all differences Of opinion should be set
tied In State Convention, after mature
deliberation and discussion by the dele
gates representing the sentiment of their
Constituents; and. that prior to such 8
convention no discussion Of any ulterior
design or'poicy is appropriate or advisa.
BILE. A majority must rule; and the
weight Of argument will govern, wheth-
er it emanates from the up country, the
low country or the middle country. Our
interests are one. What Is good for
Charleston is good for Greenville; and
what LIS good for them is profitable for the
whole State. Let US come together and
take counsel from each other, and settle
our disputes by an organization strong,
determined and effective; ready to receive
the assistance Of all lovers Of honest and
good government, to unite with those
who favor a reform Of the abuses and
frauds practiced In the name Of the State;
or, II needs be, to determine, as Missis-
sippi did, to succeed at all hazards.
- Georgetown. Times, on the pardon Of
Dublin Walker: What has the Ne,os and
Courier to say about this turn given by
Governor Chamberlain to the great OBJ
ject Of reform7 Does that paper believe
In the wisdom, policy and expediency OF
pardoning q forger and 8 public thief,
who wes convicted by his own color, be-
cause county officer and q circuit judge,
in view of a near approaching election,
pretend to have found out an excuse for
his guilt? The pardoning power has
never before been SO dangerously abused
as in this instance, where convict has,
by the stroke Of a pen, been vaultsd from
{oft ao11 sx,fr IN, ho Gnyrotn
Of the State, to assist in making laws;for
Rev. d. j.; Walker was found to be. The
der and a senator, VITO is supposed to be
intelligent, and knew what he was doing
when he committed forgery, and there is
less excuse for his offence than oould be
offered for the many poor and ignorant
who are languishing in prisons TOR ofen-
ces to which they have been put mp by
crafty and unscrupulous fellows, who
have made them the.victiins Of their ras-
calities. ui:-.7ic - '.li's '.;.t:, -
- Edgefield Advertiser On every side
WI, hear of public men.-smart fellows
who have soiled their fingers with 9
bribe. There is no language to describe
th Q infamous degradation OF such charac-
tel.s. Somebody has even said that ''the
devil is not 80 black as he has been paint
ed :" but any man, undertaking to rep
resent the people in any capacity, from
the President up to constable or q juror,
who leaves the path of duty. for the sake
Of filthy lucre, is blecker far than he can
ever be painted If the State or County
Officials like their cash too well to pay a
debt or if their faith in the mighty dol
lar is strong enough to cause them either
to offer or accept bribe, they illustrate,
in their own ignoble, persons, the full
meaning of the inspired Apostle, who
tells us that "the love of money is the
root Of all evil" Prior to reconstruc-
ton, bribery was unknown in South
Carolina. It is trick introduced by the
Radicals-in short, one Of their great
moral ideas. Msy the Lord help us in
His own good tirae ...g.s.,. ir,,,...,I
= Barnwell Sentinel; The colored peo.
pie must, be made to understand that
there must be no niddle-men to conduct
affairs between them and the white peo-
pie of the State, If substantial prosperity
be.the objective point of their aspirations.
Sooner, or later they will comprehend
that there Is no more necessity for these
mid dle-men, politically, than there Is for
them in making contracts to work with
their white fellow citizehs-and the SOON
or they learn this essential fact the better
will It be for all parties. During ten
years Of the bitterest warfare. between
the two races in this State, 10 colored
man. can point to single right, privilege
or advantage Wrested from the: higher
race and secured to his own more than
they started with in 1895; while on the
other hand there are innumerable instan-
ces of loss, injury, discomfort and actual
wrong to which eolored people have been
through following the mis-
chieYous guidance of the, carpet-bag ad-
venturer, and the mean native political
bastard. Let the co1ored taxpayers be-
gin now toiponderl the situation, and II
they would win more between sunrise
and sunset Of single day next fall than
they, have been able to. achieve in ten
years past, let them now. write on their
banners, "DOMn with the political mid;
dle-men." -
- Charleston Ne,cs and Courier: We
would not have the Demo ocratic majority
in the House Of Representatives follow
the example Of the. Radicals, and seat
Gen. MCGOWAN because his opponent,
Hoge, Is a Radical. Gen. McGowan does
not claim the seat; for there was not,
and could not be a lawful election in the
so-called District. What is asked is that
the Democrats will If they find the facts
to be as we say, declare the election void,
and leave the people free to elect Con-
greasman whenever the District shall be
lawfully made up and composed OF, con-
tigu.ous territory" This course may
leave the people Of some parts of the State
without Congressman, but it will not
deprive the Conservatives Of q Represen-
tati7e, for Hoge Is not, and could not be,
their Representative. What we want is
a rigid construction Of the law. By that
the people will be bound. And that rigid
construction of the law, as we understand
it, will force a Democratic Congress to
declare that there was no lawful election
In the so-called Third District, and that
neither Hoge nor MCGOWAN
has any claim to the seat.
Columbia Register: We can never
whip the devil by making compromises
with him /; we must fight him "tooth and
toe nsil," for if we give him an inch he
will take, an ell. And in this respect the
ruling party in South Carolina has never
done discredit to its parentage. This
party must be oyerthrown, and the hon.
est, Intelligent and educated classes Of
the people must choose the ineumbents
Al =.