The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-09-09
For the anderson Htelligencer.
Another Unsatisfactory Explana-
tiOn."

MEssRs EDrroRs.-I am again compelled
to ask for space in your columns, after
which, so far as I am concerned, this con-
troyersy shall cease, unless new issues arc
brought up in your reply. Your last weeks
editorial shows great deal of what / am
fain to believe real misconception of my
language and the meaning plainly conveyed
by nv words. had not expected to waste
any more time, paper and ink, on what is
we'll understood by the people to be a mere
political splurge on the part of a few extreme
Democrats, some of whom arc desirous OF
proving their new .tlcdged faith and political
Mgaciy by defeating me. claim to be a
conservative republican, and all the people
knowit, am not favorite with the ex,
tremists of either, and have mo are to grind
with them.
Having pledged myself to certain purposes
and conduct to the people who elected Inc
to office, / shall endcavor, during my term
of office, to redeem them; and much as
regret any misunderstanding of my acts on
the part of any body, am compelled here
to say that future structures on my conduct
can only be noticed by me, when they shall
appear to spring from other motives than
the "polnicdr' ones you acknowledge have
actuated you.
am not surprised ut your complaining
of nausea" since you venturcd on the
stormy sea of politics; the matter you have
cast up lately sufficiently speaks of the vio-
lencc of your dstemper.
AS to the "vote of thanks really lid
not claim it, but said "a vote of thanks was
rendered to the the council of which l was
Intendant." You did not mean it, ELI and
say ut ,cas only an effort to let the old Council
retire" AS YOU proclaim it to have been
mere duplicity political dodge, and as it
did not hurt anv one else / Chcerfully leave
that question between you and the gentle
men whom you claim to represent. don't
know how the gentlemen voted who Offered
the resolution, nor how those who support
ctl such deception voted, nor oo l care! AS
to my claiming that all white men who
voted for ME are Republicans, allow me tn
inform you that such IL statement originated
wholly in your vigorous imagination, moth
ing have ever said or written can be SO
construed by reasonable men. You say
there was no leader on your side i'll the late
election. as a matter of courtesy am ready
to agrce with YOU that perhaps there was mt
much of leader; the i'll success Of your
ticket almost proves it. But, should have
said more explicitly that young and prom
ising lawyer spent great deal of his valua-
BILE time and labor in engineering the cam.
paign, carrying about petition for call
for the meeting tn nominate candidates, act
ing rs volunteer spokesman Mt the meeting,
and on the day ofclection toilcd like TrO-
i'm Mt the polls i'll the capacity of chief of a
challenging and rallying committee, and
vet YOU are no leader And you don't
think Col. Cochran is the proper man to
talk about leaders" Dear me! don't you
how long since? that is decidedly refreshing,
and you add that 81 have been the leader OF
the negro party since reconstruction, and
have managed to keep the blacks nr1yed
against the whites" call that pretty cool ;
certainly thought l had received some as
sistancc in that direction, and you will allow
me to say sir, that have no reason to be
ashamed of some of my colleagues. II, how
ever, an to be held responsible for the acts
Of the cnlorcd voters of the County l will
not object. The excellence of our county
government is provcrbial throughout the
State, and the c0lorcd men have uniformly
voted for our best county officers, and by
their votes elected County Commissioners
who levied the lowest county tax we have
had. | believe, since reconstruction less
than We have now, or will have again. soon,
! fear Concerning the statement of Mr..
Mctice you are certainly deceived. 1t was
i'm reference tn the petition calling n meeting
to nominate candidates for Town Council
that said in effect to him would ncccssitatc
my becoming candidate again, as ! con-
sitlerctl it blow aimed Mt me. All my rca-
SONS for that opinion need not state; sui-
flee tn say, the petition was not signed by
any nf my political friends. and few, if any,
ofmv personal friends, and | hold il to be Il
matter of duty tn oppose men | believe to
tie striving for political purposes, (y"li have
justified my suspicion ut that time by a,l-