The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-11-30
EDITORIAL NOTES.

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EDITORIAL NOTES.
Will Governor Chamberlain undertake
to swear that be has been elected Gov
ernor of South Carolina? He knows and
the world knows that he has not.
Just to think The Attorney Gen
eral, State Treasurer, Comptroller Gen
eral, Secretary of State and Adjutant and
Inspector General of South Carolina all
in Jail at once. That is select batch of
free boarders.
Judge Bond is as bad as Durell, and
his conduct richly deserves the condem-
nation of every American citizen, re-
gardless of party affiliations. Congress
will no doubt pay its respects to this
judicial law breaker.
The Board of State Cauvassers have
begun taking lessons in prison life rather
earlier than we expected. When they
treated the Supreme Court with con-
tempt they had better have followed
Leslie in his flight to unknown parts.
1t is either Democracy or despotism in
America. The Republican party repre-
sents the fanaticism of our nation, and its
triumph is victory which is achieved by
fraud. 1t will be death to our Constitu-
ton and defiance to the laws of our coun-
try.
The gathering of a large portion Of the
army in Washington forbodes no good
to the American people. 1t is not in
tended to seat Hayes, but only to be in
waiting to furnish the American Cesar
an opportunity of trampling upon the
liberties of his people and perpetuating
his own power.
Three Republican Judges on the Su-
preme Bench have done their duty to
the whole country in noble manner,
and the Union Herald is Illuminating over
their ingratitude to "the party" 1t for
gets that because men are elected to
Office by party of thieves they are not
necessarily thieves themselves.
The people of South Carolina owe a
debt of gratitude to the Judges of the
Supreme Court for its independence and
patriotism in checking the flood of elec-
ton corruption, and bringing to punish
ment the culprits who were endeavoring
to purloin the vote of this State for them
selves and their vile companions.
Grant has used the army for the last
four years to perpetuate the infamies Of
Southern Republicanism. He marched
his soldiers into the Capitol of Louisi-
ana and arrested Democratic Legisla-
tors two years ago, and is now concentra-
ting his army at Washington. Will no
dare arrest the Representatives of the
American people in the sacred halls of
Congress?
The Executive Committee of the Dem
ocratic party of South Carolina and their
counsel telegraphed Chief Justice Waite,
asking him to be present when the case
of the board of State Canvassers was to
be heard on Wednesday. They desired
the highest judicial officer Of the nation
to witness the infamies which are being
perpetrated in the name of law in South
Carolina.
Judge Bryan claims that as the petit
ton for writs of ha6eas corpus were d.
rected to the Circuit Court only, he
would not act. He ought not to have
lodged the issue by declining to act.
He is the District Judge of South Caro-
lima, with Circuit Court powers, and the
State, yes, the nation, had the right to
expect his voice to be raised upon the
side of law and justice.
Stone the carpet-bagger, Cardozo the
carpet-bagger, Dunn the carpet-bagger,
Haync the carpet-bagger and Purvis the
carpet-bagger have received e positive
proof of South Carolina's ingratitude.
Their illustrious services in trying to
keep the party of abstraction and division
in power in this State have been re-
warded by free board in the county Jail
of RichIaud. The ingratitude of repub-
lies u
The patriotism of our Nation will be
.sorely tried before the present Presiden-
tial contest is decided, but we have faith
in the nobility of our free institutions
and the integrity of our people. The
men of to-day are too proud of their
heritage and too devoted to liberty to
permit the government for which their
ancestors periled their lives one century
ago to be changed from glorious repub-
lie to despotism or monarchy.
An unknown person has been advising
and directing the Radicals in this State
for the past two weeks. Some people be-
lieve it has been Grant, but from the in
fernal nature of the proceedings rcsorted
to by the leaders of the party, we believe
they have been getting counsel from the
devil himself. No mortal scoundrel,
however accomplished, could have de-
viscd ways and means for perpetrating
such enormous infamies upon our people.
Grant says that Chamberlain is un-
doubtedly the Governor until the new
Governor is inaugurated, and makes this
the excuse for giving him command of