The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-09-07
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
MesO YorhAuSIst 31st, 1876.
THE sARiIA,roeIGN IGNoM1NAr1oNs


The nominations of the Saratoga Con-
vention have, aronsed an enthusiasm
never before lequalled in New York:s
The State campaign for Seymour and
Dorsheimer will be an aggressive one.
Seymour is, IS a prominent Republican.
leader said this morning, stronger than
any other ten Democrats, while Dor
sheimer will bring all the liberal vote ex-
cept the two votes of John Cochrane and
Ethan Allen. Please mark the predic.
ton, that the majority inShisc State for
Presidential Electors and the State ticket
will average over $4,000. -
THE CANVASS. .,..i.!.lss I.
As time passes and the canvass pro-
gresses, one is enabled tosee more clearly
the precise position which each of the
contending parties occupies. The conn
position Of every State ticket shows us
that there is no intention on the part of
the Republican party to severits connec-
ton with Grant and Grantism! odIn no.
single case has man who has. not been
found willing to- endorse the act of'the
Grant Administration been allowed to
run. as a candidate for any Office. l'Al-'
though the nomination of Hayes was,
heralded forth as a proof that Grant and
his evil works had been repudiated, yet,
in every other case, there has been no
pains taken to hide the fact thatit is all
q delusion. ~ "a. 1l't-a' '.,,.'e tG:.7
On the other hand, the Democratic
nominations have always embraced men
of the highest character, and whose re-
cords were such as to. render them accep-
table, not only to the members of the
party, but to the independent voters, and
also to the honest and upright of the Re-
publicans themselves. They are all men
who can be relied upon to strengthen the
hands of Governor 'Tilden when he un-
dertakes the arduous task of purifying
the National Civil Service, and restoring
the country to condition of health and
strength. .5
The Republican canvass resolves itself
into campaign of deception and fraud.
The same plans that have been found so
profitable in conducting the business of
the country are carried on in the conduct
of the campaign, and are intended to
continue in the administration of the
Government should that party be again
successful in forcing. itself into power.
The real purpose of this contest is, on the
part of the Republicans, SO disgraceful,
SO menacing to the liberties Of the people
and the well-being of the nation, ,at
they dare not disclose it, but are y
pelled to use all their endeaYofs to hide
It from our sight. ''i = ''..'@ - "
The great purpose of their opponents
is to place the condition of the country,
with the causes of that deplorable state,
before the people in their true light. It
is not that one can haveany pleasure in
reiterating the fact that the great and
the prominent of the land are thieves
and liars, but because, melancholy as is
the reality, the truth must be known be-
fore we can be in position to apply a
remedy. ~ - ~, ~
It is but natural that the Republican
managers should try to shroud us IN
darkness, for the managers are the very
men who have brought upon US all the
ills we have to bear. They know very
we'll that if their real purposes were fully
perceived, they would be hurled from
their present positions into q destruction
from which they could never rise. They
therefore try to keep US from the light by
hanging in close proximity to our eyes
"the bloody shirt" But Fitzpatrick,
through his negligence, and Wheeler,
through his stupidity, have taken away
the terrors from the bloody shirt, and
now when people find their view OBJ
structed by it, they tear it boldly away,
and looking at the corruption which has
permeated official life, declare that that
is what they are after, and what they will
inevitably destroy.
The selection of Cornell as Chairman
of our State Committee, may be very
shrewd attempt of Morgan to bring to
his assistance the followers of Conkling
who was so badly whipped at the Con-
yention. Whether it will do this re-
mains to be seen, but one thing Is certain,
that it will drive into the ranks of his
opponents many of his most valuable
supporters. It is such plain and open
manifestation that his election would be
an endorsement of every form of evil that
has grown up in our political life, that
numbers decline to take the fatal step.
The vote for Tilden will be largely in
creased by this attempt at combining
these antagonistic forces.
THE FREEDMAN'S BANK.
The recent speech of Col. Conkling has
placed the affairs Of the Freedman's
Bank in such light that the people for
whose benefit the institution was organ
lied cannot fail to see how they have
been cheated and defrauded by those
who were appointed to its management.
At every election the Administration be-
comes deeply interested in the condition
of the negro, and distributes its military
force iudiciously over the country, so
that he may not be compelled to vote the
opposition ticket: At every other time,
however, the sable brother is fair game
for robbery and murder. He can be
plundered with impunity, because he
knows not how to obtain redress, or in
deed in what manner to make his trou..
bles known. This bankrupt institution
is monument of the meanest and most
despicable piece Of villainy that has eve.
been perpetrated upon a helpless and
confdfng people. 10000 poor and pow
erless people, just entered upon condi-
ton of life wholly new to them, robbed
of the hard earnings Of their daily labor,
is what we are called upon to witness.
Such utter heartlessness has never before
had fuller e1empli6cation. No won
der bayonets are required to keep the
negroes from emancipating themselves
from a thraldom more CALLING than any
they ever before had to bear.
DANGER AHEAD.
T The extent of the danger which would
arise from the success of the Cincinnati
ticket has onlyrecently become apparent.
1t was very plainly seen that with Gov
ernor Hayes as President there could not
possibly be any cessation of the abuses
which have been heaped upon the coun-
try under Grants administration. But