The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-01-27
OUR COLUMBIA CORRESPONDENCE.

DEAR EDITORS: The last time l
wrote you all was in turmoil, and ig-
norance, prejudice and color made up
their minds Ito rule or ruin" this glorious
old Commonwealth. The Legislature,
however, adjourned just as they were at
the height of their wrath, and they went
home among their constituency, who
hadn't had their patriotism SO fired; and
were met with anything but enthusiasm
and approval. These scoundrels who
voted for Moses and Whipper mistook,
for once, the encroaching arrogance OF
the masses of negroes, and the patient en-
durance of the white people, and from
both classes they were rebuked; by the
one class on account of fear, by the other,
because they had made up their minds
that such. unbridled rascality must and
should be- checked. So they reorgan-
lied on the 18th instant sadder and wiser
men. In order to get the negro legisla-
tors as class to perpetrate such outrages,
it is necessary that they should be away
from the people for some time, and be
constantly appealed to by these leaders,
their prejudices aroused and their pas
sions excited, and when these objects are
attained, they act like and resemble a
mob, and only under such excitement
will they dare to consummate the wicked
and nefarious designs of these master
spirits of corruption and insolence. You
remember they we're breathing threats of
impeachment against the Governor, and
eternal ruin to the Democrats just before
Christmas. Well, they came back as
mild as lambs, and as inoffensivs.
Gov. Chamberlain vetoed Leslie's bill
removing the Court House from Barnwell
G. 81. to Blackville, and Leslie breathed
eternal vengeance. He spoke on the
measure two hours and half, and ap-
pealed to the lowest prejudice and passion
Of. the negro. He swore Chamberlain
had sold out to the Democrats that the
Democrats had determined to carry the
next election by the knife, the bullet and
the rope; that not one of them would
ever sit on that floor as Representative
again, if Chamberlain was not stopped in
his flight to the Democracy; that ar
rangements had been made to bring
troops from Georgia and North Carolina
to run the negroes from the polls, &c. &C.,
the Yilest slang and lying ever listened
to. But his effort proved abortive, and
Notwithstanding Elliott, Humbert, Keith,
Simkins and Whipper helped him, the
the common negroes had just come from
home and had not forgotten the senti-
ment of the people; so they refused to
pass it over the Governors Veto. An
other reason of success was that only 96
members took their seats that day, and
out of that 81 were Democrats, so we
only needed two Republican votes to sus-
tain the veto!
Next, Your Honor (sy Whipper rose to
"a question of privilege" He devoted
himself to the abuse of chamberlain as
an individual" and "the Nsa0s and Courier
asa Journal" I shall not give you any
portion of his speech it was too dis
graceful much of it to be published, and
I think the paper doing so might be
closed up under the law of Congress "for
the suppression of obscene literature"
Suffice it to say that it aoas the most ig-
norant, iasohcnt and malicious uttcranS 1
euer heard, ,.and yet men who make some
slight pretences to decency, elect him to
fill a position on the bench. Can they,
will they, be forgivenf' Let manhood,
honor and civilization only answer the
question. There appears to oe a combi-
nation, headed by Nash, Elliott and
Whipper, to Africanize South Carolina,
and the white republicans begin to quake
before their aggressive strides.
Cavender, a gentleman of New England
extraction, was appointed by the Govern
or as one of the Commissioners on the
Big Bonanza. He required one of the
claimants of the little bonanza to pay
him 25 per cent in cash before he would
have the warrants drawn for the claim,
and GOV. Chamberlain hearing of it has
cut of his official head, which is oil well
enough, but he should be more particular
in his appointments.
The most infamous swindle that hiss
turned up this session is bill "to pro-
vide for the payment Of the Bills of the
Bank Of the State" 1t proposes to levy
a tax of two mills tor each of the next
two years, and pay them dollar for dollar.
The first registered are to be paid in full,
and those who cannot register amongthe
first, will be the only ones to loose any
thing, as the taxes will not be sufficient
to pay all. The fraud in this arrange
ment is very patent; these scoundrels
have four hundred thousand dollars ready
to register the moment the bill is passed,
and the honest holders of these bills will
never get dime. This bill has been
read first time, and there is some posi-
bility of it passing; if they can raise the
cash to pay for votes, it is sure, but the
average radical legislator has learned that
being bribed on credit is not very re.
muneratiye, and the hope is that the
founders of this scheme are too poor to
put up the money. Bless goodness ! they
are getting harder up every day.
might here read a moral lecture on the