The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-12-14
EDITORIAL NOTES.


stitutional House Of Representatives of
South Carolina. was sent by ti,tt House
with message to the Senate, but was
refused admission into tina. body. The
Senate thus cuts off all communication
with the representatives Of the reople,
and helps to uphold the usurpntion which
is nov being attempted. The people
who overthrow these miserable wretchcs
mt the polls, will in the next election
overthrow the Senators who are thus
thYartirg the popular will
Gold is only sl.07a cents in New York.
That does not look like The business men
of Wall Street thought the result OF the
Presidential election in much doubt. II
is also an indication that they do not
have much fear Of revolution, for if so
the demand for gold would be 30 great
that its price would be much higher.
The fact is, the people know Tilden has
been fairly elected President, and they do
not mean to have any foolishness over his
inauguration. Hayes, Grant, Chandler
& Co. to the contrary. Notwithstanding.
The price Of gold is an exceedingly en-
conraging feature of the present crisis.
General Hampton asks our people to
have patience, and says that he never
thought it advisable to inform his ene-
mics as to what moves he expected to
make, and therefore he does not choose
to inform the Republicans at this time as
to the manner in which the Democrats
intend to thwart the infamous usurpation
which is attempted by the robber band
of South Carolina. We need not expect
to be delivered from the tyrants' grasp
Immediately. but we have an immovable
confidence in the SUCCESS of our cause.
1t may not be completed before March,
but when it is accomplished. it will bring
II thorough reformation to us.
Republican politicians are beginning to
think seriously of going back on negro
suffrage in the States, as they have In
the District of Columbia. This is alto
gether because they see that the long
career of robbery of the Southern States,
which the negro population at last finds
affects them as ir does white men, is turn
ing the negro vote against them. The
Ohio State Journal, the home organ of
Hayes, says: "The fair thing to do, /
should the present Democratic terrorism
and intimidation in the South be pcrpct-
uated, would be to count out the blacks
entirely in the basis of representation, in
which case the South would lose fifty
electoral votes and fifty representatives
in. Congress-" a similar proposition is
made by the Chicago Inter. Ocean.
The great Centennial Farce continues
in South Carolina, and the free people of
this nation still blush with shame when
they read the news from the old Palmetto
State. What n contrast! One of the
original sisters of this great country, PIN
Toned with bayonets, and cnslaved to
aliens aud thieves. The pride of Ameri-
cans has been insulted and their honor
tarnished by. the iniscreahts who have de-
fed all laws and all precedents iii this
State, and who are to-day endeavotiug to
lake South Carolina denof thieves and,
usurpers. A day of fearful reckoning is
in store for these cuIprits. Patience and
obedience will triumph over crime and
shame. evenifthe bayonets of the nation
do uphold them. nI.; al iu
rtil :att l. .poil -e,s,s ,s.. ,s.
The electoral vote has been cast, end
the regularly attested returns give Tilden
1856; Hayes 1S4. A few days ago Re-
publicans claimed that+he certified vote
must stand whether right or.wrong. Was
that position taken upon convictioh of
principle, or. upon the Radical principle
that the decision must be made TO suit
the interests Of the party2 Wn snail sec.
In either case, however, Mr.. Tilden will
now be President, as the Democrats have
already broken the head of Radicalism
with the very weapon which had been
provided to destroy Democracy. They
have the vote, and the Senate cah either
cqunt it or not. lit is counted as cast,
I,lden is President. Ifitis rejected, the
House will elect him President. i.. -f.hi,I