The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-10-19
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THE ISLANDER REFUTED.


THE ISLANDER REFUTED.
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I'VE give bellows response to the calum-
nious letter published in these columns
last week, copied from the st. Paul
(Minn.) Press and Tribune, upon which
we commented at the time. The writer
of the letter herewith appended has been
a resident of this section; for six xsyears,
and IS much better entitled 10 give all
opinion upon the situation than one
whose residence is not of longer duration
than six weeks or two months, He
speaks as Republican, too, but not as q
prejudiced partisan, who is willing to
villify and traduce good citizens without
cause,cyWes commend the letter Of Mr..
Greene to the citizens Of the Northern
States Who may chance to read this
paper, and we would suggest to our ex;
changes that its. republication. in, their
columns will assist to refnte the ISLANDERS
so industriously circulated by enemies of
the South, including the carpet-bag Gov
ernor Of South Carolina, who is just now
engaged most extensively in this dirty:
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SENECA CITY, S. c., Oct. 6, 1876.
Editors Lntelhqencer: A friend called
my attention to letter in your paper,
copied from a. Minnesota paper, but
written by o Northern man from Wal
halla, which is so we'll calculated to de-
ceive the readers of that paper that 1
have taken the liberty to write to its
editor to set the matter right; for no man
knows. better than. myself that there is
scarcely "a grain ofatruth in the whole
letter. r made, the acquaintance of the
writer when he came here, took him to
my house, ,yand had ample opportunity. to
form an opinion of the man. He was
one of those honest Belimsaning sortpf
people that we, often~meet, who have a
HAPPY faculty os making themselves dis
agreeable Whenever. an opportunity pre-.
sents itself. At the North we call them
fanatics; at the South they are fire.
eaters: If you agree with them you are
an honest man, if you don't you are a
thief; and they are a class that often
have the opportunity to do much harm.
He, was going to the mountains Of
Western North Carolina where 'fattering
prospects had been held ont to him; but
he;was disappointed in his expectations,
became homesick, and possibly out of
money, aud in that frame of mind he
wrote that letter to 'sfre the Northern
beaft,s and I regret sthat it has beeH
used for that purpose. Now, I am q
Northern mans:and have lived six years
at the South, am. good Republican-no
msncgoes before me in his devotion to
the party, and I defend it and advocate
its principles whenever the opportunity
presents itself-and / qahxdo no less than
say that no man has ever offered me an
insult: or spoken. an, unkind word to me
mall these years. I have everywhere
beefrtreated with the greatest, coaasidera7
tions, often greater than / deserved: /
have. never heard q threat, nor have I
ever thougM my life or property any
more unsafe than it would be in Massa-
chusetts- came here to make homes
notsto seek an Office and rob you, not to
force my political views upon you. nor
to aid that band of rascals who have
stolen the s"lirerysof Heaven to serve the
Devil in, and under the guise Of Reppb-
licanism, and to its seternal disgrace, have
robbedYana sfniued yods stass@ 4Shave
neither gnipathy nor srespeeE fos Those
political parasites lwhe fhang upon the
skirts Of the. Republican Party;a5watching
their opportunity TO plunder and to steal !;
and the great party that represents the
wealth and intelligence Of the North is
held responsible for their crimes.
.Tjhayei read with much: satisfaction
your, article on Northern men in the
South. ."st'I endorse every word of it.
You can quote me as a living instance OF
its truth; Northern man, a Republican
of the straitestsect instantin season and
out of season to give reason for the
faith that is in him, in whose veins flows
no drop of Democratic blood, Union
soldier who bears honorable scars, and
one, too, you may add, that is hopeful
when this gang tof3 thieves shall have
been driven into obscurity, and the'places
that now ,kpoM them, shall know them no
more forever, that there will rise up here
onlthe soils South Carolina Repubh-
cani;;party to which an honest man may
conseientionsly belong, and at the men
ton Of whose name he need not hide his
face iaTshame0H TCsL2N a III
respectfully yours,
GILBERT JAY GREENE.
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