The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-08-17
A REMARKABLE COURSE.

ly inconsistent, for in 1872 it staunchiy
opposed any coalition with Republicans
and its influence defeated the bolter's
reform movement, which was the hrsl
serious effort to effect compromise
and if it ever could have been accom-
plished, that was the year in which. the
Democrats of the State could have sue
cessfully inflated the course of Virginia
and Tennessee. The. Mems and Courier
and icounsellors of its way of thinking
caused this opportunity to pass unim'
proved. It then opposed any coalition
with Republicans, and. declared prefer
,ence for the corrupt Moses over Reuben
'Tomlinson, of Pennsylvania, because the
former was native. Although its sup
port of Moses was a negative one, it was
sufficient to secure his election Two
years later this paper denounced Cham
berlain and favored u coalition with the
Republicans under Hon. John t, Green
who was native ofthe State 1t has now
takenanother step, and not only advocates
a coalition, which it defeated when there
was chance Of success four years ago.
but wants that, coalition with Chamber
lain, the man it denounced two years
ago, and who is Il Massachusetts, carpet
Dagger, who came into this State and
raised negro company to garrison one
of our counties after the war; a carpet
bagger, who stands responsible in a great
measure for the swindles of the land
commission, and for the fraudulent issue
Of millions of bonds in the way Of State
debt; a ,carpet-bagger, who advocates
miscegenation ino our University, and
has done nothing as, Attorney: General o.
Governor to bring TO- punishment his
corrupt, political and personal friends
who plandered a war stricken State "a
carpet,bagger, who spurned the offer 81
friendship from Democrats by deliberate
" insulting and ridiculipg; them in an
iuncalled-for letter to Morton, and who
traduced aud slandered our people by
letters written as Governor in regard to
the Hamburg affair. This sthe man with vt
whom the Ne,os and Courier asks thep
pie to coalesce. Itis important, there
fore, to look into its reasons and the
manner in,which! it attempts to secure F
its end. ifls .Io 70 sT diir1 iior' I'd rao
1--WE have already dissected its eighteen
reasons fos supporting the Governor, and q !
shown that there was nothing substantial
in them, and that at least four of them
we're unfounded in fact: ri =, aaifem
: We now wish to call attention to the
recent course of the Nelos, and Courier,
and show that it is both unjust and inju-
rious to our people. We do this in no
captious mood, but because we feel it to
be our duty as public journalists 70 give
word of warning to the people, and to
show our contemporary howits course is
viewed by many. There is great and
merited complaint that the ;Neus and
.Cowier publishes statements which are
damaging to the interests Of Democracy,
and to the fair reputation OF, f,out State,
without having them properly apthert5i7
Gated, thereby giving the. first impress
sions, which aremostla lasting,inan anfa-
vorable light, and often BY having its
reports copied in other papers, spreading fa aElg
erroneous reports where iag correction will
never9be seen. 1T cannot plead that its
correspondents are eb!ameable,I for it could
and should dismiss them if they ATE not
me-. of the character and qualifications
acceptableJto the proprietors. The pub
lie mind is right in condemning any
management which presents incorrect
statements, damaging to the people and
to the cause of truth. There are several
notable factsthat cause complaint against
the Ne,os and. Courier, pre.eminent among
which are its reports Of the Hamburg af:-
fray and comments upon it. Unpublished
the most damaging statements iticould
CLEAN from other papers, and when its
correspondent went, upon the, scene, he
obtained his information from Prince
Rivers, the testimony before the Coroner's
inquest and the versions aof Republicans
about the matter, and made no effort to
secure the statements Of Gen. Butler and
the citizens of Edge6eld anditAiken
Counties. It's exaggerated reports furn-
ished much political capital for the
''bloody shirt" Republicans Of the Nor Y
ton, Blaine and Logan stamp. There
was no word of vindicatior or of expla.
nation; not one word Of condemnation
Of the course Of the Governor in allow
this company to be armed and officered
by such man as Prince Rivers for Major
General, nor Of the incompetency Of this
same man Rivers for the position Of trial
Justice After these, reports. have been
given To- the world, and have made all
the capital for the Republicans that they
desire, the Neys and Courier finds that Ia
there aretwo sides, and proceeds to state
the othersside, -butit'is too late toireach
the popular ear, and its damage cannot
be repaired by any such course, Speak
ing of the witnesses for the defense, the
News aud Courier says: "The witnesses
are citizens of good character and high
standing. In'any court of justice their
words would outweigh the words of ex-
cited and alarmed negroes, who in many
cases are proved to have made extraordi-
nary blunders, if they did not foully
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