The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-09-28
Wisdom. Justice and Moderation.

Grange Reporter has an excellent eulCo-
rial article, which cannot be too highly
commended for its sagacity and apposit-
ness. Just now, the Radical press East
and West are eagerly catching up every
intemperate expression of Southern ora
tory and using it with prodigious effect.
We cannot aid our brethren in ther bat
tie against Radicalism more than by dis
cretion in word or deed; we cannot do
them more signal damage than by the
use of violence in speech or action. This
central truth the Reporter conveys as fol-
lows:
"Nothing gives more genuine pleasure
to Radical politicians in the North just
before elections, than riots in the South.
Dead negroes are food and nourishment
to their party. The loss oflife they count
as nothing when compared to the gain
that results to the party. Many of the
honest Northern people, and all the dis
honest ones, believe that the Southern
whites are the bitterest enemies of the
blacks; that they want only the slightest
pretext to do wholesale murder; that but
for the dominion of the Radical party
and the subsequent protection it affords
them, the negroes would speedily be en-
shaved or exterminated. Hence their
philanthropic souls yearn after the safety
oftheir colored brethren; and the strong
est appeals that can be made to them are
that in Radical success is the only saliva
tion of Sambo.
Everything done in the South that
can be distorted into confirmation of
these assertions, of course directly aids
the Radicals. Now it is the part of a
wise general to find out:what his enemy
wants him to do, and then not to do it.
1t being evident that the RAIDS want riots
at the South, it behooves Southern
whites to put away from them even the
thought of violence. Let US determine
to keep the peace, no matter what may
be the proyocation. 1t is better to make
| a slight sacrifice of feeling than to resent
ill.treatment, no matter how just the re-
sentiment might be.
"In this section there has been no clash
between the races. The relations they
sustain to each other are of the most har-
nonious kind. Let them continue so.-
IF, in the excitement of the campaign,
the blacks should be led into any extrav-
agant conduct of any kind-of which we
now see no prospect-let US meet it with
that wisdom, justice and moderation
which might be expected of those who
claim intellectual and social superiority.
It is better to bear somewhat, and forbear
a great deal, than to give place to indig-
nation. no matter how righteous, and
thus endanger the common cause.
"These remarks may not be needed
we hope they will not be; but few
words of caution will certainly not be
considered out of place, when we remem-
Der how easily the passions of men are
excited, and how great matter may be
kindled by little fire. Now is the time
| above all others when we should culti-
yate the kindliest feelings toward the
black race, and thus give the lie to those
mischief-makers of the North who so
continually brand US as ku klux, outlaws
and assassins."
The course pursued by Gen. Hampton
in South Carolina should be followed by
other orators. He has made friends and
converts by the sobriety of his dem eanor
and and 'H the temperance Of his oratory: We
believe that the Radicals should be de-
nounced, and roundly too; but there is a
way of being excruciatingly severe, and
yet preserving the decorum of parlia-
mentary discussion. Gen. Hampton has
kept himself at highwater in this par
ticular, and, by so doing, has made no
capital for the enemy abroad, and yet
won thousands, who have been heretofore
hostile to his support. His example is
worthy of imitation.-Augusta Constitu-
tionalist.