The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-08-31
EDITORIAL NOTES.

j. S. CCTHRAN, OF ADDevllie.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Governor Hayes says in his letter of
acceptance that he only wants one term
of the Presidency. 1t is pity for him
to be so modest in his aspirations, and
yet not be able to have them grati6ed.
He is one of the many thousands who
are wanting things they cannot get.
Col. j. Wash Watts, of Laurens, pub.
lished an article some time since showing
that superior hay could be made Of the
common rag weed which grows in our
fields after crop of small grain. This
is the time to cut and cure the weed.
Our farmers should try this for them
selves to test its practicability. If it can
be made available as hay, the crop of
rag weeds will decidedly appreciate in
value:
Colored men, vote for Hampton. He
is a friend Of your race, and to-day has
his former slaves living upon his planta-:
tions in Mississippi. They are contented
and prosperous, and love and honor the
noble Carolinian who is. nominated for
Governor of South Carolina. He tells
the people Of this State that if he is
elected he will be the Governor of the
whole people, and will give equal justice
to all classes of our people.
E1-Goy. VIM. Allen, the rag baby
fanatic of Ohio, says that Tilden's letter
of acceptance enunciates the policy, Of
his party on the finance question, and
that it is "a shrewd, able, statesmanlike
paper" He considers it the germ Of
future REFORM" and will vote and labor
for his election. The Democracy of the
Union are sinking all diferencies in the
common effort to reform the national
government, and victory will almost GER
tainly crown their efforts.
The Washington Republican, Grants
kitchen organ, says that Secretary Came
ron's letter of instruction to Sherman,
which was dictated by the President for
the purpose of arranging for carrying
Southern States by the bayonet, is worth
hundred thousand votes to the Repub-
lican party. It ought to be worth some
thing to that party, for it will cost them
more than that many votes in the coming
election. This oppression of the South
will drive thousands of the Independent
vote throughout the Union into the Dem
ocratic party.
Judge Shaw has written letter to the
Sumter Bar in which he expresses his
determination to hold on to his Office for
the full term of four years, unless over
ruled by higher tribunal, giving as his
reasons for doing so that it is in his judg-
ment that the law makes the term four
years, and that the Bar of the State gen
orally agree with him, and that the Gov
z ernor has so decided the matter. He
expresses reliance upon the support Of
the Governor to assist him in preventing
F. J. Moses, jr., from usurping the posi-
ton. The letter is courteous and digni-
fed in its tone.
General McC Clellan, who was one of the
finest Generals in the Northern army
during the late war, has written letter
strongly advocating the election of Til
den. He fayors civil service reform,
economy in public expenditures, and
local self-government in all the States.
The letter declares that too great and un-
interrupted power is apt to lead it into
corruption, and that the Republican
party of to-day is unable to free itself
from rings and effect reformation. He
desires reform, and thinks the eleva-
ton of the Democracy to power will
effect it. The letter concludes by calling
upon his comrades of the war to support
Tilden. 1t will have strong influence
in Tilden's favor.
About year ago Grant told Ames,
then Governor of Mississippi, when he
wanted troops to sustain him in power
in that State: "The whole people are
tired out with these annual autumnal
outbreaks. in the South, and the great
majority are ready to condemn any in
reference on the part of the Govern
ment." The President thinks our people
have had a resting spell, and now wishes
to tire them out again by this military
interference which they then condemned.
He and his party will have cause to re-
gret his temerity before the Presidential
election is over. The people of the Uni
ted States are the sovereigns of this coun-
try, and the President cannot thwart
their will by the use of troops.
The colored people who vote to keep
the Radicals in power are voting to keep
themselves poor and their children in
ignorance. The present rate of taxation
makes people pay lower wages for labor,
and as long as the Republican party re-
mains in power taxes will:be high. The
school money is squandered, and the
poor children, white and colored, are un-
able to go to school except during a few
months in the year, because the Repub-
Icans keep back a part of the money.
One-third Of the school money Of this
County is kept back this year, Our peo'