The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-11

WHICH Will 10 ihhut USicre the time fOf
the inauguration OF the President, will
be- euch as 10 cause oil fairminded men
to admit fhat ths State gave. an honest
With thess con9icti6nG resting upog The e
ruiRds OF the idtelligent people of the
North .of4hoth .patties. they will not gus
ssifsh leadeTs ~ Wasbineten sdn,9S II tbeU Se1
..ltsmpt q Sst i saids the pepaiar verdict sTS
and Aasutb the govesnaSsnt' by military
foree. Him che opinion. Of the people,
It becomes peceasary, TO- avert such q ca,
iamity IS civil war ,pr. deadly strife. they
viii maize such demonstrations Of tiiei;
d!sappf6 f6bfations a5 will cohviice tiieir
repssseHtatiyeSi'in Congress tliatnsuch q
coqrse. cannot eompand their. anptnval
nhq support. .,t.,,,,.. ..,, s -.
Ny Judgment, therefore, is that the
Democracy of'the North, conscious as
they arc that their candidates triumphed
in the late election iand were fairly and
honestly elected, ehould stand firmly by
them and see that they are inaugurated
and placed III the full possession Of all
the authority and rights resulting from
such election. There should be no hest.
tation,. no fiinchipg and no backing down
on tI.eir part. Let the Northern Demo
Gratis take this course earnestly and reso-
lutely,' and the Democrats Of the Soutl,
viii stand by them, and there viii! be no
bioodshed, no war, no usurpatiop and
no military revolution. Eiit the will o.
the people as expressed at the ballot box
will be carried out; and peace aud pi.,s-
perity. will be .reatorsd. The very fact
that the country is determined not to
submit to military usurpation, If the de-
termination Is fully understood and real
lied, will avert the usurpation.
In that event, President Tilden, who is
an able lawyer aud statesman, aud who
was brought up in the old school of the
great otatesmen who founded, and for
many ye:. 70 administered the government,
will naturally, during his administration
do all in his power to bring it back into
the old channels. He will make the
military. in time Of peace, aubordinste ,u
the civil authority, and he will restore
local seifgOvernnent to those States
where the right has been taken from
them by fraud and military usurpaton,
and by the end Of his four years term
we shall have returned to the old land
snarbs of the fathers. There will then
be no more useof the army Of the United
States TO cOntrOl elections, or to aid in
| Gust. And we will no more bee the mill
tary used to prevent the assemblage OF
the legally elected Legislature Of a State
Every person acquaicted with popular
opinion III the Southern States must ad-
init that there is n uuanimity Of senti.
ment up0n this issue which is without
precedent Oh. parallel. Few candid per.
sOnD deny thut the grossest frauds have
been perpetrated in South Carolina, Flor.
ida and Louisiana, by the Radicals, t,
| secure the votes Of those States for theil
candidates, in defiance, Of the popular
will, aa legally and peaceably expressed
| at the ballot box,
We believe Tildehr and Hendricks nrs
iairly 'elected, and that she people Of che
United States should see TO il that tn q,
are .ipangnrated. We are satisfied thu
our Democratic brethren in the Northern
Statea concur with us in this opinion
and that they are ready TO stand ;by ant
vindicatel the right. What, then, shoult
be our course ip this crisis, when the fu
ture existence Of, republican. .governmen
hangsfn the baIancef' Ardently dcsirfnt
q peaceGul solution of the difficulty, ",
should do no. rash act. We should. b.
quiet, digni6ed and. cautious. But. ",
should be firm and true. We should sac
rifice upon the altar OF patriotism al
tpersonal interest and ambition whicl
conflict With dutylil And ws should hav,
but o, single reply, TO all Inquiries afte
our position. Which reply, expressly,
Of our Arm rcsofve, should Be this: "W,
have eonf1deucein' the Northern :Democ
racy. We. leave them to decide this is
sue. And we will, during. tho, emergen
cy, stand by them with immoyable firm
ness, be The cohseguei:ces ,6adf they may =
This reply assumes no,leadership.
puts the South in her proper position
It fully accorda with populal sentiment
IT will not be misunderstood. Ana
will require no explanation. "''"''''
f. Very respectfully your feilowlcitizeii
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