The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-30
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the mind1 of the credulous aad ignoran
the unfounded assertion that Goyerno,
nahilSon Is responsible for the rcssage O
.he .ence law set, are bent on producinl
dlscord IN the Democratic Y,.il,s, and find
Ing nothing founded in truth upon which
70 produce division, have TgsoIted to tht
most groundless fabrications. Goyerno,
hampton had nothing whatever to do with
the fence act until it was passed by til,
Legislature, md then he only sllowed thc
VIII OF the people, as expressed by theiI
Senators and Representatives, TO become a
law. This act was not even passed com.
! manding anything TO be done or'not to bt
done' but it simply gave the people The
r'ght to say for themselves whether tley
would make change or not Would II
not have been presumption and tyranny
Tor either Governor Hampton or the legis.
iators to have said to the people, "You
shall not have the right to decide for your.
selves about IL IS matter ?" Now. when
this act, about which so much complaint
mas been made is analyzed, it amounts sim.
ply to referring the question to the people
to decide for themselves, and il there is any
| complaint to be made il must be against
one another for differing on this subject,
anu not against the Governor nor the Lcyis.
lature. The fence question cannot be made
political question, and no intelligent and
honest man will try to make It so, for both
parties Joined in passing it. The Demo.
Gratis had majority in the House Of Rep.
resentativcs, and the Republicans had ma.
jority in the Senate, and yet both these
bodies pa.sed it. 1t will also be remcm.
bered that Senator Cochran three years ago
had similar ac. passed for this County,
when the Senate and House were both
Republican by two thirds maj critics, and
the last Republican State Convention
passed as one of the planks of its platform
the following:
"Hecognizing the enormous expense of
fcncing farms, and the scarcity of timber in
some sections Of the State, we feel it to be
necessary that practical relief be afforded to
the people of the State, and we pledge our
selves to secure such legislation upon the
subject as will give to the electors of each
county the right to regulate this question
for themselves"
Thus 1t will be seen the Republican party
was fully committed to the passage of such
an act as the present one; and hence, if the
Democratic party had not succeeded, an net
similar to the present one W. lid have been
passed, according to the Republican plat
form; and hence, 10th political parties may
Justly be said to favor the present law, and
neither has any just cause to take any adj
vantage of the position of the other OH this
question.
We have written this article because It
has been called to our attention that mum.
Der of designing men are endeayoring to en-.
gender feeling of bitterness in the minds
of the uninformed 1pon this subject, with
view to running independent candidates in
the next clectien. They should be spurned
as the most deadly vipers. Any man who
would either run or assist Others to run as
independent candidates, oYor this or any
other subject in the next election, is public
enemy to good government in South Carroll.
ma, and deserves to be consigned to eternal
Infamy by all good citizens We are only
beginning to establish our government and
language fails us in which to express our
utter contempt foE, and condemnation OF.
the infidel hands that would help for any
personal cause to tear down the glorious
fabric we have just reared amid the difficul.
ties and trials of our last canvass. If we
have personal differences over the fence law,
or any other subject, let us settle those diff.
ferences in our primary election; but come
what.may, after that election let it be under
stood that every decent man votes the ticket
nominated. If we do not like any man or
set of men, let us turn out ON the day Z:
nomination and beat them if we can. 1t was
this determination to abide the nominations
which carried us through in the last elec-
ton. and we must have it again in the next.
Write every man who tries to make road
for independent candidates in the next elcc.
ton down Gs an unworthy Office seeker cid
demagoGue. The differences men n. " have
upon other subjects will not aife,t their
Democracy if they are sincere Democrats.
Over the fence question it cannot do so, for
the Republican party is as strongly CON-
mittcd to the new law as the Democratic
party.