The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-05-31

fappropriating as much money to pay IN
terest on them as the Radicals did 7
Again, these gentlemen arraign susq for
calling on the: Senate to :interpose its
Radical arm to prevent the preparation.
They. surely forget that the, Senate is a
Democraticsbody also. They snrely$for-
get that nearly every Radical in the
House-ifs not every one-voted with
them 10 appropriate this money, and il
they accepted Radical votes to pass itin
the House, We see no reason why the
same class Of votes might not reasonably
.beIcalled on to defeat it In the Senate.
The Radicals have done US so much. harm
that we.donot believe it is any crime to
ask them. to do one good act; though we
did not call on any party 70 do this. We
called upon: the Senate and the Governor.
Ifwehad, however, called uponthe Bad
licals they should not object, as the present
policy Of the administration is not very
hostile to Republicans but on the con-
trary, we find them occupying, by Dem
ocratic election and appointment, Offices
FROM the. highest t.; the lowest. "a ~,
AS to the crime Of opposing Governor
Hampton q wishes, we have onlyl,toisay
that we supposed we were in full accord
with him ON this Important question; but
if it be true that We see the matter diff
ferentlys from thim, we are certainly not
the only Democrat who does so.a Gov.
Hampton is not, and we do not believe
that he desires TO be, dictator. II This is is
q free government, and a man cannotsbs
ruled out ofthe Democratic party because
hedoes not think as Governor Hampton
thinks. Df. Brown, one of the Repre-
sentatives from this County, does not
agree with the. Financial policy proposed,
and a number of other leading Democrats
in the House and Senate agree with. him,
but they do not mean. any antagonism to
the Governor, nor sdisrespect to- him.
They are, not responsible to the. Cover
nor, but to their constituents. The will
of the Legislature was never intended to
be subservienti to the Executive If so,
this department would be abolished as
an expensive and useless portion Of our
Jurisprudence, The discussion Of all
measures freely, but courteously, is the
greatest safety which our:: people cal,
hare under our form:o Of government, and
we know Governor Hampton well enough
to believe tbathe desires such discussion,
that the public will may be ascertained:
u We believe that the Bonded debt Of
South Carolina contains some immense
frauds, and it is very probable it will he
much larger than is now supposed. But
even if it stands now about the same
amount as the just debt Of the State was
before reconstruction, we would not be
willing to pay it without examination.
Only half of the original debt is in this
consolidated debt; the balance may be
fraudulent; if 50, it should not be paid.
We have no axe to grind in this matter
and do not believe the delegation has
any. IL is a simple difference Of opinion
to which We are entitled, and il which We;
believe both parteslase sinceres'iWe do
not desire directly or 'indirectly'ito have
this immense debt saddled upon our
oppressed people, and therefore want the
financial policy ofthe new administration
to be carefully considered, that We may
escape the impending evils which may
result from speedy and inconsiderate
action. % i,f;i s.'96| ~ .s5i'9G3t.f!.t