The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-11-29
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The disease Of social trorble was rot
there, Because tho .predispossng cauaaa
were not there. Our Andis not filled
with money rings stock jobbers, and
huge tndnop0lies and accumulation OF
capital 70 grind labor into dust aud drive
the working man to desperation, wiioro
he has 70 be slaughtered in the name Of
order. Whilst dehouncing the spirit of :
lswlessness, therefore, il Is also well to
denounce thoso by whom offenses come.
Set your faces againat thess, too, my
friends, and let them end mo, favor witk
you at the ballot box. Whilst it ia kept
pure and ID controlled by conservative
inGieaces, we arc safe. The stronghold
Of conservatism and of law 10 in the
homes of those who I'LL the soil and live
npon the fields. "Firm as the eyerlhst-
ling hills" ssys the proverb, and the In.
habitant of these hills or plains rcquircs
something of the stability of his home
stead. In the very, 1iass;,::T-o of his eentipa-
ton, the man of the fields in also o MAJ,
OF stability and peace. To him VIC look
ior Resistance to new and untried things,
t1E tho preservation of old landmarks.
When riot deluges the city sn blood or
wraps its palaces in fame, when asrikes
etop the wheels of the factories, parnlyzs
the arm of law and invite crime to come
forth to his carnival, and ertful dema-
| gogues stir the fires Of discord for selfish
Fendr, then indeed do the eyes Of ali pa
triots turn toward the hills whence COM
eth our strength. then indeed do wo look
TO the men of the fields to come mp full
OF the teachings Of their fathers and fresh
from the purity of their flresides af,dtheir
com rnHnipna With 49, 4
promptings of evil end misguided men.
TO restore the strength of the law. and
maintain the freedom and Justice Of so.
ciety. No mon on our continent have
been bettor taught the great lessons Of
true civilization and constitutional Iiber-
| ", for no, men have sat at tho feet of
greater statesmen and er.patriots than
the people Of these Southern Atlantic
States. OF all men, they perhaps best
4 know that all the wealth, we can anlnss
and oil the natural progress our vest re-
sources may enable us TO make are as q
sounding Of brass or the tinkling Of
cymbal-are worse than ynnity, except
the genuine principles Of freedom and of
law are still dominant. In cur hearts.
except tnese abide in the ship, verify ye
cannot 90 saved.
Knowing these things, and removed,
az yc. ere in @ great measure, from the
temptation TO do wrong which Burrohnds
the denseiy populated and manufactur-
ing distTicts Of the land, Ldoubt not bus
you will remain true to your destiny, and
by your strong conservative tendencies
keep the ship for many ages from drift
ing upon tho rocks, and preserve for our
children tho blessings of;free and stable
government. 4 #
10 stimulate you to the Performance
OF these high functions. and 10 ask yoato
ccnsemplate with jealous pride the grand
position You really hold In the economy
oE our American politics, ia my taaK 10.
day. l can learn you little In regard to
the science or agriculture proper. cam
not tell you how TO grow moro cotton
with the sane or less means, and would
not II could. Yon grow. too much as it
Is. The moro of 1t you produce the moro
dependent you become on Western meat
and bread. IF I had my way / would
have every man who called himself
farmer, and yet bought all his meat and
bread In Cincinnati Or St. Louis, indicted
pretenses. Cottofl Is hot I king: N6y by dire dire
necessity, in time Of war. We learned that
food was. You have tried SO long to en-
throne cotton that = is time You were
finding out that your royal parsonage
Like many ouch in Europe, was an expsn-
sive institation-hafdly worth the trap
pings which adorn him.
! But there is class of our popal etien
Iwhose chief occupation Is the production
OF cotton, whose weifare shoald engage
more of your. attention nov than the pro-
duct OF their labor. But lately your
slaves, and poorly fitted for the duties of
citisenahip, the problem Of their future
position is among the ;sssioossss diflieult which
We have to eolya. In my opinion the
proper solution depends also npon the ag-
ricultural people of the South. + is for
you to determine whether they shall or
shall not become active and efficient fac.
tors in the preservation of free govern
ment and the promotion Of oar material
prosperity. Important factors of come
sort they undoubtedly are and viii 5e; if
LEFT to the teachings and influences of
chose whose opinions We regard as detri-
mental to our ideas Of government, they
i Will become to us evil factors In any case.
4 If brought within our own influence then
they will become factors for good or evil
as our opinions may prove Fighter wrong.
For one, think we have too long. per-
! mitted aliens in feeling and intereatt to 4
control these black people at our doors.
For one, am willing for the sake Of put
ting them, "a patti of our cgn people,
under the eontroi of our opinions, to- do
anything consistent with the preservation
of the purity of our blood, and Of those
SSocial distinctions which our Ang g:3-saxon
! pre|adicea in support Of nature nave es-
! tablfghed. EssS'Y
Il as' want 4,G9G, GGt; eco eco of uTa55tisossssdi tiisssdi
! halfcivilized enemies, seated in tha very
bosom of our Southern homes, controlled
| by enemies still more hostile o Thousand
miles away. L do want these 1900, 600,
however, to be our friends, to aid Us to
till our fields, to think as we think, to
feel that theiR interest is our interest and
ours is theirs, 10 sustain the law in the
maintenance Of life, liberty and prosperi-
, / ty, aud by o natural allianee with fho
land give strength to the conservatives
element of our society. Without sssri-
| icing particle. OF what We owe to our
own race ell this can be done, BY attach;
Ing them TO The coil, by aiding them TO
procure good homes, by warning them
continually againat the corruption which
.ios .Is wait t0 eIstIsp siiyis suffrage,
showing them how evil rnless oppress
both black and white, and in all ways
manifestlng a kindly interest in their
welfa7e. Verify, &c -; are ssiisse, stYs will
make our political enemies repent that
they made the black Elen citizens.
4 Such, my friends, are the dutieswhich
prass upon tho rural populations of these