The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-05-09

proves that entertains local prejudice.
We can afford to listen to these mutter-
ings of the Neus and Courier, however,
with the same complacency that marked
our attention when it was the defender
of Chamberlain and the opponent of
silver reconciliation.
What it says about straight-outism is
entirely foreign to our article, and We
only wish to say that we have no unkind
feelings for the Democrats who at first
favored coalition but afterwards Joined
in the rally to save the State.
AS the Ne,Us and Courier has greatly
misrepresented our sentiments towards
Charleston by publishing one part with
out the other of our editorial, we re-
spectfully request it in fairness to repro
duce the whole article, that its readers
may judge for themselves as to our re-
marks.
While we are upon this subject, we
had just as well add that all this talk
about geographical sections of South
Carolina is deemed unfortunate by our
people, and that it amounts to a great
deal more in Imagination than it does in
reality. There is no prejudice with US
against Charleston, except that which is
engendered by such unkind remarks as
those made by Mr. Memminger, or even
those of the Mears ana Courier, at times,
when it goes to some undue extreme.
Such policies injure Charleston and the
whole State. Between the masses of the
people of the low-country and of the
up-country there is no quarrel, and ought
to be none. Our interests are the same.
The only disturbing force is the discon-
tent of some men who think they ought
to be leaders, but cannot get other peo-
pie to agree with them. We know the
people of Charleston we'll enough to be-
lieve that they nre tired of the self-asser-
ton of these sectional agitators, and
that the near future will see them step
down and out of the places they have
used to foment issues which are unfortu-
nate, TO say the least of them. Charles
ton cannot afford to encourage this strife.
Ii she could control the politics of the
State by it, she would have wrought her
own ruin by.-driving OFF her commerce.
But as the State is now organized,
Charleston cannot control The politics of
South Carolina without reference to the
views and wishes of Others, and. to at
tempt it il to seek after failure. 1t is
time for the differences of the two Sec
tions to be settled forever. We have
but a little State. The whole of it is
interested in making Charleston the
greatest commercial point possible, and
Charleston is interested in being On
friendly terms with the interior, in order
to encourage the friendship which is ne
cessary for her very life. We have
enough common foes to fight, without
misconstruing and seeking to belittae
one.another.
The INTELILGENcER mas always been,
and is to-day, friendly to the prosperity
of Charleston, and has never contained
q slur upon her people that we know Of
At times we have felt bound to differ
from some policies adopted by her citi-
zens, but we have always done so candid
ly and fairly. As to some individuals
we may at times have made strong re.
marks, but we have never applied these
to the people of Charleston. We have
done so because ne believed their coure
was not only injurious to our section Of
the State, but to Charleston herself
We hope the time will come when there
will be no discord IN our State, and
therefore we not only wish for truce on
this subject, but we want o treaty of per-
manent peace, based upon the acknowl.
edgment of equal integrity of character
and of purpose in all the people of our
State.