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

proves that 1t enteitains local prejudics.
! We can afford to listen TO these mutter-
ings cs the Ners and Surier, however,
With tho Same complacensy that marked
our attention when It YVES she defender
OF Chamberlain and the opponent of
silver reconciliation. w
What 1t 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
faro:ea coalition but afterwards joinet.
ir the rally 10 save the State.
AS the Mews and Courier has greatly
misrepresented our continents towards
Charleston by publishing one part with
out the other of our editorial. we re-
specsfuliy request IL 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 we'll add that all this talk
about geographical sections of South
Carolina is deemed unfortunate by our
people, and that it amounts to q gre7s
deal more in Imagination than it does in
reality. There is no prejudice with us
against Charleston, except that which Ia
engendered by such unkind remarks as
those made by Mr. Memminger, or even
those of the News and Courisy, at times,
when 1t goes to some undue extreme
Such policies iDjure Charleston aud the
whole State. Between the masses of the
people Of the low-couptry 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 como men who think they ought
to be leaders, but cannot get other peo-
pie to agree with them. We know the
people of Charleston woll enough to be.
lieve that they are 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 ..sy 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 ard wishes of others, and to at
tempt it is to seek after failure. 1t is
time for the differences of the two sec.
lions to be settled forever. We have
but little State. The whole of it Ia
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 helittle
one.another.
The INTELLIGENCER has always been
anu Is to-day, friendly to the prosp Gritty
of Charleston, and has never contained
o slur upon her people that we know of
At times we have felt bould to differ
from some policies adopted by her citi.
zens, but we hsve always done SO candid.
!! ly and fairly, Aa t9 aon.e ;;:a:-:duaIi
we may at times have made strong re.
marks, but we have never applied these
to the people of Charleston, We hsye
done 60 because we believed their course
was not only injurious TO our section OF
the State, bnt to Charleston herself
We hope tho 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 treaty of per.
manent peace, based upon the acknowl.
edgment of equal integrity of character
and of purpose in oil the people of our
State.