The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-14
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dentally result from separation and
old, when differences arose between him
aud his kinsman, the South said. Let
there be no strife, .,Eay thee, between
shee and, me, or between thy hesdmen
end my herdmen, for we be brethren. Is
not the whole land before thee? Scpa-
rate shyself Ipray thee, from me-"
THE WAR.
Animated by the peaceful spirit of the
PatTiaizSii;;, sshe S.aa.he.n States formed n
separate government. Thia was stoutly
opposed. It was denied that these States
Had either tho cause or the right TO SO.
cedc. 1t seemed to be considered that
; the separation would injuro tho other
States, and that 20 their welfare the South
was indispensable. The desire wac to
retain the Southern people as fellow
citizens, and, 1t must 30 assumed, as
brethren with equal rights. To over
throw tina separate government war of
invasion was waged for nearly five years
With tireless determination and ever
increasing yigor. The defence was 0s
earnest and resolute as the attack was
powerful. purposcly omit all details Of
the terrible conflict, as it would here
serve no good end, only saying in passing
that the whole South, regarding the cauae
as that of home and country, became an
armed camp, and made defence which
astonished the world. But in accordance
with the analogies of history the victory
remained with the heaviest batealions.
The huge eclipse Of Appomattox came !;
the Confederate Government, the expo.
nent Of Southern independence, was
crushed by the mailed hand og power
and its SCARED and battered veterans
were surrendered, paroled aud returned
to their homes. Let us pause for mo-
ment. IF the tongue were paralyzed the
heart would speak. How much happi-
ness, how many hopes, how many loved
companions lie buried herel
Tradition. legend, tune apd song
Shall many an age that wall prolong:
u Still from the sire the son shall hear
OF the stern strife snd carriage drear.
Where sliyered was fair ScOtlant's spear
And broken was her shield.
RECONSTRUCTION.
At the close Of the war the army Of the
victors occupied the South. Slavery was
abolished, and the freedmen we're enff.n-
chised aud incorporated as new element
of citizenship. The laws known as Re.
construction Acts Of Congress were pass.
ell, and tho body pQlitic thus newly con.
stitated was invited to reconstruct the
State governments and thus was pre-.
sented for solution by the South the most
difficult political problem in all history.
After that the delugc. The fountains
of he great deep were broken up. Black
horrors, worse than war or the plaques OF
Egypt, fell upon the South. Swarms OF
new people, mostly adventurous, covered
the whole country. The very anomalous
condition of aifairs afforded them potent
agencies with which to accomplish their
purposes. Race domination il always
anti-republican and oppressive, but when
the more ignorant raeo 10 Che moro nu.
,nerouR aud dominant it becoines iutole.
rnble. The original citizens, possessing
whn. property was left in the country
less numerous and in part disfrauchised
were overborne by numbers banded to.
gethsr by race aflinitics and the cohesive
power Of public plumber. They were
excluded from all participation in the
government OF their fathers, and made
strangers in their own country. With
some exceptions the Offices were seized
by q motley band of political upstarts
harlequins and mountebanks, of al races
and nations, and OF every degree of ignn.
rpEce ana audacity. Then Followed the
saturnalia of corruption, % nightmare oi
horrors la the naGeiaf liberty
Truth requires 1t to be ssid that nc
country in any age--not Poland, Hun,
gary, OrIreland, not Roumania under the
Tnrk--was eyer in q condition compare
BILE 10 that of the !,;;;;,thernaStates for 6
few years after the war. Many circum
stances contributed to aggravate that
condition. The people were bewiIdered
dazed and dispiritcd. Phe country fat
lost the flower of its manhood, aud wa,
reduced to poverty, FIRST by the exhaust
ing drains of the great atrnggle thrnngl
y whavh it had passed. end then by The
loss aS one fell swoop of two thousand
millions Of dollars from emancipation
and afser thss by .ha Ect gown and un.
told Losses from pecp!atior and plumber
in eyory corner 81 the country and In
every possible form. "Rhat the palmer.
worm hath left, the locust hath eaten
shat the locust hath lefi, tho eanker.
worm hath eaten; and what the cas-. ker.
woTsn hath left, the caterpillar hath
eaten"
So No wise or good man could desire the
continuance of $50 grotesque cnricaturo
of republican government. Surely none
could bo willing TO tolerate il except nar-
haps that peculiar class--happily small
ond growing less--that take pleasure In
ss4sa u 20 bo patriotic
duty to furnish &c any, coss to the coun-
try and 10 hnnaa anily q purgatory for the
& punishElss.. Of rebels. I have often
thought that this confused. stirbnlent
deaolation could be- aptly illustrated BY
Z nothing bur ;hat fearful abyss Of the
4 Paradise Lost t--neither sea lier good dry
lard, that "chaus ON. the xastafil deeph
8 which The asch-eneny OF mankind, just
escsped from the burning stlphura Of his
internal prisor house, encountered ip his
bold ESSAY to reach the, abode of man in
4 ttiu nvly spTcated world. i.
DE1IvERANoE.
But tile evil paasions of men cannot
last forever. Byawiss diBpensation they
Bnbssio aud on this Joyous cCntraemora.
night has passed, ,en6 The light of q glo.
riousS day is beginning to dawn. For
this great deliferance NO mako grateful
...ss. s tTs,1ar + acknoWle edgunan5 We are
iiuTgeIy indehted to the returning seuse
OF iIstice aronng gnnd seilisans in every
part of the country, North, Soutb, East
and Vest We ara still more indebted
to The Tigk tspuRnehs of Cur cause. and to
Stlie eternal principles of truth and ius-
tice. But mont of ail are We under obli-
gaticrs 70 our own people, whc, driven
= 10 despair, concentrated all their powers
of mind and body ia one nights. effort.
and, led by our distiI Ignsshed Chief II MaR-
istrAte, Governor ig Ia HAMPTON. in the
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