The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-02-07
speaking, debt, and every one who


State Knowa they wen!d 10. pledge the
party to efIectuate fraud. To eeraratc
the fraudulent bonds from the valid Con-
solidation Bonds Ia not o rejection Of
the consolidated debt. 1t 10 simply an
ascertainmcnt of that debt. Ifyou sepa.
rate tares from wheat it 10 not a rejection
Of the wheat The fraudulent bonds are
no part Of what is properly called the
State debt, end when we take them out
1t does not affect the debt at all. When
the Consolidation Act speaks of debt or
bond, the law and justice presumes that
4. ..s..sis valid debt or bond, and not pre-
tended debt or bond.
Next, the Mebs and Courier essays TO
DO witty, and produces the following in
teresting paragraph:
The success Of the repudiation policy
in South Carolina will be the ruin Of the
Democratic party, and that is the main
reason why the NelCs and Courier insists
so strenuously upon the faithful fulfil
ment of every promise the Democratic
parry has made. If we desired or inten-
ded ito split the Democratic party" we
should advocate just such repudiation as
lie Anderson INTELLIGENCER bankers
after. With this difference, that instead
Of trying To prove black TO be white, and
wandering in labyrinth Of confused and
confusing propositions, we should define
ouT position in the simple declaration
that South Carolina will not pay cent
to anybody, unless the courts MAKE her.
For the construction of this platform we
charge absolutely nothing.
There is one portion Of this witticism
In which our contemporary displays pro-
found seEse. II is when he says he
charges nothing for constructing the
foregoing platform. We havo never
seen more correct valuation placed
upon any production than the Ners and
Courier places upon this original produce
tion of its own in the way of q platform,
for 1t is worth absolutely nothing. In
saying that We have been trying to prove
that black is white, the Mems and Courier
attempts to change occupations with us,
but We must decline to plead guilty to
the impeachment, as we do not wish to
vie with our contemporary in his exclu-
sive right to assume that because he says
@ thing is 80 il must be true, and that an
investigation of it would be improper.
We have not been trying to provo that
black 10 white, but have been trying tu
prove that the black streaks of corrup.
tion and fraud should be taken out OF
the State. debt, and leave tho whole OF il
j&hat ia valid white With purity and with
out taint. The Neus aud Courier very
complacently places us among the advo.
Gates Of repudintion in the State, but we
prefer defining our own position, and de-
clare ourselves opposed to the repudia-
tion of any just debt, but in favor Of
rejecting the fraudulent debt.
As the Nc,cs and Courier has attempted
to place us in O. false category upon the
debt question, we will try TO return good
for evil By informing the public of the
true position occupied by the News ana
Cburier, which is to pay all of the old
debt, whether bona fde or fraudulent
which the, lave made by the Radical
thieves allow to be paid.
The News and C5ssTier concludes its
broadaide into the INTELLIaENcER thus
The Anderson Resolutions were drawn
we believe, by the Editor of tho INTEL.
LTdENCER, vino is their expounder and
defender. We shall not, we hope, be
suspected of threatening the Democratic
party or the people of Anderson with
any serious consequences. if we say that,
according to the explanations Of the
| iNrELLiaENCER, tho Anderson Resolu-
tioEs do not mean repudiation, and IL
they do not mean that they certainly
mean nothing.
OLs contemporary seems to think the
Democratic Executive Committee Of the
County rather heavy load 10 carry, and
endeavors to relieve himself by narrow
ing his criticisms down to the editor OF
the INrgLLIaENcEK, but, unfortrmtely
for him, the resolutions were unanimous.
ly passed, and hence every member OF
the Committee ia equally ~spona::55io for
them "a the editor of .he INTELLI-
eENCER, and no doubt would vote for
them again if occasion should suggest
them. The Ne,cs and Courier may think
the resolutions mean nothing, but is ia
not very complimentary to its perception
to admit 1t. The truth Is our contempt.
rary wishes TO break their force by OBJ
scuring their meaning if possible, for the
position assumed in them favoring the
payment of the just debt and the rsjec-
tion Of the fraudulent portion of it is too
atrong 70 be contrasted with the position
of the Ne,ca and Courier, which advocates
the payment of everything, whether
fraudulent or not, that can be run in un-
der the stretch of the terms of +, Con-
solidation Act, which is being made as
elastic as air for the purpose Of letting in
eli the frauds which were committed by
the birds Of paRsage who swarmed in
South Carolina after reconstruction to
re7ssss "a the luxuries of immense legisia-
tive and official corrnptions and frauds.
We are perfectly willing to leave this
great debt question TO the people of the
whole State, and In their handa ths hon.
est creditors Of South Carolina will re.
ceive no Injury.
TAXING DRUMmERS.
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