The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-02-20


are in reality nothing more lhen the
prompting of local or selfish interests
The Neus and Courier also has shown
ready disposition to resort TO any tactics
necessary TO carry its point, whether it be
by Argument or by Misrepresentation.
lts statement that We were upon the COM
mitteo which drafted the resolutions of
tho farmers meeting in this county is, to
use as mild phrase as the facts will
warrant, not true and if our contenlpo-
rary had read the proceedings here it
would have seer that We were not on the
committee, and that the speech we made
was by special invitation, while tho com
mittee on resolutions was out. We re-
peat, that we never saw nor heard tho
resolutions until they were read in the
meeting; and while we approve the
main objects Of them, we are in no wise
entitled to the distinction Of having
framed them, either directly or Indirect
ly. We only mention this little circum-
stance to show that the Aers and Couri.r
is not above wilful misrepresentation of
any person it chooses to take issue with,
and leave it for our readers TO say whether
u paper which misrepresents small things
is to be relied OH implicitly as, to moro
important matters.
There has been 10 threat 10 revoke
any charter because manufacturers
prices do not suit the consumes. The
whole complaint has been against the
| combination which attempted TO c1tort
from the necessities Of tho farmer more
for a particular article than it would soil
ut without such combination. The .Neus
and Courier well knows that there is no
power TO repeal any charter where vested
rights have attached, unless the terms Of
the charter have been violated, and that
no manufactures would fear any such re-
suit. The farmers Of this county, feeling
outraged at tho imposition put upon
them by combination of mouopolists,
without going into the legal obstacles,
simply demanded what they thought
right and proper in this instance. If it
is TO keep manufacturers away at all, it
will only be those who wish, TO come
down here for the purpose of enriching
themselves by undue combinations and
exorbitant.. exactions from our citizens.
We can well;afiord to do without those
who would como for this purpose
The NcuS and Couriers attempt to put
a part of the responsibility for the finan-
cial trouble Of the State upon US is also
entirely in keeping with its steady pur-
pose of charging its own faults upon its
neighbors. To begin with, tho credit Of
South Carolina is no worse today than
it has been at any time since tho panic.
If the course Of the Anderson papers was
| injuring the credit Of the State, of course
it would also to larger proportionate
extent injure the credit Of the citizens of
Anderson. Such, however, is not the
case, for our mcrchaL Is have finer for
eign credit than the same number Of
firms in any part of South Carolina with
which..w we are acquainted, and their credit
to-day is as good as 1t has been in the
past. This shows that the croakings of
tho bondholders' organ are not practical,
and that its discourscs nre iinc-spun theo-
ries, the object Of which ia to frighten
persons who do not think for themselves
into its way Of thinking on the bond
question.
Not only this, but If we mistake not
the Nems and Courier advocated Git did
30 indirectly, We know,) the passage OF
the I'LL forcing the creditors OF Charles
ton county to take bonds for their debts,
bearing interest at the rate of four per
cent. instead Of the legal rate of seven
per cent The object of this act is to
force compromise of the debt; or any
way its result is practically to repudiate
thrcc-sovenths Of the Charleston debt,
because if they do not get it reduced
they admit that they cannot pay it, and
hence the interest is all they expect to
pay. Therefore, by putting the interest
down to four per ceut., they have repudi-
ated nearly one-half Who are the re-
pndiators ~ Whe-e do the yputliation
acts erist(F) In Georgia the daily pa
pers have sustained tho honor of the
State instead of stabbing It, aud in the
justice and propricty Of Ter action in
setting aside tho $4,000, 100 of fraudu-
lent debt has been fully vindicated both
at home and abroad. In this State the
NeTs and Courier has misreprescnted and
abused the Legislature Of the State,
charging reputation and bad faith, yes,
oven Butler and Kearncyism upon our
own people. Suppose that tho daily
press of South Carolina had champoncd
the right Of the people to investigate and
reject all fraudulent obligations of the
State and shown up the true inwardncss
of the fraudulent bonds Of this State
would any reasonable or fair-minded man
have thought of calling 1t reputation
Now, we ask, in all seriousness, upon
whom the responsibility for pointing the
finger of scorn upon South Carolina as a
repudiation State existsf We have
never advocated reputation. The Ne,r,
ana Courier has charged it where it does
not exist, and if capitalists outside of the
State believe it, the greatest part of all
the misapprehension which exists is at
tributable to the course of our Charles