The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-01-23

SCANDAL. Sllll iuTbHcE, tne poiitICal atti-
tude of 1880 demanded that we should
not add to our troubles the influence of
commercial men against US in our final
struggle for righteous government and
home rule.
"When first went to Washington to
see Mr.. Hayes" said the Governor, "rhe
commercial men of the North sen; a
delegation ahead of me urging the Pres
iLent to recognize my government in the
interest of intelligent and honest rule.
1 found their good word had proven, as
it ought to have done, potent with the
Chief Executive. 1t seems to me to
come in bad grace from our people now
to turn their backs fatty against this
same class which, whether our bonds
were issued regularly or irregularly, is in
possession of them, shorn down in
amount by an accommodation, adopted
during the Radical rule, between the
State and her creditors, SO as to leave the
State two millions less debt than her un-
questioned obligations foot up. This is
a fact we can't get away from, and should
we bravely go forward and show our de-
termination to meet the last dollar, am
convinced that arrangements can be made
through the old English financial agents
OF the State to cash all our obligations
for s., 100000, and fund the same at q
low rate of interest-.thus proving an
actual, instant pecuniary relief to our
people, and saving our good name with
out n blot on it at the same time."
"As l have said," he continued, Il
shall 60 to Charleston on the 22d of Feb
ruary, and 1 suppose they will expect
me 10 talk TO them. If | am strong
enough l shall do so. AS this will mar
rowly approach the time when l must
retire from the Executive chair, in which
I have honestly and faithfully endeavor-
ed to serve the beloved people of my be-
loved State, 1 shall conclude my trusts
with the same advice that l undertook
them, and that is for our people to meet
this obligation to the full extent of the
letter of the law as well as its spirit"
Here, fearing that the Governor was
overtaxing himself, and beholding with
wonder how easily and powerfully yet
calmly his mind worked as his manly
sentiments rung out with the true Hamp-
ton metal, your reporter softly turned
him aside with the following remark:
THE LOVE OF THE PEOPLE.
Correspondent-"Well, Governor, you
must permit me to say how much pleas
ure it always gave me in your serious i'll.
ness that, so far as the devoted love of
your own people could soothe your an
guish, you had it, you had it, sir"
"Ah, yes, sir" was the hearty, deep
toned reply, "never man more. l Ibelieve,
as confidently as l do that l live, that the
prayers of the people saved my life. J.
will tell you why l feel and believe it so
firmly. Whilst / was lying here at the
point of death and had become utterly
Indifferent whether 1 lived or died, i
got a letter from an old Methodist
preacher, one of my old friends. He
wrote me word informing me of the
deep and devout petitions put up in
behalf Of my restoration by the Meth
odist Conference then i'll session at
Newberry. He then urged upon me to
exercise my will to live in response to
the supplications of the people
of the whole State, who are pray
ing for me night and day in every
household in the State. My sister, who
had tremblingly brought the letter to
my bed. side and read it to me, then
urged me to listen to the kind, loving
words of the man of God and to rouse
my will to live; and 1 promised her to do
so. fell into deep sleep that night,
and the most vivid dream ever expert
enced in my life crossed my slumbers. !
dreampt was in a spacious room, and
that in it was moved to all parts of the
State, so that l met my assembled
friends everywhere. remember most
distinctly of all old Beaufort, where l
had last been. It seemed there were i'm
mense assemblages, and as l looked down
upon them a grave parsonage approach
ed me and touched me on the shoulder
and said to me: These people ere all
praying for you. Live, live, livep l
never realized anything like it before. 1t
seemed vision. 1 woke the next morn
ing feeling the life blood creeping
through my veins, and l told my family
the crisis was passed and l would get
better"
At the close of the touching and thrill
ing relation, feeling as deeply as our
great friend seemed to feel, we bade him
good bye, heartily wishinga speedy recov,
cry and many long years of health and