The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-02-27

" s S'NA ~"SS any CAtCuSiSc IcFlcW
OF the arrangements already adduced TO
sustain the general scope of the farmers
resolutions. These resolutions, wo re-
peat for the third or fourth time, con-
demned no company for increasing
prices, but the ground OF condemnation
was tho combination to run prices beyond
what was right and proper Tho pro-
Priety Of the remoustrance of the farmers
has been shown by the reduction in the
cotton option price.
Throughout this article the News and
Courier shows an anxiety to strike at the
lNTELLIGENCER, and goes on:
The reason that the Ners and C5urier
"lugged the Bond question" into the dis
cussion is that the language of the An.
derson RESOLUTIONS and Of the speech
es and articles Of the Editor Of the
iNTELLIGENCER, and those who 20 with
him, are pitched in the same key. The
hebdomadal hints or declarations of the
lNTELLTGENcER that "the people" will
never consent to pay the unrecognized
debt, even il the Courts declare it to bo
valid, are OF piece with the menaces to
the Fertilizer companies. They are diff
ferent expressions of the same feeling.
That feeling is, that the popular will as
expressed in the INTELLIGEScEE or at
County meetings, is higher than the law,
and beyond the Constitution. The IS
TELLIGENcER heedlessly ccnfcsses this in
what it says Of the election of q Chief
Justice to succeed Judge Willard The
Editor of the INTELLIGENcER is q mem.
Der OF the Legislature, and he means to
vote, II he have the chance, for some
body who holds correct views upon the
State debt question" 1t in the desire Of
the INrELLIGENCrR TO pack the Supreme
Court Of this State as the Radicals packed
the Supreme Court of the United States.
Judges are to be elected, not for their
learning or their integrity, but because
they hold correct views % ana the mem.
bers of the Legislature will be doing their
constituents great wrong to vote for
man who,' IN advdace tie argument, and
free from The solemn obligations Of hi, .ju-
dicial office, ''is known to hold the view
that it 1.-THE debt) must be paid" Such
opinions, We are confident, are not held
by the people of Anderson. They know
the Importance of maintaining the indie
pendence md defending the character OF
the Supreme Court. They are aware that
there is no safety for the Individual when
the Judge is the creature of faction and
the instrument of mob. In their keep
ing, the honor of tho Supreme Bench is
safe from reproach.
The INTELLIGEECER has never said
anything to indicate defiance of the
Courts or of the Constitution. We have
expressed the opinion thot tho people
will not pay tho fraudulent debt, but the
Neios and Courier may content itself in
peace, for the Courts will be respected
by the people, and The payment avoided
by strictly legal means. Nothing will be
done, SO far rs we can foresee, that will
DO o:.tslde OF the plain rights of the
people, and all due respect for the Courts.
If our views on the debt question cores
pond with the views of tho farmers OH
the fertilizer question we do not regret it,
for we are sure the farmers of the whole
State nre united on this subject; and if
it Is to be the means of bringing them to
an understanding Of the debt problem,
the agitation will aubserve double pur-
pose. We have never indicated who We
will vote for to bo Chief Justice, but we
are perfectly willing to be judged after
the election by the vote which we cast.
We do not expect to vote for man who
has declared his views to be in favor of
paying the fraudulent debt, and still we
intend to vote for tho ablest, purest and
mos. suitable person we can find for the
position. We do not believe that all of
the ability and purity in South Carolina
is committed to the payment of tho dis
pl.ed debt. The Ne,cs a,d Courier does.
That is all tho difference between US.
Then come the grand finale of the
splenetic ebulltion, and our contempo-
rary says:
The charges which the INTELLIGEN-
GER, for the hundredth time, makes
against the Nc,os and Courier, it is well
como to repeat in every issue. What is
true is no cause for either shame or re-
gret, and what !s false does us no hurt.
1t should be mentioned, however, that
the 1NTELLIGENCER, on this occasion,
adds 10 the usual stock in trade some
novel and peculiar lies of its own.
1t 10 very easy matter to diamiss facts
by general denial and characterization
as lies,ibut then, unfortunately. for, the
Meics and Conricr, saying this does not
make it so. The Nelrs and Courier did
not publish our article, and as it has
thus characterized It, We demand that it
publish it in full, and point out the parts
which it claims 10 be lies; VI, falling. 20
do this, we pronounce its statements to
be brazen slanders, intended to deceive
his own readers, and keep from them the
true position Of tho INTELLIGENCER.
Whenever any charge is made against
us, we publish it that our readers may
see what is said on both sides. If we
have q proper position, and that charac-
ter which we ought to possess, they can
not injure By being published to our
readers. The Near, and Courier has not
done this; 81 we believe, hecanae 1t knows
its readers would recognize the truth of
what We have said about it, and at the
same time think to themselves that "the
half has not been told" We have al
ways heard that the truth hurts, aud it's
effect, in this case, is by no means un-
looked for. We did not desire to give
our interesting contemporary pain, but
then we were simply defending ourselves
and The people OF our county from the
gratuitous and unprovoked insults Of the
Netcs and Courier. IL could not expect
us to submit quietly forever to It's insults