The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-09-04


drops Governor Simpson and phosphates
long enough to pay its respects to the
INTELL1GENCER, whom it terms "Our
Impndent Neighbour" and styles our mr.
ticles of the week before ill-humored,
gratuitous, unkind, impudent, wanton,
&c, to the end of its vocabulary of nd.
jectiyes. 1t first takes us up about inti-
mating that the editor of tho Medium
was probably the member of the L1egis-
lature who will introduce bill to repeal
the charter of the Savannah Valley Rail
road, If it is attempted, and says It only
gave the rumor as an item of news. This
may be, but we only gave our opinion
as to where that item of news may have
had it's origin, and do not see anything
in that TO glle our a!niah!e contemporary.
He also seems particularly hurt that we
should have said he las no interest in the
Savannah Valley Railroad, and says that
it ia untrue, for he is interested in the
enterprise. AS citizen who hes an in
terest In the whole country the Aciium's
claim TO an interest may be true, but in
the sense in which we used 1t tho editor
of the Medium is not Interested, for he Is
not corporator nor stakeholder, no owne
no land along the line and does not live
near it; and, moreover, he will pay no
tax towards building it.
Then the Mcd:um says:
A second article in the INrELL1GEN.
GER speaks of the Medium Continuing
its attack upon Governor Simpson" and
entirely misrepresents the drift of an ed
itorial on hero-worship, ns even any half
vitted Anderson county man would
have discovered had our critic hsd the
courtesy to publish the article. We are
not opposed 10 Governor Simpson; have
always spoken of him as o h!gh.mindcd,
able, conscientious magistrato; but 1--WE
have differed with him upon several
cueaIIoms, anu expect to tako different
views of other questions froaI those he
entertains." Thia 10 neither ''unreason.
bic nor disconrteous."
From this it seems our contemporary
did pot intend TO reflect on Gov. Simp-
son, but it is much to be regretted that
the critics OF public opinion do not con.
descend to make their language simple
enough for the half-witted people of An.
derson County to understand them. We
have no better sense than to believe the
English language means what che die.
tionaries sAy, and this failure TO compre-
hend the higher knowledge which our
contemporary possesses must be our
apology for thinking his article on hero
worship was in part an attack on Gov.
Simpson. The article, like many cons
taiued in ths Medium, was an insidious
and plarsible one, which Is the most un.
fair and, to o certain extent, tho most
dangerous mode of attacking any person
an editor wishes to demolish. We do
not think Gov. Simpson is in any danger
of being hnrt by the Medium, but we are
tired of its continual attacks on our Gov
ernora upon, all sorts OF grounds. 1t Is
time for our neighbor 60 quit attacking
3yery body that attains prominence.
In conclusion, we want it understood
that We are not angry with our esteemed
contemporary, and do not intend to get
90. We only want him TO quit q habit
which Is not calculated, in our opinion,
TO advances the public good in South
Caroline, This and nothing else hau in
duced IA to undertake the review Of our
nai0hhor'a conrse for the mat fan, usaeka
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