The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-01-15

don but the viii OF ths party In power,
nor have we the precedents which ia
england Gre SO r5tent, for there are no
iyithes long enough and strong enough
/ 20 bird this American Samson.
I Nhat form the codHtituti0n teould have
taken had the fathers known as much Of
natural law as is row known st Is Inn
possible to say, but It. plsy weissS te be-
lieved that it would never, even, in the
eyes Of the minority, heve assumed the
aspect of "sacred instrument" or have
been regevded as the embodiment of hn-
man wisdom. Certain 1t is that with The
lights Before US r,v one will ever again
commit the folly of framing o structure
on the American plan, q circumference
| in which there are forty odd centres, q
congeries Of fsoyereignties ali equal, and
each superior to the central authority, q
body polite with some dozens Of nerve,
centres, each claiming TO be supreme.
No, that will not be tried second time.
Familiar with the lessons OF ancienk his
tory, reinforced by the teachirgs of sci
ence and freshened by the uniGcation In
| our own day of Italy and the formation
under Cur very eyes Of the German en-
pire, thinking men recognize centraliza.
tiOn in America not merely as inevitable
in the future, bnt to all intents thing
accomplished and the question for the
South 10, ehall we accept Capitalization,
cooperate with it and accepts its benefits,
such as they are, or shall we be crushed
by it2 b /.
Sanguino men willstill hope, idealists
and patriots, will still preach the beauty
| and the holiness of sacrifice but those Of
q practical turn will contend that tits
high time some other section should
throw itself under the Ger of Iuggernant.
Nay, as block inserted under d screw
enables it TO accomplish still further
| pressure, the South, there is good reason
TO believe, BY its continued opposition,
furnished precisely the block that is
needed 10 perfect the oppression of the
pressure Of the screw. And as Gree is
broken by the weight Of two much fruit,
the destruction of the Republican party
| may be precipitated by the South's Join
| ling itT en- aldese. In no other way could
| its destruction bo 80 certain and COM
plete. But this Ia ssking too much.
Large bodies move slowly, and to expect
| the whole South to go boldly over to the
party which for SO many years he's been
TO it the synonym of hatred and oppres-
| sion Is visionary in the extreme, Grant
it. This; brings ua to the third term.
If, as seems likely, Gen. Grant will
run as a no.party candidate; if, as eeems
certain, he will be opposed by the stall
warts Of the Blaine school, one great OBJ.
stacleto this South's joining the Repub.
lican party, ito the extent at least of
voting for Grant) Will be removed
Elected by the whole people, he can but
be the Pfeaident of che whole people,
just IS when elected by the Republicans
| Ee was necessarily q party President, for
| the bubble cannot lift itself from the
| wave to which it owes its being and
which throws its; aloft. Onsthe other
hand, suppose the South, The white
South, holds aloof or squanders its vote
| in romantic fashion, as .it has too often
done, On some democrat who cannot be
| elected, or If elected il too timid to hold
what has been thrust into his hand
] what, then? Itwould be indeed cub
Jfrne thing in General Grant to rise above
himself and hiH party aad turn his face
with grand impartiality to all aections (;
but would he do it-couid he? Is it in
human nature? Let the past answer.
Time was when ] believed ttat the
election Of General Grant sor q third
/; term would pc fatal 60 the peace of the
country that no American coult cross
this Rubic5n withoutintent to assume,
aud quickly, too, the purple robe of en-
| pife; step that woul- beyond all doubt,
bring way--not. from the South, which
has had too much war, but from the Ger
mans and the Irish vine fed hither not
to witness in silence any such nonsense,
And the third term may be fatal--il as
suredly will if sEEie South and the West
I rise UP in reyoit. In that event. the an.
peal to Sthe sword would insure the EN-.
| pire. even to the extent of its forms and
titles; not, perhaps, Of dukes and pFinces,
but titles less distastefnl to American
es..s :,AE laAs,e ahA se ;::scos;;ls BIT BIT
with tho standing Iiaiiacs of German and
l Irish hostility to the tfappings Of ern-
pire, with O Democratic House and Sem
ate, to- say nothing of the opposition of
| his own party leaders, the attitude OF
General Grant would, of neeessitys hs
cautious and even friendly to ali Sec
tions. There would be no motive for
him TO act otherwise. a native OF the
1 West, nominated for q thiSSa. term In
/ Chicago, SUSTAINED by the wealth and
Iintelligencs OF the East, endorsed By
1 both races at the South, espoc ciallf 6y tke
/ er- C6nfe9erate officers and sokd;ess, the
measure of his ambition full to overflow
| ing, no would be o monster indeed were
he 10 attempt to oppress any portion OF
i his people. And if he uleWisely and
tiustiy during his third terrn, schy not d
Isfourtb, and, ifsneed be, q :fifth9 no
1 longer tho choice of, a party or section,
4 Iis could NOT be what we OF the South
sanppose him to have been In the past
the slave of party and sof section. This
would not and could not be tfns OF
BE; 1E,ls;;ss or sherman, his only formidable
!, ,opporents, who live, move and have
! theiE being By party and by party alone.
j 1e this Yessoning be correct, the third
Term Is shhorn 6f It's tcrrors. But need
! there be such q terEn Z Have things como
to st;cl.: o passes that the South, the whole
L country ID fack, is coTnpeiled once more
/ 20 trust q man ysho bsiE four years AGO
j left the Presidential chair distfusted by
/ tho North, feared aud hated by the
4 4 sS5eisth The aHeztion Ii Eerei By re.
cent events ia Virginia. Previous to tbs
late election here there was, atleaas there
II Sceueu " Eot % ,,s.sss.to VIl7 (s,S--ssi
czatic candidate In 1880. Now these Il
absolutely none. The Conservative
party can never he united aaain. Vir.
i ginia will 20 for Grant by a much larger
majority than ghs gave IN tie Greeley
i campaign. Tho NEGROES 10 q man ars FOL
/ Grant, So at heart are the Federal
I! oficeholdefs and the better class Of Re.
/ lpnblicanS. The leadss of the negroes in
the late f5tAte eiscS Ion c1uHoE Oeesrt GheT1
Il n q