The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-05-20

| n noteworthy Letter OF Gen. Hagood-Th
Democracy iiave Got tho atato and VII
Keep it, but Need Reltose and Rest.
The following letter was addressed Il
Gen. Hagood by the Newberry Demo
cratic Club:
NywBgRRY, s. c., May 8, 1890
Ron. Jo,mson Hagood, C5wptral2er Gen.
/ Sir 1t becomes my pieasant duty 4
communicate 70 you the action of tn,
| { ,rolina Democratic Club of Newberr,
County lately taken in reference to your
self. The subjoined resolutions which
were adopted by our club. will convey t
you tho information and our desire:'
Resofued, That we request Gen. john
son dagood TO name some day within tht
next two weeks when IL will be conyen
/ ieut for him to attend and address mas
! Meeting 10 be assembled under che aug
pices of the Carolina Democratic Club
ItesoiUcd, That Gen. Johnson Hagood
be the guest of this club during his stay
In Neyberry.
Hoping to hear from you at some cal ly
Gate assentiug to our request,
remain your most obedient servant,
J. L. BRowH,
President Carolina Deu. Club.
The reply of Gen. Hagood is as fol- ,ws
COLUMBIA, May 6, 1880.
j. e. Bro,cn, Esq, Prssident of Carolina
Democratic Club, Nerberry, s. C.
DEAR SIR--Your communication OF
Sd instant is received, forwarding to me
the invitation of your club to address O
mass meeting 10 be assembled under it's
auspices. 1 beg very sincerely to &C.
knowledge the qualification afforded me
by this evidence Of appreciation on the
part Of my fellow. citizens Of Newberry,
and my sense Of the kind Il rms in which
yoa ave been pleased to convey it.
. Th6Assues of the approaching political
campaign are to us Of the graVest conse-
guence. They involve the maintenance
for the next two years Of the honest and
economical administration Of State affairs
which was inauglirated in 1876 By exer-
tions previously unparalleled In our po--
litical history, and which It will be
difficult to repeat. They involve also
that which alone can place us beyond the
danger of relapse and Radical rule, and
at the same time give us release from the
political strain under which we now labor.
The Democracy have got the State Gov
ernnlent, and they are going to keep it,
but from the peculiar position of South
Carolina she Is liable to be battlefield
between the two National parties in
every Presidential election SO long as the
Republicans are in power In Washington.
We need rep0se and rest. -Four years, If
no more, Of National Democratic rule
will give us this and afford our people
time to become thoroughly harmon;zed
and solidified under the broad banner of
equal rights for all and good government
for the whole. Politics will not then be,
asit is now with us, matter of State
life, and cur people can, in a greater
degree, turn their energies to material
progress, while population and capital
from abroad will, in confdeL. .e, seek to
share in developing the, Astounding re-
sources of our favored cline.
In view of the magnitude of the inter
ests at stake, l feel that no risks should
be run which prudence can avoid, and
that If ever there WAS time when per-
sonal aspirations should be subordinated
to the general good, it is pre-eminently
80 with US now. The united energies
and harmonious action of all the good
men of South Carolina are needed fo-
slccess in our local struggle, and for
worthily bearing our part IN the great
effort for national regeneration.
Among the causes, in my apprehen-
sion, tending to impair this harmony
would be personal canvass before the
people by those whose names have been
mentioned by partial friends for nomina-
tion upon the State ticket. The heat of
mere personal partizanship likely 10 be
engendered, would be IN element of dis
cord before the nomination and draw
back to harmony afterwards, which we
CAnaot afford TO encounter.
The friends of every man who ID put
forward at such time as this for promi.
nent place should be assured that his re-
cord is sufficiently pronounced and known
to enable the people to pass upon his
merits without commentary from himself.
They should be passed upon by the peo-
pie after the fullest and lreest discussion
in the press or otherwise. but o discussion
originating With and among the people
themselvea, and the decision be reanhed
upon considerations Of known principles,
character and qualification. The unbi.
assd verdict of his fellow. citizens thus
rendered should, as am sure it will, be
accepted by all who have been honorAd
by iu1nti0n ia this connection. And
whether IL assigna one TO tha baton o.
leadefship or places him In the ranks,
hisenargiss should, and no doubt viii,
DO chserfilly and freely given to the
general welfare. san 4
Impressed with these views / have de.
clined from other actions Of the State
invitations Bimilar to that which your
club has konored me. In this, as In ev,
cry other act efmy public life, my courae
10 submitted 20 the verdict of those whose
interests ar8 at stake; L ;s based mgr,
convictions of what ia best for the vel
MY itat0 aud, people, and, trust
is not devoid of the modesty which
should characterize one in tho pressnce
OF high responsibilitie es--resronsibiIitie
which, once conferred, cannot with honor
be sNaid down short Of success-is success
be MT impossible. ' -
Renewing tho ey yefession ss the pleas
ure giyen by your Invitation, and assn.
ring my friends OF Newbefry in whatever
capacity may be called to serve of tht
| certainty OF its acceptance at q later pc
iriod Of the campaign, IS
"a nm, very Frriy anu BluCervlyl &c.
s85t JOHNSON E9AaooD.
Uni1n 7snles Revenue officers Cuus
mings, MounE and Charley i1ghikloclr
arrested yesterday, on Main street, nan
by the name of Eoy, from North Carroll
/ na, for selling Yhiakey tinlayf,illv froni