The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-10-07
Tho Candidate Of Hatred and REVENGE.

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has no use for Southerners, end believe
with his whole mind and strength, in boil,
the infallibility and The impeccabil;tv
Of stalwart Republicanism. There Il
no denying the fact that in his place in
Congress Mr.. Garfield declared that "ihe
man who attempts to get up political
excitement in this country on the old
sectional Issue will find himself without
q party and without support" And IL in
equally true that In his speech AZ Toledo
he asseveratcd that his "hand shall never
grasp any Rebels hand, pcross any chasm
however SMALL" until that .Rebcl.n y that
citizen Of the United States. with every
right and privilege that Mr.. Garfield laws
claim to, should admit that the cause for
which he fought was "the cause of
treachery and wrong" Nay before the
present canvass was sixty days old. Mr..
Garfield, in the words of the New York
Herald, committed himself TO that mis-.
chievous sectional appeal which has
since been made by the organs and sneak.
ers OF the party, and which was put in lis
EXTREMIST form the other day in the
speech of Mr.. Conkling." Gen. Grant
is an Angel of peace ip comparison
with Mr.. Garfield, and iy not a double.
dealer. 30.
:. From the very first Mr.. Garfield hns
been as bitter and as yindictiye as an
Ashantee in his demcanor towards the
South. In discussing the Confis.
cation Act, Mr.. Garfield took the
ground that the Confederates were In the
same category with the Tories of the
Revolution that their lands and per-
sonal estates ought to be confiscated and
parcelled out among the Federal soldiers.
These we're his words:
,Conhscate their estates, both personal
and real for life and forever. The war
began oy proclamation, and it must end
by proclamation. We can holithc insur-
gent States tn military snbjecfiof1 for half a
century u need be. Itcont 10 see ssn aNtiose
States the men 'cho fought and suffered for
me truth filling tie fields on ic1ich ktcy
pitched their Tents"
The implacability of the man was
again exhibited In the debate on the
Reconstruction measures, when he said:
IF the gentlemen who report this bill
will put in section, that all who partic.
ipated in the rebellion shall ha Fnn nnuss
excluded from tho right of electiYo fran.
csise, then / will say the proposition will
be just, and one We can stand upon as n
matter Of principle. Anything is lust
which excludes from privilege end ncwer
ALL, those Infamous men who partici-
pated IN rebellion"
Subsequently, the eamo bill being
before the House, Mr.. Garfield asked
that the previous question be voted down.
that he might move the following amend
ment: 49,
"All persons who voluntarily adhered %
the late insurrection, giving aid andc' =
fort to the so-called Southern Confet a.
cy, are FOREVER excluded frnis hnlA. 10
any ONCE of trust or profit under the Gov.
ernment of the United States.n
And in debating {. bill ito provide for
the more effectual government of the
insurrectionary States" no displays q ma.
lignity worthy Nero or Marat. The
war had long been over, and the Confed.
crates had submitted in good faith to
Federal authority. Yet he .rade these
cold. .bloodcd declarations on the floor of
the House:
st is clearly the rigk. Of the victorious
government to INDICr, TRY, CONVICT
AND HANG EVERY REBEL IN THE SOUTH
Ior the bloody conspiracy against the
time has come when we must M Iay tbe M
heavy hand of military authority nnon
in its grasp. A%
Il give my support to this military bill.
1T Is, SEVERE. 1T WAS WRIT TEN wITII
A STEEL PEN MADE OUT OF A BAYoNET. ;
and bayonets have done us gUJd service
hitherto. ALL ASK IS THA :, CoNGREss
SHALL PLACE CIVIL GOvE.eJMENT BE-
FORE THESE PEOPLE OF TaE REBEL,
STATES AND A sGonDoH OF BAYoEFrs
BEHIND THEM" IS
On the 18th of February, 1876. nearly
two years after the close of the war, the
same bill being under discussion, Mr..
Garfield mado another exhibition OF his
malignity towards the people of the
South. Speaking in 10 tone of exultation
and with smile of triumph, like q cow
ardly despot with his iron heel upon the
neck of his victim, this advocate OF I'M
perialism uttered the following language !:
Mr.. SPEAKER: This bill sfarts out
by laying hand on the rebel governments
and taking the very breath Of life out of.
them. In the next place it puts che
bayonet at the breast Of every rebel In
the South. In the next place
it leaves in the hands of Com
grcss utterly and absolutely the work of
reconstruction. Gentlemen here, wfien
they have the power Of a thunderholt in
their hande, are afraid of themselves. and
stagger like infants under the weight Of
power they know not how TO use. IF /
we're afraid of myself, / would decIaim
against this bill, and I would do it Just
as distinguished gentlemen around me
(meaning his timid Republican assoc;-
ates) have done, and do deelaim against
II. They have Opoken vehemently--the
have spoken sepulchrally- against ii, but
they have not done us the favor to quote
q line or the proof of single word from
the bill itself that :. does any of the hor-
Iible things they tell us of. They tell US
1t is UNIVERSAL AMNESTY, AND THERE
40 isOI a LINE I'm THE BILL THAT WILL
MAINTAIN THE cHARqE.n
rs not this enough to show what man.
ner of man Mr.. Garfield is, and what the
Southern people have TO expect, if he shall
be electedl There Is no pratence that he
will do aught to bring about an era of
good feeling. Into ths arms Of Conkling,
who hates the South as the devil hates
whatever is pure and good, Mr.. Garfield
has thrown himself Read what he has
said. Ponder his threats. Consider tho
condition in which the South would now
be, If be had succeeded in his designs. Is
there any man in South Carolina capa-
BILE ofrighteous indignation and conscious
of his loyalty 20 the Government, ifiiit1 iwfiiiit1
can gee and know these things, and ra-
main listless or indifferensY The South
| efn people owe to themselves, as Amsri-
cans who desire and ara determined TO
have peace aud union, to cause tho vile
| na0noaa of fha RapukIfrafI randidutaF