The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-09-22

by any other means Of which we car
conceive In future years President
Garfield's memory will stand rs high and
be as much rcycrcd rs that Of any Pes.
idcnt.
The resolutions Of Orion Lodge OF
Good Tcmplars can accomplish no good
end, and if followed to any extent by
other Lodges will only cmbttcr the
temperance discussion which il now
going on in the State. The resolution
cannot he carried out for many reasons,
prominent among which is the fact that
people buy where they can buy cheapest,
or secure the article they like best, and
| they are no. going 10 stop to ask whether
the mau wlio has the article they want j.
i'll favor of 4 vet or dry ticket. People
are not going to pay u profit toa man
| simply because he agrees with them on
the subject Of temperance, nor are they
going To take IN inferior article :or the
! came reason, when better can he pro-
cured just as easily. Such Il course if
| practicable, is not advisable, for ii 7macks
strongly Of intolerance. There would be
just ~ much reason Tor the Methods.
| churches to resolve tu trade with Meth0.
dists or the Presbyterian churches to
resolve 10 trade only with lrcsbyterians.
The laws Of trade cannot, and ought not,
to be reduced to any such narrow Limits
| The merchants wares should be allowed
TO speak for themselves, and people
should, rs they always do, buy where
they can buy to best advantage and sell
where they can sell highest, regardless
of whether the trading parties square
their lives by the same rules on all
moral questions or not There is another
| objection to the resolutions, and that is
it invites separation OF classes, and the
wet men would thereby be driven to
| trade with one another in self protection.
| AZ this time the two classes would pr0ba
bly, be tolerably evenly divided rs re-.
| CARDS property, but the wet men would
be i'll the majority as to numbers, which
would be an actual advantage to The wet
men who are in business over the dry
men. Three or four years ago the vet
men would have had three customers
to where the dry men would have had
one. The tables may at some future
time be again turned, and then the wet
men would have the advantage. Great
moral reforms cannot be effected by in
tolerance. 1t creates Il sympathy for the
other side, and rctards instead of advanc.
ing the opinions sought to be enforced.
! The feeling Of uneasincss and panic
which prevailed throughout the com.
try few weeks ago, has subsided in Il
large measure. The farmers realize the
fact that they are in debt, and that they
have contracted to pay those debts
They find that at the end Of year of hard
toll they have not made enough to pay
lexpenses, and therefore that they will
be unable to pay off these obligations
this Fall AT first the dread OF numer-
ouS foreclosures and suits created gen.
uine fear of serious financial complica.
tions. aud this induced the ialk about
settling off at fifty cents on the dollar
After they ha . looked over the situa
!tion, however, ;hey find that while there
Twill not be reductions in many cases, vel
that their creditors are not disposed tc
unnecessarily embarrass them by cnforc.
ed collections, but are willing to extend
the time for payment Of tho balances
Iduc, after the application of the crop
and afford assistance for another yea,
| where it is needed. This being the case
every one is going forward to meet hi.
obligations rs fully as possible, and ar
range for mother year. The credit o
the country will be saved, and though
economy and care for the coming yeal
will he necessary, yet there is no danger
of any person starving. The failures O
this year will give the country hacl
| set for two or three years, but after thn
| the effects of the great dry year will no
be felt There is nothing like knowing
ones situation and then cheerfully work
ling it out. Our people, both merchant.
and farmers, realize the condition of tn,
country, and by mutually helping each
other will diminish the misfortunes o.
this year, as far as lies in the power O
men.
| The death of Senator Burnside, O
Rhode Island, only helps to diminish
the proportions of the Virginia Read