The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-20

o"'N tbdL tI6 UIeU
that sink Golfer dunn into the river and
work for months in anchoring great
stones to build the solid abutmen,s aud
piers, whose work is by aud.by covered
by the water snd out Of sight, do not get
their share of the credit. The gaudy
structure Of the bridge that rests on these
piers and across which tho traias thun.
de- is the thing that strikes the eye of
the great public great deal more. Tie
sunSen piers and yard work, tho cduca.
tionai growth and the building up of in.
dustry, the economy and all that can
help the foundation of local prosperity
IL the work that in the long run tells.
Some Scotch poet xaid, or nut It in the
mouth of some prophet 10 say, that the
time would come
When Bertram's right aud Bcrtrnni's iniglt
Shall meet ON Elicngowan's height"
And it il when the might and the rieh.
Of a people meet that majorities are
never oppressed by minorit;es. Trust.
ing, gentlemen, that you may take part
in this earnest work of building up YOUR
race, from tho foundation in,e the so!idi.
~ of intelligence and industry, and upon
those bases ut last see all your rights re-
cognizcd, is my personal wish aud hope
for your people"
A Good Suggestion thrown away on Ala.
bama Negroes.
The following is the full text Of the
remarks of Gen Garfield To the deleon
ton oi colored representatives from Ala.
bama, who viTited him at Cleveland
Ohio, OH Tuesday:
Genticmen-I am obliged to you for
your congratulations and courtesies and
will not detain you nor m"self-for we
are in the house ofa gentleman who has
some people visiting him that we must
Immediately sec-except 10 say that
most cordially concur with you in all
your efforts to enighten and elevate and
strengthen your people. That is the
true ground OF progress for everybody
everywhere. Your friends who stood by
you in tho days Of the war aud since tho
war have always had 10 meet on the part
Of their antagonists this thought: You
have thrown upon us great mass of ig-
norant voters, wholly unacquainted with
the wants of the people and the manage.
ment 0f affairs. and you have done us q
great injustice in compelling that class
TO be our equals in voting. Now, there
is some force in that. There is not one
OF you that will not admit that there is
some force in that stntemen. There is q
great deal Of force in it. II is q difficult
thing for any people to get along with
that situation. II is in your hands to
take that argument away absolutely
not all at once, not in day, but to tase
it away from your children, 30 that by
the intelligence Of your children in time
to come that reproach will not be left
and that argument cannot be mado.
When that day comes l do not see any
argument that any human being can
make against the fair right of all men to
equal privileges under the law.
Now, therefore, doing all we can at our
end OF the line, you should do all you
can at your end of the line to take away
the last obstacle that confronts us in ad.
justing the troublesome question which
your race and its place and its lutte con-
dition have given to this country
Whatevet oar people con do .c%a-d!
helping you to do, that I am aure they
will be very giad 10 do. Wheteyer can
do to forward that purpose in general
action or of individual action, l shall be
most glad to do. But don't let anybody
get up the race feeling among you to the
extent of saying 1--WE are 3 separate
class that are going to have separate priv.
ileges and separate rights" AS said on
another occasion, don't let anybody
abuse you because you areblack, but
don't let anybody nor let yourselves
got to feeling that anybody should
praisc you because you are black, and
certainly don't bear wrongs because you
are black. Those are the points. You
know that brings us up to the equality
and liberty of the law. Gentlemen, I
am glad to have met you.