The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-13

teenth century, until it has become no
only national reproach, but an unbear
able evil. So far as the South Cnrolins
'chivalry' are concerned, they will eyi
dently meet with obstacles in the further
pursuit of their beloved pastime, if. as il
probable, this bill becomes n law"
The Boston Adrertiser (Rep.) refuse,
to be comfortcd. !, insists that Tho
Whole social aud political fabr:. in The
South shall be rebuilt in day. This i.
its view:
"Ihn South Carolina Legislature j,
credited with some good work of late
imposing stringent penalties for duelling
exempting immigrants into the State
from taxation for three years, and the
like: Now, if the Legislature would in
good faith provide some way of punish.
ing frauds upon the ballot box, it would
go far to make South Carolina a com.
Portable State to live in. But no emi.
grant who is worth having, if ho knows
what he is about, will ever choose to set.
tie permanently in q State where tissue
ballots are treated as good Joke and
false counting is considered honest.
Since the November election the Repub.
ilcan Executive Committee of that State
nave Issued statement of the manner
in which they were defrauded. Such a
statement, or rather such n state of so.
ciety as it reveals, will keep more people
out OF the State than exemption from
taxation would call in for generation y
We assure our Boston friend that every
Immigrant who is qualified TO vote can
vote as often in South Carolina AS in any
other State, aud have his vote counted
quite us accurately rs in municipal elec.
tions at "thc Hub" Irregularities ut
elections III the South are the conse.
quence OF fear of negro rule, and against
that rule immigrants are protection.
We should be glad to have Immigrants
who could legally vote twice, and be
counted four times.
The Quaker City is represented on our
list by the Record (Rep.) and the Times
(Ind.) The former admits that NO are
getting on, but is fearful lest it's readers
should believe that the millennium has
come in South Carolina. So i says:
South Carolina is for going ahead in
the line OF Northern prcccdenis The
Anti Whiskcy bill recently referred to in
these columns has passed both houses of
the Legislature, and is now law. The
sale Of all kinds Of Intoxicating liquors,
including malt liquors and wines, is abso.
lutely prohibited outside of the incorpo.
rated cities, towns and villages. Wien
1t Is considered that the points thus ex-
cepted. are exceedingly few in compari-
son win Similar municipalities at the
North, the widespread extent and copse-
quen: harshness Of the prohibition will
be perceived. II the new statute is rig
IDLY enforced it will operate as very
effectual blockade upon the rural dram
drinkers. The Legislature of the same
State has also passed an Act TO punish
the carrying about the person of con-
cealed deadly weapons. Among the
weapons enumerated are pistols, dirks,
daggcrs, slung shots, metal knuckles and
razors. 1t must not be taken for granted
from all this that the millennium is about
TO be Instituted in South Carolina, for it
IS one thing to make laws and another
aud harder thing TO enforce them"
From the Times comes the admission
that the world is moving" (which is
gratifying Iact} and that South Carolina
lis moving with it," (which is another
gratifying fact,) and that we really are
r.aking substantial and liberal progress
Thus:
"There is substantial and liberal pro.
gress in South Carolina. Her State ad
mlnistration that cost three millions or
more under former carpet-ba rule nov
costs about onc-tenlh of that amount
and twelve hundred colored teachers are
now teaching coored schools Mt the cost
OF the State. A stringent license law
has just been enacted prohibiting the sale
OF liquors outside of Incorporated cities
and towns; another imposes severe peu.
altles for carrying concealed weapons :;
another inflicls the scverest penalties
upon the duellist; another offers special
exemption from taxes to actual settlers,
and law of q former session excmpts
factories started in the State from all
taxation forstcn years The world moves
it,"
AS might be expected, the New York
tribune sncers at the good work, and
people. This is what it says:
"a great moral revival is going on in
South Carolina. The Legislature is tus.
sling with the evils of dram. .drinkinr.
dnelling and carrying concealed weapons,
all at once. Perhaps it is too much to
expect that it will take hold of bull.
doing and ballot box stutfing. Old.
fashioned South Caroliniuns are ALREADY
accusing it of shaking the pillars of go.
ciety."
The Chicago Times (Ind.) is disposed
TO be facetiOus about the razor clause.
II says:
"It is true, as every barber will testify,
that razors are usually used for the in.
Fiction of personal injury but whether
they are deadly weapons or not depends
somewhat on circumstances. They are
often &c. i'm The SOuth IN 10 vvalI IS So,,,
and the South Carolina Legislature NAV
have done we'll in including them in the
law for the special benefit Of the colored
population. But it will be difficult in
practice to decide when g razor is q
deadly weapnn' and when :. :s . ,e~:!
instrument of torture"
The Nation is cynical and cold bloodcd,
as Usual, aud is conspicuous!y inaccurate,
Beside, IL speaking vi South Carolina
aud mississippi as standing in the same
scale as Albania and Corsica. Lawiess.
ness ie incidental in the South; in the
countries the Nation names it is the rule.
Crime is punished here; il is not pun.
lshed there. Trade and agriculture
flourish here; they are dead and dying
there. We tear that the Nation is more
intent on saying something smart than
IN sticking to the facts. Nothing is to
be gained by speaking of SoutGerners
who violate the law Us "brigands" or
"assassins" while hIen in the North and
West who commit worse crimes, and
more OF them, attract no et.ention and
pass unnoticed. When the Nation treats
the people III the South as il treats the
people IN its own neighborhood, We shall
be satisfied. The Nation says: