The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-06-08

.nat ms peen so popular with the Renub.
mcahs. Inc law will, In his opinion. be
,ne poiiticai salvation Of South Carolina.
ne warned the people against new mar.
ties' as leading into tho Republican mar.
~ Us Is shown by the votes of the Green
FUCKERS and Readjusters In Congress who
nave Just voted to seat Z. w. NJ. Mackev
one oil the most notorious and corrunt
OF the Republican politicians OF this
State. '"''
AT the conclusion of Col. SimnSon,,
speech, Mr.. Eskew, the President. stated
lhat MIR. w. w. Russell, p.ember of the
Greenback party, who had announced n
desire to meet the Democratic leaders in
'his county, had been invited ami would
next address the meeting.
mr.. Russell spoke for one hour and ten
minutes, and said in substance That he
hesitated to enter into debate with two
ia"yers-traincd speakers-whilc he was
Dut plain countryman, bu. that he would
express his views without fear of any man
or set OF men. The time allotted to him
one hour-was not enough it would take
MN three hours to do the subject Justice.
nc was not here as politician he came
az hunanitarian-a true Democrat Of the
'enersonian order. The new Grcenback
parry Is the real Democratic party. and the
OLD Democratic party has left Democratic
principles. This party fayore white su.
premacy, though 1t was just to the negro
ana would accord to him all of his rights.
ihey intend to rule by tie white voters of
lhe state, but he deprecated the policy of
tue Democratic party, which was keepjng
UP the race issue in the South. 1t is the
polticians ke::ing the country in turmoil
III order to rob the farmers, who paw so per
cent. of the taxes of the country. It is the
democrats in the South who hold up the
ploody shirt, and We cannot wonder that
the Republicans Of the North take it up on
their side. Those who fought in the late
war are asking the politicians to step aside
ana let the farmers. who should govern this
country, shake hands and give peace to the
nation. He said: 81 have some plain ques
tions to ask, and if you will answer them
satisfactorily Cunning towards Mr.. Murray
l Will quit the Greenback party and come
back to the Democracy"
Mr.. Murray-"Well, sir, will YOU pick
out your committee to hear and decide here
ana now whether the answers are satisfac-
tory, and we will settle it on your own
| basis?"
Mr.. Russell said he might hereafter agree
20 such an arrangement, but not now. He
did not like to be interrupted but intended
to speak his sentiments though the heavens
fall. He then launched out into q TRADE
upon Ex-Governor Tilden, Vanderbilt and
others, who hold large sums Of United
states bonds, upon which they pay no
taxes, and which originally sold for 40
cents on the dollar, but are now to be paid
in gold at par. The poor farmers are taxed
TWO cents on each box Of matches to pay
the interest due these men who are rolling
i'll luxury on the interest of their money,
without paving any tax to the government.
he complained OF the banking system and
of the new lease of power given to the
banks.
He then entered into State politics, and
| objected to comparisons with the Radical
governments. Negro government could
never como again in South Carolina. The
negroes themselves do not want it. He
denied that the Greenback party was in
alliance with the Republican party, or that
they voted solidly with the Republicans in
Congress in the Mackcy matter.
Mr.. Murray asked how the Greenbackers
from the South voted
He replied to seat Mackey, and said he
believed in his soul, before High Heaven,
| that Mackey was as much entitled to his
seat as d. Wyatt Aiken was to his and
that candor compelled him to say so. He
then charged the Democracy with failure
to fulfil its pledges, but could not specify
| in what the failure consisted. He next
| charged the party with creating q great
many new offices that are burdensome to
the people. Mr.. Murray asked him to
name the Offices he thought should not
have been created, and he replied that he
would do so at another time but not now.
He then went on to charge that the Demo-
cratic party in South Carolina is run by the
Republican party Of the North. He said
| that the railroads in this State are owned
by J. Gould and other Northern Republi-
cans, and oificered by Democrats. That
|
interest of the railroads, and in that way in
the interest of the Republican party. He
charged that the Legislators were influ-
| enced by giving them free passes over the
railroads, and said they all had thei ask
ing Mr.. Murray if 1t were not trl.e. Mr..
Murray replied that it was not. Mr.. Rus
sell then said that he knew some members
of the Legislature who had them, and
| when urged by Mr. Murray to tell who, he
admitted that Mr.. Murray was the only
| member that he knew had one. He also
said that the registration law was passed at
the instance of Republican, and when
asked what Republican, replied Mr.. Eyarts,
and in reply to still another question from
Mr.. Murray as to his authority for that as-
sertion, said he heard it as coming from
Col. Simpson. This brought up Mr.. Simp-
son who denied having made such O state.
ment but who had said that he had been
told Mr.. Evarts had asked why our people
did not pass laws under which the elections
could be legitimately carried. Mr.. Ed.
Russell thcreupon said he had heard Mr..
Simpson say that Arthur had sent the Leg
islature word to pess the law. This Mr..
Simpson emphatically denied.
He next pitched into the Neps and Courier
and all of the State papers for not noticing
the Greenback party, and particularly the
Anderson INrELLIGENcER for not noticing
the fact that Club had been formed at
Peaks Station.
Mr.. Murray-"I did not know that there
was Club formed"
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