The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-12-25
THE POLITICAL ZODIAC.
nnI Arp Thinks the sisus arc Hopeful.
Ahdnta Constitution.

| republican party. Aries the ram an,
Taurus the bull have been butting aroun,
generally. The bull tossed us up an,
when we struck the ground and tried &
rise again to perpendicular, the oil,
ram took us from behind and We ueve
had any chance to get up at all. But ",
have got up at last and whipped the fight
| and the signs are now in the republican
knees. Capricornus, the goat, is dowr
on his marrow bones. He wags >hi
beard and shakes his horns, but that's all
| And now the stars are moving serenely
in the heavenly belt, and the signs arr
working up the heart and the breast
The lion will soon rule the roost, q noble
beast--the king Of beasts-and there will
be peace in the land. The signs arc
working up, know, for to day Mira. ARE
received letter from q union soldier IN
Pennsylvania, telling her that he had her
album that was taken from our house
twenty years ago, and carried away as
trophy, and he wants TO return it. Tha,
is good sign. The spirit of restitution
is at work, aud before long maybe all our
valuables will be sent home with interest
and back pay. Ammo Dommi and dem.
ocratic principles will tell. When Mrs.
Arp read the letter she looked away oil
dreamily and said, "Well, he writes like
a gentleman. 1t ia pretty letter and
reckon he must be gentleman" and
then, after pause, she continued; "But
what made him keep il 80 longY" That
album was her maiden treasure, for II
had sweet words from her scho0lmates,
aud sweeter ones from her lovers, and she
has often wondered what anybody wanted
with it. We vacated our home in the
night, away in the night, at the time
when deep sleep falleth upon man and
all of Mrs. Arp's literary treasures were
hastily bundled together for transporla.
ton and were left-leit In the drawer of
her beautiful sewing table. There were
all the letters from loved ones dead, aud
loved ones living. and some promising
ones from me, for promised her every.
thing before / got her. All the men do
that reckon, but how many keep them
nobody knows but the recording angel.
Then there were ell the letters / wrote
her from the army-lettera that wrote
with thoughtful care-for they were 10
refresh memory in coming years. They
were notes of battles aud marches and
retreats, and of the killed aud wounded
whom our people knew and loved-notes
w tttS III SauIp Auu uIEul ulhtIllt
and daily trials aud surprises. had
hoped to compile from them something
that would do TO print in after years, but
they too are gone. The album will be
welcome when it comes, and we will
thank the gentleman for his kindness.
Our boys kept some things too that they
captured--some trophies from the dead
that would be dear to tho living if we
knew them. War is an awful thing, and
whenever l feel like complaining Of bad
luck or unexpected trouble it is always q
comfort to remember that it IL not so bad
as war. 1t will be glorious era when
the sword is really put upon the anvil
and made into plowshare.
l had letter yesterday, another letter
that gives sign, q token of good will.
1t came from Boston and from stranger,
who says he reads the Constitution weekly,
and tries to keep posted on national pol.
ilics, and quote from his letter, verba.
tim, as follows: II think your letter of
the 18th was too hard on us. You should
have drawn it milder, for we are not mad,
not bit mad, and it grieved me that you
had such an opinion of us. I am q mer.
chant, and meet daily many friends, and
with us all, most all here in Boston, the
pleasantest thought is the changed po.
litical aspects In relation TO the people
of the South. We are sincerely glad
that you all like it and cannot help re-.
joicing with you. I have talked with no
one who does not appreciate your good
feelings over your recent victory-I feel
30 sure, Notwithstanding I have been q
republican all my life. In the late con.
test | had TO look beyond the candidate
and for the sake Of the &. o. p. took
the pill and voted for Blaine. He 10 the
style of o man to wave the bloody shirt
He is one Of the politicians and does not
belong to our rank aud file In Boston.
Now let us all try TO quench the flames
of passion and live in peace. Last sum.
mer visited Virginia and North Caro-.
lima, and saw your hordes of negroes,
and | pitied you that this ignorant race
had been forced upon you as voters.
did not at all like the new generation,
but the old graybearded ones were polite
and we'll maunered and liked them.
One evening while at Raleigh looked
IN upon the darkeys at festival and
was entertained, amused and instructed.
I 60 to New Orleans this winter, and
shall stop awhile in Atlanta 60 as to learn
more of the South and her people. !
found nothing more marked on my for.
mer visit than the hospitality aud cour.
tesy Of your people, and We all hope tnai
the new order of things will bring Us all
nearer together"
Well that is O good letter. Such talk
as that will capture the Southern heart
I just feel like I want to hug him and
his wife and his children. Such 40 him
may come down here end live and die
and be buried in our graveyards. W.
will let their children marry our children
and raise up breed that will harmonic
the sections. They will furnish the
money and we wifi furnish the "do1'
care" for q dowry, aud It will make
splendid cross. Nevertheless, I coulden
help thinking that the sympathy for u
about the negroes voting wss little lat,
be sorry, but we ain't now. It locke lik,
the came time. Their votes don't trouble
they used to. Our country darkeys have
almost quit, for both sides have quit pay
Ing them. They sold their registration
tickets, the other day, in CarolinF. to Johl
Robinson's circus for leave to 60 In u
bis show. They had rather see the ele
phant now than to vote, but they used !,
went to vote every day two or ihre
times. ~ ,s.%as
But the signs are hopeful. Bos.on I
not mad nor venomous, and Boston
the hub. When her good people se
how the democracy can run the machin
they will be content, aud not have {
swallow any more pills for the sake g
the g. o. p!, for there ,is another 9. o, /