The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-05-21
The Columbia REGISTER comes to us


The Columbia Register comes to us
freightsd with the anticipated Volume oi
editorial venom which that paper stands
ready to discharge upon shortnotice upon
ell who venture to take issue with it's
infallibility. In the absence Of any
better founded epithet, the Register, out
of its capacious mandatory, calls the
INTELLIGEECER trimmer This in.
stances the reckless character Of the
Registers controversial tendencies. 1.-THE
Register will poir. to single public
question upon which the INTELLIGENcER
has ever trimmed, then he may sustain
his charge; Otherwise it must be imputed
to the malicious ire in which the article
was written. The INTELLIGENcER is
not infa],ible. It may make mistakes,
but it las never yet lodged upon any
public question. The Registers imputa-
tion IL, therefore, as baseless as was the
OCCASION Of its first attack upon us. The
Register contends that our first article
made the attack, and says:
"NoW this was disingenuous attack
on the Register, as the article alluded TO
and complained of was only notice Of
the sharp criticism that was lodged
against the Secretary in many directions.
There was not one Of these charges made
by the Register. We were not Informed
OF the facts, but called attention to what
came to ua from all directions. Why,
then, assail us and hold uB up as the par
ty making the criticisms, which we
derived from journals of every shade of
opinion?"
The Register said in the frat article:
ut is safe to say that Mr.. Bayard has
suffered serious loss in the respect and
confidence of Democrats in all parts of
the Ubion. The storm of criticism
which has befallen the new Secretary for
treating his high Office as his own perso.
nal property, emitting him TO bestow po.
sitions and preferments on his personal
favorites to the exclusion Of others, Ia
just what he deserves. This sharp criti.
cism Of Mr.. Bayard's course, It is said, is
approved by his Cabinet associates.
People near home may profit by Mr..
Bsyard's example with much advantage
to themselves. Everybody is about tired
of this sort of thing, and are going to
chow their teeth about It,"
Now, the Register in this article, did
say that "the storm of criticism" &C., sis
just what he (Mr. Bayard) deserves"
And yet 1t now says "there acas not one II
These charges made BY tie Register" The
Register did not originate them, it is true
1t hardly ever originates anything; but
it did assert that the storm Of criticism
which had befallen Mr.. Bsyard, for treat.
ing his Office as his personal properly,
emitting him to bestow positions on his
personal fayorites, is just srhat he deserves.
If this is not an assertion that the
charges upon which the oriticism is made
are true, we caunot understand its mean
ing. The Register has written and said
80 much that 1t evidently forgets too soon
its own voluble emanations. The Regis.
ter characterizes our article as pert, off,
cious and disingenuous. Of course 1t is
pert and oflcious and disingenuous land
we wonder there had not been half o col.
umn more Of similar terms used) for any
paper to differ from the great Columbia
Register(f).
The Register also says: "When the
INTELL1aENcER says of US, He permit
ted his namo to be canyassed for the
Legislature frGm Richland County until
1t wss apparent that there was not a
ghos. of a chance, when he declined to
sun,' it he's been betrayed aggein by its
spleen into statement that'is by no
means true."
And yet the editor OF tho Register ad-
mits that his name was t,aed for the Leg.
islature on two occasions. Once he re-.
ceiyed o aattering mention in neigh
boring paper. but IL soon transpired that
hepeople Wantedothors and he declined.
On another ocsaaion his name was
sprung id 8 convention while, he was sick
in bed, aud be was beaten. He does not
say whether he knew his name would be
sprung sHprs or not, but his admissions
are abundant to ahow that what we said
wac true. He permitted his name to- be
used fos the Legislature until he saw
that the people had selected two other
men to represent the idea upon which he
gas suggested, and then he withdrew.
whya Because, % ho admits, he saw the
people had selected somebody else, and
he would notgstt the nomination. That
is ali that we stated. Our reade 70 can
see from these. facts shat the Register Is
not entitled 10 perch itself above every.
body else III South Carolina as the sS,em.
plar sof, disinterested patriotism. The
spirit With II Ia willing, but the aesh is
weak. M '...s 5s
The fight for the Colleetorship Of the
Port Of Charleston continues to be on
absorbing theme with Che friends Of tho
several applicants, che bitterness
between the friends of Capt. Walker
and Mfr. MsWry increasing as the
fght progresses. There IS d dispoai.
ton on the part of many persons to
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