The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-06-11

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alone, as it did in its advocacy of q Dem.
ocratie canvass in 1876; but the number
of men who agree or disagree with US
has no influence in controlling our opin
ions beyond the fact that whero we find
many disagree with us we consider .he
question more fully than we might other,
wise do, but when we are satisfied We
never hesitate to express our opinion foI
what it may be worth. Therefore, the
views of the State press did not In this
instance control US. The Register, how.
ever, constitutes itself the representative
of the State press, and proceeds to attack
the INTELLIGEECER.
The Register says that it did not init
mate that there ought to be difference
between native and adopted citizens.
Well, 1t did not say so, and as it now
says il did not intend such an intimation,
We can only say that the construction of
its article last week caused US to think
such an intimation was intended. The
Registers announcement, however, shows
that there is at least one point on which
the INTELL1GENCER and the Register
agree. We congratulate our contempt.
rary that opposition to our adopted citi.
zcns is not one Of it's vagaries. The
Register next says
"But it has pleased the INTELLIGEN.
GER to justify Captain Dawson's pro.
curement for his connection by the fol.
lowing totally upjustifable language
The Registers malice towards the Ne,cs
and Courier leads it into tho peuri.e po-
sition Of belittling Captain Dawson and
his claims upon the people Of South
Carolina Are all journals of tho State
moved by malice to the Ne,os and Courier
In criticising and condemning this ap.
pointment as an unworthy one? Are all
the numerous journals out Of the State
who condemn this appointment in the
most unqualified words moved by malice
to the Ne,cs and Courier Let the In.
TELLIdESCEE answer.
"Now, behold the petty inyidiousness
OF this language. Were We talking of
what Captain Dawson had done for South
Carolina3 Were we not talking rather
OF what he had dono for his brother.in.
law at the expense of South Carolina
If he had right to do what he did,
there is an end of 1t without throwing
the Ne'cs and Courier into the SCALE"
We answer that all papers in the State
are not actuated by malice to tho News
and Courier. Several of them have crit.
icised the Morgan appointment, but they
have done 80 without the manifestation
of that malice which the Register ex-
hihits. The Register was talking about
Captain Dawson in q manner to bring
his record as q citizen Of South Carolina
into dispute, and it ought to give ita
readers credit for having sense enough
to discern this, for they would be pitt.
fully stupid not to discover it in these
words Of tho Register:
"Well, this was Dawson's act, and as
such it provokes sharp censure and it
has aroused the indignation OF every man
who feels like South Carolinian. Peo.
pie naturally ask: Who Is this man who
thus assumes to have positions assigned
TO South Carolina given to him as his
personal reward to bestow to whom he
will? And 1t Is most becoming ques.
tion."
These were the questions which caused
us to compare what Capt. Dawson has
done for South Carolina with what the
present management of the Register has
done. The Register cannot conceal Its
malace to the Ners and Courier. In the
same issue it has controversy with the
Ne,cs and Courier, in which it shows this
malice in tho following extract:
"The truth is that for years the Nems
and Courier has been pushing at the
Register, and no effort to undermine it in
popular favor here has been spared by
its representatives, paid to do the dirty
work. Any one who has read the Netps
and Courier with honesty must see that
no pains have been spared to belittle
this paper in every imaginable way. 1t
is only necessary to read after this very
diligent detractor of to-day, who now
plumes himself as having the ear which
was refused tho Register by the Board Of
Visitors"
This shows that the Register entertains
i'll feelings towards the Ne,os and Courier,
and accounts for it's bitterness towards
that paper. The Register concludes its
article by denying the charge made by
the INTELLIGENCER that there Is scarce.
ly public man In the State that it has
not belittled or censured. To refute this
the Register quotes a highly laudatory
letter to John w. II. Pope. Esq, dated
October 18th, 1883, signed by Gov.
Thompson, Senator Hampton, Col.
Wallace, Col. McMaster, Col. Youmans
and Chief Justice Simpson, expressing
their regret that he had severed his
connection with the Register, aud their
appreciation Of his editorial work, and
wishing him increased usefulness and
success. This letter looks too much like
O petition for Office, and illustrates the
fact that mems sympathies often induce
them to sign papers. Mr.. Pope had
given up, for some reason not necessary
to be stated here, his position on the
Register. He needed another, and the
letter was written to help him get It,
The Register asserts that this accusation
is not true, and relies upon the letter
mentioned to prove its denial. This is q
denial and avoidance of tho issue. A
man charged With crime could not
acquit himself by proving his limo.