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

& OF sltS capaclouS manuIactOly, Calis tuo
INTELLIGENcER trimmer. This in.
stances the reckless character of the
Rsg;stsr scontrov oversial tendencies. Ifthe
Register will point to single public
question upon which the INTEL1IGENcER
/ has ever trimmed, then he may sustain
his charge Otherwise it Unjust be imputed
to the malicious ire in which the article
!: was written. The INTELLIGENcER is
not inallble. It may make mistakes,
but it has never yet lodged upon any
public question. The Registers impusa-
stion is, therefore, as baseless as was the
occasion Of its frat attack upon us. The
Register contends that our first article
made the attack, and says:
yow this Was disingenuous attack
on the Reqister, as the article alluded to
and complained of was only notice of
the sharp criticism that was lodged
a9aihat the Secretary in many directions.
There Was not one Of these charges made
sby the Rsaister. " we're not informed
.Sof Che facts, but called attention to what
came n to sua from all directions. Why,
Sthe1, assail Us and hold us up as the par
Z tn making the criticisms, which We
derived from journals of every shade OF
opinion e
The Register said in the first article:
ssIt il safe to say that Mr.. Bayard has.
suffered serious loss in the respect and
confidence Of Democrats in all parts Of
I the Union. The storm of. criticism
which has beiallen 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
faYurites to the exclusion of others, is
lust what he deserves. This sharp criti:.
cism Of Mr.. Rsyard's course, il is said, IS
approved by his Cabinet associates.
People near home may profit BY Mr.,
s.Bayarda' example with much advantage
! to themselves. Everybody is about tired
ofs this sort Of thing, and are going to
show their teeth about 1t. !"
Nov, the Register in this article, did
say: that sthe storm Of criticism" J" &C., "is
Just what he Mr. Bayard) deserves"
And yet it now says there ssas not one,e
.tlsse charges made 6y tie Register" The
Rsg;ster 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.. Bayard, for treat
~ 'af
ing his Office as his personal property,
emitting him to bestow positions on his
personal faYorites, is Just sohat he deserues.
gIf this IS not an assertion that the
charges npon which the criticism is made
ARE true, ne cannot understand its mean.
{ ing. The Register has written and said
SC. much that it evidently forges too soon
its. own yoluble emanations. The Regis
: ter characterizes our article as pert, OIL
cious and disingenuous. Of course it is
pert and oficious and disingsnuous land
ne wonder there had not been half a col.
umn more Of similar terms used) for any
psper to differ from the great Columbia
Rsg;sssr( ].
The Register also says: "When the
INTELLIaENcER says of US, He permit
ted his name to be canyassed for the
Legislature from Richland County until
it was apparent that there was not q
ghost Of achance, when he declined to
run,' it has been betrayed again BY its
spleen into statement that is by no
means true"
And yet the editor of the Register ad-
mib that his name was used for the Leg
jslatnre on. two occasions. Once he re-.
ceiYed q, aattering mention in a neigh
boring paper, but il soon transpired that
thepeople wanted Others and he declined.
On another occasion his name was
sprung il; q convention while he was sick
in bed, and he Was beaten. He does not
Say ywhesher. he knew his name would be
sprung there or not, but his admissions
are abundant to show that what We said
MAS true. He permitted his name to be
used for6 the Legislature until he saw
that the people had selected two other l'
men to represent the idea upon which he
Was suggested, and then he Withdrew,
Whya q Because, as he admits, he saw the
people had selected somebody else, and
he Wonld NOT get.the nomination. That
is al that We stated. Our readers can
see from these. facts that the Register is
not entitled to perch itself above every
body else in South Carolina as the exem-
plar of disinterested patriotism. The
spirit with it is willing, but the flesh is
weak.
The fight for the Collectorship Of the
po,t snf charleston conkinues To be an