The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-03-19
REINFORCE THE PETITIONS.
The Temperance Movement 10 Hero to
Stay Until it Endn in Victory.

cussion OH the prohibition question, with
it's especial connection with tho meeting
Of our last Legislature, and the actions
of our Representatives in reference to it,
The article Of Mesars. Towers and Smith
exonerating you from all blame and
censure. was all very well, and certainly
sets the matter complained of at rest
bnt the readers Of your paper know full
we'll that you have performed your whole
duty in the premises, and that iu its dis.
custom you had done nothing more than
your duty as u journalist. From every
friend of the cause you will receive the
plaudit of "well DONE"
The reasons assigned for opposition to
the petition, aud u failure to push it
through, are rather amusing to an out
slider than otherwise. One Representa-.
tive says, in the same article in which he
discusses the proper translation and in.
terpretaaOn of the Psalms Of David,
after speaking OF the petitions and their
circulation and signing, that such Oh
expression Of opinion would not warrant
Representative man 70 fnvor the Bill"
SO the petitions were oil right, 40 far rs
their make up and siguing was concerned,
but happened to be just n little too weak
10 warrant this particular Representative
man to favor the measure. This ID GER
tainly cool and complimentary to the
twelve hundred and uine petitioners. Az
much as to say, you petitioners ask to b.
allowed by law to regulate your own
local affairs, but am Representative
man, and your prayer is beneath MY
notice, and will not even justify me in
favoring the Bill. Now. Nr. EIitor,
the brazen eGrontery of ouch talk faster o
the conviction upon tho mind that such
Representative is the "Representatite e
man" Of bis own contracted ideas, and
that If he bas any supporters in this
matter they exist only in his i;;eo.dered
imagination.
Again 1t is said, that in tho judgment
Of one of our Representatives, the repeal
of the Local Option Law would be
unwise and inexpedient. Twelve bun.
| dred aud nine petitioners think not. They
pelieve II allowed to regulate the matter
for themselves by the votes Of the people
they can materially improve that law.
This Representative thinko not, and
therefore iguores the petition. Thi-
same Representative, when correspon-
dent criticise0 his migratory life in search
Of office, says that the correspond sn,
certainly did not understand What was
due from one man to another" Aud !
was inclined to agree and sympathize
with him, but when he serenely scts up
mis- judgment in opposition to the COM
bined judgment of twelve hundred and
nine petitioners, and then acts upon his
own, it 10 certainly clear that he has MT
C inception of what is due from one man
TO another, or from Representative t."
the people whom he represents. The
Local Option Law is not the matter
under discussion, but If it was, much
might be aaid against it. Under its
,perations the revenue realized from the
.ale of whiskey comes principally of Of
the people of the country, and goes
entirely to build up interpretations. To
this ia added annually o very conoidera-
ole amount in the way of fnes from the
people of the country, in consequence of
The Use of whiskey. If the people of
the country, therefore. bear the burden,
Why not allow them to have saloons ut
| any aud every place In the County they
are properf To the objection that there
could be no police regulations in the
country to preserve the peace, it may be
we'll answered that men go to Anderson
aud become intoxicated, and start for
hume we'll armed with jugs and bottles of
whiskey to keep up and augment the
intoxication, and though the police may
spot and watch them, yet they manage
to pass the limits Of the city, and then
upon every highway our wives and daugh.
ters are subjected to the unmanliness,
indecency and insulta of the intoxicated,
both white aud col0red. 1t could not be
much worse If sold every where. But 10
'liscuas this 10 not my purpose, and
therefore AJAX pardon for the depression.
30 far IN the Democracy Of Anderson
County becoming split and dinrup,ed
upon this question 10 concerned 10, to my
mind, ono of the most improbable con.
clusions Imaginary. The principle which
unites and cements ua together political.
ly Is too pure, too full Of devotion 10
homo aud country, aud the motives
which prompt aud actuate the people to
hold and act together are too Important
and grand to admit Of eevering by this or
any similar local question. Neither are
the people to be deferred from regulating
their own local affaira by the vhims and
cr"akings of politicians 70 desiss lest
they split the party.
This question of prohibition the peo.
pie Of the County are going to decide for
themselves. 1t 10 one Of the coming
events. It 10 like the current of q nigh.
ty river. grandly moving onward, and
though fora short time its progress may
be impeded, it 10 all che while gathering
! additional ntrengsh, power aud velocity
for its future progress.
Having nothing to do either With the
circulation of the petitions or their
management, am not apprised, except
II k., S~a A.