The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-02-05
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that the manifestation of his awakening
does far more credit to his zeal than
either to his judgment or his capacity.
OF all the twaddle, that we have ever
encountered, the cfusion which he pre-
sents this week exceeds in frothy moth.
ingness any production that has been
sent to this office. The article is an
amusing ebullition Of spleen and ire,
without argument, and devoid even Of
point. 1t is the impoteDt rage of man,
maddened by his own folly, who seeks to
divert public attention from his own acts
by petty personal accusations, which are
entirely outside of the matter in hand.
Everything mean and dishonorable
imaginable might be true of any indi.
vidual who favors prohibition, and yet
such {. state of facts woul not justify
the delegation in overriding the will Of
the people, or induce his constituents 10
admire Mr.. Clinkscales' course in not
frankly atating which side of the ques.
tion he occupied. He lodged the ques.
tions which were asked him last week,
and this week he tries to keep entirely
away from them. Dickens sketched the
career of an individual whose cleverness
in pvoiding unpleasant issues secured for
him the appellation Of the artful dodger.
Mr.. Clinkscales presents to us another
phase of the dodger, but it is that of the
clumsy dodger, for he is attempting most
awkwardly to dodge any expression of
opinion upon the question under consider
alton. Had Mr.. Clinkscaley last week
made statement Of his position, we
should not have felt called upon to do
more than criticise the correctness of his
ideas but as he could not be properly
accused OF having any ideas in the arti
Gle of last week, we felt it to be proper
to criticise the absence Of ideas which
his card presented. His article this
week eyinces the came lack of straight
forward, manly courage to speak plainly
what he wishes to say, and therefore his
article ia full of insinuation and circum-
locution.
He begins by asserting that the people
interested in this matter consist of the
Editor, and two Of his elbow friends. 1t
may surprise him to know that the Edi-
tor of the INTELLIGENcER never spoke
to "Prep," directly nor indirectly, about
the matter, until after Mr.. Clipkscales.
article was published. Mr.. Clinkscales
misstates the fact, therefore, when he
aays "Prep's" article was an inspiration
from this office. II Is matter If indif.
ference to us what Mr.. Clinkscales things
is the object of "this fuss" as he terms
It. We assure him, however, that he
will, at the proper time, have no doubt
left as to what is the result of it.
It Is true that the Editor of the INTEL.
LIGENcER did draft the bill which was
introduced to permit the people of this
County to vote for or against prohibition.
1t was done in conformity with the
petition of more than one thousand
citizens of this County, and we are
neither afraid nor ashamed to admit it's
authorship. We are not smar!ing under
Its failure. We are perfectly serene, for
We know enough of the temper of our
people to feel satisfied tha. it is only u
question of time until this County will
not only vote upon the question, but vote
10 favor of prohibition. Mr.. Clinkscales
asserts that the Editor of the INTELLI.
GENcER in the past has sguirmed upon
The whisky question. we cali on him 10
tell us where, when and how, or to stand
before the County guilty of recklessly
charging things that are untrue. The
Editor of the rNTELLIaENcER is the
author of the present Local Option Law,
and of the law VIII h prohibits the sale
of liquors outside of incorporated cities
and towns In the State. Let him
show where the squirming 10. We have
already gotten rid of whiskey shops in
the country, and now we want to get rid
Of them ia the towns as fast as public
opinion is ready for It. We believe
Anderson County Is ready now. Will
Mr.. Clinkscales speak equally as plainly
as to how he stsnds3 So far he has been
clumsy dodger on this matter.
Mr.. Clinkscales is mistaken in charg.
ing us with malice towards him. If We
entertained It, we might write an inter-
esting article upon suudry little matters
Of taste and ethics in which we differ
from our Representatives. We are,
however, contending for the right of the
majority of the people to govern, as
against government by the Representa-.
tives In defiance Of the people. What
Mr.. Clinkscales says about our Repre-
ssntatives not being the State govern.
ment, 10 true. but he has been in the
Legislature to very little purpose If he
hes not learned that The Representatives
from q County can generally control the
determination Of all local matters. The
Representatives from Pickens and Oconee
Counties have passed prohibition bills
for theif Counties, and the Representa-.
tiyes from Uaion passed n bill for their
Cfourt House town at the last session.
Does Mr Clinkscales mean to say that
the R Representatives from Anderson could
not have done the same thing for their
County If he does. we dift with him.
q Efr. ciinkscales insinnates--(he seems
OF doing moro than to insinu-
ate, that the editor Of the IfTELLIaEN.
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