The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-08-23

OF occupy nlen SOCIAL Place. ::ssiSsa
All oft il. false as it il, foolish. The
truth e, Res are learning to- take class
distinctions ont! ofonr politics sand Judge
memo heir merits, and that is3 Just
what sHs should $40: tssisS holeaome,
safe, mocratic and American. &:
slAristo strict q aken, ought:to
have no place i'm the American Yocabu.
Slary.s gge; hare no right sStos know any: y:
thing saboutSit. ItSsmeans q olitical con:
.dition il which some persons inherit
from their parents the right and power
60 Iuls, and is as much opposed Sto the
spirit itsand principle les sof; our: government
SEas any zone thing can be opposed to
;anothe her: For 9lack. Of q: ter.sword ne
:do'use it, however, as applied TO social
condition. q, s;;;sSS: !;
8 Allowing 8 saristo ocracy Z ssto meansthose
d persons Who hold prominent places 10
social i5lifs, ID other Words, gentle lemon and
gentleWom en, We; can know how silly ii
is TO talk Of 4 q war on aristocracy in
South Casoiin Ths truth sisS there: are
no frmers bel;ege sin ssaristocr cracy q 10
Etbe refined and improved sense 81. f.the
sword, than The mass OF South Carolina
voters, Of all [ degrees. Nobody believes
more earnestly than they dofin the doc:
trins: eredity and the. value sof blood
;:.o in the Yernacnlar .stock. :,
The average scountry man ssiin this State, be
sherenter or freehold lei, wants:to know Of
the .stooek Of any ! nan Or woman in
ssWsahomshe iis asked % trust. hen man
sor 81 woman goes wrong the patriarch Of
The neigh hborhood will always show the
bad place ii: the stock g ID some bygone
;generations stos plain the fall Many q
rugged South Carolina plong gilman has
.staked his life in desperate places 81
refused to do shameful and: profitable
things because sofs ibis Srace and blood
sspgide because he would not go back
sons his stock 3, Many 3 man Of. that Kind
who cannot read nor write IS as proud,
sinhis own suncouth way, Of the blood in
his Ysiussantd as careful its honor as. if
siit came him from king Or marquis.
There are oldimen ia the South Carolina
mountains now who will not vote for
ANY descend liant of e family which was
tory an the revolu tiolarys var. .
@ It is howeyeF, al mocratic aristoc.
sracy. IL s. s belief in clear, honest
game blood iath than in distinguished
names: Tie. ordinary South Carolinian
values, a long strain Of humble honest
spafentage more than one illustrated 4by
occasional distinctio on: 81 e &
With such 9 people there Can be3no
war On tocracy ninthe really. Amer.
/ sicanameanin of che word. But with
! them. resist to the rule Of names and
TO- hereditary POLITICAL rights IS as natu-
5raI as IL is right: Their tend dency siss to
storsake eadership, to nse their own
mind in forming political opinions and
voting for men, to conaide each manson
:hi5smerits as an individual, regardless Of
the names and Influences supporting Of
opposing him. They are learning 70
think sfor:tb elves, to take nothing for
granted to demand value received, to
reject The doctrine that any man has .
:c1aimst be fed By them, t. command
their bedience sor 80 receive. Of them
more; honor Or pay than he can earn. 3,
believe the further they go 10! that
direction the better. We rejoice I'M the
increasing tendency to weigh and value
men BY what they: do rather than BY
what they have done or BY what their
fathers have done. Weare glad TO think
that this tendency prevails among all
classes, high and low, rich and poor, and
that the opposition 10 it is becoming SO
sscanty and feeble that it is more an
object for laughter than q cause for fear.
S There is no class division in South
Carolina. The men who believe in man.
hood, in progressive thought and action
and real mocracy are among all the
social degrees and sub degrees; those
who cling to the ideas Of a century ago
are distributed likewise. We are5inclined
toibelieye. that most Of the talk Of aaris.
.tocracy and the most Of the charges Of q
war against it come from persons whose
Seagerness in its defence is caused bytheir
anxiety to be regarded by others as
belonging tosi it, Greenville Neaos.