The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-08-22
BILL ARP,S TALK.
There Is Great DcaI of Friction II
Life.
ANm,M Consultation.

Life.
atlanta Consultation.
An old man with well balanced mind
and good memory and cheerful disposi.
ton, is treasure-when he dies it is a
positive los, not only to the family but to
the community. He is like clock that
tells the time, or like mile post that
tells the distance, or like signboard
where the road forks. Such men are not
numerous, for old age generally has some
in6rmity, but they are about and about
and it is a pleasure and comfort to meet
with them. Wisdom hangs upon their
lips, and they quiet your apprehensions
and give you courage to fight the battle
of life b1avely. They see life from q
higher standpoint just as we see valleys
and streams, and fields and forests from 8
mountains top. Iwas talking to such an
one the other day, and when I mentioned
Mrs. Can6eld's letter, and her desire to
be up in some safe corner in the sky and
Hee the negro heels upon the white folks
uecks, the old man smiled and said :
ooh, we'll, she is foolish, thoughtleas
woman, and expect wrote more than she
felt. But we are obliged to have some
friction. These little sputterings and
spatteriDgs don't amount to much. They
are like the big rain drops that fall upon
pool or pond of water. They dance
up and down and make quite commotion
for awhile, but when the cloud passes
over, the pond is as smooth and CLASSY as
ever. think that the north and south
are harmoniziug as they get better
acquainted aud mix up their money in
southern enterprises, but We are obliged
to have some friction. Nothing runs
smoothly all the time-not your farm,
nor your business, nor your politics, nor
your domestic affairs, nor your church
nor your religion. In fact, friction is o
good thing if you will keep it creased
good"
Mrs. Can6eld's letter discouraged me
for awhile, for thought she reflected the
sentiments of the northern women
towards US, but when learned that she
was sister of Senator ingalls, 1 felt
relieved. Malice and venom runs in some
families by Inheritance and they can't help
it. The Ingalls, family hate the south
just like shylock hated Christians. They
would take the pound of flesh from
nearest the heart and say, "if it will feed
nothing else, it will feed my revenge"
Not long ago there was a grand rally at
the Grand Army in Kansas, and they
cheered the preacher who prophesied US
all in hell, and such things are what the
old man calls friction and will pass away.
I vas talking to Kansas Republican
about that and he smiled and said: "Our
people do not feel that way. About in
spots there are bad people who make a
good deal of noise, and run the party
with howl and yell, but that is politics.
Now, in crowd like that n'tauppose
there were ten per cent. Of old soldiers
who were in the war, and perhaps there
were fifty per cent. of foreigners who have
moved here since the war. Our sober,
reflective citizens don't talk that way, nor
feel that way. don't suppose that your
State would have seeded from the Union
if your old men and your conservative
element could have been heard, but it
went out with shout and hurrah
from the tboughtless aud the beliger-
ent."
eve will not discuss that now" said
T; !" but 1 wish to know why it is your
people select such bitter men as ingalls,
to Office 2"
Because they are politicians" said he,
"and know how to manipulate the wires.
Our best men won't go into the scramble,
and expect it ia the same way with you.
We have to take professional politicians,
and besides we don't attach importance
to their abuse of the south as you do.
They have to have some battle cry to
catch the Aoaters, and as there is not
much involved but Offices aud spoils, ne
haven't anything to howl about except
the rebellion and the niggers. 1t is all q
fight for Office. have mixed with your
people for years, aud what prejudice I had
has gone, and if lived down here ex.
pect 1 would be State Democrat; but
let me tell you secret. The northern
Republicans are just as good friends to
the south as the northern Democrats.
There is at heart no difference. A
northern man is a northern man, no
matter what his politics or his religion.
The northern Democrats manipulate you
and flatter you for your vote, and that is
all of it. Of course there is alienation on
both sides, and when you southern Dem.
ocrats pitch into our party in congress we
are glad to have such man as ingalls, to
fight back. That is human nature, and
we can't help it."
There was some grease in his talk, but
it does seem to me they have got some
spite against us that won't heal. Oh
course they are not responsible for their
ignorance and their fanatacism about the
negro. For nearly hundred years their
poets and their press have been publishing
lies about slavery and their hatred came
with their mothers milk. Harriet
Beecher Stowe capped the climax by
writing Uncle Toms Cabin, which was 9
romantic lie from beginning to end, and