The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-08-07
BILL ARP'S PHILOSOPHY.
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swell, boys, let's quit playing with
'em. They won't play fair and they are
always fussing at US, and they steal our
balls and marbles, and the less we have
to do with 'em the better"
think that will be better for all con-
cerned. We won't nabor with 'em. We
can pass and rcpass like the feller did
with his bull; but it's high time to cut off
all intimate relations. What the South
wants is to be independent and selesus-
tanning That is what anybody and any
community wants. The farmer who raj.
ees the most of everything that be needs
is the best off. We have paid tribute
and homage to the North long enough.
Let us all begin economy at home and do
without the luxuries that our own section
can't furnish. Mrs. Arp says she will
wait for carpet until I can get her one
at home-wants an administer, I reckon.
she can get them she wants them, but if
she can't she don't. She tried doing
without during the war, when we had to
live on rye coffee and sassafras tea and
smokehouse salt and lye soap, and sor-
ghum and cornbread, aud the children
wore shoes made of half tanned leather,
and their clothes and hats were made of
scraps. "Oh, yes," she said, eve did it
in the war and I reckon we can do it in
peace. Solomon says, "Eat not the bread
of him that hath an evil eye, neither de.
sire thou his dainty meats" Well, I
would like a little more Goldfish and
mackerel and cheese, but will do with
out it. Cobe says he's done quit even
long ago for the war left him with Moth
ing but 8 yellow mule and all he buys is
coffee and tobacker. He says he'll be
dogged if he won't eat roots and drink
branch water if it's necessary. Well,
now, speaking seriously, the South can
do without the things she cannot make or
raise or import. She wouldn't suffer a
day for food or clothing. Wagon facto.
ries and carriage and buggy factories and
furniture factories would spring up here
like magic, and give employment to
thousands of our young men. In few
years there would be thousands of small
Industries. We would manufacture
everything from hairpin to locomo
tive, and keep our money at home.
Friends, countrymen, patriots let US do
that Let us form league that will do
something sure enough and do it for all
classes. Let the North keep all that she
has got and run the government and
Skinny on her own side and we'll shinny
on ours aud quit playing with them until
they get friendly. We are tired-tired.
"A continual dropping will wear away
stone."
wouldn't trust Democrat ten steps
who would stay in partnership with
bloody shirt Republican. The New York
Herald makes big blow about New York
going fifty thousand Republican majority
ifthe South boycotts her trade. Suppose
she does? Suppose they give hundred
thousand, what is that to US? What is
she doing for us now2 Ever since the
war the south has given her solid vote to
help the northern Democracy, and what
has that Democracy done for us? What
is it doing for US now7 Amos Cummings
is the on y man who depends upon prin
ciple. Ifa man is q friend, why don't he
show it? Why don't the Northern Dem.
ocrats hold public meetings and denounce
all this unholy war upon US? Why don't
they quit the church that allows its
preachers to abuse us and tell lies upon
us? Why don't they quit taking the
papers that slander US? Why don't they
do something or move out of that coun.
try? You can't take up Northern
magazine that hasn't got some malicious
scandalous piece in its columns. The
very last Century is still harping on An.
dersonville, and has communication
from o contemplate cuss about our using
bloodhounds to catch runaway negroes
before the war, aud says it was common
thing. It was very uncommon thing,
as every old time negro will tell him.
But suppose it was, what good can come
of such discussion now? What fair
minded editor would admit such things?
It is all for hate and venom, and the
mystery of it all is, what makes them
keep on hating US? It is said that Mrs.
Canfeld's husband was dreadfu!ly morti
fed about his wife's letter being publish
ed. That's all. He was not mortified
that she felt that way, but because her
feelings got into the papers. Why didn't
he educate her to feel some other way?
The truth is, be believed that way himself,
or he wouldn't have married such o vi
cious, malicious woman. Ifhe was real
ly friendly to the white people of the
South, he should have made her stop
talking that way or quit her.
What is the use of temporizing with
such q people? Let the New York
Herald and all other Heralds, threaten us
with increased republican majorities. a
hundred thousand is no worse than a
hundred. The result is oil the same.
What good has our forbearance done?
Are not the relations between us getting
more unfriendly every year? 1t is use
less to cry peace, when there is no peace.
This Congress is forging the chains to
bind us and our children to submission,
not only to them, but to the domination
of an inferior race. The Canfelds are as
thick up there as are 1.-THE leaves in Val.
lambrosas vale."
Now, let us all work together snd build
up the South. Let US invite all conserv-
ative people up north to come down aud
help us build up. There are some who
have visited is and mingled with us and
know what we are, and how we live and
how the negro is treated. There are
many who have already made invest
ments here and have prospered. Wewill
give glad welcome to all who come with
kind hearts aud good intentions. Chica-
go has got the worlds fair. Now let the
South have nothing to do with it. Her
loud-mouthed representatives howled
over that force bill and swallowed it
whole. They belong to the Garfield
stock, and ne want none of their fair
The North has put US under the ban, and
all that even their Democracy wants is
our 153 elec torRl votes. If we are mis-
taken about this We will take back some
things that we have said, but not all. If
they care anything for US they have lost
their influence with their nabors.
BILL ARP.
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