The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-05-14

Old Carroll sends up roll of ITO who
are living within her boundaries. Hurrah
for Carroll. Her married men went to
the war, and they not only fought and
bled, but they died for liberty. But there
is no money for these widows. wish
there was; and now if Mr.. Harrison want
to do the clean thing when he gets back.
let him send in message TO pension our
widows. That's the road to peace. All
this other sort of peace is put on and
patched up, and don't last any longer
than the champagne. I tell you what.
Mr.. President, ne have endured sight
Your own war debt was s5,000,000,000,
and we had to help on that. You took
our negroes and our property and gutted
our Churches and never paid us cent.
OLD England emancipated her slaves and
paid the owners three hundred million
dollars for them, but the modern idea Of
justice is
''That they shall take who have the
power,
And they shall keep who can.''
Blessings and benefits Contemplate
the picture. One State drawing sl2,000,.
600 year, and another State drawing
nothing, and taxed besides to pay So S,000,.
600 of the s12,0O0,OO0. How in the world
did the south ever rise from her ashes
and stand up and flourish under such
burdens-and to day her farmers do not
carry one.fourth of the mortgages that
the northern farmers do.
And now comes the Columbian exposi.
ton, at Chicago, that Congress appropri-
ated $5,000,000 to, and the South must
pay her part of that, and they will ask
for s5,O00,O0o more and get it. Anything
to gut the treasury and make high tariff
necessity. All that was part of the
plan of the protectionists. Gut the
treasury and the tariff must come. Mr..
Cleveland left ninety millions and it is
all gone and Mckinley boasted the other
day in speech that 1--WE paid our debts
with it-debts to the old heroes of the
war" There are some of US who take
but little stock in Chicago. 1t will be q
job and grab all round, for there are
millions in it. The woman's branch of
the concern started out like the South
was to have showing, and they throwed
our Mrs. FELTON, bone, but there was
nothing on it and then they told her to
go, and she went. I asked her the other
day when she was going back to help on
the concern, and she said: "Never-blesa
your soul, they don't want me. I've done
had my pie; I've got my discharge, but
no pension. I am at home cooking for
the darkies. Iget up every morning by
daylight, and cook breakfast for the farm
negroes, for the crop is behind, and re
can't hire cook. I do the milking and
churning, too, and I am trying to forget
Chicago. They lifted me up and then set
me down hard, but feel better at home
LIDO"
That is about the size of it. Of all the
scores of committee women and salaried
officials they have not taken one from the
Old Dominion nor the Carolinas, nor
Georgia, Alabama or Mississippi. Too
poor or too ignorant or too Democratic OF
something. We we're banking on Mrs.
FELTON,, and some of my folks were plot
ting to get on her staff and draw salaries
and play round and bask in the sunshine.
The prospect "was bright, was beautiful.
but It's past" Mrs. FELTON, is cooking fo1
the darkies, and my wife is brushing
down the cobwebs and wearing her old
clothes as usual. Alas, for human hopes
Blessed are they who expect little, fol
they shall not be disappointed.
BILL ARP.