The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-04-30
BILL 'ARP's CHAT.
Arp Calls Halt upon People Abusing
President Harrison,

Arp Calls Halt upon People Abusing
President Harrison.
Atlanta Constitution. -,
"Welcome the coming and speed the
parting guest" That is the way to do it
The President Of these United States hat
been here. He raised his hat politely. and
said lie was glad to See It's; He and Mr.
Wanamaker talked five minutes and babe
us good. bye, and Asa Dunn rung the bell
and away they skipped to Atlanta. The
president is a good=looking gentleman,
and they say he looks like me. 1 think
like him better than I think I do. The
fact is, Pm getting tired Of dialiking him.
What's the use Of abusing man just be.
cause his politics don'tsuit? What's the
use of finding fault with q man as long
as he'is in Office, and after he is out OF
dead, all o., q sudden We discover that,he
is very clever gentleman. .is The Demo
Gratis used to say hard things against
Lincoln and Garfield, but now they are
saints. This is all wrong and I move we
quit I believe that ne would if.it was
:notlfor the newspapers. A bitter partisan
political newspaper does more to keep up
strife, than anything else. Iltake the New
York Tribune, and if I believed half.it
prints would quit the Democratic party
Immediately for fear Of being eternslly
damned, There are, thousands /, and
thousands who take it andltake no other,
iand believeit all. It is their faith, their
creed and their religion. It teaches them
to hate the south and the Democracy.aIt
IS great paper in every way, e1ceptthat
iit.never has word for our people, and
when We complain to our Republican
friends about it they smile and say HOh,
that's politics ]; both sides do that "4oA
tman4 can. takelup two Southern Demo-
cratic papers printed in the same town
and they are. always at loggerheads. If
one advocates certain measures or certain
men the other comes right out on the 9TH
er side. I move they be requested to quit
that, and there is many q second to the
motion. j believe that every man should
read both sides. If be reads but one side
ihe.becornes narrow and bitter and bigoS
ted, whether it be in politics Or religion.
7 topksthe Christian lnder IS long as DR..
Tucker edited it, and it broadened my
soctarian views and made me more libe-
raEand tolerant. Now; Pfesident Harri.
son has made us visit and spoken kind
words, and has been kindly received by
our people, and our press paid him little
compliments and said nothing about "the
little man." and the editors who have been
abusing him rode around with him, and
dined with him, and the nice ladies of
Atlanta paid him and his wife and the
party much attention, and our governor
gave them reception, and everything
lwasloving and harmonious, and that was
all right, and now.is a good time to swear
of. Let us all quit picking at him and
making up tales on him. If we can't beat
hin,gfor presideutwithput that let him be
President! THE great issue in the next
race is not going TO be the Athens, post
office, but Willlbe.tariff reform. -
Weate Rlad:fo see our Ipreaident tray-
cling through the South, looking over his
vast domains, and coming face to face
with his subjects. 1t is compliment to
him that;he dsres toicome -thatso many
ourgdodl People :of Caftersv9ille, inelu-
ding women and children, met him at the
depot; ;insspiteof Ih6Gaia and.ssluted him
smiles and cheers. There are some old
time wings, left yet who voted forshis
grandfather, and they give honor to the
-
grandson, ,..,,ss5.s, 8!,i3.
His father, old Benjamin, was one Of
the signers Of the declaration Of indie
pendence, and the chairman of the COM
mittee that reported it. For a long time
he refused to agree to the constitution of
1888 because there wa Too much nation
in it and not enough States. They were
all Virginians. and I don't know how they
strayed of, unless it was when William
Henry, ran. array with Judge symmes's
daughter and settled down in Ohio. he
was elected president on bis fighting re-
cord. He vas inaugurated on the 4th Of
March and died o1ithe 4th of April, and
that wasl one treason why hisigrandson
sorter claimed the Office so as to finish out
his grandfather's term. But that is all he
ought to claim. When his term is out
ne will retire him. The debt will be paid.
/ believe him to be q gentleman, and a
Christian, not because he looks like me,
but on general principles. His pedigree
is good. He has been reporter of the su-
preme court and United States Senator.
He entered the army as second lieutenant
and fought mis- way up to a brigadier gen.
eral. He is no "little man" but somehow
he don't suit our people. Maybe he will
like us better after he passes through the
south, and then.we will like him better.
That is characteristic of Southerners.
They like those who like them, and vice
versa-"Love your enemies and bless
them that curse you," is 8 doctrine that
strains their religion, so they won't try
it.
1t is big thing for president to 60 at
will over this vast domain and be courte.
ously treated everywhere-no. guard, no
soldiers to protect him, and yet no fears
of. assassins or robbers or insults. The
car can't do it, nor any King or emperor
in the old world. If no sane man took
a crack at him, some crazy crank would.
But here in the south even the presidents
political enemies take pleasure in doing