The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-02-22

considered as pOutlcal entltleS, are Du'
beside the century y-old Amer
lean republic.
Mr. Garrett Again.
EDITORS INTELLIaENCER: have no
desire whatever to continue the unpleas-
ant controversy which I have been unex-
pectedly and needlessly drawn into, es-
pecially since my assailant indicates his
willingness to let it drop; but since my
article on the liquor traffic has been so
miserably misconstrued and my position
so radically misunderstood, it seems ne
cesssry that I should appear again.
It seems that ray article has been taken
as party fling, whereas no such was in
tended and if sny one really thinks l
have been influenced by partisan feeling
or prejudice in this matter, 1 hope that
he will allow his mind disabused of such
an erroneous opinion. I have always
tried to estimate men and measures in the
light of truth and merit, and not by the
party to which they happen to belong.
God forbid that I should ever stoop so
low as to criticise the actions of any man
or set of men simply because they do not
belong to a particular party. On the other
hand. I have never yet allowed my sym
pathy for the dear party to so overrule
myjudgment as to cause me to vote for
men regardless OF principle or quali6ca-
ton for the high positions they are to oc-
cupy. Oh! how disgusting it is to hear
men of real intelligence say: "Col. A.
or Col. B. is real good man, and well
qualified to fill tie Office he is asking for,
but I can't vote for him." WhyP ooh!
he's on the wrong side" When will
this sickening cry cease, and men stand
purely upon theil. own true merit instead
of mounting party horse and riding ia
to Office ?. q, teinpora! Q, mores !! O.,
the times! O, the customs! Never
can we hope to prosper as nation until
we learn to value men by what they real
" are instead of hy their party. Never
can we have righteous laws until we se-
leot righteous men to make and enforce
them. Truly, "when the wicked rule,
the land mourneth."
Z My first article was almost entirely de-
voted to the liquor traffic and its attend
ant evils and not 20 politics, as some have
erroneously. claimed. 1t is true I de-
nounced the evils Of this great crime
producing traffic with all the earnestness
of my soul, feeling that I not only had
the right as citizen to do 80, but that as
a n.irister of the gospel I was discharg-
ing nv duty. "Eut," says an objector,
styou ought not to be SO severe in your
denunciations then, too, You should
have condemned the traffic alone, and
said nothing about men and their
actions" Pray what are we to con-
condemn if not the men who originate
and foster such evils? The traffic itself
is as irresponsible for its own existence
as the newborn babe. "But," says our
obiector, you're minister Of the Cos
peI, it will never Go for you to say any
thing, you will wound some ones feel
ings.n II it is not our duty as Gods
faithful ministers to cry out against all
current evils of every description and in
every place, high or low, then pray 90
tell us what is our duty? Are we not to
t'cry aloud and spare not?'
Again, 1 would ask those who seem to
think we have thrown such tremendous
.sbombso into the camp, to please com
pare our language with some of the ex-
pressions of Christ, the only law-giver
tn Zion, and his early followers. John
tho Baptist calls his audience on the
banks of the Jordan generation OF
yipers, Our Saviour himself tells his
hearers on more occasions than one, that
they are nothing but band of thieves,
robbers, liars and murderers, and are OF
their Gather, the devil. Then turning
upon the Sanhedrim, the great law-ma
ing body. he announces the whole posse
as a set Of blatant hypocrites. Upon
what set of men did he ever pronounce
bitterer woes than upon the lawyers and
law-makers" And they didn't like it,
either. No they skicked" like every
thing. and l.. 'vhounded him down and
murdered hi1. :. 1usurper. And should
he make another 4etrestrial tour in bodily
form and visit some Of our modern Leg
islative halls, and begin to denounce
some Of the unrighteous laws of the pres
art dow pronODncinV bitt6r woes upon
eha;. shS urs, ars and snnnorters. presnme
~ suo,i na,,id a,E maat at the Same fate. iudgine
NO Mouio .iio s,a;r;t @ thot has haan Tacantlv
lIom .ue Spi11i ri. @ hmmh,e servants dare
.msnnesieu, o1,a ms tha;r 6roeth 9th mo- mon anv nv
not speaA aDopu w.; ; nS.oous nosseS % hv tha
Ace, nGwesen Sessaantot;Ses , ~ he % ninetsent.
WISE lsep.;vJbth; ptu;tbnmt ha;nc cr;ad down and
centuly, mi.aIS; d bai;ttIad 90 ~ vnioar iono.
'raoaculeh ehat anu nnobt ] ~ ha nravinr far Soma
aaanu nna tn snS LII him Yes the descendants of
tL vne Oa;ant ~ H Sanate in 'JernsaIem are still
one oaonn @m ~. and rhev seem to have retain
ad .ni,h ramarkabie nnanimity the same
Su;.;t ou ~ tI,ot 1uoe so nron,inent in their an
spstn.s spaS s1A" Tha same burning des;re for the
ooeVoie. ~ soonoa -. Ia st;il ,,nnar.
applause OF men seems 10 % stlii upper
most IN the heart. erily, verify say
unto you they nave tneir reward. -,
Now, as to Bro. Cox,s last reply I snaii
have nothing 70 say WhateVer, ior L con-
slider It entlreiy oeneatp Inc algnity oi q q
cnrisuan eentieIan. uo ~. S Ionuei a,.nee az
MS taiktng aDoa. Saoi M Sas oaraaiui1 @ nodo 90
OF conscieuce, ioi 1o uoS S S
wonderful amount Of bitter venom. No
that T met him privately before he pub