Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-01-16
CORRESPONDENCE
SAVE THE PIECES! AND LET
US HAVE PEACE.

attempted to vomit some slush on
my personal reputation. ] know
nothing of this man; I care less.
But I do know one thing, If J. D.
Roper is silly enough to think
that "Semphronicus" is going to
be bullied in this style, that "Sem-
phronicus" is going to stop de.
claring the truth as he sees it and
as other. honest, downtrodden yoe-
men see it, the asylum is his home
and he ought to be there. In the
outset I re-afirm every syllable of
the article at which Roper took
unbrage. / submitted it to the
good people of Edgefeld, feeling
confident that their good sense and
patriotism would decide on its
merit or demerit. again submit
to them arguments in support OF
the sections that Roper assalled,
and only ask your unbiased judg-
ment in calm, dispassionate de-
cision.
Before entering INTO the argu-
ment, I haul back mJ.. d. Rope''s
teeth ece,y epithet, ece'y insi''uation;
eceytAing that be spoke of per-
sonal nature, I haul back. Some
may object to my hurling them
back through the paper, but it is
legitimate to repay in coin cur
rent. J. D. Roper began the at
tack in the papers, and I claim
the privilege of answering through
the same channel. AS to the as
sertion that I am seeking office, l
say here it is an arrant falsehood.
II may not seem proper to see a
young man speaking thus of an Oh
der man. but a young man has as
much right to throw every calmny
advanced in years. T will not de-
scend to tie level of J. D. Roper
by calling names. That is puerile.
In the first place, Capt. Roper
virtually acknowledges his lack of
argument, his want of fairness, the
utter foundationlessaess>efhis his po-
sitieaby resorting to personalities.
There is not the shadow of all ar
gument in his whole efusion. He
advertts to my declaring for Re-
formers only in the convention.
He asserts everything; he proves
nothing. Now as to this state"
ment. If the reformers are in the
majority they certainly ought to
rule. They do rule. They elected
the whole delegation to the leg:s-
lature from their ranks; ought not
the delegates to the convention to
represent the will of the majority?
Have not the reformers conserva-
tive men in their ranks? Where is
Senator Watson, w. H. Folk, ]. B.
Suddath, DR.. Zimmerman, Jasper
Talbert, and by the by Tom. Ad-
ans, (whose editorials are models
of conservatism) and a host of
others. If the conservatives CELL
tire on a man, and get him in, we
wont complain. We have the same
right to get all of ours in, if we
can, as they have to get one in, if
they can. For $4,000 men to give
way to 1900, would be virtually
admitting that We hav'nt got sense
enough to run the shebang and
have to call in outside help. 25,-
900 men are more likely to be right
than 1000, and if any concessions
are made, the thousand have got
it to do. In population like ours
any oppressive law will hurt both
sides. After the ants did every
thing in their power to defeat the
convention, anything about laying
down "strife and disturbance"
comes with bad grace. Again, I
repeat, they saw no cause for the
convention; therefore, t b y
thought the constitution all right;
therefore, it having been carried
over their protest, they are to be
suspected when they whine against
"strife and disturbance" 7fmeo
Danaos ct doa0 ,tere'etes.
Roper seeing that he was unable
to assail any Of my positions, slob-
bered over the one about the ex-
pens9 connected with the eonven-
ton. He hoped, by isolating the
paragraph from the body of the
article, to put me in a false light.
He does not tell what his objec-
ton to the paragraph is, but COM
mences to vent slush and
spleen. 1 suppose, he took excep-
ton to the idea of confederate SOL
diers going to the poor-house. This
is the only statement at which
anyone could possibly take Of
fence, and no one will be offend
ed at this unless to throw a stlg-
ma on other parts of the same ar
ticle. There is nothing i'll it to
be offended at, when examined
candldly and fairly. [ did not
oppose the Confederate Home, but
merely stated that l considered
the welfare of the whole people of
equal Importance, or greater I'M.
portance than the maintenance OF
a few veterans. / merely men
toned the poor-house as a last re-