The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-04-27
South Carolina to the Front.

We agree most heartily with the
Nrw York Ecrniug Host that ."the
'tnc Tor argument against war has
gene T.: that rightly or wrongly. we
ave ~ Tor II, ani that it is now our
duty Il" bring Tie struggle to an
early and successful examinations"
AN unsuccessful war would be "A fal
worse thing for the United States
than 4 successful one. aud u war of
Que kind or other We now must have.
fhc President has issued his procla-
nia'lon calling for one hundred and
twenty-five thousand volunteers, ana
South Carolina should furnish its full
quota, whatever that may be, and re-
>rnnd to every call that may be made
now and hereafter upon it for ,,cu
and means with whicl: tn prosecute The
struggle.
We shall do all that we can to sun.
port tue Government at Washinrtor
.hr navy on the sea aud the army in
the lied IN their efforts 20 achieve
victory for the American arms. The
longer the test Of battle is DELAYED thc
worse it will be for us. Instead Of
waiting for SIX weeks before making
an advance Oh Cuba, rs suggested ia
the dispatches on Saturday, the adj
vance should be ordered in six day,-
We wish it would begin in six hours.
" hat the country wants now is that
the business shall be finished with :hc
least possible loss of time. When
the demand for war was being urged
with frantic carncstncss by the jim
goes at Washington, it was said that
the United States would whip the
light i'll t~wenty-fonr hours. That was
six weeks ago, and we are told now
that six weeks more Of preparation
will be required before The army will
be ready to invade Cuba; and the
President has issued a cali for ~yolun.
tccrs to serve in the United States
army for W years unless sooner dis
charged. The time limit is too great.
and, now that we must fight, we want
to get through with it. If the strug-
gle shall be carried ovcr into the next
commercial year. the losses to this
country are beyond calculation.
No one will question the perfect
loyalty of the New York Tribune
to the Government and the old flag,
and what it says will probably be &C.
ccrted as sincere, us follows:
The Nation is not enthusiastic in
the common and bascr sense, over this
war with Spain. 1t has not wanted
the war. 1t does not want it. 1t has
tried every honorable means Of avoid
ing it. Even at this late momcn it
would welcome II means of averting il.
But the war is being forced upon it,
and it meets it, not with wild enthu-
slasm, not with rejoicing, but with
sadness at the dire 2accssity, and yet
with absolute confidence in the justice
of it's cause, and with that serene self
confluence that is the best assurance
of success
We agree With the Tribune that the
county does not want war and would
welcome a means Of avcrting it; but
we do not agree with it that the war
has been forced upon it, except by
Congress and the newspapers, and that
there has been any sufficient causc for
1T; but right or wrong, just or unjust,
1T IS here and it must be wagcd by the
United States with only one object in
vicw-victory, with only one spirit
animating the pcoplc-sacriGce, with
only one watchword-duty. Only one
result is possible, and South Carolina
must have it's proper place in the pic
turc; not in horse play for the benefit
of children; notin newspaper Mysteries,
and official windmills, but in the ranks
and wherever there is fighting to be
done. The sooner it is over the better,
and no efforts should be spared to end
it before tho opening Of the next con-
mcrcial year.
This war with Spain, as We have
said, will not DC like the war in this
country more than thirty years ago.
The only interruption Of our ordinary
vacations will be in our foreign trade.
There is no North or South in this
struggle, except as it shall appear in
results. after the conflict is over, but
the whn!e coantTy. ali the States Of
the Southern Confcdcracy and of the
United States, are equally responsible
ne: coT She nu;,ssioi &c war, but for It's
success. The present business is
fighting. The harder and hotter the
fighting the sooner the restoration Of
peace and good order to Cuba and to
our own country.-Neio and Courier.