The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-03-08

cause OF evil uOerS, LUZ tHoy on"AA ~
cut down like the grass and wlther
away And Solomon saith, "He that
uttereth slander is fool, and some
body else saith, "Avenge not thyself,
but wait on the Lord. It takes all
Of this scripture to quiet man nova
days and to keep him calm and serene.
7 know that I am old enough to be a
philosopher, and therefore should not
let bad men disturb my tranquility,
but it fatigues my indignation to read
some Of these northern republican
newspapers. I read an editorial yes
terday which said that every Senator
who voted against the treaty. was fit
!. for the hell where Benedict Arnold
and Jefferson Davis had gone. Ac-
cording to Solomon that man is fool,
and it doesn't become me to get mad
with fool. Ny great concern is that
he will make fools Of the 6OO,O00
daily readers that his paper boasts OF,
FOR it is fact that most people bank
on their favorite paper next to their
church or religious convictions. The
tendency is to make the 100000 be-
lieve that Mr.. Davis was traitor, and
that, is equivalent to saying that l and
all the Confederate veterans are trait
ors, ard that makes me and my wife
to fret because of evil doers, which
David says we must not do. We are
trying just now to pose as meek and
humble patriarchs like Moses and to
cherish no resentments, but it is hard
to- do unless we quit reading north
ern literature. Another editorial. in
the same paper says that Dewey says
that Gin times Of war the democrats
are traitors, and in times of peace
they are FOOLS What kind Of man
is that who edits that paper-that
Mckinley organ? I tell you, my
brethren, there is no use in crying
peace, when there is no peace. It's
like campmeeting revival where hun
dreds are converted for few days and
then lapse and relapse into their same
old ways. Handshaking and promises
don't signify genuine conversion.
a few years ago Henry Grady
electrified the nation, and, as John
Temple Graves said, loved it into
peace" Those words are upon his
monument, but where is the peace?
It didn't last six months. he was
hardly buried before the northe.n
press begun on us again about the
niger, and they kept it up diligently
until Mckinley came down here and
said kind words, and we gave him a
lovefeast and the nation was harmon
lied and the wise men said, Behold,
how sweet and pleasant it is for breth-
rem to dwell together in unity And
now al of sudden the great republi-
can organ shakes its CORY locks and
says, Jefferson Davis was a traitor,
and he is IN hell" How is that for
harmony.
But the scriptures say 0wait on the
Lord and 'tIhave seen the wicked
flourish like green hAy tree, and SO
I reckon we will have to wait. l
remember when Horace Greely's paper
was just as malignant, and yet the
old man went security on Jefferson
Davis's bond and got him out of the
filthy dungeon where General Miles
had fetterad him, and Beast Butler,
who stole our spoons, signed the bond
with him. So there is no telling what
will happen if we will only wait. l
like the lata movement of the good
people Of Fitzgerald. 1t looks more
like harmony than anything / have
seen since the civil war, The men
who wore the blue and the gray and
their sens have formed military
company and asked for Incorporation
and an outfit for the defense Of our
State and to keep peace at home and
preserve Law and order. That is real
and lasting fraternity. The fact is,
that no northern men have ever cast
their fortunes down south and domi-
ciled with our people but what they
fell in love with them, and the longer
they stayed the better they liked US.
T think I will visit Fitzgerald and pay
my respects to that Yankee colony,
and tip my hat to that military COM
pany. We give cordial welcome to
all northern people who come to stay,
for they are the best people they have
got up there, and are thinning out
their good society mighty fast. Fools
and fanatics don't dare to come and
that fellow who edits that paper
wouldn't cross the line for million