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

cut Gown like the gra~, and withcr
away And Solomon saith e" He that
uttcrcth SANDER i, fool and some
boiy else saith Ayrngc not thysclf
but xait ON the Lord 1t takes all
Of this scripture TO quiet a man nova
day, lii 10 keep him calm and serene
| kLpw that | AIN old enough to be- a
Philosopher and therefore should not
let lad men disturb my tranquility,
hllt :; fatigucs my Indignation to read
aoi.." oi these northern republican
spapcrs. read All editorial yes
tcrday which said that every Senator
who voted against the treaty wa, tit
for :hc hell where Benedict Arnold
and jefferson Davis had gone Ac
cor1inr to Solomon that man i. tool
and i, doesn't become me to get mad
with IA fool. Ny great concern is that
he will make fools Of the 900 900
daily readers that his paper BOASTS Of,
for It is fact that most people bank
on their favoritc paper next to thci,
church or religious convictions The
tendency is to make the 600 900 be
licvc that Mr. Davis was traitor. and
that is equivalent to saying that | and
all the Confederate veterans are trait
ors, and that makes me and my wife
to fret because Of evil docrs. 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 rcscntmcnts, but it is hard
to do unless we quit reading north
crn literature Another editorial. in
the same paper says that Dewey says
that in times Of war the democrats
arc traitors, and in times Of peace
they are fools What kind Of man
is that who edits that paper-that
Mckinley organ? tell you, my
brethren, there is no use in crying
peace, when there is no peace 1t is
like campmeeting revival where hun
drcds are converted for few days and
then lapse and relapse into their same
old ways. IIandshaking and promises
don't signify genuine conversion.
A few years ago Henry Grady
electrified the nation, and, as John
Temple Graves said, "lovcd i: into
peace. Those words are upon his
monument, but where is the peace ?
1t didn't last six months. He was
hardly buried before the northern
press begun on US again about the
niggcr, and they kept it up diligently
until Mckinley came down here and
said kind words, and we gave him a
!ovcfesst aud .hc nation was harmon
lied and the wise men said, "BcnOld,
how sweet and pleasant it is for hrcth-
rcn to dwell together in unity And
now all of Il sudden the great rcpubli-
can organ shakes its CORY locks and
says, Jefferson Davis was traitor,
and he is in hell Hcw is that Cor
harmony.
!'ut the scriptures say wait on the
Lord and 81 have seen the wicked
flourish like green bay tree, and so
I reckon We will have 70 wait l
remember when Horace Grcely 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 fctterad 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 late 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 sons 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.
think | 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,
Tor 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
dollars, unless he came in disguise.