The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-01-11

riddle of the 9s | and are 8, aud
that makes three 8 in a row Is are
two 9's. aud that makes four 9 5 III a
row. The three 9's make q, aud the
2 and Z make 8. The four 9 5 make
SO. and the 3 and 6 make 8. May be
this year Of the 8 is to be nla>c"'te,
aud we will have peace aud prosperity
in the land. Maybe the lion viii iay
down with the lamb. and the nat'ons
shall oeat their sword into plowshases
and not learn war any more.
Maybe, | say. But there are some
signs Of peace on this side OF the
water-peace between the North aud
the South. Mckinley has made a
break Of it, and if he can control his
party, Congress will 6x up our Con
federa,e graveyardS. Then the next
thug will be to pension our Co"fed-
crate Veterans aud widows just ike
they 90 theirs, and last OF all, to
apologize. | never will be satisfied
until they apologize and beg our par,
don. Any gentleman will do that aud
feel better for having doue it, for they
know by this time that they were ln
the wrong, though it has taken long
time for them to find it out aud re-
uent. Surely we are the most forgiv-
ing people in the world, or we woulcn t
make SO much ado over the offer to fix
M our graveyards, for the truth is,
our women have already fixed them up
and our dead are comfortable under
their care. gut it is sign of good
will and foreshadows an apology IN
The near future. Tom Reed wants to
get ahead of Mckinley in the South,
and / expect will introduce a Bill OF
Apology at the next session. Pen
sions and apologies will be his slogan.
1t won take great deal of money
for our veterans and widows, for there
are not many left, but it will eau e
those who are left to live longer, for
"1'ime crts down all,
Both great and small,
Except pension soldier.
They do not die,
But multiply
And never grow any older"
An old freud told me that the
alienation between the Ncr,h AUD the
South was owing more to diet aud
climate than it was to slavery or ne.
eroes. Said he, they live on cold
bread and canned goods and Goldfish,
and drink iced tea, while we live on
ham and eggs and rolls aud beat bis
emit and drink coffee. Their diet is
as cold and shivering as their climate,
while ours is rich and warm and stimu-
lsting like our sunshine. Hence,
thew are inclined to be coldhearted
and selfish. We feasted Mckinley
down here on Southern food. and
warmed him to the heart and made
him feel generous and kind, and so he
made that Confederate speech and
wore that veterans badge because he
felt good inside. IF he had stayed
down here few weeks longer he
would have spoken for pensions and
apologized.
Maybe there is something IN that,
for 1 have observed that Northern
people who domicile with us for any
length Of time always take our side
snd defend US. But my candid opin-
ion is that the classes at the North
who are most in the way Of peace are
editors and preachers. The editors
want some scauda:. to feed their read
ers on and the abuse of the South is
like regular stock in trade and is al
ways in demand. 1t is good cement
for the party and keeps it solid, for If
their readers differ on home politics
they can always harmonize by abus-
ing us. The leading New York Re
publican paper is just as malignant
since Mckinley made his Southern
tour as it was before. Mr.. Mckinley
played on the harmonicau, but the
Press won dance to tie music.
AS for the preachers, my candid
opinion is the majority Of them have
no more real religion than did Henry
Ward Beccher. Like the editors they
rely on sensation % fill their pews and
their pockets. With a few excep-
tions, their Thanksgiving sermons had
neither love to God nor charity to
man, and they went out Of the text to
give the South slam or stab. |
used to have great respect and rever-
epce for ministers of the gospel.
really believed they were all ordained
of God for the sacred calling, but In
my later years that reverence has
weakened aud it seems to me now