The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-05-22

separablc. Thcy will either fail TO-
gether or succeed together. When
that time comes. freights will move
North and South. instead Of East and
West. Our ports will be the gateways.
and the South will develop with un-
cqualled rapiditv. Cannot enyeman of
sense see that tie money power head
cd by c. p. Huntington and Hill. with
great railway systems running East
and West, do not want freight de.
fiected South? With this change the
Seaboard. Coast Line and Southern
would rival In greatness the three
trans-continental lines. The pro-
ducer OF raw material will prosper,
Just In proportion to the demand for
his product. All that our Southern
people have to do now is to be wise
and conservative. and favor the great
public measures looking to the pro-
motion OF the material and Industrial
interests Of the country and the honor
and glory OF the nation.
DO YOUR OWN THINKING.
Fellow-citizens, with 30 many things
to talk about. 1t has not been possible
for me to do more than skim the sur
face. but hope have been SO fortu-
nate as to excite desire on your part
to investigate for yourself and not let
some Old moss-back. who does not
know that the war has ended. do your
thinking. These are practical. vital is
sues. AS your Senator. have frankly
stated my position. There are two sides
TO these Gucst:o:c. respect al homes.
difference of opinion, but no man can
impugn my motives successfully.
NOT AN AUTOWAT m
| never could answer the ends Of an
automat on in politics Or bus ness |
yield TO the dictation OF no man 1t Is
characteristic Of Scotchman to think
and act for himself. l have asserted
and Will always assert my personal
and political individuality. have
ba"od out my own path more than
once in County, State and National
politics. and followed it without re-
gard TO popular applause. made
Peace and unity" very popular once
in this Statc-too popular, in fact-for
some OF those who once denounced the
Leader OF the Movement" now grovel
in the dust at the feet Of their old-time
foe, humbly content with the curses
that fall from his lips. for the sake OF
the lew crumbs that drop from the
table.
REFUSES TO PREACH THE Cos
PEI OF DESPAIR.
II reelected, as far as In me lies my
voice and vote will be used in behalf
Of those measures which make for hu-
man progress and human happiness in
the present world; measures which
will unite and knit men into wider
recognition Of the brotherhood OF man.
MY voice will go, not to invoke party
prejudice and party passion, not to
preach gospel Of despair, not to help
to create bitterness, but to assist in it's
i7''natiCn.
The rancor OF party prejudice, the
foment Of party spirit. the agitation
for public spoils and selfish ends, these
are the fetters that clog. the manacles
that impede our national development,
and threaten our national life.
A COMMISSION TO STUDY CHINA
IMPORTANT TO THE SOUTH.
When a measure is before Con-
gross proposing the creation of nom
partisan commission of trained busi-
ness men to visit China, to investigate
and report how wider markets for
American products may be obtained
among the eight hundred million of
people who live in that portion OF the
globe, a measure which would bs of
more benefit to the cotton growers
and cotton spinners Of the South than
almost any single economic measure
ever introduced into Congress shall
blindly follow the lead OF the modern
apostles OF Democracy a1d vote
against 1t because the meas.
ure originates upon the Repu--
lican side, and because Republican
President would have the naming of
such commission? For one. I have a
higher conception. rot alone of my
privilege. rht my duty, to stand by and
n1EcEce by every honorable effort the
interests Of those people through
whose favors I have q place in the
halls of legislation. When to be a sue
cessful politician one must cater alone
to prejudice and follow blind passion
In its leadership. shall even If taunt-
cd by the latter-day saints OF Democ-
rncy. prefer to belieyee that my con-
duct 10 ia strict accord with the poll
cies of those grand old Democratic
heroes Of the past, who in their day
end age. gifted with patriotism and
wisdom, made the Democratic party
known throughout the nation as the
party Of progress as well as the party
OF power.
IS PROSPERITY so FRIGElTFUL A
PHANTOM?
Whenever prosperity is SO frightfuI
q phantom that must either get scar
ed ct that phantom or stand by the is
sues that promote prosperity. you need
rot fear that shall dodge. Whenever
certain "latter-day saints" attempt to
force me to the acceptance OF the doc
trine that a dead issue of the past is
a vital force in the living present, :
shall make my personal protest. When