The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-03-12
Letter From Piedmont.
Piedmont, 8. g. N,aroh q 10

Piedmont, 8. c., March 6, 1902.
Editor Intelligencer: Kindly permit a
FORMER correspondent to once more ad.
dress the Intelligencer and It's readers.
This is a matter the substance OF which
all must feel but few Will publiclv az.
press.
Christ, the great teacher of moral phil
osophEs said to h!s quosiiouers, when In
state matter they sought to entauRle
him In his speech: "Whose image and
supersoript,on 10 thies" They say unto
Him Caesars"
Wo are living now In an age less phil-
osophic. and we would hope more moral.
when State penny or oolu Is oirculated
through the pockets or newspaperaoGsouth
Carolina. The likeness on It's disc is oyni-
olsm, sarcasm, nm awful determination,
avarice, and uncomfortable ambition.
We say to the olreulators Of the coln,
Whose image and approximation is
thisf" They say unto us: "Tlllmau,e.n
Inc great Teacher said: "Render To
Caesar the things that are Caesars aud to
God the thlngs that are Gods"
| Sir, ia 1t right to render honor, respect,
length OF office and days to the man who
he's 30 dlshouored his State calling, rem.
dering the name Of South Carolina by-
word and jeer to the respectable States OF
the UnionP
"hen mans deserts become his law
iui iootnpensatton; when shame, slander.
ana vihtying proceed -ro m the conduct
OF q uiau, is it right to render him hom.
age and patronage of kings9 Should not
deserts agree with compensation. and
compensation balance with EQUALITY oY
merit7
should homage be paid Senator Tillmsn
when he has been tue cause Of bringing
lgneminy upon South Carolina? or ad
herence be awarded him when his con.
quot has been such that 1t might drive
away from our State the progressive and
educated men who with capital and houe,.
holds would be Intent upon habitatine
upon the whiteblown acres Of the South
ern Empire Slater
Men have respect to surroundings; to
l be denizen of South Carolina may, per.
haps, In short time be ignominious.
+ Senator Tillman, the pity 1t Is, his COM
8 bustable temperament hested, perhaps.
: seven times by the inflammable spirit
that would for its own congenial affinity
create the legel liquor traf1ioof mis- native
State, jumps upon and physically affronts
his intellectual neighhor in the Senate.
i because that neighbor possessed the dis.
erlmtnanng Judgment to pronounce the
4 Tillmanic Saxon-"a lie." The contipn-
4 Gus Senator did not coronate his Seninr,a
: atement-falsehood uutruth, fabrs.
il cation. In language Of hurt pride, devoid
u y mans own figure OF punotuated inreu-
4 4 ment In appraising the offence, kindly
! refraining to appropriate q qualifying
y -" which Tillmen himself under Les
= provocation would have embellished
q not thank him; the apology he should
Q warmly have rendered the. offended. and
!, especially for his misrepresentation be-
! hind his brother Senator's back. When
l. man cannot defend himself. he with
3. because the House considering him In his
% characterization Of Southern Rentlemnn
,t would expect 1t, but because the apology
!. was requirement OF parliamentary
Il; ethics His apology was:
~ "My previous service as Governor of
,r South Carolina for four years had unfit
20 ted me- In measure to enter this august
20 assembly with that dignity and proper
regard for It's traditions and habits and
rules that is desirable"
Conaidering the loyal and high-borr
antiquity Of the South, can the gentle
men of South Carolina stand such Ian.
guage and be silent? If they can, nc
!. relief or opposition may be expected o
!. Il Governor ofSouth Cal lima for four YEAR,
u IL flsgrantly accused Of robbing man OF
natural politeness and public deoency
so that as gentleman he Is unfit the as
.. sooiations Of gentlemen, then is II time
bow to the stigma Of all eister States.
Palpable and hugo is the mistake K
" reserve man so poor In intellect, az
meagrein adaptabllity, and pay him st
isfge .;ggnd sun n yearly to- slap In the face hi
. insult that within four years. executive
:. administration In South Carolina he hel
o lost so much acquired refinement, ant
3, practical good manners that he has NOT re-
II claimed himself within seven years, sen
atorial Embellishments In the capital a
= Washington.
|. The moral Of this little arraignment O
: indignation is. that the people are truly
y becoming tired OF these exhibitions al
Il All lower look to che higher, and young
a er to the older for counsel. Mothers for
J.. bid their children attending school where
the teachers countenance bad manners
! or rough treatment. A man of respeota
bility will not permit workman to in
suit with rough words or "blows at 6
close range the beast in his stable
There is growing longing for refine
Inent, An aspiration Tor goodness. and Il
does not accord with the example Of oul
! Senator at Washington. The women
u though they may not vote, talk They
h denouncs the author of the liquor disps..
sary with its baneful influence upon the
: young, and aspirants of further attain
ments who would enter the city. They
combine the consequence of the liquor
and the conduct of the Napoleon at the
,f State helm, and tho agreement together
In computation is In their eyes not fav
v orable to the Senator's illimitable sue
= cess.
Shame and sneer, laugh aud derisior
arise wherever the .taffair OF honor" js
=. mentiQGad. and Mr. rTillnan ao lone hasx