The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-01-28

.n,t;pg negro officials over southern
.mmupities. Thst The New York
Herald has opened q rift in the clouds
h. rebukiug the president, etc. We
hone so. but now that Roosevelt has
.nnoipted q Boston coon to a high
oace. The Herald may change front
and say he is consistent. That growing
sense of justice is 6 chameleon of
maov %colors. 1t was quite visible a
little while after Grady made his
charming speeches in New York and
Boston, but the preachers witbered it
and Mckinley made more appoint
meuts and kept making them as long
as he lived. This growing sense does
not seem to flourish in many places.
The fact is, we have almost despaired
Of ever seeing justice grow at the
north. Lately I have received three
letters from up there that indicate
the growing sense, and I have read
and re-read them with comfort. One
Of these isfrom an old Mexican veteran
who says that Of the 200, 600 soldiers
! who fought against US, one million
were from the east fighting to free the
negroes, Grants included. One mil
lion from the west fighting for the
union and the other zoo, 600 were the
rif.raf and scum, the: fotsam and jet
sam Of all nations who joined the army
for bounty and booty and beauty, and
! they were the element that Sherman
employed to make war he'll. He
speaks of the war as unholy, UPRIGHT
eous and unjust. Another letter is
from Portland, Greg, and says the
writer recently got hold of one of my
letters which said chat General Grant
was a slave holder and hired out his
negroes up to the close Of the war and
lived off Of their hire. He says: II
didn't believe it but was induced to
examine his biography and I found it
was So" He says that nobody
in that country ever heard of
it and it is amazing and aston
fishing that Lincoln would appoint
a stakeholder to be the head Of the
army. The writer Of this letter was
brought up to believe. that the South
brought all the negroes from Africa.
Another letter is from New Hamp-
shire man, veteran, who says that he
and seven others from his town joined
a company in 1862, and only one be-
sides himself got back. Ever since
then he has been reviewing his folly
and the folly Of the war and is asham-
ed Of his people and says that 1 do
net score them in my letters as hard
as they deserve. He has Hinton
Rowan Helpers famous campaign
book, in which he says:
I'VE are going to free your slaves
and arm them with pixies and torches
'fand butcher your families and burn
up your homes"
This book is Endorsed by sixty-seven
members Of congress; including John
Sherman. Appleton says that 167, 600
copies were sold in three months and
4 precipitated the raid Of John Brown,
~ whose execution all the church bells
Eci New England tolled q requiem.
and SO l have found three northern
Frs who have this growing sense and I
pare heard Of one more who lie q sus-
SPect. l am keeping q tally sheet and
Is soon as | hear Of any more growing
2ense record it. My Oregon friends
generation came up since the war and
never had time to bother themselves
,fOout the history Of the war Of slavery.
ne South was outside Of their concern
E2ao JEFF Davis was the arch traitor
laat Roosevelt told about in his his
330fy, That is all he cared to know.
Put he says your late letters have ex-
5''ec our curiosity and if when your
POok Is out, you will let me advertise
S}na sell 1t in my own way, I will sell
fVo'oOo copies north Of the line. This
s3nan Is q big advertiser with head
quarters in Chicago and sent to me q
52ig lot of his cards and literature.
We'll, Mr.. Byrd will see about that,
R2u' 10 my opioion his northern GUS
}0aers don't care o baubee about me
Orant OF his niggers. They remind
pe OF two fellers who went off 60
Amp meeting, and as they were stand
lus Oy q tree one OF the brethren came
y and invited them TO go up to the
S'af and jine 'em in gittin' religion.
ne men seemed somewhat indignant
l3au replied: "You must excuse us,
y, We don't live in the county"
But l did find q riff in the clouds
IL. gave mneh comfort. In the