12 Apr 1877
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Newspaper
Anderson Intelligencer
Location
Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1877
Page
1
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A Georgia reader mounts a detailed argument on Reconstruction, urging Southern Democrats to accept a fair, nonpartisan path under President Hayes. The author condemns military rule, favors local self government, and warns against opportunistic office-holding to preserve party unity and constitutional liberty.
Obituary recounts Captain W. M. Dyight born in Winnsboro in June 1? and died at 12 o'clock on Sunday night after a severe lung illness. He served as private in the Governor's Guards, then as Assistant Adjutant and Inspector General on General J. B. Kershaw's staff, was twice captured, and paroled in 1865. He was Mount Zion Institute principal, Winnsboro intendant, and president of the Fairfield Fire Engine Company, praised for gallantry, self sacrifice, and devotion in service.
Louisville Courier Journal prints an interview with Hon. John Young Brown detailing the Foster Matthews letters to Hon. John B. Gordon. Brown describes a February exchange urging Hayes administration and home rule restoration in Louisiana and South Carolina, promising written assurances and a presidential order.
President Hayes instructs the Louisiana Commission to study impediments to regular government in Louisiana avoiding military interference. The letter emphasizes determining how to restore one lawful government under the state constitution, without examining the recent election, and urges peaceful, constitutional resolution with a focus on removing obstacles to representation and state authority.
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