The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-08-15
Mr. DOOlilllc Explains,

"rlph'a Convention, lately made n speech
wh"relrom, as reported in The .Nutioa,,
Mfc(hycnccr, the llrwiny extract j.
taken. The idea has been sv,lllously
nculcatrd throughout the South that
the noNlonS language oil this Call was
only clap trap To catch Nor,hprl
vot"s--wl'h what truth let Mr.. DoolL
ties utirranc"s proclaim i! is M,
\ clap'trap, says Mr.. d. but real, hard
sober earnest, meaning inst exactly wha,
; 1T says = that the South was ''rvbclliors. "
and that traitors should be hanycl
But let MIR. D"olttle srrak for himself
he Is chief guccr Of this Convention
move ana his utterances are entitled to
weight;
III ask you, fcl!ow.citizens. is it poss.
bl", by human language, to express
more clearly and more definitely the
pt""gr which every man takes ;;pon
h'nSrl!as he enters the Convention--,hc
pledge that he is loyal to the flag, and
loyal to the Union, and loyal to the Con
SlitnIion, and that he endorses the prin
! c'picS which are land down in this Can
(Ghecrs. And yet there arc some men
who suppose that this Convention about
I" meet at Philadelphia will break bose
from this fundamental creed under which
II assemblies Suppose one, or Two. or
three, or five thousand men assembled
under this call. is there Il man anonp
them who will not vote for every prin.
cpic contained in it. and who will not
pledge himself i'll loyalty To sustain the
un;on and Government of l',r United
States III good faith, cordially and with
his whole heart?
! Why, then, should gentlemen be-
, alarmed themselves, and alarm others ?
/ Ideas control men, and control parties,
and control conventions. Ideas arc
stronger lhan men, and conventions. or
parties. Ideas rule The world; they
always havc-ihry alwa,s will; and
the Ideas which are contained there in
that call will rule that convention rs
certainly rs the revolution Of IT,. earth,
! Cheers
And, fellow citizens, lc, mc tell Won
another thing. Those ideas were writ
ten in that call for The 50, rurn,.r Of
ruling hat Convention Do vou sun
pose IT. to he possible lhn, The nirn en-
gagcl in framing il. he men WHO lrcw
up, advised, and signed il, tina, they d,l
no' IlleEd what they saw, and every
word of what they say :? There is not
the do,'ing Of an Il" or the cr ,
a,,"t." M That documtr' '"'S'''s "
'''''0''"' " .at IL means"
:. SiNGuLAK R"cUvERY FROM CHoi
ERA. The following singular fact is re
lated hy the Wcm"rioi Il -1micns, in
sp, aking Of the chulcra
during the summer Of 1913, toward
the end OF June, the epidemic reached
Brussels, whore il attacked, one Sunday
IN 'hc i"'rn"om, General Chazal, Min.
ls'"r o. War, who gradually sank, and
ny eleven ut nlghL was hi an almost
hopeless state, wiIhSInnlng the at.
'"ndanc" of Four medical men, incu,linr
DR.. Srnton, The first surgeon Of Brus.
srls, and DIR. Narr,, a celebrated homn.
patlic practitioner. At eight O'Clock
III" following morning al was considered
over, the face having assumed blue
Lingc, and the pulse having ceased, so
that The Generals death was commune.
Gated to the royal family ard announced
iii the public journals, whence 1t was
copied throughout Europe Meanwhile,
an accidental reference by General JON.
lni, before the attendants in the sick
chamber, OF IA remedy had recourse to
in Rus>ia, where sacks filled with hot
ashes were paced on III, boly Of he
patient, induced the Generals aides dc.
camp to Try the plan, and after six hours
lnccSsant perseverance,, the remedy
proved cllicacous, he body rcsuming
It's natural hue. and animation being re.
stored. Th.' General subsequently, re.
covered, and is slll Minister of War in
! Belgium"
REMEDY FOR SNAKE BlTrs.- A
great many persons having died from
the effects of snake bites lately, We deem
IL act of humanity to publish the follow
ing an'ldotc, which is in tire reach Of
all, 1T is plant which is known among
the Indians as the Indian onion. which
is found in low grourls, in oak woods,
"A portion OF which plant, when dug up,
will brlounh to resemble tire tongne Of
spade. This siouNt be cut of and
pounded, and poulicc made Of new
milk and applied to the bite. Tho top
Of The plant bears little yellow flower,
which should also be pounded, and mix :.
cd with new milk and drank by tho pa
tlent. This remedy was in use with the
lndians when the first settlers came to
this country, who availed themselves of
The rcmedy in many instances, and
always with success. The plant can
only he found dnring the season when
snakes are most dangerous.
|
! a VESSEL TO LAY ToRrEDoKs. A
German named Fack has invented q
vessel to be used in laying torpedocs for
the defense of harbors. In May last,
when in Valparaiso Bay, he sunk his
vessel in thirty fathoms Of water, him.
sell and a party Of friends being on board.
No anxiety was lelL for some time as Ia
the safety OF the adventurous nor,v