The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-10-24

when the law gives a man The benefit o
twelve jnrymen, an iniqnitons court
should attempt to try him before seven.
he would refuse to plead The Consti-
ton gives an impeachcd officer The righ,
the be tried by seyenty-two Senators,
and requires two thirds Of the number
TO convict. If the radicals attempt to
try the President by fifty two, he has q
RICH, to deny the jurisdiction of court
OF impeachment so composed.
-~.i>.-
Gen. Hampton on the Crisis.
We extract from the address Of our
distinguished fellow citizen, recently de-
livercd before the "Soldicrs Assocla.
citation" of Walhalla, the following para
graphs, which we commend to the care
ful rcrusal of our readers:
have placed before you the record
of The South and that Of the North lie,
the world decide which is entitled to
honor-which to shame. 1 have drawn
i'll dark coors, = but, alas, in too true
ones, the condition OF our country, and
I now turn to the discussion Of w!,at
should be our policy. In the anomalous
condition in whicn we arc placed. il is
a matter of great difficulty 10 mark on,
the proper course for Us to pursue, but
there arc certain cardinal principles Of
which wo should never lose sight. The
first ofthcse is, that MS we accepted the
terms offered to us by the North in good
faith, We are bound by every dictate OF
honor o,abde by them fully and hon
cs'ly. They are none the less binding
on us because the dominant and unscru-
pnlous party at the North refuse to &C.
cord TO us our just rights Let us at
least prove ourselves worthy of the
rights we claim let us sot an example
of good faith, and we can thon appeal,
with double effect, to the justice ard
magmuimily Of the North
These virtues: l would lain hope, arc
not totally extinct among that people,
and there are brave men there, who are
battling for jnstice, for constitutional
liberty, for the equality Of all the States,
and for the rights of the South. The
only hope, not alone for the South, but
for freedomiitself on this continent, lies
in the success Of this party. We arc
their natural allies, and would sacrifice
much where honor and principle are
not invaded, and then / would not yield
one jot or tit,lc-to strengthen their
hands in the great contest which is soon
TO decide tho fate Of constitutional lib.
crty aud republican institutions in the
United States. The President of the
United States has lent the great innu
cnce which his high position. his strong
intellect his iirmjpurpose and his indo.
mitable will, give to this new conserva-
live party and to his support every
Southern man should rally cordially.
We may, perhaps, feel that he has
not gofia to the extent of his power, or
Of our expectations, iii carving out his
policy to its legitimate ends. but we can
not forget that he has been the only
bnlwark TO Stand between our unhappy
country and certain, irrctrieeble and
everlasting ruin. But for him the hor
rors We endured during the VAR would
havo been far surpassed by those Of
peace. And. though differing with him
in many points, I cheerfuly accord TO
him the highest praise for the brave and
patriotic stand he has taken in defence
OF The South. aud OF the Constitution.
There is one other point on which there
should be no misunderstanding as to our
position, no loop on which to hang n
possible misconstruction as to our views !;
and tha, is the abolition OF slavery.
have already inlimated that tho mode
by which the North secured the acqnics-
cence of the South III the consummation
Of fthis purpose was breach Of faith on
her part XIX
OF all the Inconsistencies of which tho
North has been guilty--and their namo
is legion-none is greater than that by
which shc forced the Southern States,
while rigidly excluding them from the
Union, to ratify the constitutional
amendment abolisllng slavery. which
they could do legally. only as States OF
that Union. But the deed has been
done, and l, for one, do honestly declare
That I never wish to SEQ itrevoked. Nor
do believe that tho people of the
South would now remand the negro to
slavery. iflhcy had tho power to do so
unquestioned. Under our patcrnal care,
from q mere handful, he grew TO be a
mighty host. He came to us heath.
en-, we made him q christian. Idle,
vicious, savage, if his history as q slave
be compared, hereafter, with that which
he will make for himself as freedman
and by the result Of that comparison we
are willing toSbe judged. A great re
sponsbilityis fitted from our shoulders
by this emancipation, and we Willingly
commit his destiny to his own hands
hoping that he may prove himsel
worthy of the new position in which hi
has been placed. AS q slave, he wa'
faithful to ns; asa freedman, let III
ftreat him asa friend. Deal with hlu
frankly, kindly, and, my word for it, III
will sciprocate your kindness, clingfhf
to his Oh home, his own country ant