The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-06-27

"Ncvcr mind, sir" says he. "IIow
old arc you, Mr.. Arp :"
''1hat depends on circumstances"
says I. "I don't know whether to
count The last five years ornot. Dur
ing the war, your folks said that II
State couldn't sccedc, but chat while
she was in state Of rebellion she
ceased to exist. Now, you say we
got out and we shun't get back until
1870. \ mans ago has got somcthin
to 90 with his rights, and if we are
not to vote, don't think wo ought to
count the time. That's about as near
as can come to the age, SIR"
"Wcll, sir" says he, "arn you Ca
miiar with tho political sentiments Of
the citizcns ofyour StatcW
SCOT 10 citizcns yet, sir, that we
know of. Twill thank youto &rcai; Of
us rs people
"Woll, sir" says he, "'ll humor
your obstinacy. Arc the people of
your Statc"--
"Don't speak of it rs State, sir,
if you please. Pm on oath now, and
you must excuse nc for being particu-
lar. Call it Il '&cction.'"
"Mr. Arp, are the people Of your
section sufficiently hnnhlod and re-
pcntant to como back into tho UMion
ou such terms as we may thinI; proper
to impose %
"Not much they ain't" says I. 81
don't think they are prepared for it
yet. They wouldn't voluntarily go il
blind against your hand. They say
the deal wasn't fair, and you've mark
cd the cards and stole the trumps !;
but, at the Same time, they don't care
darn what you do. They have be-
C One Indifferent, and don't care not,,-
in about your Guy Faw]ics business.
| mean no respect to you, gcntlcmcn,
but | was sworc to tell the whole
truth. Our people aint noticin You
only out of curiosity. They don't cx-
pect anything decent, or honorable, or
noble, from you, and they've gone to
work diggin, and plowin, and r!anlin,
and raiSim boy chiidrcn."
hight here the man with 4 mcmo-
randum scratched down a garLicd cx-
tract, and old Boutwell,, says ho
"What do you mean BY that, sir d!
What inference do you intend ~
"l'm statin facts" says I. "Tou
must draw your own differences. Thcy
nrc raiSiny 5oy ch1hea. Any harm
about that? Any treason Can't u
man raise boy childrcn Perhaps
you'd like to amend the Constitution
and stop it. Old Pharaoh tried to
stop it among the Israclitcs, but it
didn'tpay. lie finally caught the
dropsy in the Red Sea. We are rails
in boy children for tho fun of it.
They arc a good thing to have in the
house, as Mrs. Toodlos would say"
"Nlr. Arp, arc not tho feeling of
your people very bitter towards the
North z"
"I beg your pardon, sir, but you'll
have to split the question, or else III
have to split the answer. Our people
have very high regard for honorable
men, brave men, noblc-honrtcd men,
and thcro's heap of 'cm North, sir,
and theresa heap Of widows and or
phans thcrc we arc sorry for; but as
for this year radical ,,arty, thoy look
upon 'cm like they wcr0 hycnas Il
scratchin up the dead tor n )ivin.
It's asnatural to hate 'c,n as it is to
kill snake. It's utterly impossible
for me to tell the strength, and length,
and hight, depth and breadth Of !hcir
contempt for that party. They look
upon Il radical -as-as-wcll, as a
bcggcr on horscback--a buzzard sail
III round a dead cagic--a suck-cgg dog
crccpin up to the tail ola dead lion.
The talk about hirin Brownlow to
abuse 'cm, to use language on 'cm,
like he did 4 faw years ago vixen he
spoke against Pryno. IF they do hire
Brownlnw he'll spattcr 'cA, hell daub
'cm all over, and slime 'cm, and -slob-
Der on 'cm about right, and it will
stick, for the pores are open and their
morals spongy. I'd like to stand OF
about ten rods and hear him spread
himself. 1t would be worse than Il
sTiirt-gun full Of cow-slop, and Ihavc
no doubt would give general satsfac-
ton"
"That's sufficient, SIR" says old
Boutwell,. ''Ef it was in their power
to do so, would your people renew the
fight :"
"Not unless they could fight tho
radicals all alone, and all the world
agree to shands Off," Even then there
wouldn't be no fight, for we couldn't
cotch you"
"What do your-pcoplc say upon the
subject of negro equality %
"Tlcy say it's q lie, sir-it don't
exist by nature and ncycn can i'll prac-
ticc. Folks arc not created equal.
That may be a theoretical truth, but
it's always been a practical lie.
There's grades Of society everywhere.
There's men give tho sidewalk to,
and there's men that gives it to nc.
There's men that L vote, and mon that
voto ME, and tho grades go up, up,
step by step, from my sort to Mr.. Da-
Wis and Mr.. Stephens, and Gen. Lee,
and Howell Cobb, and Ben. Hill, and
their sort, for they are tho highest in
tho nation and thcn, again, it goes