The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-03-17
Communicated I

nineteenth century. Steamboats,, rail.
roads and the telcgraphic wires have
prepared us for any marvel in tho
sclehtlt'c world and some develop
ments of political and social characters.
tics, which have been made in the last
SIX years, have equally well prepared
us, in our part Of the world, for any
phenomena in Ethics political or NOR
al. Among other things--we have
heard of men, i'll good health and under
the age OF sixty seven, whoasserted with
enough of boisterousness and violence,
that if South Carolina were invaded,
they would rush arms in their hands to
our coast, but they never vert there |!
Some OF "M's Sams sort oEofEApish
NEE, afterwards made a declaration,
that If Columbia the Capital of the
State were thseatened, they would rush
to its defense,-but they never went
'l~re |! Bags of wind, mock antics,
tdtsssfrc, and nothing 6esides." Again
when the yankees persisted in their
very troublesome and most incon.
venient purpose, of marching further up
the country, numbers Of gentlemen left
there. homesteads and sought tleir
refuge elsewhere. this was proper
enough, but some of these Apish.men
left too, only they left with loud words,
with much noise, and after accusing
other men with being scared, were them.
selves, nowhere seen about home, .till
the din OF martial men wore away"
They did not, it is presumed, wish to
answer idle questions whichmight have
been put by men in blue clothes, whom
they had not invited to call. That was
all !! But some men are so decidedly
smart, that they cheat themselves as
badly as any body else and. there are
points, on which other men ,uiW have
IheA oni'hon aooUC Jncm.
Well 1fany thing should astonish
lis IN these times. we might be astoiiish-
ed that any.of this ''sanc sort of-oe
%-Aptsh men, who have distinguished
themselves, as aforesaid, should, under
the circumstances that make the case.
80 inveterably denouncc President
Andrew Johnson. A man who not
only says that he will do bold things
but actually does them. A man who is
merely abiding by the Constitution, and
who is doing as mnch as it is in his
power to do, to bring about peaceable
and equitable reconstruction OF the
Union, in which the members of our
Convention and our last Legislature arc
co'workers with him. A man, who
tells plainly what he wishes to shave
done, and what he, himself intends to
do, and then honestly and fairly abides
by his words like the gentleman should,
without eqnivocatiop, excuse snbterf,ge
or smart-lttle trickery'of any kind,
Forsooth ! His denouncers, whom we
have alluded to, had better ape little
madesty, twill do no harm now. What
bootsit, if President Johnson's denouncers
in their quiet slyness, Or their bluff--ve.
hement slyness, 'Gt matters not which,)
render plausible reasons for their.opposi.
tion to him !! We all know, that if the
Presidents policy fails, that Of Summer
and Wendell Phillips, our Arch.enemies,
will prevail. Are we to conclude that,
these denonncers' of the President are,
secretly enemies in onr midst That
at.heart and secretly they favour Sum.
ner's and Phillips policy That at
heartand secretly, for some purpose Of
their our, they are in faver of negro
suffrage and negro equality, and--the,